The sound of the alarm coming from my alarm clock was so loud, that I was forced to wake up from my deep sleep.
05.30.
It's still too early. But I have to get ready for a job interview this morning. A week ago I applied for a job through a site on the internet. I applied for a company that is engaged in the market place which is quite well known in the city of J. Not only in city J but this Snappay Group company is reportedly even among the five hundred best companies in the world. And reportedly also, the company only recruited five employees today. While the incoming CV is more than a thousand applicants. However, only 10 people received work calls today and that includes me--Silia Anastasya.
I was getting ready in my work clothes when a text message notification from my cell phone caught my attention. I looked at the screen immediately.
Father...
From Father :
'Silia, how are you?'
My eyeballs suddenly heated up, and I suddenly felt short of breath. After all, it's been five years. But that short message managed to make my chest rumble. My eyes closed for a moment, I took a deep breath, then I typed a reply message.
To Dad:
'I'm fine. Don't worry about me.'
Enough, I don't have much time left, I put my cell phone back into the sling bag that was hanging around my neck.
This is my first day of a job interview after graduating from college. Even though it's only been a few months since I graduated, and now I got this job call. This is really a stroke of luck. I don't want anything to disturb my mood. Especially the dark story that happened to me five years ago.
Where I feel abandoned, not considered, and excluded in my own family, since my father decided to remarry, I chose to leave the house, I felt that I did not get along with my stepbrothers inherited from my stepmother, Stuart, and Elena. They both seem hostile to me. I remember what Stuart once told me.
"I let my mother marry your father, but don't let anyone know that we are friends now," Stuart said it in a cold and intimidating tone, while Elena, the girl also seemed unconcerned. The girl who was the same age as I always spoke in a curt tone to me.
They, the mother and her two children, were so good at winning my father's heart, that I, as his biological son, was slowly being pushed aside.
But, it's been five years, and I'm not going to mourn those times anymore. I want to sail once again, to live my own life.
***
For about an hour on public transportation, I finally arrived in front of a skyscraper that stood firmly in front of me. Unmistakably, it was the Snappay Group corporate office building. There was a little sense of pride when I started to walk my feet into the lobby of the building. But that feeling slowly faded, and my guts suddenly shrunk, when I saw that many fashionable-looking women had already filled the waiting room.
The sense of pride that had perched for a while, has now turned into a sense of inferiority that makes me seem to have lost my comfort zone. Their office clothes look so fashionable, their faces also look beautiful with contemporary make-up. As for me? Ah... Better not to ask. My appearance is so ordinary, even very simple. I'm just wearing a loose white shirt combined with a black skirt below the knee. I think it's more like when I first entered college. For makeup, Ah... What's more, the predicate little girl seems to suit me. I just put a light powder on my face, and lip balm to keep my lips from drying out. Yes... It's that simple. And you know what? I have eyes. It emphasizes that I am far from being fashionable and also... beautiful. But what makes me a little confidence is, my brain. At least I graduated college with the best grades in my class.
"Oh, my water?" A female suitor shrieked as the water bottle she was holding accidentally fell to the floor. The water started to splash on the floor and he panicked.
I reflexively approached him. "Are you okay?" He looked at me then nodded slowly.
"No... I'm fine, but the floor?" His face looks regretful.
"Then just use my handkerchief, let's wipe it quickly before it's too late." The girl just stared at me. "Come on... it's okay before a lot of people come here and take a look." There happened to be only a few people in the room waiting for their turn to be interviewed, while the others chose to rest by eating out after the interview. And will be back when the announcement later.
"Thank you." His voice cracked a little, then smiled. Maybe he was touched. Or I don't know.
"Silia..."
I turned to the source of the voice. Someone appeared behind the door, asking me to enter the room because it was my turn to interview. A sudden feeling of nervousness overtook me. My feet even felt like they were planted, it was so hard to move them to the interview room.
It's okay... Cilia's spirit. Keep the spirit...
I convinced myself as I slowly stepped into a room.
Calm down... Cilia. Calm! I said again, the room was silent. An HRD was already seen waiting for me behind his desk. I nodded slowly to greet him, and he replied with a smile. My nervousness faded a little. It's not as bad as I thought, I thought. With determination, I began to walk and sit in front of him.
30 minutes passed me... and not only me. Waiting anxiously for the results of the announcement.
"Silia Anastasya, congratulations on your choice."
I could hardly believe my own ears when the voice echoed from behind the HRD room over the loudspeaker.
I could barely even stop myself from jumping for joy. But of course, I endure and I do it in my mind only. haha...
"Cilia..."
I turned to look for the source of the sound.
The girl I helped earlier waved and came closer to me. "You're Cilia right?" he asked enthusiastically. I nodded doubtfully. Slowly he reached out his hand.
"Congratulations, I have also been accepted to work here. Soon we will work in the same division. My name is Alya."
I was stunned for a moment, but the next second I shook his hand with joy.
"Pleased to meet you." We both smiled.
"Young Master Snapp..."
"Ah...there's young master Snapp..."
The boisterous voice suddenly sounded, distracting us, I was a little confused looking at the girls in this room suddenly noisy and hysterical. Who are they calling young master Snapp? Why does that name seem familiar to my ears?
Who?
A man with a flashy appearance just passed before my eyes. He looked so striking due to his near-perfect appearance, even when viewed from behind, his back seemed to radiate light. It turned out to be this man who grabbed the attention. My body seemed to freeze in place as the man turned his head and I could clearly see his face. I reflexively covered my own mouth with both hands, and my eyes widened. I really couldn't contain my surprise. Why should it be her? I thought.
"Wow . . . young master Snapp is very handsome, charming, and rich. He is dubbed a quality single." Alya who had been standing beside me was also hysterical. His shrill voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Do you know?" His eyes were wide staring at me, still, with his enthusiastic expression, he said. "In this Snappy Group, there are two unwritten rules? First, if young master Snapp says you are wrong, then you are guilty." I don't know, for a moment I was confused about how to react. I can only be silent and continue to listen. "In this office, never look for trouble with young master Snapp, or else there will be only one result. Death." This time I was suddenly dazed. But after that, I laughed as if I wanted to explore.
What's with that guy? In my entire life, this is the craziest rule I've ever heard.
To make trouble with him is to die.
Alya's words echoed in my head again. Makes me shudder a little, but at the same time feels funny. Heh... Seriously. I think this guy is really crazy. I don't think I want to stop swearing at him in my heart.
"Ehm... really? Thanks for telling me." I said disinterestedly. From the very beginning, I had no appetite to hear stories about this man.
But it seems that Alya is not satisfied with the flattering Snapp as high as the sky. And forced me to have to listen to all this ridiculous talk. Why should such an arrogant man be worshiped like a god?
"And I hear that young master Snapp's lovers are also many and beautiful to number as the stars in the sky." My eyes immediately bulged at him. I'm not surprised anymore about this one. But so that Alya thought I was in awe of the man.
"Then . . . do you think? Is it possible that young master Snapp will change his taste, like an ordinary girl?" He chirps again. This time the girl managed to make me think too. Just hearing his name, actually, I'm very lazy. Ah... Error, but very... Very... Very lazy. Because it would evoke unpleasant memories of five years ago with that man.
So I can only draw conclusions from the hypothesis made by Alya. That Snapp is the embodiment of the authoritarian Boss, Arbitrary, as well as Playboy.
Gosh... is the world really this small? He shouldn't remember me any more right? I hope that in the future I will never see him again.
Continued.