Chapter 1: I want to kill my boss

Alisha Meyer was never a violent woman. She's also small, just barely 5 feet. With wavy golden1 locks, bright blue eyes, fair skin and red lips she looked harmless. But right now, she couldn't help but think.. 

I want to kill my boss.

It has become an absolute truth that a small portion of her time every day, is now taken over with creating increasingly inventive ways to murder her boss slowly.

Take today for instance. Today Alisha was debating whether to hang him out of the tenth-floor window tied to the conference table, or disembowel him with the cake knife from the tea trolley. This is all done while taking diligent notes at the meeting that he’s forced her to sit in. Never let it be said that Alisha Meyer couldn't multitask.

It’s a grey, overcast afternoon and the wind has picked up, throwing rain and hail against the windows like scattershot. This should, in theory, have made the interior of the small conference room at Montenegro and Associates warm and cosy. However, the atmosphere is currently more akin to Siberia, as Hugh Kendall, the representative of Shen Tech present their proposal, Kristoff Montenegro stares at him.

“These are the expected results for the partnership with Shen Tech.” Hugh said.

The guy was wholly focused in his explanation presenting the expected net growth and stocks of both companies that he did not notice the continuous drop of temperature of the room. The directors and other staffs within the room shivered and feared for their lives for they knew why the room became colder. All their eyes remained frozen in front, stopping themselves from turning their heads to look at the glowering person sitting at the main table.

 

“Enough.” Ah, the emperor has finally spoken. The people inside excluding the two secretaries sitting beside him stopped from breathing.

 

“Who on the right mind let this lousy proposal get through?”  Silence covered the room and almost all the employees could hear their hearts beating so fast from nervousness. They even dared to hold their breath just so the CEO would not feel their presence at all.

 

Kristoff Montenegro, the president and CEO of Montenegro and Associates Corporation stood up and gave his final words. “Don’t ever let anymore of this proposals appear from my sight ever again.”

 

Alisha felt her temple twitch. And then her boss, Kristoff immediately left the room then both her, and Lucas Night followed behind him.The rest of the people inside the board room finally released their breath and Hugh, the representative from Shen Tech felt like crying on the floor at this very moment.

 

“I’ll prepare the tea.” Alisha notified her boss and Lucas before she disappears to the president’s private pantry.

 

Inside, Alisha can finally sigh in relief. The guy was so intense, that sometimes she wondered why she's still working for him but remembered that even with him being cold and a complete asshole, as a boss he's fair. 

However working as a secretary for the famous emperor boss is always like walking on a thin ice. If not careful, he will snap at you like a dragon and could immediately kill your career with a decree. And although she's always wanted to kill the bastard, she still knew that those thoughts were merely just like that. Thoughts.

From interning at his company at the age of 21, Alisha felt like she must have been really a martyr to continue working with a boss like Kristoff..

 

Holding the tray of tea, she knocked twice on the door to indicate her presence and entered the room. The emperor CEO was sitting in front of his computer, one hand typing while the other is holding a folder.

 

She finally laid down the teacup. And said, “Regarding the matter from a while ago, I apologize for my incompetence for letting the proposal reach your hands. I will strictly check the process being done by our departments and won’t let it happen again. I will also accept any punishment you deem needed.” Alisha slightly bowed her head.

 

The tapping noises from the keyboard stopped before continuing again.

 

“Examining those waste papers are not your main work. Remove the bonus for this month for the employees involved and check who had the guts to use their power and let the paper through. Have that person immediately fired and immediately find a replacement.” Kristoff’s authoritative voice echoed as he busied himself in reading the reports.

 

“Understood.” Raising her head, Alisha exited the room and went back to her table. She made a few calls to relay the president’s instructions to the human resource department and assistant secretary to check about the person who let the proposal through their strict assessment. And then afterwards, it's the beginning of a very busy day...

 

When she saw that it's already 8 pm, she turned to Lucas Night who was still busy going through his pile of papers.

 

“I’ll be turning in for the night, Luca.” She said with a smile. Lucas looked up and lightly smiled at her.

 

“It’s late. Be careful on the road.” He politely warned as she nodded and grabbed her bag before going to the elevator to ride down to the underground garage.

 

Lucas Night and Alisha Meyer are the main secretaries of their president, Kristoff Montenegro..

And from what she heard, Lucas was actually brought up by Kristoff himself since young and started working for him at the age of fifteen. In short, Lucas is more of a personal secretary of her boss who not only handles his business-related matter but also his personal matters.

 

On the other hand, Alisha is s secretary that is mainly focused about matters regarding with their businesses. With Montenegro and Associates Corporation’s wide-range of industries, she is the person who is mostly involved about them and acts as Kristoff’s substitute for business matters.

 

Alisha has been working for three years in the company and is already well-versed with all the information regarding their businesses. It was a great feat to be able to work as a secretary for Kristoff Montenegro right after her graduation that's why, she spent day and night studying so hard for her first year.

 

As one of the top companies globally, she was busy working day and night that she barely remembered the last time she used her vacation and rested well.

Alisha's family have been contacting her regularly to know about her situation especially since she hasn’t visited during holidays ever since last year. That's also one of the reason why she hated her boss. But she never regretted applying in her job after all these years.

 

Changing to her home wear, she heated the leftover food from yesterday and ate it. Her phone rang. Looking over, she saw the caller and immediately answered.

 

“Mom.”

 

“Alisha, open up some time for dinner on the weekend, okay?” Alishq almost laughed at her mom’s direct to the point statement. She didn’t even go around and directly stated her agenda.

 

“For what? Are we going to have a family dinner or something?” Playing with the piece of meatball, she asked her, curious.

 

“Your Auntie Lana’s nephew is returning from London and she proposed that the two of you should spend some time together and try it out.”

 

Alisha almost chocked in her food when her mother's words registered in her brain. Her mother and Auntie Lana Kennedy was actually setting her up in a blind date.

 

“Mom, I’m just 25. And I’m busy with work.”

 

“All you know is to work!” Her mom’s tone visibly became heavier. “Alisha, our family is already rich enough to raise you for the rest of your life. And if you keep working like that, in a blink of an eye you’ll be 30 and still single. I want to play with my grandchildren while still strong you know!”

 

Alisha heard her mom’s words and almost blurted out that her mom would still be strong enough even if she marries age forty. After all, her parents had her twin brothers at age twenty and she had her after two years after.

 

At this moment, even if she married at mid-30s, she’ll still be healthy enough to go running with her kids. So why she's insisting otherwise. God's she's already stressed enough with her boss and now her mother.

How the hell her life come to this?!

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