It Just Happened One Day

1.

It's my first day of work and I'm already digging my own grave. 

My alarm didn't go off, and my sister thankfully woke me up 30 minutes before, but that's barely enough time to even get ready. Not to mention the Chicago traffic is hell in the mornings. 

Now I'm running as fast as I can to get inside this giant ass building I barely got into. I bump into everyone and I don't know how many times I've apologized so far. 

This is the biggest software coming but I applied especially for the marketing job as it has many benefits and plus I went to college for it. 

It took many sleepless nights for this job, and the amount of preparation and work needed to even apply is crazy. Well I guess it's for good reason. 

The building is shining, with the sunlight beautifully reflecting on it, but I have no time to admire anything. 

"Excuse me!" "Coming through!" "I'm so sorry!" is what I say just trying to get to the elevator. 

Ding!

The elevator opens. No no no. I'm too far from it and it's going to close before I even get there. There's only one person I see who gets in so I try flail my arms around like crazy to get their attention. 

"Wait- I'm coming! Please!" I shout. The man in the elevator looks up for a spilt second giving me hope, but life doesn't want to go my way this morning. 

He looks back down on his phone and the doors start closing. I'm two steps away from the elevator when they fully close and I try to stay composed but I'm cursing at myself, earning weird looks from everybody. 

I smash the buttons and nothing work so I slam my palm on my forehead. I'm so fucking stupid. I should never trust my alarm clock again. 

Now I'm fucked, and I'm gonna lose my job. Late on the first day!! That's something only I would do!

"What a fucking asshole!" I shout at the elevator. I shut my eyes for a second and I hear the elevator ding. I open one eye, squinting, hoping what I think happened, is what happened. 

The man in the elevator heard it, it's obvious as he's finally looking up at me, frozen. I stand in shock for a few seconds then I snap out of it and run into the elevator when I have the chance. 

I turn my back to the man, and start fixing my makeup in the mirror on the side. My eyes drift away to this man, who's so darned gorgeous. 

Really Scarlett?? Right now?? 

He has the smoothest skin, beautiful dark brown eyes with godly golden brown hair. 

"Your looking at me a lot for someone who just called me an asshole." he states, while running a hand through his hair. 

I yelp accidently but cover my mouth just as quickly. How did he know?? He wasn't even looking at me. 

"Sorry. But you were a bit of an asshole earlier..." I mumble to myself. I fix my skirt and blouse and I can feel his stare on me. 

"Oh was I now?" I hear him reply. Wow he has a big fat attitude for eight in the morning. 

"Yea. You were." I say while grumbling under my breath a bit. 

"Oh continue, I would love hear about how much of an asshole I am." he states.

"No." I say. We are both facing each other now, and I'm glaring at him although he seems so relaxed. 

"Well actually, I do want to say something. Was holding the elevator for me, such a big deal??? Like I obvious looked like I was late and any decent human being would have noticed and gave some sympathy for someone who is extremely nervous for her first job!!!" all the words flow out of my mouth like air. 

I regret it a bit too quickly as he's raised his eyebrows at me, just the slightest, but I notice. 

"Have a darned bad day!" I shout before getting out of the elevator before him. 

I fix my blouse one more time and walk out with the smile I practiced in front of the mirror. That rude asshole just ruined my whole morning.  

"Ms. Scarlett Solace?" I turn around and see a tall and slim man with a big smile. He seems around my age, but he could be my mentor so I shouldn't be too casual right?

"Oh yes. That's me." I say. That's me??? Who the fuck says that!!

"Wow your uhh-" oh no what is he gonna say? 

"A lot younger than I thought you would be. How old are you?" he says. I scan him up and down and he doesn't seem much older than me. 

"26." I state. A wide smile pops up on his face and his cheeks have this red tint. 

"Wow it's nice to have someone else my age! And your wow- your gorgeous." he says while giggling. 

"Snap out of it you whore." I hear a girls voice coming from beside him, and she whacks the back of his head with her hand but acts like nothing happened. 

"I'm Ramona. This is James, and this is Megan." she states while pointing to another woman who's eating biscuits. 

"Come. We'll give you a tour quickly before we get yelled at." she says while laughing. She has gorgeous black hair and these enticing eyes. 

Yelled at? Is this a strict company? I'm scared out of my mind. The CEO must be a scary person. I shouldn't piss them off. Ugh I forgot to do background research yesterday and just fell asleep.  

"So this is the working area, and that's the lounge but we barely have time to even eat. And if you think you'll have time to rest, think again." she says while walking me around. 

"But it said on the contract that we get up to an hour everyday for breaks." I reply. 

"Yea, the boss doesn't care. And don't piss him off. After I spend four nights without sleep for a presentation and I dozed off for two seconds, he made me work overtime for three weeks. So don't get on his bad side." James says. 

"But we do have a yearly trip! I think this year it might be the Maldives I'm not sure though." the Megan girl adds. 

The pay is quite high, but the work environment is terrible. How am I gonna survive for the rest of my life??

"So this is basically hell-"

"Ms. Solace?" I hear an older mans voice. I quickly turn my head and see a guy in a fancy suit. 

"Yes?" I respond with a smile.

"Mr. Barrett has requested for you." he says. Shit. Shit shit shit. Okay Scarlett, just keep your mouth shut. That's all. 

"Good luck!" James says while rushing back to his desk. 

I slowly follow the middle aged man and my palms are so fucking sweaty. It feels like we've been walking four days but I finally reach a giant wooden door with black details. It's quite chic. Huh maybe he's young or something. 

I enter and I look up while taking a deep breathe and I stop breathing. I'm stunned in place but he seems to be composed. 

"Mr. Woods, you can leave." he says. No no no I do not want to be alone with him. 

It's the asshole from the elevator. OH shit. I'm gonna get fired aren't I? I'm actually gonna get fired. 

"Fuck me." I mumble under my breath while looking down. I'm totally fucked. 

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