The moment she left the office, Ryu felt a stinging pain gripping him tightly. He instantly began to regret why he broke the news to her. He had no idea of what he was thinking anymore aside from the thought that he shouldn't have told her. He wished he could just take back what he said and gently smooch her in his arm to comfort her that at least she got to work as his PA but too bad, the deed had been done and there was no going back.
In the middle of his thought, his door was opened ajar and and his PA walked in with some documents that needed his audience. He immediately sat upright after receiving the files and decided to drift his mind off her. He then looked up and said
"Tell the HR manager to finalize the qualified applicants to their various offices and send an email of their resume to them. Also tell him to appoint miss mina as the new PA Asap and tell him to send her resume also via email. Okay?" - Ryu
"Yes sir" He said " Anything else?" He added
"Hmmm, yes. When you are done, please make sure you send the documents finalizing the deal between KB financials and ours. I need to review it before the meeting tomorrow" Ryu said, his fingers moving in sync on the keyboard.
" Yes sir, If that's all then I will be on my way now" he replied and got out of the office.
Ryu heaved a sigh of relief once he was done with the review and held his head in his palm " why do I care? This girl is something else" He mumured and relax swiftly on his chair.
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As soon as mina left his office, she ran as fast as she could out of the company with all eyes fixed on her. The receptionist saw her eyes all red like she had been crying for eternity. The only thought that occupied their mind was "she had lost the job" and they all couldn't help but feel sorry for her.She immediately hailed a taxi and left with tears swimming nonstop from her eyes.
After a couple of minuites, she reached home and stumbled into her apartment. She was feeling rejected and sad. Her, losing the job was a big hit on her that a sudden wave of being a failure cracked her hard. She felt hurt and kept mumbling.
"I should have known, I am a failure. A failure!" She mumbled and started another phase of tears.
"Why me? Oh God! Why me?"she kept crying and picked up her phone to call the only one person who could keep her company
"I lost Lora. I lost once again" And that was it, the phone fell from her hand and she slumped down utterly displeased.
"What?.okay ...okay. I am coming over now. Don't do anything stupid" Lora said with a shaky voice and disconnected the call. Mina recomposed herself and stumbled to the kitchen to fuel her tummy which had been grumbling since she came back.
She let out a soft wail and started sobbing once again
After Lora disconnected the call, she immediately wore her signature wears and dashed out of the house wondering how her best friend must have felt.
She directly went to her house and found the entrance of the door opened ajar.
"What did she do this time? Oh Lord " she mumbled with fear of her best friend hurting herself like the past times. She quickly scooped into the living room but found no glimpse of her. Also getting to the bedroom, she still couldn't find a glimpse of her. She screamed her name and wondered where she could have gone to reveal her madness.
It then occurred to her to check the kitchen. She immediately ran towards the direction and found her friend lying unconscious on the ground.
" Mina! Mina! Mina!" She dashed towards her and sprinkled some water over her face. Mina fluttered her eyes open as soon as the felt her best friend touch
"Lora, is that you?" She asked in a low voice as soon as she opened her eyes
"Yes mina. What is wrong? Why are you doing this to yourself?" She asked getting all restless
"I lost the job Lora. I lost once again" she repeated and yet burst into another chapter of tears.
"That's enough mina. Stop hurting yourself and get yourself together then we would figure out what's next okay?"- Lora
"But how? I am a failure Lora. Why is all this happening to me?" She sniffed
"I can't say but just have it in mind that you are neither a failure nor a loser okay? and don't blame yourself because everything happens the way God wants it to happen" Lora said and pulled her into a tight hug
After getting a hold of herself, Lora walked mina to the living room and helped her sit on the sofa. Mina kept wondering why there was not always a positive result coming out from any of the jobs she applied for. For what seems like eternity they both kept wandering in their trail of thought.
Lora then decided to break the silence vibe
"So tell me mina, what did the CEO particularly said" she asked mina
"He said I was not qualified to work in the engineering department" she replied and rested her head on the armrest of the sofa
"Only that? Or he said another word?" She asked
"Hmmm, when he saw how I reacted, he later said that the HR would get back to me" she answered to which Lora rolled her eyes to
"Then you have to wait baby girl. Let's have faith okay?. So now let's have something to eat and get to bed. I am gonna sleep here tonight" she said to which both of them giggled to and went to prepare supper before.
Then soon after, they both did the dishes and turned in to bed hoping for a better tomorrow.