149 Are You Hiring Me? (1/2)

Jiang Ying Yue stepped out of the private elevator into a beautiful penthouse unit. The place looked elegant and luxurious without being ostentatious. She was greeted by a cute young man. He gave her a welcoming smile.

”Hello. You must be Miss Jiang. My name is Dominic Chua. I'm Boss―I mean Miss Long's assistant. We spoke on the phone last night.”

She shook his offered hand. ”Hello, Mr. Chua. Thank you for this opportunity.”

”Please call me Dominic.”

”Thank you, Mr. Dominic.”

The young man gave a small cute pout before smiling again. He led her through the massive unit into what looked like a library.

Her mouth opened and her eyes widened seeing the amazing collection of books. They were even in different languages. She caught herself just in time to arrange her expression into a neutral one.

They walked further inside the library until she saw a beautiful young woman sitting behind a big, dark desk. The desk was made of a kind of wood that she hadn't seen before. The irregular wavy black lines on the wood made the desk look very exotic.

The young woman sat in front of a computer, her expression focused. Her slender fingers flew rapidly yet silently over the keyboard. She didn't appear to notice that they had arrived.

”Please take a seat, Miss Jiang.”

She was offered a cup of hot lemongrass green tea. They waited for a little over five minutes before the young woman behind the desk finally glanced at them.

”Boss, this is Miss Jiang,” Dom told the young woman.

”I know.” Iris Long stood up and walked around the desk. ”Thanks, Dom.”

”No problem, boss. Ehehe.”

Jiang Ying Yue also stood up and admired the young woman as she walked towards her. Iris Long was wearing a peach-coloured knitted sweater dress. The dress hugged her hour-glass body perfectly. Jiang Ying Yue envied the other's figure a little because her own figure was more on the muscular side. Nevertheless, she was proud of her muscles because she would rather look strong and powerful than delicate and weak.

”Hello, Jiang Ying Yue,” Iris greeted her and shook her hand. ”I've been looking forward to meeting you ever since I heard about you from my brother.”

Jiang Ying Yue stiffened but managed to give a polite smile. ”Hello, Miss Long. Thank you for this opportunity.”

Iris nodded and gestured for her to sit back down while she also took a seat across her.

Jiang Ying Yue handed Dominic her résumé and Dominic passed it to Iris. Iris only took a cursory glance at the résumé before setting it down on the low table between them, not bothering to look at it again.

'Has she decided not to hire me anymore? Why isn't she taking a closer look at my résumé? If she has no intentions of hiring me, why bother inviting me for an interview in the first place? Maybe she's only doing this as a favour to her brother. Just doing the motions and wash her hands off me. I shouldn't have accepted this interview.'