STEFAN’S POV
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“Excuse me sir, did you just say I should hire her? They have not compared her to anyone yet.” My secretary said, bulging his eyes out.
“Inform those who are applying for the same position as hers, that we have found someone for the job.” I instructed him as I kept looking at Jana.
“Alright sir.” My secretary said as he made to leave.
“Wait. What position is she applying for?” I asked, out of curiosity.
“A fashion designer and we have only one slot left.” He replied, respectfully.
“Alright. You can leave.”
I took a last look at her and then went back to my office. I was overjoyed, fate had brought back Jane to me and there was hope for me to get her back. Then I picked up the landline, then called my secretary.
“Inform her that she is to start work, tomorrow.”
“Alright, sir.”
Then I hung up and crossed my legs, then played music. This was the first best day I have ever had since I came to the human world.
JANA’S POV
I woke up feeling ready to try out Stefan’s Design Company. I hoped that I would be able to get a job as a fashion designer, there, because it was a very good company that paid their workers well. Even their name paves way for anyone.
As I thought of Stefan’s Design company, I remembered the pervert that hugged me out of the blue, yesterday. His name was also Stefan.
“Ugh! Why did his name have to be Stefan.” I rolled my eyes as I stood up.
I was on a call yesterday and was informed that I was not given the job, so I just had a bad day all through. If I do not get a job at Stefan’s Design Company, I could kill myself, because I was just so tired of everything.
I went to the bathroom to have my bath and when I got downstairs, I made myself three slices of toast.
Things were becoming hard for me and I needed to pay a few bills, in which one of them was the house I live in.
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I was at the waiting room when I was called in to the interview room. My heart raced and I hoped to answer their questions right.
“What’s your name?” The interviewer asked as she checked my details.
“I am Melissa Lane.”
“And you are applying for what post?”
“I am applying for the post of a fashion designer.” I replied, trying not to sound intimidated.
“Well, from what I have seen in your file, you have never worked officially in a company before, and you learned by yourself. Your work which I am seeing here, doesn’t look like one which suits the taste of our company. I mean, it is a good work, but it still doesn’t suit what we are looking for.”
As I heard that, my heart broke and I didn’t know what to say. This was my only hope and I was rejected outrightly.
“So…” She was interrupted by someone who spoke into her ears, then the person left.
Then she cleared her throat before she spoke.
“Well, there could still be room for improvement and I hope you improve even after we hire you.”
“Yes, yes, I will.” I said, excitedly, hoping that she meant they were truly going to hire me.
“Good. Congratulations, Miss Melissa, you are hired.”
“Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much. I will do my very best.” I thanked her, with tears almost rolling down my cheeks.
“It’s all thanks to the higher-ups who took interest in your work. But you have to start tomorrow.” She said, with a slight smile on her face.
“Certainly, I will.” I responded, feeling overjoyed.
After the interview, I went home in a bright mood. Now it was certain that I would be able to pay my bills. I brought out my laptop and started working on one of my designs to improve it. It took me up to four hours before I was able to complete it.
“Now, it looks much better.” I said to myself as I stretched.
Then my phone rang, it was my friend, Layla.
“Hey Layla.”
“Hi love. I just called to check in.”
“Thank you so much. Anyways, you called at a good time.” I said, excited to tell her the good news.
“Hit me on it.”
“I finally got a job and it is at one of the best fashion designing companies. Guess which company it is.”
“Uhm… I am really bad at guessing, you know.”
“Well, it is Stefan Design Company!” I said, then laughed happily.
“Whoa! Are you for real? Oh, my goodness. How did it happen? We have to celebrate this, tonight.” She said, with a tone of excitement.
“Alright.”
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At night, Layla came over to my house with beer and chicken.
“This is to celebrate your win, my dear.” Layla said, with a smile on her face.
“Yaaay. I really thought that they were going to turn me down, because of the way she was speaking at first, but then she said there was room for improvement and I should thank the higher-ups.” I said as I sipped my beer.
“Whoa… Really? Higher-ups? How did your work get to them so fast?” She asked, bulging her eyes.
“I don’t know, but I am so happy that things went right for me, today.” I said as I started chewing on my chicken.
“You are so lucky, my friend. Well, this is a new beginning, enjoy the opportunity.”
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The chicken and beer I had with Layla, summed up my day and I found it hard to sleep. I kept thinking of how it would feel like to work in Stefan’s Design Company, until I fell asleep.
The next day, I made sure I got to work early and then I walked into our office and saw my colleagues who were up to five.
“Hello everyone, I am Melissa and I am the new recruit.” I greeted everyone with a bright smile on my face.
I was ready to start a bright journey in this company.
