The picture you see above is me dabbling around trying to make my own covers which failed terribly.

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"Have you finished signing all the documents?" Donna, Riian's secretary, asked awkwardly.

It had been one year since Donna started working under Riian. After firing eleven secretaries in a row, it was President Park, Riian's grandfather, who requested her personally to look after him until her retirement. At that time Donna felt honored, she would get to work with the President's son directly, a dream position that everyone yearned for.

However, after getting to know Riian, Donna realised her young boss was capable of having more mood swings than a girl with cramps and threw tantrums like that of a six year old. Even at fifty eight, Riian often scared the old lady with his unusual grunts and sudden growls.

So Donna knew her boss was agitated when his left leg was constantly making a tapping sound against the tiled floor.

"Yes I am done. Please check once more to make sure everything is okay." Handing over a blue file, Riian forced a smile. His mouth was smiling, his eyes were not.

Donna was aware what this meant - something happened with his younger sister Pia again. Donna was no stranger to the grumpy expression that Riian currently had on. Everytime something happened to Pia, Riian would always be in one of his cranky moods.

As Riian moved on to the next file, Donna scanned through her own. Asking extra questions or making mistakes now would only earn her an earful from her young boss, despite being older than him.

Unlike the rest of the staff, Riian never treated Donna as an old woman. While most people talked to her politely because of her age, Riian would swear in front of her, if needed. He always judged her solely on her merit, Donna was thankful for this.

Careful not to miss even a single word in the documents, her fingers traced each line on the smooth sheet. Although the constant sighs and unusual mumbles from Riian was making it hard to concentrate. This guy had no regard for other people when his sister problems troubled him.

"Is something bothering you?" Donna asked, looking through her big glasses.

Pressing his lips in a line, Riian looked up to meet a pair of curious eyes. "Is it that obvious?" he asked, to which his secretary nodded.

Showing his feelings on his face was not Riian's style, much less sharing them. "I am just exhausted I guess. I didn't sleep well last night," Riian added a yawn at the end to make it look real. He was in no mood of sharing what he witnessed last night.

Donna understood her Boss had no intention of sharing, at least not at the moment. After months of experience, Donna knew this guy won't give her an straight answer, if he didn't want to.

"Alright. As you say," she tried not to sound sarcastic much,"I will take the papers back to my cabin and check the rest." Obviously she won't get any work done if she spent another minute listening to Riian's constant sighs. 

"Make sure you do it right now," Riian instructed, his eyes back on another document in a different file. "Before you go, walk me through my schedule once."

"Just a second." Placing her file on Riian's desk, Donna powered up her tab to check his schedule for the rest of the day. "You have a meeting at 2pm, followed by a meal with our foreign client. Then you have to go for factory visit. In the evening, you have an appointment with the new secretary."

As Donna read the schedule, his ears perked up at the word secretary. "What secretary?" Riian asked, clearly confused.

"Mr. Riian, last time you said yes. I hope you have not forgotten."

Donna had been asking Riian to get a new secretary since her retirement date was drawing close. She was not agile anymore to follow her boss everywhere. Heck, she couldn't even take the stairs in case time was short. For the past month, she had been constantly reminding him to look for a new PA but Riian had been dismissing it. So Donna took it upon herself to call the President and hire a new one.

"I don't remember asking for a new one." As far as Riian could remember, Donna did mention something about retiring but he never got around to selecting one.

"The President recommended this person. I am sure he know the best." Donna picked up her tab and remaining files.

"You called my grandfather?" Riian let out an incredulous gasp. He couldn't believe Donna called his grandfather over such a small matter. If there was anyone more protective of their grandchildren on this earth, then it was his grandfather. That man was equally insane as Riian, no wonder where Riian inherited his traits from. If possible, his grandfather would hire a whole squad of PA's just to appease Riian.

"Yes, the President insisted on making you meet this person. I am sure he is someone far more capable than me." Having said so, Donna quietly made a beeline towards the door before she got bombarded with further questions. Donna stifled her laugh while watching Riian's puzzled face. She loved dropping these random bombs which even made her competent boss speechless.

"Donna, no one can replace y...," Riian opened his mouth to say more but the old woman was quick on her feet when she wanted to. Riian fought the urge to sigh. His last night was already bad enough, now his morning was turning into one.

