Michael was sitting at his desk trying to examine the documents how can dad remember all this information he wondered if Michael had understood everything written in those papers at once he would not be looking at them now like a student looking at the notes of a course he had skipped why hadn't his father allowed him to be involved in the management of the company before and why hadn't he taught him anything about it he had asked his father about it many times but his father was adamant he kept saying that Michael had to study and
gain experience and only after that he could join the family business sometimes it seemed to Michael that his father either didn't trust him or was jealous of his own business it was difficult to understand his father he had always been introverted and taciturn and the sudden death of his wife had affected his emotional state severely and now he was rarely happy about anything that was happening in his life Michael treated his father with understanding he saw how hard it was for him to work and at the same time take care of his son in a
house that suddenly became empty Michael was just a child then and could not help his father much but his father had a strong personality and exceptional stamina he could not give the child enough warmth and affection but he provided care attention and food and also achieved a good result in his business his father was very Vigilant about the business business and Michael had always felt that he would never let anyone else run the company not even his son but now things have changed the guy had to run the company without any experience maybe his father
believes that the most effective method of learning is to enter the business and start solving problems right away maybe there is some reasonable explanation for that Michael felt like the stupidest person in the world it took him a long time to understand the tricky Det details in the documents and he constantly felt the skeptical glances of the company employees fortunately at least his father told him who he could ask questions to and who he could trust but still he had to win respect without anyone's help how many more mistakes will he make and will he
be able to become a real leader for his employees for example Allan always speaks kindly to Michael but he keeps his lips tight and has a mocking look on his face face the staff says Allan was hoping to become the head of the company Michael should be careful with him he's a cunning man thinking of Allan who is ready to set him up for any mistake Michael began to study the financial report even more diligently 2 hours later the exhausted man was driving home through the night City it was already dark outside and he could
see the colorful restaurant signs and storefronts driving by a night Club Michael got a little upset and thought is Lily there now if she is there who is she with but why do I even care we've both made our own choices oh be honest it was clear from the beginning that their relationship would end quickly Lily was the daughter of the head of an international company and her parents had never denied her anything she didn't know where the money came from and was used to wasting it without realizing its value Michael is not a poor
guy either but the income of the family business can't compare to the level of Life Lily is used to after learning about Michael's girlfriend his father immediately realized that they couldn't be together Michael didn't understand why but his father only told him you should choose an ordinary girl who will suit your status his father realized what awaited his son in this relationship but it was a good thing that he didn't tell Michael that Lily was just a silly spoiler girl instead he let his son realize it himself now when he was sick of Lily's constant
whims and resentment that he could have bought more expensive perfume chosen a better restaurant for dinner and given her more exotic flowers he realized she was the wrong girl but she was so beautiful he couldn't stop thinking about her long brown hair attractive body and green eyes even now after the fights after the disappoint thinking of her a shiver came over his skin but he also remembered unpleasant moments she had marked his sincere but not rich friends when he invited Lily to his graduation party at the University and she didn't want to go with him
to the hospital to see his sister after her surgery he thought then why does such a beautiful girl have such a selfish personality after they tried to spend a vacation together the man could no longer tolerate Lily's Behavior at that time his father had just failed to make a profitable deal and had to pay a penalty to his Partners the guy realized how hard his father had worked to earn the money it was Michael's father who gave the money for the vacation in Malta but Lily wanted to go to Mexico as she had dreamed of
visiting Mexico all her life but the man couldn't pay for such an expensive vacation and he couldn't control his emotions anymore he told Lily everything about her incapability to live normal life and work hard and about her unwillingness to look at the world not from the window of a nightclub or from Daddy's fancy car but to try to achieve something on her own he told the girl that she didn't know how to be kind to other people in response she told Michael that he was greedy and didn't realize what a wonderful girl he was dating
and that it was his responsibility to take care of her Michael stated that there are many other beautiful girls out there and they are not as cranky after this conversation Lily slammed the door loudly and they never met again thinking of Lily Michael got angry and promised himself that he would improve his father's business and bring it to a new Financial level so that no one would ever dare to humiliate him because of money the next day's meeting went well Michael even managed to answer Alan who tried to ask the new head of the company
