Artemis POV
The next morning we all boarded the company van. Soon we arrive in front of an extremely tall glass building.
"Alright remember to be professional. Not flirting or anything" I reminded, eyeing Bette.
She might have been my best reporter but that girl would flirt with any cute man she could and that including the men she would sometimes write about.
"Okay, okay" she said.
We all walked into the building and it was just as fancy as the outside of the building. The outer walls were made entirely out of glass allowing natural sunlight to seep through the lobby reflecting onto the light colored marble floors.
All around the lobby, tall potted plants were seated. In the middle of the lobby sat a large desk with a woman sitting behind it speaking into a phone.
To the right of the reception area were uncomfortable looking leather chairs that surrounded a glass coffee table that had magazines neatly stacked on top. I noted a Tracker magazine being the first in the stack.
The sounds of heels clicking against the marble floors, dings of elevator does and low chatter filled the room.
We waited for the woman to get off the phone before approaching her.
"Hello! Welcome to Wayne Industries!" she greeted cheerfully.
"Hello, we are reporters from Tracker magazine" Megan said as the others snapped pictures of the building.
The lady smiled.
"Why don't you help yourself to some breakfast while I call the executives" she encouraged still smiling, motioning to the buffet table not far away from where she was.
I rolled my eyes as everyone ran to the table of food.
"At least no one has done this" I muttered to Megan.
"Lighten up! They are giving us free food! You're 24 you don't need to act so uptight" Megan commented.
"We'll I'm the lead reporter here and I-"
I was interrupted by another voice.
"Hi. You must be Miss Crock"
I turned to see many men and a few women standing in front of me in very nice clothes.
"These guys are cute" Megan whispered.
I nudged her.
Seriously why are some many girls I work with obsessed with men?
But she was definitely not lying. It was a bit overwhelming.
"Yes and you must be . Nice buffet. Never seen that before" I said with a smile.
Of course they were doing this. They wanted to butter us up.
"It's Friday. We always do this on Friday" he replied nonchalantly.
"Yeah and Wally loves it" a man with blonde hair and green said.
"Hey! It's free food! And you all love it too" said a man I was assuming was Wally.
I quickly examined him.
His hair was bright red and gelled back, he had bright green eyes and was lean but muscular looking.
"Like what you see?" he said with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes.
Arrogant. Not such a good way to start out.
"Anyways, we would like to start with the interviews" I said.
"Right. I would be glad to answer your questions" Mr. Wayne replied.
"Oh I'm not interviewing you. My best reporter Bette Kane is going to be interviewing you" I informed.
Soon everyone had been paired with their executives and were on their way to different parts of the office building. And lucky me I had been stuck with the arrogant red head.
I walked over to the elevator with Wally.
"So what floor is your office on?" I asked.
"The 70th floor" he replied.
"Aww is someone important in this company?" I cooed.
"Don't mean to brag but yes. Yes I am" he grinned.
I rolled my eyes once more. By the end of this interview my eyeballs would probably be stuck.
The elevator dinged and the doors opened.
"By the way you look nice" he complimented.
I smirked, "Flirting won't get you anywhere" I asserted.
"Who said I was flirting? Can't a guy say something nice without taking it as flirting?" he said with a smirk of his own.
Before I could say anything, the doors opened again indicating that it was time to get off.
"Here is my office" he said as we walked down the hall.
We passed a woman with dirty blonde hair and light brown eyes.
I also noticed her shirt was unbuttoned WAY to low. Not that I minded, she was allowed to wear anything she felt comfortable with but I'm sure that she was violating dress code.
"Carrie if you need me I'll be in my office having an interview with Miss Crock from Tracker Magazine" he said to the woman.
Carrie glared at me before turning to Wally.
"Will do Mr. West" she said now eyeing him up and down.
He grabbed my hand and quickly walked to his office. And I was not surprised that it was as nice as the lobby. The floor was a cream marble color and in the middle of the room was his long mahogany desk piled with papers and his computer. In front of his desk were two black office chairs. There was a fridge in the corner of the fridge , a flat screen mounted on the wall and in front of it was a small red couch.
I sat down on the red couch.
"So what's up with your assistant?" I asked.
"Oh her. She's kind of a gold digger...that's why she talks and dresses like that" he replied as he took off his jacket.
Earlier when I said he was muscular?
Well boy was I right.
"You just love staring at me don't you?" he asked smirking yet again.
I rolled my eyes.
"And you are so full of yourself" I said.
"Alright Ms. Feisty. What do you want to know?" he asked falling into his chair.
