SANDRA’S POV.

I walked dejectedly into the hospital. Nothing had really gone my way today. Not only that I had lost my job but all the companies refused to hire me. I’m cursed? Now I really regretted slapping my boss. Why did I become hot tempered? I should have politely refused his advances. That’s a good job so many people were vying for and I just threw it away just like that. Being impulsive was my biggest flaw. Now I don't know what else to do .

I tried to cheer myself up because I didn’t want Lisa to know what I was going through. I took the snacks I bought into her ward and when she saw me, she was delighted and invited me for a hug. I happily hugged her gently.

Lisa stared at me for some seconds and said “don’t pretend to be happy, when you are before me, I know you are going through a lot, that’s why I invited you for a hug, just to encourage you. Don’t worry, when I get off this bed, I will get a job, and I’ll take care of you, and take all over the world. And buy you whatever you want.”

I became so touched that tears seeped through the corners of my eyes, I hugged Lisa gently again and whispered. “I believe in you. And I know you will do everything you have said for me, so hurry up and get well okay?”

She nodded happily, and we are the snacks together. “How is your new boss treating you?” She asked when I was about to leave.

I smiled and said “well, he is strict but he is okay.” Lisa nodded. Apparently she was satisfied with my response.

I left the hospital, feeling a lot happier after spending few time with Lisa. However, the moment I stepped into my house recalled that I was jobless and I couldn’t help blame myself for not being shrewd enough to handle a jerk like Michael. I stuffed myself with food with hopes that it will make me feel better but it didn’t help a bit.

I decided to check online for jobs advertisements. I saw one them that needs sales girls , i said to myself that it’s better to do something and earn peanuts than to do nothing and earn nothing.

I called the line and and a very rude lady picked up the call. When I told her about my intentions to work as a sales girl, she told me to put on something sexy to start work the following day. She didn’t mention a thing about signing a contract or how much I will get paid.

I felt it suspicious and I decided to look up for past customers reviews online. To my dismay what I saw were mostly complaints by workers, of not being paid for months and been overused and even sexually harassed. I cringed in disgust as I imagine breaking a customer’s wrist because he tried to touch my boobs.

I felt so frustrated and in the end closed my eyes, for some sleep but unfortunately for me, I couldn’t. I seemed to be insomniac. This is going to be a really long time, I told myself. I woke up the following morning feeling useless.

Should I call Richard and ask him to get me a job? I seriously thought about it but I feared that he might interpret it as a green light.

I just laid back on my bed turning and tousling while trying to do with my life.

MICHAEL’S POV.

I woke up with a smile on my face . I had to come up with the perfect plan for Sandra and I looked forward to implementing it. I deliberately went to work late because I want to keep her in her toes while leaving her feeling anxious. But to my suprise, she was not available, when I got to work. She didn’t even turn up for work the following day. Usually I would fire her without second thoughts but I had the intent of seeing my plan through. So I had my manager to call Sandra back to work immediately.

SANDRA’S POV.

My phone rang and I lazily picked it up. It was an unknown number, so I just hope it wasn’t Richard, cause I’m not in the mood right now.

“Who’s this?” I asked.

“Good morning, miss. Sandra Nathan.” The voice replied. “This is the manager of Star agency entertainment. I want to find out the reason why you stayed away from work on your second day. There’s so much work to be done yet you’re absent or are you no longer interested working with us?” If yes, please turn in your resignation letter, so someone else fill in the roll.”

I quickly sat upright. “I’m so sorry sir but it was under the impression that I was fired.”

He sighed, “believe me, if you were fired, you could been given a formal notice long time ago. I would advise you to get down to work immediately. You’re lucky the CEO is in a good mood today, otherwise you could have been fired.”

“Thank you sir, it won’t happen again.” I muttered, before jumping out of the bed.

According to the personality of the CEO, I was surprised to get fired. What could have made him change his mind? Well, it didn’t matter right right now, for now I’m just happy that I’m no more unemployed.

I would just apologize for hitting him that hard when I get to the office and I would try my best to avoid been close to him, or being alone with him.

When I got to the office, I realized I was getting weird looks from my colleagues. They probably looked down on me for being late on my second day on the job but it wasn’t really my fault so I didn’t care. The moment I entered my office, Michael’s personal assistant, Mr. Baron came in, and informed me that the CEO wanted to see me.

“Well, I guess this is it,” I said to myself, I got up and headed straight to Michael’s office.