The CEO's Rented Wife

Lina sat in her office as she tried to memorize all the symbols associated with various important departments. "Oh God! It would take hundreds of years to memorize them all," she sighed as she continued to scroll down the list and memorize the ones associated with the management.

Every single department had a separate list. Names of all the senior employees were listed under the respective departments. And, all of them had separate symbols. While, most of them had numbers associated to them, some of the senior most members of the management had symbols associated to them. All the permutations and combinations were being too much for Lina's brain to handle.

"Wow! And, I thought that the receptionist was there just for her looks. Now, I know her importance," Lina said to herself.

As Lina was busy looking at the list, her clumsy nature was at work again. She accidently deleted the list.

"What the hell just happened? Oh God! Where is that list?" Lina searched for the list in the recycle bin and all other folders on the computer, but she could not find it. She looked at her office's door to see if Jimmy was still there. But, he was already gone. "Jimmy! Jimmy!" Lina shouted the name as she ran towards her office door to see if he was anywhere around. She walked out of her office and saw Jimmy walking towards the elevator. "Jimmy! I need some help," Lina shouted.

Jimmy was already irritated. "What?" he shouted back.

"I, accidently, deleted that list of symbols," Lina shared.

"Not my problem!" said Jimmy as he continued to walk away from Lina.

Lina was worried. She walked back to her office as she tried to remember the symbols that she had read earlier from the list. "One star is for Chunhua, square symbol is for Jimmy, circle is for John, two stars is for Smith.." Lina paused for a few seconds. "Was it two stars or three stars for Smith. Two stars is for Wang.. and three is for Smith. Or, is it two for Smith and three for Wang," Lina got confused. She walked to her seat and looked at the calling machine, trying to remember the symbols.

Lina's thoughts were interrupted by a phone call on the machine. She picked it up. "Hello!" she greeted on the phone.

"Lina, it's me.. Wang. I have not received any call since morning. Is anything wrong?" Wang asked.

"N.. no! All is fine. There was some technical fault in the machine. I had called Jimmy to set it right. The machine is working perfectly fine now," explained Lina.

"Good! Now, connect me to Mr. Zhang Wei. I need to talk to him urgently," ordered Wang.

"In a minute, Mr. Wang," said Lina as she looked at the machine, trying to figure out how to connect the company's call with a third party.

While Lina was still trying to figure out how to connect the call, her attention got diverted by Smith who had just entered Lina's office.

Lina, as usual, got excited on seeing Smith. She gave a huge smile. "Hello, Mr. Smith," giggled Lina.

"Hello sweetie! Please order food for me," requested Smith as he began to walk back towards the office's door.

"Err.. Mr. Smith, what would you like to eat?" asked Lina.

"Oh! I forgot.. this is your first time. Just give a phone call to 'Savoy's Kitchen' and tell them to deliver my special plate. Rest, they will handle," Smith smiled and walked out of Lina's office.

Lina thought for a few seconds. "Oh God! Please help me! How do I even make calls from this complicated machine?" sighed Lina as she noted –'Zhang Wei and Savoy's Kitchen' on her diary so as to keep reminding herself of calling them as soon as she figures out how to call from the machine.

Lina received the first call of the day. "Good morning! Wang Fashion House. This is Lina. How can I help you?" Lina's tone was that of a confident girl. "Please hold on for a few seconds. I'll forward your call to Mr. Smith," said Lina on the call as she pressed the button with three stars.

The call got transferred to Wang.

Lina received another call. "Please hold on, I'll forward your call to Mr. Wang," said Lina as she pressed the button with two stars.

The call got transferred to Smith.

Lina received many calls. She forwarded Smith's calls to Wang and Wang's calls to Smith. While she did not have Zhang Wei's number, she had already ordered for Smith's food from her mobile.

Wang, who had been sitting in his office attending Smith's calls, tried his best to stay calm. Just a few minutes later, he received another call.

"Hello," Wang said on the phone.

"Would you like to have The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate ice cream sundae in your desert?" It was a call from Savoy's kitchen.

Wang lost his patience.