Relentless

Six

Quentin

As I followed her to her office, a million things ran through my head.

I told myself not to interact with the boss. My co workers said not to interact with my boss. Oak said NOT to interact with my boss,

Now here I am.

I'm not sure what she was inviting me in to talk about, but I hoped it wasn't in any way related to the shit the art directors pulled this morning.

What if it is? Do I cover for them? Do I snitch?

I didn't have much time to think on it, since we made it to her office in almost no time.

She let me walk in first, before closing the door. I was a little nervous, but I knew that the moment I begin speaking to her it will quickly subside.

"Have a seat." She smiled.

I sat in the chair in front of her desk, and she sat in hers.

Before acknowledging me further, she picked up the desk phone directly in front of her.

"Harley, cancel my meeting for 1:00, I'm gonna be busy." She said.

I don't know if the girl on the other end had time to answer, because she promptly set the phone back onto the hook.

"How do you like it here so far?"

Her voice was stern, as any boss' would be— but I failed to see any of the aggression people would talk about. Her eyes were kind, and she held a smile with every word she spoke.

"I do. I guess you can say this has been something I wanted to do for a long time."

She said nothing for a moment, just staring.

"You're good at what you do."

"Thank you. I've been designing since I was-"

"That's not what I mean. Yes, you are wonderful at designing..but your ability to command a room. That's what impresses me."

Command a room?

"Oh..thanks?"

"I mean it." She chuckled. "You haven't been here long..but I'm seeing changes on your entire team. I'm not entirely sure just yet, but I'd like to let you know of a major upcoming event for blackscale."

"An event? What kind?"

"There's a grand opening for a Blackscale store next month, and they've invited me as a representative of our department. I'm looking for someone here to accompany me, and if you're interested..I'll certainly consider you."

Me?

This is the opportunity I've been waiting for!

This work trip could get me on her radar. Maybe she'd even consider moving me up to the designers.

"Wow- I'm uh, definitely interested."

"Great..great. Just keep up the good work and...I just might see you there."

Nadia

As horrible as my day had been going— something about Quentin made me forget all about the stupid card.

There was something about him that was alluring. When he spoke,it was clear he wasn't intimidated by me. It was almost..the other way around?

I ignored Harley's advice. I'm not sure if it was his talent, or just his charm...but I needed him to at least be an option for this trip.