‘I’m here for the interview. I got lost because of the influx of people outside. The only exit I could see was this elevator, and I got in it but this was the only destination for it, and you know the rest. I really do apologize for all the inconvenience that I have caused you.’
‘I’m not kind,’ he spoke as if he was disgusted by a word he wasn’t familiar with.
‘Of course. If you’d be nice enough?’
Drawing himself to his full height, Mr. Blackwood cocked a brow as if challenging her. ‘No difference.’
Irritation pumping through her veins, She met his heated gaze with her cool one. ‘If you’d be so generous to let me go? I don’t want to trouble you more.’

‘Do you own a dictionary, Miss Andrews?’ He asked without as much as a blink. ‘Is that the only word you know?’ When she attempted to answer him, he cut her off. ‘It was a rhetorical question.’
‘Oh.’
‘Indeed,’ he responded in such a tone that had she wondered if he thought she was a dimwit. ‘Pass me your resume.’
She studied him for a long, uncomfortable moment. ‘You want to see my resume?’

‘I’m speaking English, aren’t I? Pass me your resume.’ She quickly passed him her resume while he studied it. ‘Hmm. You attended Harvard, and graduated at the top of your class. I am impressed. However, you do not have the necessary work experience required. In fact, you don’t have experience working in any corporate setup.
How do you think you can work for a company such as the Blackwood industry, Ms. Andrews,’ he countered.
She met his gaze with a steely-eyed glare, her anger ready to erupt in her. She pressed her lips together and hoped he wouldn’t notice the muscle jerking in her face.
‘All I can say is that I am dedicated, and a hard worker. If given the chance, you will see that I am a woman of my word’ She asked, his words plunging like an expertly wielded knife straight into her heart. She knew when she came here that Jeraldine had no chance, but it didn’t mean she wasn’t hurting. This was her only chance.
She hadn’t lived a courageous life, and now that she was trying to – things weren’t going her way.
She wanted to say she wasn’t supposed to be interviewed by him, that it was Elizabeth Garner who called her for an interview. But she was a coward.