Chapter 5: Time For The Interview

{MICHAEL'S POV}

I opened my eyes and I glanced around. I was still in my office. I can't believe slept off while working.

Damn Maya, she caused this shit.

I ran my palm over my face and I glanced at my Rolex wristwatch to check the time. The time was 5:39pm.

I arranged the unfinished files on my desk and arranged them inside my suitcase so that I'd go and finish them when I get home.

I rose up to my feet, adjusted my suitcase, grabbed my suitcase, then I walked out of the office.

Steven, my personal guard, who was tanding outside my office immediately collected the suitcase from me.

James also stepped out of his office and he smiled at me. I shot him a glare and began walking towards the elevator with Steven following me from behind.

We stepped inside the elevator and the door almost closed, but James stopped it with his shoe, and he stepped inside.

"I can't believe you're leaving without me." He said as he stood beside me.

The elevator closed and it began riding us down to the last floor. James kept whistling as the elevator rode us down to the last floor.

I was irritated by his whistling and I almost yelled at him to stop whistling, but the elevator finally came to a stop, and the door swooshed open.

I glared at him before stepping out of the elevator. The workers bowed and greeted me as we made our way out of the company.

We stepped out of the gigantic building and Steven rushed to open the backseat door of the Rolls Royce for me.

I got inside and James came to sit beside me.

"Bro, why are you glaring at me?" James asked as I glared at him. "Did I steal your money or did I snatch your girlfriend from you?"

I rolled my eyes at him and looked out the window to see Maya entering inside her Ferrari.

Steven got behind the wheels and zoomed off to my mansion.

We arrived at my mansion after a thirty minutes drive and Steven pulled up in the car shed. He came down from the car to open the door for me, and I stepped out of the vehicle.

James also came down from the car and he walked inside the mansion.

Just then, Maya's Ferrari drove into the compound and parked beside my Rolls Royce.

I adjusted my suit and started walking towards the front door of the house.

"Michael!" Maya called my name from behind as I walked inside the house.

"What?" I responded in a cold tone without stopping.

"Tomorrow there's gonna be an interview at your company" she said as she stood iny front, making me stop on my tracks.

I raised a brow at her. "There's no vacant post in my company so which interview are you talking about?"

"An interview to employ a new secretary for you." Maya replied, and I frowned.

"I told I don't need a secretary." I said between gritted teeth.

"Yes you do. You need a...."

"I said I do not need a secretary!!!!" I yelled and Maya flinched in fright, then bent down and started sobbing.

I sighed and ran my hand through my hair in frustration. Maya knew that I hate to see her cry and I felt guilty for yelling at her.

"Maya." I called in a soft vkoyas I crouched to her level.

"Okay. I will attend the interview tomorrow morning and I'll employ a secretary." I said.

She raised her face up and looked at me. "Do you mean it?" She asked and sniffled.

"Yes. I mean it."

"Promise me you'll come for the interview and employ a secretary." She said.

"Yeah, I promise." I replied and she rose up to her full height and she started laughing.

Wait, is it not the same Maya who was crying some seconds ago, and now she's laughing like someone who won a lottery.

"I knew you'd accept if I cried." She said amidst laughter.

Wait a minute.

Did she just blackmail me emotionally?

I glared at her as I rose to my full height.

"So you blackmailed me emotionally, right?" I asked, and she shook her head.

"No bro. Calling it emotional blackmail will make me feel like a bad person." She said.

"Then what should I call it?" I asked, glaring at her.

"You can call it whatever you want, big bro. I don't care." She replied, and started walking towards the stairway.

"Arghh!!" I groaned in frustration and walked upstairs to my room.

{THE HAYES HOUSE ~ 8:00PM}

{LOVELYN'S POV}

I came back from the hospital after visiting mum and giving her dinner. I really need to get the money for surgery.

"Welcome home, sis." Peter greeted as I stepped inside the living room.

"Thanks Peter." I replied as I sat on a couch.

"Dinner's ready." He said.

"Alright."

"By the way, where's mum?" He asked.

I started contemplating in my mind whether to tell him about our mum's health condition or not.

'He is eighteen years old so he is matured enough to know about it.' I concluded in my mind and decided to tell him.

"Come have a seat." I tapped the space beside me.

He studied me for a while before coming to sit beside me.

"Peter, mum has been suffering from an heart disease since sixteen years ago." I said, and his eyes went wide with shock.

"What?!"

"Yeah. I found out when she was rushed to the hospital in the morning." I said.

"Mum's in the hospital?" He asked in a worried tone.

"Yeah, she's still in the hospital but she's perfectly fine." I said in order to soothe his worry.

"What about the heart disease?" He asked. *I'm sure she would need to undergo an heart surgery."

"The doctor said she would need to undergo an heart surgery, but you don't have to worry about it." I replied.

"Why won't I worry about it, sis?!" He asked in a raised voice. "She's also my mum and I have every right to worry about her."

"I know you have every right to be worried about her, but I just want you to focus on your studies. I don't want mum's health condition to be a distraction, and I'm also sure that mum wouldn't want that." I replied, and he sighed out softly.

