THE CONTRACTED MARRIAGE

CHAPTER FIVE: Finally Got a Job I Think.

I answered the call, “ Hello ” I asked, “ Uhm, Hello, is this Nichole fisher I’m speaking with ”,

the person on the other asked, “ Yes, I am Nichole fisher”, I answered, what could this be about, I

wondered, 'Well, I am from the JBC, I was told to inform you that Mr. Wong would like to see you at his office Monday morning by 8:00 am', , " ok, I’ll be there, thank you", I replied joyfully, 'No problem, bye',

she replied and hanged up.

Oh my gosh, I really really need this job, please grant me my wish.

I stood up brushed my teeth, and also brushed my hair, still a little anxious, I came out of my

room still wearing my P.J’s.

* * * * Downstairs * * * *

" Good morning Mum, Morning dad ( turns to Luke and Mark) Luke, Mark", I said happily, '

Guess who’s In a good mood today', dad said smiling, " Well, since you guys noticed, I might as well just

tell you", I paused, " Soooo, go on", Mark said curiously, "ok, ok, I GOT A JOB", I answered loudly, 'Whoa,

that’s good news indeed sis ', Luke cheered, " well, I think I got the job, because they invited me meet

with them tomorrow ", I said slowly, ' Well, that two weeks wait was not for nothing', Mom said also

smiling, " What are we waiting for, let’s celebrate", Luke shouted in excitement, while walking towards

the fridge to bring out dad’s wine, ' Let’s part.., 'Luke!! Celebrate (dad cuts in), 'Oh, yeah, lets c-e-l-e￾brate…. whoo', he added while popping the Champaign, ' Mark, go get us some cups', mom told mark,

'on it mom', mark replied.

We all drank a lot of Champaign, but since it was nonalcoholic, we didn’t get drunk. So we spent the rest of our morning watching TV.

* * * * Monday Morning * * * *

* * * * Narrator’s POV * * * *

Nichole woke up with a smile on her face and joy in her heart, she breezed through all her

morning dishes, moping the floor was nothing at all for her, still singing a song, she went back upstairs into her room and to the bathroom, where she took a nice, long, hot shower, after all for the first time in a while, she had the time to.

She gingerly walked out of the bathroom, after her nice, hot, long, shower covered in a blue towel.

She walked into her closet, taking her time to pick a dress to wear, she went through her whole

closet in search for “That perfect Dress”, and before long, and she found it. It was a white long sleeved

shirt, with an ash skirt, she also wore black high heels to compliment her dress, when she was done

dressing up, she walked up to her bed, picked up her phone and checked the time on it.

Seeing that it was 7:00 am, she went downstairs to have a proper breakfast.

* * * * Downstairs * * * *

* * * * Nichole’s POV * * * *

I walked to the living room, expecting to see my parents and brothers having breakfast, but it turned out they were all still fast asleep, " I might as well make my own breakfast", I thought to myself.

I walked to the kitchen and carried a bowl along with a cereal box and some milk from the fridge.

As I ate my breakfast, I thought of was I was going to say, “Hi Mr. Wong", no that won’t do I said

to myself, " Hello Mr. Wong, I came…", ughhh, that won’t do either, practicing with no success, I checked

my phone and saw that it was 7:29 am, " Already?", I said to myself, now dropping my spoon back in

the bowl as I headed for the door, " I hope, this all works out for me", I said to myself while opening and

closing the door gently.

* * * * Narrator’s POV * * * *

She hails a taxi, and gets in, the taxi takes drops her at the entrance of the JBC.

After settling the taxi fair, she walks in, "Hi ", Nichole greeted, , 'Hey', the receptionist replied,

' what can I do for you', she added, " No nothing", Nichole said, " You’re not the receptionist I met two

weeks ago", Nichole added, ' yeah, we work on shifts, receptionist you saw two weeks ago was on her

shift', she answered, ' she works Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while work on Mondays, Thursdays

and Saturdays ', she answered.

" oh, okay, bye", Nichole said as she headed for the elevator, , ' uhm, miss, wait, what are you

here for pardon me prying', she said curiously, " No there is no problem, I’m here to meet Mr. Wong",

Nichole replied, ' sorry, Mr. Wong is not in now, he had an impromptu meeting outside the company',

she said, with every word hitting hard on Nichole, each weighing like a brick, " Oh no, what am I

supposed to do now", she thought in complete agony, ' well, do you have an appointment with him', she

asked, " yes I do, or at least I did", Nichole replied, in a worrisome tone, ' well, in that case, you can meet

his secretary', the receptionist replied, now shining a ray of hope into Nichole’s heart, " Oh my, yes,

thank you so much", Nichole replied, as she was about to go, ' her office is on the…', "( Nichole cuts in)

the floor, I know", she said, stopping for a while, " oh, I’m sorry if I was rude just now, it’s just that I’m so

excited", she said with even more excitement than before, ' no problem, I get it', she said, ' Good luck',

she added, " thank you again ", Nichole said, as she walked to the elevator.

Nichole gets in the elevator, but this time she was more careful to press the right floor

number, unlike what happened before, soon after, she arrived at the 9th floor and meets Mr. wongs

secretary sitting at her desk.

She walks up to her, “Hi, I was called here, concerning my interview for the job", Nichole

says politely, ' oh, yeah, you, ok, just give me one minute,’ she says, ' uhm would you mind waiting over

there ( points to a chair opposite her desk)', she added, and puts a quick call through her boss.

Minutes later she calls Nichole over, ' uhm, miss', she said, " (raising her head up), yeah",

Nichole responded, ' my boss has ordered me to give you the job', she said, smiling, " Oh my,” she

responded as she screams in excitement while jumping.

Just before she could be sobered up by the secretary, she sees the elevator door open, and

coming out is a modern day Greek god in a black suit accompanied by two huge men, " they had to be

for protection ", she thought, " I mean who wouldn’t want to protect that", she thought, now smiling,

she was the point of drooling, looking at his perfectly styled black silky hair, his clear ocean blue eyes-so

deep that a girl could get lost in, and his pink lips, his beautiful, yet expensive suit-she could tell by the intricate design on it, " there has to be some ravaging Abs in there", she thought, now smiling even

harder-so hard the she looked like the joker, as her heart melted instantly, everything was in slow

motion, more like in a loop from the time he walked out the elevator, reality came back knocking when

he was approaching them.

As he got closer, and closer, her heart beat grew faster and faster, it hit some seconds later,

that he looked familiar, a little too familiar. But she was too into watching as every step he took got him

an inch closer-she forgot her thoughts.

'Hey', he said snapping his fingers at the secretary who was now scared, ' Yes sir ', the

secretary replied now trembling, WAIT!!!! It hit Nichole Again, “YOU!!!” she said in shock, But the guy

paying no attention to her, ' what is she doing here', he asked the secretary with a stern voice, ' sh...she

applied for a job here sir', she said stammering, ' Has she gotten it', he asked further, " O-M-G, is he

trying to help me", Nichole says to herself-with her smile growing wider and wider by each thought,

surely if he helped her, it means that he likes her right? WRONG.

‘Yes’, the secretary replies, “YES!!! This is it", Nichole thinks to herself.

'FIRE HER, NOW', He says with the look of a brick wall.

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