We were the only ones on the lift, and to make matters worse, we were on the seventeenth floor, which meant that we had a long way to go before we reached the ground level.
Jimin's eyes seemed to be glazed over as he continued to stare at me with a...
I play with my finger's nervously while i observe another female applicant leaving through that imposing wooden door , her face flushed red. Is there a problem with the aircon ? or were they too nervous as I was ...
"Ms. Veronica" the lady clad in a blazer called "You may enter the room now" she guided and led me right to the front of that door, I stopped her for a while from opening it -- I quickly smoothened down my dress , took a quick check to make sure that I look professional enough and took one final deep breath before letting her open the door wide for me to enter.
upon stepping in to the office, i looked around at the interior of the office that seems to be much more intimidating. While the sunlight comes in from all four corners of the full length windows to create a bright atmosphere, it still didn't stop me from being daunted by that five feet black oval table, black desk, black racks, black sofa...I guess he loves black a lot.
"You are not here for excursion" A deep smooth and raspy voice spoke.
"oh," I snapped back to reality; The Interview, "I am sorry" I apologised and looked at the man in suit, Chiseled face with dark brown coloured eyes, blonde hair, well defined lips- The entire being had an air authority that was almost too palpable.
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His eyes stead steadily. "Sit" He commanded, and paused for a second as I nodded and took my seat. "Why do you think I should offer you the position of my personal Assistant?,..Ms. Veronica" He said, with a slight raised up eyebrows.
My eyes glint upon hearing the question. I knew this was going to be one of what is commonly asked. I'm definitely well-prepared!
"I am incredibly hard working, focused and also organised. So I am able to-"
He stopped me with his hand gesture. Then he stood up and approached me; towering over me. His body leaned in, he took my chin and level it up to meet his eyes. "How then do you work under pressure?" His eyes looked into mine. I blinked several times at him, unable to comprehend what he is actually trying to do. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱? 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦?
unfazed I answered his question calm and composed. "I've had jobs in the past that was highly pressurized but i found out that I cope well with that and-"
"Do you have a boyfriend, Ms. Veronica?" He stopped me again. 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?
"No I don't, sir " I answered.
"Do you find me attractive then? because you are one fine woman" He smirked.
𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦?
"Thank You" I said, "But I have never thought of you in that way Mr. park" I shook my head. His eyebrows raised, as if he was surprised to hear it.
"Really, now?" He leaned in closer until his face is few centimeters away from mine.
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I stood there rigid for a moment before realizing what he was trying to do. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘣. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴....I stood up abruptly, stepping away from him. "I am sorry sir, but I think this is inappropriate" I voiced out of my opinion.
He smirked again, and stepped forward nearer to me. "In appropriate as it seems, but it might secure you this job" 𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨. I almost rolled my eyes at him.
"Then I don't think i would want a job that i get by-"
"You are hired"- He said, stoic and lack of emotion.
I blinked several times at him. Unsure if I heard it correctly. "Huh! what, but why?" I asked confusingly, but quickly covered my mouth. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢.
"You can start from tomorrow, Ms. Veronica" He instructed. "Now then, I've a question for you" He continued.
"You've seen the woman who left this office before you, haven't you?" I nodded. Trying to reason out why the question. "they were all flushed and" I- started.
"They turned willing when I offered them the same chance I offered you...the one that you called inappropriate" I nodded while listening to him, and acknowledged the fact that i may never fully complete my sentence when i'm with him. "You asked why are you hired because you weren't affected by my presence, that's why" He said. "But for some reason, I'm quite hurt, Ms. Veronica" He admitted, and sat beside me. "You weren't frazed at all, but you said you have no boyfriend..." He trailed. "Can i assume that you had somehow a dark and depressing memory with your ex-boyfriend? Perhaps so, your heart is closed?"
"I think you must be mistaken, sir" I quickly corrected, "I never had a boyfriend before so I don't have any of those issues" I paused, as he looked over giving me his 𝘢𝘳𝘦-𝘺𝘰𝘶-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 expression. "I just think I don't understand the feeling of being attracted to someone so-"
"You mean to say you have absolutely no experience and knowledge about love?" His eyes locked on mine. "You can put it that way" I shrugged.
He looked at me amused. "What was running through your mind when you first walked in that door and saw me?" -He asked.
"That you're lucky as you have the 1% superior rare genes....that's what I thought" -I admitted, honestly.
He chuckled, "you're kinda interesting girl" -He said