I took out my tablet and looked up to see Wally smirking.
"Do you ever actually smile or maybe not smirk?" I questioned.
"Of course. Just not now" he replied.
"People like you are what's going to bring your company's review down" I muttered tapping away on the tablet.
"First question..."
Megan POV
I sat down across from Mr. Clark.
"So what do you do as the chief of human resources Mr. Clark?" I asked.
"You can call me Conner by the way" he said.
I smiled. "Okay Conner" I said.
He smiled showing off his perfect white teeth.
Why are all these men so perfect looking?
Conner was definitely my favorite though. His jet black hair was perfect styled and his ice blue eyes pierced through your soul. Not to mention he had dimples that could kill.
Basically perfection.
I hadn't realized that I was staring until I heard him speak again.
"Meggy?" he said.
"Megan. It's Megan" I corrected.
"Right. Sorry" he said.
"Doesn't matter. Just answer the question please" I said looking down on my phone.
"Well I am in charge of hiring and firing people. I supervise the workers and make sure they do their jobs" he answered.
Dick POV
"So do you need anything else?" I asked Barbara.
"Well I could use more pictures of the building" she replied.
"Don't worry you'll get plenty more picture downstairs. There's a worker waiting for all of you reporters for a tour" I said.
She smiled, "Thank you Richard" she said.
"No problem. Hope I got everything you needed" I said.
"I did" she replied.
"I'll walk you out" I said getting out of my chair.
We walked pasted my assistant's desk and into the hallway.
I spotted the girl that was in charge of the reporters and a redhead woman with her.
"There's the boss. I'll see you later err not really..." she awkwardly.
"Right. Bye then" I said waving her off.
Barbara POV
Richard was amazing. He was nice, smart and funny. And gorgeous. Very gorgeous. I was not certainly not going to forget his amazing dark blue eyes.
I sighed contently.
Artemis and Megan turned to me.
"Did you get everything you need?" Artemis asked.
I nodded.
"What's up with you?" Megan questioned.
"Well Richard-the guy I just interviewed-is amazing! I think I might like him" I said dreamily.
"Well think again" Artemis said pointing to something behind me.
I spin around to see Richard with a dark haired girl kiss.
I turned back to them.
"I am going to wait downstairs for the tour" I murmur quickly walking to the elevator.
Artemis POV
"I hope she's okay" Megan said.
"This is why you don't date and or like people in business. It should always stay just business" I said.
"I wonder if Conner has a girlfriend..." Megan said absentmindedly.
I rolled my eyes.
"Are you going to the city ball?" Megan asked.
"No. I have too much work to do" I replied.
This time Megan rolled her eyes.
"Come on! It's Saturday night and everyone is going, even your dad" she said.
"Where is Bette? And Jaime?" I asked avoiding the question.
"You're going" she declared.
Sadly, no matter how much I tried I knew I was going to have to go to that stupid ball.
Wally POV
I walked over to Dick and Zatanna.
"Hey lovebirds" I greeted.
"Hey Wally. What's up?" Zatanna said.
"I was just stuck in a room with an uptight journalist" I replied.
Dick chuckled. "She didn't seem that bad" Dick said.
"Well you didn't have to talk to her" I replied dryly.
"I heard that Carrie is still flirting with you" Zatanna said changing the subject.
"Yes. And even though I'm handsome I don't need this torture!" I whined rubbing my temples for dramatic effect.
"Don't be such a drama queen" Dick said.
"I heard she was going to the ball tonight" Conner said walking over to us.
I groaned again.
"Just tell her you don't like her" Raquel said.
"And you think she listens?" I replied.
"Raquel what are you wearing to the ball?" Zatanna asked Raquel.
Raquel shrugged.
"You have to help me pick something out!" Zatanna shrieked.
The two women walked away talking about dress choices.
"You're lucky Conner, your interviewer was cute" I said.
Conner shrugged. "Her name was Megan" he stated.
"Megan. Nice," I said. "I'll have to remember that."
"Anyways I have to go back to work and so do all of you" Dick commanded.
Megan POV
As we all left the building I couldn't help but think about Conner.
I mean what if he did have a girlfriend?
I would be crushed.
What if he goes to the ball?
Who am I kidding! He works for one of the most successful companies in the country! Of course he would be there!
I looked over at Barbara.
She hasn't said anything since we found out Richard had a girlfriend.
"Alright when we get back we need to start putting the article together! We need this magazine out by tomorrow!" Artemis announced.
All I could think about what Conner.