章 12: Captivated cold-heart
The interview for the open position of the new intern in the Romano group finally begun. All the candidates were heading one by one according to their scheduled turns to Mr. Pablo's chamber. Eva was consistently fidgeting while waiting for her turn. Soon her wait was over, and she was summoned.
With a fretful expression, she walked inside the room. Mr. Pablo greeted her with a warm smile and pointed towards the seat opposite him. She obediently took her place and handed him her CV.
"So, you are Miss Eva Ricci." He was gawking at her documents while responding.
"Yes sir."
"Why do you want to work here?" He began his interrogation.
Eva was quiet for a while and averted her gaze downwards. "I...I just want this job, for survival." Her voice seemed morose.
Mr. Pablo was startled by her answer and ogled at her for a few minutes. "Survival? Do you really need this job that badly?" He inquired.
Eva silently nodded her head while lowering her chin downwards. "I am almost pushed at the extreme edge now. As I am given a second chance of survival, so I want to make good use of my life, without further regrets. That's all about my wish now. For that, I need to have a job first. And, working in such a reputed company will be an honor for me." She continued.
Mr. Pablo sighed with her response and closed her file. "Well, your CV is quite satisfying, but I can't assure you for your approval, but I hope my boss will take your record into consideration." He replied politely with a small grin.
Eva stood up from her seat and bowed her head tenderly.
.........
Zeus was standing near the huge fenestration of his cabinet, staring outside with a befuddled gaze. His mind was being quite impatient.
In the meantime, Mr. Pablo approached his cabinet, holding a pile of documents in his hand. "Sir? I just finished up with the interview." He sounded amiable.
Zeus quickly turned towards him with curious eyes. "How did it go? Did they meet our expectations?" He snapped immediately.
Mr. Pablo grinned with a clumsy gesture and scrapped his neck awkwardly. "Well, most of the candidates were good enough with excellent track records. But one of the candidates caught my attention."
Zeus cryptically stared at him for a moment. Mr. Pablo started searching a file among the pile of documents and quickly found the one. "Here, this one." He mumbled while handing over a document to him.
He took the file from his hand and flinched with the sight. It was the CV of Eva. Even her stamp size small picture was radiating her beautiful appearance. Zeus stared at her picture without winking while gently stroking it with his bigger fingers.
"Her answer to my question was quite absurd. She replied to me that she wants this job for her survival, as she is being pushed to the extreme edge of life. Also, she told me that after getting a second chance in life, this time she wants to make good use of it. She seemed to be in extremely distressing condition, sir." Mr. Pablo blurted out nonchalantly.
Zeus was still stroking her picture with a delicate gaze in his eyes and smiled a bit. "Perhaps, the second chance was about yesterday. I did a good job of saving her life." He thought with a kind sneer.
His mystic simpers appeared quite oblivious to Mr. Pablo. He was ogling at him and couldn't ask anything further.
After a while, Zeus firmly grabbed the document in his arm and headed straight towards his seat. "I am approving her as one of our interns. Another candidate, you can choose among the rest of the applicants." He sounded quite frigid.
Mr. Pablo abruptly smiled widely with his decision. As he seemed to empathize with Eva's condition. "Thank you, sir." He gently nodded his head and walked straight out of the room.
With a small grin on his face, he gazed at her picture for a moment. After a moment of anticipation, he scrapped out the picture from the document and put it inside the personal drawer of his table. "I don't know why I am retaining her picture, but, I don't want to throw it out... It's better to keep that with me secretively." He murmured while closing the drawer.
........
Eva was strolling outside the office at a slow pace. She didn't have any higher hopes of getting the job after countless rejections she faced in her previous interviews. With a heavy-hearted sigh, she continued walking.
As she inattentively headed towards outside, suddenly she bumped into a strong muscular guy. It was only her fault as she was obviously lacking her concentration.
"Ahhh, I am really sorry, sir. I hadn't been paying attention." She bowed earnestly before the guy by lowering her head as an apology.
"So we meet again, little duckling?"
A familiar, impish voice startled her and she raised her chin up. Czar was standing in front of her with a wicked grin.
"Why are you here, little duckling?" He mumbled with a sly resonance.
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