difficult questions so when the door to his office opened and the young girl asked if she could enter to water the plants Michael nodded and even took his eyes off the papers to look at her more closely the girl entered the office and lowered her eyes she's pretty the man fought yes her hair is messy and her clothes are oldfashioned but she's attractive considering there's no makeup on her face are you a new employee Michael asked yes today is my first day I just came from from the HR department so I didn't have time to
clean your office before you arrived Michael noticed that the girl was acting modestly but with dignity and he liked that what is your name my name is Valerie the girl replied and smiled slightly her smile was friendly and her face was kind I'm glad to have a new employee in our team Michael said smiling Valerie if you need anything feel free to tell me and I'll take into account all your requests and wishes thank you the girl replied smiling once more and taking the watering can left the office well at least now there is one
really kind face in this company Michael fought and enthusiastically began to review the draft of the new contract from that day on he gradually began to understand the specifics of the company's activities he started to use the accumulated information correctly and he managed managed to make the right decisions and give the right comments to the employees this inspired him and he felt a new energy that he poured into the business Michael started to come to the office earlier to have time to work in silence or to stay late after working hours to analyze the information
accumulated during the day on one such day when he arrived an hour early he noticed his deputy's office door jar why did you come so early Alan the man thought to himself Alan had never been early for work before but then the indignant voice of the new cleaning lady and Alan's displeased voice could be heard from behind the door Allan if you ever behave like that again I will have to defend myself the girl muttered struggling to control her emotions oh I'm so scared Alan replied mockingly I wonder how are you going to do that
don't pretend to be a shy girl or you'll be fired then there was some noise then the sound of a slap in the face a bang on the door and footsteps Valerie was running out of the office well done Valerie Michael rejoiced in his mind that's what he should have done he probably came to work early on purpose so he could be alone with Valerie the thought of Alan getting a slap on the face from Valerie for harassing her pleased Michael he realized the girl needed prote ction but a couple of days later the situation
changed a frowning Allan came into Michael's office with a piece of paper and placed it on his desk what is it Michael asked in surprise it's an official report Allan replied I've already made an official record of it at the secretary's office why so you don't ignore or pretend I didn't bring this report to you we have an emergency in our office someone is stealing money from the staff this has never happened before I have provided the names of the victims please organize an inspection of the newly hired staff to identify the thief I suspect
the new cleaning lady she has the keys to all the rooms we had no such cases until she joined our team with these words he happily left the office and Michael almost broke his pencil from irritation so this scoundrel decided to take revenge on her but still Michael must find the Thief if Valerie is guilty action must be taken but Michael was sure Valerie hadn't done it Michael told the security manager to install additional cameras in the building check all the footage every day and send him the footage from his office cameras then he summoned
all the victims one by one and made sure that Allan wasn't lying someone really did steal the money when he was alone in his office he was sitting in confusion for a while perhaps alen was trying to find a reason to fire the cleaning lady but then who had stolen the money they hadn't been hiring new employees lately and when his father had been running the company there had been no such cases his father always paid special attention to the normal work atmosphere in the office Michael hoped that valry was not the person who stole
the money she seemed like a decent girl to him or maybe he simply doesn't understand anything about people's nature he joined the company just recently and he already has to find the traitor but how after thinking for a while Michael decided that he should catch the thief red-handed he immediately took his wallet and pulled out his bank cards but left the cash in it the man carelessly tossed the wallet on the floor near his desk so it looked like he dropped it and didn't notice it if a thief needs money so badly and steals it
from their colleagues they will not miss the easy prey and will definitely take a few Bank notes hoping that the owner does not remember the exact amount of cash that was in the wallet the wallet was on the floor right under the hidden camera expecting to catch the thief red-handed Michael left the office and went to a business meeting Valerie will be cleaning the office today so today he's going to find out if this nice girl is guilty Michael was busy with other company matters all day so he only thought about his plan when the
security manager sent him the video Michael pushed aside his unfinished coffee and turned on the video valry came into the office and started watering the plants then dusting the shelves she didn't see the wallet from that spot but that's okay she would vacuum the carpet anyway after a few minutes she picked up the vacuum cleaner and started vacuuming she finally spotted the wallet took it in her hands and examined it is she really the person who stole the money now the truth would be revealed she opened the wallet and looked inside but didn't take the
money but then she began to do something strange she sat down at the table took a piece of paper wrote something on it put it in the wallet and put the wallet on the desk why did she do that now the situation was even more confusing now Michael would have to wait until morning to find out what she had written Allan you shouldn't have done that I won't let you hurt this fragile girl Michael didn't sleep well at night for some reason so he headed off to work early in the morning there was no one
