"Good morning!"
Athena politely greeted the person on the phone, her calm voice devoid of any emotion.
"Uhm...Okay, I got it."
She frowned and hung up the phone, immediately laughing with disdain, "Let me see how difficult it is to serve you."
Looking in the mirror, she adjusted her uniform, fixed her sleeves, looked at herself in the mirror, confidently smiled, went to the door to put on her shoes, and then left the house.
Inside the Williams X Corporation, Berklee Williams frowned and buried his face in documents.
"Knock-knock-knock" The knock on the door interrupted his attention, his mood was a bit gloomy, coldly throwing a sentence at the door, "Come in!"
The head of the human resources department heard the cold, murderous voice of the CEO. He silently swallowed his saliva, carried the mood "If I don't go to hell, who will come in" and entered the room.
"Mr. Williams...To be honest...."
Berklee Williams impatiently watched the man standing hunched in front of him and took a cup of milk coffee from the table, "What is this? Didn't I say I only drink black coffee? Where is Secretary Martin?"
"Mr.Williams, I came here to talk about this, yesterday Secretary Martin submitted his resignation, so the Chairman purposely found you a new secretary."
"What? Even my secretary, he finds it on his own?"
Berklee Williams snorted coldly and slammed his coffee cup on the table.
"The...the new secretary will be here soon, Mr. Williams, I have to go out for working."
After saying that, the Head of the Human Resources Department immediately ran out.
"Berklee, you've scared him." Axella looked at the fleeing Head of Department, laughing until he couldn't stand it.
Axella, an effective assistant of Berklee Williams, one of the core employees of the Williams X Group, young and talented, at work, he was a direct assistant, a subordinate of Berklee Williams. He had a very good relationship with him and was one of his very few close friends.
"Do you hear anything? Even my secretary, he wants to find it on his own."
"Don't blame him, who told you to be so difficult to serve, in the past half-year, you've replaced 10 secretaries! No one has lasted more than a month. If it wasn't for being fired by you, it would have been threatened to run away. Berklee, didn't I tell you, you should be gentle with girls."
Berklee Williams, the famous cold CEO in Los Angeles, was also a talented young man, only twenty-one years old, took over the position of CEO, and within just half a short year, he succeeded in increasing shares of Williams X Corporation by twenty percent, a feat in the business world of Los Angeles, and within a short period, its fame spread throughout the city. It was just that he was also a famous person with the speed of changing new secretaries, half a year, eighteen people, setting a new record for Los Angeles.
"Being incompetent to work, why keep them?"
"Okay, okay, whatever you do is right, no matter what the previous secretaries, this new secretary was found by your father personally, anyway, it will take a bit longer."
Axella wholeheartedly advised Berklee Williams to be splashed with cold water again, "Axella, you're getting more and more like a woman by the day!"
"Knock-Knock-Knock" Another knock on the door.
"Come in."
The door was pushed open, a girl in a neat uniform, with a proper posture, bowed:
"Hello, I am Athena Smiths, your new secretary!"
Seeing Athena Smiths, Berklee suddenly had a bad premonition, but looking at her good character made Berklee suppress all the anger in his heart.
"Axella, help me guide her to work, I'm going out for a while."
"Okay, Mr. Williams."
Based on a long time of acquaintance, Axella understood, Berklee Williams was angry: Daring to dance on top of the tiger's head, there is only the old tiger. Chairman, you are indeed powerful.
Looking at Berklee walking out with murderous intent, Athena Smiths immediately knew: her CEO was angry. She didn't even glance at Berklee.
Outside the door, Berklee called his father, "Dad, what do you mean? You suddenly want to find a secretary for me, and are so ugly and rigid?"
On the phone, Jone Williams and his wife were on vacation in the Maldives, "Stupid kid! In the past, so many people didn't satisfy you! This time, let me change your taste, she will serve you carefully."
"Dad! Why are you so perverted like this?"
