Chapter 5 .

OLIVE'S POV

I nearly fell on my sit at the sight of him, I knew he had lied about his name being Louis but to think that he was the owner of HYDRA was something I didn't see coming.

"Damian Crawford," the voice announced as everyone cheered and clapped for him, it was a good thing I was behind the audience because if our eyes had met for a second I would have completely lost it. I had never had to face anyone from the club in public, I didn't even look anything like I did last night.

Everyone took their seat as I watched Louis or rather Damian join the other staff of Lighthouse media on the high table they all welcomed him happily offering him a seat which he took staring blankly at everyone in the audience while a lady rose to her feet holding a file and came in front of the podium where the microphone was.

She tapped on it to see if it was working she cleared her throat and then spoke, "It's so nice to have you all here this morning, my name is Mrs. Shawn and according to the emails we sent to each one of you we made mention of the fact that we would be interviewing you after this conference meeting but after much deliberation from our team we have decided to select some few candidates for the interview while the rest will be shortlisted for our next interview in three months as we would be having a new project by then," she said. "Notwithstanding we are not saying we would be firing you from your position to employ another person but our media house is reaching out to other states and with each new project our team grows bigger."

I sank into my chair as I heard her calling out numbers after she was done and the candidate with that number was stepping on the stage, shit, I cursed inwardly, the receptionist had handed me a number after she had verified my name on the laptop and it was number 69. I had never been so scared in my life to be in a public space, I had to get out of there as soon as possible but how? coming in was easy but going out wasn't exactly so easy.

"Number 69."

Fuck my life, I cursed when she called my number, I remained sited in my seat, I was sure if Princess was here she would have told me to go and not give a damn about Damian but how could I when he had fucked me the way he did last night and now he looked like nothing had even happened to him last night, how could I keep my cool around him? It was obvious they had invited him to congratulate the selected candidates and wish them luck in the interview.

"Number 69," She called out again wondering if the person didn't hear her clearly but I remained sited in my seat not moving, I decided to leave, I couldn't do it, I couldn't go on that stage, I bent my head down apologizing as I walked past some people on their seat and headed for the door, when I got to the door I tried to open it but it wouldn't give way, what the hell was going on?

"Olive Martinez," she called out.

Maybe I just had to go, I could always hide my face from him because Princess would not forgive me if I tell her I didn't try my luck, this was a one-time opportunity and it wouldn't be nice to miss it. He was the CEO of Hydra so I was not going to ever see him again after this meeting. I walked to the stage with my head bowed as the lady seemed to have hissed, I was sure she was pissed that it took me so long to come out, after calling out all the candidate's names, as I suspected Damian rose from his seat to shake each candidate and congratulate them on their wins.

I bent my head down, waiting for the ground to open and swallow me, it was just a handshake and it would be over. He finally got to my side and extended his hand to me for a handshake, I took his hand bowing my head as he shook it and went on to the next person.

After everything was done I watched him go back to his seat as people were clapping their hands, I was sure I heard the woman next to me say something like she was still in disbelief, well not as much as me who just got fucked hard by one of the most influential men in the country, the handshake had even made me wet again and took my thoughts back to last night.

The lady tapped the microphone again reading the book in her hand, "Thank you all, and congratulations to the selected candidates, we would be assigning you now to your positions, like I said earlier, the management has already deliberated on this and according to your letters we have concluded on the positions that would be befitting for you, kindly check your email when you are home as you are to resume work by next week if you find the job offer to your liking."

Wait, was that it? they were just going to offer us a position through our email and we should resume if we wanted the job, this was the weirdest interview I had ever been in but it was still not so bad what if they gave me a bad position? I doubted that though, they were good in their business so they would be very professional about it.

While the lady was busy talking I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, I know it was inappropriate to be checking my phone but I was at the far end of the stage so one couldn't easily notice me there, I placed my hand into my pocket and brought out my phone when I saw a message on my screen from an unknown number.

'CHERRY.'

My heart skipped a beat as I nearly dropped my phone, I looked to the side and wished I didn't as I caught sight of Damian looking dead at me with a blank star