Miss Secretary takes charge

Chapter 56

Recap

     After all that she had been through, she is still the same, kind, compassionate, fun loving, crazy fan girl, who doesn't hesitate to defend him anywhere and flutters around like a butterfly. Her determination and persistence are not a common virtue in the girls of her age.
She is one of a kind.
He felt that Clara was right, that Julie has wrapped him around her fingers.

     He texted Clara about tomorrow's schedule regarding the sub contractors meeting that has been arranged in his office, with that he kept his phone aside and slept with the thoughts of a beautiful girl who captivated him like no one.

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     The next day in the office, there was subcontractors meeting by 11 so Clara came to the office in the morning.

     Henry and Clara walked out of his cabin when Julie joined them with the files, a step behind Henry to his left. Clara looked behind her shoulders over to Julie and smirked with the satisfaction of walking equally with Henry due to her professional relationship with him, she was proud of her superiority. Though she did not have feelings for Henry, it was her ego that was hurt yesterday so she wanted to reassure herself about her value. Her expression to belittle Julie did not go unnoticed by Henry. He abruptly halted his steps and said, "Julie, did you get the last three contractors file?" He matched her steps and walked along with her.
"Yes, sir"
"Make note of the figures they have quoted for a comparative analysis"
Clara did not understand whether Henry backed off intentionally or was it casual because Henry's move was so smooth.

     They entered the conference hall. Henry gracing the head of the table, Clara and Julie facing each other on either side of Henry. Julie was taking notes as the contractors presented their proposal one after the other. She tried to ignore the growling of her stomach. She should have ate the breakfast that Chelsea had made instead of the apple. Just then her phone lit up, she checked to find a text message from
"HK💖" she straightened in her chair.
"Any trouble?"
She looked at him to find an unbothered CEO keenly listening to the proposal. She checked the time of the message to reassure whether it was really Henry, who sent that message in the middle of the meeting. Henry glanced at her for a flicker of a second and raised his eyebrows at her. She stealthily took the phone to her lap under the table and replied,
"Nothing sir"
Her face had grown hot, as if she is cheating in an exam for using the phone in the meeting. However she don't have to bother about getting caught because she was texting the CEO himself.

     When Henry checked her reply, he stared at Julie and gave a 'I don't buy that' look. Julie could not pretend anymore since he gave that serious look.
"Just hungry" she replied.

     Clara found Henry's focus was deviated and she undoubtedly knew that Julie must be the source. In next few minutes, there was a knock.
Henry announced,
"Let's continue the session after the refreshment"
Julie blushed and kept her face down, she felt butterflies in her stomach at his sweet gesture. The staff from the cafeteria, arranged the side table with mini, bite sized sandwiches, chocolate croissants and fruit juice. He served it to Henry and Clara while the others helped themselves.

     As Henry gestured no, Clara said,
"I will get coffee for the both of us".
Julie was already there brewing coffee while munching her croissant.
"Are you making for Henry?" Clara asked.
Julie nodded, Clara made hers and said,
"I will take it to him" Julie said okay and continued to eat her refreshment.

     Once Julie came back to her seat, Henry said, "Thank you for the coffee"
she smiled and said,
"Thank you for the refreshment"
Clara felt like she was third wheeling them. She was curious that how could Henry be so confident that the coffee was made by Julie and not her.