"Please be satisfied with yourself, Athena Smiths was taken by me from someone else's company, if it wasn't for my father's respect, people wouldn't let Athena Smiths go! I tell you know, be a little polite to her, this time, just let Athena Smiths resign on her own, can't let you fire her!"
Jone Williams finished speaking and then hung up the phone forcefully. Berklee was angry to the point of grinding his teeth.
Athena Smiths, right? I will "take care" of you very carefully.
Berklee Williams still maintained the same cold face as he returned to the office. At this time, Axella had taken Athena Smiths to get acquainted with the job, she was currently sitting at the desk looking at the important issues left by the previous secretary.
Hearing a knock on the door, Athena Smiths raised her head and glanced at Berklee Williams walking towards her. The first time we met, it was not so friendly. Athena Smiths did not have a good impression of this young CEO, but because the work had become a habit, she still gave him a professional smile and stood up to say "Mr. Williams".
Because Berklee Williams was standing in front of her, due to the professional spirit, the Athena Smiths could not sit down, and could only wait for Berklee Williams to leave. But Berklee deliberately wanted to fight her, so he stood in front of Athena Smiths' desk and carefully assessed his secretary that his father brought to him. Almond eyes, red lips, high and straight nose, thin chin, fair skin, undeniably, Athena Smiths was very beautiful. Although very beautiful, there was no gentleness and softness like a girl, and there was no overwhelming strong mettle like Berklee Williams, not bad, this was Berklee's assessment about Athena Smiths.
"Mr. Williams, may I sit down and work?"
Athena Smiths looked Berklee in the eye, with no fear, no arrogance, no humility, well done!
"Of course."
Berklee Williams told Athena Smiths to sit down, she immediately withdrew her smile and began to sit down to work, lazily not wanting to leave even a single smile with Berklee: Well, let's see what your tricks are, good horseback here!
Oh, it looked like this Athena Smiths was also very interesting, if so, let's try to fight each other.
The great game had only just begun.
If my father respected this female secretary like that, then I also have to try to "take care" of her well. Athena Smiths could not leave to live in peace - this was the only thought in Berklee Williams' mind.
"Secretary Smiths, make me a cup of coffee."
Berklee Williams' voice was still as cold as before, nothing was out of the ordinary. Only Axella knew, Berklee Williams wanted to make trouble for Athena Smiths, the first step had already begun.
Too hot, too sweet, the wrong taste, or the wrong kind of coffee, Berklee Williams had a knack for using coffee to find all sorts of excuses to upset a secretary. Some former secretaries of Berklee were fired, for one reason: even if the coffee couldn't be made, what could be done?
"Yes, Mr. Williams."
Athena Smiths' expression became even more calm, slowly got up, leisurely went out, and returned a few minutes later with a cup of coffee.
"Mr. Williams, your coffee."
Athena placed coffee on Berklee Williams' table, then put on a professional smile and stood next to him to watch.
Athena Smiths seemed to know that Berklee was trying to make trouble for her, so she definitely stood there and waited.
Axella stared at the two of them in front of her with an expectant look.
Berklee Williams did not answer, just quietly picked up a cup of coffee and took a sip: not too hot, not too sweet, soft and smooth, moreover, it was his favorite coffee.
Berklee's face suddenly flashed a flash of terror and constantly looked at Athena Smiths.
This cup of coffee was naturally not bad.
"Huh" Athena Smiths coldly snorted, then slowly opened her mouth, "Mr. Williams, this is your favorite coffee, you don't like sweets so I don't add sugar, you are very demanding with taste, so when I'm drunk with coffee, I'm especially careful, as for the warmth...I've tried it myself, so it's just warm enough."
"Secretary Smiths is so good, the coffee is made for the superiors that you also dare to taste it first."
Berklee Williams sarcastically implied that Athena Smiths did not how to be polite to dare to drink the boss's coffee. Athena did not panic, but leisurely continued, "Because I want to give Mr. Williams a cup of coffee that makes you satisfied, I purposely tasted it to improve the taste, although I don't normally drink coffee."
"So you still want me to thank you?"
"That's what i should do, Mr. Williams is so polite."
