Sold to the CEO

l Reed

shiny needle. I stood on the sidewalk, my hand shaking as I clutched my cheap plastic folder. My suit was five years old. It was a bit tight

t. Twelve dollars. That wasn't even enough for a large pack of diapers and a gallon of milk, let alo

to myself. "It's just an intervi

e sound of a building that never had to worry about electricity bills. I walked up to the receptio

re for the Personal Assistant

up at first. She kept

stal

I didn't know how it worked, but every time I applied for a job, the manager would look at their computer, see my name, and their face woul

nded me a plastic badge. "Floor 80.

be the blacklist didn't reach th

irrored walls. I looked tired. There were dark circles under my eyes from Lysander waking up with a cough at 3:0

a wide hallway with plush grey carpets.

ay, please," he sai

me?" I asked, trying to make

se interviews persona

ed me, nobody could fire me. I followed him toward a set of massive double

opened the door for me and clos

ss, showing the entire city. A large leather ch

small in the big room. "I'm Krystal

started to

ng legs in a charcoal suit. Then a hand with a silver wat

le

ed to be so warm when we were in college, were now like two piece

voice was deeper than I remembere

felt like jelly. "Alex?

d crossed his legs. "And I own the company. Did you thin

running. But then I thought about Lysa

I walked over and sat in the hard

piece of paper. He tossed it onto the desk between us. It was a copy of ou

jumping in his jaw. He was angry. "I didn't know you'd sunk this low. From a billionaire's wife to a

oney, Alex," I said.

ppeared. You left me the day after my father threatened to cut me off. We both know wh

father told me he would stop her medical treatments if I didn't leave. But if I told him th

out the sun. He leaned down, placing his hands on the arms of my chair. I was trapped between him and the leather. "I

e used to wear, and it made my chest ache. "Why are you doing this, A

apping back to mine. "I need a PA. Someone who knows my habits. Someone who knows how I like my co

ant your mo

here. You're hungry." He stood up straight and walked back to his window. "The job is yours. If you wa

thought about how he deserved a life bett

have to do

A slow, cruel smirk s

"Starting now. Go get me a coffee. Blac

nees were still w

en think about quitting. I have the best lawyers in the cit

d a way to save my son. But as I walked out, I felt like