< Muller International Finance, Geneva, Switzerland >

The meeting that lasted for almost an hour was finally over and it felt like a long time for everyone present, including Giselle, Jack's childhood friend who had been his personal secretary for the past two years. Jack was forced to recruit a new secretary because Alice was still angry with Erick and refused to return to work with him. One thing Jack heard, Alice was already working at Connery Corporation, Aaron's company.

Knowing that Alice worked for another company had upset Erick. He didn't care about his girlfriend anymore and didn't want to chase after her again, so that the secretary position that should belong to Alice was now filled by Giselle. Because Giselle had a lot of experience as a secretary to the CEO of Clarke Enterprise and Muller Finance International, it was easy for her, and Jack was amazed at how fast Giselle worked, just like Alice. That's why he'd hired her for the past two years, though Jack felt uncomfortable at times at some of the people who whispered behind his back, talking about how arrogant Giselle was for being their CEO's confidant.

"Okay, our meeting ends here. We will continue tomorrow, and remember I asked you to correct your reports,

" said Jack quietly as he closed the meeting.

"Yes sir, we understand.

" About ten managers from various positions answered Jack's words in unison. Their faces looked fresher as soon as the meeting ended.

One by one, the managers who previously attended the meeting with Jack finally left the meeting room and rushed back to their respective desks, leaving Erick, Nicholas and Giselle still standing next to Jack, who patiently looked after Christian, who was playing with his smart tablet on the table.

"Master, your tie,

" Giselle said quietly, reminding Jack of the messy condition of his tie, which Christian had been tugging at during the meeting.

Jack smiled.

"It's okay, it will be messy again later.

"

"Yes but...

"

"You'd better take care of the minutes of our meeting, Giselle, instead of taking care of the tie.

" Nicholas immediately interrupted Giselle's words quickly. He was disturbed by Giselle's words from earlier which always discussed the tie the master was wearing.

Giselle immediately looked straight at Nicholas.

"I was just doing my job, Nick.

"

Nicholas chuckled.

"Taking care of the master's tie is not your job. Your job is to take care of the company not what he wears. You are a secretary, not a nanny.

"

"You...

"

"Well, you two love to fight. Just let it go, Nick, I'm sure Giselle knows what she's doing. You don't have to worry. The minutes of this meeting will definitely work out well for her. Isn't that right, Giselle?

" Erick immediately cut off the feud between Nicholas and Giselle as usual.

Giselle looked at Erick indifferently.

"Of course, I'm not some new secretary who didn't know what her main job is. You don't have to worry.

"

Eric smiled.

"Good, then I'll wait for the minutes in another 30 minutes. I want to make sure whether there's anything missing or not.

"

Giselle clenched her jaw. Then after that, she immediately tidied the papers in front of her and immediately walked her out of the meeting room just like that with the laptop which she closed quickly without turning off the button first. Seeing Giselle's attitude, Erick shook his head. He couldn't believe he had to deal with that spoiled brat again after so long. Whenever Giselle and Nicholas had a fight, Erick was always the middleman. And every time Erick joined the conversation, Giselle would get angry and discontinued her argument with Nicholas.

"Why do you still hire a woman like that as a secretary, sir? Just call Alice back. She is more worthy as your secretary than that fox lady. I really don't like her, she's very arrogant and bossy,

" Nicholas said quickly to Jack, who was playing puzzles on his smart tablet with Christian.

Jack chuckled.

"If you want me to fire Giselle then ask Erick to pick up his girlfriend. He has been at war with Alice for two years. When Erick manages to bring Alice to this office, I will immediately fire Giselle.

"

Hearing Jack's words, Nicholas immediately turned to Erick.

"You heard that. Go get your woman, Erick. You're such a pain in the ass. Aren't you tired of having a cold war with Alice all these months?

"

Eric growled.

"I'm not going to pick up that unfaithful woman. If she can't be loyal to the company, do you think she'd be loyal to me? Giselle isn't that bad after all, her abilities are still far above that woman.

"

Nicholas narrowed his eyes.

"Looks like your eyes need to be treated first, Erick. You can't tell which one can work and which one can only command, Alice and Giselle are different. Alice is...

"

"Never mind, Nick. Why are you defending that woman? Do you like her?

" Erick cut Nicholas off in annoyance.

"If you like her, take her, I don't need her anymore.

"

When Nicholas was about to reply to Erick's words, Jack suddenly rolled his eyes at him, giving a code not to answer Erick's words. Nicholas, who understood the code given by his master, nodded slowly and did not reply to Erick's words, which were very unreasonable. Apparently, what Jack did was seen by Erick as well. So that soon Erick rushed out of the meeting room with his laptop, without saying goodbye to Jack. Erick was also angry with Jack.

"Tsk! That kid really is something,

" Nicholas grumbled, angrily cursing Erick who just left.

Jack smiled.

"You'll probably be worse off than him if you get into a fight with your girlfriend, Nick.

"

"That's impossible, sir. My life is not spent mourning a woman who is not yet a wife or the mother of my children, so there's no way I'll be like that Erick. But I'm serious, sir, please just fire that Giselle, I don't like her. Those eyes have a different meaning when they look at you,

" Nicholas said seriously.

"I can't fire Giselle that easily, Nick. She is a competent secretary, all her work is done on time. After all, Giselle is my school friend, she wouldn't dare mess with me, especially when she knows I already have Christian,

" replied Jack with a smile. .

"But sir...

"

Jack got up from his chair and carried Christian, who was getting bored.

"No woman can replace Anne in my heart, you know that right?

"

"Yes sir.

"

"Calm down Nick, don't you worry. No matter how far she teases me, if I don't respond to her, since I'm not attracted to her, then the things you're worried about won't happen. Remember, Nick, infidelity happens not only because of one person. Infidelity happens because of reciprocity between a man and a woman, if there is a woman who seduces a man and the man is not tempted, then the affair will never happen. But it is different if the man responds to what the woman is doing, then the affair can't be avoided, and it all depends on each other's commitment. While I have sworn before God twice that I will never betray my wife, I've lost Anne so many times, it's impossible for me to risk all my struggles just because of another woman. Especially now that we already have Christian, there's no reason for us to be apart. It's such a quick pleasure, so an affair was not worth the struggle. We've been fighting for all these years to be able to live happily together, Nick,

" Jack said at length with a smile.

Nicholas was silent. He did not respond to Jack's words, because what Jack said was true. It was just that he was still worried about women like Giselle. The way she looked at Jack was completely different, like a starving tigress, and that honestly worried Nicholas.

"Besides, there's no way any woman would dare to harass me, when I have people like you by my side, Nick. I'm sure you'll be guarding me against such seductive women, won't you?

"

"Of course sir, I won't let anyone ruin your happiness.

" Nicholas replied firmly to Jack's words.

Jack chuckled.

"Okay let's go back to my room, Christian seems bored. I don't want him to cry.

"

"Yes sir.

"

Jack then stepped out of the meeting room with Christian, who was still pulling the tie his father was wearing which was now full of his saliva. Nicholas immediately followed behind his master with a laptop.

When Nicholas only took one step from the meeting room, he immediately stopped his footsteps when he felt like someone was watching him, but because he didn't see anyone near the meeting room, Nicholas finally resumed his steps following Jack, who had walked away.

To be continued