Chapter 5: Blacklisted

DANY LOUIS ✿⁠

The morning weather was seasonably cold as I resumed my job the next day as a junior production public relation officer.

Apparently a lot of people was interviewed for this position, but what made my CV stood out was the fact I had managed Louis Ltd,

which the Interviewer claimed Louis Ltd. was at its peak according to the digital market statistics during the years I managed it.

I was a bit nervous that he would research deeply about me since he researched if I actually worked at Louis Ltd, but he was ethical to not pry around; a testament to the ethics of Jade Tech Inc.

I soon rushed into the highrise company I wouldn't want to be late to my first day of work especially since I was Informed about a meeting that'd be held with the Vice chairman about the crisis the company's hardware production was facing.

I heard all the previous public relation officers were all fired and sued when the crisis got worse, I had prepared some planning models to solve this PR problem just incase a junior staff like me might be given a chance to present.

Until my phone beeped and I received an in-house broadcast message which read,

"Attention all staff: The Executive Chairman who hasn't set foot in the company for over a year will be attending today's meeting.

His presence signals something extremely serious,

Ensure all preparations are in order- this is of utmost importance, not even the slightest mistake will be overlooked.”

I was afraid for him to visit like this after over a year of not showing up, this PR crisis must have started to even affect his own reputation.

I quickly rushed to drop my stuff at my desk, I fetched myself a hot coffee and by the time I checked my wrist watch the meeting was going to start in next 10 minutes, I had to be there in 5 minutes.

I walked towards the first elevator and it was shutdown for maintenance, and as well the second elevator, I rushed to the main elevator and walked in, As the door was shutting a random man on dark shades slide his leg into the elevator door and it opened.

“Get out” he said, his voice stern.

I immediately stared up at this tall muscular man on a simple polo-necked short-sleeve top, the fabric clinging tightly on his toned and broad shoulders.

“Excuse me? Are you okay? You can just join rather than being so condescending” I simply said with a smirk,

“I said get out wench! I’d not repeat myself” he repeated, his voice still low but gravelly, I was pissed; does he think I’m a pushover who weaken at a command from a man?

I looked up once again stared at him, he looked almost nonchalant, as if he owned the world but was in no rush to claim it.

His face was striking; the sharp lines of his jaw giving him a roguish appeal that was impossible to ignore, and his jet black hair slightly tousled, he was undeniably attractive thus so rudely arrogant.

“Don’t be foolish and just enter, I don’t know who the hell you think you are I have a meeting to catch, just take today off your foolishness already” I said and his hand gripped my tiny wrist at once so hard that I squinted to the pain.

I was so mad that I hurled a hard slap on his cheek,

“Wench! did you just….” he was saying as he strangled my neck tightly leaning me against the mirror,

He was so close now, his body pressing against mine, his breath hot on my face. The pain from his grip around my neck was real, but so was the undeniable attraction pulling me towards him, even as he towered over me with fury in his eyes.

I hurled another slap at his face, and quickly reached for my pepper spray, I sprayed his face and he staggered outside the elevator in pain, and the elevator closed.

Such an encounter for the first day of my work, who the hell does he think he is exerting his masculine dominance on me? but in that moment, I couldn’t deny the thrill that coursed through my veins, making me unhealthily crave more of his touch perhaps it’s because I had experienced a similar touch last seven years ago with a random gigolo.

Reaching the boardroom and seeing everyone all in attendance, I was intimated by them and the contemporary modern sophistication of the room, matte black table at its center, its surface smooth and unreflective, stretching the length of the room, high-backed chairs with soft beige leather upholstery arranged around the table.

Good thing the meeting haven’t started since the executive chairman wasn’t there yet, and the next minute everyone stood up in unison, and an older man who I recognized to be the vice-chairman came in bowing to the man I slapped in the elevator, my jaw dropped he was Jade Laurent the executive chairman of Jade Tech Inc.

I just slapped a billionaire magnate! An extremely powerful and prominent figure in Neon Heights,

And at once about six burly armed men on suits and dark shades bounced in and prowled towards me,

And him, he walked towards me, his face red with a seething rage, and he leaned closer to my face, “the next time I see your pretty face, I’d feed to my dog” he said in a low and gravely tone and chills ran down my spine.

“Throw that wench away, she’s just one of those wretched wenches stalking me, and fire who gave her the job” He said, his voice calm but authoritative and at once I was dragged out like baggage from the boardroom, I was embarrassed to death.

Not only was I fired and publicly embarrassed, the innocent interviewer was fired as well, and one of the guard told me good luck on at all finding a job after being embarrassed at Jade Tech Inc. and truly I realized later that after being fired at any of Laurent’s Empire company, you are literally a blacklist in all other companies at Neon Heights, as these companies treats Laurent’s Empire as a god businesses empire.

Months passed and I couldn’t get any job, all other companies treated me like an illiterate seeking a first class job just because I was fired at Jade Tech Inc. at this point I was desperate for any job that pays at all, my lovely sextuplets needs to start school.

Until I got an email from a job-hunt agency that I had dropped my CV and qualifications to in case they receive any job offer for me, and I read the contract agreement which doesn’t require any interview.

I was to be a home lecturer to a 14 years old boy and merely just take him home lectures only on Public Relation coursework, apparently he has several home lecturers for different courses and pay was $100k per month.

I only get to show up only 8 times a month. And I could get an advance payment for 5 months, which means I’m getting paid $500,000 on signing the contract.

It didn’t take me forever to grab this golden opportunity, I was at this sophisticated mansion the next day and the 14 year old boy I’d be lecturing was Jorah Laurent.