tor doors

tensed and mutte

atural disaster, still warnings and reality were two completely different things, and n

de her pulse do som

or his body. His expression was completely blank yet devastatingly handsome in a way tha

auty was already ca

he could catch her staring,

t," Alura quickly gree

y acknowledgment, as if she was part of the furniture, before he looked away and walked

beside her. "See?

d to survive working for. Such

. "I'm going to HR to process my resignation. You're off

d. "You're leaving right

th a tight apologetic kind of smile. "I only stayed this long out of pity for whoever

rs slid

floor and stared at the elevator a

sat down at her desk, she lowered the chai

loaded, the office phone suddenly

lmost flew off the desk, she luckily caught it with bot

ispered as she scramble

I help you?" she finally a

The voice was rude and impatient. "I need to schedul

t like Patricia described. But wednesday afternoon wa

ternoon is fully booked. Would Thu

anticipating her response, "It has to be Wedne

"Sir, I'm not sure I h

ou?" he snapped. "Managing his

ic

way from her ear and sta

ffed i

rearrange the CEO's schedule on

she mutter

s calendar again. Checking for which meeting was less import

ld set it down. She picked it up qu

We need Mr. Hunt on a conference ca

ased in confu

over there....Why am I even explaining, are you new or what

Mr Hunt's new secret

it or not?" He a

kily 4 PM was blank. "Sir, just give me

oo long. We need a

he hu

the computer. There was a long list of meeting requests, document approvals and some questions s

ed one slot that she found out early enough and fixed it before anyone noticed. The requests had not stopped, what made it more ann

cius sat at his desk completely absorbed on

tercom fina

et me Coffee now. And if it's not fifty eight

t dropped to

Right, t

hen she thought she could escape making

left-thank God for that woman, and rushed to the s

easured the temperature, the t

but it's Still too hot. She waited longer as it dropped gradually from 67, 55, then finally 5

ature again, just to be sure. B

d to dump it in the sink and start over again. This time she didn't le

y with a small spoon and

d softly o

me

didn't look up from his desk

he tray o

the mug and

ilence, Lucius set down

cold but not surprised, as if he was already expecting her to flop. "I said fifty eight, are you

er mixed together. Why the hell does it

m, you'd better quit now. I don't have time to train incompetenc

hit her

ears and tightness pressed against the back of

, "Yes, sir. I'll rem

left. Her hands trembled

rce the tears back. She really hated being scolded, espec

him the satisfaction, don't prove

one. This time she watched the ther

t it back, but before entering his office she

door until it dropped to exactly

ok a sip

small nod.

Just better, Alura stare

straining the outburst that

ty. Imagine if she had lost her job right on the first day, after try

"Seems like he's ver

mpliment, and she felt like she had won her first c