Chapter 4 SCARLETT KING

She took a deep breath, and she knew that if she let anxiety overwhelm her, she wouldn't impress this fierce young man. She opened her mouth and voiced out her name. "My name is Scarletts King"

"Scarlett King" he repeated, saying it like three times as though he knew that name. She was quite eloquent.

"Tell me about yourself?" He said.

Scarlett was confused. "This interview is really not interviewing at all," she said to herself. She didn't know exactly the part of herself he wanted to know about.

"Sir, I'm a high school graduate. I really couldn't make it to college, but I'm working on it". She felt like she didn't know exactly what to say. And for the first time in her life, she didn't feel good about just being a high school graduate. She'd finished high school at 15, like 3 years earlier than her peers.

"Your age?"

"I'm nineteen years old" she replied with confidence. Charles looked up from his phone to look at her because she was too poised and mature for a nineteen-year-old.

"Still a teenager", Charles finally spoke, interrupting them. She nodded.

"What are your plans for college?" Tyler asked. He really sounded so dry about everything he was saying, he didn't seem impressed at all.

She cleared her throat, then replied "I have recently been undergoing an online college course. And I have degrees in digital skills at the moment though."

"Digital skills?" Tyler asked while raising his brow. He looked like he was going to say, are you even sure you know what you're saying?"

"Yeah, I'm into project management at the moment."

Tyler took a deep breath and spoke, "Scarlett King, nineteen years old...... Nice." He looked at her and noticed that she was full of confidence this time around. She wasn't as anxious as she felt when she came in at first. He continued, "Artemis Group of Companies is one that cannot be tampered with. We have the best staff, and we're the best in everything". He looked at her in the eyes and said, "Call it pride or whatever you want, but I'm the Lord of Companies around here."

"Deep pride whatsoever" Scarlett said within herself, rolling her inner eyes at him.

"I don't want to talk too much, you resume work as my personnel messenger. Is that fine by you?" He asked, not even letting her reply, he said "So good of me to ask."

"Thank you so much, Boss," she said, with all gratitude. She'd always heard how hard it was to work in the Tyler Group of Companies, and here she was an ordinary girl getting a job with no proper interview.

"Clara, my manager would communicate most of the rules to you. When you hear of Neelam Artemis, bless her stars for giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity", he concluded.

"Yeah, your mum, I'm most grateful to her. I heard you weren't recruiting but she's given me this, God bless her and bless you." She said smiling and feeling most grateful.

"Your job starts now..... Leave my office and met Clara Whitlock for more information"

She stood up, and made to leave. She reached the door, turned back again and said "Thank you most kindly, Sir. I won't let you down"

"You should think of not letting yourself down. Leave" he ordered with a calm but strict tone.

She went out of the office feeling partially good and partially pissed. She was happy she had a job without struggling, and she was pissed because damn..... What a man was Tyler Artemis?

She found some security outside the office, who led her to Clara Whitlock's office which was closer to Tyler's office. So she realized at that instance that Clara was probably the only one who communicated to Tyler directly because she was everywhere, she was at the reception too getting some information. She did most of the work but she was a manager. "Tyler must pay her so well" Scarlett thought to herself.

When she got to Clara's office, she noticed how beautiful it looked too. "All this people live the real life" she said to herself.

Right before Clara could say a word, Scarlett knew that she was probably as cold as the boss.

She spoke before her, "Thank you so much Ma for the opportunity, I'm most grateful"

The gratitude alone softens Clara, she said "You're most welcome. And congratulations as the CEO's first office girl, it's the first of it's kind"

"Really?" She asked, she was surprised to find out that her job was the first of it's kind in the company. She realized she shouldn't have said really when Clara eyebrow was raised. "Uhmm.... Oh so sorry Ma. I mean Thank you so much ma"

Clara shifted her executive chair abit backward and crossed her legs while resting fully on the chair. She started "There's not much to say to you though. But regardless, first I'll commend your dress sense. You look pretty good, I don't do this most often but I am saying this so that you would know how much this company is bent on our staffs looking thier very best. When working with Tyler Artemis, you better learn to be silent most of the time. Talk back once and your job is gone."

Scarlett can only imagine what a jerk Tyler had been to others, he's not as sweet as his looks at all, so stern a guy.

Clara continued, "You will be working directly with him and also with me. Nobody in this office is allowed to communicate with him asides me but your job would give you that same privilege. Just be your very best, Scarlett King."

"Yes Ma, all noted. Thank you most kindly."

"By the way, I heard you're just nineteen" she asked while taking out piles of documents from her drawer.

"Yes I am" Scarlett replied

"Great... You're most lucky, Tyler doesn't work with kids, so put on your best adult sleeves. I still don't know what you gave his mother to drink, but it really paid off". She put some files in front of Scarlet, "Drop them at the reception and come back so you could help me out with the arrangements of the other files. Your job begins right away"

Scarlett stood up and carried the files in her hands, and said "Okay Ma, Thank you so much Ma". She turned around and left the room smiling so deeply to herself, she felt so blessed and better than lucky that she had such a great privilege to work with the Artemis. She was living her dreams already and she was determined to stand strong and tall no matter the circumstances.

As she got to the elevator, she took a big sigh of relief and said "This is heaven, this is life and this is me"

She wished her mother was alive to see her get her first job, even though it wasn't a very big job but it was one everyone was dieing to have but wouldn't have the opportunity to. As Tyler had said, he was the Lord of companies around and every other company wished they could partner with him. Therefore working with him was a blessing no matter how stern he was.

At the close of work that day, Clara showed her how to get Tyler's things in order and what to get for him when he was about leaving the office for home. She didn't have the chance to meet Tyler again but she couldn't wait for the next day of work, she believed his stern attitude could make him a little more cute sometimes.

She was excited to get back home, she couldn't wait to tell Amelia how her first day at work was.

"You are highly favoured, Scarlett" Amelia Exclaimed after hearing all that Scarlett had told her about her day.

"Ofcourse I am. My boss is Stern and mean but I won't let that deter me, I've got to work for ends meet and I believe the pay is good" Scarlett said.

"Wait, does that mean you both didn't talk on the pay yet?" Amelia asked.

"Uh... Well" she started, she knew Amelia would school her on the reasons why she had to have discussed the pay. She continued, "I know you're about to school me but I really thought not to ask about the pay. Sincerely, it didn't come to my mind, but I believe it'll be a very good pay. And this job is more like a favour than what you're seeing it as"

"Really?" Amelia asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Melia, let's not talk on this please" she said giving her the cutest bluey eyes.

Amelia heaved a great sigh and said "I just hope everything will be fine, but I'm most happy for you dear. And yeah, do you like him?" She teased.

"Like who please?" Scarlett asked acting like she didn't know what Amelia was talking about.

Amelia nudged her on the shoulder and kept teasing, "You're really acting like you don't know what I'm talking about Scarlett huh? I know you're admiring Tyler Artemis already"

Scarlett shrugged and replied, "To be candid, he really is one to have any girl on their knees. He is really handsome and admirable but I don't like, or whatever the word is. He is my boss and it remains that, he's pretty stern but I'll work with him as his office girl and not ever look at him as someone to like or love as you say. With all the gibberish I've said, I hope you understand what I've mean"

Amelia laughed out loud, she laughed in a way that almost got Scarlett pissed but Scarlett laughed along. And they continued with thier activities.