Unexpected Encounter

Cirilla felt a bit relieved when Priscilla finally walked out the door. But suddenly—BANG!

It was the sound of a door slammed shut.

“Did I hear that right? Xanders? That Xanders? The Cirilla Xanders?”

At that very moment, Ciri felt like she was sitting on fire. The room was cold, yet her whole body was drenched in sweat. She didn’t know what to do. All she could do was clasp her trembling hands together on her lap. She wished she could disappear right then and there.

Ciri knew Priscilla very well. She was terrified of her, so terrified that she couldn’t even lift her head. She kept her eyes down. Benj noticed that her knees were shaking; he could tell she was afraid.

“Yes, she’s Cirilla Xanders. So, what are you fussing about?” Benj said.

In a loud and arrogant voice, Priscilla shouted, “How shameless you are! You have the guts to apply for a job in our company after what you did to my son?”

Priscilla was furious. She had always despised people of the lower class, and she hated Ciri the most. How could she forget the poor girl who took her son’s heart?

“Shameless woman! Parasite!” Priscilla screamed. Her anger burned so intensely that cursing wasn’t enough. She grabbed one of her expensive high heels and threw at Ciri.

The heel struck Ciri’s head. It was heavy, hard, and sharp. It felt like being hit by a hammer. It hurt, of course it did—but what hurt more was the pain in her heart.

Despite the pain, Ciri didn’t move. She remained seated, head bowed low.

Benj was shocked. He hadn’t expected his mother to be that enraged. It had been two years already, but the bitterness was still there. Yes, he hated Ciri, and maybe she deserved some of it but that hit was too much, and he knew it really hurt.

Ciri didn’t move at all. When Benj looked closer, he saw blood trickling down her head. That’s when he finally said, “Mom, enough.”

Priscilla was like a lioness ready to kill anyone who dared to hurt her cub. She wanted to strike Ciri again and again. But she snapped out of her rage when she heard Benj call her Mom.

Benj rarely called her that, and when he did, it was the only thing that calmed her.

Priscilla took a deep breath, trying to compose herself. Then she started again, her voice dripping with venom.

“What do you want from my son? Did your sugar daddies get bored and leave you? And now you want to hook up with my son again? A slut like you will never be content jumping from one man to another just to survive. Shameless!”

The words pierced deep. It was painful to hear, but Ciri couldn’t blame her. It was her own doing. It was all her fault back then.

“Answer me, you slut!” Priscilla yelled.

The room fell silent for a moment, until a knock broke the tension.

It was Benj’s secretary, Vicky. “Sir, Vice President Brown is here. He said something urgent came up. He’s not available tomorrow and wants to have the meeting now with.”

“Not right now. We’ll do it later,” Benj replied firmly.

But it was too late, VP Brown had already entered the room, followed by his staff, five people in total.

Priscilla, unfazed by their presence, continued shouting. “Did you run out of dirty old men to finance you? Is that why you’re trying to get close to my son again?”

The people who entered froze, shocked by the scene unfolding in the CEO’s office.

Priscilla glared at Ciri again. “Like mother, like daughter, a slut, a parasite, and a homewrecker!”

Ciri chose to stay silent. She didn’t want to make Priscilla even angrier. She could take all the insults thrown at her, but not the ones aimed at her mother. Her beautiful, gentle, hardworking mother.

She could feel tears welling up in her eyes, but she refused to cry in front of them. She stood up, her voice soft but steady.

“Sorry for wasting your time, Mr. Gates. It was my mistake to apply for a job here in your company. I’m not qualified to be your employee, because I’m a slut and a parasite. I hereby withdraw my application. Thank you and have a good day.”

After saying those words, she walked toward the door. But before she could leave, the tears she’d been holding back finally fell. She ran out of the CEO’s office, her sobs echoing in the hallway.

She didn’t stop crying until she was already outside the Gates Inc. building.

Earlier that day, she had been so happy, and confident that she would be hired because of her skills and intelligence. She thought this would be the happiest day of her life.

But the day she thought would mark a new beginning turned out to be the worst day of all, an unexpected, painful encounter with two people from her past.

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