Chapter 218 - Interviews

Back at the top floor, the entire floor was filled with the sounds of greetings as every employee who passed by her greeted their Boss with a wide smile. Stella replied to their greetings with them same zest and enthusiasm, giving each of them her signature smile. 

Her leather boots struck against the tiled floor with each of her step. She fixed her black knee length coat which she was wearing over a baggy off-white turtleneck woolen shirt, as she continued to walk towards her office.

"Good morning, Bella." She greeted Bella as she passed by her. Her cheery voice made Bella look up from the tablet she had in her hands. 

"Nice outfit." Bella commented on her appearance, as her eyes trailed her figure.

"Well, why do you think I love winters. You can put on as many clothes as you want and it will still make sense to others." Stella gave her a bright smile. "Oh! How did your date go last night?" She questioned her as her eyes began to glow with glee. 

"Umm…" A faint blush spread across her cheeks as she trailed off, not knowing how to answer her Boss. 

"Oh, come-on. You don't have to act shy before me. Did he take you to some place romantic? Or it was just the two of you at his place or your apartment? And did you guys did 'it'?" Stella began to inquire her as she looked at her secretary with hopeful eyes just like that of an excited child. 

"Umm… He took me out to a restaurant last night and proposed to me, asking me to marry him." Bella meekly replied to her, keeping her voice as low as she could. 

Stella's eyes widened in surprise as the smile gracing her rosy lips, became wider. "So, did you say yes?" She raised her delicate eyebrows as she questioned her. 

Bella could only nod her head in a yes as she was too shy to say it out loud. 

"Girl, I am so happy for you." Stella exclaimed in joy as she threw her arms around her and hugged her. "Have you guys decided on the date? And don't forget to invite me." She patted her back lightly before letting go of her. 

"Not yet. And of course I will invite you, Boss." Bella gave her a polite smile before smacking herself on her forehead as she remembered the important thing she had to inform Stella about. "Well there are a few interviews I have scheduled for today. Are you sure that you want to do it yourself? I mean I could interview them?" She informed her Boss.

"No! It's fine. I will do that myself, you can do your own work. I have already troubled your enough. It's been more than a month already, it is time that I get myself a personal assistant." Stella shook her head as she turned down her offer. Bella had helped her enough all this while, she didn't want to trouble her any longer. 

After chatting with her for a while, Stella finally made her way to her office. The first thing she did was to get rid of her knee length coat. Hanging it on the mahogany coat rack that she had moved from the room, out in the office where it stood proudly like a tall tree a few steps away from the door. 

She walked towards her desk and sat down one the swiveling leather chair on which a cozy fur cover rested, making it more comfortable for her to sit. She looked around the office as her eyes trailed over the changes she had asked the interior designer to add to the room. It still had all those dull colors which Adam preferred but adding a bunch of things, made it obvious that it belonged to a female now. 

"Let's get to work." She heaved out a frustrated sigh as her eyes shifted to the hug pile of files waiting on the left side of the desk patiently for her. 

During the span of a month, she had managed to get the company back on its track. All the subsidiaries under Levinson's Corp. were doing good if not better than before as the value of their shares came back to what it was before Adam disappeared. 

The company was getting more and more offers each day, but she was way too selective about which company she wanted to work with. Though it earned her a lot of negative comments from the companies she declined to work with and the media, but she couldn't care less about what they had to say about her as long as she knew that her decisions were right. 

Her easy going nature with her staff had also earned her some plus points in their eyes. No one would talk bad about her, no matter at what position they worked in the company. She was way too good with her employees, but at the same time she also knew when to act like a strict CEO like Adam. Her way of dealing with problems and people didn't give the employees a chance to act out of their place or dally when doing their assigned work. 

Time flew by as she worked her way through the files, one after the other. A knock at the door made her aware of the time. It was close to her break time but she still had to deal with some human beings first who had bothered to apply for the position of her personal assistant. 

"Come in." She closed the file which was before her and spoke loudly, making sure that the person on the other side of the door could hear her words.

A girl who was dressed up to the nines, walked inside her office. Her heels clinking against the marbled floor as she sauntered her way towards her desk. 

Just merely looking at the woman was giving Stella a headache as her sharp perfume wafted up her nose. 

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Half an hour later, Stella sat quietly on her seat, holding her head in between her palms as she massaged her temples. "Damn! It's harder than I thought it would be." She muttered to herself as she continued to massage her temples. Within half an hour, she had managed to interview around ten people, half of which didn't even made to the chair across her and were asked to leave right after they stepped inside the office. The other half were more focused on bootlicking, which for the record, she hated to her core. 

She buzzed Bella through the intercom, asking her to come to her office right away. As soon as Bella entered, she saw her aggrieved expression and couldn't help but chuckle. "I told you that I can do it for you. I knew you'd hate it." She spoke up as she walked up to her desk. 

"How many people do we have left?" Stella questioned her while ignoring her remarks. She wasn't in the mood to entertain her. 

"One more left, a man." Bella replied to her. 

"Send him in. The sooner I get done with this, the better." Stella pursed her lips in an adorable pout. She looked no less than a baby who was forced by her parents to finish off her homework. 

"Oh, wait!" She stopped Bella just as she was about to go out. "Is my lunch ready?" She questioned her and continued after getting a confirmatory nod from her. "Why don't you send him inside with it? He's after all here to be my personal assistant." She just couldn't control her hunger anymore. Moreover, she could bet that her babies were hungry as well. 

Bella shook her head in helplessness as she walked out of the room after giving her an okay sign. 

A few minutes later, a man who was dressed in a black checkered suit walked inside the office after knocking at the door lightly. He was holding a tray in his hands which was filled with food, leaving no space for even a napkin or tissue paper. 

"Good morning, Ma'am." He politely greeted Stella as she walked up to her desk down the tray right before her. He continued to stand across the table from her as she checked whether the steak was cooked according to her preference. She sliced it in two equal halves to check that it wasn't raw from the center. 

A satisfied smile embraced her lips when her eyes landed on the perfectly grilled piece of meat. She was about to dig into her when she realized that she wasn't the only one in the room. "Please have a seat." She added as she motioned the man to sit on the chair across her, inwardly scolding herself for being so forgetful. 

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