Chapter -102"What were you doing in that room?" Margaret opened her mouth to ask. She was calm, but Alex could feel the tension building in the room."I..." The manager started to answer, but Margaret cut him short."Well, I know what you were doing there. And to be honest, I could care less which donut you want to spray your cream in," Margaret said, "What I want to know that why were you creamipieing that donut in that room?" Margaret asked, and her voice upped a notch, "That room is off-limits, don't you know that?""Ma'am, I am...." The man wanted to explain, but Margaret did not seem interested in listening to any of his excuses."Didn't I explicitly order that no one, and I mean no one, was allowed in VIP lounges 10 and 11," Margaret asked in an icy cold manner. Alex felt the temperature of the room going down with every word she spoke.The man nodded, "Yes, ma'am, It was a mistake, and I know..." The man opened his mouth once again to try and explain but was cut off by Margare
Chapter -103"How dare you speak to him in that tone? Do that again, and I will show you hell right here and now" Margaret, on the other hand, hearing the man, lost her composure. She dared him to try her."Yes, Boss," the man yelled out at the top of his lungs, loud enough for everyone to hear outside the room."Oh, so you wanna try it?" Margaret asked, challenging the man."No, Boss... I was in the wrong. It won't happen again," Standing straight in attention, the man corrected himself. 'Who is the kid to rile her up so much?' the man thought as he sneaked a peek at the handsome but wimpy looking kid in front of him."Now answer his question," Margaret sat back in her chair and said."He is not a regular, but he does hang around here every with his friends, but I don't know him personally. But..." The man looked at Margaret, "But when he came here a few days back, someone asked me to fiddle with his drink." The manager told them.Margaret looked at the manager seriously. If this wer
Chapter - 104"Can't you guys do one thing right? Do I have to spoon-feed you on every step of your work?" Karen scolded while the lady stood in front of her with her head hung low."Here, Go back and do it again," Karen tossed the file back on the table and asked the lady to leave. The lady also didn't waste time. She grabbed the file in one swift movement and walked out from there as fast she could.This has been the scene in the office since morning. Karen has been on a rampage since she got to work. She has been going around scolding the ladies over trivial affairs. Even Jennifer was not spared from the sarcasm.'Don't you think the way she is acting is rather violent than usual? It's at least up by a notch or two of what we are used to,' Hazel wrote on the department chat group, but this time they were attentive enough to start the chat on the group Karen was not a part of.'Yeah, do you think it's because of her husband, again?' Jennifer wrote. She usually avoids talking about o
Chapter -105In the restaurant,Alex brought Margaret to the restaurant in front of his company. The food here was delicious, and above that, he knew about the place. Going to a place you know about can save you from embarrassment. Trying out a new place with your date was a bad, bad idea. If the food turns out bad, your date might end up taking you as a cheap niggard even if you didn't mean it.So, Alex brought Margaret to what he felt was a safe place. Alex ordered the food while Margaret just went along with his choice."So, how long are you going to work here?" Margaret asked as the two of them settled in comfortably."At Theation?" Alex looked at Margaret, "I don't know, but I don't think it will be long," Alex said."But didn't you love working there?" Margaret was a bit surprised to hear Alex, "Why the sudden change of heart?" Last time, he was very much in love with that place."I do like it there," Alex nodded his head, agreeing with Margaret, "But things change. Now I think
Chapter - 106"Chief, are you alright?" Sitting beside Karen, Hazel was the first to reach out to her. She handed over the tissues to both Karen and Jennifer."I am fine," Karen said, taking the tissues. Then she turned towards Jennifer, and wiping her dress, she apologised to her, "I am sorry. I don't know what happened all of a sudden and...""It's alright," Jennifer grabbed Karen by the arm and stopped Karen from wiping her dress, "Is there something bothering you?" Jennifer asked. She was not bothered about some water spilling over her. She was more concerned about the unusual behaviour Karen was exhibiting, not just today but for some days now."I am fine, just a bit tired," Karen said as she smiled at Jennifer and stood up. She looked at the other ladies, "I will just be back," Karen said and excused herself from there.~ ~ ~ ~ ~"Aaw...Aaw...Aaw... What are you doing? It's hurting me. What will people think?" Alex jolted her hand aside and rubbed his cheeks vigorously."Awww...
Chapter - 107Karen, who could only hear the end of her sentence, was confused, "Rival?""Auhh... Let's leave that discussion for some other time," Margaret conveniently brushed off the topic, "What I am more intrigued about is the thing that got you startled. C'mon, tell me what is troubling you?" Margaret asked as a smirk appeared on her face."Just some company stress. Nothing I haven't dealt with before," Shaking her head in denial, Karen replied. She wasn't just going to let it all out in front of Margaret from the get-go. They hardly knew each other by name, and more so, Karen felt a bit intimidated by Margaret. She felt Margaret was trying to pry into her."Yeah, Alex told me about it," Margaret said as she took a step closer to Karen, "But why do I feel that you are not being honest with me?" Margaret asked as she bent forward a bit, looking straight into Karen's eyes, "It's something to do with a man, isn't it?""I am married," Karen hurriedly tried to deny Margaret's claim a
Chapter - 108"Chief!" All the ladies cried out in unison. The glass in Karen's hand was now shattered on the floor."Ma'am, are you okay?" Hearing the sound of glass breaking, one of the waitresses also came running to their table and asked Karen."I am fine," Karen nodded at them. Then she looked at the waitress, "Sorry for this. You can add this to our bill," Karen said as she bent forward and tried to pick up the pieces of glass."It's alright, ma'am," the waitress stopped Karen from doing so, "I will do it," the waitress said and walked away from there before coming back with a mob and cleaning up the place.After everything was done and dusted, Jennifer opened her mouth, "Chief, you have been acting strange since morning. Why don't you call it a day?" Jennifer suggested to Karen, "We can take care of the work for today.""I also think so". Hearing Jennifer, eventually, everyone else also voiced their opinions agreeing with Jennifer that Karen should leave early.Karen was overwh
Chapter - 109"I am home," it was around dinner time that Alex walked into the house. He was so tired that, tossing his bag to the sides, he dropped dead on the couch in exhaustion."You look dog-tired. What have you been up to all day?" Martha asked as she walked out of the kitchen with a glass of water, hearing Alex."It was really a tiring day," taking the glass from her, Alex said, "I had to run around places to find out what really happened with Abir and Suzie. If not for Margaret, I would still be running around without much success," Alex said and gulped down the whole glass in one go."You were with Margaret till now?" Martha asked when she heard Alex. Her motherly instincts began to kick in."No... not all day, but till lunch, yeah," Alex nodded, "Huh... If not for her, I wouldn't know what to do," Alex sighed."Like a date?" Martha asked, raising her brows in question."No, mom... No... Hell no. It was not a date. I met her outside, and the club I was going to, Margaret actu