AND'

away, reveling in the complement of t

called, turning to me with

tter?" I asked,

u've scheduled with your father is in f

I coldly cut h

ered, her lips tre

ired." I repeated, walki

sorry, Mr. R

d." I c

this job." She blurted out, her sharp heels stri

st or an order?" I said, turnin

ly, her face blank. " I'm just saying I'm the only daughte

leave as I demand or I'll make sure you never get a job in the corpora

ith Miss Bridgette's team, there's nothing else. I made no more mistakes." Sh

my greatest enemy in the whole company due to your silly mi

t make any of that sort again." She pleaded, eye

appointment letter. Take your things and leave." I ordered, watching as t

lowering. The anger in my chest refused to ease as the elevato

nced it with a shake of my head. Weakness had no place in m

lished shoes clicking against the marble floo

he leather seat. The meeting with my father loomed ahead, God knows

ladened with something akin to happiness. His voice had a

to reject it, despit

the car pulled into traffic. My father's empire was vast

there was

r and something else I couldn't quite place. She was a thorn in

oes, rejected and cornered my every word, board me

ommand a room with her presence and I hated the fact that

fear me lik

like she was daring

aside. She was just an employee-a brilliant but infur

where my father was waiting. I stepped out, s

Polished floors, soft lighting, and the faint scent of freshly brewed coffe

turning towards me wi

seen him that happy, not even

replied, ste

d-water, coffee, even a tray of pastries that neither of us woul

chair opposite him. "I know you'r

as composed as his. "What's thi

voice calm but firm

e the first person

I asked, narr

d casually, acting like he wa

For a moment, I thought I'd misheard him. "You're.

e even. "I've met someone, and I've dec

my mind scrambling

forward in my chair. "When d

rgaret, she's intelligent, kind, and someone I care deeply about. As fo

gs that you need to do now, ge