Not Again
1078 Words
Ariel.
I don’t know what scared me more, was it the look on Mr Maxwell's face that said he could devour me alive, or the fact that I let my goddamn pride lose a simple opportunity.
I was still standing and my feet were beginning to hurt. Everyone had left the board room, without saying a word. Leaving just myself and Mr Maxwell.
“Go home!” He said calmly and I didn’t know if he meant it. If I should push further
“But-“
“Go home!” He said again, his eyes still staring at the bottle of water by his side, and I know if he could, he would have bore a hole through the bottle.
“But sir I know how these things work, she’s going to take the deal” I say, my voice shaking….
“I said a little over a billion dollars Elaine! And you went with 500million? What did you think you were doing? You think you know how this operation works huh? You think this is a perfume shop?” He says, his eyes are blood cold, holding not even a tiny of care, just pure anger
“I’m sorry sir, but I assure you… it’s a strategy to get them to play by your game and I know they would accept the offer, please just believe me” I say, not knowing where or how the boldness came.
“You better be right Elaine, you better be right!” I says, standing up and walking away.
I stand in the board room and push back the tears that had threatened to fall.
It was my first day, I hope I’m right, I hope it doesn’t go down the drain. I’ll be fired before I even got a chance to earn a dollar
“Ma’am, Mr Nicholas sends for you” my assistant walks in and says.
I nod my head and she leaves while I walk lazily behind her.
I head to Nicholas office, too sad to even take in his office decor.
“So what happened Elaine? I’m intrigued! Five hundred million? What do you think they are? A charity case?” Nicholas asks, with no filter whatsoever
“It’s a marketing strategy sir, I was only doing what I thought was best” I say, my head bowed, my eyes glued to the floor
“And when did you know or when were you in the right fit to dictate what is right and wrong for this company? Huh? When did you start working here, want it like two seconds ago?” He says, but my eyes are still glued to the floor, his voice is calm but I can’t tell what his face says “look at me when I speak Ariel!” He orders, causing my face to shoot up and my eyes staring into his.
“I’m sorry!” I mutter
“Leave!” He orders.
I walk into my office, preparing myself for the next meeting, even though it was clear as hell that I was told to go home.
I don’t know what I was thinking, but I knew that I needed to trust my gut and if I trusted my gut, then maybe we would win over El Viom company and I could keep my job
“I told you not to put her in Maxwell, but you just never listen, she’s been here for barely twenty four hours and you gave her one of our best shots to work on?” Nicholas, the voice I recognized so well said, a tinge of bitterness was not left behind.
“I should have listened!” I heard Maxwell say
Nicholas was Maxwells personal driver, but I never understood his place in this company that made him able to question Maxwell or even sit at the board meeting.
The voices are barely audible and that tells me that they’re in the office, still maybe contemplating on letting me keep my job.
I decide to reply a text from James who had refused to stop texting me non stop.
“So how’s the work?” Was the last message he sent
“It could’ve gone better!” I replied.
My office door opens to see Mrs El Viom. And I don’t know if I should be scared or happy.
“Hello ma” I greet politely
“Five hundred million dollars is a lot you know, yes it could pay my debts and I’ll have something for myself but I know damn well that you could offer more than that” She smirks, making herself comfortable and I wonder how she even got in
“Five hundred million is all this company can offer ma’am, and I bet you that no company would offer you this much. So why don’t you take it?”
“Oh I would take it, my son didn’t want me to take it but I’m here ain’t I?” She says
“So do you have a proposal?” I ask, wondering why she was talking to me
“How about I hire you, I have some company’s that your marketability skills would be able to enhance, that’s why I’m here”
“Well ma’am, I would love to, but occasionally” I say, making an ultimatum
“That’s fine with me, where do you need my signatures on?” She asks
“Here” I say, dancing in my head as I turn the paperwork to her and she signs them.
“There is that, may I have your card?” She asks
“Oh! I don’t have one yet, but here’s my number” I say, tearing a piece of paper from a small book kept because me and scribbling on it.
“Here you go ma’am. It was nice” I smiled.
She walks out of my office and I follow behind her
I walk towards Mr Maxwell’s office, smiling and place a soft knock
“Come in” his voice says, a little calmer than before
He gives me a disgusted look when I walked in, and I know I earned it, so I don’t think much of it.
“You sure have some damn nerves Elaine, don’t you think so?”
“Well sir, I-
“The files in your bad better be a signed paperwork of the El Viom company” he interrupts
“Oh yes it is” I smile.
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