"Yes.” Henry nodded with displeasure in his narrow eyes. "If Mr. Hendrickson isn’t satisfied with the person I chose, maybe you can advise me who to choose instead?"
Among so many women with heavy makeup on their faces here, Yvonne Frey was the only one that was the most pleasing to his eyes.
"No, not at all! Mr. Lancaster, you’re too serious!" Mr. Hendrickson didn't dare to say anything.
He quickly went off to bring Yvonne over and tried to make himself look good. “Well Yvonne, you'll be Mr. Lancaster's personal secretary. Assist him well. You can ask me if you need any help."
"...Alright,” Yvonne responded in a daze.
She had no idea why Henry would choose her as his secretary. Maybe because it would be easier for them t o work together since they knew each other already?
She secretly stole a glance at Henry when he coincidentally looked away and wiped a trace of emotions away in his eyes.
He talked to the executives next to him for a bit, then gave an order with his cold voice, "From now on, the employees here are required to dress neatly for work. I do not want to see anyone damaging the image of the company.
"Otherwise, they can pack up and leave!"
He swept his sharp gaze over a few female employees who were dressed in revealing clothes. They were so frightened that they instantly pulled their blouse collars to cover up a little, for fear that they would upset the new CEO and be fired.
Henry said a few more words to Mr. Hendrickson before leading the executives behind him into the conference room. 2
Yvonne was only relieved when the conference room's door was shut.
Instead of going out during lunch break, she sat in her seat waiting for her food delivery.
Whenever she raised her head ever so slightly, she could hear a lot of comments in the surroundings. All 0 f them seemed to be directed at her.
Lynette offered her a glass of iced latte, then rested her chin on her hand. "How lucky of you, Yvonne.
You'll be Mr. Lancaster's secretary from now on and see him every day. Why can’t I have your luck?"
"Lucky? It doesn't change the fact that I'm still working for someone else. Besides, I can't even slack off around Mr. Lancaster. If I do, I might be fired!”
Yvonne casually replied and didn't notice that many people had suddenly appeared outside the office.
The man walking in the front loosened his tie, looking a little tired as a few executives showed him the way t o the cafeteria.
However, Yvonne’s attention was on the iced latte in front of her and she failed to notice the commotion behind her.
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