Chapter 6

Three pair of eyes followed her as she walked into the big office she would be sharing, with the boys, unfortunately. Not many girls are into animations and stuff. She kept her head down as she walked to her desk.

At least she wouldn't be seeing Mr. Too sexy-to-be-real often and that was okay with her. She opened her desktop and decided to personalise it before she went to find out which big projects they were to be working on. That's when some nerd decided to approach. "You must be Kaia Carson? Not exactly what we expected." He says this with a weird toothy smile on his face making Kaia like him even less.

With a fake smile on her face she asks, "Will someone please catch me up on the projects you're working on right now!?" And before the toothy nerd could open his mouth she cut him off, "preferably someone I won't feel like sticking my fist down his fúcking throat!" The poor boy shrank back into his seat.

And again, before anyone could answer her, a leggy girl came waltzing in, probably knowing she has the skinny men drooling and probably also wishing they'd have just one night with her. Remembering Jen's pep talk she swallowed the very horrible comment that was burning her tongue, just begging to be thrown at her.

She came over to Kaia, eyeing her from head to toe before handing her a file. "You must be the new girl. Mr Navarro send me over to give you this. I have no idea why he felt it necessary to give you your first assignment personally since you have a supervisor, but who knows what you did to get here!" Kaia fought the urge to growl a profanity at her and instead smiled.

"You should probably check out makeup tutorials on something called the internet, they teach you how not to look like a slut at work." One of the guys chokes on the bread stick he's been toying with and the other guy laughs out, not even hiding his amusement.

Kaia silently curses herself for being so short tempered but also​ thanks the heavens that she didn't jump the whore and rearrange her whole face. The toothy nerd only watches the exchange but does not utter a word, already knowing well enough Kaia wouldn't think twice about hitting someone, she just looks like the type.

The girl flicks her hair back and is about to spew what Kaia thinks to be a weak comeback when a strong presence is felt by everyone in the room. "Ms Carson, settling in well I see?" All she can think is, please don't let him have heard what I said and he looks good enough to devour. Get your shit together Carson, she reprimands herself.

"Yes sir, thank you so much for this opportunity, I will not disappoint," she says, hoping he does not see her eyeing his beautiful physique. "I see Ms Ashton has given you your work, I'll be reviewing it myself in a week, just so I know I chose the right woman for the job." The emphasis on the word is not lost ob Kaia's part and with the freaking dream replaying in her head, she feels her cheeks burn. Kaia Carson, stop!

"Of course sir, I will make you proud." Why did she just say that? Now she just sounds like what she imagines​ an àss kisser would sound like and that won't earn her any respect from her colleagues. Especially the girl beside her, looking like a test subject for Crayola with all the makeup on. Beau Navarro looked at her and gave her one of his rare smirks.

As soon as he left, the girl ran out behind him, probably also​ hoping he did not hear her comment. She sat down, immediately immersing herself in the world of make-believe as ideas started playing around in her mind as she read through the file of her assignment. She was going to enjoy her job and the beautifully fat pay check that would come with it.

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Seeming to have been too lost in her job, she did not hear the toothy boy invite her to sit with them during lunch. He cleared his throat, repeated what he said in a small voice. Kaia decided to cut the poor guy some slack. She didn't come to make friends but nothing was wrong with being nice so she tried for a genuine smile and with a chuckle she asked, "What's your name?"