Chapter 74 - Lucy Lin

"Hello everyone, I am Nina Anderson. I am the new assistant of the manager.I am looking forward to working with you all efficiently. Please take care of me."Nina Anderson bowed and greets everyone in the office.

She astonished to get no reply from her colleague. They just gave her a glance and keep themselves busy with their work. Nina Anderson sighed and forwarded towards the manager's office.

'Why are they acting cold towards me?'She thought confusedly.

It was her first day in High Cloud Enterprise as the assistant of a manager of the accounting department. Previously she was working in the company as a manager of the beautification department.

"Is not she the same we heard about?"Is she about to leave the room, someone said in a low voice. She stopped abruptly to hear.

"Of course she is the same? Who else it be? Acting so nice! Anyone can think that she is a nice person. See, what an acting she is doing!"Someone else said.

"Let her act. Our boss can forgive her, but we are not going to . How she can do such a thing!"

"It is not impossible for a person, who is greedy ."The people present in the room started gossiping about her.

'What are they talking about? Should I ask them?...No, I should not. It will make the situation. worse.I think I should wait until they are open up little to me.'Nian Anderson thought and knocked at the door of the manager's office."

"Come in."She heard someone.

"Good morning sir, I am Nina Anderson, the new assistant."She greeted the manager.

The manager was working on his computer.

"Go, prepare coffee for everyone. Make sure to ask their preferences."The man said without looking at her.

"Y.....yes.Sure.What type of coffee do you prefer? I will try to make it."She asked with a smile.

"Black."The manager replied in a cold tone."Make sure to bring it soon."

"I will bring it as soon as possible."She replied and leave hurriedly.

The next hour had been so hectic for her. But she somehow managed to complete her task. She smiled to see her colleagues who were having their coffee happily.

"What is your name ?"One of her colleagues asked. She was the same as Nina Anderson's age.

"Nina Anderson. You can call me Nina."Nina Anderson replied with a smile.

"Whatever. Send this letter to the post office."The girl said and forwarded her an envelope.

Nina Anderson accepted the letter from her with a smile.

"What would I call you?"She asked politely.

"I am Merry Sun. Make sure to drop this on the post box carefully. Don't lose it. It is a very important document."The woman replied without looking at her.

"Ok.Miss Sun.I will do it."She replied.

"Hey newcomer, bring me these things for me on the way back."Another girl sitting over the next table handed her a list and some cash.

"O.....ok."She replied.

"Hey, my friend is waiting outside. Give this book to him. He is wearing a yellow T- shirt."A young boy said loudly from another table.

"Ok. I will ."She replied and accepted the book from him.

'I thought I would have to do some paperwork here. But , I am running errands instead.'She thought and left the office. 

"I am damn tired."Nian Anderson mumbled and jumped to her bed immediately after reach the apartment.

When Nina Anderson reached her apartment after work, she was very tired. She even had no energy to make a cup of tea herself. She went to a deep slumber as her body touched the bed. When it was almost midnight her mobile phone rang, but the sound of the ringtone could not wake her up. When she woke up in the morning, she astonished to see fifteen missed calls from Mr. Harry Jian.

'Oh my God! Did he call me last night? Shit! How can I sleep so deep? He will be angry at me now.....Oh, God! How can I miss his call like that, when I was waiting for his call all day? Should I call him now?B........ But what if he still sleeping? No, I will call him later. Now I have to get ready for my work.'She thought and get ready and leave the apartment.

"Miss Nina, today my wife is very busy. She has to go to the spa. Go, and bring pick up my daughter from her school. Here take my car.I have already called her school."The manager called her to his cabin and said and handed her his car key.

"Ok, sir. I will."She replied and left the office. When she reached near the reception, she heard a commotion, among the employees present over there.

She looked at the other side of the reception. A group of people was coming from the opposite side. Nina Anderson stunned to see her best friend in a suit for the first time. Miss Lucy Lin, looked stunning in her business suit.

'Oh my God! How beautiful is she! She is perfectly suited for the position. I am happy to see her dreams come true.'Nian Anderson thought and looked at her best friend admiringly.

"Hey stand up. Boss is coming."She heard someone said in a low voice near the reception desk. She looked at the receptionist and some other employees present there and smiled to see everyone stood instantly.

'Everyone accepted her so nicely.'She thought.

"Hey are not you an employee here? Why are you standing in her way? Boss would get angry. Stand here with us."Someone pulled her to stand with them.

"I........I......"She wanted to speak something, but could not utter a word as Miss Lucy Lin reached in front of her already,

"L......Lucy......."Nina Anderson wanted to speak something but could not as the assistant of the CEO stopped her.

"Hey Miss, are not you an employee here? How can you not greet the CEO? I have seen you were standing in her way? Do you want to lose your job? In which department do you work? I have to speak to your manager. How he has not taught you how to act in front of the CEO?"The assistant asked in an angry tone. Nina Anderson stunned to hear him. She looked at her best friend who was glaring at her. She was now totally shocked. The person standing in front of her was unkonown to her.

"I.......I am s.........."She wanted to speak, but her friend's cold words rang in her ears.

"Deduct her salary for two days as a punishment."Miss Lucy Lin said and left the place with her team. Nina Anderson sat down on a chair nearby with a thud. She could not believe in her own ears and eyes.

"I........is she the s.......same L........Lucy?I...........I could never think. How can it be?"She mumbled.

"Do you have a death wish? How can you do that? She is the CEO, under whom you are working. How can you be such a fool to stand in her way? Be careful in the future. You are lucky enough not to lose the job. Be careful in the future."A young man came forward and said. Nina Anderson looked at the man and nodded.

"Thank you."She uttered in a low voice and left the office.

Nina Anderson remembered their times together. They both were in the same class.  Nina Anderson got admitted to the same class as Lucy Lin that year. They were in the fifth standard .

"Can I sit with you?"Nina Anderson asked the girl who was sitting alone sadly on the backside of the class.

Lucy Lin was very happy to see Nina Anderson, as no one wanted to share their seat with her. Everyone hated Lucy Lin as there was a rumor that she was not the real daughter of her father. It was a rumor that her mother had affair with some man and Lucy Lin came into their life. Although her father accepted her as his daughter, everyone knew them could not accept it wholeheartedly.

"Hello, I am Nina Anderson."Nina Anderson said with a smile.

"I........I am Lucy Lin."The sad girl said.

After that day Lucy Lin need not sit alone as Nina Anderson was always there with her. Both of them became the shadow of each other. At first, no one wanted to talk to Lucy Lin, but Nina Anderson helped her to get mingle with the classmates. Lucy Lin was always grateful to Nina Anderson for this.

After high school, both of them went to the same college. They had done their graduation as well as post- graduation together. After completing her studies Nina Anderson joined High clouds Enterprise, which was Lucy Lin's father's company when Lucy Lin went abroad to do a special course in business management for six months.