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Aria's job hunt
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2023-01-22 00:21:20
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Xavier was seated in his office interviewing the job applicants, he had just concluded an interview with a young lady who was definitely not getting the job as she had nothing to offer, when he noticed something going on through the security cam at the waiting room. He dismissed the lady and watched carefully.He couldn’t believe his eyes; it was Aria! She seemed to be having issues with another applicant. Xavier was both surprised and happy to see her, maybe he wasn’t past her like he had thought.Xavier called one of his staff and instructed him to go and get Aria from the waiting room, he couldn’t wait to see her after six months without communication, which was his fault anyway. He had so desperately wanted to move past the Queen family that he cut off every one of them.Xavier felt something was wrong. If Aria was here to see him, she would have come straight to his office. He went through the list of names immediately and found her name for the job interview. He must have missed
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