Pilot 1 A new beginning
I was looking out of the car window. The rain was pouring down.
I took one quick look over to the clock, it said 1:15 am. My husband Adam and I had been driving for the last 5 hours, and soon we would be, at our new home, in a new city – a new everything.
I was both nervous and excited about it. Tomorrow I was going to a job interview, that I had applied for. I knew I was qualified for this job, but I also knew it was one of the hardest places to get a job.
Many had been declined, and I feared it was going to happen to me too.
“Don’t worry, it’s going to be fine Cath” Adam smiled reassuring at me, while I still kept an eye on the road. I sighed heavily.
“yeah, I hope so.” I gave him a weak smile, but my knee was still jumping up and down, as I went back to chew on my fingernail. I was trying to make myself believe his words – Hopefully he was right.
Adam and I had been high school sweethearts, and after college we decided to get married. Adam had always been there for me, and he was my safe place. Many of my friends thought it was a bad idea, but we were happy, so why should anyone have to stop us?
Maybe because I did tell them, that even though I do love Adam, I wasn’t in love with him.
I kind of felt obligated to our relationship, and with time I learned to accept it.
I wasn’t unhappy with him, and he was also a good-looking guy and even the s*x was great, so what was not to like?
“So, here we are” Adam's voice got me back to reality. I looked up at our new house, it was dark, so it wasn’t easy to see it clear.
“Good, cause I’m exhausted” I complained, Luckily our home had already been furnished, thanks to the moving company.
As soon as we walked in, I found the bedroom and threw myself on the bed. I had been looking forward to getting a good night of sleep.
What felt as five minutes later, I heard my alarm ring. I quickly pushed the button, as I wanted to avoid getting up yet. But it was too late, Adam had heard it.
“Cath you have to get up, your interview is at 09.00, and it’s almost 08..” before he could finish I rudely interrupted him.
“s**t!” I must have pushed it more than once, I quickly stated to myself.
I quickly ran to the bathroom as I heard Adam's laughter in the bedroom.
“Oh, shut up, will you!” I surely wasn’t a morning person like Adam was, and somehow he found that amusing.
I quickly got washed off and found the outfit for the day, that I had left at the top of my suitcase. It was a beautiful blue dress.
It perfectly shaped my curves and my white blazer gave a professional touch to it.
I put my matching high heels on and put on a perfect layer of make up - looking good, but not too much! I decided to have my long brown hair loose and walked in to the kitchen, Adam gave me a brief look and smiled.
“You look gorgeous Cath” he then gave me a quick kiss and handed me a coffee to go and toasted bread.
“Thank you, Adam, I have to go now, but I hope you have a great first day at work!” I ran out of the door before Adam could answer me. I got the car started and put in the address on the GPS.
The Company I was applying for, was a multi billionaire company called ‘Carnivora’ they had Companies all over the globe, but this place was Carnivora’s headquarters and where the ‘Big boss’ was told to have his office.
He was told to be the youngest multi billonaire, he got huge succes at only 20-year-old from this firm, that he built on his own. Well maybe he had a little help from his parents, who weren’t in lack of money either, but anyway, what he had accomplished over the last 12 years was pretty impressive.
I was told he was very quality minded, and therefore he would go visit all his companies, to make sure everything was in place, but this was here he was keeping order. Maybe that’s why it was so hard to get a job here? Or maybe he’s just and a*shole I thought to myself.
I snapped out of my stressful mind, when some jerk behind me, was honking his horn. I lost my temper and jumped out of my car and walked directly over to him. He rolled down the window as I came closer.
“ I don’t know if you blind or something, but there are probably four cars in front of me, so if you would please stop honking your horn, or I will put it where the sun don’t shine!” I hissed. Even though I was pissed I couldn’t help to notice, that this man I just yelled at, was hot as hell.
The entire time, the man just smirked at me, and I couldn’t help but notice his eyes kind of shifted. Was he getting turned on by me yelling at him? I felt a blush on my cheeks and I somehow got a weird feeling, as an amazing smell hit me.