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Pia looked sad, like deadly sad.

Run down mascara, puffy eyes, snotty nose, messy hair - bad omen.

Parth slowly closed his bedroom's door, as silently as possible. His room was directly opposite hers. Consoling his twin right in the morning was not his cup of tea. He would rather hang out with his friends or play volleyball. However, as soon as Parth put one foot towards the staircase, a loud voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Where do you think you are going?" With a displeased look, Aiza folded her hands in front of her chest as her eyes narrowed at Parth. There was no way in hell she was going to deal with pukey Pia alone.

"I was just going to grab breakfast," Parth said truthfully. Grabbing some breakfast was indeed part of his plan. Technically, he wanted to slip out without anyone noticing.

As Parth parted his lips to come up with an excuse, Aiza snapped her fingers in his direction. "INSIDE NOW." Parth zipped his mouth shut. The way Aiza was shooting daggers at him, there was no way he could win this war. Without another word, Parth followed behind Aiza. His plan of bailing out had clearly failed.

Upon entering Pia's room, Parth plopped down on her bed while Aiza went back to Pia's side rubbing small circles on her back. Boxes of tissues were scattered on Pia's bed. Her eyes looked swollen from the intense crying all morning. Like a statue made of rock, Pia made no movements. Her actions were starting to make Aiza worried.

"Come on, just eat something," Aiza said for the nth time. Two and half hours later, Aiza was still blowing on the same soup that she had brought earlier in the morning. Looking at her sister's pale face, Aiza contemplated whether she should call the doctor once.

Aiza's right hand was beginning to feel numb now. She placed the spoon back down on Pia's favorite bowl. As Aiza let out a frustrated sigh, her eyes caught Parth playing on his phone. That just only added fuel to her frustration.

"Oi Parth, help me here," Aiza said through gritted teeth. She was getting tired of being the only one coddling their sister.

"What do you want me do?" Parth asked, tasting a spoonful from Pia's bowl. Originally, Parth wanted to say to leave Pia on her own. When she will get hungry, she will come around on her own. But knowing AIza, Parth kept his thoughts to himself.

As Parth placed the spoon back, he resisted the urge to throw up. The soup tasted like shit. No wonder Pia wasn't willing to eat.

"I don't know. Anything that will make her eat or speak. She has been sitting like a soulless person ever since she woke up," Aiza let out a sigh.

It was true. Right after waking up, Aiza could hear someone wailing in the next room. With her heart in her throat, Aiza rushed to Pia's bedroom only to see her sister crying on the floor with her head in between her legs. Aiza's first impression was something terrible had happened with Pia. However, after listening about last night events, even Aiza found it hard to hold her laugh. For a moment, Aiza wished she could see what happened but quickly felt guilty when she noticed Pia's face.

"Give her some time. She just puked in a guy's mouth. And that guy is none other than her crush," Parth knew his twin had a crush on Aarav. It was no secret. The way Pia stared at her senior during every basketball match, even a no brainer like Parth could see what was happening. With a calculative gaze fixed at Pia, Parth counted the number of days it would take her to get over all of this.

"Minimum seven days, give or take a few," Parth mumbled to himself.

After a few more attempts, Aiza finally gave up. As her tiny body slumped back into the corner of the bed, Parth eyed both of his sisters. Aiza and Pia looked nothing alike. One look at them and even a blind person would say they were not sisters. While Pia was tall and thin, with honey coloured skin and long brown hair, Aiza was the prime example of a typical otaku. Aiza was only five foot seven, making her the shortest member in the family. She was small and round, almost like an orange. Parth often saw Aiza as Raichu in his dreams.

"Stop being so worried," Parth commented, watching Aiza getting all anxious over Pia. Aiza was no better than Riian when it came to things regarding Pia.

Sighing again, which might be the hundredth sigh of the day, Aiza decided to listen to her Parth's advice. Pulling her messy hair into a bun, her hands lazily groped around in search of her phone. To her surprise there were 156 notifications at the top of her screen. Wondering whether a bomb had dropped on her school, she clicked on the first message.

What she saw next just blew her mind. For a moment, Aiza stopped breathing as she pictured what her hotheaded Big Brother will do once he gets hold of this.

"Holy shit" Parth cursed from the other side while looking at his own phone, his face mirroring the same expression as Aiza's. 

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