Book 1- Chapter 1: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

Meet Jenna.

Jenna is smart, strong, dependable, and all the good stuff you look for in a bright college graduate.

But Jenna has an adventurous side and wants to try her hard earned skills out in the world beyond her hometown and university campus, so Jenna worked hard for two years in a friend's family's company. After much recognition and praise, Jenna gets her wish. Soon after her biggest promotion yet, Jenna is offered a job within a sister company all the way in Japan.

Jenna was very happy because Jenna wants to be the editor of a great novelist one day.

Here is Jenna now, talking to her new boss who is about to let her know who her client will be! Jenna will surely take the job-

"I quit."

Uh-oh. It seems that we missed quite a bit. Let's go back a little bit and see what happens...

"We are so happy to have you here!" The head of the editing section of publishing company said with a bright smile from behind his desk. "We heard from our partnering company oversees that you are quite the hard worker and that you stick things out until the end no matter how difficult the client."

The young woman with coral colored hair smiled humbly. "I try my best sir. It's to be expected that some clients are a little difficult, right?"

"Yes, yes!" The boss agreed enthusiastically. "Now! Since we have you all situated and all those pesky legal forms signed, let me assign you to your first client here at our Tokyo office! Your main client for the duration of your stay will be this one here, who goes by the penname: Reborn-"

"I quit."

There we go! Now we are all caught up!

But perhaps more information is needed?

Jenna and all the other students and workers in the publishing business know the name Reborn.

Reborn has the greatest number of bestselling novels in the business currently. Reborn is incredibly handsome and known for being a ladies man, though none of his past lovers resent him for that. Reborn is also known to the public for being very serious about his work, a real hard worker with amazing work ethics.

However, to the publishing business and schools, the name Reborn was equivalent to that of a demon. Through the experience of his thirty four past editors it became well known and fully proven that no one- no one- wanted to be the next poor wretch to end up with Reborn as their author. It was a task meant for the foolhardy, and Jenna was definitely no fool.

Jenna handed back the file handed to her not moments ago, an apologetic smile slipping onto her face. "I'm very sorry Mr. Vongola, but I have to decline your offer after all. I know a losing battle when I see it. There is also the point that, even with two years of experience, I am nowhere near qualified for such a position or author. If you brought me here as a temporary editor to look after Reborn until you find another editor more suited for him, then I shall pass on this offer after all. I enjoy challenges and frown upon turning down offers; but neither am I a suicidal arrogant child, ready to charge into battle where I have no hope of surviving in the first place. A great author or not, I don't plan on letting such a man end my career so soon."

To this answer, a pleased and very suspicious smile slid onto the blond man's face. "That attitude is just what we need to deal with this problem. I'm glad we hired you!"

The blood-orange colored eyed woman raised an eyebrow in evident confusion. "My apologies sir, but did I not just say that I will be turning down your offer after all?"

"You did," the blond affirmed with a nod. "However, remember those pesky contract papers we made sure you filled out earlier?"

Jenna slowly paled as she caught onto the implications.

Sunset eyes pinned the woman across from him in place with a sly smirk. "I had a feeling about you earlier, so I made sure that you filled those forms out beforehand rather than after. And because we were a little rushed for time, I suppose we didn't really give you enough time to read through everything thoroughly, correct?" The man continued with only the shortest of pauses, knowing that the American woman was currently in shock. "The last document was an agreement that you will take on your duties assigned seriously and with full effort, knowing that your clients would be difficult. And any acts of dropping the job would result in a rather steep punishment."

If it wasn't for a fact that she had been shocked so badly from such a move, the intelligent woman would have followed her instincts and made a run for it.

The blond man's smile spread across his face in a falsely bright and welcoming grin. "So Miss Jenna, welcome to Vongola Publishing!"

Say goodbye to Jenna!

Jenna is in big trouble and will probably disappear soon.

Good luck Jenna!

Next chapter: Introducing and meeting Reborn.