At Yu’s Building

Days passed by fast, and very soon the day came when Luo had to report at Yao’s legal firm. She arrived early and waited for Noah at the receiving area of his office.

Noah, on the other hand, had the habit of always arriving earlier than most of his employees. He arrived almost half an hour before office time that day also and stepped out of his car with the stern face he always had.

He went inside the building and all his staff he passed by greeted him. His eyebrows arched when he saw Luo sitting in the receiving area, reading a magazine. He was impressed that she arrived much earlier than the office timings. But then he thought that was just the first day.

Luo saw him, and she smiled. “Good morning, Boss.” she greeted. Noah only nodded then said, “Follow me.”

Luo was startled for a second but smirked and then followed him inside his office. Noah sat on the couch and Luo sat on the opposite couch at his signal.

Noah pressed the intercom and called in his secretary, Dina.

“Check if Mike already arrived and call him in my office.” Noah instructed. As soon as Dina left, he looked at Luo from head to toe and said, “I respect your style Attorney Luo but here in my office I have a preference on how my team should be dressed.”

Luo controlled herself not to laugh because Noah was hilarious. His narcissism was truly amusing for her.

“Hmm, that’s fine with me as long as you will pay for all the wardrobes you required me to wear, Boss,” Luo shamelessly uttered.

She smirked inwardly, seeing how Noah’s forehead crumpled so she added, “You see I dislike buying unnecessary things like expensive branded clothes… I only focus on my needs and buy good and normal looking clothes, so if you require me to dress according to your standards… I really don’t mind getting dolled up, as long as it will not come heavy on my own pocket. I’m on a tight budget, you see…”

Noah felt his all blood shoot up right to his head, hearing Luo’s shameless words.

“Didn’t they pay you enough at Sy’s firm?” he hissed.

“They did. Liam is a very generous employer… But I have a lot of important expenses to prioritize and so I never have the luxury of overspending.” Luo nonchalantly commented. Then she looked at herself then shifted her gaze back to Noah and countered, “I don’t see anything wrong with my outfit though. Do you want all your employees to dress as good as you?”

She noticed that as soon as she entered Noah’s building. She felt like an ugly duckling inside a river full of good-looking swans. Well, she was pretty, but always dressed plainly and remained simple. She hated getting too much attention, so she loved wearing plain business outfits with dull colors and no makeup.

“Yes… I want all my employees well groomed and you’re not an exemption. Go buy yourself some new clothes and get it reimbursed from the company’s finance department.” Noah grunted, but then looking at Luo, he realized the woman might have a bad taste in fashion, so he added, “No. Dina will accompany you and she will use my card.”

“You mean now?” Luo asked in disbelief.

“Yes, now…” Noah barked and called Dina inside through the intercom. But Craig arrived with Gale, so Noah dismissed Dina first to have a discussion with Gale and Craig.

“Shall I take my leave too?” Luo asked.

“No, stay here because the meeting will involve you…” Noah commanded. He decided that it would be best if Luo would be the one to handle Gale’s case since she was familiar about it while she worked with Liam.

Luo greeted Gale and Craig, then Noah discussed his request to Luo pertaining to Gale.

“I will entrust Gale to you so make sure you will get back every single cent that’s rightfully hers.”

Luo only nodded to everything Noah said and instructed. She was so thrilled to handle Gale’s case that she did not bother being given an assignment on her first day to think that she was not yet properly introduced to Noah’s whole team.

After a few more minutes of talking, Noah finally dismissed Craig and Gale, but only to stop the two before opening the door out

“Craig…”

“Yes, boss?”

“I will need Dina today, so can you assist Luo in buying new clothes? You and Gale. I think Gale can help give her a more suitable fashion taste in accordance to our firm’s preference.”

Craig almost choked on his own saliva and looked at his friend in disbelief. At work, he called Noah Boss, but whenever outside work he addressed him as Noah the narcissist. But then Noah really hated it whenever his employees do not look well groomed.

Even the slightest untidy hair irritated him.

“Is it okay Ms Gale? I noticed you have a good fashion sense.”

“Are you saying I have a bad taste in fashion, Boss? Do you know that criticizing someone for dressing sense in the office is considered bullying?” Luo retorted with a smirk. For some it could be offending to hear, but for her it was rather amusing to hear.

“Didn’t you know that I’m also dressed like this for a purpose?”

“Enough with the talking and leave now before I change my mind and let you pay instead for your clothes!” Noah grunted. Whatever the purpose it was, he did not care at all because seeing a future key person in his company dressing plainly was too irritating to his eyes.

People would think she wasn’t paid enough in his firm and he wanted to avoid any such untrue rumor.

Gale was no longer surprised because she already had a gasp on Noah’s personality with the help of Craig. What surprised her was Luo. She looked so cool and so unaffected.

“Alright, your word is my command Boss! We shall take our leave now. Give me your card, Boss.” Luo asked with a grin.

“Stop grinning!” Noah beamed as he handed Luo one of his cards.

“Noted Boss.” Luo answered without the grin but with a wink before she rushed out from Noah’s office.

Meanwhile, Craig shook his head as he tried his best not to laugh hard, watching the great Noah with flaring nostrils.

Luo was the first person he witnessed, who didn’t get affected with how straightforward and harsh Noah was. Most often he had witnessed his employees crying because of Noah’s narcissism. Even Gale felt down with how Noah candidly enumerated how she would end up if she would not sign the agreement he offered.

Luo, on the contrary, was interesting and amusing as well, and Craig could foresee how colorful their firm would turn, with Noah and Luo working together bringing the rules upside down very soon.