₰ Sara ₰
I always wanted to be special, I wanted to be that one person who saves the world, as time progressed, I understood that 'if you want to be special you have to work hard for it'.
Five years later at 23, here I am in my second job, working as the marketing head of White enterprises. Finishing my bachelor degree in three years and masters in a year and half, I've worked like a maniac to reach where I am now.
The world we live is filled with selfish people who is ready to crush your heart to climb up the ladder and being good will only earn you heartbreaks, I realized this the most realistic way possible when I was 20.
Being the naïve girl I was, I easily trusted people and loved them with all my might only to be used in the end. My best friend, whom I considered my second family stole my project the one I was working on day and night for years to get a useless gold medal and a direct placement in the 2nd year of our college.
I'm not angry at the fact that she got placed instead of me but rather I was angry at myself for being an easy bait that she used my love and friendship for her own selfish needs. That's when I decided that I'm going to slap her with my success. That's when I started wearing my armor of stone, the one which hides my real personality.
People know me as a cold-hearted bitch who is extremely good at what she does, of course you should be super good at what you do else people will walk over you and you'll never achieve what you wanted to.
The reason I left my first job and joined here was to take my revenge, I wanted to work above her, I wanted to prove her that I don't need a stolen project to succeed in life.
Let me explain, I may or may not have stalked my ex best friend in LinkedIn and when I found out that she was working in white enterprises, I may or may not have applied for the marketing head post. Sometimes "revenge is a dish best served cold" and here I am outside of white enterprises all set to take my revenge.
If I was 100% honest, I don't want her to spoil my mood at my very first day and god, how wrong can I be, she is the very first person I saw when I entered.
"Hey Sara, such a pleasant surprise meeting you here" Austine, my ex best friend smirked at me.
"I would say the same, if you don't mind me asking may I know why you're standing here with a bouquet?"
"Oh, we are waiting for Mr. White's son who is planning to take over our Manhattan branch. What about you?" she replied with a smile, it looked genuine though.
"I'm the new marketing head who was appointed on short notice."
"Congrats, I thought the marketing head will be an shot tempered 40 year old women. Anyways all the best on your new job." She smiled at me but this time her smile wasn't genuine, it was mixed with 1000 different emotions.
"Thankyou, I'll see you later." I hope never, with that thought I left to outshine my new job.
People here are really sweet, they were so warm and welcoming but, that doesn't stop me from being me, I was not being rude or something, It's just I politely declined their offers to become friends. Don't look at me like that, I have no plan on making friends when I'm here for revenge.
Once my revenge is done aka getting an acknowledgement for the mistake she did and making her understood that she needs to work hard for success, I'll go back to work in my cousin's company aka my previous company.
My morning went with me getting to know their upcoming projects, working environment and the people who will be working with me etc. to be honest that was suffocating, I'm not really an people loving person, I have my own circle where nobody can stop me from talking. And that's why I'm currently here in subway to enjoy my meal peacefully away from people and noise.
But then, me and peace are the deadliest enemies, it won't leave me alone even for a meal that there will always be something to spoil my peace just like the ocean blue eyes that is constantly staring at me like I'm some sort of danger.
The ocean blue eyes came and sat in front of me like the seat is reserved for him. I'd would be lying if I said the person in front of me wasn't handsome, he is mesmerizing, his ocean blue eyes, its like the real ocean, people can drown on it if they are not careful.
His cheek bones, they are so sharp that its complimenting his pinpointed nose, with a perfectly tailored suit and with the height around 6'4" he would be the epitome of perfect creation if not for his constant staring.
"Listen, whoever you are, I'm really not in the mood for anything so it would be really great if you could sit in another table, look there are a lot of others free here." I said pointing at the other empty tables.
But my voice betrayed me, I wanted it to come out rough like I speak with people who annoys me, instead it came out more like a polite request.
What the hell is wrong with me, where is my rudeness, why am I politely speaking with this stranger??
He raised his eyebrows as if he owns this whole city, what is he expecting me to say? Hi? Then he is at the wrong seat, sorry dude I don't socialize with strangers.
God please don't say he is a creep who sits with people and annoy them. Does he look like a creep?
Well, he is over dressed so he cannot be some creep, his perfectly stitched suit definitely looks super costly. He is wearing a black shirt with a white coat and a black pant with a snow-white shoe, how could one keep their shoes so clean in this populated city?
"Which pack do you belong to? Do you have permission for visiting my pack? Or are you a rouge but you don't smell like one?" he spoke after a minute of him staring at me and me eating my subway minding my own business.
