Chapter 9 Change

"Mr. Devil"

Author by Natalie Ernison

To this day, Ellena still doesn't understand Hogue's true personality. She only knows that Hogue is a man who does not accept rebuttals and is also very cruel. But now Hogue is letting him work. What an opportunity Ellena couldn't waste.

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Ellena already looks so neat, with her office clothes on. Long hair, thin makeup, enough to make the men amazed by her beauty. Unlike Hogue, who considers Ell to be only his janitor.

Hogue came down from his room upstairs. A step towards the main door of the mansion. "Good morning, Mr. Hogue," said Ell, saluting him.

Hogue looked at Ell so closely. "Isn't your skirt too narrow! better change now!" said Hogue without protest.

Ell rushes to change clothes and returns soon. "Well, this is better.." she said then got into a luxury car that had been waiting for his departure with Ell.

***

"Company xx"

They arrived at one of Hogue's companies. Ell looked at the company building in amazement.

"Are you done looking at this building!" Hogue said, recalling Ell.

Hh... "Well sir, I'm sorry. I'm too amazed by this beautiful building..." said Ell with a light smile.

Hogue stared at him hammering the tail of the eye. "This woman can even still be seduced after what I did to her. Is this woman right for me.." inner Hogue.

"Good morning Sir Hogue!" greeted the employees while saluting their big boss.

"You!" said Hogue pointing to one of his employees.

"Yes, boss!" said the female employee.

"You give her a job! put her in the data collection section!" said Hogue, pointing toward Ell. Of course, Ell will be placed in a fairly rivet part of the data collection.

"Miss Ellena Casey! As a beginner, you'll work as a deliveryman for company data." Said a woman who is quite beautiful, reluctant stature is so tall like a model. Hogue didn't come from choosing an employee.

Ell did his first job. But he was busy with multiplying files/copies of files.

Sigh and try to keep enjoying his work. At least, she was no longer a maid, she thought at the time. From morning until late afternoon, Ell was preoccupied with all his responsibilities.

"How's it going?" asked Hogue to a woman who had given Ell the job.

"As the boss sees it, he fits his job perfectly!" reproaches the sexy woman, with a disparaging view of Ell.

"Keep a good eye on her !" said Hogue. "Good boss, best for the boss!" said the woman with her sensual mannerisms.

The time now shows it's almost night, but Ell is still busy with her job of reproducing all kinds of copies of files. Tired and very hungry, he was not even given a chance to rest.

Being too tired and hungry, Ell ends up limp and has lost his power. She sat down for a moment, only to rest her tired body.

"Ellena! Ellena!" exclaimed someone from outside the room where Ell is now.

The sound of the door slamming surprised Ell who was sitting limply on the floor of her room, while leaning on the side of the table.

"Why haven't you come home yet!" said Hogue gasping.

"I'm sorry sir, I haven't done my job from Miss Viie" said Ell as she woke up from where she was sitting.

"Do you think I'm your driver, who has to wait for you! Go home now or I'll get you to sleep here!" snapped Hogue.

"Yes, sir" replied a somber Ell.

***

"Hogue mansion"

Hogue forcibly pulls Ell's hand towards the back of the mansion. "Stupid! who told you to work without resting!" snapped Hogue with a sharp look in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, sir. —"

"I'm sorry! Sorry! I'm sick of your apology!" snapped Hogue as he raised his hand about to hit Ell again.

Ell has ducked in waiting for Hogue's hand punch as usual. But Hogue stops his intentions and pats Ell on the shoulder.

"Haven't you eaten since noon, other than breakfast?" he asked, lowering his tone.

Ell nodded. "Yes sir, I have not eaten," said Ell while choosing the tip of her shirt.

Hogue immediately pulled his hand back towards the dining room. "Sit down and wait for the waiter to bring you food!" said Hogue. Ell sat sweetly waiting for her meal.

After the food arrives, Ell devours the food. He was very starving, very hungry. Since morning Ell hasn't eaten a single meal.

"Do I have to hire you myself, so Vice doesn't prank you anymore!" said Hogue stopping Ell's chewing.

"No sir, that's enough!" said Ell with a bow.

"Or you want to go back to guarding your little store," Hogue said, making Ell stare at himself.

Hogue smiles obliquely as he brings his face closer to Ell. "If you work in that little shop, what can you be proud of your family!" taunted Hogue.

"What do you mean sir?" asked an astonished Ell.

Hogue laughed. "Ellena... You know how your parents are! Even when I came to collect your father's debts. Your mother immediately suggested that I take you as collateral."

Ell begins to think and understand the meaning of Hogue's words. But Ell is reluctant to talk about her parents.

"Mr. Hogue, thank you for letting me stay with you. I know even my body is not enough to pay off my father's debts, but I want to work hard" said Ell with a somber smile.

Hogue really didn't think that Ell would have such thoughts on him. Hogue, who is a man of no mercy, turns into a figure who cares deeply about Ell. Although Ell had previously felt Hogue's cruelty and fairness towards her.

"You better rest now! Tomorrow I'll show you your new job" said Hogue and turned away from Ell.

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Hogue sits pensively and remembers all Ellena's words to her. "Why is this woman so optimistic! Have I been so cruel to him! but why do her smile and her behavior look so sincere!" inner Hogue.

Only this time Hogue thought of a woman he had tortured in such a way. Ell suffered so much at the beginning of the meeting that Ell stayed in his mansion.

Incessantly, Hogue noticed Ell's every move from the morning. "Did her wake up this morning and look healthy?" Hogue told his house assistants.

"Miss Ellena is very kind sir. This morning's cooking is the result of miss Ellena's hard work!" said one waitress, who is the mansion's chief steward.

Oh.. "All right" Hogue is seen smiling a little.

"How could Mr. Hogue smile, just because of a girl!" the waiter said as he shook his head.

***

Hogue takes Ell to the warehouse to store his merchandise. Electronic items as well as other equipment.

"You're going to work here. In and out of things is your responsibility!" said Hogue while handing over some journals as well as important files.

"Yes, sir. Thank you" replied Ell with a smile of relief. Hogue also seems to be starting to be nice to her.

It didn't take long, in just a matter of weeks and even a few months. Ell managed to market the merchandise at a profit that Hogue did not expect.

Not only responsible for marketing, but Ell also sometimes plunged into the field as a salesman.

Secretly, Hogue continues to monitor Ell's movements from Cctv installed on his phone to his monitor screen. Sometimes he smiles on his own, even chuckling every look at Ell's expression of fatigue at work.

***

Ell held a bazaar, a considerable discount on his merchandise. Because it's time to wash the barn. In between the busyness of input sales reports.

"Excuse me, miss! I want to find a recommended camera, does not have it?" said a man who had just arrived. As soon as Ell released her report, she was about to serve the man.

However...

"You!" said the man.

***