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Ah, my first day as an assistant, it's also my first job, to tell you honestly, I don't know how I landed this job but I'm grateful. It was also the first job I applied for and apparently, nobody wanted the position because of how demanding the CEO was of them.

I looked online and his company ratings were amazing, his assistant experience ratings? Not so much, they ranked from bad to horridly terrifying-

"This man made my experience a living nightmare, I wouldn't advise you to work as his assistant unless you have extraordinary patience."

"He made me run around like a dog for most of my time for things he could've called and had done in seconds, brat."

"I would come back from telling somebody from AP but go right back, he would tell me things in sentences, he would speak a paragraph in 30 minutes, unbelievable."

"He kept me from having lunch thrice, it made me question if I was working for a legit company or the mafia."

Well, let's go find out for ourselves.

I walked into the building to the receptionist, she checked the list and a security guard led me to the CEO's office. I was sweating from my palm while trying to hide my nervousness but the guy must have noticed.

"Don't worry, his bite is definitely harder than his bark." He said, patting my shoulder as I walked into what people call the 'Lion's den'

The room was run with the smell of men's perfume so much that it was sickening but I could manage until lunchtime, one that most ex-assistants didn't get. There was a chair that was turned, its back facing me and obviously, there was somebody sitting in it, I just didn't know if they knew of my presence. I coughed a little loud to get their attention-

"Welcome, Ms. Yang, or should I say assistant number 13, unlucky number, don't you think?" The guy spoke, pride poisoning his sentences

"It would be, if 1 plus 3 wasn't 4, so no, it's quite the opposite, sir," I responded confidently, I had gotten advice on what he would say from his ex-assistants

"Pretty good, okay, my name is Mr Bang, you are Yang Jeong-mi, interesting name for a lady." He said, introducing himself while reading my file.

I stood there in silence as he continued to explain things, my job was to tell him his schedule, prepare his files for his meetings and arrange them for him when the time came, and assist them while writing notes of everything important that they said so that he could look at them again.

"Mr. Bang, you have 3 meetings today, the first one is at 10:30 AM, the second one is at 1:15 PM, the last one is at 4:25 PM, and a business party hosted by Mr. Zhang at 7:30 PM," I explained to him, reading down the list before looking up at him, "Mr. Bang? Mr. Bang?" I called him, but he was just staring at me, not in an uncomfortable way but in a way, it looked like he was hypnotized.

"Ah, yes, you can leave now, tell kAi to prepare my car for tonight," He said, ever so rudely, so rude, if he wasn't my boss I would've asked him if he was on his period. "Ms. Yang, I said you can leave." He said once more, I walked out closing the door, and rolling my eyes. I wasn't frustrated, it was what I did when I was overjoyed, and I had done my first thing at my new job, I walked down to the ground floor to talk to kAi for Mr. Bang. 

After I was done, I walked into my office but before I could sit, Mr. Bang called for me, his paper had dropped 2 feet from him but he didn't want to get up and get it himself. I really didn't care about him calling me, I didn't have much work anyway so I had no problem going to his office, he called me another time as I walked into my office to get him coffee and I got it for him, went back to my seat and started working on answering some emails and clearing out some paperwork. 

Before I could finish the paperwork, he called me one more time, this time he needed somebody to check why his laptop wasn't opening, I laughed inside as I tapped the turn-on button and the laptop opened, he shooed me away and as I left to get back to my office, I broke into laughter. 

  Meeting No.3- 4:25

I was assisting the last formal meeting, Mr. Bang was sitting on my left on the last chair of the table, and another man whom I didn't know, sat on my left. Mr. Bang was very focused on the meeting and so was I, while writing the important things, I felt a hand on my thigh, and I looked over at Mr. Bang it wasn't his hand. When I looked to my right, I realized it was the hand of the man on my left, I touched his hand, kicked his chair from under him, and he fell face front onto the ground. Everyone's attention turned to me who was standing and the man who was on the ground but I turned around to Mr. Bang, he was keeping himself from laughing while looking at the man on the ground.

I left the room, this didn't hurt me, I was glad I caught him in action, this would probably save a lot of other women or men. I called the security guard who then called the police to arrest him but when they arrived, they couldn't arrest him because there wasn't any clear evidence, luckily we pulled CCTV footage, and there he was. The police told me to not get my hopes high as the guy was an influential millionaire in the area so the case would be hard, I started laughing, I wasn't pressing charges because I knew how influential this guy was, I just wanted him to have an tint on his record. The police soon left with the guy and Mr. Bang also decided to leave, not signing the contract that the meeting was meant to end with. 

