08 Congrats, Naomi!

Author’s POV

What an unexpected encounter.

He was even stunned because he was too shocked by what he saw.

He wasn't wrong, was he? He checked again the works and CV she had been sent. He did know that she had always loved to draw, but to apply to his company as a senior 3D artist was an unexpected thing for him. Even Alex had to enlarge the CV poster to see the photo on the poster, to make sure that it was Naomi he had known all along.

And all he could do was speechless by what he had seen. A feeling of surprise and joy was mixed within him. He looked back at the CV poster and he entered Naomi's number into his phone. With a crooked smile, he clicked OK to save Naomi's number for himself.

But his smile immediately faded because he remembered that this girl was only a candidate from the 10 chosen people. If he looked back at the works of the other nine people, the others were no less good than her.

Huh... he wanted to participate in the interview session.

He also wanted to see her expression when she found out he was the CEO where she applied for a job. Of course, she would be surprised by that, and for some reason, it made Alex want to participate in the interview session later.

He checked his schedule and thought about actually participating in the interview later. He cursed in frustration knowing he couldn't reschedule his agenda. He sighed in frustration, he wanted to join the interview session later, but he had to attend a very important meeting. 

Alex leaned his body to release the frustration he felt. He wanted to meet Naomi, his longing overflowed when he tried to close his eyes. Right now, there was nothing he could do to meet Naomi other than hope that Adrian and Seira could accept her.

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As usual, Naomi helped her father prepare his wares. This time, that girl returned to help her father to sell. She had finished her work and of course, she used this time to help her father.

After walking further, they finally arrived at the place where the father used to sell. This time, not many buyers came to buy their wares. Naomi is a little sad to see these lonely shoppers, she prefers to be tired of serving many people than just sitting and relaxing with lonely shoppers like this,

"Looks like we weren't having any luck today..." she thought sadly while looking at his father who was wiping his sweat with the towel he carried around his neck.

 She wanted to cry seeing his father who had to work harder. She wanted to stand in front of her father as a shield, but her father did not allow that to happen to her.

Naomi lowered her head, thinking that it was already late afternoon but few had bought their wares. Soon they will return to their homes with almost intact merchandise.

Naomi and her father are still waiting for anyone who wants to buy her father's wares. Finally, both of them got up and were about to prepare to go home. However, just as they were pushing the cart, Lina ran up to them shouting 'me Ayam bakso!' to them.

The two of them were stunned in their place until finally, Lina approached them breathlessly.

"Mie Ayam and bakso, sir, I bought all of them," she said, trying to catch her breath. Immediately, the two of them wrapped up all their wares and they gave the woman a drink because it seemed that Lina was very exhausted,

"Thank you," she said as she returned the empty glass to Naomi. Naomi smiled and she helped her father to wrap all their wares. Naomi couldn't hide her smile, she continued to help to pack their wares.

When they had packed all their wares, Naomi gave it to Lina with her sweetest smile. Not only Naomi, but the woman also smiled seeing her who looked friendly and kind to her.

Naomi glanced at her father as the money was given to him. Now, her sadness was gone. She returned to the spirit of helping her father to push her cart and go home.

When she got home, she helped her father to tidy up their wares. She walked to her room where she should charged her phone and left it for a while to continue helping her father. And when she was done, she went to her room and when she opened the door, she stepped into where her phone was being charged and she played with her phone. She was about wanted to check her email to whether there was another revision she had to do. 

When she was about wanna click the icon of the email application, she just got a notification from the email and she rushed to check it curiously. She couldn't hide her pleasure as soon as she read the contents of the email. She jumped for joy, she even called her father to show if she was selected for an interview at one of the giant companies that she had always wanted.

She jumped for joy and hugged his father with pleasure that kept welling up inside of him. The father also smiled proudly and took hold of her shoulder, looking into her eyes intently,

"You have to prepare for your interview, if necessary, practice in front of me," he said to which she nodded with a smile that had not faded from her lips.

"I must, I must be accepted in the company," she said with a strong determination, accompanied by clenched hands confidently.

"With this, I can pay my father's debt," she thought with great determination. Not taking a long time, Naomi's phone rang meaning there was an incoming call. As soon as she saw who was calling her, she quickly picked up the phone and immediately asked her father's permission to get her call.

"Hello, Seira!" she called with great enthusiasm. 

“Hello… how are you? Did you get an email from the company?” asked the woman on the other side,

Naomi nodded strongly, "Yep! Thank you very much for offering me this job, Seira!" she said with great joy, 

Seira smiled, "Keep this in your mind, you entered and were selected because of your CV, not because of me. Every result is all based on our decision," she claimed. 

"Yes, Seira, I understand," said Naomi, who could not contain her pleasure.

"Don't be so happy yet, there is still an interview session that will be held on Monday. Prepare yourself, don't be nervous, hahaha,"

"Okay, Seira! I even intend to practice together with dad," she told her seriously. 

"Good. Prepare yourself well. Appearance is very important, especially how do you explain and answer every question are the plus point for you, "

"I got it!"