My Drunken Stranger

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts" Annastasia read aloud a quote she saw on a company's board while sitting in the taxi heading to work

"What a damn quote to start the day" she said and sighed listening to music all through the ride the taxi came to a halt and she alighted and she walked to the cafeteria to get a cup of coffee then walked to the company

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She walked elegantly into the company, then into the elevator and on reaching the C.E.O's office department, she put on a smile

"good morning" she greeted everyone seated in the office department, she took her seat in front of her table sorting out some files on her table when someone wheeled his chair up to her side

"Woah! Miss Annastasia, you must have finished preparing for the opening speech for you to be carefully sorting out your files" Sven a partner at work said with a smile on his face

"Huh?" Sia said looking like she didn't understand what he just said and then recalled that she had to prepare for an opening speech

"Oh f**k! the opening speech" she said in a hushed tone trying not to gain the attention of her co-workers, she quickly stands up looking from right to left not sure of what to do

"Wait! you aren't trying to tell me you haven't prepared for the speech" you f**king kidding me??" Sven said as Sia just stood there confused and Sven slapped her shoulder

"Come back to your senses and get your @ss on the chair, this is an opportunity you are given but you want to f**k it up??" Sven scolded and Sia calmed herself down taking a deep breath and quickly took her seat, she began typing into the system while Sven helped her out by looking some things up on the internet

The chairman has called her into his office earlier that week and has explained to her about the launching of the new company for Lawnson Group, he had said that Sia had been the most hardworking in the department for the past two years and he personally asked her to give an opening speech at the project launching but here is the almighty Sia who is not even sure of what to say when the event is bound to start in less than thirty minutes..........

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Sia arrived at Lawnson Group fashion house in her elegant red straight gown which was silted down to her thigh, she stopped looking at the name and sighed before walking in, she walked to the hall where the event is to take place and soon the event started and after a little speech from the master of ceremony, Sia who was lost in thought and obviously nervous not having come prepared heard her name

"Miss Annastasia Ruby"

"Yes!" she screamed out to the crowd and everybody turned to look at her, she has been called repeatedly for quite a while without giving a response

"Yes sir!" she answered again

"Please come over" the MC said and she walked over to the stand where she was asked to give an opening speech and she sighed before taking the microphone then smiled

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~Few hours later~

"Sia, the chairman would like to see you" Sven said to Sia who had her head glued to the table ever since she came back from the launching event

"Are you serious??" she asked raising her head up from the table

"Yeah, he asked to see you and his ugly face was damn cold, did something went wrong at the event?" Sven asked obviously curious

"I will tell you after work" Sia said to Sven tapping him on his shoulder, she walked to the C.E.O's office, adjusted her cloth and sighed multiple times before entering

"Good morning sir! i mean good afternoon sir" she said with a slight bow not sure of what to say

"Miss Annastasia" what the hell was that show you pulled up at the opening event, you could have told me you can't fuçking do the simple job! the chairman shouted banging his hand on the table

"I'm sorry sir"

"I thought it would be an honour to have the most hardworking person working for me have a role at the event but the damn hardworking person i had chosen made them laugh at us??"

"I'm very sorry sir" Sia said and bowed for seconds

"Forgive my negligence to work, i will work hard from now on" Sia said sincerely apologizing

"Forget about it, yo have disgraced the almighty Lawnson Group and you have to take a break" the chairman said facing his table trying to continue his work

"What??" Sia screamed loudly

"You heard me right" the chairman snapped not even sparing her a glance

"Mr. Chairman, seems like you don't understand the situation clearly, i sincerely apologize for the event but you can't cut me off like this, i have worked hard for the company!!" Sia yelled sounding a bit rude although she's trying not to be rude

"Exactly! that's why i will go easy on you cause you've been hardworking, you will be transferred to Lawnson Group fashion house from the start of next week"

"Sir??" Sia exclaimed, is this old man sh*tting me right now?? she screamed crazily in her head

"Do that or quit, nobody gets an opportunity like this from this old man but you get one because you have been devoted to the company" the chairman said showing Sia out of his office

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~After Work~

"Sia, you promised to tell me what happened at the event earlier, what the hell happened that made you this moody" Sven asked seeing the mood Sia had been in ever since she came back from the Chairman's office

"I f**ked up big time Sven..............."

<< BACK TO THE EVENT HALL >>

She smiled and started her speech

"My name is Annastasia Ruby" she said and bowed,

"Today, We are opening our new company............"

Sia said as everyone expected her next speech but she wasn't able to say anything, she suddenly forgot the name of the company, nobody knew what came over her but she lost all confidence

"Let's go with a round of applause" she added and rushed down the stand as everyone started laughing instead of clapping

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Sven laughed real hard when Sia explained her ordeal to him

"You really did mess up, it was an opening speech of course, he would have assumed that you clean it up without a speck of dust but you shocked his @ss real hard" Sven said and started laughing again

"So what did he say, the chairman?"

"He got really mad at me and now i'm getting transferred, holy shit!!"

"Really? to where??"

"The new fashion house"

"Ooh! that must be damn hard, got to start from the scratch" Sven said and laughed again when his mind went to the opening speech his friend gave at a launching event

"You are really something, Annastasia" he added

"Get the f**k outta here , you don't have to see me off, i can catch the bus on my own, you are freaking me out right now" Sia said angrily to Sven

"I won't get to walk you here anymore since you are going to start from the scratch now" Sven said and started laughing maniacally again and then became silent seeing how Sia eyed him

"Right! it's not funny" he said and they continued walking, just accept it let me walk you" Sven said holding Sia by the shoulder

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The chairman sat in his chair and put a call across to someone who made him call twice before picking up

"Hey you!, why didn't you showed up at the opening event, is this the C.E.O who would be heading my new company??" The chairman screamed to the other end of the phone

"Omg! Dad! you are so loud, i wanted to attend but i was busy, looks like it went well, one of your employees even made the people laugh, damn!! it was so hilarious" Ryan the Chairman's second son said laughing from the other end of the phone and the laugh made the chairman angry

"Arrgh!! Lawnson Group is doomed!" the chairman said hanging up

"First was the damn employee and now my son who finds it funny........" the Chairman muttered angrily

Ryan smiled seeing his Dad has hanged up, he walked to the dinning table and gulped the glass of wine he left there before going for his phone, he then smiled after drinking the wine and then he remembered the company again and sighed.

Ryan Lawson the second son of Lawson Group

He has always liked fooling around and enjoys doing all he wants, he never wanted to be trapped in the company matters but looks like the bait finally got him, his Dad is not gonna listen anymore to his whining and what frustrates Ryan the most is the fact that it is a company which has to be built up from the start, he has to work hard to show that the fuçking business is really putting through!!!