Chapter 6

On a bright Monday morning in a luxurious office room, painted with dark and gray colors, books are neatly arranged on shelves. The office was quiet, you could only hear the clicking of the keyboard but it suddenly went silent.

He sat there with an aura of superiority hovering over him. Axel brought out a file and opened it, his facial expression changed when he saw the contents of the file.

He brought out his phone and dialed a number.

Knock knock~~

There was a knock on the door. "Come in," Axel said.

A young-looking man walked in panting, Marcel ran to the office immediately after he saw the call.

"Sir," he said, Axel didn't raise his head from the file when Marcel came in, but then he suddenly looked up.

Marcel was Axel's assistant. Marcel's breath hitched when Axel looked at him, although this wasn't the first time, he could never get used to his boss's glare.

Axel Stuart was the CEO of IMPERIAL, a company that has been doing well for years and is one of the wealthy companies in the whole of Country A.

He is a renowned businessman, the hottest and most sought-after CEO in the country, he is also known to be cold and ruthless. Axel stood up from his seat and walked to his office window, he stood there, hands in his pocket looking straight outside.

He sighed heavily and continued looking at the scenery outside, "Get the file from the branch office" was all he said

"OK sir," Marcel said and went out of the office. Axel picked up his phone and dialed a number.

'John' was boldly written on the screen. The call was picked up after the first ring. Axel said something and the person said

"We started yesterday boss," John said, after hearing what he wanted, Axel cut the call. Thinking back at the young lady, his thoughts have been clouded with her recently.

He could see her anytime he wanted but no, he waited patiently, and she'll surely end up in his arms, he was determined and confident that he would get what he wanted.

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Mirabel woke up quite late, she stood up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom, she suddenly paused in her steps when she noticed the way she looked in the mirror.

She held her scattered hair which looked like a bird's nest, she was a sleepyhead but waking up like this was terrifying.

She walked to the bathroom, and a few minutes later she came out all showered, using a towel to dry her hair she walked to her closet.

Her phone was ringing, she picked it up from the bed and answered it when she saw who the caller was.

"Aiyeeee" Arabella shouted through the phone, Mirabel moved the phone away from her ears.

"You want to deafen me or what," she said shouting back at Arabella through the phone.

"Guess what," Arabella said with joy in her voice, it was obvious that she was beyond ecstatic with what she wanted to tell Mirabel.

"I'm not good at that," Mirabel said annoyingly, there were a lot of things running through her mind, so how could she possibly guess?

"Imperial's entertainment industry is recruiting new employees," Arabella said with glee resounding in her voice.

"I believe if you apply you might get hired in their entertainment industry," she said.

Mirabel who was still dumbfounded by the news, couldn't even say a word.

Imperial was one of the biggest companies in the whole of Country A, and their entertainment industry had top-notch actors and actresses, you would get famous and make a lot.

"They are holding an entrance audition by Friday to recruit new actresses" Arabella finally said.

"This Friday?" Was all Mirabel could say, she was feeling all kinds of emotions right now, astonishment, amazement, happiness, she couldn't put the right words to describe how happy she was, all she had to do was apply and perform well for the audition.

"Let's meet up at Caramel," Arabella said. Caramel was a café and a fast food joint. They both agreed to meet in the next hour.

Mirabel danced around the room, with her towel tied around her upper body, she was so happy, though she wasn't employed yet, the news was something she found joy in.

She quickly dressed up and went to the kitchen, she made toasted bread to eat. After getting ready, she had just twenty minutes more so she left the house.

Mirabel boarded a taxi, the café was a ten minutes drive from her house.

She arrived on time to see Arabella also dropping from a taxi, she walked up to her and they both entered the café.

After settling on a sit, Arabella started the conversation. "OK, you have just four days left," Arabella said she was determined to make Mirabel get the job.

"The application for the audition is on Wednesday, you have to log in to their site," she said to complete her statement.

Arabella heaved a sigh when she remembered something. "Oh. And the application would start by noon, and they'll pick the first one hundred to apply" Arabella said again.

"Huh?" Mirabel questioned with her gaze on Arabella, first hundred? A lot of people would surely want to apply if they are picking only the first one hundred then...

It means she only had a thirty percent chance of getting applied for the audition. Thousands of people out there would also try to apply, and it would make her chance of getting in very low.

"Yes, that's where the problem is," Arabella said with a worried look.

"But, I'm sure you can do it, though there would surely be traffic, as a lot of people out there would also try to log in to the site that same time," Arabella said but paused a little before she continued, "They'll pick the first hundred to apply for the audition, and after the auditioning, they'll pick first twenty that acted well to their demands," she said.

"It's harder than I thought it would be," Mirabel said, she thought it would be easier, but who was she kidding, a lot of people would run in if it was easier.

Arabella ordered an iced latte while Mirabel ordered for cappuccino, they talked for a while before they stood up and left after paying the bills.

"You can do it, I know you can, so don't panic too much, and you must not be discouraged!" Arabella said, she didn't want Mirabel to feel discouraged in any way.

"OK then, I can do it," Mirabel said with a smile and bid Arabella goodbye before they departed.

"Call me when you arrive," Arabella said with a wave, and Mirabel just nodded OK.

Mirabel boarded a taxi straight home, she had no acting shoot today, so she went home straight.

After dropping off, Mirabel turned around to walk into her apartment but suddenly a cloth was used to cover her nose from behind, and she was held tightly.

Mirabel struggled to free herself from the tight grip, but it was all to no avail, as she slowly lost consciousness. Everything turned black to her.

She was taken to a dark alley before being dropped in a black car, which seem to have been there for a while now, the car sped off till it could no longer be seen.