Temperature

Alynah gasped as her eyes ran into a pair of gorgeous grey eyes. Kayden was staring coldly at her. Alynah quickly lowered her head, apologetically. She watched the window rolled up and the car zoomed off. 

Alynah heaved a deep sigh of relief and took her heels. 

The next day...

Alynah went into Tulip's room, clad in a maroon knee-length pleated skirt and cream short sleeves shirt with black sneakers. Her hair was packed in as side ponytail. 

"You guys ain't done?" She asked. 

"Almost" Betty answered, making Tulip's hair in a kinky ponytail. 

"Thank you Aunty Betty" Tulip beamed as Betty finished making her hair. 

"Your welcome, pretty" Betty replied. After they had breakfast, the duo left. 

Golden Sparrow Graphics

~GSG~

Alynah swung her bag across her shoulder, clung unto her file tightly and walked into the huge organization. She wave at Nicholas and passed. She'd already studied the routes, thanks to the tour with Emily yesterday. 

She took the large stairs leading to the upper floor and turned left when she suddenly bumped into a lady. The file in Alynah's hand fell and the papers flew out, making her gasp.

"Are you blind!?" The red-haired lady snapped, her hands at akimbo. 

"I should be asking you the same" Alynah retorted as she crouched down to pick the papers. 

"Next time, you use your eyes to see and not your flat butts" the lady whose name is Velvet snapped, glaring jealously at Alynah and Alynah scoffed. 

Alynah is even more hotter and sexier than her. 

"And you should stop acting like a blind chicken, jealous pest" Alynah blurted and stood up after picking the papers and arranged them neatly inside the file. 

"Oh really? You're new here hunh?" Velvet asked with a scoff while Alynah rolled her eyes. 

"Be careful with me or you'll get yourself fired. You don't know who you're messing with" Velvet gritted and Alynah cracked. 

"I shouldn't waste my time talking to some thick headed cockroach!" Alynah glared at her. She swayed her hair backwards and left while Velvet fumed in anger and jealousy. 

"Goodness, that was a bad start" Alynah hissed and entered the elevator.

~~~•••~~~

"Good morning!!" Alynah greeted as she arrived at her workstation. 

"Morning, Aly you're here! How're you?" Kylie and Lux beamed. 

"I'm cool" Alynah reciprocated and sat on her chair. 

"How are you our cute new girl?" Brett asked with a wink. 

"I'm good" Alynah replied simply.

"You look hot today" Brett complimented flirtatiously, biting his lower lip and Alynah rolled her eyes. 

"Don't mind him Aly, Brett is a real flirt" Kylie said with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

"Are you jealous?" Brett snapped making Kylie scoff. 

"And why will I be jealous?" She retorted.

"Uhh, Kyle is jealous" Brett teased and chuckled. 

"You!" Kylie tried charging at him but paused when she saw the Design Manager, Mr Ralph staring keenly at them. 

She huffed and sat behind her desk, cursing underneath her breath. 

Meanwhile...

Kayden was twirling left, right and back to left again on his swivel chair. His movement was graceful, almost regal as his eyes landed on Evan, whose head was lowered.

"How many appointments do I have today?" Kayden asked in his usual cold tone. 

"Three, sir. You have meeting with the executives, with the design team and then you have an appointment with the CEO of Fox Empire" Evan replied.

"Cancel the one with the executives" Kayden stated and Evan looked up at him, surprised. 

"But sir..."

"No buts" Kayden cut him off icily and he nodded, almost reluctantly. 

"Time?" Kayden asked.

"10am with the Design Team and 12pm with the CEO" Evan replied. 

"You may leave, make sure you inform them" 

"Yes sir"

~~~•••~~~

"What! We have meeting with Mr Hart?!" Kylie exclaimed in horror.

"Darn it! We're doomed!" Brett added.

"Oh God, save our lives" another worker named Denver prayed. 

"What's all these? It's just a meeting" Alynah said emphatically and Kylie scoffed. 

"You call it JUST? Who knows we did something wrong and he's gonna fire us all?" Denver asked, impatiently.

"No, that's not gonna happen" Alynah said with a frown.

"Says the cute girl who just started working yesterday" Brett rolled his eyes.

"Look Aly, Mr Hart isn't that simple. Can you believe he fired someone just because he greeted him twice?" Lux stated and Alynah's eyes widened. 

"That's so cruel" 

"It is darling, that's why is by any chance we did something wrong, then we should definitely sit on pins and needles" Kylie added. 

"Nevermind Alynah, they're exaggerating things" Mr Ralph cooed, trying to calm her down. 

"She's new here, you shouldn't terrify her that way" Emily added. 

Conference Room

There was low murmuring in the conference room but it went dead quite the moment Kayden and Evan walked in. They all stood up as he gracefully walked in and sat at the head of the table, surrounded by his Design Team.

They were all eagerly waiting to be scolded but when Kayden started talking, they nearly sighed in relief.

"Let's dive into the agenda, Ralph" 

"Our top ten designers are still working on the luxury brandings. We're looking forward to see what our intern will have for us" Ralph stated. The intern he's referring to is Alynah. 

Meanwhile, Alynah's mind was totally not in what they're saying. Kayden instantly noticed her discomfort. She's enthusiastic about designs and creativity, she should be paying attention or rather ask questions but Alynah kept rubbing her arms. The temperature of the room is too cold for her liking. 

Kayden paused and nodded towards Evan, who nodded back at him. Little by little, the temperature of the room became less colder and Alynah heaved a deep sigh of relief. Kayden almost chuckled at her reaction.

"Miss Grayling, what should we expect in your upcoming design?" Kayden asked.

Alynah adjusted the way she sat and smiled.

"It's my first design so, I'm still working on it to make sure it looks perfect. My teammates are doing a great job in mentoring me" she stated. 

"Good. So, you'll be done by tomorrow?" He asked.

"Precisely. I've chosen the topography, colour pallet and imagery to use. I'll be done by the end of the day and present it tomorrow" Alynah replied. 

One hour later, the meeting ended and they all dispersed. 

"Huh, did you know how scared I was?" Kylie said. 

"Me either, I thought he's gonna scold us on something. I really hate being scolded" Lux added.

"I prefer being flogged than to be scolded" Kylie said and they all laughed. 

Kayden and Evan entered into the elevator, with Kayden holding Kayden's things. 

"Sir, you asked me to reduce the temperature of the conditioner, are you sick?"