The New Secretary Girl
"Vincent, she was my junior at the university. Her name is Cheryl. Cheryl, he is my best friend since childhood, Vincent."
Both Vincent and Cheryl shook hands and gave friendly smiles. Vincent could see Cheryl's cheeks turning red.
"I'll go take a look in the sweet corner first. Happy chatting."
Felicia winked at Vincent before finally walking away from them.
Vincent almost called the girl with the nickname as the girl left him so cruelly with a strange girl.
"So you are Felis's junior? How old are you?"
"Twenty-eight," Cheryl replied, trying to stay relaxed. Now her cheeks were not as blushed as before. "I heard from Felis. You are a photographer?"
Oh? So Felicia told that girl about him? While Felicia didn't tell him anything about the girl.
"Yes, I am."
"If you don't mind, can I join you sometime?"
"Sorry, I'm not used to anyone's company when shooting."
"Oh..." came a disappointed tone in her voice, but Vincent didn't care. "Can I ask something personal?"
Vincent's brows twitched at that. They had just spoken a few words to each other, and the girl wanted to ask something personal?
But his curiosity overcame him.
"Sure."
"I heard some rumors. Is it true you like the same gender? I'm sorry to offend you, but lately, I often hear it from my friends. Felicia said it was just a baseless rumor. But I prefer to ask you directly." Cheryl shamelessly glanced at the expressionless Vincent. "Sorry. I was presumptuous. You don't need to answer my question earlier."
"If I say that the rumors are true, what will you do?"
Vincent could see the girl's body in front of him stiffened, and her face turned pale.
He also saw the small movements the girl made. Slowly, Cheryl stepped backward.
"Ah, is that so. I'm sorry bothering you," was the response before leaving and returning to join her friends.
Vincent smirked, seeing the girl retreated by herself, not really offended by the girl's changing attitude. He heaved a relieved sigh as he was left alone.
It was then that the door to the hall not far from where he was standing opened.
A man with sharp eyes with a masculine appearance entered the room, followed by a girl wearing a white knee-length dress with a bit of hair braided on two sides and interlocked at the back.
All eyes were on the man who had just entered the room; his best friend was no exception.
That man was none other than Benjamin Paxton, an unmarried man who was the target of every woman in this place.
Vincent could guess the girl who entered with Ben was the new secretary that Felicia wanted him to 'get rid of' from his cousin.
Vincent only saw the side of the young secretary, but there was something stuck in his heart. It seemed that he felt familiar with the girl.
Why is it that lately, his memory of knowing people's faces has become bad?
Not long after, Vincent saw Felicia waved at him, and he knew that was his cue. He sighed in resignation that he had to carry out a particular mission from the tigress because he lost that unfair bet.
With heavy steps, Vincent walked towards the three of them, and only then did he see the new secretary girl's face.
What stunned him or his heart beat faster was not that the girl was beautiful.
She could hear men's rumors saying that Benjamin's secretary had a beautiful face and a slender body. The girl looked like an angel who had come down to this mortal realm with her white dress.
It's not that. Vincent didn't even feel that this girl was very beautiful. In fact, her beauty just average. Not too ugly nor pretty. But enough to attract attention, making people who see her will want to be friends with her.
Well, that wasn't what stunned him either.
The girl smiled at him like a polite greeting. Everyone he met also had the same smile. But the glint in her eyes... he could see the girl was feeling happy. Previously the girl only showed a polite and respectful look but now turned into a sparkling star as if the girl was thrilled upon seeing him.
Or maybe it's just his imagination? Because apart from the glint in her eyes, the girl's expression didn't change much, and she maintained a polite smile when greeting people.
***
A few moments before...
Cathy was reviewing the names of the invitees who will be attending the party.
The gala dinner will be held in a house owned by one of the Star Risen hotel's most prominent investors.
As the CEO of Star Risen, of course, Benjamin had to come to the event. He also invited Cathy as his assistant to go with him.
Well, the real reason was he just wanted Cathy to start adapting to the upper class. Sooner or later, he will have to reveal her true identity.
Even so, Benjamin still didn't know how to tell his nieces. He could never say casually like, 'Cathy, your father is the real successor of the Paxton.'
The girl would look at him as a mad man for sure.
Or if he said like, 'Cathy, you are the true heiress to all Paxton's assets,' he was sure that his eldest niece would bring her three younger sisters out of the house and flee from his wings.
Therefore little by little, he brought her in; adapt more precisely so that the girl did not easily give up her responsibility as a successor to Paxton.
Benjamin glanced sideways; seeing his niece seriously studying all kinds of information about the invitees made him smile proudly.
In the past, he did not like her presence, not only Cathy but the company of the four of them. But gradually, he felt that the four of them were already part of him. He felt that he was the uncle of the four young girls.
Man! He is old now, isn't he?
[author: Is a 37 year age considered old?]