SWNOVELS Chapter 3
She ran as fast as she could and nudged the company door. She was late for her interview... thanks to last night. She walks in and sees a few people sitting, and without a word, she slowly takes her seat... Last night, her head was so clouded with pain, and thinking about her interview today was the last thing she thought of...
"Smile Laverne?" a lady calls out to her and she quickly jumps up going in her direction...
"Present, ma'am" Smiles were never known to be obedient but because she was in a place where she didn't want to show how low-mannered she was, she had no choice but to behave responsibly... The lady leads her to where she will be interviewed, she walks into the room and stands by the side, patiently waiting for the man to say a word but the man just keeps on working on his laptop...
"you are late" was the first word that left his mouth after being silent for god knows how long...
"Sorry, sir... I was delayed by traffic" she explains...
"Is that how you are going to be when this job is given to you?" Smiles didn't understand whether it was just her or he was normally just rude to everyone....
"I will be punctual and diligent, sir..." she said nonetheless and a half smile appeared on the corner of his lips but he still didn't turn to her... all this while, he had been seated facing the wall...
"Today tells otherwise..." She knew he was right so there was no space for her to say otherwise..." meaning you can't be accepted for the job" he tells her straight to the face, not biting around the bush. She stares at him with wide eyes not believing his words. The shock was replaced with a smile, then a burst of laughter. It was funny how she got fired even before she could have the job...
"some people are just so heartless" she murmurs but his hearing was good enough to hear what she said...
"Do you even have a conscience or what? how can you judge someone like that?" She was angry, and couldn't keep her cool. She can't stay quiet on this, even though she badly needs the job, she won't just stand and watch him cast her as if she is a lost curse. He didn't say a word and just let her talk...
"Oh, I know why... because you've got the money and power, you think you can treat others with so much rudeness and unfairness" Her day wasn't a pleasant one and he just added to it, making it worse...
"Seems like someone's bitter!" He said nonchalantly and turned to her. Disbelief was written all over her face as she stared back at him with wide eyes, the person was none other than Keane Austin, but the question was how? how didn't she realize it was him? This is just not right... "y-you..." she stutters...
"didn't expect to see me this soon?... what a pity" A smirk appeared on his side lips... There was nothing she could say and she couldn't take back what she said... She swallowed hard still staring at him with eyes wide, they almost fell off her socket ...
"You can go now... we are done" he turns back to his laptop and continues typing on it... Smiles had no choice but to leave. Her day couldn't be any worse than it already was...
She walks ever so slowly, heading back home... things are becoming harder for her lately, ever since she stopped talking or collecting money from Mark. She agrees with the fact that Mark has been her sole source of income. She has been dependent all her life and only now she is realizing... her life is just getting worse by the day... She was lost in her thoughts and didn't realize she was already crossing the road. The car sound pulls her out of her thoughts and immediately, she steps back... she was lucky to have escaped death which was just an inch from her. Out of reflex, she throws the round iron ball that was in her hands at the car. She only realized when the damage had been done and she couldn't do anything to save herself... The car immediately stopped, from the model. It shows it was not just an ordinary car but that of a very rich person...
"fuck!" she cursed under her breath, not able to move on her spot...
"can't this day get any worse?" she whispers in a weak voice... with all, that's going on, she is sure this will just end her job, no savings, no account. Nothing to boast of, how pathetic!... She watches the car silently praying for a miracle, the door opens and a man in a suit walks out and checks on the spot the iron hit. Her heart was beaten nonstop, like a raging thunder...
"I am sorry Mr. It wasn't intentional" she begs to make her way to the man who just stared at her nonchalantly...
"I was lost in thought, didn't know how it resulted in this" she continues...
"How can you be walking on a highway and you are lost in thoughts? don't you cherish your life at all?" he asked, not understanding how careless a girl her age could be... The man before her seems to be of the age of around forty-five, with some strands of white hair visible on his hairy chin...
"Not like it has any worth" she murmured to herself..."I am sorry Mr, I promise to fix it," she said those words but within, she hoped things turn out differently...
" even if you work your ass up for two years, your salary won't still be enough," the man tells her honestly... though it was like an insult to her, she knew it was true and it hurts...
"I know I can't fix it based on money, but I can work for you depending on how long you want me to, to pay for this... anything, I will do it," she said with a firm and optimistic face, the man seemed to think for some time...
"That will be left unto my boss to decide," he said and opened the door. She was curious to know who his boss was and she silently hoped he would be a good man but to her greatest shock and dismay, it was Keane Austin, the same man who fired her without her even getting the chance of being an employee, it's the same man she's accidentally hitting on his car...