Chapter 2
The next day, Emma sat on her bed as she searched through the vacancies in the newspapers. One night of dancing was all she could manage and had made it clear to Tea that she would not be trying anything like that ever again. The papers almost covered the bed as she had them spread out while she circled the ones that sounded okay.
The door bell rang, but Emma stayed where she sat as it was probably Sarah arriving for her date with Bakura. It was nice that the two of them were going out together but Emma couldn't help feeling that she was in their way.
There was a knock on her room door just before it opened and Bakura popped his head round. "There's somebody here to see you."
Emma was surprised as she hadn't been expecting anyone but gestured for Bakura to send the visitor in anyway. She saw the younger of the Kaiba brothers enter her room and greeted him with a huge smile. "Hi Mokuba, please excuse the mess." With one arm movement she wiped the bed clear of the newspapers so that he could sit down. "So, what brings you here?"
Mokuba sat down and handed a letter to her. "Seto asked me to give you this."
Emma opened the folded paper to find that he had invited her for dinner, again. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline from his invitation." she sighed.
"Why?" Mokuba asked rather surprised.
"Because I know what he's going to say, and my answer still hasn't changed." she told Mokuba as she wondered just what it would take for Kaiba to get the message that she wasn't going to work for him.
"Do you really hate the idea of working for him that much?" Mokuba asked.
"No, I don't." Emma told him shaking her head. "It's just that people are starting to talk and make accusations already about the two of us."
"You should know by now that Seto doesn't care about what other people say and think." Mokuba said raising his voice slightly.
Emma had to agree that what Mokuba had said was true, well mostly. "But I do." she said as she was still very self-conscious even though she did her best to hide it.
"So then you don't like my brother and me anymore?" Mokuba asked sadly.
"What!" Emma exclaimed in surprise that he could even think that she didn't like them anymore. She stared at Mokuba who was now looking at her with those big sad eyes that showed up from time to time. She bit the inside of her check unsure of what to do, before she finally said; "I think it's time that we paid your brother a visit and sorted this once and for all."
Together Emma and Mokuba entered Kaiba's office to find him seated behind his desk as usual. He looked surprised to see the both of them march up to his desk and was about to say something to them when Emma beat him to it as she spoke first.
"Don't say anything or even get up until I've said what I've come here to say." she told Kaiba just as he had opened his mouth, which closed again after she had finished her order. "I know that this invitation is just to ask me to work for you, and since my little talk with Mokuba earlier I've decided to give you my final answer." She took a deep breath. "I would love to work for you, if you'll still have me."
Kaiba remained quiet as he picked up his pen and started to scribble something that Emma couldn't quite see thanks to the laptop blocking her view. He handed her a small piece of paper and leaned back in his chair.
"What's this?" Emma asked as she looked down at the cheque that she had just been handed.
"That's your first month's salary in advance." Kaiba told her as a smile crept on his face. "Welcome on board."
Emma smiled back and then to Mokuba who was also smiling.
"But there is one catch." Kaiba began and caught Emma's attention once more. "I'm afraid that platform shoes, short skirts and tops aren't part of the company's dress code. Unless of course you want to wear them."
"You've got no chance of seeing me like that again." Emma laughed.
"Shame." sighed Kaiba as he folded his arms and that amused smile made its way on to his face. "I kind of liked those pigtails."
Emma reached across the desk and playfully hit Kaiba on the arm.