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"Good morning! My name is Cara Greene, I'm here for the internship." I lowered my window as I greeted the guard.

The guard pulled out his 2-way radio from his belt and I could hear him verifying my name to someone on the other line.

"Yes, let her in." The guy from the other line said.

Before opening the parking barrier gate for me, he handed me a visitor card.

"You can use this to enter and exit the basement parking." He instructed me.

"Thank you, Sir."

He nodded at me and gestured for me to go.

There was a parking number written on the visitor card and I followed it. I parked and went ahead to the ground floor where the lobby and the big reception were.

"Hello, Good morning! My name is Cara Greene and I'm here for the internship job." I greeted one of the receptionists.

"Yes, Ms. Greene. Please have a seat. Mr. Taylor will be with you in a minute." She gestured where the couches were.

"Thank you."

I proceeded to one of the single sofas and seated. Just the ground floor alone was very huge. There are 4 receptionist behind the huge reception table, all of them are very pretty and looked very professional. Their hair was tied neatly and their blazers matched in one color.

There are 4 security guards by the main door wearing black suits and an earpiece. It is 10 minutes before 8 in the morning and a lot of employees are coming in, tapping their IDs in the biometrics.

I still can't believe I was accepted here.

"Ms. Greene?" A tall, handsome man was extending his hand to me.

I stood up and accepted it.

"Good morning, Sir." I greeted him smiling.

"Oh please, call me Richard. I am from the HR department." We shook hands.

"Then, call me Cara, please."

The building has 10 floors and we went to 1st floor first where the HR and Admin departments are. The HR Manager had me sign a bunch of documents including the 6 months internship contract. She handed me as well the employee handbook where the company rules are written and asked me to read and review them.

At first, they let me stay in a one small meeting room where I carried all the documents that they had given me to read and sign, man, this was a lot.

After that, the HR. The manager who recruited me, Mrs. Hannigan joined me in the meeting room and explained to me what will be my job for 6 months.

I will be one of the interns in the business development department which is on the 9th floor. We are actually 3 interns and I was the last one who got in.

I will be assisting in drafting sales agreements, proposals, etc. I'll be asked to join meetings to take minutes as well, attend to whatever needs the department requires, even copying or scanning documents.

Lastly, Mrs. Hannigan gave me the NDA document, since I will be working directly with the department, I will be able to see and hear numbers and sales the department is bringing, so this document is necessary so the company can sue me if ever I leak these information to anybody or worst to a competitor.

I already researched about the company before taking the interview but still, when Mrs. Hannigan was explaining to me how large Williams & Brown Corporation is, I was lost.

There a wide industries where the company is involved in, Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Commercial Buildings, Data Centers, Healthcare, Machinery, Transportation & Logistics, F&B, and many more.

Mrs. Hannigan opened her laptop and showed me the website of the company where the Management's profiles are. One by one she asked me to remember the faces of the bosses in case I ran into them or rode the elevator with them, I would know.

Mr. George Williams, the Founder and Global CEO of the company, was not always here but her daughter is, Alexandra Williams.

I already saw her picture on the website when I researched the company. I also watched her interviews, she was young, gorgeous, very very beautiful, she doesn't smile though. She always kept a straight face.

When I googled her, she was always with different male models or male celebrities which I'm guessing her boyfriends.

With her face and wealth, she can get any man she wants.

I don't know but just looking at her face, even in the pictures or any interviews or videos, there was something in her eyes that I could not put a finger on and it got me interested in her.

Mrs. Hannigan went on and on for the rest of the management team.

The time went by and it was already 11 in the morning.

We finally went to the 9th floor where I would be stationed at.

In the elevator, Mrs. Hannigan briefed me already which departments were in each floor and to my surprised, Alexandra Williams will be in the same floor where I will be working.

She is the Global VP and Business Development Director of the company and I might work with her.

Thinking about that makes my heart beat faster, is this excitement? Nervous, yes but more excited I would say.

Mrs. Hannigan introduced me to the team and the interns and guided me to my desk. It was in the right corner before the office of Ms. Williams.

The interns were scattered to the room as we were tasked to do different jobs.

As soon as I sat to my table, Mrs. Hannigan left and endorsed me to Mr. Lopez, who is one of the managers in the team.

"We don't do Mr. and Mrs. here, Cara. So please call me David." He introduces himself.

I know from his smile that I got his interest.

I'm a pretty girl, that's what the people say. My friends, relatives, my classmates, schoolmates.

It must be the blonde hair, and a nose that is proportionate to the rest of my facial features. I have green eyes, full and sumptuous lips, and a body that I take really care of, eating healthy and plenty of exercise.

So it is not new for me to get the attention of the male population. This is also the reason most girls in my school hated me, from high school to college even though I never tolerated it. Boys are the last thing in my mind, I have never had a boyfriend, I've never been even kissed.

Some of my friends call me prude and even say I'm wasting the gift that god gave me, and that I should use my appearance to get ahead. But I wasn't brought up like that, my Dad made sure that I would grow up with my feet on the ground.

David oriented me on the job, and since it was my first day, they gave me a light work. Documents that needed scanning, filing them accordingly.

Not long it was lunchtime already.

The 10th floor is where the recreational room is, there are table games, foosball, tennis, and the cafeteria is also there where you can buy lunch, there's even carts for snacks, good coffees, and teas.

Half of the floor is an open area where you can have fresh air. There are tables and chairs arranged for people to use. David said, that whenever there is a birthday, this is where they celebrate it. It was a huge space, really. You can blow off steam, de-stress, and smoke.

There is also a nap room in the corner where there are 6 bunk beds. Alexandra lets them take a nap, they can sleep the whole day for all she cares, as long as the job is being done and when she asks you about anything, you have to have the answer for it. She's not very strict as she wants her people to treat the office as their second home.

I bought a sandwich and juice from the cafeteria and found a place to sit. I watched the people as they played, ate, and chitchat with each other.

"Hi Cara, can we sit here?" The other 2 interns approached me.

"Yeah, yeah, please have a seat."

"This is Tom and my name is Lisa." Lisa introduced themselves while occupying the seat beside me.

"Oh yeah, I know. I wanted to come over to your desks earlier but David gave me some work to start with."

"That's ok. It was actually pretty busy this morning. Tom and I have been here for almost a week now, right Tom?" Lisa nudged her elbow to his.

"O-Oh, yes, yes." he seems to have just woken up.

"Please forgive him, he's having a little crush on you." Lisa teases him.

Tom's face became red and that earned Lisa to laugh. I'm not sure how to react as I know he is shy, it shows in his face.

We finished our lunch while chatting. Tom invited both of us to play foosball before we go down.

We both obliged and had fun.

I'm familiar with the game and beats the two of them.