"Listen, Miss Brown, I had no idea that it was you-" Steve tried to explain himself to Eden but he was cut short by her. "It doesn't matter who it was you harassed," said Eden. Steve looked around to see if anyone was overhearing their conversation. Lucky for him no one was around. "If it wasn't the owner of this company, and maybe just a cleaning lady, you would have done the same and not felt as guilty as you feel now." Steve looked positively horrified. He knew what was coming, he thought his days at the company were going to be over. "Miss Brown, please understand, I've been working at the company for 7 years, I've proven to be a good employee and-" Eden cut him off again. "So you've been terrorizing women here for 7 years?" "That's not true-" "Do you have a wife, Mr. Madden?" Eden asked. "I do." "Kids?" "Yes, two daughters." "I should fire you right now. You know I'm perfectly capable of doing that right?" Eden asked with a threatening tone while she turned away from him
Eden was devastated. She knew it wouldn't be easy to fit in at the company so easily, but this was something she had not expected. The three most important members of the board of directors had not so subtly shown their dislike for her on the first day of her job. She didn't know she would have to deal with so many new villains in her life. All she knew was that she needed to show them that she was worthy. The only problem was she didn't know how. She was ready to do her job and give all of herself to make things work, but it seemed like it would not be enough to change their minds. Her father was a very influential man, he clearly had an image at the company that no one thought Eden could ever live up to. The pressure was pulling her down. "It's been going so well, I was worried about nothing," Eden chuckled a fake laugh while talking to Bennett on call. "See, I told you it was all going to work out," Bennett replied. Eden didn't want to lie to Bennett about what was going on. S
Bennett closed the door behind him and locked it. Eden threw her bag down on the floor and hastily embraced Bennett, kissing him with a passionate lust. All she wanted to do was think about nothing but Bennett. She kept kissing him deeply, thrusting her tongue in and out of his mouth, teasing him with her hands roaming all around his body. "Looks like we have the place to ourselves," Eden whispered into Bennett's ear. Suddenly she was picked up into the air by a pair of strong arms and thrown on the couch. "Do you know how sexy you look in this suit?" Bennett said as he climbed over her and started kissing her neck while unbuttoning her shirt. One button. "Would be better if you take it off," said Eden in between moans. Two buttons. Bennett sat her up and took off her coat and laid her back down, working on her buttons again. Three buttons. Eden felt his hot breath on her neck as he trailed his kisses from there to her collarbone. Four buttons. Eden intertwined her hands
"And how do you suggest we do that?" Nicholas Humphrey piped in, with a smug look on his face. "This may sound unconventional, but maybe we need to focus on the morals and ethics of the employees to boost productivity. When I first arrived here, it seemed like a very hostile work environment," Eden replied. "That's going to do nothing for the profits," Nicholas retorted. "Say, Mr. Humphrey, was it always like this or did the passing of my father change the company?" "Alfred was a very disciplined man, he always imposed strict rules and proper work principles here," Nicholas Humphrey replied, his tone suggesting that he was offended. "I see you knew my father well. So you agree that this environment was created after he died," Eden said as she intertwined her fingers and rested her arms on the table. "I had my differences with my father but I'm still his daughter. I want the same rules and principles to be followed by everyone here that my father promoted. We don't want employees
After the conference room was emptied out, Eden, Mr. Madden and Amanda stayed back. Eden felt horrible for how things had to happen but she knew that it was necessary. If she was going to have people in the company who openly opposed her, it would create an environment for the other employees that supported Harvey's opinions, and that was something she could not allow. Eden looked at Amanda, whom she had asked to stay back. "Amanda, thank you for backing me. I need to know how exactly Harvey has been a nuisance to the employees. He may file a suit against us for illegal termination, I need to understand what exactly he has been doing." Amanda scoffed in disbelief and said, "Do you really think that I care about you? I'm just as opposed to you being the CEO as everyone on the board. We're just not stupid enough to display it and get fired, seeing how you have the majority shares and you truly control the company now." Eden took a deep breath and said, "I just need to know what I can
"What?!" Eden exclaimed. "You haven't seen Giuseppe for three years? What the hell have you been doing there all this time?" "Well, we had a falling out. We didn't exactly share the same opinions and I decided to go solo. Started my own clothing line. It was rocky in the beginning, but it's been going good. I bought some dresses for you from my collection and I just know you'll love them," Grace rambled nervously. "Wait, wait. Slow down. So you're saying you weren't working with Giuseppe and you just decided to stay there? Didn't you even think about coming back and starting your business here?" Eden asked, she felt sad that Grace never talked about this with her "Yeah, we'll. Working with Giuseppe gave me some good contacts with models and vendors. I thought it would be for the best if I focused on my work there only," Grace replied, looking down at her fiddling fingers. Eden noticed it and remembered that she always does it when she lies. "That's not the whole truth, is it, Grace
"Woah, what the hell?! Are you alright?" Bennett yelled. Eden heard someone say in the background, "Did you say Grace is back?" "Yes, but, Theo, are you hurt?" Bennett asked. "What? Oh. Yes of course," Theo replied, he sounded nervous. "Uh- I have to go, I'll be back." "Jesus. Get yourself together," Bennett said. He got back to his phone and said to Eden, "I'm sorry about that, looks like someone is too excited to hear about Grace coming back." "Wow. That was some reaction," said Eden, chuckling at his surprise. "Well, enjoy your night. Call me if you want me to come and take you home, okay?" ______________________ "WE ARE NOT GOING HOME TONIGHT! THIS IS AMAZING!" Grace yelled, barely audible behind the loud music. Eden and Grace met for drinks at a bar but as they drank more, the urge to go dancing kept increasing too. Eden was too drunk to deny Grace and she secretly wanted to party too. She hadn't felt like herself for a long time and she needed to let loose with Grace.
Grace's PoV: "Can you believe it? I really just walked out on him. The man who groomed me and made me who I am today. Maybe one day I'll go to him in peace and apologize," said Grace. "Giuseppe is a great man. But I'm happy it didn't work out with him, it pushed me to give life to my own ideas and run a business according to what I want." "I'm happy for you, Grace. But you still haven't gotten to the part about Theo. What exactly happened with you two? His reaction was very….out of pocket when he heard you're back," Eden replied, feeling a little tipsy on the cocktails she had with Grace. Like they decided, Eden and Grace met for drinks at a bar after Eden got off work. There was so much to tell that neither of them could shut up. "Ugh, fine. I'll tell you but get me another drink first," Grace demanded. Grace told Eden everything that happened between Theo and her and how he hid from her the fact that he was in Italy for only six months when Grace was planning to stay with him for