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Chapter 23:

Chapter 23

Where the heck was RYan when I needed him? Now I have to help Shane and I’m really not in the mood especially when my mum joined us to sleep in the living room, she snores! SHE SNORES! It weren’t until around 5am that we could verify that she was in a deep slumber and could crawl upstairs to sleep in our bed in peace.

“ANDREA!” Shane shouted. I jumped in shock.

“What!” I yelled back.

“Stop daydreaming, I was calling you for a whole minute! Edit this for me and give it back before Ryan and Joanna get back.” He gave me a USB stick and I put it in and opened the single file that was on it.

“And when are they getting back?”

“In less than 10 minutes?”

“WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!” I screamed. “THERE IS LIKE, OH MY GOD, 18 PAGES AND ALL IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES?!” I shouted at him, literally. I might have spat too.

“Don’t waste time.”

Of course, I abandoned him again so he was being mean. That was perfectly fine, was it? NO! He should put personal feelings aside when it comes to work. I should too.

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Joanna’s POV

After I sent Shane a text it didn’t take us more than 5 minutes to get back to the office. When we did, Andrea saw us and began typing and scrolling intensely at my computer screen, at my desk.

When she stopped she pulled out the USB stick and threw it inside Shane’s office and fled back to her own desk.

That happened way too quickly for my brain to absorb properly.

The air in the office became tense and everyone was looking in my direction, but they weren’t looking directly at me or Ryan. We looked back to see our head boss, Mr. Hwang.

I gulped. Great, no one can tell me “it’s okay, you have a whole life ahead of you – you can have more babies in future!”.

He had a lady beside him though. She had long straightened brown hair and a side fringe. Relatively pretty, I have to admit.

In the midst of silence, we could all hear someone typing away – it was Andrea.Shane was still in his office unaware of the situation and Andrea? I don’t know what she was thinking.

“Ryan, I emailed you last night about the business trip to the Bali, did you read it?” He said.

Ryan nodded, “Yes, boss.” He straightened his back.

“Everyone, please listen,” He coughed, trying to get Andrea’s attention. Shane came out his office and walked towards us, and everyone came forward – including Andrea.

“This is Kylie Choua; she will be replacing Shane for a week and half. She may stay here longer if she does a good job.”

Andrea, who was beside me couldn’t take her eyes off the lady. She was shaking. I held onto her hand to stop her.

“What do you mean, replace me?” SHane asked.

“You will be coming on the business trip with me and Ryan,Kylie, on the other hand will take another position when you return if we take her on.”

Shane nodded but Andrea was still shivering or shaking, whatever she was doing.

“Who is RYan’s assistant?” Mr. Hwang asked.

You’d think he knew who she was since he supposedly chose her to be Shane’s personal assistant. Actually, till now – I think anyone who is Ryan’s assistant is more personal than Shane’s considering that Ryan mainly works overseas and Shane is always in his office with the occasional overseas trips.