Chapter 66:Job hunting wasn't as easy as Aria had thought. She went through every newspaper in the city for a week now, yet nothing good came up. She wrote hundreds of Résumé and submitted applications in almost every company in the city, yet no one had called her."Shit!" She spat as she tore a piece of letter and threw it in the bin."Aria, relax. I am sure we will find something," Lisa told her."When? Lisa that was the fifth rejection letter have gotten in the last six days!" Aria cried out as she pulled her hair."I shouldn't be saying this but I think Alice had dropped a bad review about you. No one wants to employ you because of her. I still think we should give it some time until she forgets about you," Lisa suggested."Till when? Lisa I will starve if I keep waiting! I don't have money anymore!" Aria blurted out.How was she suppose to survive when her little savings was dwindling by the day!"Just relax. If worst comes to it, we can stay in the same house and share rent. Fo
Chapter 67The girl was still talking but Ariana had gone rigid. The Lawson's group!The fucking Lawson group had called her for a job!It took every power in her vein to make her remain calm and not scream at the top of her lungs. Zion had finally fulfilled his promise!"...I have forwarded your employment briefing to you via mail. Please go through it and let us know what you think," she concluded.Who needed a briefing! She would accept it even if they offered nothing working for the Lawson's was everybody's dream job!"Thank you very much," Ariana managed to reply. "Do have a nice day and I am hoping to have a cordial work relationship with you soon! Bye!"The line went dead before Aria could respond. She had gotten a job with the Lawson's group!"Argh!" She screamed jumping around like a lunatic. The fucking Lawson group called her personally! "Oh my God!" She yelled again as she tried to stay calm.She unlocked her phone and called Zion. she would have to thank him for the hug
Chapter 68Ariana sat up abruptly and snatched up her phone from her large bed once again to dial Zion's number. She needed to be sure, Alice had not gotten to them too."Hey, our latest member," Zion greeted and Aria smiled.Fear was already crawling into her and she found it hard to believe it as well. Nobody got employed by the great Lawson's Group just by a call. Could it be a lie?"Hello, Ariana?" Zion called and Aria fluttered her fears away."Hey, huh- I got the reply," she said weakly.Zion picked up the uncertainty in her voice and he frowned. "Ariana, what's wrong? You have been given a reply already, what else bothers you?" A few minutes ago she had been very excited about the job and now she sounded like a deflated balloon."The thing is... I wanted to know- huh, does the Lawson group work, Alice? I don't know but she has been preventing me from getting a job elsewhere, I am just scared that she might take this away too..." Aria trailed as she sniffed away the tears that w
Chapter 69Ethan remained quiet as he watched her. Hr simply wanted to show her how much he loved her. To him, it didn't matter that the entire world was taking videos of them. He could never be embarrassed about a video of him and his Aria."I have had enough Ethan! Enough!" Aria barked. "I am this close to throwing you out but do you know why I won't do it? Because I am the only one who is going to suffer from the consequences. It's just me!""Aria why do you talk like this? Why would you suffer because a video of us has been uploaded?" Ethan asked.Aria hissed in frustration as she passed a hand to her hair. What was wrong with Ethan?"I lost my job because of it! Sofia wants you by all means why not just go to her and leave me the hell alone!" She screamed at him.She didn't want to throw him out and then somehow the Lawson's group might see it and think she was a woman of questionable character. She didn't want to lose that job!"Aria please don't call that snake's name here," Et
Lisa was in Aria's living room and they were expecting her high school friend Zion to come so they could eat. "If Zion doesn't get here in the next five minutes, I am going to eat without him!" Aria groaned for the nth time. Lisa would normally roll her eyes and scold her about it but for some reason she was quiet and she gave no reaction. Ever since Aria told her about the job she got from the Lawson Group, Lisa had not been able to get herself. The letter she had sent to their official email still haunted her. How was she supposed to tell Aria that she would soon get a rejection when Aria was this excited about it? How? Ariana noticed that her friend wasn't very responsive despite her attempts at making her talk all day. Lisa had a meeting with Alice and she only got back a few minutes ago, yet she barely said two words. Maybe it would be best they sorted it before Zion came. It wouldn't make sense for Zion to come and meet them acting almost hostile to one another. "Lisa, are y
"Hmm, this is actually very good. Aria, I am proud of you," Lisa moaned as she shoved her spoon into her mouth. Aria wasn't really good in the kitchen but it seemed the days she spent at home, she used it wisely.Ariana glared at her from her end of the table while Zion struggled not to choke on his meal."Do you two act this way all the time?" Zion asked laughing. Aria passed him a glass of water and she smiled as well."No, we don't. Lisa is just being really annoying. To think she has been quiet all day and then you come in and she starts acting like a brat!" Aria said feigning anger."That is what happens when you work for the Brentwood for as long as I have," Lisa responded.They all started laughing at her response again and Zion raised his hand. "That means, you both met there?" He asked. He always thought Aria had an issue picking her friends back in high school but it seemed the jinx had finally been broken as soon as she met Lisa. He didn't know much about her yet, but he co
Chapter 72:Monday finally came and Ariana Brown didn't feel so confident anymore. She rolled on the bed waiting for her bedside clock to read six o'clock so she could go take a shower and prepare herself. She had gone back to the mail and it said she had to resume by nine o'clock that morning to await the CEO's arrival thirty minutes after that.What if he rejected her?What if he thought she was incompetent and that was why Alice fired her?So many questions came to her mind and her head became heavy on her shoulder. What would she do?She needed to read. He might ask her questions, she had to be prepared. she jumped off her bed and went to her reading table just a few feet from her bed. She pulled one of her management textbooks and started flipping through the pages.She squinted her eyes at the book trying to picture what she was seeing but nothing came to her mind. The letters looked jumbled and she couldn't read them. She was too anxious. Her heart was already beating at a very
Chapter 73:Mr. Lawson's chair was facing the large glass window behind him and as Zion spoke, he slowly turned the chair in their direction and Aria thought she had seen a ghost."You!"Zion turned to glare at me and I didn't even pay him any attention. The person I was seeing in that chair couldn't possibly be Mr. Lawson. It couldn't."Carl?" I asked just to be sure even if my eyes were looking at the devil smirk at me.He wasn't a tidbit surprised, he knew exactly what he was doing. He knew about this. Was this some kind of acting? Did he have a look-alike?My vision and my brain refused to correlate. I felt intense pain on the side of my head and I thought I would go mad. How could Carl, a sex worker be Mr. Lawson, owner, and CEO of the famous and powerful Lawson Group? How?I turned back to Zion, who remained by the door watching our reaction. While I acted like I had gone crazy, Carl had a satisfactory smirk on his face."Zion, is this your boss?" Aria squealed trying to lower h