We went back to the building, and it was time for me to go home, I was very happy that my first day had ended so quickly. I bid a formal goodbye to Mr. Bang, locked my office, and left the company building. After arriving home, I cooked myself some food, did my laundry, and finished some more paperwork, it was about 6:45 PM when I decided to go take a small nap cause I still had paperwork to complete later on.

I was lying on my bed checking my email from my phone when I got a call from an unknown number, I answered the call, hesitantly-

"Hello?" 

"Yes, Ms Yang? It's Mr. Bang."

"Mr. Bang? Why are you calling me at this time of day?" 

"Get yourself ready, I'm coming in 15 minutes." 

He cut the call as I chuckled to myself but horror replaced it when I realized I didn't have anything to wear and I didn't even know what I had to wear and for what. I picked out a dress that I hadn't worn in a very long time, my old prom dress, it was a long black tulle dress, off-shoulder and not very fancy. I didn't want to buy a huge expensive dress that I would wear one time in my lifetime so I bought one that could still make me remember a beautiful night, and although this dress hadn't given me good memories, it was still a pretty dress. 

I wore my dress with short black Harper heels, I wore a little makeup, and grabbed a small handbag before heading out of my house. 

When I got outside, I saw him leaning on the passenger side door just staring at my front door, I had rented a small house to myself as apartments in the area I live in were in creepy areas. I walked down the steps and stood about 5 feet away from him, he was still staring at my door's direction and probably oblivious of my existence in front of him.

"Mr. Bang?" I called softly

Third person POV

Jeong-min called for her boss as he stopped spacing out-

"Where are we going, anyway?" She asked 

"To that party of Mr. Zhang's, I figured my personal assistant needed to be there." 

"But it's my first day, you could've picked somebody that had more experience, sir." 

"How else are you going to gain experience?" He asked sarcastically, opening her door for her, "Get in, or else we'll be late." He responded to her silence. 

Jeong-min got inside the car, fixing her dress properly before Mr. Bang shut the door, and walked around to the driver seat. The drive was extremely silent as they stopped for red lights and went for others, but something disrupted it.

"Mr. Bang?" 

"Yes?" 

"What's your real name?" 

"What do you mean?" He asked still focusing on the road

"What's your full name? The one on your birth certificate." She asked turning to look at him

"Christopher Chan, Bang Christopher Chan is my full name." 

"Interesting name," Jeong-min said as she continued to look at her driving boss, it was like she mimicked him for what he said this morning, Chan turned back to look at her, the same way he did those two times today, this morning and tonight. "You should focus on driving before you crash the car, Mr. Bang," Jeong-min advised after breaking the tension full eye contact.

The rest of the drive went by in silence, soft music playing in the background, and just before Chan pulled up to the party, Jeong-min realized something-

"What's wrong with you?" Chan asked, pulling into the valet

"Shit. I forgot my phone." Jeong-min realized in horror

She needed her phone, it was what could keep her distracted from all the useless egotistic conversations they would have over and over again. She had taken her essentials and put them in her bag but forgot to pick up her phone from where she threw it after Chan abruptly ended the call on her.

"Take one of mine, I'm the only person you'll know there anyway, if you need anything just tell Bixby to call Chan 2." He said before exiting the car, walking to your door, and opening yours, allowing you to step out of the car. He handed the car key to the valet as you 2 walked inside the building, Chan greeted many great businessmen, some you never even knew existed and some you knew from the internet but none you knew personally except for 1, Mr. Kim. 

As Chan made his way toward Mr. Kim, you stopped in your tracks, making Chan also stop in his tracks. 

"Yang Jeong-min?" He called out to you but you just continued staring right in the direction of Mr. Kim, your face pale and your hands fisting your dress. Chan turned in the direction you were staring at, and it was Mr. Kim you were staring at, a man he had soon planned to sign a contract with. He grabbed your fisted hands, slowly rubbing them to relaxation, your face was still pale but you snapped out looking at Chan, tears quickly threatening to fall out but you blinked them away. 

"Chan, I need to go to the bathroom." You say casually, confusion hitting Chan like bricks.

He let go of your hand as you walked away, you finally let the tears fall as you walked to the nearest bathroom you could spot. That man, the man that made you close to breaking down, the one that once touched you without consent years ago, the one that violated you when you decided to report him to the authorities. He is your assaulter...

Your uncle...