Your 0.1 chance

"You're fired."

Those words rang in the whole company. Andrea looked at Damon wide eyed, she didn't even tell him what the secretary did and he so easily fired her? It didn't make sense..Bloss is already lacking employees and he still had the gut to fire workers? "Gather your stuff and Leave, I do not need you here. Your rude behavior is enough reason to make me fire you." Damon's words were strict and merciless.

Damon looked back and Andrea, He locked eyes with her and seemed to drown in her ocean eyes..He felt mesmerized. Andrea, on the other hand felt lost, What was this guy doing? Did he really just fire an employee with his company's situation for disrespecting her? She didn't understand. But she felt like her worries Washing away. Did someone finally have her back? "Follow me, Ms. Lian." Damon's expression was still sour, Andrea looked back at the secretary that was fired at the spot. The receptionist watched her with a hateful expression. Andrea quickly repositioned herself and reminded herself that she should keep her image then left with Damon.

Into his

Private elevator..?

Andrea nervously kept her head low, She feared to look at him. Only the moment He spoke with the employee she remembered that He wasn't just any man she met at the bar, He was still a man with great power. He was once, Above Cameron too. Andrea took a quick glance at Damon. He was putting his hands in his pockets and looking at the elevator with his eyes narrowed. He looked dangerous. "Mr. Gracia...Don't you think firing her is a...rash decision? perhaps?" Andrea murmured, She didn't dare look at him in the eye. "Rash decision?" Damon coldly repeated, He looked at Andrea who seemed that she swore on her life to not make eye contact with him. "Ms. Andrea, She disrespected you."

'Is he standing up for me?'

Andrea felt touched but quickly brushed the thought away.

'Is she avoiding me?'

Damon's mood became even more sour.

"Yes but, Um, Don't you lack employees? Atleast for now-" Andrea replied.

'What happened to the girl who wanted to teach her a lesson from minutes ago?..' Damon thought, then he came to the conclusion...'She's too easily forgiving.'

"Ms. Lian, Her having the courage to disrespect you means she might have the courage to disrespect other collaborators and our new artists, I think of the future not the moment I live in." Damon answered. That man...was too strict with his work. 'Ah,so it's not because of me, it's because he doesn't want to take further risks..' Andrea felt a little let down but what else was she expecting?

"We're going straight up to the meeting room. Get ready." Damon announced, Andrea watched Damon's back as he stepped out of the elevator, taking a deep breath, she sat her nervousness aside and wore her professional face. She took a few steps and caught up with Damon. They walked side by side with firm faces, no emotions. They looked rhythmic, As if they calculated every step to match eachother.

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"I'd like to introduce Ms.Lian to everyone." Damon talked when he saw that all the directors were present. Lawrence's jaw dropped when he saw Andrea, Not to mention the directors. Wasn't she a model taken down by GLDN itself? 'Is boss trying to get us into more trouble?! She's the ex-fiancé of Cameron Collins!!!' Lawrence was panicking. The directors started to label their boss's idea whatever it was under the category of 'Completely crazy.' Damon looked at Andrea feeling that she was shaken or something, to his surprise she remained unfazed. Damon felt like he had made the right choice to help her get back into the industry, She was a true 1 in a million. Damon cleared his throat earning everyone's attention. "I coincidentally met Ms. Andrea yesterday. And she happened to know an idea to help the company. Ms.Lian,Please go on and explain." Damon encouraged her, to which she clacked her heels and stood Infront of everyone. She bowed respectfully then started to talk; "Greetings,Everyone. Mr. Gracia told me about the company's problem, But I think this has a solution." Andrea elaborated in a loud and clear voice. "Since Bloss entertainment cannot take in newbies, How about taking talented ones?" She questioned. Earning confused looks from everyone, and an interested look from Damon who didn't bat an eye as she talked. "Go on." Damon gestured. "For example...A programme."

"Ms.Lian, Are you sure you're aware of our financial problem at the moment?" A director scoffed, another nodded "We cannot risk it this easily! We need well known judges, we need a whole show for that!" The directors looked at Andrea in objection, they felt like she was stupid. Damon was giving it a deep thought but Andrea suddenly suggested; "Not necessarily." She shrugged. "You don't really need judges for it per se, we can make it according to audience voting." She smirked "As for the show, we can make it an online one. That way, Less funds, More participates, More audience. Not only that, but that will raise the company to a whole new level in popularity. Not to mention the new artists we'll take in will be what audience choose, They wouldn't be needing much focus or training as they're already talented and need a way to show their power. In other words;it's a win-win." Andrea added.

Andrea was never that much of a business person but she always had the thought of giving others an opportunity, she believed that there were plenty of rare fish out there in the sea of creativity and creation. So why not give it a chance? "That...Doesn't seem like a bad idea." Lawrence peeped, The directors exchanged eye contact and thought for a while. The others, who were against Damon's existence in the first place, objected. "I disapprove of this!" What a loud clear statement.

