They walked for about a few minutes and finally stopped in front of a door.
Zena· knocked on the door and the door was opened from the inside.
Lena, the other assistant, quickly moved closer to Ashley and whispered to her, "One more thing, · Sarah hates being disturbed in the middle of her work, so inform her in advance if you're going anywhere. Even right now, we need to ask for permission before we come in."
Ashley nodded to show that she had understood.
It didn't seem easy to be an assistant. She was not used to all the rules.
But she expected this. She had made sure that she would be ready for anything that the job required from her.
Ida opened the door. Seeing Zena standing right outside, she asked, "What's the matter?"
"Didn't Sarah fire an assistant today? Trina sent another assistant here. She is outside now and wants to meet Sarah."
Ida looked at the people standing behind Zena and said, "Okay, wait a moment. I'll tell her."
Zena· replied, "Okay."
Ida and Zena were both Sarah's assistants. But they were different from other assistants.
The two of them had managed to work with Sarah for several years. Them knew Sarah well enough by now. It was the third assistant that Sarah always fired, but the two of them were a constant.
Many people in the company were curious about Sarah's behavior, and why she always fired the third assistant. No one really knew, of course. Only Sarah herself, really knew.
Ashley stood quietly behind Lena without saying anything.
After a while, Ida came back and said to Zena, "Well, come on in."
"Well, let's go inside now," Zena said to Ashley and Lena.
Zena walked in with her head held high.
Ashley followed Lena inside and closed the door.
Ashley raised her head and saw the office. Through the big French windows on both sides, she could clearly see the high buildings outside.
Aside from the windows, it was an empty place with bright natural light. If they could design here, they would get inspiration from the view outside.
Ashley continued to look a
d and asked, "You have a silver tongue, don't you?"
Sarah then turned to Ida. "Well, Ida, please arrange something for the new assistant to sink her teeth into. Something to help her get familiar with the work."
Ida nodded and came to Ashley. "Ashley Mu, right? I will call you Ashley from now on. Come with me. I'll tell you what you will need to do tomorrow."
"Okay," said Ashley.
After Ida accompanied Ashley out of the office, Sarah returned to her seat. Looking at the design sketch that she had just drawn, she asked Zena, "What do you think of this one?"
Zena took a look at it and said, "Great work, as always! Your design is surely the best in this company!"
Hearing this, Sarah smiled faintly, "Really?"
Zena replied, "Of course! You are the best designer in the world! The company is very fortunate to have you around. I remember the great designer Toni of M Country mentioned you last time! You'll surely make it to the top three in the designer competition."
Zena's demeanor was very different towards Sarah, compared to that with Lena and Ashley.
With Sarah, her arrogance and dominant nature seemed to just vanish.
Zena was curious, and she couldn't help but ask Sarah, "Sarah, don't you detest Ashley's appearance? Why would you keep her by your side?"
Sarah spun her pen around nonchalantly as she spoke, "None of your business."