LIVING HELL

Well, most people would have been over the moon to be given a chance to work for the CEO of JAY ENTERPRISE. Such a big empire was the biggest in the region so people loved the paycheck that came with the work. However, if they were to ask Emma for advice on whether to apply for work in this company I bet she would tell them that it was pure slavery.

She is unaware was asleep after the tiring errands she had been constantly sent to by her superior. The devil himself was lenient with her as he let her relax for a few more minutes while he prepared what work she would do next. Just then coincidentally Mrs. Johnson the head of HR came to the office with some files which needed his attention when she came to see the view in front of her.

"Ms. Stone ", she called her father and whispered to her when she found her asleep. She was anxious about how the boss would deal with her but rather from the exhaustion Emma did not even bat an eyelid.

"Mrs. Johnson I would appreciate it if you bring those files you are holding to my table as of that lazy cow of mine you need not worry since soon I'll be plowing it", he said jokingly whilst laughing but Mrs Johnson did not find it funny rather it was intimidating.

"it's a joke I expect you to laugh Mrs Johnson", he said looking at her.

"ha ha ha ha ", she laughed but it made the atmosphere even more awkward than it had already been.

After looking at the files that she had brought in he signed them and watched as she left the office. Just as she was about to close the door he called out to her in a whisper.

"close the door smoothly I don't want to wake my pet up if she does I will be irritated", he said once again giving off an evil grin plastered on his face.

After some time Emma finally woke up and to her surprise Alexander was looking at her seriously. When she realized what had happened she quickly stood up and went straight to his desk shaking uncontrollably.

"am sorry Mr Allan I didn't mean to fall asleep am so sorry please forgive me", she pleaded. Getting fired on the first day on the job no matter how hard the job was would tarnish her future resume especially her record of sleeping off during working hours.

"I think I made myself clear to you today that you need not say a word as your voice disrupts my peace of mind, secondly if you feel like it's too much for you and tiresome to work for me am open to accepting your resignation letter on my desk anytime 24/7", he said reprimanding her.

After hearing her ugly voice he needed time to freshen up so he pushed some books on his bookshelf and a door appeared which he entered leaving her inside the office. Emma's palms were sweating profusely after the talk with her employee now so she also felt hungry since the lunch break was only 3 minutes away she decided to join other employees as they went to have their respective lunch in the company's cafeteria.

Whilst downstairs she could not help but think of the friend she had made earlier in the morning Janet the receptionist so she went to see if she had already gone for lunch.

"speak of the devil, I was just about to call your office line to call you down for lunch ", she said with the same warmth as she had during the morning.

" I just finished some of the work in the office early so I thought maybe we could grab lunch together. Thus if you don't mind me tagging along", she said politely.

"no problem let's go and eat quickly since the reception cannot be left empty ", she said stating her issues.

The two went together to the cafeteria and ordered their different meals. Time was not on Janet's side so she ate in quite a jiffy so she rushed up and returned to her post. Emma finished her meal also and went back to her prison. The man inside the office was already waiting for her with bloodshot eyes. The atmosphere inside the room was freezing and suffocating and Emma at first hesitated to enter the room.

"Where did you wander to just now', he commanded with his bloodshot eyes not leaving any trace of emotion she showed.

"i.i…i.. saw that it was lunch time so I went to have lunch in the cafeteria sir', she said.

"Well, may I inform you that this is my company and you hold no such right to decide when and where to go to have your lunch? From today onwards you will not go out without seeking my permission first", he commanded as he retrieved a bunch of copies from his desk.

"Now look at these copies I want you to photocopy each one of these into 20 copies each. Make sure you fasten them together properly and in order I want them complete by the end of the day. Now get back to work", he instructed her whilst also going back to his work.

When he was working he did not like having distractions so since he saw her as an emotional distraction he had to keep her outside the office no wonder he sent her out just now.

Just then Emma went to the printer in her department and was busy printing all the copies she had been given by the CEO. Just then the gentleman from earlier saw that she was having a hard time processing so many documents and decided to give her a helping hand which was not bad at all.

"excuse me miss can I offer you an extra hand", Freddy said.

"Thank you very much Mr Patrick", she said looking at his worker's badge.

"no need to be formal here we already met in the morning remember", he exclaimed.

"oh right, this morning. Thank you for that I hope maybe some other time when am not busy I could treat you to a meal ", she said whilst focusing on her work.

"that would be perfect, I'll notify you when am free as well so I hope it's okay if I call you Emma", he said.

"no problem Mr. Patrick it's fine, am not that petty anyway. I answer to both Emma or Ms Stone you call me the way you feel comfortable with", she said energetically some of her fatigue being washed away.

"but I am not comfortable with you calling me so formally please call me by my name ", he complained.

"okay Freddy", she said smiling beautifully.

The two talked as Freddy helped her with the work and surprisingly they had a lot of things in common like their fear of snakes and they loved reading novels during their leisure time. They both said it helped them to escape from some troubles in their lives whilst entering a world of uncertainty and calm most preferably peace. After a while, Emma went back to her office whilst Freddy went to his own cubicle.

When Emma returned her joy was quickly drowned in the ocean of fear for the man who was in front of her. She was certain of one thing which was that her stay in the company would bring her more bad than good but she was determined to stand still until the end. 

"sir am done with the work you assigned me", she said whilst looking at the who ignored her for a time span of 5 minutes whilst she stood there like a statue holding the documents in her hands.

"you keep those documents on your table I will need you tomorrow to have already distributed them to every seat in tomorrow's conference meeting. The meeting will start at 8 o'clock sharp don't be late ", he said seriously.

"okay sir if that's all I will take my seat now", she said whilst waiting for the man to dismiss her.

"Okay now get out of my face ", he said whilst frowning.

After some hours passed it was now time for people to leave the company but she had to wait for him to finish up his work which he did till 7 in the evening purposefully working overnight just to get on her nerves. That day when she went back home she did not have enough power to cook so she ordered food and ate then went straight to bed sleeping exhaustedly. Most of all she set an alarm for the next day, she did not want to be late especially since she was a new employee. However, in a very lavishly decorated study room, a man was lighting a cigarette and smiling devilishly as he recounted the girl's expressions she showed whenever he told her what to do.

"you just tasted the icing on the cake my dear wait and watch as we cut and devour the whole cake', this was his weak mind thinking of another way to cause her emotional distress for the humiliation he faced at the bar.