Chapter 61
Barbara nodded, looking pretty pleased with Rachel’s answers.
She threw out a few more technical questions, and Rachel handled each one smoothly, coming across as both confident and sharp.
When the interview ended, Rachel walked out of the Rhodes Corp tower and exhaled deeply.
Now it was just a waiting game.
Since she had time to kill, Rachel grabbed some fresh fruit and headed over to see her grandmother.
Lately, Grandma Elisabeth had been hanging out with her neighbor Mrs, Chen, and they’d been taking daily walks through Central Park together. She seemed genuinely content.
That made Rachel feel so much better about everything.
A few days later, Rhodes Corp called with the good news.
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She’d aced the interview and scored the designer position.
When Cassian got home that night, Rachel was bursting to tell him.
Cassian didn’t look shocked at all–just smiled with obvious pride. “I knew you’d nail it.”
Rachel beamed, feeling pumped about making her mark in this new role.
The next morning, Rachel got ready with a fresh, natural makeup look after breakfast.
She went with tailored black pants and a crisp white button–down–the whole look screamed polished professional.
When Cassian saw her, his gaze lingered appreciatively.
They headed out together.
But Rachel had him drop her off a block from the office.
Cassian chuckled and shook his head, knowing she was determined to keep work and personal life completely separate.
Rachel walked the final stretch to the building.
She was among the first to arrive.
When Susan at the front desk saw her, she practically did a spit–take.
Holy shit, this girl actually landed the job.
Everyone knew getting hired at Rhodes Corp was brutal–you needed serious talent.
Even the receptionist position required like three rounds of interviews, let alone something as specialized as design.
Rhodes Corp’s design department was basically the Harvard of the industry–people would sell their souls for a spot there.
So this time Susan looked at Rachel with genuine respect.
Rachel took the elevator straight to the design floor.
Barbara gave her the tour and showed her to her new desk.
When Narissa strutted into the office and spotted Rachel, her face soured immediately.
Chapter Ki
This chick actually got the job?
What was her story?
And now they were fucking coworkers?
A few minutes later, Barbara called everyone over. “Alright team, I want you to meet our newest designer, Rachel. Hope you’ll all play nice and learn from each other.”
Rachel smiled warmly. “Really excited to be working with such a talented group.”
Everyone applauded and welcomed her–except Narissa.
Narissa was the senior designer who’d won a bunch of industry awards, so she usually acted like she was hot shit.
Barbara typically put up with her attitude as long as she didn’t go completely overboard.
But seeing how stunning Rachel was immediately set Narissa off.
She’d been the office knockout for years.
Now Rachel made her look like a fucking troll.
Hell no.
She definitely wasn’t going to make life easy for this woman.
Narissa couldn’t keep her mouth shut. “Since when do we hire people from community colleges as designers here?”
