Chapter 17 You are the last person I will trust

Nica studied the figure of the lady in front of her. Anyone would get a negative first impression of her because of the drawing of her thin eyebrows. She is thinner than her, but they are the same height.

"Are you done checking on me, Ma'am?" Bheng asked, impatient. They have been in front of each other for two minutes, but it looks like she does not plan to start with what they should talk about.

"I don't want to hear you say ‘I promise’, but can you try to be honest with me?"

Bheng stared at Nica. She supposed the young lady's trust is hard to get, especially that she just met her days ago. When she nodded her head, she smiled at her.

"This is your task!" Nica handed Bheng a piece of paper. Her job is written down there, in exchange for a big amount of money, monthly.

"Ma'am, are you sure it is my only job and the payment is thirty thousand a month?" She cannot believe in the amount of salary. It is bigger than her salary abroad as an OFW.

"Just follow my orders and be aware of thosed two." Nica referred to her stepmother and half-sister.

Bheng scratched her head when she read the last task. "Guard or follow Chrismith Yuchan to find out who is he with when I am not around." She read it in a low voice.

"Oh, gosh. She is trusting me with her husband." Bheng whispered to herself and scratched her head again when she recalled her cousin's words that he assigned to her.

"Of course I cannot cut my body into two to do the works simultaneously. Ha, it's hard to be poor."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Nica asked, confused. She looks like she has her own world and she is just talking to herself.

"Did I say something?" She looks like someone who just regained their consciousness. "I'm sorry, Ma'am. I was talking to myself." She smiled rawly at Nica when her eyebrows almost meet as she stares at her face.

"What I mean is, your husband-to-be seems arrogant. I'm afraid he would notice me and—"

"You don't have to follow him all the time." Nica interrupted her other reasonings. "You are the last person I will trust, so I hope you will not disappoint me."

Even though she has not yet started her job, Bheng felt guilty. She felt the sadness in her voice when she enunciated the word ‘trust’. She felt bad because a part of her mind had hope that she will have a chance to be closer to Chris. She also hoped that the latter will notice her beauty.

"Can I trust you?" She asked Bheng.

"Yes!" she quickly and cheerfully answered the young lady. She decided to let go of her little desire to have Chris to herself. She likes her no-nonsense nature and she felt that she needs a true friend. She also wants to be her friend even though people find her to be arrogant and such.

"You will start tomorrow." Nica outstretched her hand to Bheng.

Bheng gladly accepted the offer. She was surprised by how soft her palm is. She is oblivious, not used to heavy works.

The next day, Nica saw Rose, who is busy with writing.

"Good morning, Ma'am!"

"Why are you still here?" She asked Rose as she lifted her right eyebrow.

"Ma'am?"

"I don't need your service anymore, you can now get your stuff and leave this company." She replied straightforwardly.

The shock went on Rose's face for just a short time. After a few seconds, she stood straight and faced Nica.

"If that is what you want, I won't complain," sadness and regret are in her voice. She did not imagine that her past wrong action will be revived and Nica will throw her this simple.

Nica quickly looks away from the old lady, she does not want to pity her. She knows the latter will surely approach her half-sister to not lose her work or to not be fired from this company.

And she was not wrong, after just a few minutes, her father came along with her half-sister.

"Nica, why did you fire someone without a reason?" Alfonso tried to be calm, but he cannot hide completely his anger. Rose is their employee for a long time now and he assigned her to be his daughter's secretary so that she can have her guidance.

"She's a traitor!" She angrily looked at Janice. "She even fakes some of my documents and passes it to my enemy!"

"That's a heavy accusation, do you have some evidence that will prove that?" Alfonso queried.

"I won't waste my time arguing with you, you won't believe in me anyway. And your dearest daughter knows what I mean. I'm going to hire a new secretary for me."

"Don't involve me with your failures, Nica. It's enough that you snatched the man supposed to be for me!" Janice angrily rebuked Nica.

