3 Aunty, hide me

Stepping out of the elevator, Lara walked towards the legal team office to sign the contract. Lara was barely able to hide her excitement for the new job. Working for a big company like Glamorous will surely add to her experience, and hopefully, the salary will be three times higher than her old salary.

"Good morning. I'm Lara Marlow. I'm here to sign the job contract." Lara introduced herself to the secretary.

"Good morning, Miss Marlow. The legal department manager is waiting for you." The secretary replied, pointing at the office door on the right.

"Thank you," Lara said and walked towards the office.

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Half an hour later.

"Here's your copy of the contract, Miss Marlow." The legal team department manager said."Hope you enjoy working with us." He added with a smile on his face.

"Me too." Lara replied.

Now that the contract signing part is done, Lara needed to head to the financial department to start her work, she was supposed to start work tomorrow but due to the load of work that needed to be taken care of, they asked her to start today.

Opening the door to her office, Lara looked around the place, smiling. This office was better than her old one. It has a better view and it's more stylish. Well, it's a clothing designing company, of course, everything will be stylish.

Putting her bag on the deck table. Lara sat behind her desk."Lara Marlow. Department manager assistant." Lara read the nameplate aloud."Not bad." She added.

Ring…Ring…Ring.

Lara was just starting to enjoy the place when the phone on her desk rang. She knew that it must be her new boss."Lara Marlowe, Department Manager Assistant." She introduced herself.

"Good morning, Miss Marlow. This is Mr. Peter Stoll. Manager of the financial department. Please come to my office." Mr. Stoll said and ended the call.

"That sure looks like a grumpy boss. But It's not the first." Lara mumbled to herself as she stood up and made her way towards the door, heading to the manager's office.

Knocking on the door, Lara opened the office door and stepped inside, closing the door behind her.

A man in his forties appears. Tall, handsome, and arrogant. Lara noticed.

"Mr. Stoll." Lara formally acknowledged him.

"Miss. Marlow. Welcome to the Glamorous company." Mr. Stoll said, welcoming his new employee.

"Thank you." Lara replied with a slight smile, noticing how he was checking her.

"I apologize for not allowing you to familiarize yourself with the environment of the work, but as you know we're at the end of the second quarter of the year and there are too many reports to be written, reviewing the second quarter profits reports, an endless amount of work to do." Mr. Stoll explained.

"I understand, Sir, and I'm ready to do my job." Lara said.

"That's great then. Let's start with the reports right there, review them, and write the reports." Mr. Stoll said, pointing at the piles of files on the table.

As expected, another arrogant manager relies on his employees to do the hard work. Lara thought to herself.

"According to your file, you're good at your work, so I accept no mistakes." Mr. Stoll said.

Nodding her head, Lara picked up the files and left the office going back to hers to start working.

"Let's start. You can do it, Lara." Lara mumbled, motivating herself as she sat behind her desk and grabbed the first file.

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At Simon's office.

"Sir, the designers finished preparing for the winter collection." Mr. David, Simon's secretary, said.

"You know that I'm still going to get half of their payments for being behind schedule." Simon spoke in a cold tone.

"We're only one week behind, Sir." Mr. David tried to defend the designer.

Simon lifted his head and looked at his secretary with his cold, dark eyes, warning him.

Mr. David cleared his throat, understanding the silent warning, and took back his words."You're right, Sir. Detecting half of their monthly payments is not enough. You should detect all."

A cruel smirk appeared on Simon's lips hearing his secretary's words."On second thought, I should do that." Simon said as he picked up his suit jacket.

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The poor designers have no idea what he did to them. Mr. David thought as he followed his boss to the collection room.

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At lunchtime, Lara decided to take a short break. She has been working for almost five hours straight without a break in between. Plus, her stomach has been rumbling for a while now. She may be a workaholic, but she's a foodaholic, too.

Picking her bag, Lara left her office. On her way to the company this morning, she saw a small restaurant at the end of the street. So she thought of trying it.

"Hey." Lara heard a female voice behind her, turning around, Lara saw a dark-haired woman who appeared to be in her late thirties. An old employee in the company, she thought to herself.

