Chapter 31

'Ok Regina, don't be nervous, you have to make a best impression'…sigh…'you need this job' her hand went to her flat stomach. She closed her eyes for a second, and opened them again. As she was about to get up from the chair where she was sitting at, in front of Emmet's desk, she heard the door open. As she was about to turn around and greet her boss, before she could get any other word out she noticed who was now standing by the open door.

All the anger from those previous incidents came rushing back to her mind; she raised her hand to point a finger at the person in front of her.

"YOU! How dare you?! What do you think you are doing here?" As the person was about to speak, Regina didn't let him. "No you don't get to say anything to me anymore. Who do you think you are? Are you stalking me now?! No….No…I won't let you ruin this for me….whatever hatred you have for me…I won't let it destroy my chance at happiness. So please get the hell out from here because my boss will here any minute…and I am sure you will try to destroy this for me as well" Regina let out her frustration with a pointed look at the person. They were both staring at each other with such intensity that they didn't notice anyone else enter the office. Regina had backed up when the other person had started advancing on her, letting himself into the office.

"Miss Mills?" Regina heard someone say from behind the she was glaring at. She took glance at the other person who decided to interrupt her dispute. "Miss Mills, uh Hi, its me Ruben…remember…uh well as for your questions…..um I would say this individual right in front of you is your boss, Mr. Swan" Regina took that moment to let the words sink in and couldn't help but gasp in shock, she finally noticed the angry expression and those greenish eyes bore into her soul. She couldn't help but swallow an empty swallow and feel her head spinning.

Strong hands help her up before she could hit the floor. She again did the mistake of looking into those eyes and feel the anger. He pulled her a little closer to him.

"Em…don't….please listen to me first" Ruben tried to calm his friend down, he knew things wouldn't end well if he didn't try to interfere. But Emmett didn't respond to his plea. He continued staring at the girl in front of him, his anger going out of control. He closed eyes for a little bit and opened them again.

"If this is how you are going to treat your boss…..me….then I would suggest that you pack your things and leave because I have no desire to ever see you again" He wanted to yell at her but he had a really long day which was tiring enough as it was, he definitely didn't needed a foolish girl ruin his evening time for him. He wanted her out of his sight as soon as possible.

"Em…come on leave the girl alone…I assure you she didn't intend for this to happen" at that Emmett lightly pushed Regina who ended up sitting on the chair she was previously sitting on and looked up to see Emmett turning towards his friend.

"And how would you know this Ruben? Hmmm unless you were already aware that this girl was walking around my company all day without having any slightest of an idea who her boss is….don't you think that's a little too much!?" Ruben didn't know what to say. It wasn't like he was aware of this fact but Emmett won't easily forgive him for this mistake.

"Look Em…listen" he tried to get his friend to listen who was having none of it. "Oh come on Em….I had no idea she was friends with Belle….besides it was not me who interviewed her and I know I was suppose and you know I wouldn't it get this far if I was aware of this…I hope you do realize..you parents are the one who interviewed her and hired" Ruben tried to reason.

Regina was so confused at this point, at one moment she was being stared down at so horribly and now completely ignored like she was not even in the room. She looked up at both friends and noticed the tension looming around them at the mention of Emmett's parents.

Before she could speak her mind, Ruben came up to her. "Miss Mills…uh I am sorry for the way things have turned out but please leave for now and uh I will make sure to contact you tomorrow as soon as possible" he said while holding his hand out for her to hold on and get up. She took his hand and stood up, he walked her to the door and they both stood outside the office.

"Umm…."Regina had no words as to what she should say, she knew she screwed up so horribly, her mother would surely be disappointed at her. "Please…..I assure you what ever I said back there to uh Mr. umm Swan it was from the spur of the moment but I was also not aware that it was going to be him who was going to be my boss. I…uh I really need this job…I have no other option"

Ruben could see that her concern was genuine but he didn't know how things would turn out after this. He knows that Emmett will never agree to her being his secretary. "I understand, but all I can say is I will try and see but everything else is up to Emmett and his decision" Ruben informed her and saw her face sadden at the mention of his friend.

At that Regina just decided to leave for now, she knew nothing could save her from the mess she herself created and all she could do was hope for a miracle to happen.

Ruben went back to the room after Regina had left and noticed his friend sitting on his chair with a drink in his hand. "You know, your mother will be every upset if she saw you right now."

"Well she isn't here, so no harm done" Emmett replied with some bitterness to his tone.

"Em…it wasn't like they knew who she was and you can't blame this on me either" Ruben tried to defend himself. His friend still didn't spare him any glance.

"You are free to go Ruben, enjoy the rest of the evening" Emmett dismissed him not wanting to hear anymore.

Ruben ignored his friends' dismissal and sat on the chair where few moments ago Regina Mills was sitting. "You never know she might be what you are looking for, Em"

"And pray tell what the hell is that suppose to mean Ruben?!" Emmett looked at his friend but with the same furious eyes that were directed at Regina were now being directed at his friend.