Andrea kept an expressionless face "May I know why?" She folded her arms over her chest, Looking at the director. Observing him from head to toe. 'He seems like he'd suffer the most with the company's downfall but.. Something is off about him.'

"Money! we cannot guarantee that this will work, nobody wants to take the risk to work with us as well, How do you expect us to win this?!" The director snickered. Andrea took a look at Damon who was sitting with his legs crossed, his head resting on his fist with a dull face. She smirked. 'Fine,since this is the bestest of best stupid excuses you used, I'll accept it with open arms.' Andres thought. "Why,is breaking up with Mr.Collins enough to make me broke?" She chuckled in mockery at the director.

Damon looked at her suddenly, He wasn't expecting that. Nor was anyone in the room ready for what she said. "If money is an issue,I have more than a mere 50 million in my account as I almost didn't spend much of my own salary over the years. Besides,I don't think Bloss is THAT short of money,No?" She spoke Clearly with no intention of backing down,At first,she was doing it to get back her identity as an A-list model but,Now she was challenging that director so clearly. Andrea held her chin up and looked at the director as if she said 'I've won, scumbag.' with her eyes. The director turned furious.

Lawrence wasn't believing that this woman actually had a broken wing,she was so professional, respectful but knew how to talk back. "She's...I'm quite amazed boss. Your judgement is pretty sharp." Lawrence whispered into Damon's ear, who had a mischievous smirk on his face. "I know,I have a good eye for people. When this is all over, I'm willing to help Andrea raise to the top again." Damon replied with a low voice.

"Tsk..w-we cannot do this still! Your reputation is ruined, you're known for being a home wrecker and an annoying third wheel....If we put your name it will definitely fail." The director spoke in disagreement.

'Again?! TO HELL WITH CAMERON AT THIS POINT!' Andrea stabbed Cameron a billion times in her head. She clenched her fists and said nothing in return to the director. She was so furious,so angry. she wanted to flip the whole table on him but she can't say anything. She always talked back but she can't say anything against the truth. The director smirked with satisfaction "Mr. Shen, I see you have been objecting the idea of getting back in the market for quite a while, No?" Damon's voice cut into the conversation. It sent chills down the director's back. Andrea looked at Damon with hope in her eyes.

'If she's easy to bully then don't think I won't stand up for her.' Damon thought.

"We cannot just simply Believe in groundless rumors, We're an entertainment company, How many times did newspaper write false information about our artists?" Damon Questioned with a cold gaze. The director,who was throwing poison at Andrea and named Shen, averted his boss's gaze as a sweat fell down his forehead "That-..Sir..." He tried to find an excuse or a way to escape, falling into a chain of stutters instead. Damon curled his finger on his chin "Even if what you said is right, we can address Ms.Lian with an unknown nickname on the cast list. Same strategy,no big deal."

"Now that Mr. Gracia has pointed it out,Why does Mr. Shen always seem to be against the company?"

"I don't..know,I noticed that too!! but I thought I'm just imagining things and he's doing the best for the company...?"

"On a serious note though... What's his deal?"

People in the meeting room whispered amongst themselves.

"I..I guess you're right President Gracia.." Mr.shen spat out. 'This damned Andrea is ruining my plans.' "Then it's settled. Ms Lian, are you sure you want to be our sponsor? As you know, This is your idea, True. But you do know our company's problem. There's truly no guarantee that we'll do just well and there's a possibility of going bankrupt. So I'll ask you again, Are you sure?" Damon's stern voice came in once more, making everyone turn their attention to Andrea immediately. They thought that this was a big stupid idea to agree to something that's to fall down in probably a few months? Shen shot a threatening glare to Andrea. "I thought it was a scale from 0.1 to -10? What makes you think I'd agree?" She remarked with a smirk, Leaning on the end of the table. Repeating his words of last night now that she was sober. Everyone seemed clueless and scared.

Damon slightly grinned, Just a slight smile. "...Well, it was a 0.1, right? I can hang to that." He repeated with his slight smirk. Lawrence looked at him as if he had just seen a ghost, so did the directors. What the??? "Mr. Lawrence...is president okay?" Someone whispered quietly in The assistant's ear, He adjusted his glasses just to make sure he's seeing it right. "...He didn't humiliate her?" Lawrence asked quietly. Since when did people talk back to Damon..?

Andrea ignored Shen's threatening look. She let out a sarcastic laugh, shaking her head. "Congratulations, Then! I'm gambling on your 0.1 with all my wealth." She answered. leaving everyone with a dumbfounded look. Was she a fool? How could she agree to something so stupid..? Everyone was astonished, Shen was fuming in anger while Both Andrea and Damon were just smirking at eachother. Having a whole other connection.

That very moment,a beautiful silk in a deep red color was wrapped around two dedicators pinkies.

A string attached.

A Loving melody.

A Flower blooming in winter amongst

The harsh weather.

Fate has sealed.

A new story, Has finally begun.