Mag-log inCHAPTER 10 – THE EXELISHA POVI walked into Caden's office and placed the documents I had finished on his desk."I hope that's the last of it," I muttered.He looked up at me. "What do you mean?""I'm just saying... you might suddenly give me more work again, and I'll end up staying here until midnight."He simply shook his head with a faint smile."Sir, can I ask you something?""What is it?""Why did you hire me? I mean... a lot of people applied, and I know some of them probably deserved this position more than I did.""Hmm. Why, indeed?" He pretended to think. "If they deserved your position, then why didn't they pass?""Because you're too strict?" I guessed."Nah. That's too shallow of an answer. I've told you several times that this company follows certain standards. Anyone can fit the position, but not everyone can deliver the quality of work we expect.""Oh, come on! You made my life miserable for almost a month.""I just wanted to see how far you could go and whether you'd la
ELISHA POV The morning passed in the blink of an eye. Since arriving at the office, I had been buried in the mountain of documents Caden assigned me yesterday. Contracts, financial reports, meeting schedules, project proposals, one file after another. Sometimes I wondered if the man ever got tired of working.Then again maybe he really didn't.I glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.11:20 A.M.I gathered the folder in my hands before walking toward Caden's office. He had another meeting in less than ten minutes, and knowing him, he would probably forget the time if no one reminded him.I knocked twice before entering.Caden was seated behind his desk, his full attention fixed on his laptop. His fingers moved quickly across the keyboard while several documents lay scattered beside him."Sir."Without looking up, he answered. "Hmm?""You have a meeting with Valencia Enterprises in ten minutes."Only then did he lift his head. "I know."I walked closer and placed the folder on his
ELISHA POVThe meeting lasted much longer than expected. By the time Caden and I stepped out of the hotel, the sky had already turned dark.A loud rumble echoed overhead before heavy rain suddenly poured from the sky.I laughed. "What perfect timing."Without thinking, I started walking through the rain."Elisha."I stopped and turned around.Caden stood a few steps behind me, holding an umbrella."You'll get sick."I sighed before walking back toward him. "I didn't know you actually cared.""I don't."I rolled my eyes. "You're really bad at lying."He didn't answer.Instead, he simply adjusted the umbrella so both of us were covered.The silence between us wasn't awkward anymore.Somehow it felt comfortable.The rain became heavier as we continued walking.Suddenly a motorcycle sped past.Splash!Dirty water covered the lower half of Caden's expensive suit.For a second I froze.Then I burst into laughter."I'm sorry..." I couldn't stop laughing. "Your face."His expression looked li
ELISHA POVWe remained silent as Caden and I traveled along the road to Batangas. At first, I thought his driver would be coming with us, but I was surprised when he drove the car himself.“Why did you choose to drive yourself? Won’t you get tired? We’re going somewhere far,” I asked while staring out the window.“Why not? I can drive just fine. I only let someone else drive when I’m tired.”I simply shrugged and closed my eyes. We still had a long trip ahead of us, so I decided to get some sleep. It seemed like the man beside me was used to traveling without anyone to talk to.When I woke up, I saw food and coffee beside me.“Good. You’re finally awake.”I sat up properly.“Sorry. It looks like I slept for a long time.”“No worries. Go ahead and eat.”“I didn’t even notice that you stopped somewhere,” I said.“You were sleeping too deeply to notice that we made a stop.”“Thank you,” I said with a smile before starting to eat.I looked out the window and noticed that we were entering
ELISHA POV The next morning, when I arrived at the company, I overheard several employees whispering about me. "Have you heard the news?" "What news? I went home early yesterday." "Our CEO praised his new secretary." "Really? That's so unusual." "Right?" "How did that happen?" "No one knows... unless there's something going on between them behind office hours." One of them suddenly noticed me. Her eyes widened in panic, and she quickly nudged the others. Too late. Now they wanted to stop talking after I'd already heard everything? Typical toxicity. I walked straight toward them. "If you're going to talk about me, at least make sure I don't hear it, especially if you don't have the courage to say it to my face." "Elisha..." "Oh? Do you still have something to say? Since I've already heard everything, why don't you finish what you were saying? Go ahead. Say it right here in front of me. Don't be cowards." "Elisha, we were just talking," one of them insisted. "You think
ELISHA POV It had been two weeks since I started working at Guevarra Corporation.And if there was one thing I had learned... It was that working under Caden Guevarra was nothing like I had imagined.He was demanding.Uncompromising.And somehow, he always found a way to give me more work than everyone else.If he thought I'd quit that easily, he had underestimated me.I had survived losing my parents. A mountain of paperwork wasn't enough to break me.I walked back to my desk with two cups of coffee in my hands after grabbing a quick break from the pantry.Before I reached my workstation, voices from the accounting department caught my attention."I'm exhausted.""I didn't expect we'd be working overtime again.""I feel sorry for Sir Caden's new secretary.""I heard she's still handling all those contracts.""She won't last a month."I smiled to myself.We'll see about that.The moment I reached my desk, my smile froze. A fresh stack of folders had mysteriously appeared.I slowly







