The day was Monday and it was going to be her first day at work.

The sound she hated most snapped Ashley out of her deep slumber. Rubbing her eyes she started moving her hands around the bedside table to switch off the alarm. God it was 7:00 in the morning, she excitedly threw the bedsheets off her and she jumped out of the bed. She was so excited that through out the weekend , she only thought about work, how will it be?

Rolling her eyes, she headed straight to Emma' s bedroom to find her fast asleep. Not even making a sound , she tip toed out of her bedroom and she headed to the kitchen to prepare her breakfast.
By the time she finished preparing breakfast it was a half past seven. Time was her great enemy .

She immediately ran back to her room and she had a quick shower. Looking at her wardrobe , she couldn't even figure out on what to wear, I mean there are clothes and she didn't mind putting them on but it was her first day at work she had all rights to go insane on the dressing code right? Women code?Sighing heavily she opted for a maroon tight dress with her not so expensive but nice and comfortable heels and she summed up her looks with a black purse. Then her difficult task was putting on makeup, She didn't always fancy make up and she was now perplexed on what to do.

Shrugging, she put on mascara and applied lip gloss on her lips.. She can tolerate light makeup, after all it does not hurt. She looked at her hair which was in a messy bun. She concluded with putting it in a perfect pony tail.
With a wide grin, she looked in the mirror and the person staring right back at her was not that bad off , yeah she was good to go. Okay that is what she thought.

Checking on her phone she realised that she was left with only twenty minutes to reach her work place .

"Christ the way am a good time keeper " She sarcastically

Running like a possessed person she headed to the sitting room where Emma was busy taking her breakfast. She gave her a quick kiss on the cheeks and she said good bye to her.

"Emma take care" She shouted as she closed the door behind her.

Now she also had another trouble of hailing a cab. She first walked on the streets. All the cabs that she signaled to stop didn't , they all had people in them. Finally as if listening to her prayers a cab pulled in front her.

"Madam how can....." She immediately jumped at the back

"Matthews associates and auctioneers" she said as she buckled her seat belt.

Not sensing the cab moving, she looked up to see the cab driver just looking at her , She raised her eye brows questioningly but the cab driver continued looking at her as if she had grown a second head.

"Please am in a hurry, drive and we go at a fast speed, I need to be there in five minutes Matthews Associates and Auctioneers" She snapped at him and
Immediately the cab sped off.

She stood in front of a large building of Matthews associates and auctioneers. She remembered the last time she was in the same place for interview and now she was back for a job. Life was unpredictable.

This building again had the same impact on her, her heart beat increased and her palms became sweaty but she was willing not to give up, that was not the time for her to start quaking.

After she gained enough courage, she opened the door and she entered inside. It still hadn't yet changed from the first time she was here.
Everything was still the same starting from the furniture to the smiling receptionist only that today she was engrossed in a very hot conversation on the phone. That is what she thought basing on the way her face was fuming and the way her hands were all over the in air.

Sighing she headed towards her desk." This not the end of it Jassy , we are to talk about it when I come back , bye" She hanged up on who ever was on the the other side of the phone and she turned to Ashley now with a wide grin but one thing about it was that it never reached her eyes.

"I think you are Mrs Simpson , Mr Matthews expected you five minutes earlier, now if you do not mind, go to level seven." and with that she typed something on her phone angrily. Ashley just sent a nod to her and she continued with what she had to do.

Entering the elevator, Ashley released a heavy breath. She was thinking about what the job is going to be like, since she was late now what kind of rude words were Mr Matthews going to use on her . All in all her thoughts kept on wondering on many things in just a small period of time.

The moment the elevator doors opened, Ashley immediately stepped out of it and she headed to the reception.

"Mrs Simpson, am called Lenny Mr Matthew's receptionist and he expects you now though you are some kind of late " She said in a very unfriendly tone as if her and Ashley had ever been with an encounter.

Ashley looked at her and something about Lenny told her that they were not to become friends. She had an attitude. But putting everything aside, she was pretty nature really played a nice joke on her body.

Ashley left her and she headed to Hayden's office. She lifted up her hands to knock but they stopped in mid way. She was scared and nervous. After contemplating on the right think to do, she carefully places her knuckles on the door and she knocked softly.

"Come in " A deep cold familiar male voice commanded.

Now Ashley it is time to get hold of your self and behave.

With one final breath, she opened the door and she entered a very familiar room, with a familiar cologne she had breathed in the first time she entered it, Hayden smelled really good.
She headed in front of Mr Hayden's desk.

" Good morning sir"

" First day of your job and you come late Mrs Simpson! Really? Now you expect me to take have which kind of impression in you , I mean we all know first impression matters a lot in the career"

He said everything in a very strict yet calm voice which made Ashley to get second thoughts, his words had a " It was nice seeing you Mrs Simpson" finality.

With a shaky voice Ashley said" I am very sorry sir and I ensure that such a thing is not to appear again. I was really caught up with some things, I ....um. I .."

The cold stare Hayden gave her ever since she started her ranting drowned Ashley into a sea of stuttering. God please help me. She clenched her fists praying that she gets control of my self.

" Its okay Mrs Simpson since its your first day I am pardoning you but if something like this happens again , I will not buy your lame excuses. Here work is taken seriously. Now the room at your left when you leave here is your office, I will send the dos and the don'ts and your schedule and the contract for you to read, understand and sign. " He raised his perfect eyebrows waiting for her reply.

" Oka..ka. Okay Sir" Something about him was so uncomfortable to the extent that Ashley lost her tongue.

" You are free to go Mrs Simpson"

"Thank you sir"

Ashley carefully stood up the man opposite her looking at her with a studying gaze.
With small strides as if she made big ones the ground would get cracks, she headed to the door and she found her way out of the office hoping that today she had not forgot anything inside there.

Thankfully she didn't

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