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One year later.............

"Miss west I will not repeat myself again I don't like it this way, I want it in an alphabetical order, I told you that, two weeks ago" Hayden said and slammed the paper on the desk Friday afternoon as she stood in front of him.

Most of the time she never got mad, just let them pass, but now she was livid after spending hours on this now she has to arrange them in an alphabetical order. Her cheek where red with humiliation and anger. She balled her fists tightly behind her back and said.....well more like gritted out.

"Yes sir" she took the papers from the table and left to her office. This past year has been really......she didn't even know what to call it. She was no longer the meek girl that would do work for her colleges she had been promoted so she had just distanced herself from them and only helped around. Most of the time , they would bring their work to her and it felt good. Yes she still found it hard to relate with people so she just distanced herself entirely...and it was better. Safer.

Also Hayden had always been on her neck every single time, it was as if he was always looking for some flaw, be it her handwriting, her work even and even her dressing. She liked the way she dressed it didn't show much of her figure. She always work ankle length skirt with flats and a blouse. She was really insecure of her body so she just wore it. The only time she had ever wore anything other then her ankle length skirt or a knee length gown with sweater was when he had first came to the office. Sometimes she could change her mind and wear pantsuit but that was once in a blue moon.

She also learned to ignore what people say, which had helped her a lot. She was also able to buy a used car for her self,.send money frequently to her family and rent a better apartment, she would not say it was five star but it was managable. She had tried the dating scene once this past year and was an epic failure, she guessed it was not just for her.

She also thought about opening up her own cafe one day, but that was when she had saved enough or if worst come to the worst she would get a loan. She had also become very close friends with Sasha , Mr Colby's assistant. Speaking of him, they had not really spoken much.

He had maintained a really professional relationship. She could not help but admit he was a really handsome man. She also wrote her wildest fantasy in her journal about both of them, some were mature ....well....just wicked, while some were just romantic, not only about him, she also wrote about her 2d characters. She always carried it with her every where except meetings. She would sometimes see him smile when he is on the phone and in her mind she is likes he is the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She also wondered who he was talking to that made him smile.

She took seat being her desk to get to work. After about and hour and a half she had finish arranging the files . She gave him the work and thankfully there were no complaint. She left to get ready for the meeting they had and carried her notepad and laptop. She rushed to the room forgetting to lock her door so she quickly went back to lock it.

That all sat down to begin the meeting when he said.

"Miss West , I hope you delivered the message to Mr Chan because by the looks of it I don't think you did, because if you did he would be here by now" Oh shit, she thought

"Excuse me Sir....I didn't know...I was ...I thought you s...."Emily stuttered thinking back to when he told her. Shit she forgot, she thought but it was all his fault when he gave her a pile of work to do.

"Please tell me you are joking because we are talking about millions here, we are on the verge of losing millions of we don't get this deal" He said calmly in his brtish accent but that didn't fool her she knew he was angry.

"I.....I am sorry sir....but ....that day I was really busy I fo___"

"Aren't we all, just a simple task you could not take two minutes just to make a phone call! This is not the first time you have messed up. Why is that your department hasn't reached the monthly sales yet" He cut her off ,his voice startling everyone. She wanted to die of embarrassment.

"I am sorry sir...ii...I will call him right away, and we have been trying our best t_" she said and stood up to go but what he said stopped her.

"You want to call?, What of the other departments that have been doing good. Miss Smith please call and inform Mr Chang that meeting will be tomorrow by noon and that I will talk to him later today" His assistant, Sasha literally ran out to call him.

"Now You want to call him now, on Tuesday of the.....you know what don't even bother. Miss west you are fired. Kindly leave this office. My assistant will send you your salary for this month" He said and left the room leaving her in shock. The rest stood up and left the room to. She fell to the ground numbly. She stayed there till Sasha ,his assistant came to her aid.

"Oh Emily, I heard what happened I am so sorry" Sasha hugged her and eventually she stood up so that she could pack her stuffs and leave. She walked into her small office or... should she say her former office. She took a box from under the table and packed all of her stuffs into it. She wore her jacket and carried the box with her bag and checked if she left anything, when she saw she had packed it all she left with her head held high , she was  it going to cry.

Some looked at her, some with pity, some with amusements and some with just pure hate. She got down to the parking lot and put her stuffs in the back seat then took the driver's seat. She laid her head on the steering wheel and let out a sob. Her family were depending on her. She wasn't even sure how she would find a job soon enough . She had bills to pay.

After pulling herself together she left the parking lot and went home. When she got into her apartment she kicked off her shoes then dropped her stuff on the table and dragged her feet to the shower. She took of her clothes and put them in the laundry basket then entered the shower. She closed her eyes thinking about everything that happened today. She laughed humorlessly, she forgot to remove her glasses again. Sometimes she thought she was so tired of life that what if......what if she just. She sighed and took a deep breath. She would think about everything Tomorrow, Right now she needed to rest then wake up later and prepare dinner for herself. At the end of the day we always bounce back.

After she took of her glasses she took a quick shower and got out of the stall  then took a towel to dry her body off. She put her hair into a ponytail, did her facials then wore some shorts and a tank top then crashed on the bed. A few hours later she woke up and it was past nine, she realized she had never sleep so well and long in a while. She stood up to warm some left over soup from yesterday and some pasta. After she finished eating she took her laptop and searched for jobs that are available around her area of not to far from her home.

So far she had only been seeing coffee shops , library's, car wash , salons and so on. So she took the one with the highest pay which was the cafe called Eric's Cafe. Just a few blocks from the office she used work at, she heard it was one of the Collins who owned. It, the youngest actually. As she thought about it she could not help but let out a sigh. She didn't even know what she did wrong for him to always lash out like that. She didn't know why she never had friends. She started weeping over the fact that her life was fucked up and there was no one to hold her and tell her it was going to be alright.

