35 Am I falling in Love?
"She was rejected before she could even apply but we don't talk about it." She quickly replies back and I don't probe further, I push that thought aside thinking it's yet another jealousy and give it some time; it will eventually fade. However, how was I supposed to know, this was only the beginning.
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Once we settle down she fills me in on all the essential information that I should know. The company holds a total of twenty six management teams starting from team A to team Z, team A being the lowest level with the least amount of responsibility and team Z being the higher ups who's in charge of making all the big decisions. Each employee from the management team continuously undergoes training and levels up. However, she tells me there's only three members in team Z, one being Prince Elijah's personal butler and assistant "Mr Robert". It was no surprise to me that I had been placed in team B with my limited experience, I was lucky enough to not end up in team A or lower for that matter. Mundy tells me she was only recently promoted to team B after working hard in team A for almost two years and encourages me to work hard myself so I can reach my full potential. From the little interaction we've had so far, I was starting to warm up to her more and more. She was kind by nature and carefully explained each step to me; including the ones I should stay away from. Our team's role involved some minor decision making within the company with the majority of the decisions needing to be approved by the higher ups. Our current project is more customer focused dealing with a new restaurant that was currently under fire for selling unhygienic foods. The company had already invested more than fifteen million dollars but due to a complaint by a single influencer, our team has been suffering losses. Originally, I had thought this was just a state of affairs building and my responsibility would be to manage Prince Elijah's daily dealings. Mundy tells me that was the case originally but since Prince Elijah took over less than fives years ago he added many more departments and side businesses to create more funds for our country and the public. Every year he donates 20% of the company's profit to the public, most ending up in schools, health related issues and such. 'No wonder how much he is well respected here, even from people double his age' I thought to myself, still amazed at his incredibly intelligent mind and a kind soul. However, most of the public didn't know about all his hard work and dedication to serve his people well; this just shows he'll be a one good king.
We move on to discuss my task and responsibility for the day; including each of our team members. Mundy, Amelia, Chloe and Jennis are in charge of planning a solution to fix the issue, Lucas and Bruce are in charge of the technical responsibilities and Dean looks over the plans before it gets sent to Adricia; our team leader.
"And...what shall I do?" I ask
"I was told by Mr Robert that on your computer there's a timetable for you to follow and if you're still unsure feel free to find me anytime." She replies, glad that I asked. "But first, here's some documents for you to sign and please don't forget to look over our earlier work. Adricia says she needs your approval" She adds and leaves me to deal with my work. 'You can do this Hayley! This is why you're here!' I tell myself inwardly and flick through the large document. A piece of neatly enveloped royal blue note comes into my view from the middle of the document, I stop flicking through the pages and open it up. "Meet me up in my office for lunch. ~ Prince E" my face instantly lights up and I feel warm inside. The kind of feeling I hadn't felt in a long time; 'Was I falling in love with the Crown Prince?! Oh No! That would be such a disaster and I didn't want to compete with millions of girls' I force my heart to stop thinking of such outrageous thoughts and in my deluded self I almost failed to notice the similarities between the handwriting of Prince Elijah and the mysterious Tulip sender. 'What's the use of making some random guesses, I'll just ask him at lunch.' I scold myself and continue my work.
I soon finish looking through the documents and follow Mundy's order. I open up the computer to find it all set up; just the way I would have done so myself. On the bottom left corner I see an icon named "Timetable" which was surprisingly easy to find. I open it up and quickly read through them, everything was set up in such detail and at the same time easy to the eyes. Each table represented one week and below each table was a space to set goals for the next upcoming week. My task for the day included, setting up each of Prince Elijah's upcoming meetings for the next two weeks with a client in order of the day and time. On the side was a small note written 'Check your work email' and opening up my email I had received two files from Mr Robert. One which held Prince Elijah's availability for the next two weeks and the other with the list of clients information along with their phone number. At the bottom of the email he had written
"Sorry to bother you Miss Hayley."
Please call them and confirm meeting days and time by Friday.
Kind Regards, R."
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"No worries and Thank you.
Regards, H" I emailed back and went straight to complete my set task but before this I wanted to look over our team's earlier work which needed my approval.
I opened up a different document and read through the first page, however I could already pick up some holes within the story. How come a smooth running fancy restaurant suddenly be close to facing a lawsuit and losing millions of dollars. This all happened in a matter of days. I flipped through more pages to find they had come up with a solution to compensate few million dollars to the influencer to not further damage the restaurant's reputation and the idea belonged to Chloe. However, I had a different idea in mind.
I take the document outside with me and head straight to Adricia's office. She seems a bit shocked to see me but quickly changes into her professional look.
"What can I help you with?"
"I disapprove of this proposal."