Alfonso quickly stepped in between the two. It was the first time he saw Janice show anger on someone in front of her. "I will have someone to find you a new secretary if you don't want Rose anymore. But you can't make her leave this company. I will just give her a new position."

"Whatever, but I will be the one to decide whether I like the person you would hire. I don't like a middle-aged one, someone who looks gullible and easy to be blinded by money." She said, her eyes are looking at Janice. She just smirked at her when Janice rolled her eyeballs.

Janice slammed the door of her office when she got back there. "Ahhh! You're really pissing me off, you bitch! I won't let you score on me again!" She growled afraid someone will hear her. She has been fuming since she talked with Rose. When she recalled her argument with Rose, she just becomes angrier.

"Your sister fired me, so find me a new position here."

"Don't you dare order me around because you're under me and it is also your fault that you got caught!" She showed Rose her index finger.

"Huh, it was my fault?" Rose pointed to herself as if she does not want to believe it. "Which of us was the one who proudly claimed Ma'am Nica's work as hers to the public again?" Rose sarcastically asked the arrogant young lady.

"If I completely lose my job, expect me to reveal your

true color to your father." Rose threatened Janice.

Janice crumpled a paper she got a hold of because of her anger at Rose and her half-sister. Her deep thoughts were interrupted by the knock of her secretary on the door.

"Two applicants are capable to be hired, Ma'am."

"Call them here, I want to criticize them personally first." She commanded her secretary. It was not her job, but she wants to get to know the person who will be her sister's secretary.

Bheng walks, holding her head up, toward the office where her allegedly interviewer waits for her. She cannot help but look around and have a view of the employees who are busy with their own works.

"Come in, you two." Janice's secretary said to the two applicants.

When the two came into her office, Janice stared at them. In just one glance, she already knows who is best suited to be her sister's secretary.

"Do you know the word indebtedness?" Janice asked the lady who looks timid but has the aura of someone who is cunning.

"Yes, Ma'am! With the amount I owe to different people, I'm already rich in debts, so I need a job to be able to pay it off." She answered.

Janice smiled at the lady's answer. She is slow and it added a point to the personality she wants. She told her secretary to leave now with the other applicant because she wants to privately talk with the applicant she had chosen.

"Am I accepted, Ma'am?" Bheng asked, full of hope.

"What is the amount you need?" Janice ignored her question.

"Oh, Ma'am, I can't count because it's not just my organs that is mortgaged, but also my soul." Bheng's cheerful answer to the person who is interviewing her.

Janice grinned while staring at the lady. "I will help you if you do your job well."

"Are you serious, Ma'am?" Bheng intertwined her hands. "Goodness, I'm so lucky because I meet you, Ma'am! It's okay if you will give me a double work because I'm healthy!"

"Don't worry because your job won't be that heavy."

"She's actually nice and not hard to deal with." Bheng said to herself while smiling at Janice. She said many things and she looks like an idiot who only answers her with a nod.

"Do you understand?" Janice asked the lady after she told her all the things she needs to do.

"So, you're not the one I will serve, Ma'am?" Bheng said in a sad voice.

"If I will be satisfied with your work, I will make you my personal assistant." Janice tricked the girl in front of her.

"Is she wicked and no one could stay by her side forever, Ma'am?" she nervously asked Janice.

"She's the worst kind, so be careful. She should not know that we know each other and that I'm the one who hired you as her secretary if you don't want to lose your job." Janice threatened her. She secretly smirked when she read the terror on the face of the lady.

"All right, Ma'am. You can expect me to be careful and I will always update you." Bheng stated, determined.

Janice's secretary sent Bheng to another room where her real interviewer is. The old secretary that she will replaced is also there, she taught her how to do her job right.

Bheng let out a sigh of relief when it was all finished. She flipped the hairs on her shoulder to the back when she recalled Janice's reactions to the innocence she showed her. She wants to laugh at her because she actually and completely believed in her ‘stupidity.