Limitless

office party

A few months later, Kyle and Evelyn were casually holding hands on the park bench by the tree. Kyle asked, "Babe, do you want to go to an art gallery tomorrow?" Evelyn said, "Ooh! That sounds like fun! Let's go in the morning! I have work in the evening!" Evelyn worked a part-time job in the evening as a makeup-artist at a local beauty salon. Although her sister was rich, their lifestyle wasn't. Laura had many debts to pay, and she wanted to save up money just in case her career took a different turn. Evelyn worked a part-time job, so she could earn money to spend on non-essential items like designer clothing, cute accessories, new makeup products, etc. 

Kyle and Evelyn went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and they took a tour around the entire museum. "Wow, this painting is so gorgeous!" exclaimed Evelyn. "Not as pretty as you," said Kyle as he walked over to the next painting. Evelyn blushed and she gave him a playful punch on the arm. She tiptoed over to give him a back-hug. He smiled and he held her hand and they walked around the gallery. Kyle complained that he was hungry, so they decided to head out to a nearby restaurant. They went to the restaurant and had spring rolls and bubble tea. Afterwards, they went back to their respective dorms. 

Around 6 pm in the evening, Evelyn received a call from her co-worker Macy. She said that there would be a big gathering at the local fancy restaurant. She said all the superiors of the makeup company would attend, so she had to attend. Evelyn knew that this meant it was an important party, because she had skipped out on the past two parties that her co-workers had hosted. Since her superiors were coming, she knew she needed to attend in order to get in their good books. She was tired of working at the local beauty salon and she wanted to work in the department beauty store. Evelyn wore a pretty skirt, a formal blouse, and a pair of heels. She lightly did her makeup, and put on some gold studs. For her hair, she put on a glittery hair clip which was adorned with rhinestones. Macy picked her up at her dorm, and the two ladies set out to go to the party. 

Since Evelyn was keen on impressing her superiors, she was very polite and she greeted them very respectfully. It was important to note that Evelyn was the youngest of this bunch - she was only 19. Macy, with whom she was good friends with, herself was 21. Evelyn, being the youngest of the group, was shy to interact with the others - who were mostly in their late twenties or even early thirties, with the executive committee members in their late forties / early fifties. The CEO of the makeup company announced, "Nice to meet you all. As you all know, I'm the CEO and my name is Mark. I'm really glad to be here with you all today. Today, here with us, we have members of the executive board, full-time workers, and part-timers as well. I'm sure many of you know that it is our annual tradition to pick one new employee who works at their local beauty salon and promote them to working at our department store. This year, our newest employees include: Ashley, Cadence, Hazel, Evelyn, and Adam. You've all been great all-year round, and I'm so glad you work for our company. This year, the lucky individual who has been selected to work at our department store is.... Evelyn! Congratulations!" 

Evelyn was so surprised and grateful and she profusely thanked all the executive board members. Soon, the party was running with music, food, and drinks. Everyone had a great time. After people started leaving, Evelyn too got up to leave. Mark grabbed her wrist and told her to stay behind to discuss her new promotion. She felt a little uncomfortable, but didn't think too much of it and she sat back down. After everyone had left, it was only her, and the five executive board members. Out of the five executive board members, two were clearly drunk. Mark handed her a glass of champagne. "On days like this, you need to celebrate", he said flirtatiously. She kept refusing, and told him that she was only 19 years old and underage. He got irritated and he placed the glass over her mouth, trying to force her to drink. She did not budge, but the pressure of the glass was hurting her mouth. She started to cry. Mark said, "Don't be such a pussy and drink." Another executive board member said, "You're hot. Can I get a lap dance?" Evelyn was in shock. She furtively took out her phone, and she sent her location to Kyle, before any of the executives found out. She said that she needed to leave, but they warned her that if she left, she would be fired. 

Eventually, all of the executives went home, except for Mark. Evelyn said, "Sir, now that everyone has left. May I leave?" Mark rolled his eyes and grabbed her thigh. A traumatized Evelyn stood up and slapped him across the cheek. "How dare you?" she hollered at him. "Shut up, you bitch!" he yelled back at her, as he pinned her down to the floor. He was on top of her, and he was trying to kiss her, as she kept resisting. She was crying and begging him to stop, but he didn't listen. Luckily, Kyle had arrived at the scene, after receiving the text from Evelyn. He quickly kicked Mark off of Evelyn, and helped her back up to her feet. Kyle punched Mark, and told him that he would kill him if he laid one more finger on his girlfriend. 

Kyle walked with Evelyn to his car. After getting into the car, Evelyn started crying, and Kyle comforted her and said, "It's okay. It's all over now. You have my shoulder to cry on. Cry all you want. I'll take you to your favorite restaurant, and we'll get some food, okay?" After that incident, it took a good two weeks for Evelyn to get back to normal. 

Like that, time passed by. One day, at a party, Laura accidentally bumped into Liam. At the sight of her, Liam said, "Laura? Is that you?" Laura stared in shock. Liam continued, "Well, it's been a year. How have you been?"

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