“We don’t like your project, redo it!” said one of the clients who were present in the meeting.Lucy stood right in front of them, explaining the whole project to them while her team members stood right behind her.Lucy’s face goes pale.She composed herself and cleared her throat.“What do you mean by you don’t like the project?”.“What don’t you like about it?”.“I mean, what’s wrong in it?”.“We made the project just the way you wanted it.”The client gets up on his feet and placed his hands in his pockets, giving an sour face.“Your grandpa recommended me good service which is why I came here, but he’s proved wrong.”“The project that you made is not upto the expectations that I held for your company and your department.”“I have pointed out our requirements. Do the changes and then come to me.”“We can arrange the meeting one hour later, cause I want to be done with it by today.”“If you can do everything as I want, then only I can sign the deal or else this is over for today.”“
Lucy reached home in a couple of minutes. She was greeted by her mom. "Want something to drink? How was your day? Did everything go well at the office?".Lucy gave a glance and sighs."I can't answer so many questions at once. Slow down a bit." "Slow down? oh, sorry." "You go and take some rest I'll send the dinner to your room." "Did you and dad eat already?"."Uh-huh." "I made sphagetti and......"."Great."Lucy closed the door behind her and starts to take off her clothes. While doing so, she was thinking about something. The meeting earlier had effected her a lot."Our project was no good for him." "A no good." "I can't let that happen tomorrow. I have to be in the 3rd rank at least there's still time for improvement." "I have to work even more hard for it. Even if it takes time I'll finish work and then come back home. or i can start the next work a bit as well." Her phone was beeping suddenly.She searched for it only to find it in her office bag.She takes it out and
Robin said nothing in answer. But just staying silent was not going to be the solution to their problems.Robin sat at home, staring at his phone, hoping to receive a call from Lucy, or a text or a mail.But, no matter how much he waited, she didn’t call him.The second day started.Lucy was late to arrive at office today as well. She first goes to Picado’s office to receive the files.Then she goes to her department.The second she was about to get off the lift, she bumped into someone which made her drop her files on the ground.She looked up at the person only to see Gray standing.He also was carrying files on his hand and dropped them when they both bumped into each other.Gray glanced at the files and looked up at Lucy.“Hey, good morning.”Lucy also looked at him hesitantly.“Morning.”Both the files were of same color, so she picked up the one that was at her feet.“Sorry, I didn’t see you were-“.“No, it’s alright.”“I’m fine.”Lucy was about to walk past, but then Gray remar
“You are running your mouth too much!” Gray yelled, pointing to her direction.“You can’t insult me like that!”.“I can!” Lucy yelled back.“If you can insult me, so I can. There’s nothing wrong with it!”.“Anyway,” she stepped away with an sigh.“I don’t want to waste my breath on you. I have work, excuse me.”Lucy walked past him, without giving him any chance to say anything else in return.Gray glared at her when she left.“You are running your mouth too much Lucy.”“You’ll have to pay a price, for wanting to sound so arrogant in front of me.”“I’ll not digest the mockery so easily. What should I do to get her into even more trouble?”.He was thinking over this for a while. When he reached his cabin, he sits down, putting down the file.He was lost in thoughts.It was then one of his team members came up to his table and said, “Aren’t you going to start working? We have a new project to attend to, right?”.Gray turned to the man, still lost in thoughts.The guy became puzzled.“Is
Lucy observed the face of the girl, it was someone quite familiar to her.“You….”.“Are you alright? Get up!” Zoe held out her hand to Lucy.Lucy holds onto it and gets up on her feet.“I’m fine. No need to worry.”“You don’t look fine, are you hurt?” Nick asked.“No.”“How did you fall down?” Chelsa asked.“It was an accident.” Stuttered the girl who had bumped into her.“I’m sorry,” she apologized bowing her head.“It’s fine, you don’t need to worry about it,” lucy replied.“I hope you aren’t hurt.”“No, I’m not.”She glanced down at the files down at their feet.“I’ll pick them up for you.” She said, getting down on her knees.“It’s alright though-“.“No, no.”She picked them up and handed out one file to Lucy.“Here you go,” she said with an smile.Lucy takes them out of her hands without any hesitation.“Thank you.”“Let’s get going then,” Chelsa said.Lucy nods. “Be careful from next time.” She said to the girl.“I will!”.They reach the meeting room in a while.The client arriv
Chelsa recalled the scene when Lucy bumped into that girl and the files dropped.“Hey, at that time-“.“I’m sorry about everything,” Lucy apologized with her head bowed.Everyone’s attention turns to her only.“I wasn’t careful enough. If I had checked that it wasn’t the same file none of this would’ve happened.”“All of this is my fault. I’m sorry.”The client looked at her and sighs.“You know, I really don’t like when people show unprofessionalism in their workspace.”“That’s why I acted out.”“If you want to keep working, I’d advise you to check everything clearly before a meeting.”“But, I’m not going to be soothed with your apologies. Your grandpa needs o hear about it, then we can continue with our conversation.”“Is anyone going to take me to him? Or to any of his staff?”.“Sure,” Lucy replied sternly.“Nick, Take him to Picado please. He must be in his cabin, or call him.”Nick becomes worried.“But-“.“No buts. Take him in there.”“We can hold the meeting when he feels like
Afterward, Lucy and her team members were called by Picado and he gave them a big lecture. The afternoon passed by, and eventually, Mr. Morrison accepted to host a meeting with them again.And the evening was over till they finished the meeting and signed the deal.They all waited in front of the gate impatiently to see the results of who was in which rank on the 2nd day. Lucy kept praying to get some better results.When the results came out, the first rank was empty, but the second rank was taken by Gray, then the 3rd was taken by Olivia and the 4th is taken by Julia, Hughes, and later Lucy.Lucy’s heart dropped for a second to see this.Chelsa saw the board and looked at Lucy with a worried face.“Will she be able to take this shock any longer?”.“2nd rank on the 2nd day, seems like a good omen,” Olivia comments, sitting right next to Gray.Gray smiled and tucked a pair of cigarettes out of his pockets.“You are just flattering me.” Olivia narrowed her eyes at him.“Aren’t you be
He closed the door behind him and locked it. Then carried her up to the bed, and placed her on the bed roughly.Christina looked up at his face unable to understand what was going on.“What is he planning to do?”.He held her hands above her head and peered deep into her eyes.Her throat was starting to go dry out of fear and excitement.“Um…Robin….”.He clicked his tongue and pulled her roughly, helping her get up on her feet from the bed.They stood face to face on the ground.He was starting to take off his clothes. She adverted her eyes right away.He finally unbuttoned his shirt and now stood topless.“Kneel!” he commanded in a harsh tone.She was startled when he yelled.“Uh…..”.“Are you saying-“.“Kneel!” he said again.“On the ground?” she stuttered.He nodded his head sideways.She glanced down at the carpet lying at her feet and gets down on her feet.“Kneel as a dog does!” he added.She changed her posture and sat just like an obedient dog does.She looked at his face and