ANNE'S POVEveryone in the office turned to stare at me curiously, mumbling to themselves."She has no previous experience and will be needing everyone's help. Please teach her the basic things she needs to know Valerie." She said turning to a woman on my right that was seated very close to the window.The girl gave a soft nod in reply, smiling sweetly."You can use that desk." Ashley turned to say to me, pointing at an empty desk beside the girl she had called Valerie."Thank you, I promise to do well." I said seriously but Ashley just grunted in reply, turning to walk towards her office.When she was gone, I wringed my hands nervously before heading to my seat with the employees still staring at me.I sat at my desk, looking around anxiously, not having the slightest idea what to do next."Hi Val, I'm Anne." I had shifted my swiveling chair backwards so I could properly face her and talk to her.There were partitions in the middle of each desk so this was the only way I could see wh
ANNE'S POVA wave of panic washed over me and I began to search through the stack of papers all over again while Flora scuttled off to ask around if anyone had taken it or somehow had an idea who could have taken it.I searched for minutes to no avail and Floral came back few minutes later too with a dejected look on her face."No one has seen it too?" I asked and she nodded in affirmation."What am I going to do? The manuscript is due for submission tomorrow morning and I can't possibly ask the writer to come up with another one."She lamented, her brows furrowed with frustration."Flora, I am so sorry. I shouldn't have left it unattended to." I apologised, my guilt written all over my face."It is not your fault, I was the one who convinced you to go with me even when you were not willing." She replied."So what are we going to do? Is there any other solution? " I asked hoping there was another way to fix this problem I had unintentionally caused.Flora nodded her head then froze, st
ANNE'S POVThere were other files that had been shredded so it made the work very tedious for me but I couldn't give up.Flora was counting on me to help her fix it just like I said I would.I pieced strips after strips together but there seemed to be no end in sight.After few hours of working on it, the storage room door opened and Flora walked in."I came to check up on you?" She said."I hope our manager didn't ask about me." I asked worriedly.I had been holed up in this room for hours now and I was worried she had noticed I was gone.It would be a pain if I lost my job the same day I started and I didn't want to have to rely on Cameron again to keep my job."She did notice you weren't in the office but I told her I sent you out on an errand. Are you almost done." She asked, bending to look at the parts I had been able to put together to see if I was putting them back correctly and she sighed in relief when she saw it was being taped correctly."Its time to clock off work." She a
NICOLE'S POVOnce we were done having dinner, I followed after Anne to her room.Although she had been quite playful during dinner, I couldn't help but notice that something was off about her.She seemed down despite the boisterous energy she showed."Hey girl." I called out when I walked into her room.She had a laptop on her laps and was typing out something.Her concentration was completely on what she was doing and she didn't seem to notice me."Anne." I called out again."Oh sorry, I didn't know you were standing there." She replied putting aside the laptop."What's that?" I asked curiously, pointing at some sort of book that seemed to have been ripped and then taped back together beside her."Oh this, it's nothing." She said, picking it up and hiding it behind her back."If it were nothing, you would not be hiding it."I said and went behind her then snatched the book from her hands.As I flipped through it, I realised it was some sort of unpublished book.It didn't seem like som
ANNE'S POVThe next day, I woke up and prepared for work before heading to Nic's room.When I got there, she was still asleep but opened her eyes on seeing me."You're leaving for work already" She asked drowsily while yawning."Yes thank you so much for helping me out." I said, picking up the manuscript from her table."You're welcome. Have a nice day at work." She shouted behind me as I rushed out of her room.I headed downstairs and grabbed a sandwich from the kitchen that Lydia had made for me and went to work.When I got to the office, Flora was already around."Anne were you able to finish it." She said, hurrying over to me.Opening my bag, I brought out the finished copy of the manuscript and handed it to her."Oh my goodness, thank you so much. You're a lifesaver." She said, wrapping her hands around me in a bear hug.I smiled warmly at her excitement before drawing apart from her."It's what I was supposed to do. Isn't the meeting starting soon?" I asked and she nodded affirm
I was already seated inside the plush and luxurious private room of Oakwood restaurant with a few of the employees from our office, waiting for the others to arrive.We were supposed to all leave work together but some still had works to cover before they left.My attendance at the company dinner was not willingly, I had to because Miss Ashley made it compulsory for everyone to attend.It angered me that we had to welcome that brat who had wormed her way into our office against our will but there was nothing I could do about it.I could not go against the company's order."Valerie did you also notice how the president seems to be extra fond of Anne, do you think she might be his rumored mistress?" The office chatterbox Cynthia said as she scooted over to where I was seated so the others would not hear what she was whispering to me."I don't know but what I do know is she does not deserve to be working with us, she's completely unqualified." I spat out angrily, trying to keep a calm ex
CARSON'S POVI walked up to my room after a grueling training sessions with our warriors, I was working them even harder in preparation for the party the Alpha of Crescent pack was throwing for his daughter, where we had agreed to capture the Alpha of Blackmoon Pack.We could not estimate the number of warriors he would come with so we had to prepare well and train hard in advance.Lucas had given us a number but could not say if he would have other hidden guards with him so I had gathered a few of our core warriors and let them go through rigorous trainings for the operation that would be happening soon.Because of how serious I had been in training the warriors and making sure that everyone was strictly in line with the plan, I had not seen Anne for a few days.When I got to my room, I peeled off my clothes that were sticky with sweat and went into the bathroom to take a shower.The cool water cascading down my body was gratifying and it helped loosen my tense nerves that had been a
ANNE'S POVI yawned as I slowly crawled out of bed, my head was slightly pounding and my whole body ached.Judging from how tired I woke up, It seemed like the day would not be a good one.I sat on the edge of my bed as I slowly tried to recollect what had happened the night before.My jaw dropped open when I remembered what had happened with Carson and I slapped myself on the head.How could I have been so stupid enough to lose myself all because of a little alcohol?I didn't even drink much yet I had acted like an habitual drunkard.My cheeks and ears heated up in embarrassment when I remembered how I had jumped Carson and I fanned myself with my arm to lower my face temperature.It didn't do the trick so I just headed into the bathroom to take my bath and let the cool water bring down my temperature.Once I was done bathing, I picked out the outfit I was going to wear to work and put them on, Pairing them with little heels.Flats made me look shorter than I actually was so heels we