Chapter - 64
"Co in," Karen gave her permission to Amber.
Amber walked in and raised her brows, looking at Alex, signalling him, 'Why am I being called?'
Alex shook his head in return.
Karen looked at them, signalling each other before she intervened, "Alex, Amber, I have a job for you guys," Karen said to the two of them. She then looked at Alex, "From Monday, Next week, I want you both to go around the area of the publishing company and do a survey for . I want you to prepare a questionnaire or sothing. Like what kind of books they like to read, where they usually read the books from or do they like going to the libraries to read books, sothing along those lines," Karen told them.
"Chief, can't we just do an online survey?" Amber asked.
Karen nodded, "Of course we are gonna do that. But we need soone to do the leg work too. What I am asking you is a vital part of our plan to promote the new company. This survey helps us know more about our primary target audience, the people in the vicinity of our new project. We will sort out the data based on their age, gender, and if needed, their ethnicity," Karen explained to the two of them.
"Still, Chief. We can always hire so people to do it for us?" Alex said and got a nod from Amber as well.
"We can, but I want the two of you to do this," Karen said, "Moreover, the people we hire won't be diligent enough."
"Boss, you are being unreasonable," This ti, it was Amber, almost whining like a little girl. Amber usually is not at the centre of events and would just go along with the flow, but this ti, even she felt it was too troubleso.
"It's my privilege of being the boss. Didn't you say it the last ti?" Karen said and made Alex rember his own words from the eting they had a few days back, "Now off you go. I have work to do," Karen said and shooed them out of her office.
Alex and Amber walked out of her cabin, dejected. They looked weary as they walked to their seats. The others ladies, when saw them, gathered around them to know what happened, but when they heard it from Amber, they didn't look that surprised. Evidently, they all have gone through sothing like this at least once during the early days of starting working here.
The ladies began to share their stories with Alex and Amber. The most pitiful of them all was Jennifer. It was just when she had started working at Theation when the company was still blooming. One of their celebrity was involved in a scandal, and Jennifer, along with Karen, had to spend their whole night in a car outside the police station to make sure the dia could not get a hold of that celebrity. Hearing them all, Alex and Amber cheered up a bit. For all they had to do was stand sowhere, stop so people and ask them so questions, simple enough.
When the clock struck six, it was ti for them to leave. Alex packed his stuff and walked straight to Karen's cabin.
*Knock! Knock!
"Co in," Alex heard Karen's voice.
Alex walked in and stood in front of Karen obediently. When Karen heard no one talking, she looked up from the file she was looking at.
"What are you doing here?" Karen asked and then looked at the clock, "Oh! It's already ti. Yes, you all can leave. I will also leave in a while," Karen said. She thought Alex was here to notify her that he, along with others, was leaving.
"No, that's not it. I just wanted to let you know in advance that I won't be coming to work on Saturday," Alex told her.
"And why is that?" Karen asked.
"I have so business to attend to," Alex told her.
"And that would be?" Karen asked with curiosity. She had her face supported by her hand, and she was looking at him leisurely.
"That would be sothing personal," Alex looked at her with a sneer.
Karen almost lost balance hearing him. Adjusting her clothes, she looked at him with annoyance.
"Whatever, I want you to send an application for leave on my e-mail as well as a handwritten application by Friday," Karen said and went back to reading her file.
Alex was left speechless. He never knew Karen would act so petty over such a small joke. Hazel already told him that notifying Karen was more than enough, but Karen here was singing a different tone altogether.
"Fine... Whatever," Alex said and walked out of her cabin, banging the door behind him.
Karen was again left in awe by Alex. She had expected him to try and reason out with her and almost plead to her for so relaxation, but contrary to her expectations, he just left without a single argunt.
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Three days went by in a jiffy, and it was Saturday. These few days, Karen was pissed with him, and Ellaine was at arm's length. Except for that, everything went surprisingly well for Alex.
And right now, Alex was sitting in front of Rachel again. But this ti, they were not in her chamber but in a different room with nothing but two chairs placed in it.
"So, are you still facing the issue we talked about the other day?" Rachel asked.
"Yup, nothing has changed," Alex nodded.
"It's okay. We will try to find the cause for it," Rachel said, looking at Alex while her hands wrote sothing on the notepad in her hand.
"Well, I am sure we will get sowhere soon. After all, a beautiful and smart doctor like you won't just leave hanging," Alex flattered Rachel.
"Hehehehe..." Rachel broke into soft giggles, "Now I am even experiencing what you told about the other day. You really have gotten sly."
"It all cos naturally in the company of a beautiful lady such as yourself. I am just the dium. The one truly admiring you is soone else," Alex said as he pointed up, referring to the god.
"Oh! Just shut up now. You are making blush. What is your mother were to know about this?" Rachel tried hard not to crack up again.
"So what? She will be proud of that I can appreciate true beauty," Alex was still in no mood to bring it a notch down.
"So you want to appreciate my beauty?" Rachel asked. She had this smug look on her face, almost provoking Alex. If Alex answered in affirmation, he might get a taste of sothing extraordinary.
This confidence of Rachel made Alex back off. He was still a greenhorn, trying his luck. He picked up a few lines from here and there and wanted to use them on soone, in this case, Rachel. But if it was soone else, Alex might have gotten an upper hand, but in front of Rachel and Margaret, the possibility is very slim.
"Hehehe... I am joking... joking," Alex said with a foolish smile on his face.
"But I am not," This ti, Rachel decided to push it.
"Why don't we get down to business? If mom knew, we are wasting her money on idle chatter. She will blast my ass with her lambast," Alex tried to bring them back on track of their counselling session.
"I am not charging your mother a single di," Rachel told him.
"Really... So you better cooperate with the session," Rachel said as she straightened herself, "Now, do you think you can tell about your dreams?" Rachel asked.
"That..." Alex was hesitant. He didn't know Rachel would ask this of him so soon.
It has been about a year since they started this session. It took Alex a couple of months to open up to Rachel. They talked about everything, movies, landscapes, arts, politics or anything they could think of, but Alex never told her what he saw in his dream. Not only Rachel, he never even told Martha or Geroge about what he saw in those dreams. But Rachel was very patient with him. She would bring up the topic in hopes that Alex might open up but won't push Alex.
"It's okay. No need to dwell upon it. But I hope the next ti you are here, you will open up to , or at least to your parents," Rachel said, "Okay, so tell ..."
"I am ready,"
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