MARKThe words of Mr. Devon seemed to trouble me, mostly because I had been running the company for years now and there hadn’t been any record of such, and the very first time he is being given the opportunity to be in charge for a few days, he came up with the case of sabotage.Well, I was determined to keep things going in my company, and I very well meant it.I could have asked Mr. Devon to give me full details of it, but I didn’t. After he told me, I simply requested for the password and left, which he didn’t send to me until some hours later. I didn’t ask him because I still wasn’t talking to him.I had gone through the files he sent, but I couldn’t quite find anything amiss.Anyway, I already knew what to do.If I wanted a quick response and something handled to perfection, I would have to use the right person, and so I waited for Brent in his office. His personal assistance gave me permission into his office to wait for me even though he was attending to some important matters
ALEXAI had already decided that since the new office building had been successfully rented and decorated, I wanted us to move everything there so that we would have bigger space.“I am so happy!” My secretary bubbled with excitement. “This feels like a dream, because you started in less than half a year ago, and now, we are expanding!” She added happily.“It means more work and time requirement,” I reminded her.“I know that, and I am very prepared for it,” she responded with genuine enthusiasm.I didn’t mean to be a killjoy. I was supposed to be acting all excited, because this was a big change for me, and I was actually feeling happy deep inside, but I just couldn’t act that way outwardly.Maybe it was because in the last couple of days that had passed, I had avoided going to my dad’s company, or mine now, which I still felt was technically his, and more than that, Mark had been sending me emails but I just kept ignoring them, because I didn’t want to set eyes on him. His words sti
MARKI arrived at work really early because like I said before, I was more than determined to fix things around my company and bring it to the top.The receptionist had already been replaced by someone else from the company, which was simply relieving to me.I grabbed the intercom and dialed my secretary’s line.“Come into my office,” I told her.A few minutes later, she walked into my office.“You sent for me, sir,” she said.“Have you forwarded all I asked you to send to me?” I asked her, checking my computer. “I can’t find anything here,” I added.She had a skeptical and confused look on her face, but she didn’t answer the question.“I just asked you a question,” I stated firmly.“No, I haven’t been able to,” she responded.“And why is that?” I asked her, already getting upset. “I asked you to send everything that belonged to this company to me, all of them from Mr. Devon, and you are yet to get that done,” I queried her without sparing words. “Are you tired of working here? Do you
ALEXA“Gina?” I called her when I noticed that the color in her face completely disappeared.She seemed to snap out of her thought when she shook her head.“I asked what you have against Donald Shell,” I repeated.“Nothing,” Gina said.“But your reaction doesn’t state that it is nothing,” I insisted.“Honestly, I don’t have anything against him. To me, he is just like another man who is popular in the city, and I don’t really fancy them much,” Gina said. Then she hastily went on to ask, “I hope you don’t mind.”“No, I don’t mind, actually,” I said.I gave the wine to her and we sat down together.“I find that a little hard to believe,” Gina said carefully, but her tone was very light.It was exactly the kind of refreshing company that I wanted, and I just enjoyed talking to Gina. We weren’t of the same age, but it felt as though we were, and also, it was as though we had known each other for long.I smiled.“The truth is that, I used to like men like that,” I said in a reminiscing man
ALEXATrue to her words, Gina arrived at my doorstep in ten minutes.“That was fast,” I said when I opened the door and saw her standing there.“What you mentioned didn’t seem like a big problem, so I figured that I would come over and get it done immediately,” Gina responded.She sounded too professional for my liking.“Come in, please,” I said.I stepped aside for Gina to walk in and she did.Then I began to feel guilty for dragging her all the way to my apartment because I was craving companionship and she was the only one I wanted.The truth was that, being that I had always been around people all my life, I was still finding it slightly difficult to adjust to this new lifestyle. I liked it, actually, but then again, getting out of the habit of always having company and enjoying solitude was something that would take time adjusting to.“Where is what you talked about?” Gina asked.“Gina, is there a problem?” I blurted, because I didn’t like the way she was acting around me.She wa
ALEXAAfter leaving my dad’s company, I called Noelle.“Hi, Alexa, I have been waiting for your call,” Noelle said worriedly the moment the call connected.“Well, the meeting is over now,” I said tightly.I didn’t want her to catch the deep pain and anger in my voice, because that would make her more worried, so I tried to sound blank instead.“How did it go?” Noelle asked.“It went well,” I answered directly.There was no point in mentioning to Noelle that I would be working side by side with Mark Ronaldo. First of all, she didn’t like him, and secondly, I wasn’t in the mood for that. Talking about it might make me break down in tears, and I didn’t want to scare the cab driver.“Just well?” Noelle asked.Even though I wanted to prevent her from worrying, I still didn’t succeed.“Yes, Noelle, it went just well,” I told her.“Okay, but when you get here you will get me all the details, right?” Noelle asked me and I swallowed.That was exactly why I decided to call her right after getti