Chapter One

Starting New Jobs

My bare feet slapped against the hard concrete as I push my way pass busy pedestrians. My heels were clutched tightly in my hand as I made my way down the narrow sidewalk.

Today was my first day of being a secretary to the president and vice president of a large company and I was going to be late if I didn't pick up the pace. Just then a no cross sign

appeared in red. I sighed and ran across the street anyways and car horns erupted, a car manages to stop right before hitting me. I waved my hand as an apology while still moving. I approached the huge glass building and bust through the big glass door.

"Ms. Higurashi your right on time," the lady in the front office greeted holding up paperwork for me.

"Thank god, I thought I was going to be late," I explained while slipping on my heels. I walked over to the front desk and grabbed the stack of papers "Thanks."

"No problem," she replied sweetly. I walked through another set of glass doors to a hall lined with offices that were also glass. I was getting kind of creep out by all this glass it made

me feel like I was in the movie Thirteen Ghost. Somehow I ignored the paranoia and made my way to my own office. It was empty except for the desk, the computer, and a huge stack

of papers. I sighed and sat down in the black leather chair. I looked over the stack in my hand that had a sticky note that said 'for vice Pres. Taisho' then I glanced at the huge stack that said 'For President Taisho'. Without much thought I put down the smaller stack and got started on the bigger stack.

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I had both stacks done in less then three hours and instead of waiting for someone to come pick them up I decided to deliver them myself. I smoothed out my beige pantsuit made sure my hair was I still in a neat ponytail then I picked up both stacks being careful not to mix them up. I made my way first to the vice president since he was closer. I knocked on the cold

glass being mindful of fingerprints. He was sitting in a much larger desk surrounded by a mountain of paperwork and I felt bad for delivering more. He looked up from his work and looked through the door not focusing on anything.

"Who's there?" he called. I looked around the halls were empty except for me then I squinted through the glass trying to see if this was one of those one way glass thingies. He laughed and then gestured for me to come in. I opened the door a little surprise "Good morning, sir" I greeted. He still had a smile on his face when I set the paper work down.

"You're our new secretary. Ms," he glanced at a piece of paper "Ms. Higurashi?" I nodded.

"Well come over here so I could show you procedures," he instructed I did as was told.

"Every morning you will go to the president first then me and pick up your paperwork and all that boring stuff. I think the rest of your job is obvious and you seem to be doing quite well to finish all your paperwork in less then five hours." I listen intently to him as he explained everything I already knew.

"Then when your done maybe you like to come back to my office," he said as his hand rubbed against my thigh. I opened my mouth to gasp but I closed my mouth and took a step away from his roaming hand. I knew that if I made the wrong move it could be the end of my job.

"Thank you, Mr. Taisho," I said and walked out the room my last set of paperwork in my hands while a scowl snuck its way on to my calm face. How dare he touch me in such a way? I stormed down the hall to the president's office and without thinking I knock harder then I was suppose to. It's just that he made me so furious that all I could see was red.

"Come in," an emotionless voice called from behind the door and I noticed that the door wasn't glass but wood. I took a deep breath before walking into the enormous office. It was huge with personal pictures on the wall, paper work scattered everywhere, overloaded trashcans, and a desk that was quite bigger then anyone else's and was also covered in paper.

Yet my eyes wouldn't leave the beautiful man on the other side of the desk writing something. He looked similar to the vice president but he was actually beautiful while the other

Taisho was just cute his features seemed to hypnotize me. The glossiness of his silver hair as it fell over his shoulder, the intensity in his eyes while he focused on his work, and his beautiful flawless smooth skin was just calling me.

"Hello Mr. Taisho hopefully you're having a nice day," I manage to say as I staked the piles of paper neatly on his desk. He picked up his head his face just as emotionless as his voice. He looked me up and down before shaking his head.

"I thought I told Ai not to hire a beautiful secretary," he spoke taken me by surprise.

"Excuse me?" He shook his head.

"I give you a week here," he said simply "Now I need my office clean, cancel my four o' clock meeting, and bring me a coffee around five after you finish all your paperwork and the vice president is done with you, you can have the rest of the day off." I heard the beginning but what did he mean by that stuff with the vice president.

"Excuse me sir may I ask you something?" he nodded.

"What do you mean by when the vice president is done with me?" I asked was I like a personal servant for the vice president because I didn't apply for that. I saw the smallest hint of a smile appear on his face.

"Hmm I might just give you a month. You're dismiss," he said then got back to his work. I stood there for a moment confused but I calmed myself and walked back to my office. My heels

tapped against the huge marble and I soon became lost in thought. First the vice president touches me very unbuisnesslike and now the president is saying that because I'm cute I'm

not going to be staying long. Is there a discrimination against women here? Now that I think about it the woman, Ai, at the front desk is the only other women I met and she wasn't very pretty more like average. The rest of the workers were men. I passed by the vice president's office and he winked at me through the clear glass. I pretended I didn't notice and

made my way faster to my office. Once I got there I sat down in my desk and stared at the blank computer screen. Was my job in jeopardy?