"Dad~" Lauren whines making her way toward the lawn where William was sipping his coffee with a newspaper on his hand. Upon hearing Lauren's voice, He looks around and saw her approaching him. He observes Lauren's pouty face with knitted brows. She then stands in front of him with her hands folded around her chest as she eyes him with slight irritation. "What...?" William questions amused at her unusual behavior. She signs and flumps on the couch beside her dad.
"Why aren't you thinking about me? Hum?" She says glaring at him. "What do you mean by that?" He cocks his right eyebrow slightly taken back by her words. "I have been Idle for a week now. When will you talk about my admission to new uni? I also need to graduate." As soon as she ends her words William bursts out laughing while Lauren scoffs annoyed at her dad. "Are you serious now, Dad?" Lauren says huffing out air as she ways having hard time controlling her burning rage and she didn't want to pour out her anger on her Dad.
"Do you really think I won't be thinking about you?" He says with a raised brow and a smirk visible on his face. "Seems like that to me!" She replies within her gritted teeth and clenched fist. William again laughs but Lauren had enough of her Dad's playfulness. She stood up and made her way inside the house ignoring her Dad's laugh and his calls for her. She enters her room and collapse on the bed with deep breaths. She groans ruffling her hair as she grows more irritated. "Like really? Was it necessary to laugh? It should be him who should have asked me if I wanted to join any university." She says faking a cry and rolling around her bed. She shouts and yells kicking her hands and legs in the air as she tries to keep herself sane.
As she continues with her anger releasing stunt - that obviously looked like a kid throwing tantrums, The door to her room opens revealing a smiling William. She turns around and glares at her dad probably assuming his appearance as a tease. "What now dad? Just go!~" She whines and yells turning around facing her back to him. William chuckles and approaches near her, He takes a seat beside the bed and looks at her sulking figure. He clears his throat and speaks. "Actually I came here to hand you something." He receives no response but silence with both of their silent breath. "Just take a look. It won't take long." He says again but then she turns around with a displeased and annoyed facade. He chuckles as she sat up on her bed. She extends her hand and grabs the paper he was holding in his hand.
She then arranges it upright and then scans the paper. She had her brow furrowed as she goes through the paper. She starts smiling brightly once she completely reads the paper. She then raises her head up to meet his gaze. Then she blinks her eyes rapidly taking in all the new things she just read and she starts squealing. She Hugs him muttering lots of Thank you. "You could have said it to me. It was not necessary to create such a scene." She says pursuing her lips and glaring at him. He chuckles shrugging off. "Just thought it could be a nice surprise?" He says as if he was questioning himself but the girl chuckles holing the paper on her hand with her eyes fixed on her name engraved on the paper.
"So? When will the uni starts?"
"Since its the beginning of the year, I guess after a week?" Lauren nods her head smiling at his response. "So? Happy?" He questions again just to receive a smack on his forearm. He winches from pain as she glares at him. "I would have been more if you had given me this way earlier." She says bringing the paper in front of his face as he scoffs. "I am your dad little girl!" He says then chuckle as she rolls her eyes tucking her tongue out. He stands up exiting the room as Lauren keeps staring at the admission paper smiling brightly. She hugs it squealing getting excited and looking forward to her new university.
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"Sir... But the site in the city would be perfect for our new project." One of the workers says trying to explain his point of view. Ethan seems to be deep in his thoughts as he listens to his staff's opinion. He had heard and analyzed every staff's opinion but he was not much satisfied with their explaining and words. He signs and scans the room. He could see some of his staff already having their head low disappointed at their presentation which was true but some tried to brainwash him with their thoughts so that their idea and concept could be used for their upcoming project.
Then his eyes meet with Jamies' but she looks away trying to stay out of his way to avoid her bad luck. But bad luck is what she only had. "Mr. Secretary? What do you think about this? What is your view about it?" He says making her snap her head back at him with wide eyes. She surely had heard each of their opinions and analyzed them in her own way. She even had made her own opinion from all the information she had collected from her co-worker. But she way not sure if he would like her response. She stayed assured that she doesn't need to speak in here as she was new today but her evil boss ruined everything.
"M-Me?" She questions stuttering due to nervousness. At this moment all the eye was on her petite figure. All the attention got her sweating as she is not used to having much presence around her. She actually did think she would do better once she came in the real world but here she was trembling under the gaze of peoples. "Yes. Do you see here another figure who I call secretary?" He says with his cold but mocking tone. His tone ignites a fire within her as she was having much of his bitchy attitude. She grits her teeth glaring towards him but she was unaware of her own actions. She stood up still having her eyes on her boss who was slightly taken back at her sudden change of attitude.
"No Sir!" She says
"Then proceed. What are you waiting for?" He says back with much hatred and coldness looking straight into her eyes. The other staff was observing the two figures glaring at each other. They could feel a heavy but dark tension creating within the room. They really feared being within the same place with their new CEO. They sure prayed for Jamie as she was his SECRETARY.... but sure they were amused to have that audacity to face him with such glare and confidence. For them sh sure became someone respectable because of her attitude around their boss whose they preferred as an evil, rude, and cold beast - tho it was his second day in the company premises.
One of the staff cleared his throat grabbing their attention, Jamie then signs turning around scanning the room. "Do you really have nothing to say? Mr... Secretary?" She signs again glancing at her boss.
"I do have." She says receiving a proceeding gesture from Ethan. "Umm. I guess rather than having a site inside the city it would be better to have one on the other site which is famous for its beauty. Most of the people visit that place. Even on a daily basis, the outcome is more. It would be easy to access the accommodation for the visitors as it would be near the site. And moreover, the city is filled with resorts and hotels. It may not be that profitable." She finishes with a sign as she eyes all the staff who were gulping down and staring at her with an expression which she couldn't comprehend.
"I guess you are not that bad... Mr. Secretary." Ethan says with a satisfied look while the other nod their head. " I see you all have been focusing on the city because of the number of people and mainly because its a city. But we need to focus more on the profit and mainly people nowadays prefer nature over the accommodation. We need to focus on their need and interest. So, I conclude this meeting with this. We will go with Mr.Secretay. Does anyone have a question?" The rooms remain silent while few shake their head no. "Even if you had a doubt I wouldn't have changed my view. Meeting dismissed.!" He says making his way out of the room.
While inside every staff had their jaw hung low because of his statement. Jamie, once she came out of her trance, exits the room following her boss.