Her habit of taking notes about people and everything around her never stopped no matter how hard she tried.

"Hey." Lara replied with a warm smile.

"I'm Emily from the media department." Emily introduced herself to her, offering her hand for a shake. "You must be the new girl, Lara, right?" She added.

"Yes, I am." Lara replied, shaking Emily's hand."But how did you know my name?" Lara asked.

"Oh, that. The company doesn't like to hire people who have… how should I say it. People who have scandals of history on social media as the secretary department make sure that the employee has no criminal record. You know, it's a famous company. they can't put the company's reputation at risk." Emily replied, explaining.

"Interesting company policy." Lara commented as she pressed the elevator button.

"Don't take it to heart. Big companies are strict. At least they don't force us to wear a uniform." Emily said, laughing.

Lara nodded her head in agreement. She began to like this lady and to get to know her more. Maybe they might become friends.

"Wanna join me for lunch?"Lara offered.

"Of course, let's go, I'm starving." Emily accepted the offer.

With that, the two ladies got into the elevator. Once the elevator reached the button floor, the doors opened, and Lara and Emily were about to step out of it when a cute running ball invaded the elevator.

"Quickly, Aunty hid me." Little Lily said, hiding behind Lara's leg

Lara's eyebrows drew together in confusion as she looked at the little girl. Is there someone trying to kidnap her?

"Are you running again from your nanny, Lily?" Emily asked the little girl.

Now, the confusion is cleared. Lara sighed in relief.

Little Lily lowered her eyes, staring at the floor while she nervously tugged on the hen of her dress."I don't want to go home. I want to stay with Daddy." Little Lily said.

"Why doesn't her nanny allow her to be with her father?" Lara asked Emily.

Emily smiled at the little girl as she patted her head."Because Mr. Simon is busy these days, and this little cheeky here doesn't let her father do his work and wants to play all the time." She replied.

Lara turned to look at Lily, who was staring at her with cute puppy eyes right now that it was hard to resist. Now, what should she do?

"Lily."

They heard a woman's voice calling the little girl.

"That's her nanny." Emily said.

"Go and eat your lunch, I'll take care of this." Lara said, deciding to take the little girl to her father.

"What are you going to do?" Emily inquired as she stepped out of the elevator, feeling curious.

"I'm going to take her to herfather. No parent is too busy for their children." Lara replied.

"Mr, Simon's office on the top floor. Good luck." Emily said, laughing.

Pressing the button to the tenth floor, Lara sighed as she stared at Lily, who was smiling at her.

"Aunty, you didn't tell me your name." Lily said, tagging at Lara's skirt.

Lara picked up the little girl in her arms. She was so light like a feather."It's Lara." She replied to the little girl and pinched her cheek tenderly.

"Are you going to take me to Daddy?" Lily asked in her cute voice.

She's so cute. Lara thought to herself.

"Yes." Lara replied, and at the same time, the doors to the elevator opened

Lara stepped outside the elevator with Lily in her arms. This floor looked different from the one her office was in. Now that she was here, Lara realized what she was about to do, meet the big boss. She only read rumors, and they weren't kind ones.

"Daddy's office is this way." Lily said, pointing at the end of the corridor.

"Is he in his office?" Lara asked as she walked in the direction of the Simon Hart office.

Little Lily shrugged her shoulders and said."I don't know."

Lara sighed, feeling that this was a quick impulse of hers, and she shouldn't have come here."It feels like I'm walking into the lion's den." Lara muttered under her breath.

Standing in front of the office door, Lara lowered Lily to her feet gently and said."Now off you go. I need to go back to my work."

"Are you not going to come with me?" Little Lily asked innocently.

No, she wasn't going to be fired on her first day of work.

"Sweety." Lara spoke in a gentle tone, squatting down to the little girl's level. I am still thinking of how she should explain to the little girl that she's not allowed to go inside."I can't go inside unless I'm allowed to." She tried to explain to the little girl.

Suddenly, the door to the office opened, Lara lifted her head and looked up at the tower-like man standing at the office entrance.

"Lily."

"Daddy." The little girl ran towards her father.

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