in the office yet Michael impatiently took the wallet and pulled out a folded piece of paper there was text written on it thanks for the test I think I passed it successfully did you really realize it was a test Valerie turned out to be a very smart and brave girl but why is she working as a cleaning lady I should talk to her get to know her better the man thought at the end of the next day all the employees had already left but Michael stayed in the office waiting for Valerie soon he heard footsteps
and keys jingling Valerie Was preparing to clean the building Michael focused on the paperwork knowing she always cleaned his office first indeed a moment later the door opened and Valerie seeing Michael stopped on the threshold I'm sorry I didn't know you were still here I'll clean the other officers for now she said the girl was about to leave but Michael stopped her and said no wait I actually wanted to talk to you valry walked over to the desk and sat down in the chair across from Michael she was calm and focused I'm sorry about this
wallet situation but someone recently stole money from employees I am the head of the company so I had to do something I don't want to call the police you know I understand Valerie said quietly this office has a very challenging environment even for you did you notice anything of course it's not like him always cleaning the office before after working hours I do it during the day too you know I'm just a cleaning lady nobody notices me I'm almost like an inanimate object like a robot that just moves around with a mop that's why in
front of me people talk about things they wouldn't talk about in front of other employees they believe that the cleaning lady is stupid and can only count to 100 so I already understand a lot about the ethical and financial situation of the company you must have a couple of University degrees Michael said with a laugh now he liked this smart and tacit turn girl even more no I have only one University degree but it was a very good University Valerie replied but please don't ask me why I work as a cleaning lady it's temporary and
there are reasons for it so you are quitting soon too bad I just found a likeminded person and I'm already about to lose you can I ask you what do you think is the worst thing about the company there's a big problem in the company one of your deputies is looking for supporters many employees say he was planning to become the head of the company and he was very angry when you got the position if I understand the situation correctly he's trying to persuade one of the lawyers to forge some documents and sign a contract
that is clearly unsuccessful the company would lose a lot of money and could file bankruptcy after that failure you won't be able to solve the company's problems but Allan Valerie uttered the name and grimaced squeamishly Allan has already prepared a plan on how to save the company in this situation eventually the company will suffer monstrous losses but Allan will solve the problem he created himself and take your position with such analytical skills you should be the CEO not Alan why don't we have a cup of coffee no need to clean my office today I'll make
coffee now 10 minutes later they were already holding cups of hot drink in their hands they talked about many different topics and it turned out that Valerie was a very intelligent and well-read girl with an extraordinary mind and an ironic way of looking at things Michael didn't want to say goodbye to her but he realized she still had to clean the whole building and not miss the last bus Michael couldn't sleep that night he kept imagining Allen's cunning grin and the unfortunate contract and then he had nightmare where he tried to catch up with Valerie
who was running away but when he caught up with her he realized it was Lily who was laughing mockingly looking him in the eye he got up in the morning in a depressed mood and went to the office with a headache wondering who was actually the thief and how he could find this damn fake contract among all the contracts of their company Michael had been anxious for a few days and he was also thinking about how to ask Valerie out on a date and when way to take horse so that the atmosphere would be relaxed
she's a simple modest girl she wouldn't feel comfortable in a fancy restaurant after thinking about it for a long time and surfing the internet he decided to take the girl out for a country horse ride Valerie looks athletic and she won't have to worry about the outfit they can rent shoes and uniforms right there slightly cheered up Michael arrived at the office and immediately saw the security manager any luck in catching the thief the security manager nodded and followed his boss into the office I finally caught the thief yesterday the security manager pulled out his
tablet found the video and showed it to Michael Michael looked closely at the video and saw a middle-aged man enter the office and look in the desk drawers he found money in one of the drawers quickly put it in his pocket and hurried to the exit near the door he turned his face to where the C was it was Billy their lawyer one of the first employees of the company what on Earth could have happened to him that he had dared to steal money thank you for a good job you will get a bonus but
don't tell anyone about it yet AK the security manager nodded affirmatively and walked out Michael summoned a lawyer Billy entered the office and hesitantly sat down on the edge of the chair he looked so confused that Michael even felt sorry for him but still he's a thief and he must be stopped Michael placed the tablet with the video on the desk in front of him after watching the video his face turned pale and he whispered what are you going to do now it depends on how frankly you tell me the reason that forced you to
