The CEO's Seductive Doll-Chapter 119: The Doll is a Good Judge of Character

Earlier that day...

"So," An old lady drawled, leaning her weight on one hand on Eternity’s newly designated table. "How’d you get hired as Mister Holz’s secretary?"

"Did you sleep with him?" Another lady chimed, this time considerably younger than the other but still significantly older than Eternity.

The first lady swatted the second one on the arm, but she continued.

"Or did you sleep with the brother instead?" She asked crudely. "Since, after all, there are some allegations about Mister Holz’s sexuality..."

’Evan was right,’ Eternity laughed wearily, tucking a lost strand of hair at the back of her ear. ’People just can’t help but question his orientation in this office.’

"Neither," Eternity answered as calmly as she could, not wanting to sound offended even if their words were clearly humiliating. "I got hired through sheer hardwork."

Which was false, of course.

She did get the job because she’s sleeping with Evan.

But they didn’t need to know that, did they?

"I’m sorry for Mildred’s lack of manners," the eldest lady apologized for ’Mildred’, causing ’Mildred’ to scowl at her.

It was kind of ironic since she should’ve done her own share of apologizing herself.

"It’s just..." she continued. "This position has been vacant for the longest time! I almost thought I’d retire first before seeing anyone get appointed to be his secretary!"

"At least Miss Doll proved that you didn’t need to retire just to see this position get occupied!"

All three women spun around, only to see Jakob heading towards them with a cup of coffee in his hand.

"Mrs. Abel," he said disapprovingly. "This is Miss Doll’s first day at work yet you’re already here trying to scare her away!"

Mrs. Abel, whom Eternity assumed was the old lady, huffed indignantly.

"I’m not trying to scare her away!" She argued in a high-pitched voice, a common sign of someone pretending to be innocent but knowing herself that she was guilty as sin. "We’re just... welcoming her, that’s all."

Eternity almost scoffed, but bit her lips to stop herself.

Jakob didn’t look like he was buying it.

"Just go back to your tables, Mrs. Abel and Ms. Meyer." He sighed, shaking his head in exasperation. "Last I remember, Sir Holz needed a document from years ago and he assigned it to the both of you to retrieve it from the archive."

Ms. Meyer, who Eternity believed to be ’Mildred,’ clicked her tongue as she turned her heels around.

"Let’s go, Mrs. Abel," Ms. Meyer didn’t even bother hiding the distaste in her tone. "Clearly, Jakob here doesn’t know how older women welcome their new colleague."

"By harassing her?" Jakob asked sarcastically.

But Mrs. Abel and Mrs. Meyer had already left, leaving Jakob and Eternity alone in front of the CEO’s office.

Jakob sighed before shifting his eyes to her and raising the cup he was holding as an offering gesture. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Would you like some coffee, Miss Doll?" He offered. "I could make you some."

"No, I’m good. I don’t really drink coffee." Eternity replied, flailing her hands around as she declined.

"Not drinking coffee at this time and age?" Jakob mused, raising an eyebrow.

For a moment, Eternity wondered if she had slipped up. But he began laughing heartily, so her whole body relaxed, and she laughed sheepishly with him.

"I knew you were brave the moment you got assigned as Sir Holz’s secretary!" He cackled, taking a sip from his coffee.

"How so?" she inquired, though she got a feeling it was supposed to be a... hypothetical statement or whatever.

"Well, first of all," Jakob listed. "You’re a woman. That in itself is a big, bold move!"

"Doesn’t that seem a little...?" Eternity scratched the back of her ear, feigning innocence.

She already knew this, of course.

"I know it sounds sexist," he affirmed. "But you don’t know how much Sir Holz despises women!"

"Oh?" Eternity raised an eyebrow, although she already knew this.

"Yes!" Jakob exclaimed excitedly. "He hates women, so to apply as his secretary... I don’t know how to phrase this in a less obscene way, but you have balls of steel, Miss Doll!"

Eternity frowned, but nodded anyway. "So, what’s the second?"

Jakob blinked blankly.

"What do you mean by ’second’?"

"You said ’first of all,’" Eternity reminded. "So most likely, there’s a ’second of all,’ right?"

He gave her a look of amusement.

"You’re quite witty, aren’t you?"

Eternity wrinkled her forehead, not understanding where this was coming from. But Jakob continued speaking.

"That’s basically it," he said. "There’s no ’second,’ so you can imagine the gravity of how much of a misogynist Sir Holz is."

Eternity hummed nonchalantly before glancing at the door right next to her table.

"This glass wall doesn’t seem soundproof," she noted. "Don’t you think Sir Holz can hear us badmouthing him?"

"Pshaw," Jakob exclaimed. "He can hear us, and he is aware that we’re describing him."

Eternity took note that he deliberately changed his wording from what she initially used.

"’Describing,’ huh?" She whispered under her breath absentmindedly.

But Jakob didn’t seem to hear it, or he deliberately ignored what she muttered.

"Anyway," he said, setting his glass down on a nearby table, but was still significantly far from the CEO’s office. "It’s Sir Holz’s coffee time, you should make him a cup soon."

Eternity nodded, and without any further instructions, she headed to the office’s pantry section and began fiddling with the coffee machine.

"Oh, you knew where the pantry was?" Jakob asked, though it was a rhetorical question.

But what amazed him the most was what Eternity did next.

"How’d you know that’s Sir Holz’s mug?" He raised an eyebrow as he watched Eternity hold Evan’s sky-printed coffee mug and fill it with coffee.

"Well, first, I saw the pantry sign on my way to my table," Eternity replied simply, making sure not to raise any suspicion.

’Second, Evan has a similar mug at home,’ Eternity wanted to say. Instead, she said, "Oh? Really, this is Sir Holz’s coffee mug?"

Jakob was silent for a moment, as if completely in disbelief, before he reluctantly nodded.

"I guess I’m just good at judging which cup belongs to who!" Eternity chuckled, removing the mug from the coffee machine.

"Wait, do you know Sir Holz’s coffee preferences?" Jakob asked urgently. "He’s very particular about it, you see."

"No worries!" Eternity assured. "I know it should be sweet enough to cause diabetes."

His expression was painted with utter disbelief before he sighed in resignation.

"It seems like you’re really qualified to be Sir Holz’s secretary." he said, shaking his head. "Seriously, how did you know all of this?"

Eternity could only smile slyly at him.

"You could say I’m a good judge of character!"