After a few minutes she got an email saying that She should come Monday morning , nine AM sharp. She was so grateful she was able to work as soon as possible. She took some ice cream from the fridge and sat down to read. A novel, she just love the novel she was currently reading, The Maverick by Lora Leigh. It was just so wonderful, she thought.

Monday came really faster than she had thought one minute she was spending the weekend with her family, the next she was getting out of her car by eight thirty AM to enter the coffee shop. She could still remember her mother nagging her about finding a man and she really did try. Once she entered the shop with her bag slung over her shoulder, she saw a girl standing in front of the counter which displayed different varieties of donuts, cupcakes, cookies and so on. She walked up to the counter and said.

"Hi my name is Emily, I was asked to come today" she said.

"Oh hi, yeah um...... You can go meet him in the office, it's that way" she said and pointed to her left. She walked to his office,her skirt swinging because of the movement. She finally arrived at the door, she knocked twice then heard a come in. She opened the door and saw a man...more like a guy. He looked so young. She guessed he was about twenty three. And from the looks of it he had some money growing up.

"Good morning sir, you sent me an Email,you sent me a message saying I should come today by nine AM" Emily said.

"Yes please take a sit and please call me Eric." He gestured to the seat in front of him and laughed. She walked awkwardly to the seat and sat down.

He closed his laptop and looked at her, studying her like he normally does with people. His hair looked blonde in the light but when he moved away it was brunette.

"So Miss West .....may I call you Emily?" He asked catching her off guard.

"Oh of course" she replied immediately.

"So Emily give me one good reason why I should hire you"

She thought of so many possible reasons and took out the most professional one and said.

"I am a really hard working person and I will never let you down and you will not be disappointed. I love learning new things and helping people" And the irony of that statement is that she said the same exact word when she was having an interview in The Colby group and she had gotten fired. And he only asked for one, she was such a fool.

"I hope you won't disappoint me today, Emily I am counting on your words. I assume as soon as you came in you saw a lady in front, her name is Lindsay and she will tell you what to do. Hope you have a great first day" she said her thank you and left.

The costumers that came in were much so it was a really busy day. By five pm her shift was over so she went to collect her pay for the day because according to Lindsay he paid ten dollars an hour. She was so glad she was able to collect it.

"I was really impressed today" Eric said.

"Thank you so much"

"It is a pleasure to work with you"

After he gave her the money she left and went to get some groceries for the house.

She finally arrived home by a couple of minutes after six because of the line at the grocery store then she set the groceries on the table to make dinner early. She arranged the good she bought in the shelves and started making some sweet helpful dinner for herself.

A  few months later .........................

Today he had gotten to work nine a.m sharp behind his desk studying the monthly cost marketing report of TheColbyGroup airlines corporation.

His temper glared immediately when he observed some disparity between the materials and production costs reports. The fuck. He called the new head of Marketing to his office. Miss Andrea.

Hayden had a personality that made him very competitive, short-tempered and impatient. He wanted everything organized and exceptionally good of it's kind. Especially including his business, be it his father's or his.

"Good morning Mr Colby" Samantha was in a very good mood that morning. She was the new head of the department now that she was gone. She had a bonus and was able to buy a Mercedes to show off to her colleagues.

"Yes I want you to send the auditor of the market department, I noticed some variance in their reports. And what the hell I want to know where the full reports are and if they are using excess material in bended costs. The could be stealing from right under our nose and we would not know!!!!!" He shouted.

"Y...yyyes sir, I..is there anything e__"

"Yes there is , your report showed alot of conflicts too. Tell your team to do their work well or you are all fired." He slammed the phone back cutting it. He had never had problems liked this before, he thought.

Maybe he had made a mistake of firing her. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He had always been on her nerve just to get a reaction from her but sadly her got. None.

At the Cafe .......................

"Hey yo, Emily I need your help please come to my office for a sec," Eric hollered because he was so familiar with his workers and he mentioned once that he would like to hire more  She told Lindsay that she will be back soon and left. Lately she had gotten more comfortable with them and she was glad. The three the even had dinner together at her house yesterday. Maybe this was what she needed after all. she had also thought about leaving to go and work in a business but something was holding her back. As if this was her calling.

She also would like to own her own Cafe...well it was more of a bakery one day so maybe she could learn something from this. So she made up her mind that she would stay for the time being. Depending the time she starts her own business. She was also grateful for the experience she had at TheColbygroup.

She walked into his office and closed the door.

"You wanted to see me.....?"

"Yeah I did, it's just that I need a favor from you, please just here me out I need a date to this charity ball in two days I was invited to...."

"I can't. I am sorry Eric. What of Lindsay"

"Please I am begging, do it for those poor children , you can't say no to them. And besides I already asked, she has a very important appointment. You are my last hope" After a total of five minutes

"Okay. But I don't have any fancy dresses,"

"Oh thank you" He stood up and hugged her. She let out a laugh then snorted.

"Oh sorry. I always snort when I laugh"

"I don't care, and I will be in charge of the dress" He kissed her cheek and she left. He was like a brother to her and they were even on first name basis. She went back to the counter to help Lindsay.

"Oh Emily please can you help me deliver these I am really packed at the moment." Lindsay said as she made some coffee for the customers.

Emily also helped her with covering the drinks and putting straws in them. So that she could carry them to the customer's.

"Of course" Emily said and carried the  box of coffee and donuts with the address to her car. She turned the ignition and checked the name of the address then gasped at what was written. She could hardly believe this was happening. It wasn't even a full month that she had been fired from there

TheColbyGroup Corporation.

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