5. The uncalled event!

Third person's point of view...

After Stella walked away from the canteen with his secretary Mia, she was greeted by Max in the way only. He smiled at her saying, "Hope you are prepared Miss. Miller. Come on, follow me. Mia, get me a cup of coffee please" he directed his secretary with a smile.

After walking for a few minutes they stopped before the elevator. He pressed the button of eighteenth floor as they got inside. Neither of the two spoke in the lift. But as the doors of the elevator unlatched, Stella's heart beat skipped. "It is okay, come on. Don't be scared." he spoke in a bossy tone.

Soon she entered inside after him in the conference room, her heart felt like throbbing way more faster than ever when her eyes spotted the crowded hall filled up with fifty plus people seating on an oval shaped discussion table.

Every one of them were dressed in three-piece suits from men to women, the light of the room was light hue coloured with a dull brown polished surfaced podium in which the name of his company was written in bold Algerian style on about five steps away from the table with a small mic attached with it.

"This presentation will decide your fixation of job here Miss. Stella".... He showed her his thumb indirectly encouraging her. Well what else an employee will want from her job appreciation from his/her boss and good image.

Anyway, as soon as he settled in his seat all of the members present stood up greeting him, they have come here for the decision making of the launch of new fashion show of 'Array & Thrice'. Today her best presentation will be given the chance to lead the position of the lead designer. And to achieve that she will have to present herself in the best possible way.

Stella never knew she will get this chance on the very first day of her job. "Okay Stella, you can do it. Go ahead. Impress everyone with your skills" She sighed confidently moving in the direction of podium while her stilettos grabbed everybody's attention as it created a 'tik tok tik tok' sound when she walked towards the stadium whilst swaying her hips and taking away every man's heart while all the ladies envied her because many of them were married and their husbands were sitting right besides them but drooling over some other girl's attitude.

She kept the file on the flat surface of soapbox giving Max a glance where he just nodded his face with the look

'Go ahead' pasted all over. Stella tapped the mic as she began—

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. We have all gathered here for the grand presentation of the launch of the new show of Array & Thrice".... She abruptly stopped realizing everybody's gaze was on her. However, she didn't lose her confidence and continued. " We have... We have gathered here for the gr-- - "

She was already fretting and when a voice flared in the conference room,

"Just stop this crap" her whole body shuddered and that is when the door of the conference room wide opened and entered in a girl clad in white one piece dress.

She looked literally messed up, her mascara and liner were smudged and eyes red as if she had cried badly.

"Stop this presentation... Just stop this game Max Stokes!".... Her loud voice echoed in the huge hall as she came inside striding towards Max. "Have not you told me last night that I will be given this opportunity to serve in today's presentation! What happened now, your heart skipped on her body hun!!" She whispered near his face leaning down in his chair while everybody around there sat stunned. They knew their boss was a Casanova, they knew he used girls for his pleasure but not for offering them jobs and other things.

Max rolled his eyes as she darted straight at his secretary glaring her with peril indicating her to take Tisha out.

That was Tisha, who had visited the bosses cabin few months ago for an interview and ever since then, she was seen visiting him, caught staying in hotels with him and what not.

His secretary quickly rose from her chair and held Tisha by her arm. "Hey.. Hey Tisha... This is not the correct time to deal with these things. Please come with me" She politely said while she tried to pull her out.

"Get away from me, you bitch... I want to talk to him now and in front of everyone. This is not any game. I am not any game that he plays and dumps when he finds it boring!".... She shouted loudly jerking her hand vigorously as she glared Max and his never ending smirk. No sooner did she open her mouth to sneak further than the security guards entered in dragging out of the conference room leaving everybody at ease. It was not a new thing. It was a normal scene to watch something like this happen every now and again.

"I won't let you do this to me, Max Stokes. The presentation is mine. It is my place and I will not let anyone take it. I won't let you replace meeee"....

Her shouts and loud cries still echoed there as they took her out from the area while Max, he just sighed softly as if nothing happened.

"The meeting is over people".... He announced dashing out of the room followed by the others while Stella stood there confused.

*******

An hour later,

Stella entered in his cabin with the file she was given by him. He had sent his secretary to call her personally because he knew she will be very much occupied by the conference room incident and think against him.

" Sir, Mia told me that I was called by you! "... She asked fidgeting with the file, did she make a mistake by accepting his job here, in his firm? He doesn't seem a good person not at least a good man as a partner.

"Yes Miss Miller, have a seat." Max said looking into the laptop as he pointed at the chair in the front of his, without looking away from his laptop screen.

Stella obeyed his words but feeling heck uncomfortable now. Not every girl would charge her boss like that unless she is not treated unjustly by him in the firm.

"I am sure miss Miller you might be thinking about Tisha, the girl who ruined your presentation!" Her eyes upped watching him say that, as he addressed her as the destroyer. Max fixed his eyes on her and continued, "You know being a good boss with a good image in the world is not possib - - "

" Sirr!!! " Nevertheless he was cut in the middle of his words as he was interrupted by the peon. "Sir... Tish... Tisha ma'am" He was too horrified to say anything. "Sir please come with me" Max was dazed after having his peon came to call him like that.

He somewhere intuited what must have happened and followed the peon towards the changing room!

No sooner did he reach there than he found the area surrounded with crying and shocked employees of his and there, his intuition was proved wrong!

"Give a side" His guards sided everybody as the boss got into the changing room.

"Ohh Jesus!!!".... Were the words that escaped his mouth for there— Tisha lied with eyes opened with tears, white dress turned red, sandals away from her, hands wide stretched and body stabbed with a weapon, probably a dagger in her stomach, chest and throat.

"Huh!!!" Grasped Stella as she came there too while her eyes suspiciously gazed her few hours old boss as Tisha was lying stained with her oozing blood on the floor. She was killed!