and. It was going to be a very tough time for her, searc

in self—" Chris did not let her finish her sentence, as he cut in by slamming his hand on the table.

s and lies." He then scoffed and added, "And what did you even want to say? That the customer lied? Oh, spare me the

bag of trash to throw out here." The words stung more than the reality that she was just being fired. What hurt more was that her childho

ut to tear up. Her stomach dropped as she clutched at herself, gripping her elbows and rubbing her arms in self-comfort. She still found it hard to take everything in, as she

y, or vent her hurt to something, anything, she was not able to. A tear slipped from her eyes but she wiped it off immediately. Gi

or of his office close. He made his hand into a fist and

an appointment. The customer happens to be one of the main shareholders of the hotel, and he was currently making a deal with him. If anything

man. If he had, it would have cost him a lot,

his first time firing his workers. He was a perfectionist when it came to his business

s business and he could not let anybody ruin it fo

k to the lady he had just fired. While he yelled at her, his body felt some way. There was some sort of familiarity he felt towards her. He squinted his eyes, something he does when he tries to think about something. He racked his brain for a few s

loudly just before he turned to see the person that banged his door hard and walked in without knoc

alk into my office l

same age-grade as Christopher, walked further into the room. On getting to the chair opposit

exander at work, Chris sternly replied, calling the name Alexander again intentionally to annoy him, as he walked o

I did, and there's nothing you can do about that." Alexan

hich made Alexander chuckle a bit. He touched his blonde hair as he continued staring at Chris, enjoying the way he was fuming with anger. It was nothing new to him t

tarted in the calmest tone of voice possible. Then he placed his arms on the table, a misc

ening to their point of view?" Immediately, Chris burst into laughter. His laughter resounded in the whole office as he pulled his office chair closer and sat on it. Alexander remained seated, but he wa

done laughing. By now, his face held the stern look it usually holds. It was like his d

ed in the first place, you wouldn't have made me a supervisor." Alexander said and sat upri

e you want to satisfy customers, Chris. Because you pay

ages as if he was reading them, whereas he was just doing that to avoid giving Alexander the attention he wanted. He knew if he did tha

is. I just want you to know the la

been chasing her around for the last couple of weeks?" C

pping the pages of the book and dropped it on his table. "Now, tell me," he said, glaring at Alexander who sat there speechless. "Shoul

y does, when he stumbled upon Scarlet. She was in tears as she headed for the elevator. He has asked her what happened and she had explained to him everything that transpired between her and the man from the hotel room to how sh

humanity and you're anything but humble!" He exclaimed, pointing his index f

," he said calmly. "Besides, why are you even screaming? You're in my office and you're shoutin

the table. "You have no right

d also fire you just like I did her!" Chris former back as he sprang up from his chair, glaring at him with red eyes on an angry face. Ale

ut I don't blame you, because if it had been someone you truly care about, you wouldn't react

. You would never know how it feels like to care

picked up his phone from the table and walked out of the office, slamming the door behind him.

ould never know how it feels to care for people?" He added a

at I'm here, trying to maintain my business from cra

dly, scattering everythi