Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Romance

     Griselda doing light exercise. She is ready to unpack her goods. She had just moved in and all her goods has been sent yesterday. 
     Griselda Dean, was born on 09 December 1994. The girl was born from a modest family of original Dusun ethnic. Growing up with her father, Dean and her mother, Olivia, and a brother, Ozzie who is now 26 years old, and a sister, Liora, who is now 22 years old. The three of them already have a job and in family ties, the three of them are very close and love each other. 
     Griselda's cell phone rang and she pick up the call without seeing the caller name. 
     "Hi, Elda."
"Yo, Oz."
     "How your house?"
Griselda looked around her living room. 
"Great! I just want to start arrange my living room."
     "You don't want to buy a new curtains? The living area has a large door mirrors. It is very open."
     Griselda grinned as she looked at the door mirror, she can see the blank yard, the wall height is five feet and the floor of the house in front of her house. 
"I will buy the curtains later. After all, it's look nice without drapes."
     "Elda, you are a girl." Her brother reminded her. 
"I know."
     "Tiger." Ozzie taunting her. He talked about Griselda's Hot-tempered. 
     "Don't ruin my morning, Oz." She give him a warning. 
"Okay, okay. My apology. I'm done laughing." He said, still trying to stop laughing. 
     They have conversation almost thirty minutes then her brother hung out. 
     Griselda went to the kitchen, want to drink some water. Before she started to drink, she heard her cell phone rang from the living room. She rush to answer it, like before she pick up the call without seeing the caller name. 
"Yo,---"
     "G." A man's voice was soft. Griselda feel annoying when she heard Ethan's voice. 
"What do you want, E?"
     "I'm sorry ab---"
"No sorry for you."
     "Let's me explain."
"No."
     "Please, G. Lis----"
"No means no, E."
     Ethan sighed. Her brows knit, feel annoying, a flash back that night emerge in her memory. Ethan tried to seduce her but she refused until the end, Ethan did inappropriate things on her. Griselda tried to fight with all her power until she manage to escape and leave him from the party night at his house. 
     "I was drunk that night. I ----"
"Enough, E. No more excuses."
     She switched off the cell phone and throw it at the sofa that still wrapped. Then, she sit and cover her face with her palms, trying to push aside that bad memory. 
     She pat her knees and exhale. 
"I better start my work." She said and move from her sit. 

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     She wake up at 6 a.m. and do light exercise. Taking a shower and breakfast.   Griselda style her hair as usual, high bun hair and touch up her face, light makeup. She wear a Tiger Lily style jumpsuit, bright red colour, a Wild Flower jacket, golden colour, and a pair of maroon sneakers. She put her golden bag into the box of her scooter. She put on the helmet on her head. Engine on the scooter and headed to the work. 
     Griselda was a good Secrectary at Sparkle Hotel 1 located at Gaya Street,  Kinabalu. Her boss, Alden was a good boss and she been working for him almost two years and now Alden wanted her to help his son at their new hotel, Sparkle Hotel 2 at Penampang, Kota Kinabalu. 
    The thing is his son is quite bossy person. From January untill this April, he had fired ten secretary and he always complain to Alden that he need someone who can stand his strictness. So, here Griselda, whose Alden think is the perfect person that he been searching. 
     Griselda park her scooter and go inside the hotel. Sparkle Hotel, five star rated and the decoration are quite relaxing and romantic where they plants variations colour of roses. The wall paints in cream and the paintings are beautiful. She stand at the reception and see cute petite girl standing there, she must be the receptionists. 
     "Hallo... Lina." She look at her name tag. Lina smile. 
"Hallo, good morning. May I help you?"
     "Yes. Where is your office?"
"8th floor. May I know, do you have any appointment with the office?"
Griselda put her sweet smile on her face, try to make friend with the worker. 
"Yes. No. I mean..." She grinn. 
"I am the new secretary. Griselda."
     Lina make an O to her mouth and nodded. 
"He is not here yet. But you must be alert as he may ruin your morning." She said and smile. 
Griselda blink twice, she take that as a warning. 
"Okay."
     "Break your leg, Griselda."
"Elda. Just call me Elda. That will be fine."
     "Okay, good luck, have a nice day, Elda." Said Lina while Griselda headed to the escelavator. 

     "Well, this might be my desk..." She said and seat, the desk are just beside the boss's room. 
     "Good moring. You... Might be the new secretary. Am I right?" A man with glasses said. Norman was show at his name tag. 
There's a pretty woman beside him, maybe she is one of the worker. June her name. 
     "Yes. That me, the new secretary." Griselda smile. June snort. 
"I hope you can stand... A month?" She look at Norman and he nodded. 
"I am Norman."
"June."
Hi, I am Griselda. Just call me Elda."
     "Do you want to join us at the pantry?" Ask June and Griselda nodded. 
"Yeah, sure."
"You better. He will be here around the corner and you will have no time to fill your stomach." Said Norman. 
     "Yeah, even to the rest room." Add June and they chuckle.