Chapter 1: Begin the Begin
Emma was walking to her car from the diner she just ate her dinner at while checking her Facebook on her phone. Typical Emma Swan, she wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into another person which resulted to both of them falling hard on the sidewalk. She chances a glance at her phone and saw the screen was cracked. She got angry and was going to give a piece of her mind to the woman that collided with her but said woman beat it to her first.
"Hey! Watch it blondie! Who do you think you are walking around without looking? Damn, I broke my right heel. See what you did?"
But Emma was speechless by the woman's beautiful honey golden eyes that compliments with her brunette hair look like a goddess that she remained on the ground still. Few more second past and finally she stood and found her voice.
"Oh my god, I'm really sorry miss. Are you okay? Oh god, you broke your heel. I should get you to the hospital now" she was on the verge of panic and was talking so fast and with both hands now.
The other woman just look at her like she was crazy and said " . .Heel" Emma immediately look down and saw that it was the woman's high heels indeed and not the bone like she thought at first.
"Oh yeah. I'm really sorry though. But are you okay? Do you need a ride somewhere? Can I help you with anything?"
The brunette woman just scoffed at her and said "Erg whatever. Just watch where you're going next time. Now step aside" and just walked past Emma limping to her metallic black Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
Emma bends down to pick her phone up and continues walking to her yellow Volkswagen bug and head home to her apartment.
Upon reaching her apartment, Emma stepped out of her knee high boots and leather jacket and went straight to her bedroom and stripped her clothes to only her panties and tank top. She slides under her cover and retrieved her phone from the night stand and looked at the cracked screen with a gloomy face.
"Fuck. Now I have to get a new phone. And my ass hurts so badly. What a rude asshole" and she began to giggles on her own thinking ass and assholes goes together.
Remembering that she has to get up early for an interview in the morning, Emma shut her eyes tight and will sleep to come.
Regina Mills, founder and CEO of Mills Corp. A well-known publishing company that thrives for perfection and success. After a very long day at work with meeting after meeting, it was quarter past nine when she finally left her office.
After the incident with some random blonde half an hour ago that resulted in her broken high heel, she finally set her foot in her home. She took of her heels and look at the broken heel "I'm sorry darling that your life ended this way."
Regina went to pick an empty shoe box in her shoe closet by the door and set her heels inside and walked to her kitchen clutching the shoe box. After setting the box beside the bin, she poured herself a class of her cider and mumbled into the glass "To the loss of one of my favorite pair of pumps. You served your duty marvelously." And empty the glass of cider in few large gulps.
Switching the lights off and only leaving the light in the foyer, she went up to her bedroom and proceeds with her nightly routine. About half an hour later she slides into her comforter and as soon as her head hit the pillow, Regina was asleep right away.
Emma woke the next morning with a start. Looking at her alarm clock, it was eight thirty in the morning and her interview will commence at nine am sharp. She jumped off the bed and tripped face first on the floor because her foot got tangle between the sheets.
"Fuck! I'm gonna be late for the interview!" and she scramble quickly to the bathroom to brush her teeth "Crap, I have to skip the shower this morning." So she went to change into a pair of black slacks and a turquoise button up shirt because admit it, she does look good in a turquoise shirt. It brings out the color of her eyes. Emma Swan has the most gorgeous eyes with the color of blue mix with green.
About fifteen minutes later she was on the road speeding up to the company that she had the interview with.
Upon reaching her destination, she blew out a breath seeing that she had about two minutes before nine am. She walked to the front desk to a petite blonde woman and gave her a wide smile.
The blonde woman gave her a smile back "Good morning. How can I help you today miss?" "Hi. Morning. I'm Emma Swan. I'm here for an interview for the position of PA to the CEO. I got a call from Ms. Laura to come for an interview at nine am this morning."
Emma gave the woman a sheepish smile because of the time she arrived just few seconds ago. The woman, whose name was Jessica just smile at her and asked Emma to take the elevator to the 25th floor while handling her pass for the security by the elevator to check on before going up. Emma said thank you and quickly proceed to the elevator while trying to eavesdrop on Ms. Jessica's phone call. She heard something like "Laura and Ms. Mills appointment"
The elevator ride felt like it took forever and Emma's hand started to sweat by her nerves. She always feels confident in herself but she hates going to interview. Especially at such a big company that the building itself looks so intimidating.
Emma has been looking for a job since quitting her last job about two months ago. Her previous employer, Mr. Walsh was a handsy man. And as his PA, Emma has had enough of his behavior after working with him for the past 4 years. So now here she stands in a prestigious publishing company for an interview as the PA of the company's CEO.
She did some research on the company's profile and learned that the CEO, Regina Mills. A young woman aged 33. But to her disappointment, there was no picture of the said woman anywhere in the company's web. She thought to herself 'I guess I just have to wait for just a few more minutes to figure out how she looks like'.
As the door to the elevator open, a blonde woman was waiting for her with a sweet smile "Hi Ms. Swan, I'm Laura. Would you please have a seat while I inform Ms. Mills that you have arrived for your interview" Emma gave Ms. Laura a nervous smile with a nod of her head and took a seat at the sofa that line up the hallway.
Ms. Laura walked to the end of the hallway to a door with a name plate "Regina Mills. Founder & CEO" Emma was nervous and was bouncing her knees when just a few moment later Ms. Laura called for her saying that Ms. Mills is ready for the interview to begin and she may go in now. She stood up and wiped her clammy palms on her slacks, pick-up her resume and walked confidently pass Ms. Laura while giving her a toothy smile.
She knocked on the door twice and heard a voice calling from the inside "Please come in". Nervously she opens the door and stepped inside. The woman behind the desk has her head down reading on some file. So Emma walked all the way to the front of the desk and introduces herself "Good morning Ms. Mills. I'm Emma Swan". Ms. Mills finally stood up and closes the file and look at her with a sweet smile that instantly changes to grimaces "Morniā¦.YOU!"
