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~[CHAPTER FIVE]~

"Mr. Holden would like to see you"

I froze at that utterance, eyes left beholding the form of Adalynn, who now made her way into the space that had been assigned to me earlier on.

"Sorry?" I gaped on at her, finding it difficult to have those words settle.

"Mr Holden would like to see you" She called, yet again. "And if I were you.......She drew even nearer, eyes holding onto mine. "I wouldn't be a minute late"

Of course, I was used to being late. That now was her impression of me.

"And get this office to a better state" She called, face scrunched up.

"Even rats would reject living here" The scowl followed, right before her figure walked out of the modest, yet comfortable area I had grown to adapt to.

Whoever did this gruff lady think she is? Was that some sort of show of authority out here?

Do forgive me for wanting to speak highly of my previous organization, but in as much as I was irked by each one of them, I was no twerp to them.

And yes, Adalynn might be the secretary to the company's director, but was that any right to ordering me around?

There were departments here. Every department different from the other, estricted from those who had no business whatsoever there. So the next time, Mr Holden's secretary, who happened to have worked here longer than I have, comes to boss me about, I just might give her a piece of my mind.

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My eyes dare not meet the ones before me.

Calm they were, intent on me for the past five minutes since I made my entry into the area.

There he remained, form relaxed back in that chair, eyes taking in my trepidatious figure.

"You're fascinating Miss Parker"

That gaze of his lingered on me so well, I was left with nothing but to avoid it.

"You had called me into your office, sir" I followed at once, hands held together, eyes staring at the 'interesting' space on the ground.

"Yes. There has been a recent report of drop of sales in the company" His tone was low, eyes beholding the ones of mine which had snapped up at his utterance.

"Sir—"

"You haven't been doing a good job, Miss Parker"

Excuse me?!

Surely, this must be a joke, cause all I've had going each passing day, was have myself searching for just one thing that would shoot the company's ever-frequent sales even farther up the ladder.

I went on creating presentations—Presentations I'm only coming to realise weren't even needed, worked with the advertising departments, and in as much as I deapise being bias to myself, I had done much more than I ever had since my eight years of Marketing and Communications.

So, what now was he saying?

"Mr. Holden, do forgive me. But I'm doing all I can to make sure the company achieves its goal, but you should know this isn't just one man's push" I called at once.

"It is of collective efforts" My voice was firm. "And trust me, if one department is lagging, the rest will fail"

"I believe that is yours to worry about, Miss Parker" He interjected.

The balls he have!

"For that was the reason you were employed" He followed.

The silence which had now broken between our forms had caused all of me agitating, eyes shifting to the papers scattered on his desk.

"Or why do you think you were employed, Miss Parker?"

His gaze on my remained, fingers stroking at his chin, while the quietude made its arrival. "Then I believe you should get to work, and fetch us results"

I spun around at once, departing from the tension that had struck the room, but the sudden call of his voice got me pausing mid-words.

"Miss Parker?" Voice low, eyes lingering on me, I turned to behold that expression held on his face.

"You should stay after closing hours" He let out.

"There will be a meeting" He called, and at once resumed tending to the business held on his desk.