In Time

Chapter 17

Clarisse woke up because of the hustle -bustling outside when someone knocked the door.

"Come in"

A tall man came into the room with a bowl of porridge on a tray. The man was good-looking and definitely in his prime age. He looked energetic and warm.

"Have some food", he said as he put the food on the table.

Clarisse immediately took the spoon and ate the porridge. It was still warm so she felt comfortable.

"So touching", she teased the young man.

"Boot-licking?", he laughed after he blurt out the word.

Clarisse smiled warmly as she dug into her food. This young man was her assistant manager. There was no reason for him working there as he was actually a heir of a third-rate company. However, this young man even bickered with his father for the sake working in Alpha Corporation.

She had always treated Jeff like her own little brother as he was two years younger and they had a very good relationship inside and outside the company.

Finished eating, Jeff brought the finished bowl out. Clarisse had just realized that there was a coat beside her. Must be Jeff's. She took the coat and hung it to the hanger.

She continued looking at the unread documents and finished them faster since there were detail notes.

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The next day early in the morning, Clarisse took taxi to the airport. It was at the peak-hour so it took 2 hours before she arrived.

There, Jeff had been waiting for her. As soon as he saw her, he rushed to her and took over her trunk.

Walking and talking at the same time, Clarisse didn't realize that they were heading to the VIP waiting room. Not until they arrived that Clarisse looked at Jeff confusely.

Jeff knew why she looked confuse as he also felt the same at first. He pointed at a certain word in the ticker. First-class. Clarisse didn't realize it when she received it the previous day because she wasn't well. But why ?

She was still in the middle of her own thought. She was pulled back to the reality with the familiar voice.

"Ms. Clarisse, Sir. Jeff", Louis greeted them.

Behind him, a man with his cold face followed. Both Clarisse and Jeff immediately bowed and greeted him. He didn't reply and walked to the available seat.

Soon, there was the announcement for the passengers on board. Clarisse who still found it weird to sit in the first-class was stunned by another matter. The big boss sat beside her.

Louis who saw how startled Clarisse was could only chuckle. He was actually dumfound when the robot asked him to buy the flight tickets as he usually used the Lou's private jet to anywhere.

Meanwhile, Clarisse who always slept during flight couldn't close her eyes as she was so tense. She didn't know why but she always acted cautiously in front of Kevin.

As she felt restless, they touched down in Philliphines. There was a black limousine waiting for them. Clarisse and Jeff were flustered when Kevin and Louis walked leisurely to the car.

Looking at the two frozen, Louis snapped them back "Ms. Clarisse, Sir Jeff, let's go". After he said those, he followed Kevin who had first got into the car. The big boss is real savage. For the sake in the same car with his girl.

They went straight to the first subsidiary. They were greeted by all of the workeres, from the subordinates to the superiors. Clarisse secretly het that they were all here because of the big boss.

"Good afternoon sir, everything has been prepared.", an old man with his protuding belly spoke.

However, he was ignored by the big boss. He was treated like the blowing wind, thus everyone laughed inwardly. For the old CEO was a really hypocritical one, a lot of his subordinates had a little grudge.

The meeting started around 2 p.m and was estimated to be finished at around 4 p.m. Yet, who knew that the big boss had prepared so much before coming that he threw questions after questions, not only that the analysis that Clarisse had done beforehand had also been thrown in front of everyone.

By those, the CEO's underhand business had been torn apart by the newly appointed president. No one had ever thought that the smug CEO who had been in charged for a decade would be thrown to the slump with a blink of eyes.