“Miss, I am satisfied with everything I have seen and read in your portfolio. I’d like for you to resume next week Monday,” Chris said as he handed over the file Emily had given him earlier.
Emily smiled and nodded, “Thank you, sir… Thank you for this opportunity you have given to me.” She stood up and collected the file, turning to leave but Scott stood up and held her back.
“Emily, didn’t you see me here? Why are you thanking only him?,” He whined making others in the room turn to look at them once again.
Emily groaned inwardly. He claims to be two years older than her but he is acting so childishly that anyone that didn’t know would think that he is her younger brother.
She turned back to him with a fake smile on her face. “It’s Ms Jones for you. I don’t think we have attained any friendship level for us to be calling each other by names.”
Then she slowly released her arm from his hand. Scott turned to glare at Chris as she walked out. “Cousin, just release her to me… Did you see her attitude just now? I am the only one that can handle her behaviour.”
“No is no… I can handle her just fine. I don’t need your help. Thank you,” Chris responded with a smile. Scott clenched his fingers in anger.
“Next!,” Chris yelled out not giving Scott a chance to say another word. Just as the door opened, Jonas also stood up to leave.
Before he reached the door, Eva called out, “I’ll be expecting you on Monday.” She even winked at him. Jonas gave her a small smile and others in the room coughed.
They pretended to be oblivious to the interaction between Jonas and Eva. The interview carried on.
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Emily was walking to an elevator when her phone vibrated. She has already seen the direction of the elevator so she just walked to it while checking out the message that just entered.
‘ Are you through with the interview? How did it go?’ the message is from Steve of course. Emily smiled and looked up to check if the elevator door is open before walking into it. She didn’t notice that just before the elevator doors closed, some people also walked in.
‘Yes… It went well. I got the job,’ she typed back immediately, her phone making sounds as she typed fast on it.
Ryan looked at her with a huge frown that has been on his face since he walked in. The man beside him cleared his throat and leaned in to inform him, “Sir… I think she is a new employee. I haven’t seen her here before so she must be unaware that this elevator belongs to only you and the other bosses.”
Ryan didn’t respond. He just continued staring at her. Not because he is fascinated though. It’s because she is being noisy. Her phone is making so much noise.
But Ray was having the opposite reaction to Emily. Ryan’s frown grew even more as he felt the wolf thumping in his head and trying to come out forcibly.
He felt both irked and surprised by his unusual behaviour. It took almost all his willpower to get Ray to calm down. As to why Ray acted that way, he didn’t have an answer to that.
‘Congrats! As expected of my wifey,’ Steve’s cheers came almost quickly after her reply. Emily smiled. Who told him he could use cute nicknames like wifey for her?
She had just begun to type when she heard someone grumble, “Tch… So noisy.” She stopped typing immediately. She didn’t realize that she wasn’t alone in the elevator.
She looked up at the person beside her and literally forgot to type… Jeez! Is this man even a human being!? How can someone be so handsome!? She didn’t even realize that her mouth had slightly open at the sight of his side view like she had never seen a man before.
Ryan was surprised by the silence cause he was expecting her to say something about his remark just now so he turned around and soon discovered the reason for her silence. She was staring at him with a familiar dazed look but the first thing he noticed was the pink polka dot shirt she was wearing.
In fact, her entire clothing just looked like the feminine part of his. He arched an eyebrow at this. Has she been stalking him!? Is that why she pretended not to know that this elevator isn’t meant for employees?
How did she even know what he was going to wear today and how did she calculate when he would use the elevator?
“Close your mouth. Your teeth aren’t really a good sight to behold,” He told her in a rude tone. Emily snapped back to reality and realized that she had almost been drooling. She felt so embarrassed and her cheeks turned pink as she shut her mouth.
“I… I’m… I just…,” Emily felt even more embarrassed. Why is she stuttering now!?
“No need to say anything. I’m afraid some saliva might splash on my face due to your stuttering,” Ryan told her and then he dipped his hand to bring out a handkerchief.
He slowly wiped his face with the handkerchief. Emily’s face turned even redder… It’s with anger this time. Who the hell does he think he is!?
“Yes… I think it’s better that way. Who knows you might have spat on my face just now when you were giving a long speech and I just happen to have a little OCD,” Emily replied spitefully.
She also dipped her hand into her pocket and brought out her own pink handkerchief. She wiped her face thoroughly and a little bit hard.
Doing so, she gave Ryan a smug smile and moved backwards, giving him some space. The man standing beside Ryan who is probably his secretary coughed to cover up the secret smile that made its way to his face.
If given a chance, he’d have taken a picture of Ryan’s facial expression right now and sent it to the company’s group. By doing that, he would probably gain more female friends.
“You… You,” It was Ryan’s turn to stutter. By using his words against him, she had rendered him utterly speechless.
“Me what?” Emily asked him with an innocent look.
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