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Chapter 1 :Marrying into slavery??!- Soji Shirogane - Part 6-10

                Surprised by his response, I asked him again. He gave me odd-looking smile, turned his back, and started walking away.

???: “You will understand soon.”

Yuri: “Wait…”

                Unable to rum after him, I just stared at his back while holding on to the Night-Time Job Search Magazine.

Yuri: (What happened yesterday? I don’t know anybody handsome like him… But I have a feeling that I’ve definitely met him somewhere before.)

The next day, while going about my job as usual, I couldn’t stop thinking about what had happened the day before I thought that he might be in show-business but I couldn’t think of anybody like him. He had handsome features which could pass for an actor…



Yuri: “Humm, this is going to keep bothering me…”

But I don’t have any time to think about this to escape from reality. I have to think about what to do to pay off the $500.000.

Boss: “Higashikuni, do you have a moment?”

Yuri: “Ah, yes!”

Boss: “Actually, it seems that we will finally get a good response from a major company we’ve been pursuing for a long time. But they insist on having you there for the meeting”

Yuri: “Huh!? Me?”

Boss: “Yes… do you know this company?”

I saw Platinum Corporation on the document handed to me by my boss. As a secretary at the publicity agency, I had, of course, seen the name of the company before.

Yuri: “This is… quite a big company, isn’t it? I think it’s an IT communication company… Don’t they also have other companies in their group…”

Boss: “You’re right. Make no mistake. We really want to to seal the deal and get a contract with them. I don’t know why they want you to come, but can I count on you?”

Yuri: “Ah…”

To be honest, I’m scared to go. I had no idea why such a big company would request my presence. But… it’s the company’s order and it is related to the work I do. I have to do what they asked of me.

Yuri: “I have to go, right? Ok… I will.” (Even if I go, I’m just a secretary and don’t know what I should do there.)

Boss: “Anyway can start by taking these. They’re the documents detailing the terms and conditions we offered to them and the actual contract itself.”

Yuri: “The contract!? Such an important thing…”

Boss: “Hey, you don’t have much time to get to the appointment.”

When I left my department, I felt as if everyone were rushing me out of there.

Boss: “If you get into any trouble, call for us right away.”

He seems more nervous than I did. If I make any mistakes, it’ll directly affect the contract. But why do they want me to go? With a feeling of anticipation and more than a few doubts I headed to Platinum for the appointment.

Compared to the size of my company, Platinum was a completely different scale. It’s a major company with more than 3000 employees and the entire top 4 floors of the building, from the 39th to the top the 42nd, were occupied by them. I managed to get past the front desk somehow. Standing there in a daze, the receptionist had smiled cheerfully and told me..

The front desk: “Ms. Yuri Higashikuni, thank you for waiting. Someone will be there soon to escort you.”

It seems that a security guard would take me to the appointed place. The guard came to the front desk and led me up to the 42nd floor—the top floor.

Yuri: (…is it usual for a meeting room to be on the top floor?)

In the case of a major company occupying several floors, the top floor usually has the president’s office and executive offices. A meeting room on the upper floor would be for them.

Yuri: (Let me think calmly. This is definitely strange.)

This major company named me, a mere secretary, to come here from a little-known publicity agency and I was to facilitate the meeting. Everything was completely strange.

Yuri: (I told my boss that I would do my best, but I really want to go home…)

Security guard: “Here we are.”

While I was still mulling things over when we arrived at the appointed room. The security guard knocked on the door. While we were waiting, I looked up and saw President written on the name plare above the doorway.

Yuri: (P-President…?!)

Security guard: “Excuse me. I have brought Ms. Higashikuni.”

??? : “Thank you. You can leave now.”

Security guard: “Please enter.”

Yuri: “Thank you.”

The security guard motioned for me to enter the office.  Without looking up, I took a step inside the doorway.

???: “Why are you so nervous?”

Yuri: “…Huh?”

That  voice was so frank and it seemed familiar. Trying to avoid looking down any longer, I cautiously lifted my head. I saw a man sitting at a big desk, looking at me calmly. He was the same man who had picked my Night-Time Job Search Magazine yesterday.

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