"Well? Have you come up with a way to ensure you get the contract?" Ciara's mother asked as she entered their apartment. "What do you want mother? I'm kind of busy right now.""Busy doing what? Do you think this nonsense is going to help you succeed?""Mother please,""And what about Mr faith, how come I don't see him anywhere?""Dominic went out on an errand, but he'll be back soon. if you don't have the intention of helping, then please come back some other time.""I don't understand why you're so stubborn. First, you won't admit that the decision you took was a stupid one, and now you're actually trying to achieve your impossible dream.""Why don't you even have the slightest faith in me? Is that really how incompetent you think I am?""Oh for the last time Ciara, faith has nothing to do with business! Everyone knows that the DnD is a terrifying company, I mean just imagine the way he banned Tomas like he was nothing. Then there was that staff who was fired too, not only did he l
David wasn't sure he heard her right. No one had ever spoken to him in such manner, if it wasn't for the feelings he had for her, he would have punished Ciara for being so rude to him. "Di- did you just ask me to leave?" He asked, a look of disbelief on his face."She's just joking David, what will she do without you? She's hopeless." Florence tried to cover up her daughter's words, but Ciara didn't give her the chance to. "Mother, I am not a kid anymore and I think I can speak for myself." She shunned her mother, then turned her attention back to David who was starting to frown at her. "Like I said before, I appreciate the kind gesture but I don't need it. Dominic and I are very capable of handling this ourselves. So if that's all, you can take your leave.""How? How are you going to handle it? By writing up a proposal and marching straight to the director's office and demand that he give you a contract? Ciara, business doesn't work that way. Mother, didn't you tell her?""Of cour
"How do I look?""For the hundredth time Ciara, you look perfect." Ciara woke up feeling extremely nervous and jittery. She wanted everything to go perfectly well and to achieve that, she said she needed to look the part. So, she had tried on a dozen of different outfits and no matter what Dominic said, she would just change into another outfit. "You really think so?" She asked, assessing herself in the human sized mirror on her wardrobe door. "Yes, I do.""Okay, or maybe I should just try that grey suit again–""Ciara, you're fine. You look good, and you smell nice too. You're going to be okay, just breathe.""Okay, just breathe, I can do that." Suddenly breathing felt so hard to do. What if her family was right and after all her preparing, she couldn't even get an audience with the director?What was she going to do then?She would never be able to face her family if she were to fail.Almost like he had been reading her mind, Dominic held her shoulders and smiled at her. "Stop wo
After the signing had been completed, Ciara rushed out to tell Dominic about it, though something told her he would have already known. She still couldn't wrap her head around it. The sudden confidence Dominic gained, the way he always seemed so... sure. She recalled that no matter how worried or anxious she felt, it never affected him. Instead, he would just hold her shoulders and tell her it was okay and that she would get the contract. Who was he?"Hey." He said simply as she joined him at the reception."Hey, I got the contract!""Wow, congrats. See, I told you you would." He smiled at her but the smile wasn't nearly as energetic as Ciara expected it to be. Almost like he was faking it. "So, what did the director tell you?"Or maybe she was just overthinking it, she told herself. "Actually I couldn't meet the director, I met with his assistant. Aliya Brynn!""That must have been really exciting, I know how much you like her. ""You have no idea Dominic, I felt like a teenage gir
Dominic stood behind his wife, watching with annoyance as the other members of the Fallon family took turns in insulting her. He understood the reason behind their skepticism, she was able to get the contract way easily than they all expected it to be, but how could they act so cruel towards her? It was very normal for ones cousin's to dislike a person, so he understood Maria's outrageous behavior. But what about George?He was her only brother, and yet he was the one criticizing her the most, and he was also the one inciting their grandmother. It was very easy for the old woman of the family to believe him because he was her favorite. Gram Fallon had never really liked Ciara, and the reason was simple. She wasn't obedient. On normal terms, Ciara was one of the most kind hearted, loyal woman you could ever meet, and she was very obedient… until you started asking her to do things she wasn't comfortable with. Unlike George who would do absolutely anything he was told, even if it
"Get out of here this instant!"Dominic only smiled at the old woman's comment. "Am I not right? You were all here the day we made the bet, but none of you had any objections, that was because you thought– no– you were all expecting Ciara to fail. The idea of me going down on my knees and calling George my master sounded so wonderful to you guys, and you were all eager to actually see it happen. So eager that you forgot about the possibility that Ciara could actually turn up victorious. So now that she has, the bet is suddenly a bad thing." He paused for a while before adding. "It's completely fine by me though. Actually I think I prefer this; George Fallon, the grandson of lady Rosa Fallon is too much of a coward to carry out his end of a bet. He has no problem with giving up– a perfect example being you giving up on getting the contract wi0@thout even trying– and is not afraid to chicken out if the situation gets uncomfortable for him… even if it makes him a castrated coward."G
With a little more urging from her husband, Ciara decided to be brave and place a call through. "Hello?" Aliya answered from the other end of the line. "Um hello? Miss Brynn, it's me… Ciara Fallon.""Yes Miss Ciara, I'm aware. Did you have any more questions about the contract?""Oh no, not at all. The thing is… my family is hosting a banquet tomorrow evening, to celebrate our new partnership, and I was hoping you could show up?I absolutely understand if you're busy and can't make it. It's totally fine, I probably shouldn't have asked in the first place but–""Miss Ciara, I would love to attend.""Wait, really?""Sure. It would be my pleasure to attend your family party.""That would be wonderful! Thanks a lot. Oh and one more thing, do you think the director would be able to attend as well?""Now that, I can't say. He might be busy but, let me check in with him, I'll call you right back.""Okay."Back at the round table, gram Fallon was talking about inviting the media so everyt
"You wanted to see me mother?""Yes Ciara, what is the meaning of what you did back at the conference room?""I don't know what you're talking about mother.""How could you humiliate your brother like that in front of everyone? And in the presence of that idiot as well!""Mother, Dominic is not an idiot, don't say that. And to answer your question, they made a bet. I mean, you were all there that day, so you clearly saw it all happen. Besides, why are you making such a big deal out of it? It was only a harmless joke.""A harmless joke you say? Your brother –older brother by the way – went down on both his knees and apologized to that- that imbecile! And you call it a joke. Are you being serious right now?""Mother calm down, if you want me to, I'll go and apologize to George.""Forget it! I just don't want such nonsense to repeat itself ever again!"Ciara was trying to keep herself from asking but her anger wasn't going anywhere so she decided to just ask anyway. "Mother, when George