Chapter 7: Wants To Have A Word
Chapter 7: Wants To Have A Word
"Why do I feel like the CEO is going to give us a hard time? His speech… Did you also feel like it was a bit edg…" one of the female interns beside Lana stuttered but paused and hesitated to continue.
"Edgy? Yes. But it sounded more like a threat to me," Lana interrupted.
From the corner of her eyes she saw Liam exiting the room soon after his threatening welcome greeting.
"I heard he is a cold person so that was pretty expected," one of the male interns commented. Lana turned at him and he smiled, "Hi, I'm Steven."
Lana simply nodded with half a smile and shifted her eyes back to listen to the briefing.
"Maybe it was because he is in a fierce mood due to his scandal and that hot video that was trending a while ago online? My friend texted me about it and sent me the link to it, but when I clicked the link to play the video… It was no longer working. All links pertaining to that are shut down and I heard that the Sy Law Firm has declared that they will take a legal action on whoever spreads the video."
Lana's ears enlarged hearing that. She turned her face towards the female intern sitting beside her and asked, "What scandal?"
The female intern leaned closer and whispered, "The CEO, Atty. Sy is kissing a woman in that video…"
"Did they identify the woman?" Lana asked first. She was too nervous that she bit her lower lip as she waited for an answer.
"I don't think so… The angle with which the video was taken was more focussed on Atty. Sy. Anyway, no one will dare look at or save that video now because no one wants to go to jail." The female intern commented with a twisted mouth.
"Why did he kiss in public if he didn't want anyone else to even see it?" one of the interns snorted.
"By the way I'm Lily," the female intern beside her smiled and introduced herself and offered her hand. Lana accepted her hand and said, "I'm Lana."
Lana's eyes darted at the center stage while she unconsciously cursed herself for attracting so much bad luck in one day. Being set up by her mother, kissing a stranger, getting threatened for lawsuit for harassment, landing in the company for internship of the person whom she forcefully kissed. What kind of freaking bad deeds did she do for a single day to be like this?
Who would have thought? Of all the possible men to enter that restaurant why did it have to be Liam Sy?
'You should have expected that before making such a drastic move!' Lana's inner self scolded her for not considering the risk factor. In every bold move there were always some risks leading to severe consequences, either good or bad.
The paparazzi must have taken the videos and posted online. She exhaled loudly and was grateful that Liam was quite fast in taking an action to pull all the videos down or else she would be definitely doomed.
The briefing and introductions finally ended. Lana stood up and left the conference room like the rest.
As she stepped outside, a smart looking woman approached her, "Miss Lana Huang?"
"Yes?" Lana asked.
"I'm Mian, CEO Sy's secretary. Please come with me. CEO Sy wants to have a word with you." The woman said and led her way to the CEO's office.
Lana's brain was numb and nervousness crept onto every single cell of her body. Her brain started malfunctioning as she could not speak a word nor refuse her so she silently followed the secretary. She was now thinking of an alternative law firm that would still accept her even though she had already turned down all other acceptance notices that she received since she chose the best one… the Sy Law Firm.
"I'm really so doomed," she cried.
The secretary led her into a private elevator where a guard was posted who greeted secretary Mian and pressed her floor. "The CEO's office occupies the whole 30th floor and we often use the private elevator to go to his office directly. He rarely stays for a very long time in his office because most of the time he frequents the whole building visiting each department personally or having a chat about difficult cases with our lawyers."
Lana's brows drew together, confused why would secretary Mian tell her those matters about the CEO as they headed to his office.
"Mostly only six people work on the CEO's floor." secretary Mian continued inside the elevator.
"I'm sorry but…" Lana muttered and was about to ask secretary Mian why she was telling her so many details when the elevator opened and she had to stop probing.
Another man greeted them in the reception area. "This is Rey, one of our receptionists."
Lana nodded when the man gave her a smile.
"That's my area and the woman there is my assistant. Her name is Dona." secretary Mian continued as they walked.
"That is assistant Jorge's office." secretary Mian pointed at the particular room just before a bigger room which Lana assumed to be Liam's.
'Doesn't he have any privacy at all?' she mused seeing the transparent glass doors and all glass walls office, they were heading to.
Secretary Mian seemed to have read her expressions and said, "He closes the blinds at times, so it's not always as open as it is now."
"Excuse me… I was wonderi.." Lana again tried to ask why she was detailing her so much, but this time she was cut off by secretary Mian who looked at her and with an ambiguous smile said, "That's the CEO's office. Please go inside..."
Secretary Mian opened the door and let Lana enter inside.
Lana looked around and hid her amazement as much as she could that came from the exquisite view from his office.
Liam's office was very big and occupied almost one fourth of the total space on the floor. One of the walls was covered with certificates and trophies that he had won during his studies and awards that he got for his special achievements.
'So many glass walls!' She thought as she looked at one towards the other rooms and staff. The second glass wall was behind his seat and one could see the entire city from that height, giving a breathtaking view of the city from that transparent wall.
She walked closer and paused in front of the desk and could see the back of a big chair on the other side, where Liam must be sitting.
She heard a clap and got startled when the blinds suddenly went down.
"Excuse me. Secretary Mian said you're looking for me?" Lana asked.
The chair swiveled slowly and Lana gasped but kept herself composed seeing the piercing eyes of Liam directed at her.
Outside Liam's door…
"Can't you hear a thing?" assistant Jorge asked Mian. Both had their ears pinned on the transparent glass wall, curious about what was going inside.
"How about using a stethoscope?" Dona suggested with a grin, enjoying how funny secretary Mian and assistant Jorge looked at that moment.
"Do you have one?" assistant Jorge excitedly asked.
"Seriously?" Dona mumbled.