At the great Chiba Corp. things went as usual. Half the secretaries were gossiping on the latest news while the other half was busy talking on the phones. Men and women walk through the halls looking for the right room and a young attractive blonde female was being shown around.
"And this is your desk Serena," the tall brown haired woman said. "I hope you like it here at Chiba Corp. Oh and by the way my name's Lita. If you need anything just give me a call. My office number is on the speed dial. Now are you set?"
"Yes, thank you," the young blonde said and went to sit down. Suddenly a tall dark man walked by.
"Hi Lita," he said smiling at her. He was very handsome and Serena couldn't help, but stare.
"Why, hello Darien," Lita greeted back. "Oh Darien this is Serena Tsukino. She's one of the new secretaries we hired. Serena this is Darien Chiba your boss."
"Hello Mr. Chiba," Serena said putting out her hand and Darien shook it. Serena could tell Darien was a strong man by the way he gripped her hand.
"Darien is fine. I don't care much for Mr. It was nice meeting you Serena," Darien said casually and left for his office.
"Is he always that distant?" Serena asked.
"Yeah, but I learned to deal with it," Lita answered.
"Is he your husband?"
"Oh no, yeah right marring my cousin?" Lita laughed. "I'm happily married to the greatest guy in the world, but don't get any ideas. I'm tired of seeing every girl who meets him suddenly fall in love."
"Huh?" Serena asked not quite understanding what Lita meant.
"Every single girl in this building is crazy over him. You do best by not becoming like them."
"Oh don't worry I won't. Besides I can't think of my bosses like that." Lita smiled at Serena and looked around.
"Well Serena I'll leave you to settle yourself in. Bye."
"Bye." Serena took a deep breath and sighed looking around the large desk she had. She noticed all the people and smile to herself. She loved being around people and knew that she would make a lot of friends here. Serena knew she had to get started and began to lay her things on the desk. There wasn't very much to set up. She had a few pictures of her family and friends and one of her loving black cat, Luna. After she was done she began to work. Her work was simple, file folders, take calls, and go through some papers.
That was pretty much how it went every day. Serena was very good at it though and always finished early. As the weeks past Serena got to know Darien Chiba a little better as she would sometimes bump into him in the coffee room.
All the men though loved Serena. It was clear that she was the best looking woman in there. Serena did date a few of them, but nothing really big ever happened and she would only date one at a time. All though for Darien, he was known for dating several women at a time. Darien was now dating an actress named Emerald and another named Beryl even though he was planning on getting rid of Beryl very soon.
Another few weeks passed and Serena suddenly found herself the personal secretary of Darien Chiba. No one knew how she got to that position and wondered if Darien was dating her too. Serena of course had no idea what people were thinking. She just thought that Darien noticed how fast she worked. To tell the truth Darien didn't know very well why he wanted Serena Tsukino. Even though he had noticed her fast pace work he also noticed how beautiful she was and how all the men in the building looked at her. He did find it rather amusing though that Serena really didn't seem to notice their attention on her.
One day as Serena was busy away filing papers a woman came to her desk. "Excuse me is Darien Chiba in?" Serena looked up to see a pretty woman with long wavy amber like hair. Serena would have thought the woman was beautiful if it weren't for the evil look in her eyes.
"Yes he is," Serena answered. "Do you have an appointment?"
"No. My name is Beryl. Go and tell Darien that I'm here." Serena nodded and went into Darien's office. As Beryl watched her walk away she mentally noted how the young girl looked. Beryl knew Serena was gorgeous and saw the way she moved and how she smiled when she entered the office like a little girl. Beryl quickly calmed down when she remembered what type of women Darien liked and Serena wasn't it. She knew Darien like a strong and powerful woman who didn't rely on anyone. Serena was too innocent and sweet to attract Darien's attention. Beryl smiled to herself when Serena came almost bouncing back out like a little bunny. She was clearly too innocent and carefree for Darien.
"Darien will see you now," Serena said smiling at Beryl. Beryl smiled back wickedly and walked in. Serena went back to her filing when short after she heard yelling coming from Darien's office and the door slammed open with Beryl stepping out.
"Darien you can't do this to me you piece of shit! How dare you do this to me! Fuck you!"
"Beryl I told you that I wasn't in this for love," Darien calmly said to her as he walked over to the door. Beryl gave him the finger and stormed off. Darien just stood there with a stern face.
"Bitch," Lita said as Beryl past by her. Lita wasn't scared of Beryl and knew she could take her down any day even if needed. Serena on the other hand was in shock of the whole thing. She stared wide-eyed at where Beryl had left and to Darien. Darien looked down at her when he noticed she was staring at him for answers.
"Serena may I see you in my office now please?" Darien said just before returning back to his desk. Serena sighed and went into his office.
"Yes Darien?"
"Serena, are you free this weekend?" Serena looked at him confused. She knew he couldn't be asking her out on a date.
"I think so," she answered with confusion obvious in her voice. "I didn't plan any dates this weekend why?"
"I would like you to come with me for the weekend on a business trip to New York."
"Wow I've never been to New York," Serena said as she trailed off into her own little world. Darien couldn't help, but smile to himself. "What would I need?"
"Well you will need one nice dress and three casual outfits. You know jeans and shirts."
"What's the weather suppose to be like?"
"It's going to be cold so don't pack anything you would wear over the summer. You know like a tube-top or mini skirt." Suddenly Darien covered his mouth. He couldn't believe what he just said. Slowly Darien started to think just how Serena would look like if she did wear things like that. But as soon as it came, it left.
"Of course not!" Serena stated. "I would never wear those things during the winter time." Darien nodded and went back to his work, but suddenly looked up at Serena strangely. Serena was feeling spunky and winked at him.