The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

CL Group was one of the few international companies that could compete with the Walter Group in the city. When Joey worked in the Walter Group, she had dealt with CL Group on several occasions. It had struck her as a good company with impressive work atmosphere.

She remembered that the chief secretary of the president of the company was a man, which was very rare in business.

Joey decided to give it a try and sent her resume. She received a response within half an hour. She was told to go to an interview at the company tomorrow.

She was so thrilled that she threw herself onto the comfortable king-sized bed and laughed. It was too bad that Allen had gone to work. She wished he was here to share her joy.

The next day, she put on a professional suit and a light makeup to make her look more refreshing and vigorous.

However, she became less confident when she arrived at the company. There were many interviewees waiting in the hall, a hundred at least.

Men were all suits and ties, and women seemed capable and smart. They all seemed very experienced candidates.

The competition was fierce today.

Joey had waited for two hours nervously before it was her turn.

She opened the door of the interviewer's office and found a young woman in her early thirties sitting alone behind the desk.

The young woman wore a black suit with jaw-length short hair. She wasn't very beautiful, but her temperament was very unique. No doubt, she was a charismatic office lady. She just sat there, a little indifferent but overwhelming. "How are you? I'm Joey Linderman. I'd like to apply for the position of administrative director in your company. Here is my resume!"

Joey had seen the world, thus she wasn't intimidated by the interviewer. Joey just handed her resume to the woman with a calm smile on her face.

"Great. Please take a seat."

The woman greeted her and took her resume. She raised a question after several glances, "Did you work at the Walter group?"

"Yes."

Joey sat straight up and answered honestly.

"And you were the chief secretary of the president?"

The woman looked at her from head to toe with sharp eyes

"Yes."

Joey was a little comfortable with her skeptical look. She was fully aware that many people thought a president's secretary was merely a glorified mistress, let alone the chief secretary. Maybe a mistress of a higher level, she assumed. "Why did you quit your job?"

The woman started at Joey as if saying, I bet you were dumped by your boss.

Joey felt offended for no reason. She couldn't even explain it, because she wasn't asked the question explicitly. So she calmed down and said honestly, "I thought the Walter Group wasn't the right place for me, so I quit."

The woman was still indifferent and unrevealing. She asked again, "You worked as a secretary, then why are you interviewing for the administrative director? I believe our company is recruiting the general manager's secretary now." She was implying that Joey might have made a mistake.

Joey immediately answered with a serious look, "Please take a second look at my resume. I majored in administrative management in college. I took a job at the Walter Group as a personnel clerk in the administration department and worked my way up to the chief secretary of the president. So I think I'm fully qualified for the position of administrative director in CL Group."

Indeed, after she came to the Walter Group, she had started as a personnel clerk in the administration department and was promoted to be the administrative director with her outstanding performance. However, one day, John Walter personally appointed her as his chief secretary in the President's Office. She hadn't no idea how it had happened till this day.

Everyone thought she was extremely lucky and congratulated her. But she didn't want the job at all. She liked her old job in the administration department. A secretary tended to be reprimanded and taken advantage of by her boss, thus she wasn't happy about the promotion.

The woman detected Joey's confidence in her voice, and she finally smiled. She stood up and reached out her right hand, saying, "Congratulations, the job is yours. You can come to work tomorrow. I'm Amanda, the administration manager of CL Group. Everyone calls me Mandy."