Chapter 13

“There are loads of jobs out there that can put grub on the table for your kids and pay off your debts, you know. Like AW! Even if you lose the gig at Melendez, you’ve always got that. So don’t go pinning your hopes on me.”

Emmett’s fingers tapped rhythmically on the desk with a meaningful look in his eyes

“AW, huh…”

Clara’s eyes flickered with panic for a moment, but she quickly regained her awkward smile. “But I really wanna work here, at Melendez”

“Why?”

“Um… it’s pretty simple!” Clara lightly touched her forehead, her mind spinning. “You’re my debtor right now. Seeing you every day would constantly remind me of the money I owe you, giving me more motivation to earn money!”

see me every day?” Emmett asked with a

want to see you every day only to remind myself that I still owe you money. I need to work hard to pay off my debt.” Clara raised her finger earnestly in promise. Anyway, she would never work at AW,

bring unforeseen profits to Melendez, there’s definitely room for me to shine… If you think I can’t, you can fire me on the spot once I’ve paid off your debt! At that time….”

“Deal.”

she

mean… deal?” Clara couldn’t believe her ears, wondering if

“My personal secretary”

Clara looked puzzled, “But… but I applied for the position of secretary

only position you can hold at Melendez. You have ten seconds to

this woman just to let the outside rumors fade away on their own. He raised his wrist to check the time for a moment, he spoke in a low voice,

She lowered her eyes. It didn’t matter who she worked for as a secretary anyway. She just didn’t

morning at nine, report here.” Emmett’s deep gaze lifted to look at her, his tone

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