"I don't want anything to happen to her." He muttered.

"Nothing will happen to mum. " I said with an assuring smile.

"Alright. Go and eat your food before it gets cold." He said, and I smiled before rising up to my feet.

I went to the dinner room and ate the delicious food Peter prepared. After eating, I went to my room to prepare for tomorrow's interview.

I got to my room and picked a white long sleeve and a black skirt matching it a black heels.

I plugged an electronic iron and ironed the dress I'd be wearing to the interview tomorrow morning. I hanged the outfit properly after ironing it, then I hanged it on my wooden closetbefore unplugging the iron.

I moved the dressing table and picked up a mirror from the table to check my face.

"I hope they don't look down on me because of my the godforsaken pimples on my beautiful face." I mumbled.

I took a shower and wore my pyjamas before retiring to bed. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

{THAT SAME NIGHT}

{MICHAEL'S POV}

After eating dinner, I went upstairs to my room.to sleep. James and Maya were still watching a movie downstairs. Those two fools agreed not to disturb me tonight because I said I was gonna hire a secretary.

I had another plan in mind. My plan was to employ a secretary and frustrate her to the fullest, then she would be forced to resign.

My first plan was to fire any secretary that Maya would employ tomorrow, but I knew Maya too well. She would employ another secretary immediately.

But if I frustrate the secretary until she resigns, Maya would think that the secretary left on her own free will, not knowing that the secretary was frustrated by me. Maya would not bother to employ another secretary for me.

I smiled victoriously at my plan and went to lay on my king-sized bed. Within a few minutes, I fell asleep.

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"Mom please!!! Mom don't go!!! Don't leave me!!!" I screamed and popped my eyes open.

I sat up in the bed and my heart was pounding heavily. I was also sweating profusely. I ran my palm over my sweaty face as I tried to control my heavy and shaky breathes.

I just had another nightmare about my mum falling down from a skyscraper.

Ever since mum died, I have been having series of nightmares about her death. There was a time I had a nightmare about a car hitting her and she died. There was also another time when I had a nightmare about someone stabbing my mum with a knife.

I have taken lots of pills to stop these nightmares, but the pills didn't work for long.

I climbed out of the bed and walked out of the room. I descended the stairway to the living room, then I walked to the kitchen.

I opened the fridge and took out a bottled water. I uncapped it and gulped the whole content in the bottle down my throat.

I threw the bottle in a bin and walked back to the living room. The television was still on and Maya was sleeping soundly on the couch.

I guess she slept off while watching the movie.

I carried her to her room and laid her on the bed, then I went to my room. I was not feeling sleepy so I brought out my laptop and started working on the unfinished files till the next morning.

{THE NEXT MORNING}

{LOVELYN'S POV}

I woke up early because today was the day of the interview at MOND'S company.

I had my bath and got dressed immediately. I smiled in satisfaction as I stared at myself in the dressing mirror.

The outfit fitted me perfectly even though it was one of my old clothes. It brought out my curves. Did I forget to mention how curvy I am?

My backside is something a man would die for.

I applied a light makeup on my face and I packed the necessary documents inside a file before walking out of my bedroom.

"Good morning sis" Peter greeted as I walked into the living room. He was busy arranging the living room.

"Morning Peter," I replied.

"You going somewhere?" He asked.

"Yep. I have an interview at MONDS TECH company." I replied.

"Wow! I wish you the best of luck." He said.

"Thanks." I smiled. "Please help me take mum's food to the hospital before you go to college." I added.

"Okay." He nodded.

"Bye." I waved and hurriedly walked out of the house. I then boarded a cab which drove em straight to MOND'S TECH company.

{MOND'S TECH COMPANY}

{MICHAEL'S POV}

I sat down in my office and I was working on some contract files. The door opened unannounced and Maya came inside.

"Michael," she called in a babyish voice.

"What?" I responded coldly.

"The interview will commence soon." She said.

"So?" I raised a questioning brow at her.

"I want you to come for the interview." She replied, and I scoffed.

"I'm not coming for any goddamn interview. You should handle the interview by yourself since it was your fucking idea." I said in a cold voice.

"Have you forgotten what we discussed yesterday? We are both attending the interview." she said.

"I didn't forget, but I'm not coming for that stupid interview."

"Are you gonna break the promise you made?" She asked, pouting her lips cutely.

I groaned in frustration. "I am coming, so get the fuck out of my office."

"Yay!!!" Maya squealed excitedly and left my office.

I let out a loud sigh and was about to resume what I was doing when my phone started ringing. I picked it up from the desk and checked who the caller was. It was Olivia, my childhood friend.

"Why the fuck is she calling me?" I muttered as I picked the call.

"Hi Michael!" Her tiny voice boomed through the phone.

"I am busy right now, Olivia. Why did you call?" I asked.

"I missed you a lot Michael and I wanted to hear your voice." She replied.

"Well, you've heard my voice, so goodbye." I said, and disconnected the call immediately.

I sighed and left the office for the stupid and godforsaken interview that my stubborn sister organised without my permission.