Bitten by Love

h since the incident in the woods, and I was still trying to process everything that h

my boss, who was standing by the reception d

h you?" he asked, his voice

sense of Anxiety. Wh

ind us. "Mia, I'm afraid we've decided to let you go,

the gut. "What? Why?" I asked,

for the position," he replie

for three years, and now they were just letting me go li

e got to accept my fate and move on. I left his office feeling like my whole world had be

ng?" Sarah asked, conc

lso comforting me. Her words of encouragement kept m

king for a new job. I updated my CV and set ou

restigious company. They were looking for an assistant to the president, and

yscraper that seemed to touch the clouds. I walked into th

where a friendly-looking woman

e assistant position," I

, let me just check a few things.

hairs against the wall, an

impatient. But then, a woman in a sharp busines

position," she said, smiling. "I'm Kar

of the building. We passed by rows of offices, each one fill

laque that read "President's Office."

e said. "But you can wait for him in his offi

ment mixed with nerves. I took a de

the room. The walls were lined with bookshelves, each one fille

looked around, my eyes landed on a small, delicate gemstone that was sitting on the edg

. As soon as my skin made contact with it, the gemstone flared to li

ling a sense of shock and

with a sense of fear. Â As I reached out to tou

ee who it was, I heard a voice behind me. "Why did you touch

eeling surprised