Chapter - 31Hardly getting a wink of sleep, when Alex woke up in the morning, to his surprise, the pain in his body had subdued, and he barely felt anything. Only when he moved his arms a bit more than necessary did he feel a bit of pain.Stretching his body a bit, he went straight to the bathroom to freshen up. Since he was hardly feeling any discomfort and had not talked to Karen regarding any sort of leave, Alex decided there was no harm in him going to work today.Fresh and full of energy, Alex went downstairs, following his usual routine. Downstairs, his mother was already preparing the breakfast, while George was in the living room, reading the newspaper.When Martha saw Alex climbing down the stairs, she asked, "Why are you up so early? You could have rested a couple of hours more. I was going to bring your breakfast to your room.""I am fine, mom. I don't feel any discomfort," Alex said, holding Martha by her shoulders when she came running to him."Let me see," Pushing his h
Chapter - 32Dressed in formals, Alex walked down the stairs, ready to go to work. He knew that Martha wasn't going to agree readily, but he had already messaged George for help. Though it was a risky move, with a greater possibility of George defecting to Martha's side, he had to take the risk."Where do you think you are going?" When Martha saw Alex climbing down the stairs, dressed for work, her face twitched in annoyance, and she asked."Mom, I am feeling alright. I feel stuffy confined to my room," Alex said, "And moreover, didn't you check it yourself earlier. They were nothing but superficial scratches.""I get it, but is it so necessary
Chapter - 33 As Alex stood in front of his office building, looking at the skyscraper in confusion. He was in a dilemma as to whether walk in through the main entrance or not. He didn't want to come across Susan, or she might feel guilty seeing him. Pondering over it, Alex finally came to a conclusion. He made his way to the parking lot. He was going to take the elevator from there, directly to the PR department, avoiding any complicated situation. Alex got on the elevator and was soon on the fourth floor, but as if it was some god's play, as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he came face to face with Susan. Surprised to see each other, the two of them stood there for a few seconds. "Hi," Alex greeted, grinning sheepishly. "You are here... I thought you won't come today, but I came to check, just in case," Susan said. "It just happened," "You should not have come today," Susan said, "Even the doctor asked you to take a couple of days off," Susan scolded him softly as to no
Chapter - 34 When Alex walked through the door, the ladies were already gathered around whispering to each other. When they saw him enter, they were ready to bombard him with questions about the girl who stopped by a few minutes back. But before they could ask him anything about her, they were surprised to see band-aids on his face. Seeing their cute little junior all banged up, all the ladies got agitated and gathered around him in no time. "Who the hell dared to hit our newbie's face?" Elaine asked, all worked up. "Tell us, we will scratch his hairs off," Hazel said, showing her nicely trimmed nails. "Are you alright? Why didn't you take the day o
Chapter - 35Today was surprisingly peaceful for Alex. No one in the department asked him for any kind of work. Instead, they would bring juice, snacks and other stuff for him from time to time. Even during lunch, the ladies came up to Alex and started stuffing him with the food they brought with them. By the time lunch was over, Alex was overwhelmed by their gesture both in his heart and his stomach. His stomach swelled and bulged enough that it might hop out, tearing apart his shirt.After the break was over, stuffing Alex to the brim, the ladies walked in, followed by Alex. The moment they walked in, they found Karen waiting for them."I want all of you in the meeting room in ten minutes," Karen informed them
Chapter - 36"Owww... Alex, why are you being so shy? Just tell us, even if nobody likes them, you will get to know what and where you are lacking," Elaine said playfully, as she encouraged Alex to speak up."Yeah, and it's even possible that we might end up using them with some or no changes," Jennifer said, telling him of all the possibilities."You listened to them, go on". Karen said as she gestured for him to go on."I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I feel how naive these ideas...," Alex tried to build up the situation."Boy, I will crack you like a glowstick if I don't hear the ideas the next time you open your mouth," Karen said, witho
Chapter - 37 "The second suggestion is---" Alex paused for a while and looked at everyone in the room. "Oh Alex, you are so dramatic at times," Karen said, smiling, but it was far from assuring with the cracking of her knuckles. "Sorry, I just wanted to grab the attention of all of you," Alex said, giving her an awkward smile. "For the nth time, Alex. You have all our attention for the last ten minutes. Don't think just because you came up with a decent pitch, I won't crack your skull open. I won't hesitate for a moment if you piss me off anymore. Now tell us what's that second idea of yours is," Karen finally lost it. "Okay... Okay... Just hear me
Chapter - 38 "Don't be nervous, Alex. You are going to do just fine," Jennifer said when she saw Alex walking out of the meeting room, fidgeting his fingers. "Yeah, as long as you don't infuriate our CEO," Ellaine said, walking towards them. "Is she short-tempered?" Alex asked, getting worried about his presentation tomorrow. "I won't go that far to call her short-tempered, but she is especially strict with the male employees, whatever measly number of them we have here," Ellaine told him. "Was she dumped by an employee of hers?" Alex asked curiously. Alex had this innate interest in gossips. He was only a week old in this company, but he knew what