Noah's Nightmare

IN THE CEO'S OFFICE:

Owen was glaring at Noah. Noah is Owen's assistant and right hand man. Owen trusts Noah and treats him like a brother… Well generally, but... At the moment probably not.

"So.. this was the well educated, capable and decent secretary you have selected for me?" Owen gritted his teeth. His hands were itching to beat someone.

Noah knew that today he was going to go home with only half a brain because the other half will be chewed by his beloved CEO. He was imagining himself as a great warrior who was going to fight with an enraged beast.

He chuckled at his own imagination. Seeing the idiotic look and a silly smile on his assistant's face Owen knew that nothing good was going on his mind. He was angered to death.

Here he was barking like a mad dog and there was his assistant who was smiling like a fool. Owen took the paper weight and threw it towards Noah. Noah came back to his senses and opened his eyes wide.

But he stood where he was because he knew Owen would never hurt him. As expected the paper weight hit a wall hanging behind him. Noah looked at it with some repentance. It was worth thousands of dollars. His heart bled at the sight.

"Noah if you don't find me a proper secretary before this week end you are the one who is going to take up the secretary's duties." Owen passed the ultimatum.

Noah completely sobered up with this threat. Alarm bells were ringing loudly in his mind.

Oh please!! Being an assistant was already a tiring job. As handsome as he is he should have had at least a dozen girlfriends. Ahem.. That's an exaggeration. But one girlfriend should be possible. Right? But he never had time to pursue a single girl of his choice.

And… he looked at his CEO grudgingly. The girls who approach him are the ones who aim at the great CEO. Now days he is so sexually frustrated whenever he listens to the bragging of his friends.

What if he died as a virgin? No… no… no… he can't let that happen. Even if it was just to get a girlfriend he must find a perfect secretary for his boss. With this thought Noah became serious and assumed seriousness on his face.

"Yes Boss!!!" he shouted loudly in military style. Owen who was just drinking coffee got startled with the sudden shout and choked. His tongue got scalded. He glared at the stupid assistant.

"Get Out now!!" he roared at him.

"Wait! Take this mobile and sue everyone in this group, especially that stupid secretary. Block her from our side and also retrieve every single one of my photos from those stupid girls and delete everything from their storage. Remember! No mistake should be done!!" Owen sent off Noah with all the instructions and gave the mobile to him.

Noah came out of the CEO's office and sighed loudly.

"It is very difficult to find a perfect secretary for Mr. Owen. Had it not been for Mrs. Black to suddenly resign six months ago I would not be in this predicament. Mrs. Black was so perfect in every aspect. Can I find such a good secretary again?"

He sighed loudly. But when he remembered his boss's threat he shuddered. He moved with his new found vigor. He has to find THE perfect secretary.

When he reached his office he was greeted by a smiling and beautiful Ms. Everson. She was the director of finance department.

"Hello Mr. Gillson. Good morning." She smiled at him.

Noah also greeted her with enthusiasm, well who do not like a beautiful lady? A good morning should be like this. But when he remembered the previous episode his morale got crushed.

Seeing him like this Ms. Everson felt funny. But she controlled herself from laughing out loud and asked him the reason.

Noah felt like he got a savior and repeated the context of the morning events. She sympathized with him.

She asked him at last, "So what do you understand by this event?" Noah looked at her bewilderedly. She shook her head.

"Why don't you change the interview process this time around?"

"What do you mean?"

"With this incident what we understand is that the boss is fed up of those young girls who are busy fangirling after him. What he need is not a person with high educational qualifications and low work ethics. He needs a capable person who can do the job meticulously even if she/he is a little bit less educated. We should not judge a person with his background or degrees. We should test them with their professionalism and their attentiveness. At the same time that person should be resistant to boss's charms so that the boss does not get irritated."

Noah also got enlightened after hearing this. He also knew these things but every time all the candidates act as if they are extremely professional.

Now days every candidate learns to 'Act' professionally rather than change their attitude towards work.

Deceiving and impressing are the two qualifications every candidate master before attending an interview.

So he began to formulate a perfect strategy for THE perfect secretary. When he made a plan he smiled evilly to himself. He also discussed his plan with Ms. Everson. She nodded with a smile.

When he was freed from this torture he felt liberated. He looked at the person in front of him gratefully.

"Eve, why don't we get a cup of coffee? That is if you are free…"

"Sure. Why not? " They both left for a cup of coffee.

Unknown to them a person was ready to rock the interview and shake their lives.