Capítulo 8: Chapter 8: Script (2)

"W-what o-overcompensating...!" The other person at the end of the call lightly raised his voice while stuttering causing Jayden to laugh at him.

"I and Keisha know you very well, Zesther, whenever you did something wrong, you always tried to compensate for it to the point that you're doing too much"

A few days ago, Zesther made a scene, giving Jayden a huge headache. He acted in a very embarrassing manner and Jayden had to take care of him the whole night while almost carrying him back to his home.

Since Zesther knew that he was in the wrong, he was trying to be as kind as possible. For now, it was giving food but with his personality, he would try to do something else to make up for what he did.

"H-haha, y-you're overthinking. I-I just accidentally c-cook a lot and to prevent wasting them, I gave you some leftovers!"

Zesther tried to deny things causing Jayden to shake his head although his friend cannot see him.

"Bro, you literally owned a restaurant with a fixed and unfixed menu. Whenever you want to cook something you just felt like cooking, you cook them in a bigger batch and serve it in your restaurant. What kind of lame excuse is that?"

If Zesther wants him to believe his words, he should have at least made a believable lie and not something that is easily seen through.

"Y-you talked too much! Should I just take the food back? Hmph!"

The elevator door finally opened and Jayden went in, pushed the button to the floor of the CEO's office before replying to his friend.

"Don't do that, you know how much I love free food. And since you're already overcompensating me for my troubles that night, how about you also buy me coffee from the cafe in front of the company building if you're still nearby? They make great latte there" Jayden suggested with a grin and as expected, Zesther didn't refuse.

"Meh, someone's really demanding. Fine, fine, but you have to treat me later for this"

With that, the call finally ended just in time when Jayden had to get off the elevator. With a deep sigh, he approached the desk of the executive secretary just outside the CEO's office

When Jayden saw the executive secretary, the man just stood up from his seat while sighing.

"Is working for our boss really that stressful?" Jayden asked himself.

He and his team were part of the creative department and they are not exactly working next to or close to the CEO. But even then, they already received harsh words from her. One can only imagine the work life that the CEO's executive secretary has.

"Good afternoon, Sir, I'm the temporary team leader of the creative team. I'm here to submit the new script" Jayden said with his polite work voice and the secretary looked at him.

"I'll take it to Maam Sereena" Secretary Cruz replied before taking the printed script from Jayden's hand.

"Then, I'll excuse myself" Jayden bowed his head before walking away, unwilling to stay in this place even a second longer at the risk of meeting his boss.

For a moment, Secretary Cruz stared at the retreating back of Jayden before looking at the script.

"My boss already scolded me for a so not job well done. If this script is still 'trash' in her eyes, she would definitely chew me alive" Secretary Cruz thought while shivering.

He can already imagine the cold eyes of his boss looking at him as if he was a lifeform lower than even an ant. Just how venomous her words would be after another thing soured her mood?

In fear, Secretary Cruz shook his head. He really doesn't want to meet his boss again while bringing a piece of possible bad news. She might kill him on the spot!

"Um... excuse me!" Secretary Cruz suddenly called out and Jayden turned his head to look at him.

"Yes, Sir?" He asked a bit nervously. Did Secretary Cruz look at the script and thought that it wouldn't be approved by their boss again?

Is the script that bad that he didn't even bother submitting it to the CEO?

Is Jayden going to lose his team leader position? That would mean a lower salary and Jayden definitely doesn't want his pay grade to be lower!

"I-I actually had something urgent to do" Secretary Cruz said as he approached Jayden and returned the printed script to him. "Can you do me a favor and submit this to Maam Sereena in person?"

"H-huh?" Jayden was stunned as if he cannot believe the things he just heard.

He badly wanted to avoid his boss but now, Secretary Cruz is asking him to submit the script personally. How is this any different than a death sentence?

"Maam Sereena is inside that room. Make sure to knock and only when she gave permission could you enter. Absolutely and I mean absolutely do not enter before knocking and receiving her permission otherwise, she might fire you on the spot"

With a dumbfounded look on his face, Jayden watched as the executive secretary almost run towards the elevator, leaving him alone.

Almost no office worker wants to meet their boss face to face, especially if that boss is an evil one that doesn't know how to use kind words.

"I should have just asked my team members to submit this script" Jayden thought in regret. If he was not the one that delivered the script, he doesn't need to meet the CEO.

While gritting his teeth, Jayden listened to Secretary Cruz and approached the door of his boss's office. He knocked on the door two times, afraid that knocking once is not enough but knocking thrice is too much and would be seen as a sign of impatience.

After a while, he received permission to enter, and only then did he twists the doorknob before slowly opening the door.

Jayden took a peek inside and his jaw almost fell on the floor. He knows that his boss is young but he expected that she would at most be average.

After all, how could a person have everything? The CEO is already rich, smart, and powerful. At the very least, she should be average looking, right?

However, the woman sitting on the chair was far from being ugly or average looking. She was one of the most beautiful women that Jayden had ever seen.

She was minding her business while working on something on her monitor while wearing a pair of eyeglass that protects her eyes. But even then, her beauty was unbelievable.

She gave Jayden a strong impression even though she wasn't doing anything special. It even felt like she is a dangerous person causing Jayden to have goosebumps.

At first, Sereena expected that the person knocking was her secretary but after not hearing anything even after the door was opened, she turned her head to the door.

What she saw was a man staring at her with a dumbfounded expression and she raised her brows.

"Have I seen this man before?" She thought. She finds this person familiar for some reason.

However, she only had that thought for a moment before she spoke. "Report what you have to report and stop stupidly standing in the doorway"

Those sharp words brought Jayden back to reality. How can he forget that that woman is his evil boss and he almost made a mistake?

"M-my apologies. I'm from the creative department and I'm here to submit the new script" Jayden regained his composure.

The CEO might be a beauty that he didn't expect but her personality is far from desirable.

"Let me check it" Sereena simply replied and Jayden approached her to hand the script.

Sereena started checking the script much to Jayden's nervousness. He is hoping that the script that he and his team worked so hard to create would pass but after seeing the frown on his boss's face, he feels like all hope that he had shattered

After checking the script, Sereena started speaking in a not-so-kind tone. "I believe you understand what I wanted to see in the promotional video. You at least understand the idea but that's only it"

Her starting words were already harsh enough, Jayden don't even want to hear the rest.

"This script is too forceful and awkward. Look at this part, instead of putting a voiceover saying that this and that are beautiful, you should just show that they are beautiful. This script feels like the creators were trying to be woke in an ugly way"

"We don't need to tell the people that these kinds of people are beautiful, we have to show them that. It's not something we should push down their throats"

"I believe that you are already old enough and have seen many advertising videos. Do you really think that the ads that this script would create are the kind that people want to see and watch? If you think so then you are delusional"

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