Chapter 3

Previously on Playboy’s heart...

“A round of applause everyone for the new president!” The fat guy said and we had no option but to clap, I can’t believe she’s the new boss, I need to be out of her radar if I want to keep this job, she’d better not remember me for her own good. 

Sorry, my own good. Hehe, it seems I’m getting paranoid just by looking at her

She collected the mic from fatso and spoke

“Hello everyone, I’m Gabi Moroñe and I’m the new president of MRC, it’s so nice to see all of you are in good health. Regards from my father to all of your families, I hope the company is treating you right. Well, I’ll get down to business, I’ve been sent here to supervise the running of the company and to cut slackers who are just wallowing In piles of money, while their work sits all dusty in a corner, I am here to cut off ghost workers from the pay roll and make sure we get million nen projects to work on. Like your boss said, I am here for the improvement of MRC and I know, together we can score those projects and boost our company to the # number one remodeling company in the whole of Konan city so it’s going to be all work from now on, Laziness won’t be tolerated, absence from work with no good reason will result in Immediate sack! The office is solely for working, keep all side talks outside and kindly be of good behavior, because it reflects on our company’s name and Chairman, I’d like to see your top team of project presenters or don’t worry, I’ll organize one myself. I promise to cooperate with you all and make this company a comfortable place for working, that’ll be all for now, thank you for coming” 

She literally just surprised all of us with her speech, she’s coming out strong and ladylike? And the getting fired stuff? Oh God! I think I might loose this job within this week, I’m already imagining it, many sack letters being sent out to all of us, she’d better just replace all of us because we can’t keep working hours strictly just for working, where's the fun in that? We always side talk and make jokes, that’s what makes the company lively and comfortable. She’s like the enemy, the devil himself, come to rid us of all our happiness! I’m sure many people hate her as much as I do, I can’t wait to get back to the cafeteria and listen to everything.

“You are all dismissed, you can go back to whatever you were doing.” The fatso waved and we all started to exit, one by one

When we got to the cafeteria, I finally had the courage to say everything I was thinking about

“She’s the devil himself don’t you think? Now we have to show up to work every single working day! We can’t talk about our private lives because that’s her own classification of side talk and she’s so ready to fire anyone who crosses her and her silly ideals. Man she’s got to go” I said as I punctured the steak on my plate and took huge bite

“Why are you so worked up about her? I see nothing wrong in all she’s Said, I show up everyday and she’s got a logical reason to fire people who make dumb excuses just to leave work and party like you, some times I find side talks annoying so I don’t think she’s going anywhere, besides she’s here for the growth of the company and it seems like people already like her” He gestured to people whispering at other tables and I concentrated on the table closest to me so I could hear what they were each talking about

“She’s pretty hot don’t you think?” 

“Yeah, and I think because of her I’m gonna have to start showing up everyday” *Laughs*

“Side talks? Man she’s going to be the new side talks in every department” 

“How old you think she is? I’m thinking 25”

“Don’t say I told you anything but I heard she’s 22” *Woahh erupts from their table*

 

“That young huh, I pray she picks me for her new project team, then I’d have my chance with her”

I stopped listening because I knew where this conversation was heading to next

I turned to Jerry “I can’t believe this, all the guys are whipped for her. What about the girls? They surely won’t disappoint me, They’ll hate her as much as I do” 

“Dude they don’t even care! You’re the only one paranoid about this woman and you need to chill, even though you don’t like her, try to stay away from her because I know you’re going to cause trouble every now and then so let’s start by trying to keep it to a minimum. Stay off her radar and then she'll forget about you, soon she’s going to relax and everything would be back to the way it was, you’ll _”

Just then, Jerry got interrupted by the speakers 

“Theodore Adams, report to the president’s office” Oh shit! Just hearing her speak through those speakers sent chills down my spine 

“This is it, I’m the first scape goat. The first one that’ll walk out those doors and never return. Tell my story to the others Jerry, I was a legend” I smoldered 

He smacked me really hard on my shoulders and I let out a little cry “Will you stop being dramatic and go see what she wants from you?” he rolled his eyes.

Still rubbing my shoulders I sighed “I know what she wants from me so don’t rush me to my death okay, I’m leaving” I got up and tucked my shirt before boldly walking out of the cafeteria. If I’m going out, then I’d at least go out in style. The ladies will miss me, I know, I didn’t want this either. What is this? When did Theodore Adams become this paranoid cry baby? Because of her? Well I refuse and I condemn this fate she has given me. In fact! Who the hell does she think she is? I wanna give her a piece of my mind! Even if everyone likes her, I’m her number one hater and she can’t get rid of me that easily! I won’t get sacked, she dare not fire me, she thinks she’s doing a number on me? Well she won’t get away with it, I’ll squash those plans of hers, just watch me. I’m going to storm through those doors and make her apologize for even thinking of getting rid of me

President’s office…

“You called for me” I said as I stepped into her office. 

“Yes, have a seat” she said unfazed by my presence, she didn’t even look at me once, just kept typing on that dumb computer, no offense computer, she’s making me cranky.

I know what you’re thinking, you wanted me to barge in here, you wanted me to shout at her, you wanted me to throw stuff around, well…

ARE YOU NUTS?? 

If I did that then I’d certainly lose my job. Although, I will tell her to her face that she’s a mean, old, daddy’s perfectionist girl and no one would ever want to hook up with her with that attitude.

I’ll tell her all those things when I see my sack letter, for now I’ll just play silent and innocent  

“Theodore I’d like to recruit your for my personal project team” She looked straight at me and she didn’t blink once when she was speaking 

I gulped “Ohm, not to be disrespectful but why can’t you use the company’s project team?”

She sighed and intertwined her fingers “You see, I like to get the job done before hand. I like commitment and those people can’t give me what I want. Besides, why should you fret? You’ve worked here for almost 3 years so you should know everything by now. I’m recruiting you and my decision is final, I won’t take no for an answer”

Yeah, easy for you to say. Yes I’ve worked here for almost 3 years but I’m not a pro, I go on vacation a lot cause I don’t like work, Jerry is the one who covers for me. He earned this job and he knows a lot, while I’m the opposite, all I can do is sweet talk clients to accepting deals, I can’t be part of her elite force that's for sure, If she sees me messing up then she’ll fire me for sure.

Gosh… What do I do?

Should I turn it down or…

I smirked, I think I’ll go with the or

“I accept your offer but might I make an addition to this team. I’d like to recommend Jerry Armstrong, he’s really good at this work and it would be a shame if he wasn’t enlisted in this team, he’s really talented and he’s been here longer than I have. I know all this because apart from myself, he’s really diligent and hardworking, I can confidently say that he’s as good as I am” She has to let him in the team but she doesn’t need to know that I’m not as good as she thinks

“Deal, Mr. Jerry is on the team. Thank you for your time, you have a great day”

“You too Gabs” I sighed as I walked out of her office, her name remembers me of Gabi, the college student, she was Soo innocent when I met her… I won’t tell you that story, let your mind think whatever it wants but don’t go too deep and wait!

Did I just call my boss Gabs? 

Oh well, no harm done…