Different Opinions

*knock-knock*

Maya was still smiling thinking about Aiden when someone knocked the door.

"Come in."

As the door opened, Ashely came in, "Did something good happened? Why are you smiling in the times of such crisis!?"

As Maya kept her phone back, as she avoided the question and said, "I had asked you the report on Lucas yesterday... where is it?"

Ashely sweated a bit as she answered, "I am sorry, but the information is not complete yet so I can not report it to you at the moment. It may sound as an excuse, but I think the Lucas is very careful in taking these steps. I was not able to find anything of much importance."

If it was any other day, Maya would have been unhappy with the incompetence of Ashely but today Maya's reaction surprised her very much.

"Hmm... okay, you can complete the detailed report on what benefits is Lucas giving to the members and give it to me later. But do not make it more than a week." Maya did not look unhappy with Ashely as she continued, "I had asked you about that Hanna girl? Where is her report?"

Ashely turned serious as she reported, "About that, I think something very wrong is going on here. You had said that you fired her yesterday, but she is still working today."

"What!?" Maya stood up angrily and asked Ashley, "How is this possible? I had personally done that yesterday, how can she go against me like this!?"

"I had gone to the HR department, they said that she had submitted her resignation yesterday through an email. She had sent it to both, her supervisor and the HR. They were going to proceed with it but apparently, her supervisor rejected the resignation. So she came back to work."

"In which department does she work? Who is her supervisor!?"

"Umm... about that, she is in the secretary department and works for... Mr. Collins." Ashely said hesitantly. She knew that this Mr. Collins was creating a lot of problems recently.

"Again! Again it is him!" It was unlike Maya, she never used to loose her cool, no matter how bad the situation might be.

"Things must be a bit too serious for her to loose her temper like this. I guess lately, she has been through a lot." Ashely thought as she felt a bit bad for her friend.

"And how do you want me to deal with the article? Should I-"

"As for the news on forum, find this person 'AnnaSupremeGossip' and asked them to take down the article, issue a notice that we can sue him or her for defamation." Maya took a deep breath, "Get me Mr. Collins schedule for this entire month. in want to see want he is doing recently."

...

As for the company's reaction to the photos, it was something that was expected, but unexpected as well.

For most of the people, the rumors were now confirmed.

But there were also a few people who speculated that the 'other' person in the photos, looked as if he was the same person, and since the photos never focused on the man, they thought that it might be true.

There were some people who opposed this speculation as they thought that the person in the last picture maybe a girl, or some model that CEO Maya had met during her days as a model.

It was from when Aiden was wearing Maya's clothes.

There was some doubt as to whether the last person was a male or a female. Most of the people supported for the person as a female.

A new theory popped out of this, this particular discussion gained quite a lot of attention from other people as the title was eye-catching and the photo used was the 3rd picture uploaded by @AnnaSupremeGossip.

It claimed that maybe, their CEO liked the people of her own gender!

In the last post she looked genuinely so happy with the other 'girl', so maybe they were in a relationship!

The discussion had some good people who were supportive of Maya, they argued with the point that none of the photos were showing Maya in complex situations which were degrading her personality, it could be that she was with her friends.

...

"Hello?" Maya had just got a call from an unknown number.

"Hello!? Is this Maya?" A shrill voice could be heard.

Maya felt sad after hearing this voice, she knew it very well who it was.

"Yes mo- Aunty. It's me, Maya." Maya stopped herself before she replied to that lady calling her as 'Mom'. It was not her mother, but the mother of Lucas.

"Oh thank God! I thought that I had written the wrong number in my dairy. Dear, when will you come to visit us again! I had told your father-in-law that you are busy, after all you are a CEO of a big company but he just did not listen to me and insisted that I should call you!"

It seemed as if Lucas had not informed his family about anything. "Well who tells their family that he had cheated in his relationship", Maya thought.

"Yes Aunty. I will make some time to come and visit you soon." Maya did not know what to reply her with, so she just said this.

The talk continued for a while before Maya kept her phone.