JANA’S POV“Hello everyone, I am Melissa and I am the new recruit.” I greeted everyone with a bright smile on my face.“You are welcome. I am Dana, the head of this team. We have Alicia, Edward, Corey and Britney who are a part of this team.” Dana introduced them to me and they all came to me to give me a handshake. “So, I am certain you know your work as a fashion designer and that is the same thing we do here, but we have to make sure that we stand out, so that we can beat the other team. And then we would be able to get recognition and be trusted more for trendy outfits, okay?” Dana explained, briefly as she put her hands on her waist.Looking at her, I could tell her that she had a good fashion sense, even if it was not one that made people think she is gifted or sort, but I admired her and the way she spoke. Being in one of the best companies and meeting cool colleagues, got me stoked.“Alicia and Edward are in charge of street wears, and with your portfolio, I can see that you
JANA’S POV.“Who is there?” I asked, with my eyes, looking around in fear.“Sorry, did I scare you?” It was the pervert CEO who had appeared in the restroom with me.“What are you doing here?” I asked as I held myself tight.“I’m not here to hurt you.” He said, looking like he was concerned.“You are in the female’s restroom!” I shouted as I reached the end of the restroom.Then he looked around like he knew nothing about where he was. “Oh, my goodness. I’m sorry.” He apologized, then left the restroom.My heart was still racing and I was clueless on what to do. Was he really a pervert? Why is it me he has his eyes on? I left the restroom and walked quickly to the office where I met the others, waiting for me.“Uhm… Sorry I took time.” I apologized, with my hands, shaking as I picked up my bag.“It’s fine.” Britney said, with a smile on her face and then, she hung her hand around my shoulders.Edward had a car, so we all hopped in and he drove us to the restaurant.~“Cheers!” Ever
STEFAN'S POV.I knew this was going to be a problem, if I let her go with this information. Then I picked her up and she was shivering, in fear.Then I held her tight.“You saw none of my werewolf powers. You only saw how I fought with him with good skills and then he got knocked out.” I said, using my vampire powers to hypnotize her. Then I knocked her out and then lodged her in a hotel room and went back to my house. I removed my tie and sat on the couch, staring into blank space and the first thought that came to my mind was Jana. I needed to be in her life and it just seemed that every way I tried to come closer, was wrong to her.~MELISSA’S POVThe next day, I went to work, ready to take on my project. As I got to work, I greeted everyone, with a smile, and before I could have my seat. That same man who addressed us before the CEO, walked in.“Miss Melissa?” He called my name, then walked out.I looked at my colleagues, then followed the secretary.‘Sorry if you may have found
MELISSA’S POV.“Melissa! Melissa!” I could hear my name, being called, but it wasn’t loud. My eyes began to open little by little. Had I fainted?Edward picked me up gently and I staggered a bit, but he was there to hold me tight. He held me tight and then I rubbed my eyes and opened it, only to find him looking at me, with worry.“Are you sure you are fine? Come, let’s get to the clinic.” He said, with worry, written all over his face.“I’m…I’m fine. I…I can walk on my own.” I said as I tried to walk on my own, but staggered back into his arms.“You see? I do not think you are fine. Let’s get you to the clinic.” Edward said, then drove me to the clinic.~“You are fine. You probably just need rest.” The nurse said, with a smile.I couldn’t explain what had happened to me, neither did I understand what happened. But why did I pass out over that? Something seemed fishy, but I guess I really needed rest just as the nurse said.While Edward was driving me back home, I looked at him. He
MELISSA'S POVI got to the restaurant and I saw Layla looking around like she expected that I ought to have been there, since a while ago."Melissa. You came in late, why is that?" She asked, staring at me suspiciously."That wasn't intentional, so stop giving me that expression. You won't believe what just happened.""What just happened?" She asked, inquisitively."Well, I bumped into this pride filled woman at the entrance and she said I scratched her bag, which was a limited edition and then she asked me to pay the money back." I explained as I sipped my drink, still not believing that the woman had placed a debt on me that easy."O.M.G. Those kind of people are really bad luck. What then happened?""Surprisingly, the CEO threatened her never to treat his employees, lowly anymore except she is done having a business with him." I added, with a smile on my face."Oh, my goodness. That's so cool. Mr. Stefan is really a cool man. If he can fight for his employees, how much more his wom
STEFAN’S POVSeeing as she left in such a hurry, was disturbing. It didn’t seem like good news either. I dropped my fork and took up my suit and headed towards my car as fast as I could, so I wouldn’t lose track of her.Thankfully, I caught sight of her. She was running to wherever she was going to and I just followed her slowly at the back. A few minutes later, she got to her destination, I presume. Everywhere looked scattered, it looks like they had thrown her friend’s belongings away, then I used my wolf ears to eavesdrop, which I knew was wrong, but this was Melissa’s case. I am always more than interested on her case.“Oh, my goodness. How could she do this at night?” She gasped, with her hands, covering her mouth.~I watched as they conversed regarding the house issues until she went into her house, angrily. So, it was her, owing house rent, afterall. I drove off, back to my house and thought of what to do. There was no way I could give her landlady the money, because word woul
MELISSA’S POV“What is going on? How is this missing? What am I going to do now?” I said to myself, with tears, filling my eyes up.I sat down, feeling depressed. It was one of the personal projects I have worked on that made me happy and even Stefan had encouraged me to put it up. Just when I decided to, I can’t find my clothes now. I knew I had lost the chance, so I accepted my fate and went back to the event.“Wow, the competition is quite tough. Both the teams have put up their best and it is hard to choose, but I feel there is still one more cloth that Team A hasn’t shown us. That could help us to decide finally.” Stefan said, searching for me and at that moment, I felt like covering my face.What was I going to say? Dana would think I had told him about the cloth, behind her back, probably for favoritism and when he finds out that I can’t find it, he might think that I was only looking for an excuse, but that isn’t a problem. He had already increased my interest in putting up m
STEFAN’S POVI was glad that Melissa had won the show off event. I was going to use the time we would spend together, to know more about ourselves. I stayed at the balcony and watched the quiet street.Where would be best to plan for our outing, I needed to find a place that would make her feel comfortable with me and I needed her to remember who she was. Every day, I could feel the mate bond between us and it made my patience, become thin and thin that I really want to have her as soon as possible.I remembered how bright her smile was, when I congratulated her for coming out as the winner of the show off event.~Flashback~“Congratulations, Melissa. How do you feel, emerging as the winner of this event?” I asked her, with a smile on my face.“I feel so good. I wasn’t expecting this and this is thanks to you for encouraging me to go for it.” She smiled brightly at me.“That’s why it is good to always believe in yourself, regardless of how the situation is turning out or whatever what