Chapter 11: Sucked in
It was unlike me to express my expression this blatantly. But right now, I'm glaring. To the point my eyes could roll back and laser beams shoot out. The Alpha Team – 03 Captain was sitting opposite me, his legs crossed while the upper was kicking slowly like he was enjoying my outburst.
What's the sudden change of attitude? He did a complete 180, makes me get goosebumps whenever he smiles. His smile brightens his face, yes, but it irritates mine. It was obviously fake.
"Lay out your rules. We'll live together, so it's best we know which boundaries we shouldn't cross."
"You're not allowed to enter my room." I have plenty of rules, and I would gladly recite them to him one by one until he memorizes them, but let's say the important ones first. "And don't wake me up before 2 pm."
I finish my work at 7 am and start at 10 pm. So, from 2 pm—the time I wake up—I'll be training under him until it's time for my job.
Claude's eyebrow raised. His expression changed for a second but returned to that fake smile again. "Then you'd better wake up on your own at 8 am, Jade."
What? Why?
I tried to reason that my job was night shift and I could only get some rest during the day, but I was convinced to quit instead. After he told me the monthly salary of a junior Seeker, I couldn't refute him. It was five times larger than my wage.
I was blinded by money. I said I'd stop saving since I'm a Seeker now, and my life will always be at risk from now on, but the greedy one inside me can't ignore it.
I was given a day of full rest before the captain began his training. But instead of resting, I went to work, for the last time.
"I heard you're quitting?" Eman approached me after I closed my locker. I gathered all the things I left in it now, so I was ready to go when he came in too early. I nodded at him, showing him the bag of some trivial things I stocked in the locker. "Why so sudden? I thought you liked your job since the manager said you never complained, but if you don't like working the night shift anymore, we can swap."