Boss's Sweet Secretary

Hans's face suddenly darkened, but his tone remained calm.

"You are saying that everyone going to this dinner is single?"

"The men in the Planning Department are mostly single. Except for a few directors who are older and married, it seems the rest of them are going. Although some are married, they still go for fun..."

The Planning Department of Joy Group had always had a heavy workload. They were working overtime five days a week. Sometimes, they would get called back for work on weekends by a phone call and they would have to come in no matter where they were. The intensity had caused a serious imbalance in the male to female ratio in their department. Even if they recruit female employees every year, barely anyone could last for half a year. Plus if they got married and had children in the future, they would have to quit.

Due to their workload and appreciation to their department from Hans, they had a whole floor to themselves as their office. On paper, they were independent and free from outside interference. But in reality, they were isolated from the outside world. It was even more difficult for them to get to know women from other departments.

"Did Mr. Liam from Dynasty Group call in the afternoon..."

"Ah?" James was a little surprised. He didn't realize they had gone from talking about the department dinner to the clients. But since he had been with Hans for so many years, he was quick on his feet. He said in a hurry, "He called three times. The first was his assistant called to confirm tomorrow's dinner. The other two..."

"Call and tell him that I'm busy tomorrow. Let's move up the dinner to tonight."

Dynasty Group was interested in becoming a shareholder in Joy Group, Mr. Liam had been calling them very often. Hans wanted to collaborate with them since they had the capital, but he had been hiding his interest to leave them wanting more.

"Mr. Hans, this... I'm afraid it's not appropriate... there..."

James was on the spot. They made an appointment and couldn't change so last minute.

"Just say that Monica is coming."

After glancing at James, Hans stood up and wore his coat, leaving James no time to refute.

Upon hearing Monica's name, James's face stiffened. A trace of strangeness flashed across his eyes. He nodded hastily and made a call.

Everyone knew that Mr. Liam was interested in Monica.

Although there was gossip between Monica and Hans, one of them was just a celebrity and the other was a CEO after all. Hans held absolute power in this situation. Since he did not acknowledge Monica to the public, it was proof that he was not serious about her. Naturally, there would be other men of Hans's stature courting Monica.

After testing the water a few times, Mr. Liam already knew that Hans was just having fun with Monica. Monica might not get it, but as a man, he understood immediately.

In a private room of a high-end Japanese restaurant.

Jennifer pulled Rose, who was already tipsy from the drinks and gestured her to stop drinking.

"Secretary Jennifer, let me propose a toast to you. It's the first time I've seen you joining us for a dinner after so long..."

John, who sat opposite Jennifer, was the one who wanted to drink with her. It was also his frequent toasts that made Rose drunk.

"I said that Jennifer doesn't drink, I will drink for her." As expected, Rose was being chivalrous again. She went forward to grab the glass and Jennifer hurriedly stopped her. As she was grabbing the glass, Rose collapsed on the table.

John pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled.

"Secretary Rose seems to have too much to drink. She shouldn't drink anymore. I just want to propose a toast to Secretary Jennifer. Nothing will happen. The alcohol content is low."

As he said this, he winked at several female interns beside Jennifer.

These interns were not as naive as Jennifer thought. They were smart and eloquent, especially the girl named Elena sitting next to Jennifer. She raised her glass and smiled very brightly. "If Secretary Jennifer really can't drink, then I'll drink for her."

Jennifer frowned. If she let the new intern drank for her, surely it would make its way to the company that she bullied the new intern.

"There's no need. How about this? Rose had too much to drink. I will need to send her home early. I will drink to this as an apology that we can't stay till the end."

Jennifer picked up her glass, her tone was polite and formal.

She was strict and rigid compared to those interns who disappeared into the bathroom with the deputy managers early on in the dinner, doing unspeakable things.

John did not stop her and watched Jennifer drink a glass of wine.

"Can I leave now?" Jennifer put down the cup and looked at John calmly.

She had high alcohol tolerance, especially since she had attended many company dinners with Hans these years. As a secretary, she was good at pretending. She had drunk enough on those occasions that now she would feel disgusted when she saw alcohol. She would not drink unless it was necessary.

"You said you can't drink but you could! Judging from this, I think you can outdrink many people."

Jennifer smiled politely and lowered her head to support Rose.

"I have drunk the wine so we will leave first. Thank you for your hospitality."

After a few rounds of drinking, the managers also found their targets and got up one after another, ready to leave along with Jennifer.

"Luna had too much to drink, I will send her back. Elena, you can follow John," Mr. Davidson said, he was a manager from the Planning Department. He was over forty years old and had a family, yet he still attended this kind of dinner. Jennifer did not like him since the beginning, but fortunately, he was smart enough to not provoke Jennifer. His target was the new intern, Luna.

Luna was also good at making trouble too. After drinking two glasses of wine, she didn't even know who she was anymore. Jennifer got goosebumps listening to the way she called Mr. Davidson.

The only sober people in the restaurant besides John were probably Elena, who was good at drinking, and Jennifer. The three of them watched Luna and Mr. Davidson leave together twice. When they came back, their clothes were disheveled and they looked flushed. They knew exactly what had happened.

"How about this, Secretary Rose was drunk too. I will send the three ladies back together. After all, I drove them here. I have to be responsible."

John stood up and flattened the creases on his white shirt. He still looked well-dressed in all the chaos.

Jennifer frowned. "No, I can take a taxi with Rose..."

"You probably can't get any at this time, the taxi is changing shifts. Don't worry, Secretary Jennifer, there are three of you here, two of you are sober. I can't do anything, can I? There are so many of you guys that if you each kick me once, I would probably be in the hospital..."

John smiled at ease knowing that it would be impolite for Jennifer to reject as she would be thinking the worst of him.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