1 words can hurt

I crossed my right leg over my left one, glancing at the clock which told me I had been sitting here for an hour. Clutching my file with my hands, I waited for my turn to go into the CEO's office for my interview. But as I looked around me, taking note of nearly fifty women sitting waiting for their turns, I knew it was going to be a long time before I was allowed to go in, which didn't help lessen my anxiety in the least. I needed to get this interview over with as soon as possible, my little brother was at home, alone, which was not ideal for his current condition, and I needed to go to him. The door of the CEO's office opened and a woman with blonde hair exited crying her eyes out. Her mascara was running down in thin, black streams while her gray eyes were bloodshot. Without saying a word, the woman stormed towards the lone elevator that was present on the floor and stabbed the call button repeatedly until the elevator arrived. Entering the elevator, her existence vanished as the doors closed. "Number twenty seven, Ms. Hannah, Mr. Maslow will see you now," the lady at the reception said in a monotone. A lady with jet black hair with green cat-like eyes stood up gracefully and smoothed her already smooth pink dress. Pasting on a seductive smile, she confidently sashayed inside the office. I didn't understand how she was not freezing in that flimsy dress? My confidence faltered for the twenty seventh time as I saw yet another beautiful woman goes for her interview. Even though I had absolutely zero interest in the man himself, I was interested in what he was offering. Money. Gideon Maslow owned the world's biggest business empire, and was the very definition of rich, he was practically royalty. There was nothing in this world that the man couldn't buy. He owned five private islands and was planning on buying one of the Bahamas; something I got to know after doing some research on him when I saw the newspaper advertisement. It was just another day when I was scanning the newspaper searching for a thing.

To be continued