"I just love my job." he thought, and couldn't help to laugh a quiet laugh as he double checked the numbers in the file he had on his brand new oak desk. It was his first day behind it, and he felt assured that it would be a good one.
Charles had just been promoted as manager of the banks East Asia fund. He had no real passion for his job - he saw it more as an opportunity to earn large amounts of money and feel better then old ex girlfriends when he met them at high school reunion parties. Thats why he had put so much effort into getting this promotion. Well, at least that was half of the truth.
The other half was named Daisy. When he first met her he had felt like a nervous schoolboy looking at the beauty of the class. Instantly, he had loved her. Unfortunately, she had turned out to be a teas - even though he never worked up the guts to ask, by just the tone of her voice she made it clear that she would never date a lowlife like him.
That rejection had distorted his feelings for her. To protect himself from the feeling of failure, he had turned his love into hate, despising her more than any other living creature. It was hard for him to admit it, but half of the reason he had wanted this job so badly was that he didn't won her to have it. And now, as it turned out, he would not only have the her promotion, he would have her as well.
Wearing his black Armani suit, with a blue tie that had cost him more then some make in a week, he smiled at the numbers in front of him. He let a hand run through his short black hair, his cold blue eyes fixed on the file he was reading. "That little thief…" he said to himself.
He got up and walked out from his office, out to the small cubicles where his subordinates worked. Yesterday, they had been his colleagues, now they were not. With a bright smile on his face, he walked up to Daisys desk. "I want to see you in my office, miss Worwick." he said, emphasizing the word office, just to underline the fact that he had one when she had not. "And bring some coffee. Sugar, no milk." Without even awaiting her response, he walked away, back to his office.
Charles had just been promoted as manager of the banks East Asia fund. He had no real passion for his job - he saw it more as an opportunity to earn large amounts of money and feel better then old ex girlfriends when he met them at high school reunion parties. Thats why he had put so much effort into getting this promotion. Well, at least that was half of the truth.
The other half was named Daisy. When he first met her he had felt like a nervous schoolboy looking at the beauty of the class. Instantly, he had loved her. Unfortunately, she had turned out to be a teas - even though he never worked up the guts to ask, by just the tone of her voice she made it clear that she would never date a lowlife like him.
That rejection had distorted his feelings for her. To protect himself from the feeling of failure, he had turned his love into hate, despising her more than any other living creature. It was hard for him to admit it, but half of the reason he had wanted this job so badly was that he didn't won her to have it. And now, as it turned out, he would not only have the her promotion, he would have her as well.
Wearing his black Armani suit, with a blue tie that had cost him more then some make in a week, he smiled at the numbers in front of him. He let a hand run through his short black hair, his cold blue eyes fixed on the file he was reading. "That little thief…" he said to himself.
He got up and walked out from his office, out to the small cubicles where his subordinates worked. Yesterday, they had been his colleagues, now they were not. With a bright smile on his face, he walked up to Daisys desk. "I want to see you in my office, miss Worwick." he said, emphasizing the word office, just to underline the fact that he had one when she had not. "And bring some coffee. Sugar, no milk." Without even awaiting her response, he walked away, back to his office.