Chapter 3

To my bad luck, I had left behind the mobile that I bought with my hard earned money, in the hotel room. After our discussion, I told Jade that I have left behind my mobile in the hotel room and I would like to collect it back. 

“Babe, I think you finding your mobile is not an easy task. I guess he might have taken it with him to trace you out, or he might have even just tossed it out into a garbage can, thinking that one of his one night stands might have left it behind. Going back there is like going back to a place with not much luck. Forget about that night and just move on. I will get you a new mobile of the same brand. You can pay me back when you get the money after you find a job”, she said and consoled me. 

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It's been a week since I lost my virginity to a random person, after our clubbing night and also after I lost my job. I have been applying to all possible sources and I haven’t got any positive reply from any source. It was routine for me to check the replies that were sent by the companies that I have applied for in my mailbox, sigh and feel bad for myself. 

Jade got up and made her way towards me, who was sitting on the couch in the living area. She came and checked the laptop and understood that I haven’t got any luck in finding a job. She was my support system and I felt really bad for relying on her. Even though it is just a week, I felt really bad that I was sitting idle. I have been in one or the other job from the time I am in the city and never in-between the jobs. Sitting idle never sat well with me. 

She was browsing her mobile and jumped up and stood on the floor when she saw something in her mobile. She was smiling wider and looked at me happily. I was confused with her gesture and kept staring at her pearly white teeth. 

“Lily good news girl. A best and right job for you for your qualification. Here, see this. My boss’ assistant is looking for an assistant to reduce her workload. She has updated in the company bulletin webpage regarding the job opening. Do you wish to apply for this job?”, she asked me in such a happy tone. 

I pulled her mobile from her hand and checked the job details. Yes, it is an excellent way of earning good bucks, which I am in need of currently. I went through the available details in the job description and also about the pay. I checked everything and thought about applying for the job. I told her to just forward the same mail to my mail ID with the details  . I checked my laptop files and opened the resume, and made necessary tweaks and finally applied for the job. 

I was feeling content that I got a job as per my qualification. Anyways, I decided to not just rely on that one job, as there would be hundreds of potential appliers for that particular position. I again started looking through the job portals. After a few minutes, I got a reply from that particular mail ID regarding the submission of some photocopies of the respective documents, which were mentioned there. 

I got up with a sad face and turned towards Jade. 

“What happened baby? Did you get rejected there also? What did the mail say girl? Come on, stop the suspense and spit it out”, I could see Jade becoming restless with her questions. I just turned my laptop and showed her the contents of the mail that I received from the senior Executive Assistant’s mail id. 

Jade went through each line slowly and her face started to light up with every sentence. She kept my laptop slowly on the coffee table, turned around and started shouting along with jumping up and down. Her hands were holding my shoulders. I also started jumping up and down and we continued squealing and jumping for another 10 to 15 mins. 

We both got tired and rested for a while on the couch. She turned around to face me. 

“So, what I have understood so far is that you need to submit some documents personally and attend an interview Monday morning. After the interview, you will be getting a call regarding whether or not you are selected, right?”, Jade asked me. 

“Yes my dear. All I have to do is ACE this interview and I am all good to go. I need to learn more about the company and my possible responsibilities. Anyways, tell me everything that you know about your company. I will google and learn more about your company from the available information in as many websites as possible. Okay baby, lets us get on with the work of getting me the job of an Executive Assistant”, I smiled at Jade and we started our tuition sessions. 

We went on for a few hours and the time showed 5pm on a Saturday evening. We wrapped up the lessons and decided to ward off some stress from the continuous learning, which happened a very very long time. We decided to take my documents and walk towards the nearby shop that can help me with getting the photocopies of my documents. 

Richard’s Point of View 

-------------A Week Ago------

Every time in my one night stand, the woman that I slept with, will steal something for me, like my watch or a couple hundred dollars from my wallet, my golden cufflinks, and many more. I don’t mind that I have lost them, because I will make use of my position and money to make them pay the double of what they stole from me. How do I know about the woman that I have slept with in my drunken state? Well, I have a habit of checking the CCTV footage of the corridor to see the type of woman that I fucked the previous night. 

I prefer looking at their face not in a creepy way, but only in a way of a master finding their slave. Yes, I am ruthless in such a way and do not have even a slight respect for the opposite gender. Every woman on earth that falls for my charms and background is nothing but a sex toy for me. I never sleep with the same woman twice or prefer having any further relationships. 

Why am I like this? Well, for you to know the answer for that, you need to wait patiently, because I do not wish to speak about the bitch that turned me into a heartless monster yet. 

It was really shocking for me when I saw that the girl that I spent my night with, not only didn’t steal anything from me, but didn’t even contact me after that night. Normally, I get the calls from women stating that I promised a life with them or for them. Hell, some have even tried to trap me claiming that they are pregnant with my child. 

Women are such lecherous creatures. They want someone with a financial background and name that can get them a name and status in the society. All they need is to enjoy a luxurious life with someone who can give them a credit card with limitless transactions option. Oh, I have fallen for that scam once in my life, and I am never doing that again ever in my life. 

Coming back to the woman that I slept with. She didn’t call me or even tried to contact me in any ways. I got a doubt and went to the hotel and got the CCTV footage of that night. Well, the best part of my one night stand is that my driver Zavier knows very well about which hotel to take us, even though I am in no state to guide him. My friend owns many luxurious hotels in the city and I can easily get everything in the hotel, like a suite, required CCTV footage and such. 

I saw in the video that we both struggled to get into the room with our drunken state, and in some simple casual attire she was looking so gorgeous. 

I saw us entering into the room together, and the footage of her leaving from the room the next morning. I saw that she had a bag with her and I doubted that she might have taken something of mine with her. To my surprise, nothing of mine was missing, instead her mobile was left in the room, which I took with me. I wanted to trash it as it was a cheap mobile from some no-name quality. However, I restrained myself from throwing in into the trash. 

The mobile had a weird ringtone and it rang twice or thrice after that day. I don’t know why, but I thought about keeping her mobile as a leverage. Some part of me told me that we will meet someday for sure and I can return it to her. 

My Executive Assistant requested that she would require an assistant to share her burden at work. I also agreed as the work was hectic these days. Who knows, maybe a lesser work burden might make her work with more interest than what she is showing towards the works. I might hate their gender, but my company is also important to me. So, I cannot let my ego come between me and my work. 

It was the day of the interview and I guess she could handle the work and hire the one that can prove her potential to my assistant. I got to work with my meetings and files. I had some files to take care of and also some meetings to attend to. I was preparing myself for the next meeting when I got a call stating that the client with whom I had my next meeting had some personal issues to attend to, and so the meeting was cancelled. 

It was Monday and doing no work didn’t sit well with me. I started going through the pending files and that work was also complete within a few minutes. I sat and thought for a while and an idea crossed my mind. How about I go and sit in the interview for my Executive Assistant’s PO post? Yup, not a bad job, as the chosen one will be working for me as well. Why shouldn’t I check the one personally? 

I made my way towards the lobby of my floor and left towards the floor where the interviews were held. I didn’t know how my Executive Assistant had planned to conduct this interview, and so I just went towards the floor where the interview was about to start. 

I made it through the lobby and saw many men and women waiting for the interview to start. I am not the kind of person who requires special respect from my employees, and so I didn’t glance at anyone waiting there. While I was moving, something caught my eye. It was a bag, but to be clear, it was the same kind of bag that I saw in the CCTV footage in the hotel, a week before, when I found a cheap mobile in my room. 

So, she might be the girl who is the owner of this mobile.