Chapter 144 - Commotion At The Cafeteria: Deer In The Headlights

The food she ordered was ready, and Fae immediately carried her tray filled with food and walked to the table that Tom pointed to. The man immediately followed her with a tray filled with his own food.

"Have a seat," said Tom as he placed his tray on the table and opened a chair for Fae. He then introduced his friends. "Well.. these are my friends from Marketing. This is Allan. Over there is Charlie, Eva, and Diana."

They all nodded and greeted Fae. The girl bowed slightly and introduced herself.

"Good day, everyone. I'm Fae Muller. I'm new here," she said.

"What department do you work in?" asked Charlie attentively. He seemed very interested in the incredibly beautiful Fae and wanted to know more about her.

"Oh, I work as a personal assistant to a director," said Fae.

"Eh .. wait a moment ..." Charlie and his friends exchanged glances. "Are you the assistant who just got hired a few days ago? You're the personal assistant to our boss Mr. Rhionen?"

Fae immediately felt their expressions change. The five people still tried to be friendly, but there was still a little bit of awkwardness on their faces.

Maybe they had heard rumors from Sarah that Fae was the mistress of their big boss from Romania. As far as they know, Mischa Rhionen was a 47-year-old man, more than double Fae's age. The man was almost 50 and still single.

Not many had seen him in person, and the man was not widely known in public either. That's why they thought Mischa was a middle-aged uncle who liked young girls like Fae and gave her a job just as an excuse to sponsor her with money.

"That's right, I work for him. Sam Haney said Mr. Rhionen needed an assistant in Moravia because he would be quite busy taking care of the business here," said Fae, trying to break the ice.

She knew it would be difficult for her to defend herself if the people in the office already had a prejudice about her and Mischa. Because of this, she didn't try too hard to explain who she was and what happened.

"Hey .. look, someone just came. He is, oh, so handsome," Eva whispered suddenly, pointing her chin toward the entrance. "Gosh ... our office just hired good looking staff this week."

Her friends also turned their heads toward the door and immediately confirmed Eva's words. A man in his mid-30s walked in with Sam, the HR director. He was extremely handsome with golden curls and sharp blue eyes. He wore neat black outfits, and his movements were elegant and calm.

Gosh...

Not only them, but the other employees who were eating in the cafeteria immediately noticed this man who had just arrived. Everyone was wondering who that man was?

From his gesture, when he walked beside Sam, he acted like he was the owner of the place.

"Oh ... that's my boss. He is finally here," muttered Fae with a smile. 

She was relieved because, finally, Mischa came to the RMI office in Almstad. She couldn't stand the gossip that she didn't really need to work because Mischa placed her in RMI as an excuse to sponsor her.

Fae needed the work. She wanted to do her job well and enjoy a salary she earned with her own efforts. That's why she was very happy when Mischa finally came to Almstad.

After this, she would ask her boss to give her a lot of assignments, so that Fae could show other people that she was really capable.

"W-what did you say? Your boss?" Eva asked in surprise.

"You're joking, right?" asked Diana, frowning.

Fae's words were enough to stun the five people sitting with her at the table.

Was that Mischa Rhionen? Wasn't he in his late forties already? He should have looked much much older than this, but now he seemed like he's still in his 30's! They really didn't understand.

Fae didn't feel good about meeting Mischa at the company restaurant like this, especially considering that she just sent an SMS like that to her boss.

What did she write to him earlier? 

Oh. My. God.

Sweat ran down her back as Fae subconsciously lowered her face and covered her head with her right hand. She pretended to focus her attention on the food in front of her. She really hoped Mischa didn't notice her.

She would send a text first to apologize before meeting her new boss and do damage control.

"What happened to you?" asked Diana, looking puzzled. "Did you make a mistake?"

Fae shook her head. "I just remembered I have work to do. I'm going to finish my meal quickly and head back to my office. Sorry, I can't stay long to chat."

She chewed her food quickly and finished her drink almost like someone who had been trapped in the wilderness without water for days. Her colleagues watched Fae with amazement.

After she finished her meal, the girl immediately rose from her seat and excused herself from them. She had to rush back to her room and send an apology text to Mischa.

As she walked toward the exit, the corner of her eye saw Sarah walking toward Sam and Mischa's table.

Oh, how convenient. Now that the gossip girl knew that their big boss wasn't really an old geezer, she wanted to hang around him.

Fae could only grumble to herself. She was about to continue her journey out of the restaurant when Mischa got up and walked to get in her way.

"Have you finished eating?" the man asked, looking intently at Fae.

The girl fluttered her lashes with her eyes opened wide. She looked just like a deer in the headlights.

"Uhm ... Sir, please, don't be angry, okay... About my SMS earlier, I can explain. I really want to ask you for clarity so that there would be no misunderstandings. If you think I'm presumptuous, I'm sorry. I won't ask that question again," Fae blurted, looking like a guilty cat.

Mischa frowned. "What SMS?"

He took his cell phone from his pocket and unlock the screen. Before he could read the SMS to which Fae was referring, the girl had clung to him as fast as she could and seized his cell phone.

She hurriedly deleted the SMS.

"What are you doing?" asked Mischa in a confused tone, but he wasn't angry.

Fae gasped in surprise, realizing how insolent she had just been by seizing the cellphone of the number 1 person at RMI Europe and deleting the SMS from his cellphone.

Jeez ... what did I just do?

Fae didn't realize that all eyes were now on her.