do that Michael said harshly especially since it wasn't the first time Billy loosened his tie with trembling fingers I didn't know what to do my mom needs urgent surgery she has a tumor progressing in her brain and the worst part is that there's no way to know if it's benign or malignant without surgery it could require different treatment methods I've sold everything I could but I still need some more money I would give it all back to my colleagues but later I just really need the money Billy you're not a child Michael looked at him
reproachfully why haven't you applied for financial aid from the company I did but I asked for days off too often because of my mom's illness and Alan said I already got my financial aid in the form of extra days official I would give all the money back to my colleagues I even made a note in my notebook of how much money I took from each person I would give all the money back when I got my bonus the man replied in a trembling voice a bonus that Alan promised you for the fake contract Michael asked
Billy started gping for air turning even paler and Michael realized that the cleaning lady was right I refused to sign it my coworker Richard is working on it now it's a multi-million dollar contract I can't set you up thank you Billy Michael said and gave the frightened lawyer a glass of water now listen to me you've got to calm down and tell me the name of the contractor and the subject of this contract and I will give you an interest free loan you can pay for the Sur surgy and give your colleagues back the stolen
money you must return the stolen money immediately and you'll pay back the loan within 3 years but I have one condition I want to know everything about Allen's actions he wants to harm my company to achieve his dubious goals and I have to stop him what do you think Michael you have no idea what you've done for me I have been suffering from insomnia for months now from my powerlessness you literally save me I will never betray you I promise you okay enough Michael interrupted the lawyer go ahead and prepare the loan application and get
your mom ready for surgery and bring me the information on the contract when the Overjoyed Billy worked out Michael lay back in his chair with a sense of relief it seemed that he had already solved two big problems he still had to figure out how to completely destroy Alan but he would think about that later for now he had more pleasant things to do he finally decided to ask Valerie out on a date Mrs Stone Michael said to the assistant on the phone Mrs Stone I think the plants in my office need watering please call
Valerie the date went great it turned out that Valerie knew how to ride horses and she was more relaxed than she had been at work she laughed and joked and Michael admired her face which was illuminated by the Setting Sun her long shiny hair and her smiling beautiful eyes she was so natural and relaxed Michael looked at her and didn't understand why he had tolerated lying insolent Lily he felt like a 17-year-old boy who had finally been able to break free the day came to an end very quickly and Michael was already driving Valerie home
in his car through the night City but she asked to drop her off at the bus stop and flatly refused to let Michael drive her home Michael was left alone in the car little surprised at the end of the date and he didn't even notice Alan coming out of the bar across the street and looking at Valerie when he saw Michael's car he smirked the next time Michael invited Valerie to the yacht club but suddenly his disgruntled father entered the room where are you going Gregory asked gruffly Michael realized that now he would have unpleasant
conversation with his father I'm going on a date with a girl Michael answered honestly noticing that his father had lost a lot of weight and looked bad lately are you going on a date with the cleaning lady dad asked angrily do you have a problem with that the son asked yes I've already found a suitable fiance for you she's the daughter of our investor this is not the right time and not the right circumstances to go out with a cleaning leg lady another rich girl Dad after my relationship with Lily I don't want to hear
anything about rich girls I finally met a decent girl by the way who informed you about that so promptly the employees of the company are still my friends are you talking about Alan well no wonder then he's been trying to woo this girl himself if he's really your friend has he told you about his cunning plan he's preparing a contract that will drive the company into bankruptcy I've been thinking about how to punish him for several days now and I need to fire him urgently tell me more about that father said and his eyebrows shifted
forming a deep wrinkle on his forehead Michael continuing to get ready for his date briefly explained the situation in the company interesting information well I'll handle his dismissal myself I have some dir on him but but promise me you won't see that cleaning lady again father let's talk about it another time not today Michael exclaimed grabbed his travel bag and ran out of the house Michael didn't regret choosing a boat trip for their date Valerie really liked being away from the Sito and crowds of people she was mesmerized looking at the water surface while the
wind blew her hair the girl even tried to steer the yacht Michael looked at Valerie with a smile and felt that he was falling in love the feeling that he had finally found the girl he was ready to spend his life with was growing stronger by the minute but the end of such a wonderful day was hopelessly ruined Valerie didn't allow him to drive her home again getting out of the car at the same bus stop as before that same evening his father said to Michael Michael I have kept my promise Allan will quit tomorrow
and will never come back to our company again don't ask me what I did to make that happen you don't need to know anything about it but now it's your turn stop seeing that cleaning lady and tomorrow I will wait for you at the restaurant at 6:00 for dinner I will introduce you to your future wife and her parents no objections the future of our business depends on it Michael tried to say something but his father just wouldn't listen he used to listen to his son's opinion before but now he had turned into a cruel
