Chapter 89: The Dragon Returns
Padma, the head of Human Resources sat at her desk. That was not unusual, it was to be expected. But what was unusual was that Padma was at her desk and it had just gone midnight. Her normally well behaved hair was a mess, sticking up in all directions. She had long ago abandoned her six inch heels. Each shoe thrown at a different corner of the office.
There were half empty coffee cups on the floor, open food containers on the on the rug, and at her desk. In fact, even though Padma was at her desk, she was not sitting in the state of the art chair meant for lumbar support. No, Padma, the head of HR was currently crouched beneath her desk, her laptop in front of her as she worked.
What could cause such a change, one would ask? Nothing rattled the head of HR afterall, HR ate pressure as a side dish. But the reason for Padma’s dishevelled state would have many nodding in understanding.
The reason that Padma was the way that she was, was because of the return of the dark ages. And with the dark ages, something sinister had come back too.
The dragon of Haven.
It spit fire and brimstone each time it breathed. And each time it roared and took flight, people lost their livelihoods.
That was how Padma had gotten to her current position, her previous boss, Mr Langley, had stressed himself into an early retirement, constantly looking foe replacements for all of the personal assistants that Derek had fired, or those who had quit to protect their sanity. Padma had been promoted simply because no one had expected her to last long. Everyone expecting her to go in the way of her predecessor and choke under the constant pressure.
And she had fully expected that too. But then the problem of the dragon of Haven had resolved itself when Padma was just a month into her new post. Emily Molson walking through the doors like a woman on a mission, starting right away and handing in her resume later.
They had all taken bets on how long they expected her to last. Padma had won, she had bet that the other woman would last two months while most people had been of the belief that she would last either two hours or two days. But Emily Molson had proven all of them wrong. For two years the woman had stayed strong. A constant by Derek’s side. It had come to the point that they were almost always referred to as a pair.
Derek and Emily.
Emily and Derek.
The CEO and his PA.