Seeing Berklee Williams' surprised look, the corner of Athena Smiths' mouth suddenly showed a sarcastic smile and then disappeared, making people think it was an illusion.
It seemed that Athena Smiths was very well prepared, she knew Berklee's favorite habits, and intentionally told Berklee that this cup of coffee she had drunk, which made him angry but couldn't do anything. However, there was someone who could counter this Berklee, which didn't seem to be bad. The more Axella thought about it, the happier he became, finally, he laughed out loud and got a fierce glare from Berklee.
The first step failed, then the second step. Berklee Williams secretly told the company's front desk to bring all kinds of girls' phone calls to Athena. Although Berklee was famous for being cold, there were still a lot of girls who ran over because of his property, because these people couldn't meet him, so they could only ask the front desk to transfer the phone for Berklee Williams.
These women were not arrogant, just a little stubborn, the former secretaries often blocked this phone but were humiliated by them.
The phone didn't stop ringing, but Athena remained very calm, not showing any discomfort. When answering the phone, Athena's voice was always very low, so Berklee Williams couldn't hear what he was saying. Finally, not knowing how many times the phone rang, Berklee Williams couldn't stand it anymore and called the front desk to tell them not to connect anymore.
Berklee wanted to know how the Athena Smiths handled those women, so he asked Axella to record the calls, which Berklee Williams listened to and almost went mad with himself.
"Hello, I'm Mr. Williams' secretary, he is currently in a meeting, Can I help you?"
"Female secretary?"
"Yes, but don't worry, my CEO often mentions you, and says he will find you when he has time. Currently, Mr.Williams really has no way to answer the phone, wait for him to finish the meeting. I'll definitely let him know if you're looking for him, I think he'll be delighted."
"Really? I'll wait!"
"Okay, goodbye."
The content of all subsequent phone calls was roughly the same.
Athena Smiths, you did a great job.
You really know how to make me angry!
It seemed to let him know that it was impossible to retreat.
Athena Smiths, let's just wait and see!
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The story of Athena Smiths and those women made Berklee Williams even angrier when thinking about it, his face which was as cold as ice revealed a few dark parts. It looked like he wanted to get mad at any moment.
"Mr. Williams, this document needs your signature."
Athena Smiths walked over with a stack of documents, directly downplaying Berklee Williams' coldness.
"What document?"
Berklee didn't want to stop making trouble for Athena Smiths, but at this time, he also needed to deal with the documents. Anyway, he was a CEO of a big corporation.
"As for a few cooperation contracts, I recently went through the content of these contracts, they are very strict, all the details are very clear, fair, for our company. As for this part..." Athena Smiths pointed out a few words in the brochure for Berklee Williams to see, "While it looked good to our company, there were a few details. There is a problem with the details, it is very vague, I am afraid that by then it will reveal a mistake, so I request you to send someone to discuss it again, just to be safe."
If before, Berklee Williams was still dissatisfied with Athena Smiths, at this time, he felt like she was a treasure. Working maturely, carefully, in order, handling the work skillfully, closely, it was impossible not to say, Athena Smiths was truly a talent.
From the past until now, people who wanted to complete a great career had always used talent, Berklee Williams was of course no exception. Based on the bravery of Athena Smiths, his prejudice against her was immediately halved.
"Well done!"
"Thank you for the praise from you, Mr. Williams. If there is nothing more to instruct me, I will go back to work again." Athena Smiths, who had just taken two steps out, turned her head, "Mr. Williams, actually, these ladies just now aren't bad, their contact methods are all recorded. If not, can I help you make an appointment?"
"No need!"
Berklee Williams hissed two words from between his teeth, he tried to suppress his anger. His face was a little fierce: Athena Smiths! If I can't punish you, I'll change my last name to your last name!
"Yes, Mr. Williams."
Athena Smiths, while turning around, smiled mischievously: Berklee Williams, do you think you can fight me? Be stupid!
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"Dad, I will get mad! Where did you find this weirdo woman?" Berklee Williams was angry and had to find his father to complain.
