Chapter 2 A letter of appointment

Trisha's POV

I've only been Mr. Costa's secretary for two weeks and I was already losing my mind.

I know that the dream of all literature and communication studies students was to intern in a company as big as Fretzon's group, but nobody ever said that it was at the risk of losing your mind.

Well, nobody cared that I was had a terrible breakup. Yes, I broke up with my boyfriend the next day through the phone

And definitely, no one cared that I can't remember a thing that happened with one of the hottest men I've ever seen.

My lunchtime was already far spent, but I had to finish this pile of documents, or else I would get a heavy scolding.

Letting out a huff, I resisted the urge to scream as I stared at the load.

"Miss Trisha, are you not going for lunch?" A colleague asked me as he left his desk.

" I will probably just eat in here; I need to be done with this," I said, pointing at my desk.

" I don't see any lunch with you," He said.

" I can order takeouts," I said to him.

" Okay, if you say so. You got this, newbie" He said, flashing me a smile and patting my back.

" Okay, thanks," I said.

I don't think I 'got this' because the documents don't stop coming, it keeps on increasing.

I was now all alone in the office and figured that I needed to stop whining and get to work.

I was almost done with the workload when an unfamiliar face came in. He was dressed in a suit and looked really serious.

" Are you looking for someone? Because it's lunch break already and ......"

" Miss Trisha, you have an official letter," The man said, dropping the letter on my desk and walking out

" Wait!!" I said and the man stopped.

" Sorry, who are you and what is this all about?" I asked him.

" I am the CEO''s assistant, and the letter will tell you more," He said to me and, this time, walked out, not giving me time to say anything.

" The CEO," I thought. What business would I possibly have with him?

" Was I getting fired?" I panicked but quickly diminished that thought. There was no way the CEO's assistant would come personally just to fire a mere intern.

Did I commit any crime?

" Just open the letter" a voice in my head scolded me.

I read through the letter, read it again and again and again, and still couldn't believe my eyes.

Was this some sort of joke or prank? Because it was definitely not funny.

" Miss Trisha!!" I heard the loud voice of Mr. Costa as he entered the office. Some of the other employees followed him at the back.

" Who exactly are you?" He asked me.

" I don't understand," I said.

" What do you mean, you don't understand? Isn't that your letter of appointment you are holding?"

" No, this got to be some prank," I said to him.

" How did you get to become the CEO's secretary as an intern? The news is all over the company and I got a call straight from the CEO's office informing me of your immediate appointment"

" So, this is no prank," I said again, still not understanding everything.

" Wait a second," I thought. This was true.

This can't be happening to me. I wanted to be done with my internship program without any problems but things just turned bad.

If I was complaining about Mr. Costa, The CEO, Michael Fretzon, was the worst.

The employees cower in fear whenever they see him and he hasn't had a secretary who lasted up to two weeks.

I had yet to meet him, but according to the rumors, he was an obsessive workaholic, a perfectionist, and an arrogant man.

He only hired top people who graduated amongst the best in their school and those who went to the best schools because he couldn't deal with those who made silly mistakes.

That was not all. He was also rumored to be drop-dead gorgeous. According to them, his pictures did not do him justice.

This meant that more than half of the single employees had a crush on him, and many were ready to overlook his personality just for a chance to work with him.

" I don't mind being alone in the office with him just for an hour. He can fire me after I'm done getting on my knees for him and..." I had overheard two of the staff discussing in the restrooms.

People were crazy for him and with the eyes of the ladies that came into the office with Mr. Costa, I can see that my stay might not be a smooth ride.

" I asked you a question. Who exactly are you?" Mr. Costa asked.

" Even your grades should not be able to get you to that position. You might be the top student in your School, but that is not enough requirement for the CEO to have a mere intern as his secretary," Mr. Costa said, looking into my eyes.

" I'm honestly as surprised as you are," I said to him.

" If we were talking about another person, I would say you used underhanded methods, but this this is the CEO," He said.

"Underhanded method " I understood what he meant by that.

Mr. Costa was a good employee but he was also very sexist at times and had no problem degrading women.

But I think I've had enough. I've refused his advance for a long time now and tried to be as professional as ever.

But he just insinuated something in front of how many staff and I can see how the ideas have been planted in their head.

" Mr. Costa, with all due respect, I will not accept you talking to me like that. If you are so curious as to why I was given this position, I'm sure that you know the way to the CEO's Office. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to start packing my things to my new office " I said and walked away from him, leaving him speechless.

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