by Emma Vikes
I answered on the fourth ring. “Hello?”
“Your voice hasn’t changed that much, Artie.”
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “Who the hell is this?”
“My, my, I don’t think that’s the way you should be answering calls, Artie. Haven’t we taught you manners at all?”
“You must have the wrong number. I don’t know you.”
He chuckled on the other line. “Ah, ignorance can be bliss, am I right? But don’t worry, Artie. You’ll remember me soon enough. And I’m excited for that day to arrive, Artie. You’re going to be pleasantly surprised.”
And the line went dead. I stared at my phone long and hard. There were people I knew who used to call me Artie, but it was impossible for the caller to be one of them. Whoever this caller was, he was simply just messing with me. And for someone like me to get a random, seemingly threatening call, wasn’t unusual. I was the CEO of the fast-growing gaming company. I had also been managing Julian’s company. His enemies had become mine.
It was probably just one of them.
I finished getting ready and headed over to Interzone. My morning went on the way it usually did. There was nothing out of the blue other than that call I had earlier, but it wasn’t something I should worry about. I had enemies, which was one of the things included in my job description.
I was at my office when the head of the creative staff came in. Gian was carrying a portfolio and I vaguely remembered him asking me about a month ago if he could add someone new to his team. “Ah, Mr. Waters, I hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time but I was wondering if you could check out this resume of the newest member of my team?”
He sat on the chair across from my desk and then placed the documents neatly in front of me. I opened the file and was surprised to see the picture. A slow smile made its way across my face. “Is she here?”
Gian beamed and nodded enthusiastically. “Yes! I’ll ask her to come in right now if you want to meet her.”
He rushed outside and opened the door. She walked in behind Gian, the confidence that I saw in her earlier this morning replaced with a quiet and tamed one. She couldn’t see me, because Gian was blocking her view. I stood up from my seat, straightening my jacket as Gian made the introductions.
“Miss Stone, I would like you to meet the president of our company, Mr. Art Waters.”
When Gian stepped aside, that was when she saw me. Her mouth hung open when she realized who I was and she stared at me with wide, shocked eyes. I smirked and nodded at her. “Hello, Miss Stone. Welcome to my company.”
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Emma Vikes is a passionate contemporary romance author, who thrives by 3 aims - to entertain her readers, to entertain them massively, and then to entertain them amazingly!
She used to work in the corporate world, but didn't like it. So, she found her escape from this world through her writing.
Emma became obsessed with the world of contemporary romance once one of her friends introduced her to this genre few years back. She got instantly hooked and turned into a voracious contemporary romance reader, until she became so fascinated that she couldn't resist writing her own romance stories to sooth her own fantasies.
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