Now I guess I can confirm that he is one of those mentally unstable rich guys who talks crap with strangers.
Why does all the good-looking guys have wired characters? Not that I care.
"Nice meeting you too, if your highness allows me, I have a job to keep so let me eat in peace." I replied politely coz you aren't supposed to call a mad man a mad man because who knows what he will do if he gets angry.
I was expecting an agitated reaction but the one he gave took me by surprise, he smiled, his smile was beautiful, he had a cute gummy teeth. If not his appearance, one would think of him as a cute little kid just by his smile.
"I'm Noah" he rested his chin on his hands and looked at me like I'm something wonderful, his eyes they were studying me with a bunch of curiosity.
"Sara?" It came out more like a question and I couldn't understand why my voice is failing me, no matter how rude my sentences are, the tone I speak sounded as warm as the midnight moon that even my rude comments sounded like a soft request.
"Sara, a beautiful name for a beautiful girl like you." There we go, he smiled again showing his million-dollar smile, I guess he might have done some bad courses in flirting coz his flirting is as bad as the pineapple pizza.
Beep... Beep... his alarm on his smart watch rang.
"It's time for me to leave lily, hope to meet you soon." With that he stood and left before I could correct my name.
Wired!!!
After finishing my meal, I took my watermelon juice with me to have it after I reach my office. On the way to my office, my beautiful super loving cousin called me.
"Hello love" I smiled picking up my call.
"Why did you quit your job? Why didn't you inform me personally? Why didn't you wait till I come home from my business trip? Why didn't..." before he could finish, I cut him to speak.
"I wanted to have my own experience, I wanted a change, people there know me Li and they never complain or criticize my works, if I cannot know where I go wrong how I can improve and what's the point of working without feedback?"
"That's because you are good at it moon, why can't you just work for us? It's our company moon, remember you own 50% of the shares" he cooed.
"Well technically my mom owns it." Well me being my mom's only heir, I'll inherit it once she lets me to take over.
"That's not the point moon, I don't want you to work for other company when you have your own."
"Willie please... I just want a change, just for few months then I will be back in our company." I spoke with my puppy voice that he couldn't say no to.
"Promise me that you'll back in three months, no more than that but you are absolutely welcomed to come back before too." He said sternly leaving no space for argument.
"Love you Li, are you free this weekend we could hangout, it's been a month since we went out." I changed the topic.
"Sure moon, where do you work now? Who is that lucky bastard to have my moon work for them?"
"Well, I work in White enterprises, their Manhattan branch to be precise."
"What the hell moon? What the heck are you doing there? Why didn't you inform me earlier? If I would have known, I wouldn't have allowed you for your job." He screamed at me from his phone.
"Hey Li why are you shouting at me, this is so not you!!!" I replied patiently.
"Why the heck moon, its like an hour drive from home why should you travel so much for work? Can't you just work with us?"
"Li, please I don't want to argue. I'm already tired from the travel and work adding to that some mad man was talking crap to me while eating." Mad and extremely good looking Ugh...
"Why what did he say moon?" there I successfully distracted him, good job Sara.
"Something like pack rogue etc. etc. I didn't understand most of it."
"What are you crazy?? between tell me where do you work again?" he screamed making me take my phone away from my ears. What's wrong with him today? This is so not Li...
"White industries, does it ring some bell in your head?" I guess he might have known them since he is the CEO of our company and my mother being the CFO.
"Okay moon, listen to me carefully, I'm sending my assistant Stephan to pick you up now. Stop arguing with me, take a half day leave get your things and wait in your office he'll be there in a minute or two." He spoke in his mono tone, which means something is seriously wrong.
"I don't understand Li..." I'm confused, why is he over reacting, I'm 23 and just an hour away from home.
"Moon please... listen to me this once, its for your own good please..." he never pleaded me to do anything, something is definitely wrong and I decided to listen to him.
"Fine but you are explaining me what's wrong when we meet. I want to know everything." I replied in my no more argument tone, the one my mom uses on me every time I do something she doesn't want me to.
"That's my moon, now where are you Stephen was waiting outside your office."
"I saw him, I'll call you back Li" Stephen, my cousins assistant was waiting for me in my office's parking space.
"Be safe moon..." with that he cut the call.
After retrieving my things from the office and getting permission on very firs day, I left with Stephen to drive me back home. God, this is so humiliating and I couldn't understand why Li behaved like this today. True love
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