After the formal introduction, Steve gave his speech which everyone in the room enjoyed and were impressed with him as they realized he was not only all about looks but was brains too.
Then Jack started introducing every employee to Steve formally, only the important and employees at a higher position were present in this conference room.
Erica was late to this meeting as she was working on some case of hers after helping Jack with his presentation and lost track of time and realized she was supposed to be in the conference room to attend the meeting Jack called them for.
She quickly headed towards the conference room and realized she missed the formal introduction and speech of the new CEO and was frustrated for being irresponsible.
She didn't hear much about the new CEO, she only knew he was the son of the man who started these law firms.
Erica never showed interest in gossip so she had no information on this guy.
She quietly entered the conference room and mingled with the crowd, she saw Jack introducing the CEO personally, she could only see them from the back and not very clearly as there were a lot of people in the room and she couldn't get a clear view.
Erica therefore went to drink some water, when a voice called her over and she abruptly turned back to see Jack smiling at her.
She smiled back at him and Jack introduced her, "She is Erica Miller, she heads the criminal law department of our firm"
"Erica, This is Steve Ford, our CEO"
Erica who saw Steve was shocked to her core, she never expected to meet him again in her life and she definitely didn't predict someday he would show up as her boss, she was right now too shocked to even utter a word.
Steve too was equally shocked, at first, he didn't recognize her but when he heard her name he felt it was very familiar and the next moment he realized who she was but was still not sure.
He was surprised to see her but he decided to keep quiet now as it would be better to first confirm his suspicions and then meet her. He just formally extended his hand for a handshake and he moved on to meet other staff members.
Erica felt suffocated being in the same room as him, she felt difficulty in breathing so she left the conference room and went to her cabin.
She gulped a bottle of water as soon as she reached her office cabin to calm her fast beating heart, she couldn't believe she just met Steve ford, her first crush and her first love.
She wished she would never meet him again in her life and was hopeful that she never would but even in her wildest dreams she didn't expect him to be her boss.
She could not erase the memories of her past, she could never forget the time she spent with him in their fours years of high school.
Till today there has not been a single day that she didn't think of him. She tried to move on in life and motivated herself to forget him, she even went on dates but she always ended up comparing them with Steve and at the end she used to get disappointed and therefore she used to end up going on the first date only and never went on a second date.