5 Chapter 5

"Yes, how can I help you?" A young woman at the receptionist's desk asked as she spotted Selina enter the building.

"Jane, Jane, Jane, this is your boss." Helios said with a laugh.

"Y- y- y- you're Miss Selina?" The receptionist said with a gasp.

"Proof of how we do not look alike at all." Selina teased her brother. "Yes, I'm Selina Ramiresz. Nice to meet you." Selina said as she offered her hand.

The receptionist quickly shook it. "Miss you are amazing. Mr. Helios and Mr. Mark were telling me all about you and wow, you're just wow." The receptionist said as she struggled to get the words out.

"Thanks, it was all hard work really." Selina said. "Brother, where is my office?" She asked Helios who was laughing behind her, it seemed he enjoyed seeing the receptionist in distress.

"Oh right. Come on." Helios said as he led Selina to the elevator.

"Your office is at the top floor, aside from you Mark, Lora, Francine, and Lex also have offices there. We also set up a couple of meeting rooms and a mini pantry up there. Yvette arrived a few days before you so she's already set up your office." Helios explained to his sister as the elevator climbed up to the top floor. The building was not that high, it was only eight floors and not that wide, it was perfect for the size SR Designs was at the moment. The other offices of SR in Paris, Milan, and California were much larger than this one, but Selina was already planning on turning this one into the main office. She didn't want to be in a foreign country anymore.

"SURPRISE!" Everyone shouted as the elevator door opened.

Selina laughed as she saw all of her closest friends and employees standing in front of the elevator.

"Of course you guys planned something like this." Selina said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh come on Selina, admit it, you're flattered." Mark Lin, the Head Stylist and Designer of SR Designs said as he pulled her into a hug. Mark Lin had grown up in Shanghai, moved to Nevada in his teenage years, and gone over to Paris for University and his apprenticeship. He and Selina had met there, he was an aspiring designer but he was also very much interested in business. She told him about her plans and he quickly came on board. Mark was in charge of choosing all of the brands and designs that they would distribute to different countries, he also led the design team in building their own ready to wear fashion.

"Fine, yes, I missed you guys." Selina said with a warm smile.

"Girl, you sent us here without warning us that your twin is so hot!" Lora teased making Helios laugh. "I'm serious, I didn't think you could have such a hot brother."

Selina laughed at her friend's comment, Lora Dupont was her Head of Finance, all money matters. Selina and Lora met at a friend's party in America, Lora was studying accounting and was actually from Belgium, while Selina was at Juilliard, trying to be an actress. Despite meeting at a party the pair became fast friends and they kept in touch even when Selina had moved to Europe to become a model. Lora was one of the people who was by Selina's side when she decided to build SR Designs, she was only helping Selina at first, but later on when SR Designs grew Lora resigned from her job and came over to work for Selina.

"Stop harassing Helios, we all know there is only one man in your heart." An incredibly good looking man said as he winked at Lora. "Pierre would be very jealous if he knew you were swooning over Selina's twin."

"Oh Lex, Pierre knows me, he trusts me. He knows I'm loyal." Lora said as she stuck out her tongue.

"Lex I missed you!" Selina said as she gave the man a hug. Lex Allen was SR Design's marketing head. Like Selina he had family in the Capital, his family had migrated to America when his mom was thirteen years old, among Selina's team he was the most excited to move the head office of SR Designs, he had always wanted to learn about his heritage and become closer to his family in the country. He was an only child and his closest relatives lived in the Capital, so when Selina said she was moving SR Designs back home, he was more than happy to come along.

"I missed you too madam." Lex teased. He knew Selina hated being called Madam or Boss, so he frequently called her that when she was in a good mood.

Selina laughed as she rolled her eyes at him, "I hope you're enjoying being home."

"Oh, he most definitely is." Mark said with a laugh.

"He and his cousins have hit almost every bar in the city, and we haven't even been here long!" Lora complained.

"They're giving me a tour." Lex said with a shrug.

"A tour!" A tall woman said with a laugh. "Don't listen to him Selina, he's been out looking for hot men."

"I'm not surprised, Francine." Selina said. Francine Dubois was SR Design's Head of Operations, she met Selina in Milan when Selina was still a model. Francine was a model too, a model and an engineer, people often looked down at her because she decided to model for a few years, it was only Selina that didn't talk down at her. She was impressed by Selina's dedication and they had become close ever since.

"How are you adjusting?" Selina asked her friend.

"It's not as glamorous as I'm used to, but I did meet some socialites last week. They invited me to go shopping. So that should be fun." Francine said with a smile.

"So what's on the agenda today?" Selina asked her assistant Yvette.

"Just a few meetings and inspections." Yvette said as she handed Selina her schedule.

"Helios stop looking over my shoulder!" Selina scolded, making her brother laugh.

"I'm curious." Helios said with a shrug. "I'll be in the boardroom working if you need me." Helios said as he waved goodbye to the group.

"Lora is right though." Lex whispered to Selina.

"About what?" Selina asked.

"Your brother is hot!" Lex said with a wink before walking off to his office.

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