─When did Haru and I meet? That’s right, that was─
“Huh? Dinner?”
As I was modeling while sitting on the green seat in the company’s studio, wearing a black sleeveless top, which was my costume, and a tight skirt with a front slit that was calf-length, Violet, who was holding a camera in front of me, told me to clear my schedule for Friday night.
“Good… Good. Haha…”
“No, Violet. I’m afraid you’re breathing too hard.”
“Sis, next time, let’s try a belly button, hm? Fufufu…”
“Who’s the sister!”
Sumire-san, with her trademarked short brown hair had started to show her true colors recently since she became my secretary.
When I first met her, I thought she was a calm mature woman who could do her job, but now she’s a total disappointment and just a beautiful woman.
“Violet, what about that dinner?!”
“I don’t care about that! Hurry up and roll your top!”
Look, even though I’m working for Daiki, who’s the chairman of the board, I’m still the president, right? Are you sure you want to act like this? You’re my full-time secretary, so you’re supposed to manage my schedule.
“Eeeek, impatient!” I said and hurriedly restrained Sumire-san’s head with my hand as she rushed forward.
Hey, why’s the the camera pointed at my chest? I’m not even wearing my top anymore.
“Let go of me!”
“Hey, my face is over here.”
“Dang it… I’m so sorry.”
After grabbing Sumire-san’s chin and forcing her to look at me, this brown-haired woman raised her fist to the heavens, and then let it drop.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“Ha! Mika-san’s sex appeal was so great that I forgot myself.”
“Are you drooling?”
Violet pulled out her handkerchief and wiped her mouth.
When did she become such a sorry secretary?
“Can we get back to that?”
“Yes. What was that?”
“No, the dinner.”
“Oh, it’s a welcome party for new employees.”
“Does that mean I have to go?”
“There are a lot of talented kids this year, so I was hoping that Mika, who’s known as the beautiful president, could attend and motivate them more.”
“I’m 22 and you’re a college graduate, and I’m younger than you. Is that okay?”
I think she was in her thirties before I became Mika, but I’m in my twenties. I’m worried how the new employees would know how to treat such a young president?
I feel like it would be more of a nuisance if I joined this way.
“No, Mika-san couldn’t come to the ceremony because she was nursing Saki who had a fever. That’s why the new employees don’t know the president’s face.”
“Oh, that’s true…”
“Even though more and more people are working from home, you’ll probably still meet new employees in the office, so please show your face, even if just for a little, so that they don’t mistake you for a part-timer and assign you to a job.”
“No, but Saki is…”
“I’ve arranged for the chairman and the others to take care of her.”
Sorry, secretary, but I was working.
No, why are you so good here? You could’ve mismanaged my schedule, y'know?
Because I’d rather spend time with Saki than have dinner with a new employee.
“Besides, if Mika-san is concerned about her age, there are 18 year olds out there.”
“Huh? They joined the company right after high school? They’re quite motivated.”
“He’s half-British and half-Japanese, he’s got a good face and style, and he knows a lot about women’s clothes even though he’s a man, so he must be studying a lot about fashion. The other day, he was teaching his seniors how to do their jobs.”
“Which one even is the junior… Whether reliable or pathetic.”
“He’s very popular with the girls, and when we put him in charge of sales, he gets a lot of contracts, so we don’t want to let him go.”
“Ha.”
If you’re that good, the company might not want to miss out on you, but for me, who was never able to get a girlfriend or get married in my previous life, just because you have a good face and are popular with women, you are an enemy.
It’s a mystery to me why God would just leave me with these bad memories when he could have erased them anyway.
However, if I ignore the new recruits, there might be bad rumors about them being disliked by the president within the company, so it would be better to attend the dinner.
“Alright. I’ll be there.”
“Okay. I’m looking forward to working with you. Today’s shoot is over, do you want to buy the outfit you’re wearing?”
“I’m going to go home. I’ll just go like this.”
“Mika-san, you used to be reluctant to wear skirts, but recently you’ve started wearing them.”
“Saki-chan will give me compliments.”
“You’re really a stupid parent, changing your outfits based on your child’s opinion.”
“Haha.”
I still can’t get used to it and it’s hard to walk in it, but Saki’s happy to see me in a skirt, so I wear it sometimes.
I just buy outfits which I modelled in, just because I can’t be bothered to pick out clothes.
“Then, Sumire-san. I’ll go home first.”
“Yes. Thank you for your hard work.”
I got in a taxi and headed home in a new house Daiki-san got for us.
Saki’s grandmother and grandfather had been visiting us a lot lately.
Did we have any problems in the house? We didn’t worry about it because there were 5 rooms in a two-story house.
What the hell was that apartment that we were living in? Well, that was fun.
Well, when Daiki-san first told me he was going to build a three-story building with 15 rooms, I panicked and stopped because it was too big for two people to live in.
When I opened the door and entered the house, Saki greeted me with a smile as she walked to the door.