Seoul, South Korea...
"Second day at work and my first job is..." grumbled Taani as she unlock her car, temporarily given to her by the company, and got in, "an errand." Taani finished lamely. "An errand!? I have to run around in stores in Cheongdam-dong area and buy things for President's wife and get it to her before 12," she said as she looked down at the long list. She sighed as she put on her seat belt. "Well dont worry Taani. No job is small. You can do this," Taani encourage herself as she put in the key and started the car. Just then her gaze fell on her wrist watch. "Omo (Korean for OMG) it is already 9:30.." She quickly reverse her car and left to get the things from the list. As she ran around in stores in Cheongdam-dong area and completed her task, she remembered about yesterday and how she ended up here. "So here is what happened yesterday in a very condensed version that lead me to be here doing an errand for the President's wife." Taani said.
Yesterday...
"I got to work all excited as ever to start working as a designer," Taani started as she recounts about her day "but then I got to work and I found the truth. My manager "kindly" disclose to me that I'm not hired as a designer but my job would be to run errands for the president's wife. He further informed me that "I was placed last in the interview". I asked him then "How was I even hired?" His answer was "it's a mystery to me also." "Well that solve practically nothing!" thought Taani.
"There is one thing to not get hire because you fail the interview. There is one thing to not do great in an interview and get a job in that company maybe not that same job but kind of like that which has a place open. Maybe? Kind of? I don't even know what I'm saying now" Taani continued as she went to the morning meeting. "But how on earth do you explain applying for a position of designer and ending up as an errand girl?!!!" frustrated Taani questions herself. She asked her colleagues if they knew the reason as to why she was hire; She also asks Simmi Khanna, President's younger sister, as to why she was placed last in the interviews but nobody provided her with a good answer.
"Next, I attended the wedding of one of my college friends, where everybody congratulated me on finally getting a job as a designer after looking for three years. Of course, I don't reveal what I'll really be doing." Taani continues her recount of her day. "There my friend was getting married to this really rich guy. Yup, her life is settled. So not really interested in groom's bachlor friends(who are very rich BTW) I decide to head out. Even though my friend Aditi believes its our chance to marry rich but I already have a boyfriend, Shivam Dutta, and Im very serious about him. He is just a normal, average guy. He is not wealthy at all and Additi insists that I should break up with him because of this reason." Taani expresses her friend's opinion. "But he works in Alovera. It's just that he has too many of his own problems. For instance, he has to take loans from the company just to support his ailing mother's frequent hospital visits." Taani explains defending Shivam.
"Sigh. Anyways, I couldn't take any long of that wedding plus I was too depress about my job that I left," Taani said as she she continues to recount her day. "It was starting to get dark as I left. I got into the bus and took a seat. I looked outside. It was late January. Even though it doesn't snow here that often, it is very cold. As I was looking outside, I thought of calling Shivam. At least I can talk to him about it freely. But I guess it was just a bad day so when I called him, even he was too saddled up with his personal burdens that he couldn't even listen to my depressive thoughts over being last place in the interviews." Taani continues to tell about her day.
"Just when I thought things can't get any bad, they get worse. Guess what happened? When I returned home, I found my parents in the middle of a fight regarding money. Apparently, my mom had just purchased our house for fear that the prices might keep rising though we can't afford it. My dad can't pay the bank the amount, which means we might lose the home through foreclosure. Great! Just Great!" thought Taani at night as she sat on her bed in her room. She takes a deep breath and calms herself down and tries to see positive it in. She tries to reason that the company is merely giving her a chance, even if she is placed last. She managed to still get in, so she has to impress during her one-year stint and then hopefully get hired as a full-timer. "But really I didn't have much of a choice. This is my only option so I have to take it," Taani concluded as she went to bed.
Back to Today...
Taani crazily drove around the area as she kept scratching items from the list one after another as she bought them. For the nth time as she got back in her car, she said, "Crazy!" "$270 for a stockings?" Taani scoffed as she drove. "When you can buy them for $3 in the market" Taani mocks. She remembers what the sales girl said, "Because it has quality unique to a name-brand. One drop of sweat at a time. As you know." "Yeah, yeah." Taani continues to scorn. "One sweat at a time to count up the price, I bet." She remembers again what else she said, "Accordingly, creating class to the legs of the one wearing them," the sales lady smilingly said. "Create it? Class? Do the stockings go around wearing a human?" Taani continued to belittled as took a turn. "Why those frauds? Seriously!" Taani continues to ridicule them. As she took a turn while talking to herself, she didn't notice a car. Though when she did, it was too late.
