Paying Karma Love

26 Sudden Duties (Part 1)

"I'm down here, sir," Audrey said, preventing Reiner from entering her office's parking lot. Audrey is worried that her office friends will see her get off Reiner's car and shower her with questions.

"Why are you so worried about being seen by others? Are you afraid that the men in your office will know that you're married?"

"I'm sorry, sir, isn't it you who doesn't want others to know about me? So I just obeyed Master's orders. Thank you for driving me," Audrey answered, closing Reiner's car door.

Reiner looked at Audrey who was walking away from her car, heading to the Oragon Group office building. What Audrey said was true. She set the rules for Audrey to keep her marriage a secret. But Reiner never suspected that the article he made had backfired for him at this time. And Reiner did not understand why he became so upset at the attitude of Audrey who tried to cover her identity.

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"Good morning, Audrey. Did you wake up today? Eight minutes from the briefing is about to start" Tristan said as she watched Audrey arrive in the finance room.

"Yes, sorry Tristan. Thanks for reminding me."

"Is there someone you've been thinking about that could've been so hard to sleep last night?" tristan asked, showing off his smile.

Audrey did not respond to Tristan's silly questions and instead concentrated on attending the morning briefing. Mr. Rizal, who is in charge of leading the briefing, told all finance staff to prepare to complete all reports. Because the report from the finance division is needed for presentations at the shareholder meeting next Monday. At the same time they should prepare themselves for the annual audit to be conducted by the internal auditors next week.

"Audrey, come to my room."

"Well, sir," Audrey replied following Mr. Rizal from behind.

"Audrey today I give you the task of going with Tristan to visit some of our customers who have problems. Supermarket Branch, Dandelion Mart, and Self-service City.

"Waiting them with Tristan, sir? But Tristan has only been working here for two days. He still needs time to learn how to deal with customers. Moreover, the three customers like to find reasons not to pay for their accounts. Yudha had been rejected many times when she went to see them," Audrey replied in amazement at Mr. Rizal's decision.

"It is precisely because of that Audrey, that I choose you to accompany Tristan. You can help him talk to all three customers. After all, we don't have much time before the shareholders meeting. They're past 90 days due, and if we fail to handle it, it's going to be bad for our division's performance."

"Okay, sir, then I'll try my best."

"Good, Audrey I believe you can complete this task. Now please ask Tristan to come to my room."

"Good, sir."

Audrey calls Tristan to see Rizal immediately. From behind the glass of Mr. Rizal's room, Audrey could see Tristan was having a serious discussion with his superior.

"Mother Audrey, let's go now" Tristan asked after leaving Mr. Rizal's room.

"Tristan, we're going to ride in the company car. Can you drive a car? Otherwise I'll ask the company driver for help."

"Of course I can be Audrey's mother. What a Tristan cannot do" Tristan said confidently.

Tristan is completely overconfident. But it's good that he stays that way in front of the customer.

thought Audrey.

He hoped Tristan would succeed in his first task.

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"Please enjoy the ride with me" Tristan said, driving the company's car to the highway.

"Mother Audrey if I may know, how long have you been working at Oragon Group?"

"Five years, since I graduated from college, I've been working at Oragon. I used to work as a staff before being promoted to supervisor."

"So start from the bottom. I like hardworking women who can prove themselves by their accomplishments."

"Then how are you? What made you want to work at Oragon as a accounts receivable staff?" ask Audrey to Tristan.

"Just like you, Ms. Audrey, I want to prove that I can start my career independently from scratch."

inner Audrey looked at Tristan's facial expression.

"Then Mother Audrey did you think of working in Oragon forever until retirement?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

"I wonder why women as beautiful as you have to work so hard for so many years. Would it not be better to get married and take care of husband and children?"

Audrey is surprised to hear Tristan's bold question lead to her personal problems. He was confused as to what answer to that question.

"I haven't thought about marriage yet" Audrey answered looking for an excuse.

"Hmm, maybe because you haven't met the ideal type of guy yet. If you're sure you want to get married," Tristan said with a grin.

Audrey is reluctant to respond to Tristan's speech that likes to talk carelessly. He immediately felt relieved when they finally arrived at the Branch Supermarket. At least Tristan would lose the chance to ask her again.

"Tristan later we will try to meet with the Supermarket Branch financial manager. I hope he doesn't dodge again this time," Audrey told Tristan.

"Calm down, Audrey's mom, if we need to go to the owner of this supermarket."

Audrey met the security on duty and said she meant to come to that place.

"Good morning sir, we are from Oragon Group. I'm Audrey Maureen finance supervisor and this is Tristan, the accounts receivable part. This is my business card. May I meet the Supermarket Branch Finance Manager?"

"Sorry Mom, have you had any prior appointments with Mr Manager?" ask security is full of questions.

"No sir, but there's something important we want to talk about. Our representatives have been here a few times but have always been rejected. I hope this time we're allowed in."

"Okay, please wait here. I'll tell him first."

The security left Audrey and Tristan in the waiting room. After a few minutes, the security came out and looked at Audrey's face with an unfriendly expression.

"Sorry, Mother, Mr. Manager is in a meeting and cannot be disturbed. Next time you can come back after making an appointment."

Audrey was about to respond to the security statement, but Tristan prevented it.

"Let me handle this, Ms. Audrey."

Tristan approached the security and asked her to speak some distance from Audrey's seat. He pulled out a business card and whispered something to the security. That security face looked surprised and immediately entered into his office space.

"Tristan, what did you say to that security?" ask Audrey astonishment.

"I just said that I would bring a debt collector here if the manager didn't see me" Tristan replied with a big smile.

Audrey replied, The security came out in a hurry to get to Tristan.

"Mr Tristan, please come inside. The manager is waiting."

"Okay, thank you."

"Mother Audrey just wait here. I'll bring you a check" Tristan said confidently.

"Are you sure I don't need to be with you?"

"No need, just wait here and see the results" Tristan said, waving his hand to Audrey.

With question marks, Audrey looked at Tristan from a distance. I don't know what spell Tristan has given so that security and supermarket managers can suddenly obey him.