The Billionaires(#1)

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"OMG! I just spoke to the hottest guy in the entire universe." Meryl gushed.

Anita rolled her eyes. "How do you know he is hot? You only heard his voice on the phone once." She stated.

"Exactly!" Meryl exclaimed excitedly, and a group of colleagues that were passing by threw her a weird look. "You should have heard his voice, Anita. It was so...how do I put it?" She asked dreamily and sighed.

Anita shook her head and smiled. She was a bit shocked this morning when Meryl called her and asked her to pick her up for work, especially since Meryl was serious about quitting yesterday, even when Anita went to see her after work. She was confused by the sudden change of moods and mind. Anita was certain that she would have to buy Meryl a copy of Lemurian Crystals to help mend her heart.

"So, who were we talking to?" Anita asked, and just then, Meryl's phone rang and she answered.

"A job well done?" Meryl asked, and Anita raised her eyebrow at her, wondering whom she was talking to on the phone that made her so cheerful.

Just then, Anita noticed something about Meryl that she had missed since she fetched her this morning. Meryl fidgeted a lot, her smiles did not reach her eyes, and her voice was unusually high-pitched. Meryl was not okay, and if she was not okay; what made her come to work after telling Anita that she quit last night?

Anita remembered part of their conversation from last night and recalled Meryl telling her that she was going to email her letter of resignation to MJ. Anita gritted her teeth and Meryl furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Anita knew MJ was manipulative, but she did not think she would take advantage of Meryl's situation. But then again, why was she surprised? She used the same tactics on her a few years ago and it worked. Anita shook her head in disbelief and walked away from Meryl's desk, leaving her confused.

"Did you hear anything I said?" MJ asked as she walked out of Parker's Enterprises and got into the car.

"No?" Meryl said with one eye closed as if awaiting an outburst, but relaxed when nothing came. She heard Liam ask her boss where they were going next and MJ told him that they were going back to the apartment.

"You did a great job. I think Logan bought it, but I don't trust him; I can't help feeling like he's onto something." MJ said, staring out the car window.

"What makes you think that?" Meryl asked as she watched Anita walk back to her desk.

"He was unusually nice today, and way too happy for my liking. He's up to something. I just have to find out what." MJ stated firmly.

"Then what?"

"Then I am going to beat him at his own game." MJ said with a smirk and hung up before Meryl could say anything.

"What is with people hanging up today?" She sighed and put her phone down. "Are you going somewhere?" She asked Anita with a cheeky smile.

"Yes. Jorge is here." Anita stated, and Meryl froze.

"You can relax, he's not coming in today; we have a business meeting outside of the office." Anita reassured her before asking the question that had been bugging her for the past few minutes, "What are you doing here if you are not ready to face him?"

Meryl sighed and fidgeted with her fingers. She was asking herself the same question. She could have said no to MJ and stayed at home, she could have even made the phone call from home, but somehow, she came to the office. She was not sure why she came; maybe she hoped that if Jorge saw the hurt and pain he had caused her, he would change his mind and perhaps his heart too...

However, there was also the fact that she could not stay locked up in her room forever. She needed to face Jorge in order to heal. After seeing the ring he bought for Sonya, she knew there was no chance for her. A part of her had accepted that Jorge was not hers and he would never be, but another part of her refused to accept it. She looked at Anita and made up her mind; she could not continue subjecting herself to so much pain for someone who did not give two shits about her. "I need your help." She said firmly and raised her chin. "I need you to help me get fired."

"What?" Anita asked slowly as if she had not heard clearly. Either she was going crazy, or Meryl was.

"I need you to help me get Jorge to fire me."