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Sighing, I nodded and held up my hand.
“I understand how you feel and what you need to do, but you need to understand that we need to be calm. Let's wait till the dust settles, and then we can call her in and have a discussion.”
He stared at me, unable to defy me since I had responded this way. I could see the surprise on their faces since usually I wouldn’t care, and they could do whatever they wanted, and boot out any employee they wanted to that hadn’t been personally approved by me.
Sighing, I returned to my desk, motioned to the chair before me, and my CTO took her seat.
“When is the meeting scheduled with Levi?” I asked.
And then she pulled out her phone.
“I’ll ask Madison. Why isn't she here yet?”
I was the one who scheduled the meeting, and it will be in about three hours.
“Alright, you arrived right on time.”
Chapter Forty-Seven
Madison
Ihad never been so nervous to be at my desk before. Not even on the first day I had started working there. Given all the rumors about how almost no secretary had been able to keep working with him, I had a lot of things to be nervous about. Today, however, it feels as though I am floating on air. There was nothing certain. The future was so foggy I was seconds away from a panic attack. I didn’t know whether to feel hopeful or regretful. I was just lost, and it was the absolute worst feeling ever. Still, I managed to keep calm and just wait.
Thankfully, none of my other colleagues were coming by as the entire office was much too tense, but they were blowing up my phone, asking for explanations, offering their condolences. Apparently, while I had even nursed a tiny bit of possibility that I wouldn’t be fired for this, it was obvious to everyone else that it was a foregone conclusion. Apparently, the Human Resources manager, Derek, had already yelled and announced it, so all that was left now was to make things official. I was out of a job, but I had already resigned, so there was nothing to feel too sad about, right?
I looked around at this gorgeous office. I had been stunned the first time I had come in here. Everything was so modern and luxurious, yet so simple, just like the man himself. I was truly going to miss it all. Having a crush on him made coming to work an unbelievably exciting affair, despite how dreary whatever tasks we were working on were.
Shaking my head, I wondered if I should go grab a box from one of the storage rooms to put my things in, but I understood that it would cause unnecessary stir as everyone was watching and waiting. So, I decided to just have my things arranged and ready to go. It wasn’t that I was eager to leave, but that I was trying my best to be ready, trying my best to accept this, so that it would sink in, and the sadness could quickly pass.
Suddenly, the door to his office was pulled open, and instantly I jumped to my feet. Unfortunately, however, I completely forgot about all the stationery I had on my lap. I had been emptying them from a box I had long forgotten about, and now they were all over the floor. It was so noisy I couldn’t even look to see who had come in because I couldn’t believe what had happened. My prayer was that it wouldn’t be Hunter, but when I eventually turned my head and saw that it was the two other executives apart from Hunter, who I was sure would have fired me in Thailand if they could, I almost wished it was him. He would understand that I got scatterbrained when I became anxious, he had somewhat found it endearing before, so maybe now he wouldn’t look as irritated and disgusted with me as these two currently did.
Derek gave me a look of disbelief, and then, shaking his head, he walked out of the door. He didn’t even say a word to me, and he was the first person I had been introduced to in the company. He had fucking hired me.
“Hey,” the CTO greeted, and I forgot about gathering my things on the floor.
“Ma’am,” I replied, and she smiled.
“You’re -” she stared into my eyes. “Was everything alright in Thailand? You seem quite scatterbrained as of late and distracted.”
I thought back to all the unbelievable sex I had been having in Thailand, the drunken nights, the drunken propositions, and smacked business associates, and baking.
“Hm,” was all I could say in response, but she became even more curious as she cocked her head.
“Everything was fine,” I replied. “It was relaxing.”
“I guess you became a little bit too relaxed.”
“Yeah,” I replied and lowered my head.
“I'm sorry I yelled at you on the phone. I was a bit shocked and distraught, plus there was a lot already happening here. I mean, there was a lot happening there, so I really didn’t have to deal with this new shit.”
I lowered my head once again and nodded.
“I know. I understand. I'm sorry.”
Her gaze went down my outfit, and I didn’t need anyone to tell me that she had indeed noted something peculiar. I wasn't dressed as neatly as before. It was still the same dress shirts, but they weren’t buttoned all the way, a tiny hint of my cleavage could be seen. I had slight makeup on, and my hair was curled.
“You two -” she started. “He approved of you spreading your wings a little in the way you dress? I mean, not that he ever restricts you -” she said as she tried to look around, and truly, I was more amused than offended.