They both(Taani and the driver of the other car) both slammed their brakes at the same time. Tires screech as the car halts. Both cars crash into each other as it was too late. Front bumper from Taani's car fell off. As the cars stop, Taani immediately covered the glass ornament on the passenger seat from falling. She sat there shaking in fear, "What am I going to do?" holding the steering wheel. She put her head down on the steering wheel in fear. The driver, from the other car, parked his car and got out. He walked towards Taani's car. He comes over and knocks on the window.
His reflection can be seen on the window. He is a very handsome man wearing a three-piece royal blue suit with a sky blue shirt and maroon tie. Taani looks up as she heard him knock. As she rolls down her window, the driver from the other car notices the logo on Taani's car, "GN Fashion." Like a gentlemen he asks her, "Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" Taani fumbles, "No... How can you just spring out like that suddenly?" Taani complains. "I'm sorry," said the man as pulls his wallet out his pocket. "Seriously," Taani says can't believe her luck. The man pulls out a card that says Alovera but then he glances at her and then notices the branded shopping bags in the back seat. He thinks to himself "She's a woman that would scrimp on essentials so she can over-spend on conspicuous luxuries." Because of his thinking, he puts back his Alovera card in the wallet. "This is the company car, you see." Taani tried explaining to him. "And today's my second day on the job." Taani continues to explain.
While on the other hand, the driver in his mind think,"So? You think you stuck some luck, right? Right?" Taani gets out of the car and nearly dies seeing the front bumper on the ground. "What am I going to do?" she questions out-loud. The man glances back in the back on the bags and ironically quietly laughs, "Yeah right" as he puts his hands in his pocket and looks around.
While Taani is whining out loud about this new problem, the man says as-a-matter-of-fact, "It's a relief that you are not injured. Let's each take care of our own." Taani instantly turns around and looks at him. He continues, "Since both were at fault." Taani walks up to him and questions, almost crying with worry, "How are we both at fault? You jumped out suddenly," Taani cried nearly shouting. The man interrupts her, "Whether I jumped out suddenly or whatever, I didn't hit you from behind. Since it's not a rear-end collision, you were at fault for failing to drive forward attentively. 7 to 3 or 8 to 2, if generous... if we each run it through the insurance, that." The guy said talking smart.
Taani got quiet. He points towards his car behind her. She turns around to look. "How much do you do think it will rack up? Probably 10 times more than this car. That car's no joke, you must be thinking. Are you thinking you might like to go lie in the hospital bed? Pluck out a fat sum and go shopping again? Are you thinking you won't mind having to be hospitalized on your second day of work?" Taani was stun to say the least. She could't believe it. "What did you say?" "Your second day, so your're a new-hire and you should be really busy working on the collaboration PT with Alovera." Taani rolls her eyes listening to this man.
He continues, "But seeing how you're out of the office, you're not a full-time designer, but a contractor. Then you must make some $13k or $14k a year. You're about to see your entire yearly earning gone from a day of shopping. How much you'd like to pluck out from me, I wonder." He states confidently. Taani, who couldn't take it any longer, finally spoke. "Hey, look here." But he interrupted her again. "But, unfortunately, that car isn't mine. And I'm just a poor assistant that serves our Chairman. Moreover, the Chairman I work for... is precisely, who your side, GN Fashion, is bending over backwards to try to collaborate with. Merely that Chairman of Alovera."
Taani starts looks everywhere not knowing what to do now. "If you still want to file an insurance claim, that you ran your company car into the Alovera Chairman's car, make that report, then call me, if you'd like." he said offering her his card. She looks at him and then his card. But rather than handing her the card, he just left it. It fell on the ground. He smirks as he see her trying to catch but fail. And just like that, he walks away, leaving a frustrated Taani with a new problem.
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PRECAP
Chairman of AloveraTaani loses the warranty card
TaaRey 2nd Meet
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