"Hahaha, don't ask me where to find her again. How's it? Athena Smiths isn't bad, is it?"
"It's not bad, obviously she came to counter me! No need to wait for you to return from the Maldives, I was already pissed off by her!"
Thinking about his son getting angry because of Athena Smiths, Jone felt so funny. No one could be like Athena Smiths, she could make him so angry! That's great!
"Hahaha," Jone Williams on the phone laughed for a while, "I am feeling good, since you were a kid, you have shown an emotionless face. If it's not the same DNA, I doubt if I have hugged the wrong child! Athena is a talent!"
"I also doubt if I'm your son! But forget it! Bye!" Berklee Williams angrily hung up the phone, then stormed toward his office.
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When Berklee opened the door to enter, Athena Smiths was about to go out to get water, they faced to face with each other.
Athena smiled and said, "Mr. Williams."
Berklee Williams saw her, but he did not answer and immediately went to his desk.
"Wow, petty." She pouted and then went out.
Athena Smiths finished taking the water, on the way back, many people looked at her and talked about, "Woww, see, that's the new secretary of our CEO."
"I heard she was appointed by the Chairman."
"At such a young age, she can let the Chairman personally invite her to work, I don't know what relationship it is."
"Shh! Speak in a low voice."
Despite being warned, that person's volume did not decrease, even louder, she looked at Athena Smiths with a provocative expression.
Athena walked in front of them and scornfully smiled, "Didn't anyone teach you, if you want to speak ill of someone, you have to talk behind their back?"
Everyone didn't expect Athena Smiths to say that, and they all froze for a short time.
"Also," Athena Smiths said to the stunned crowd, "Don't just stand here and be jealous, you can you up, everyone knows what's behind this sentence!"
After saying that, she walked straight away without looking back.
Haha, don't joke. Want to provoke me? There's no door!
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"Axella, help me investigate the background of the Athena Smiths, give me tomorrow."
On the occasion of Athena going out to get water, Berklee immediately requested Axella to find out her background.
"Yes, Mr. Williams."
Axella learned from the tone of Athena Smiths teasing Berklee Williams.
Berklee slammed the file on the table, "Are you tired of living?"
"Just kidding! Okay, no more kidding you, I have to go to work, I come here to see your new secretary and forget I have a lot of work to do."
"Axella Green!!!" Before Berklee had time to be angry, Axella ran out at lightning speed.
Life was so colorful and looked like that!
"I love you, I miss you..." The bell rang, and Berklee calmly picked up the phone
"Hello, Martin, what's wrong?"
"Honey, I heard that you have a new secretary, introduced by the Chairman! How about it, can you bring her here at night?"
"Damn it! How do you know?" Wait, Berklee suddenly thought of someone, "Axella! Wait and see if I will kill you!"
"Oop!" Axella suddenly sneezed, then rubbed his nose with his hand. He muttered, "It must be Martin who told Berklee to take his new secretary out at night. Not good, I have to hide!"
Aware of being exposed, Axella quickly instructed her subordinates, "If Mr.Williams comes to see me soon, please say I'm not feeling well and ask for half a day off. Do you understand?"
After that, Axella immediately took the unfinished work and run out.
Are you kidding me? Did I let you catch me so easily? Never!
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In the office, Berklee just hung up the phone: Damn! Martin! To be able to use Daniel to put pressure on him! Looked like he had to bring Athena Smiths with him tonight.
Daniel was Daniel Brown, Brown family and Williams family had a close relationship for a long time, Daniel Brown was a few years older than Berklee Williams, and had been very considerate of him since childhood. Previously, Berklee often caused fights. Fortunately, there was Brown who helped him settle everything, even Brown took responsibility for himself. Therefore, although Berklee Williams was cold and emotionless, he was very respectful to Daniel Brown. This time it was Mr. Brown's request, of course, Berklee had to agree. Upset! Berklee Williams was upset and wanted to die!
Just at this time, Athena returned to her desk.
"Secretary Smiths, I have a party tonight, you follow me."