Meeting at W Group

Monday has arrived.

Last night Mel had trouble sleeping, likely because she was overthinking today's meeting. She partly blamed Hiro for her lack of sleep. He repeatedly called her to remind her of the appointment. Darn, that guy, she's thinking to teach him a lesson, well, a prank of course, when he comes back from Tokyo.

This morning, she woke up much earlier than usual. Even though she was annoyed with Hiro, she takes this project passionately; she wanted the MT Group to get this great project.

She sits at the dining table in her spacious apartment, enjoying a cup of coffee and chicken strips that she just heated in the air-fryer. She enjoyed her breakfast while listening to the news from foreign TV channels. She used to hear News TV from abroad because many of her clients are coming from abroad. So, she never misses the latest international news.

After a while, she froze. A second later, she put her coffee cup on the table, then walked closer to the TV. Her eyes fixed on the TV screen in front of her.

"Max, increase the sound volume. Do you know anything about the news?"

"Yes, Boss. The incident is also widely covered by the local TV" Max's voice came from the room speakers.

"Who dares to do this in X country?" Mel walked into her bedroom, looking for her cellphone. She's going to call Alex.

Just as she was about to make a call, there's an incoming call. She knew the government would order X-Team to fix problems like this.

She answers the call quickly "Commander!"

"Mel, have you seen the news?" His voice was calm.

"Yes. I just heard it and was about to call you when your call ringing. What's the actual situation?" Mel walked to the large window in her room. Her eyes looked at the road outside.

"I need your help to investigate it. We got 12 hours to sort this out."

Mel glanced at the clock on the nightstand, 8.10 AM. "Look, I have an appointment this evening. But I still could help you with it."

"Very good. Get it done then!" He orders.

Now Mel back to think about her meeting. She rushes to get ready. She only has 20 minutes before someone from her office, well, Hiro's Office, will pick her in the lobby.

Now Mel has put on her dress. A formal attire suitable for any executive woman.

She felt uncomfortable wearing formal clothes like this. Wearing skirts and stilettos is limiting her moves.

Mel walk slowly towards the main door. From afar she saw a tall beautiful woman with glasses, standing beside a black Maybach. She walked over to her while glanced at her watch, she feels relief to be on time.

"Morning, Ms. Tan," Amanda, Hiro's secretary, greets her, then she opened the back door for her.

Mel nods calmly. She enters the car.

Amanda was amazed to see Mel dressed formally. Since working as Hiro's assistant, this is the first time she sees Mel wearing formal attire.

She has met Mel several times, and Hiro has informed her of Mel's true identity. When she first met Mel, she didn't think that Mel was the owner of the MT Group, partly because she looks very young. At the time, Mel hasn't reached 20 years old.

She never shows up at the office wearing formal wear. When she visits the office, she only wears jeans and a hoodie, just like any university student. However, although she dressed casually, people can see how dignified and intelligent she is.

She is also known as seldomly initiate a conversation with anyone in the office. Even when she needs something from the CEO, Hiro, she will gaze at him, and he will be the one opening the conversation. At the office, she only interacts with a few people, including Hiro and a few Directors in the company. Only a handful of people know that she is the actual owner of the MT Group.

"Ms. Tan, this is the presentation materials. You can double-check again before the meeting." She handed Mel the iPad.

With a serious face, Mel read the presentation.

Amanda didn't bother her anymore. She glanced occasionally to the mirror, worried that Mel would need her. But Mel didn't say anything during the drive to the meeting place.

Soon they were sitting in the meeting room on the 44th floor of the W Group building.

Now and then, Mel checks her cellphone. She couldn't wait for Max's investigation result.

Before she leaves her apartment, Mel has given Max an assignment. She instructs Max to investigate and find out anyone who has made unauthorized access to the Ministry of Defense's server. Then deface their website and, according to Alex, allegedly steals sensitive information belong to a high-ranking government official.

Who dares to invade her territory? Members of the Hacker Alliance knew that Q has declared she is the virtual protector of country X. Until this morning, no one dared to mess around in her territory.

Now that someone has done the unthinkable thing on her territory, she became furious as well as curious. Unfortunately, she couldn't directly act because she has to finish the meeting Hiro's assigned her first.

Her phone vibrated. She immediately looks at it, expressionless she read the message.

[Hiro] Good luck, Boss!

Mel "....."

She just ignored Hiro's message.

A few moments later, she heard Max's voice from the ear pods she was using "Boss.."

"Speaks!" she answered in a low voice.

Amanda, who was sitting beside her, immediately turned to see her. "Yes, Ms. Tan? Is there something you'd like me to do for you?" she asks.

Mel turned to look at her, and she gives a sign that she is talking on the phone. After that, she listened to Max's report in silence.

A minute later, she types something for Max on her cell phone.

[Erase all stolen data. Make sure no data is hidden. Destroy the perpetrator's network and server, leave no trace. Give Alex the hacker's address. Please do it now, and I'll take care of the rest after my meeting.]

Soon she heard the sound of the door opening from outside.

She glanced at her watch, then shook her head lightly. This Mr. CEO is very unprofessional. He has been 5 minutes late, and she hates waiting.

However, this time she would not be upset because she was curious to see the CEO of W Group, Andrew William. Some say he is so hot; many girls in this country look forward to meeting him.

She immediately stood up from her chair and looked towards the door.

I'm looking forward to meeting you, Mr. Andrew William, she said it in her mind.