"WHAT?! No that's not what I mean't! I was talking about how she seems suitable for the job, and besides I don't believe you will have any say on this because your parents were the one who hired her".

"Ha…don't you worry about my parents, I will handle them" Emmett said with a strong tone. Ruben couldn't help but feel as if his friend was probably planning something and he was not going to learn about it anytime soon.

"Em…why are you turning this matter into a personal battle, it was just a bad deal and we have had those before too so why are you so keen on her for it"

"Did you see the way she talked to me? It's not just me still hanging around on it, its her too. Besides I will never work along with someone like her" Emmett said as he got up from his chair and walked to the door. "I don't want to talk about this, I'll be heading home for now. I want you to come over to the mansion tomorrow morning" Emmett left without waiting for his friend's response.

Meanwhile…Belle & Regina..& Katherine….

"Are you going to talk to me now? Please tell me what's wrong? What happened in there?" They had just reached the apartment; Belle took both of their stuff and put it away. Regina hadn't said a single word since they left office. But the way she was being quite and the fear on her face was clear for anyone to see.

"Belle…Regina….you guys came early too I see" Katherine greeted them with a smile. "So how did it go Regina?"

"Kat…I think something happened and she's not telling me anything at all!" Katherine then looked up from what she was doing and noticed that indeed something was wrong with her friend. She put away the spoon in her hand on the kitchen counter and came into the living room to sit with her friends. She immediately wrapped her arms around Regina and tried to comfort her. "Hey….hey now…you can tell us what's wrong, you know we always want to help you so please Regina don't shut us out" Katherine said with a soft tone, while she looked at Belle and saw her giving her a encouraging smile.

The next thing both of them heard were sobbing sounds coming from Regina. "I don't know why but I always seem to ruin everything for myself" Regina managed to muffled out while trying her hardest not to cry but the tears were pouring out of her. Katherine and Belle didn't say anything instead Belle started to rub Regina's back and Katherine let Regina cry on her and let it all out.

"Please Regina….don't be so hard on yourself…." Belle finally spoke up, still trying to comfort her friend. They all sat in silence now…when she was done breaking down, she got off of Katherine and looked at both of her friends, she was so glad to have them support her, it made her smile a little. But her smile went away right when she started thinking about what had just happened half an hour ago.

"Guys…I can't believe this is happening….he was there during my marriage time, its him, he's suppose to be the person I am to live with and work for…I don't think it would be wise to do so…I don't think I can take it" sigh…it was crashing down on her now, she thought at the moment it would be alright but not anymore, even if its such a good opportunity for her to have a stable life but she didn't think it was possible anymore.

"Wait a second…who are we talking about here?" Belle asked about whatever her friend was saying wasn't making any sense to her or Katherine.

"Is it Robin? Is he back in New York?!" Katherine couldn't help but feel the anger rising inside of her, at even the thought of that person being near her friend again.

Regina shook her head and looked at her friends. "No…its not him…its Mr. and Mrs. Nolan's son, he was there after the whole marriage fiasco. I don't know if him or Robin are related or what but he seemed to had the same property papers that my mother gave it to us after the marriage. He was there to get them signed and take my land but I didn't sign them and now…now, well lets just say whenever we stumbled upon each other it never ended on a good note" She buried her face in her hands trying her hardest not to break down again, this was definitely taking a toll on her.

"But that was few weeks ago" suddenly it dawned on them, "surely he can't still be holding a grudge against you for something like that….you are a victim of a fraud" Katherine stressed out her thoughts.

"Yes but he doesn't know that…besides I uh ended up ripping the papers and threw them up in the air" this Regina now realized was her biggest mistake she had made.

"Oh god…..why….in the….why would you do that? Gods Regina…" Belle said with a horrifying expression on her face. She then looked at her friend expecting her to explain her reason or cause for doing something so childish.

"What!" Regina said not understanding how she could be at fault for something like this. "I was already angry with the whole thing with Robin then he stormed in like he owned the world or something demanding me to sign the papers" her frustration over the whole situation was back again. "Ugh….I can't take this I am going to sleep" she then got up and stormed towards the room she shared with Belle.

Belle also got up "Regina! Wait!" she called after her friend who ignored her and went her way.

"Let it go Belle…she's clearly exhausted" Katherine finally said. "We can finish talking about this tomorrow morning. I guess we won't we eating dinner tonight….sigh"

"I just can't….first her mother and now this…what are we going to do Kat?…I am so worried for her" Katherine couldn't help but feel concerned as well, she was also trying to wrap her mind around all of this. "I am sure we can help her get past this" Katherine tried to take away her friends' worry, but she knew they had to figure this out.

"Have you talked to Ruben about this?" Belle shook her head for a no. "Hmm…I am sure he's aware of this as well…try asking if he can help Regina with the job, you and me both know why she was so intent on having this job" Belle nodded at her friend and got up to go to the balcony and call Ruben and see if Regina still stood chance at getting the job.

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