Unplanned- Uncharted Routes

Chapter Two

  In a few hours, Aly would start her first day on the job at Callaghan Corp and she was both nervous and excited. She accepted the offer the Saturday after she saw Chase and had called to inform him that she had accepted the offer but she was unavailable until the following week as she had to deal with her current job, he wasn't too happy but agreed anyway. Aly turned in her resignation letter the Monday morning along with Amanda who she had said goodbye earlier when she left for her workshop. Aly tried Googling her new job as Amanda suggested and found useful information. She also did some research on the company and apparently this business deals with hotels and resorts as it has quite a few hotels in some of the most exotic and romantic destinations like Rome, Paris, Hawaii and even the Bahamas in the Caribbean,all places Aly would love to but couldn't even afford to visit in her dreams yet these people aren't just able to visit them but they own luxurious properties at each one.
Shutting off her laptop, Aly got settled into bed in hopes of getting sufficient rest for her big day tomorrow.

Aly woke up early with a combination of excitement and nervousness as she got ready for her interview. Dressed in a black skirt that fell short about three inches below her knees, a plain gray Long sleeved blouse and a pair of black heels no more than about two inches high, Aly picked up her bag and hurried off to catch her early bus as it would take roughly twenty five minutes to get there.
Chase sat impatiently at his desk awaiting the arrival of his newest member of staff; an unsuspecting Alyssa Laurence. Since he saw her a few days ago, ridding his thoughts of her has been his hardest of fights; She looked so naive and innocent in person yet so feisty and fiery when she's irritated. She had definitely gotten under his skin and he intended to do something about it; starting now, anxiously he watched as she made her way into the building in her frumpy plain attire that he unapologetically despised.

   Nervously Aly made her way to the front desk where the receptionist was quite generous with expressing her disgust and shock at Aly being an employee because she had the hots for Chase and competition was not welcomed not that she considered Alyssa as one.
"Take the elevator to the top floor, ask for Jean, she'll assist you from there" Hostility and disdain coated her words.

"Thanks" Aly replied in a equally hostile voice.

The ride up was lonely and quiet with the ding of the elevator being the only sound breaking the silence indicating that she had arrived at her destination. Stepping off, Aly timidly walked over to the large oval shaped gray ceramic desk occupied by a woman who looked to be in her fifties and appeared friendlier than the others.

" Good morning dear, you must be Ms. Alyssa Laurence, I'm Jean Martin" she smiled and stood up to greet a relieved Aly.

"Yes ma'am, uuhm I'm supposed to see Mr Chase Callaghan".

"Call me Jean honey and yes please follow me. Between us, I'd be happy if Chase hired you, it'd be a nice change to have someone with principles here".

Aly smiled and blushed at the comment "Thank you".

They stood outside a huge oakwood door with the name
Chase Callaghan engraved in a flat gold colored strip.

"No problem dear and good luck. Just go on in he's expecting you".

He was indeed expecting her.

Aly took a deep breath in and opened door, letting herself in.

"Actually Miss Laurence, there is not much for you to do today or this week" He sat upright then leaned forward. "I got those meetings sorted out by other members of staff, I just wanted to see how well you took orders because if I'm not wrong, you did an awful job at that task the other day"

Alyssa was livid.

"So you made me suffer for your own sadistic purposes?"

Not in the way I'd really like to.
"That's a harsh way of putting it, Ms. Laurence. Please follow me" He got up and came to the other side of the desk where Aly sat quite pissed about the whole thing.