I tried to remain steady. Not again would I let them do something crazy to me. If she thought she would ruin me, then maybe she had to know that that wouldn't be possible.
"You don't have the right to cancel the offer," I said. Though I was quite fearful and hurt, I managed to put on a bold look.
"Why? I'm a representative of the company, which means I can decide on whether or not this continues," Becca clarified.
"Please, you can't just end this offer." Seth sighed hard. "I understand you're angry cause she's being rude, but that shouldn't stop us from working together. We can sort things out."
"I'm not gonna let you cancel this offer," I stated, taking a step closer to her. She still scowled so, so hard. "Cause, your job isn't to do that. You're only supposed to represent the company. Nothing else."
"How about we talk things out?" Seth suggested to her, yet fa
Louella••••••••••"Oh my gosh!" Erin exclaimed, sprang from her seat, threw her arms up, doing some sort of crayfish dance. "Can't believe this! She'll be here in only a few minutes."My elbow was on the table, my chin in my palm. I shook my head at her, not knowing what to say to her. Rather, I would say she was being dramatic. Seeing Lina didn't feel so much like a big deal, so why was she this excited?Lina was one of our close friends. In particular, she was Erin's friend. I would admit, I didn't see anything so great about being friends with her, so I was truly never so close with her. Yes, we were close, but not as close as Erin and me."When you're done, we'll continue our work." I sat straight, concentrated on the laptop in front of me. "I'll be off to GSF soon. So, don't let your weirdness take so long to come to an end."
I was overwhelmed.A week had passed, yet all I had been planning wasn't reflecting. In only one week, I had lost two offers. I didn't know what was happening, but it kind of seemed like someone was plotting against me. Who else could that be, other than Becca and Jan?I wasn't sure if they were the ones that were really behind this problem, but all I knew was, I would never give up. Giving up was never a solution, but a pain."Ms. Warren, do you think we should try working with another Asian company? I heard Singapore is a very good place for doing businesses," Rachel suggested.I slammed my laptop shut, hunched out a shaky breath. "I'm so confused. Why is this happening? And, if we aren't careful, in a few months from now, our company will run at loss.""What about your offer with GSF? Any help from that?" She asked, evidently worried.
Seth••••••I was so shocked to see Louella bleeding. I had been waiting in my car, waiting for Mom, feeling upset about the fact my lost mom had been coming to see me stealthily. When I had seen this car moving roughly, I had fretted a bit, knowing fully well that the car would have an accident. To my surprise, it was Louella who was in the car.She had passed out already. I didn't even know how to react, cause I was quite shaken. Because I knew I had to do something as soon as possible, I held her arm, shoved her into my arms. Was I to call the police or what?She gasped, still awake a little. "Mom, are you fine?" For some reason, she squeezed her face like she wanted to cry. "Don't worry, the cold won't kill us. We'll be fine. The sun will rise in the morning."I wrinkled my face, so confused. Had she gotten a menta
Leo and Neo put their eyes down as I threw glowers at them. If they had been more careful, I wouldn't have had an accident. Also, I wouldn't have been helped by someone like Seth. Only because of that one thing Seth had done for me, I got teased by him while we had been working together at his office."I could've died!" I snarled."We're so sorry," Neo apologized for the one hundredth time."You both should leave here now. If this happens next time, I'll slaughter your heads, and send it to an abattoir."Erin shook her head at me. "Calm down, okay?""Leave now," I ordered. Saying that, they both turned around, left here.Immediately they shut the door behind them, someone knocked. I rolled my eyes before asking the person to come in. Seeing the police, I stood up, walked to them even before they reached me."
I was so perplexed. What if he was truly my brother? Mom was hugging him passionately, smiling between. Had mom also had another child? When? How? Where? Gosh, what was this?!"I missed you," he said."I missed you too."I gawked. "Mom, what's going on? How do you—""Oh, Louella." They both pulled away from their hug. Seth stood beside mom, pulled his arm over her shoulder, kind of smirked at me. "You don't know him. This is Seth. He's the boy who I used to take care of. I was his nanny.""His nanny? This man?" I gawked harder.She smiled. "Yes, dear. Do you know him?"I nodded. "This cruel man. Yes, I know him! But, I don't want you to know him. He's a crazy person."She chuckled, and took his hand. "Well…" She pulled him closer, walked closer. "He's a good boy to me. Since I was coming, I to
Rachel who had forced me to come out here with Seth, wasn't even here. Halfway here, her mom had called her over the phone, saying she was sick. Rachel had been so worried, so I had asked her to leave to go and meet her mom.I glimpsed at Seth. To be honest, I had a great feeling this man wanted something from me. Some of his workers had informed me that the great Seth Lee never did anything without gaining from it. Did he really wanna… hookup? If that was it, he had to know he was only daydreaming."Am I that cute?" He smiled. Oops, I hadn't known I had been staring at him.I looked away, but my eyes caught him gazing at me from the rear-view mirror. Shit, he would have seen me staring at him."Cute my butt," I choked out."Well, if you don't say the truth, I'll tell you the truth." There he went. Babbling. "To me, you're cute."
Debating with myself for a while, I turned to Louella. She looked as shocked as I was. It took her a while to observe what was going on, and in a few seconds, she began throwing scowls at me. I gulped. I wasn't uneasy because of her threatening look, I was this way because this was all about my reputation.Speaking of reputation, after the day I had told the social media that Louella and I weren't a couple, they had begun gossiping that they had a strong feeling I was being a bad dude to her, which was maybe the reason she denied our relationship. If she had to reject this fake proposal, their gossip would seem like the truth. They would really think she had rejected my proposal because I was a really bad person to be with.With a blink of my eyes, I gestured that she should take the ring from me. That was supposed to be more like a plea, but it only made her frown even more.I almost pouted, nodding gently.
I shook my head crazily, really confused. "No, no, no. That can't be possible. This rumor is fake. We can't be tagged as a couple.""Don't know how it happened." She shrugged. She walked to my kitchen counter, kept her purse on it. Taking a glass, she got herself an orange drink from the fridge, sat on one of the high stools by the counter. "But ma'am, I think it's a nice idea. We should use this as an opportunity to begin working with them.""No." I sipped from my coffee, sighed cause I enjoyed its nice taste. "You know I don't like using stuff like that to achieve my aim. I'm an independent woman. Using our fake relationship as an opportunity to get the offer, isn't nice. And, if Seth knows about it, he'll tease me.""Ms. Warren." She dropped her glass on the counter, walked to me, her face wrinkled like a pitiful puppy. I'd say she was being dramatic. "Please, go with Seth. It's not like you're taking advantage of the