Chapter 5 - Awful Romance (1/2)

Why indeed? Being transferred to this small office was some sort of a demotion for a top editor like Tohru James. His presence there was some kind of an odd happenstance that Yanee wanted to get to the bottom of.

However, her initial impression of the man won, and Yanee decided it was better to steer clear out of his way as much as possible. She would just do her best at what was asked of her and stay away the rest of the time.

She reckoned she was lucky she'd have a very capable superior, thus she wouldn't be needed much at work. Her previous interview with the man gave her a chance to talk to his ȧssistant at Niji International and learned that Tohru James mostly kept to himself and didn't really need help. In short, being his ȧssistance was a piece of cake. But of course she still needed to work on projects like a normal editor, and there would be times she needed to work with him since she's his ȧssistant.

Or so she thought.

By afternoon, Yanee had already memorized her new boss's schedule. She had also taken the initiative to learn some of his tasks ahead of time as she was told it was her boss who would be showing those to her. She studied them anyway as there was nothing else she was busy with after learning his schedule.

”Here we go…”

She puffed her ċhėst as she gathered her bearings in front of the man's door after lunch. He had told her earlier to look for him after she had her briefing with Chummy, Her friend said that her boss had been waiting for her to return from her vacation since he had a big project he wanted to work on, and so now she's here.

Tap Tap Tap

Yanee knocked nervously against the door, and the man's baritone called out from the inside to beckon her in.

”Sir?” she called out, and the handsome man paused from his work to look at her direction and signaled for her to come and sit on one of the chairs in front of his desk.

There was a huge pile of documents on his table that made Yanee wonder what was going on. After all, there was nothing about them mentioned in her briefing. Since she was his new ȧssistant, she was supposed to know everything he was working on.

Then again, she remembered that this guy wanted her to learn the ropes of the department first before giving her a task. This might be what Chummy had told her earlier so she was not asked to memorize other things aside from his schedule.

He normally didn't wear spectacles, and Yanee had to admit he looked really good even with the pair of glasses on. It didn't make him appear nerdy. Instead, he looked very much like those handsome intellectuals Yanee was totally a fan of.

Urgh…

Despite saying she didn't dare have a crush on her boss, Yanee still wished he'd stop being this handsome. Even without romantic inclinations, looking at him made her heart race and she had to forcefully remind herself of how much he gave her a hard time the last they talked to calm herself down.

That bad experience and her total dislike about office romance were her salvation against this illegally handsome man. If she wanted to survive, she had to put up an armor – a tough one.

”I have finished memorizing the schedule, sir,” she reported.

She didn't bother with other pleasantries such as welcoming him – he wouldn't care any other way. She had tried small pleasant talks with him before when she interviewed him for the magazine feature and was shot down and curtly told to get down to business.

”Un-memorize them then. We have other urgent business to take care of,” he said nonchalantly as he put his glasses back on and started going through the documents again.

Huh?

”E-excuse me?” Yanee wanted to make sure she didn't mishear him.

”Aside from being late, is being deaf also the norm for you?” the guy countered shocking Yanee.

She sat straight up, her feathers totally ruffled. What did this guy just say?