Novels by official.funmz

Awkward silence floods the office. Unsure what else to say Edward straightens his jacket while Alara straightens the papers on her desk, neither of them dare raise their head to look at the other. Edward knows its time to leave, but is unsure how, He straightens his tie as he speaks “lunch”. Confused she looks up “what?” He takes a step back in an attempt to sound professional “come to lunch with me”.She neatly lays the stack of papers in her hands “why?”. He pauses, he is not prepare for follow up questions, he doesn’t actually have a good answer for her. “Because i have not eaten” he says, the excuse sounding flimsy even to him“That’s unfortunate” she retorts, her tone clipped. Edward stares, made speechless by her once again but this time he did not want to loose, “You haven’t eaten either.” his voice neutral as he placed his hands behind his back. She loo

The very next day, Alara arrives at work having spent some of her new salary on some presentable and appropriate work clothes, she was wearing a fitted white button- up blouse with long sleeves that had subtle ruching at her bust and a deep open neckline she layered over a black bralette, she paired the shirt with a high waisted black short pencil skirt that hugged her hips and black tights that hid the scars on her legs, she finished off the look with black heels. making her look every bit the office professional she was playing.She did this in attempt not to stand out amongst other employees, but also because she wanted to look good, for herself of course.She strides through the halls with purpose expecting to return to her stack of unfinished files laying on her table in the basement archives. She reaches for the door about to step inside when she is stopp

Its a hot afternoon, hotter than most, the basement archive humidity feels uncomfortable against her sensitive scars, beads of sweat appears on her forehead as Alara sorts through more files in the messy pile of senseless papers, employees walk in and out at will, retrieving and returning files, she does not mind the interruptions as long as they stay out of her way, she keeps her head down and focuses on the task at hand.Squatting down piecing together what could only be disarranged years old documents laid out on the floor in front of her, tuning out the noise around her when a pair of shoes appear beside her, she did not look up, she figured whoever it was just wanted to get a document and leave, but for some reason the entire archive just bustling with activity went silent, she looks up, starring down at her is the HR officer she recognized to be the appointed assistant of Edward Ford. The HR officer holds out a document. “Miss Alara Ashford.” She looked back down turning her att

This is their first meeting. He is handsome, yes but that’s enough to make her kiss his ass. In truth she wants this weird rude man to leave her alone and go away, she glances at him bored, he is still there making no attempt to move, wonderful just wonderful right when she had found her flow in navigating these mountains of senseless papers, this man decides to be the difficult obstacle of her day. His expression is stern, standing there waiting, waiting for her to realise her mistake and do as he had instructed but that never came, He isn't impressed. His verdict was instant, this was a rude entitled brat refusing to fall in line, the employees here at morrell corp were really something. He wasn’t budging. Neither is she. Neither apologizes, neither decides to step back and be the bigger person, both mirroring each other's cold glare without a trade of intimidation, their steady eye contact and silent battle lasted far too long. The room becomes freezing.The few employees who we

On her first day, she wakes early, earlier than Cedric, who comes down the grand stairs to meet her while she is packing her bag for work. No pleasantries are exchanged, cedric watches glances at her coldly and she returns that cold glance right back to him, it unsettles him but he still silently makes his way out of the house. Without any expectation that anyone would give her a ride to work she begins making her way out of the manor gates when a black Rolls Royce stops in front of her, the windows roll down revealing cedric’s stern face. “Get in, don’t make me late”. Alara enters, slipping into the front seat. The drive was silent.“Do not embarrass the family” cderic breaks the silence glancing at alara briefly before continuing “just do what you are told and stay away from places you are not welcome. I know this whole thing might be new and hard for you.. But please…. Just don’t cause any trouble like you always do, Diana isn’t here for you to blame so do your job” the message wa

The silence lasted about ten seconds although it felt much longer. Then everyone laughs, a grating mocking sound. Cedric, her older brother and the family’s responsible heir laughs first. "Work? What do you mean work? You couldn't even finish university. What exactly are you qualified for?". Alara’s gaze shifts to Cedric, her eyes darken at his words, her mind trails back to a memory of why she hadn’t finished university, back then she was in her final year about to graduate when she was pulled out of school because funding Diana’s music career was far more important. It seems they had forgotten but back then, it was Cedric who dismissed her from being upset claiming getting a degree was useless and a waste of time for her especially if she was just going to end up at the family company. She remembered how wronged she felt back then crying and arguing about how she was so close to graduating how they had enough money to fund both her schooling and Diana’s career and they had almost w