“I hope we are clear!”
I turned around before I would say something stupid, as I suddenly heard him say
“oh, we are —, very much indeed” I could hear him smirking, and I felt very mad but at the same time, I felt like my whole body was shivering by the sound of his voice. Something must be off.
I quickly jumped in to my car and soon enough, the traffic was moving again. I hurried up to find a place to park.
I was already 5 minutes late. If I had worked here, I probably would have been fired by now. I ran over to the lady who was standing behind the table.
As I walked in, a lot of people stared at me. - F*ck, I knew it would be bad to be late -. “Can I help you miss?” The lady asked me, she could probably see my nervousness.
“Oh, yes I’m sorry, I’m a bit late. I should have been at a job interview, at 09.00” I replied apologetically. She looked at me and then down at the computer.
“Are you mrs. Rees?” I kind of felt a bit intimidated, not only by her, but also by all of the other people in here. There was a kind of terrifying aura to them.
They were all very high compared to me, who only were 5.4 and they all seemed to be around 6.1 or more.
“ Yes, that’s me” She walked out from behind the desk and pointed down the long hallway.
“You just go down the hallway and to your right, and then you just wait there, then there will soon be someone to call you in, our top manager always participate in these meetings, and he is unfortunately delayed today.” I couldn’t help but feel lucky. Maybe my chances where better now?
I sat down at a chair, 5 minutes later a man in his 40’s walked in and asked me to follow him to the meeting lounge. There were sitting 2 tall men in the meeting lounge besides the man, who just showed me the way.
I smiled and shook hands with both of them, both of them also seemed to be in there 40’s but all of them were very muscular build and also super high. “I was hoping we could get to see your CV, while we wait on Mr. Lupus?” One of the men said, still keeping a serious demeanor. “Of course, here you go!” I smiled and handed him my resume and my CV.
He shimmed it and handed it over to the two others, who did the same, I could feel my hands were getting sweaty as I squeezed them together under the table. “You have a very impressive CV Mrs. Rees” he told.
“Well thank you very much” I was still very nervous, as I sensed a ‘but’.
“But.. here we go ..as you probably know..” suddenly the doors opened, and my eyes widened in shock. It was the guy from earlier, who I yelled at. His expression was hard, until he saw me and I knew he recognized me, because suddenly he smirked at me and sent a quick wink.
“Well hello miss-“ he stopped and waved his hand, as for me to tell my name.
“Oh-uhm, I-I a-am Mrs. Rees- Cathrine Rees S-sir”. I was probably red all over, and my sudden stutter, didn’t make things better.
“Nice to meet you Mrs. Cathrine Rees”. He greeted, as he took my hand, and I suddenly felt sparks in my whole body. It was something I never felt before, and it seemed like he felt it too. As he let go of my hand, I came back to my senses, and the man who before was interrupted by Mr. Lupus’ entry, was getting ready to finish.
“..as I was saying, your CV is very impressive, but we aren’t sure, that this is the right place for you”. It felt like a slap, but I was ready to fight for my case. But before I got to say anything, Mr. Lupus interrupted.
“Mr. Le loup, if I may, I am currently in the need of an assistant, maybe you can start from there and get a chance to work your way up?” He got up from his chair and placed his hands in his pockets.
“But Mr. Lupus, Sir you..” Mr. Lupus raised a hand to stop him, still with his eyes glued to mine. I wasn’t looking for an assistant job, but if it was my only way in, then so be it. I had to show him, that I was worth it.
“Uhm, ok..” It was almost impossible to hear my voice, but somehow he managed to hear my answer.
“Good! Come to my office first in the morning, at 08.00 am, sharp! So don’t forget to leave in time..” He turned away, but halfway through the door he stopped and looked at me with a smirk.
“We can’t have, you getting stuck in the traffic again, can we?” I felt my cheek blushing again, damn him and his stupid smirk!