The Bet

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"What is this?"


A soft yet so stern and firm voice echoed in the obnoxious meeting room. All five people inside the meeting flinched at the venomous voice, though no matter how many times they heard her soft-yet-so-stern-and-firm voice it would always, almost pissed in their pants.


She scoffed, with a sly smirk adorned her face. "Is this a joke? You called this presentation?" She gripped tightly to the folder she's holding before hastily threw it on the table, making them flinch once again.


She stood up facing them, chest raising up and down rather fastly. All six of them cannot make eye contact, afraid to meet the furious one. "The presentation is five days from now, you know how important that day is, right? All of our big investors and board members will be present this Saturday."


She exhaled loudly, letting them know how frustrated she was at the moment. "We cannot let them down because they invested millions for this specific project I assigned you last month. The preparation is long enough to be prepared, yet you gave me a what? A trash presentation? Even high school students could make that!" Slamming her palm on the wooden table, making a loud thud that surely could be heard outside.


"Is this a million worth project for you?" She slowly grabbed her things, eyes never leaving them. "Well if it is, I'm expecting you to hand me your resignation today." Every click of her stilettos is enough to make them ask for the floor to open and eat them alive.


She stops, two steps away from each one of them. They could only lower their heads when they felt her gaze dig a hole into their souls. "If you want to stay, fix it and present me what's a million worth project by tomorrow. Do you understand?"


They nodded their heads for their dear life.


"Good. Meeting adjourned." She walked past them. When they thought they could finally breathe, well they're wrong especially....


The click of her stilettos stopped, hand midway turning the doorknob. "Ah, Team Leader Son..." Team Leader Son Chayoung closed her eyes and bit her lips in anticipation. "Meet me in my office at 6PM sharp."


"Y-yes, Ms. Myoui."


Finally, she let out a breath she didn't know holding since she went ballistic after their crappy presentation.


The six of them slump on their chairs, whining for the umpteenth time, some are still shivering in what happened to the obnoxious meeting room with the 'Raging Penguin'- she grew a funny yet could make you doubt applying in this company when, obviously, she's always raging whenever things couldn't go to her way. Penguin, you say? Funny how she looks scary but once she turned her back and walked out, she waddled like a wild penguin in the north pole.


"I'm sorry." Chaeyoung swivels her chair to face them- they all look so exhausted and now she feels more guilty for not being a good Team Leader. "We still have 6 hours to revise our presentation for tomorrow." She bit her lips when they nodded defeatedly.


But she soon smiles to motivate them, because her position is also the same, no, double of what they feel. The burden of being a Team Leader is still a big thing for her. The responsibilities it brings for her is far from what they thought.

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