man who didn't want to hear anything he just turned pale and frowned at one point Michael whose voice was already hoarse fell silent noticing his father's unhealthy look are you all right the son asked if you do everything I ask you to do I'll be fine the father replied gruffly and left for his room Michael couldn't sleep all night he didn't want to marry a rich woman but he couldn't understand what was going on with his father Gregory's Behavior had been strange lately first he made his son the head of the company and now he
was trying to force him to marry a girl he didn't even know he had never been so violent and rude and his unhealthy appearance frightened Michael maybe he's terminally ill and trying to get everything done before he dies this thought frightened the boy even more it was useless to ask his father he obviously didn't want to talk about it the next day Michael impatiently drove to the office he knew that valry was supposed to be at work early in the morning but she wasn't there and her phone was off it was already noon on the
clock but she still hadn't shown up at the office Michael got nervous even the fact that Allan was parking his belongings before quitting his job didn't make Michael happy the guy didn't know what to do he couldn't stand it and called his father mother father did you do this where is Valerie I know you don't like her but you shouldn't have done that to her I'm not a toy don't you dare manipulate my life calm down the father replied calmly I have no idea where Val is I don't care about the cleaning ladies please don't
forget I will wait for you at 6:00 at the restaurant you can look for Valerie tomorrow Michael got angry and pounded his fist on the table I can't ignore my father's request I have to go to the restaurant but I don't want to marry some spoiled lazy girl what happened to Valerie where is she Michael showed up at the restaurant on time Gregory the investor and his wife were already at the table only Michael's future wife wasn't there I hope she's not coming at all Michael Ford hopefully after greeting everyone he said down at the
table and began scrolling through the news on his phone with total indifference in his eyes his father and the investor pretended not to notice anything and continued their conversation valry sweetheart you're finally here the man suddenly said happily come and sit down at the table we getting hungry hearing the name of his future wife Michael shuddered and looked at the girl he couldn't believe his eyes Valerie was standing standing in front of him but she was different she had light makeup a nice hairstyle and a beautiful peach color dress she was smiling slightly and looking
at Michael at first the man got up from the table then coming to his senses sat back in his chair without taking his eyes of the girl this is my daughter Valerie the investor introduced the girl and this is Michael Gregory's son valry nodded and smiled sweetly but Michael felt unwell and started staring at his phone again but how could this happen Valerie is an Investor's daughter is this some kind of prank then why was she mopping the floor in my office Michael was getting very nervous the shrimp was slipping off his Fork as he
tried to eat his salad he silently stared at his plate and couldn't raise his eyes to look at Valerie but suddenly slow music started playing in inviting people to dance and Michael immediately took the opportunity to talk to the girl can I ask you to dance with me Michael asked holding out his hand to Valerie inviting her to dance the girl got up from the table and they went to Dance Valerie is that really you Michael asked hugging the girl gently yes you recognized me why do you ask I just don't understand why it was
necessary for you to work as a cleaning lady everything is quite simple I've already dated men who only wanted my father's money so when my father told me about Gregory's wonderful son I decided to find out what kind of person you are after all you didn't have to pretend in front of the cleaning lady that's pretty much it is that why you didn't want me to see that you lived in a house that wasn't suitable for a cleaning lady Michael said and breathed in the soft scent of her hair I thought I was going to
lose my mind today when you didn't show up at the office and your phone was official but you found me valry replied with a smile aren't you happy instead of answering Michael hugged her even Tighter and pressed his cheek against us the couple didn't even notice that when the music ended they were left alone on the dance floor under the approving glances of their parents and the interested stares of the people around them see I told you Valerie is a decent girl Gregory remarked contentedly on the way home your father wouldn't have chosen a bad
girl for you you even instantly forgot your cleaning lady father what about your health I'm not a child I have a right to know Michael asked confidently I'm going to the hospital tomorrow for surgery I've been diagnosed with a tumor in my lung the doctors can't say whether it's a benign tumor or not we'll find out after it's removed but I'm not worried you're doing even better with business than I expected and you marry a nice girl soon I have nothing to worry about Dad you still have to educate your grandchildren I won't have much
time for that Michael stated looking hopefully at his father a year later Michael was running around the house putting the right papers in his briefcase and trying to find his tie dad why don't you run today's meeting yourself Valerie and I have to go to the child birth preparation class you're fully recovered now so maybe it's time to get back to the company no son reschedule the meeting if you can't make it I'm not ready to get back into the business yet I'll be your remote business advisor for now at least until your wife gives
me grandchildren Gregory looked at Valerie in her big belly and winked at the girl and she smiled back at him mysteriously
