14. A new secretary

Calista glanced at the CCTV camera and played with her clown face many times. Everyone in the elevator furrowed their brows at Calista's ridiculous behavior. But, not with a man who sees Calista's absurdity behind his laptop screen. He actually laughed out loud .... in the middle of a sudden meeting.

All participants in the meeting consisted of directors of various divisions and his personal assistant, of course, Andrew. Andrew sighed while shaking his head at Darren's behavior.

"Ehem...." Andrew, who gave the code to his boss, looked hopeless. Because Darren kept looking at his laptop until it finally stopped by itself because Calista had come out of the elevator and headed for the room she was supposed to be in.

"Andrew." Darren raised his hand and pulled his index finger to call out to him. "She has come. You show her where the table is." Darren half-whispered asking Andrew to come out first.

"But boss, we are now in ...."

"You are against me?" Darren stared at him with gripping eyes.

"No, no boss. Alright, I'll be out first."

"We will continue the meeting now. You all have half an hour to report on your performance on last week. Is it worth keeping you all OR should I be removing?" Darren's smile dispelled the threats of all the company officials present. Although Darren's age is younger than all the meeting participants who came, his ability and experience in doing business in the international arena started when he was still in his teens. Darren loves business which is why he majored in business while still in college.

Calista who walked slowly felt confused about where she should go. So she went to a reception desk located in front of the entrance of another room after getting out of the elevator.

"Ma'am, excuse me. Mr. Darren's room, where is it?" Calista spoke as friendly as possible with a sweet smile. However, what was received from the receptionist lady was a cynical look and smile. Calista furrowed her brows.

"Got an appointment? Because he doesn't want to meet just anyone," answered a woman named Lita from the ID hanging in her left pocket.

"Don't want to meet? We've even made love several times. Tch." Calista's mind was a little annoyed with the way the receptionist received guests.

"Hi, Miss Calista has come, come on in. Our boss is waiting." Andrew suddenly came to thaw the situation that almost made Calista curse at the bitchy receptionist half to death. The woman widened her eyes when she saw Andrew who immediately became familiar with the woman who had just been teased. Andrew is one of the men who are difficult to approach number two, after their president, Darren for sure.

"Excuse me, I have an appointment with him. Thank you." Calista spoke to the receptionist who had politely declined. Andrew raised his eyebrows.

"Is he in his room?" Ask Calista. She had never seen her own husband even though they made love every night, except for 5 nights when her hand was in a cast.

"He is chairing the meeting now. I'll take you to the desk where you'll start working. Oh yes, here I will call you miss. And, no one should know that you are Darren's casting wife." Andrew said in a tone as low as possible so that only the two of them could hear.

"Take it easy. I also don't need recognition and prestige. I just need business and work experience. Who knew I would be the president of my own company someday after the contract period ended?" Calista blinked into Andrew's eyes and left the man walking ahead. The man was silent. It was an extraordinary determination planned from the start, he thought.

"Come on, why are you silent? You said you wanted to show me my table." Calista asked breaking Andrew's thoughts.

"Oh yes yes. Please, come follow me," Andrew replied quickly walking past Calista.

Calista trailed behind Andrew.

"Mr. Darren's room is behind you. You sit here and this is the table and chairs that have been prepared. The personal secretary previously resigned for family reasons. All needs have been prepared. If something is still missing, you can tell me. My place is in the front room that says, deputy director." Andrew replied.

"Oh ok. By the way, when will he leave the meeting?" Asked Calista while placing her bag on the table which was very clean and smelled of aromatherapy.

"Soon," Andrew replied curtly.

"Hi Andrew, how are you? Long time no see. Darren is there?" A beautiful woman in a tight sexy red dress broke the conversation between Andrew and Calista.

"Britney. He's in a meeting." Said Andrew looked at the astonished Calista.

"Oh, who is she? New secretary? Where's the old one?" Britney walked over to Calista and Andrew who was still standing.

"I'm Calista, Mr. Darren's new secretary," Calista replied kindly with a smile and held out her hand for Britney to shake. However, Britney looked indifferent and shook her long curly hair with a cynical look. Calista pursed her lips. Andrew saw that.

"Then I'll wait for him inside," Britney said as she walked to Darren's room.

"Sorry, it seems rude if the owner of the room hasn't arrived but someone has entered first," Andrew replied while half running to face Britney who was already holding the door handle.

"Andrew, I'm not only a nobody. I'm Darren's woman. I knew him before he knew you." Britney replied with a cynical look.

Calista, who was watching the debate between the two people in front of her, was silent without intending to interrupt. The woman is beautiful. Maybe that's the reason her husband doesn't want to introduce me in public, Calista thought. Ahhhh never mind, my goal to marry him is just for the sake of his father's medical expenses. So, it doesn't matter what the motivation of the rich man who has given her money is. After all, they are in a mutually beneficial situation, Calista thought.

Calista chose to sit in the chair that had been provided for her. And, she started to take out his cell phone and opened the laptop that was on the table for herself to work. Calista doesn't care other than studying faster to be smarter and collecting as much money as possible for her own savings, apart from the money her husband gave her according to the agreement.

"Darren, hi honey, I can't go in as Andrew said." Britney launched her deadly move to ensnare a man by being spoiled and feeling oppressed. Calista who heard Darren's name was called, immediately shook his body. Should she see her husband's face? Calista could only stare blankly at the laptop screen which was still not turned on. Her lips were pursed tightly and her hands were clenched into fists. However, she did not dare to look up to see her boss also her husband.

Darren who saw the change in Calista's face smirked sarcastically. He knew that Calista was ignoring him. He knew that Calista was trying hard not to see him.

"Honey, what are you doing? She's your new secretary, isn't she? Quite pretty. But honey, she is a bit naughty. Huh." Britney answered which made Calista knit her brows when she heard that she was called a slut.