The day was packed with meetings, work, and social engagements…
Indeed, money doesn’t just fall from the sky.
Working is far more exhausting than studying.
After the secretaries and assistants finished their reports, Ethan said, “This is Clara, my wife. She will be interning at the company during the summer… Alayna, you’ll be guiding her.”
Alayna nodded respectfully, “Yes.”
Ethan said nothing more, indicating the meeting was over…
The assistants and secretaries all left the room.
“Should I… leave too?” Clara asked Ethan.
Ethan nodded, “Go ahead.”
Clara followed them out.
“Madam…” Alayna called out to Clara.
Clara blushed and awkwardly said, “Just call me Clara.”
Being called “Madam”… felt so strange.
Alayna paused for a moment, looking at Clara. She didn’t dare to address Clara by her first name directly; the Vice President was a very strict man. If he knew she called his wife by her name, who knows what would happen.
“Madam,” Alayna said with a smile, “Please follow me.”
Oh well.
Sigh… They can call her whatever they want.
Clara followed Alayna.
Alayna led Clara into the secretary’s office.
The entire twenty-eighth floor belonged to Ethan. Besides a large office, there was a secretary’s office, an assistant’s office, a large conference room, and a spacious reception room.
Alayna familiarized Clara with the environment.
Finally, they returned to the secretary’s office.
There were three secretaries in the office.
Through Alayna’s introductions, Clara got to know them.
Alayna was Ethan’s chief secretary, thirty-five years old, and had been by Ethan’s side for many years.
Then there were Hanna and Stephanie.
Hanna and Stephanie were about the same age, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, working under Alayna…
Both Hanna and Stephanie were very beautiful, as was Alayna… Despite her age, she had a mature charm that young girls lacked.
Clara quietly thought to herself… Could Ethan really focus on work surrounded by three beautiful women all day?
Tsk… Men are all the same.
“Madam… Did Mr. Logan mention anything specific for you to do?” Alayna asked Clara with a smile.
She was a shrewd woman who had developed keen insight after working with Ethan for many years. She could tell at a glance that Clara was a well-behaved young lady, quite different from her sister…
As Ethan’s secretary, Alayna had naturally interacted with Iris before.
Iris used to occasionally visit the company to see Mr. Logan.
Iris… Though she appeared gentle on the surface, she was actually quite calculating and had once targeted their secretary’s office.
There was no helping it; their office had three beautiful women, each with their own unique charm… Iris naturally felt uneasy seeing beautiful women around her fiance all day long.
They could understand Iris’s animosity.
Clara suddenly blushed and whispered to Alayna, “He… asked me to… serve tea and water…”
After speaking, her face turned even redder.
She thought… these three secretaries would surely laugh at her.
Alayna paused for a moment, seeing Clara’s flushed face… She understood,
Mr. Logan didn’t want his young wife to be alone at home during her vacation, so he brought her to the company to spend more time together and nurture their relationship.
Alayna smiled and explained Ethan’s habits to Clara.
For instance, what Mr. Logan liked to drink in the morning and afternoon…
Clara noted everything down carefully.
She wanted to serve tea and water well.
If she couldn’t even do that right, Ethan would surely tease her.
That man… could be quite mischievous at times.
After giving instructions, Alayna went back to work.
Not only Alayna but Hanna was also very busy. The two of them were constantly moving in and out of the office with various documents and making phone calls…
Once again, Clara realized just how busy Ethan was.
If his secretaries were this busy,
Ethan must be even busier.
However… while Alayna and Hanna were busy, Stephanie seemed relatively idle. Her workload was light, and during her free time, Stephanie would sit at her desk applying makeup or painting her nails…
Clara curiously watched Stephanie. Wouldn’t Ethan be upset with her behavior?
A man like Ethan… seemed like someone who would be particularly strict about work.
Could it be… that Stephanie was Ethan’s ‘lover’?
Although she hadn’t worked in an office before, she wasn’t completely naive… She knew that many high-ranking men’s secretaries were women, often young and attractive. Their duties went beyond handling documents… They often served as their boss’s companion as well.
Could Stephanie be Ethan’s lover too?
But… Ethan didn’t seem like that kind of person?
Ethan appeared cold and stern on the surface but seemed like a very upright man who wouldn’t take advantage of those around him.
Then again… appearances can be deceiving.
Clara felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart.
Did Ethan have a lover?
If so, why place her in the secretary’s office? Wasn’t he afraid she’d discover his affair with Stephanie?
Or was it because… Ethan felt secure?
Right.
He indeed felt secure.
Even if she found out about Ethan having a lover, what could she do?
Nothing.
She couldn’t do anything to Ethan because she simply didn’t have the power to do so.
Nor did she dare confront Ethan or provoke him… What if she angered him and he retaliated against her or the Everett family?
Sigh…
Even if she knew, she’d have to pretend not to know.
Stephanie looked at Clara and asked with a smile, “Madam… Would you like your nails done?”
Clara: “… No need.”
“Come on, Madam, let me do them for you,” Stephanie said with a smile as she slid her chair over to Clara. “I do nails really well.”
Stephanie wasn’t afraid of Clara at all. She took Clara’s hand and examined it before saying, “Madam, your hands are beautiful-fair, tender, and slender with lovely nails. They’ll look gorgeous with nail polish.”
Clara blushed slightly from the compliment. “Really?”
She was still a student and didn’t usually indulge in such things.
“Yes,” Stephanie replied with a smile. “Let me do them for you…”
Clara thought for a moment and didn’t refuse, allowing Stephanie to do her nails.
Then… she noticed that Stephanie had quite an array of nail tools…
Everything you’d find in a nail salon, she had it all.
Stephanie meticulously did Clara’s nails.
Alayna and Hanna saw them as they moved in and out but didn’t pay much attention. They continued with their work.
Clara watched Stephanie doing her nails… It felt somewhat odd.
Ethan’s lover doing nails for his legitimate wife…
Was Stephanie trying to curry favor with her?
Perhaps so.
Even if she was Ethan’s little secretary and relied on his favor… no matter how much Ethan favored her, she was still just a lover… While Ethan might pamper her, he wouldn’t embarrass his legitimate wife for a lover’s sake.
Though men liked to play around, they were very clear about what they should do and what they should not.
Ethan went out for a while and when he returned, he saw the secretary’s office.
He walked over,
Wanting to see what Clara was up to.
There wasn’t any tea or water being served for him either.
As he reached the door of the secretary’s office, he saw Stephanie doing Clara’s nails.
This scene…
He hadn’t anticipated it.
He watched the two talking and laughing together and frowned slightly.
“Mr. Logan…” Alayna noticed Ethan and stood up.
Huh?
Both Stephanie and Clara turned their heads to see Ethan standing at the door with a frown on his face.
She was startled and quickly withdrew her hand.
Stephanie: “Mr. Logan.”
Ethan nodded slightly, glanced at Clara, and asked Stephanie, “Are you done?”
Stephanie: “… What?”
“Her nails-are they done?” Ethan asked.
Clara blushed with embarrassment… On her first day at work, she was caught getting her nails done instead of working by Ethan.