There we go, a hint of RogEric in here! Still developing the characters because, I don't think abruptness wins the readers, haha! Yeah, I learnt from a critique. Thank you for your patience and support. I will update and make it a good fic, hopefully.

CHAPTER THREE

It was intimidating to listen to the sound of a thousand fingers smashing on keyboards, let alone stare at the different serious faces of the employees. There was neither an escape to their hammering sounds nor their serious faces but I had to endure it and get used to it all.

Remember Sam, Eric. Remember him before you get plans about giving up. And that thought kept me alive for the next three months.

Yet to feel insecure was a bit inevitable because I was in the big corporate world, mingling with techno-geeks who were more capable, smarter, more sophisticated, more...

"Eric?"

A voice brought me back to earth. I was staring at a pair of wonderfully bright green eyes.

"Oh... oh, Simon!"

He was the one responsible for all this. He invited me to be his secretary. If I hadn't been too desperate, I would've rejected his offer and he would still be the secretary of that powerful man. Right now, he was an employee standing in front of his old desk—my desk now—with a request still unspoken.

"I-is it o-okay th-that I... I..." He stuttered nervously, moving up and down on his toes.

"It's okay, Si. Lay it on me." I tried to be professionally calm about this.

"I usually don't pass my work to others but my mum's at the hospital right now..."

"Just tell me what to do then!" I beamed. "I'm not busy tonight."

"So sorry to trouble you..." he said but dropped his bag on the wide desk. He pulled out five folders and each one was at least three inches thick. "Just need you to arrange the papers in each folder, alphabetically. A-and can you finish this before 10 in the morning? You come here early right? You could drop it on my desk, you've seen it right?"

"Ten? Sure..." I nodded and examined the folders. I glanced at my watch. It was only 5:30 pm. There was plenty of time to sort this out. "Alright, I'll do it." I confirmed. He jumped for joy, like a kid. Suddenly, I was missing my brother but I fought the old happy memories away. I have to be a man right now.

"Thanks, Eric!" And he dashed off to catch the elevator.

"Uh, Simon?" I called out at the end of the hallway. He turned around. "Can you do me a favour, too?"

"What is it?"

"Check your phone!"

Simon couldn't believe what he just read on the screen of his phone. It was an odd request from Eric.

"Are you serious?" He had to makes sure that he wasn't joking.

And Eric's mere 'yes' puzzled him. Nonetheless, he did Eric's easy task. Tomorrow, he was determined to not forget and ask him why he wanted the picture of their boss.

WALTER: Thank you for your time reading it! Please take time to review it so that I may learn and make this fic better! Also, I'll be adding a twist for the next chapters to come! So stay tuned and hope you'll participate in the mini-event! (8