"You are very good at your work. You have followed your Madam's order so well that you have tried to stop me from entering the place. This kind of people is rare and I appreciate you for that. I am impressed with your work and you will surely be rewarded for this," he said with a small smile
The girl who was petrified to even stand near him got the biggest shock after listening to his words. Her lips curled into a smile and the nervousness totally left her.
"Thank you so much, Sir. I will always try to give my best," she said grinning wide and he nodded smiling at her before closing the door.
She grinned thinking about that.
"Why are you grinning wide? Sir called you right, what did he say?" The other staffs who was nervously looking at them while the conversation took place questioned her
"He appreciated me," she replied grinning
"Suzie, are you saying the truth? He appreciated you?" They asked doubtfully
"Yes, why would I lie to you?" She asked
"No, he kind of looked serious and when you stood near him you looked so petrified. We thought that he kind of warned you about something," one of the people from the group put forth their doubt
'Yes, I was petrified when he called me thinking that I have done some kind of wrong. But he surprised me by appreciating my hard work," she said squealing
"You are really lucky Suzie. It's tough to get recognition from them and you have received appreciation from the head of the Miller household," one of her colleagues replied
"What is happening here? What are you discussing without attending your work?" The floor manager shouted on them
"Sir, we are just discussing about the appreciation our Suzie received from Mr. Oliver Miller," they replied to him
"Appreciation from Mr. Miller? About what?" He asked
"Sir, he appreciated me for being true to my job and even said that I will be rewarded for my diligent work," Suzie replied smiling
"So you are celebrating the appreciation by gossipping among the staff ignoring your diligence he praised you for and refraining others from performing their duties too?" He asked seriously
She lowered her head and other people there started to disperse
"Listen everyone; we are here to do our duty. We are getting paid for that. If you skip your work, I will be facing the heat. Do the gossiping in your free time. Remember that your every move is monitored here," he said to everyone
They looked down
"Did you get into your head what I have said?" He yelled
"Yes," all of them said in unison
"Good, now disperse and immerse yourself in your respective works," he ordered and everyone started moving
"Suzie, stay" he ordered and she stopped on her tracks
"You people may leave I have asked her to stay not you," he shouted on some staff who stopped when he asked Suzie to wait
They left without looking back. Suzie walked near to him when he stood in the same place.
"Suzie, I am happy that he has appreciated you but don't take that into your head too much that you neglect your work," he said to her
"Yes Sir, I will never neglect the work, and sorry for stopping everyone. I was excited and wanted to share that with everyone. I won't repeat that again," she said looking down
"Okay, I don't want to hear complaints about our floor," he said to her
"Sure Sir," she nodded
"One more thing," she turned to his side when he said that
She just nodded indicating that she is listening
"It's good when we receive appreciation but always be careful. You never know what lies behind that," he said seriously
"Why are you saying like that, Sir? Am I going to face something?" She asked scared
"No Suzie, I am just saying that be careful. We never know anything right?" He said
"Sir, your words are scaring me now," she said petrified
"Nothing to get scared Suzie, They are rich people and they have rights to say anything but we should be careful," he said with a small smile
Suzie was totally confused listening to his words and kept looking at him while his words ran in her mind
"Okay Suzie, concentrate on your work. I will take a leave," saying that he walked away before she started to speak
Her smile faded away and tension rose in my mind. Her heartbeat fluctuated. She stood there without moving.
"Suzie, what are you doing here? Why didn't you join the back the work?" One of Suzie's colleagues asked her
Suzie got back into the world listening to her words
"Why are you sweating? What had happened?" She asked looking at Suzie who was clearly looking nervous with all the sweating
Suzie gulped wiping the sweat from her forehead
"Let's go to the refreshment area," she said looking at her friend and Suzie nodded
"Now tell me what had happened?" She asked once they entered the refreshing area
"He warned me to be careful," she said fidgeting with her nails
"So you are worried that he warned you?" She questioned not understanding about her friends' worry
"He kind of warned me that never fall into the trap of their appreciation as they are rich people and they can change their words as they want. He said that we never know what lies behind them," she explained everything he warned her about
"What is there to worry about in that Suzie? He warned you to be careful. There is nothing wrong with that and I don't see any threat in that. Then why were you so petrified?" She questioned Suzie
"More than the words what scared me is the way he said those," she said pressing her fingers
"How did he say that?" The colleague questioned
"His words are kind of scary; they created havoc in my heart. I felt like there is a threat behind the appreciation I have received from Mr. Miller. He clearly said that we never know what lies behind. What does he mean by that?" Suzie said confused
"Offo Suzie, you are stressing for absolutely nothing," Suzie's colleague replied
"Worrying for nothing? How can you say that?" Suzie questioned her
"Listen to me, it's very hard to get into the eyes of the Millers, leave the Millers away it's damn hard even to get noticed by the Security in charge of the whole mansion. Everyone wants to get noticed by them but they rarely get that opportunity. Now that Mr. Miller has noticed you and appreciated you for your work, that made our floor Manager burn with jealousy. Not only him many of the staff present here were jealous that you received their appreciation. So don't worry about his words," her colleague said pulling her hands
"Really? People are jealous?" She asked
"Yes Suzie, why won't they be jealous? You are going to be rewarded and everyone would be jealous of that," she said smiling
"So you think that even our Manager is jealous of me?" Suzie asked biting her nails
"Yes babe, don't worry about his words," she replied
"Thank you for the clarification," Suzie said hugging her colleague
"Always darling. But now we need to leave or else the Manager will chop us into pieces," she said putting her gloves back
"Yes, we should. You leave the place and I will join you after finishing my business in the lou," Suzie replied and the colleague left the place smiling
Even though her colleague eased her a little part of her heart still feared about the words, which went on repeating in her head.