2 Chapter 2 - Smooth

Getting into his sleek Ferrari was Juni's favorite activity in the morning because it was the first thing he had bought with his salary as an Editor,unfortunately but luckily for him,he had gotten married to Carmen Demi now Cartel, daughter of the CEO of Demi Pharmeticals who is as far as he knew the second richest man in the country.

There was no struggles about getting a house and getting by daily as her father had made it his "job" to care for his daughter though he was displeased with the fact that she had married a man with no high standards or reputation whom his daughter threatened to leave home for if she wasn't allowed to marry him plus the fact that she was a successful lawyer,still is.But recenctly, his father in law has been acknowledging him more often after he got promoted to an Editor in Clements Publishing Company .

Turning the key,the sleek car roared to life as he drove out of the garage when the time screen in the car displayed 6:24am.

It was an hour drive from his house to his office.

"Good morning sir,have you read my books,I left two of them on your desk as you instructed..."the whinnig tone of the bell boy at the elevator who got it for him reminded him that he was now in the company .With a sigh,he turned to the curious boy "Huh..you are sammy right?",to his dissatisfaction ,the boy grinned excitedly "you know my name",Juni sighed again irritatedly now "ofcourse I do,you have been on my neck for months now".."but isn't your neck gonna be sore if I had been on it for months now?"the confused

innocent boy asked ,at that moment ,Juni mentally face palmed himself and said "How are you even a writer?" almost like he was talking to himself but the 15year old boy heard him and replied shrugging just as they got to Cartel's floor "because I can write".Juni took his briefcase and said getting off the elevator "You need to rethink other options,boy" leaving behind a disappointed bell boy.

Just as he passed by his Assistant on the way and headed into his office.

"Oh ,Mr cartel ,Good morning,you have yourself quite a busy day,you have to meet with the boss,you also have a book to review,there's an appointment for you with our top writers and also..."

"Beyonce, have you dusted my table,cleaned my chair,washed the window,got my cookies,my socks oh and about fetching me my favorite coat from the dry cleaner"Juni interrupted his rambling secretary..

"Ugh, could you not call me that? also I can't do all that at the same time and I don't think an Editor's Assistant should be doing all those,I thought you were supposed to be showing me the ropes plus I already got your coat yesterday"Mark complained

Sitting down in his chair,Juni looked at his frustrated secretary and Mark regretted complaining as he knew he was about to be given a history lesson of how Juni cartel climbed his way up from a messenger to his current high rank "first of all,I will call you what I want as long as you keep using lipstick,if you can't start small,you can never make it big,my mama used to stay that.when I came to Clements,I had nothing,I was just a simple messenger .."

"with a rich ass wife"mark muttered under his breath. "what did you say?"Juni asked not hearing ,"nothing"Mark replied almost immediately making his boss look at him suspiciously but continued his speech anyway "..I'm teaching you the basics now,when you are old enough,I will give you the ropes and watch you swing them,two ,Glad you got the coat,it's only fitting I wear it today".Juni concluded.

Both beamed with smiles as they realized the meaning behind those words,It was a 95% possibility Juni was going to be promoted to a Branch manager today which was going to be a new beginning for both of them.

"so what's the next best thing on my schedule right now?"Juni finally asked

"A meeting with the boss"Mark answered enthusiastically

"Great"the Editor replied back as he looked at his wristwatch which read 8:01am and headed out to his boss office on the other floor.If there was something good about Juni Cartel ,it was that he is always on time and today,he was definitely sure he wasn't going to be late for his own promotion.