“Am I that easy?” I asked him while the corner of my lips twitched.
” You’re like an open book. Easy to read. Now spill!”
I sighed in defeat and picked up the flyer which was still placed on my desk.
“This-” I pointed towards the picture on the flyer and continued “Is my boyfriend.”
“Don’t you think he’s too old for you?” Noah replied while nodding towards the flyer. Confused my gaze fell on the flyer.
“Ughh…. It’s not a joke Noah!” I yelled at him while glaring. He chuckled.
“Sorry sorry… so you’re telling me Raymond Reynolds is your boyfriend.”
“Yes” I said slowly
“So…??”
“SO…. the thing is I didn’t know that. After seeing this flyer I googled it and I just found that he is My Boss’s son!” I said in a hard tone so that he understands what I am saying.
“Ohh” were the only words that came from his mouth.
“WAIT. So you didn’t know that your boyfriend’s Father is a great scientist who also happen to be the CEO of Amanda Corporations?-”
“Noah.. its not-”
“He didn’t tell you about this when he got to know about your internship here?-”
“NO its..”
“How is that even possible?” Noah kept on blabbering without even listening to me once.
“NOAH KNIGHT. Listen to me first!” I yelled. I think I yelled to loud because next thing I know is everyone in the hall is glaring at me.
I stood there. Glued to my spot. Quiet.
I looked down at the floor as embarrassment took over me while I heard Noah laughing. I glared at him once again and he shut his mouth then.
I quietly sat on the chair next to my desk as Noah followed my command. He sat on his chair.
“I didn’t tell him about my internship yet and I thought his dad was some business man. He never talked about him much.” I replied to Noah.
“Hmm… I see” he said while nodding his head as if he understood what I told him.
“Hey… you should tell him about this. He’ll ask his Father to give you The Intern Award. Plus you don”t have to work this much.” he said the last line while gesturing towards my desk which was filled with crumbled and scratched papers.
I didn’t like this thought. I don’t want The Intern Award because I am Raymond’s girlfriend. That will be unfair to other Interns and I don’t want to win this way. I want to do it myself. I want to be credited and known for my hard work and not because I am dating my boss’s son.
I didn’t give it a second thought.
“No. I don’t want to win like this. I want to be known for my work and not because of him.” I said.
Noah raised an eyebrow at my statement and asked me ” You sure?”
“Yes” I replied instantly.
” You are different Sophie.” He said while smiling at me. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion while Noah just kept smiling and turned towards his laptop and said
“Let’s work then.”
I finally reached home. I threw my bag on the table and hopped on my bed. Today was exhausting, it was already seven and I still had my Homework to complete. While laying on my bed i kept my gaze on the ceiling. I started at the ceiling as my mind slowly started drifting to my thoughts.
The first thing that came up in my mind was what Noah said earlier today. He thought I can use Raymond to win the Intern Award. How can someone think like this. I clearly didn’t like the thought. There is already enough nepotism in this world and because of this the ones who actually deserve the title are overshadowed.
I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to compete with the other interns or not, I wasn’t even sure whether I could make it to the finals or not but definitely I’ll not use him.
It’s just not in me.
I took out the flyer from my bag.
It said Raymond will be coming on the Award function. It said he will be presenting the Award. Then another thought went across my mind.
What if I win the competition and surprise Raymond on the Award function day.
Sounds like a plan… a good plan.