'I'm going to hire new employees. You must fire the following people.'
The message came from A. Firestorm. She knew it was Aiden Firestorm. He was firing people already on his second day as CEO; she had the feeling it was just a test for her.
"....pop...."
'Andrew Forest, Willim Smith, and Kiara Lennox. I will attach a document describing the reason for this decision. You have a week.'
June put his glasses on and read it again. It was a test, she knew it. Andrew and William were in fact not the best employees, they were lazy and naive. However, Kiara was a hard worker, she didn't have much experience, but she tried her best.
A document from A. Firestorm showed in her email.
"Pop..."
'I'm warning you.... no one should come crying to my office.'
Aiden was blunt even on messages. She took out her phone from a purse, placed the purse on the table and wrote down a quick message on her phone. Then, she read the document, stretched her fingers and started to write down emails.
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"June, let's go out tonight! We are having a girl's night today", said April, a girl with blond hair and blue eyes.
June chewed her food in averse, she holded her cheek with one hand and the fork with the other. April worked for the communication department along with Mr. Blake. Just like June, April was seen at meetings and social events, they spent most of their time out of the office.
"I can't." June took a sip of his orange juice.
"Why not? And.... Can you explain why you're having lunch this late?" April holded his cup of coffee in the air.
"Blame the new CEO. He barely lets me breathe!"
April pushed her head backwards, laughing. "Aiden Firestorm is a mystery at the company."
June nodded in agreement. Aiden Firestorm and his sister, Lisa Firestorm joined the social events, and hid in their office, for that reason not many people knew their faces. On the other hand, Elian and his father showed their faces at the company from time to time.
"I think he is handsome!" April placed her cup on the table.
"...."
June kept chewing her food. She felt her own nose frown but she refrained from doing it.
"You didn't answer my question. Why can you go out tonight?" April stole a french frie from her dish and took a bite.
"I'm going out with Marcus...." June placed her fork down and cleaned her mouth with a napkin.
Her friend stared at her, not happy. June expected such aptitude, April didn't approve of Marcus, nor did her other best friend.
"June. Marcus, not for you...." The girl crossed her arms around her body.
June bite her lip. April treated her like a child just because she was four years older than she.
"I don't know..." she shrugged.
She knew April was right. Marcus got every single girl's attention, he had a handsome face, and easy going personality. June had fallen onto his trap in one of the social events held by the chairman. His green eyes had been her weakness.
"I give up!" April clapped one time.
"I'll be fine…..." June reassured her with a smile.
They left the restaurant and got back to their office. June hadn't worked inside a building for a long time. She had to schedule Aiden's agenda, arrange some meetings, and plan the next social event to introduce the new chairman and the CEO to the public eye.
The day came to an end in no time. She left the office in a hurry. Water drops fell from the sky when she left the building. She texted Marcus; they had arranged to meet after work. She waited for an answer, the building was closing so she had to wait under the rain.
She looked at her phone. No answer... A bad feeling crossed her chest. She held her umbrella, and hugged herself, her beautiful suit would get dirty from the rain. She waited for a long time until she received an answer.
"Pop…..."
'Sorry, I won't make it.'
June felt sick. She squeezed the handle of the umbrella and almost tossed her phone on the floor. It was his last chance, he had stood her up twice already.
'Marcus the stupid play boy..….' She hit the ground with her feet, she felt furious.
June couldn't move from her place, she felt several emotions running down her spine. The rain hit her umbrella as if it was also angry. June lifted her head towards the sky, and when she looked down a fancy car stopped not far from her. The car reminded her of Marcus, she made a pouting face.
She worried when the car didn't move. 'Could it be Marcus?'
The car door opened. She froze. Deep inside she wished it was Marcus. Her mouth dropped; Aiden Firestorm got out from the car holding a black umbrella. She saw him walk towards her in slow motion.
"What are you doing here?" he shouted to be heard under the strong rain.
"...."
Aiden raised his eyebrows. "Do you intend to catch a cold?"
"No..."
"Where are you heading?"
"Firestorm 's residential."
Aiden seemed confused at her words. "How…...? he shook his head, "Never mind. Get in the car…..."
June blinked several times. She saw Aiden walk back to his car. She came back to earth and jumped from her place, then she ran behind him, approached the door and sat in the front seat.