THE STRESS.

Just like that, Joel Cypher learned to be a multiple worker. Her feeding is one thing and her brother's surgery fee is another.

No matter how hard she worked, she can't seem to exceed more than a thousand dollars.

Selling the house her parents left for them, making her live on the street but, that only made matters worse.

For the first time, she felt glad that her brother was hospitalized. The reason is not because she wanted it to happen, at least, her brother has a roof above his head, unlike her living from cave to streets.

Closing to her afternoon shifts, ber phone buzzed.

"This is Joel Cypher speaking— alright, I'll be right there." she answered taking the nearby cab to the place.

Reaching a beautiful extravaganza of a house, she couldn't help but be marveled. Just as she entered, the sign board had it boldly written "The Windsmoff Estate"

As the name goes, the owner of that name, is an all in all business billionaire. With businesses all over the country. The best upon the best. The overall business woman with lots of shares and the richest in the whole world,'Ashley Windsmoff '

Today, Joel was graced to be the cleaner for the whole week.

When she heard the news that she had passed the test of being the cleaner of the well respected Ms.Windsmoff, she was glad and scared. Glad because the pay could be her all round salary. Meaning, the money she earned just for cleaning that house a day, is three times the money she was to earn if she added all her part times together for a whole three months.

And scared, because rich people are scary. Not to talk of the richest in the whole wide world. She has to make sure to earn her trust in order for her to be in the good books of the wealthy lady.

The door opened showing a slim lady in suit. The lady, had a pony tail hairstyle and her bosom slightly chested out.

"I'm Joel..."

"Joel Cypher, my boss awaits you." she interrupted her.

Joel smiled awkwardly. "Where is she?" she asked trying to be the usual calm and collected.

"follow me" was all the lady said.

They walked the huge stairs. Elevators would suit that kind of heart breaking and feet wrecking stairs. Just as she thought, looking at her left, before stepping onto the Everlong stairs, was the elevator she was thinking about. But on top of the elevator, there was a sign "VIPs only" written boldly.

What a show off... She had inwardly thought.

The knock on the door, brought her back to reality.

"She's here ma'am." the lady said.

After hearing something Joel didn't want to ponder, the lady ushered her in.

Age, is really just nothing but a number. Otherwise, what could explain what she saw.

she had wanted to go back to the lady who just left, for her to explain what prank she was trying to pull.

The person in there, utterly looks like a kid who was begging for a babysitter but with a bossy aura.

This isn't a cleaning job, but a babysitting job.

"Not bad." was enough to tell Joel that her whole dignity as a lady was being crushed by this overbearing girl, who sat on that 3-4 million priced chair..

"You haven't seen a face this young or, you haven't seen a rich young face?"

Exactly! You, young asshole— I mean, ma'am.

"Don't worry I'm sure we're age mates or I'm slightly older than you."

This young? I'm twenty six years old. Who the fuck are you trying to kid with?

"Are you sure you're here to clean, or you're here to look at me for eternity?" the voice was ever calm and melodious.

"Ahh, I'm sorry. I was just stupefied." she sincerely apologized still a little surprised.

The girl waved at her and sing-songed. "Hmm-mm! I get that a lot."

Suddenly the door opened.

"Don't you know how to knock?" there was no malice or anger in the tone, but it was that of agitation.

"I'm sorry Ms. Windsmoff, but this was my third time knocking on the door, so I thought that something had happened to you."

This time the man standing near the door was huge. Like one who had spent his time on weight lifting. With the puffed up chest. It won't hide the nipples of that man if he were to remove that thick black suit jacket that covers that well refined body sculpture.

But the boss lady seemed rather unfazed by this body that many would kill for. His face was also like the shooting stars people would kneel and plead for them to be noticed, or the fireworks that are being shot in the air during festive seasons that people are hoping and expecting to see.

Maybe, she had lived with this face for so long. She thought.

"Argh! what's it this time?" she asked

"The board members are there at the office. Your presence is highly needed." the huge well refined guy said with a tenor voice.

"Call Becky in." she instructed. And the refined guy left.

Shortly, the lady Joel saw came in with the refined guy.

"She's sleeping here. Take her to the guest room. And tell her what she should and should not" the last part seems like a warning.

"Bucky, let's go." she said and walked ahead. Bucky left to lead the way, while opening the door for her.

Becky signaled for Joel to follow her, which she obeyed obediently.

Though uncomfortable, but better than living on the street.

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The company was extravagant yet simple. The outside looks like a simple company, though the skyscraper company whose pointed edged tip touches the sky, that company looks like a company built with ten people's fortune.

.

Who would believe that this was built by a single person, Ashley.

she started her life picking aluminum and tin cans, then, she went over opening a small jewelry store, where she spent nearly ten years. The business was doing well with the ups and downs that followed. The stress of a young kid of fifteen that strived to make it to the top was more amazing to the people that know of the biography she let the world know but more overwhelmed if the main reason was known.

Being the best fashion designer in the whole country, and the best jewelry maker the world has ever known, making names for herself at the age of twenty three,. Her background story is what the youth of nowadays call, from grass to grace.

She has gotten to her company that was decorated with simple but strong glass she does need to buy but makes her personal architect design it for her, all round, giving it an ordinary yet, wealthy look but the inside has the full definition of WEALTH!!!!

Before getting off she stood by the car for sometime thinking about the downs, rather than the ups that let her be the top and not the bottom in the business world.

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