Location- Sky Blossom City, F-rank Common Grade Horned Hare Heaven Gate Dungeon
"Corey, is it wrong for me to feel this way?" Susan asked Corey looking for a solution to all the guilt she felt for having shameful feelings for her exclusive client.
Susan had a conservative ideology, and she was the girl who believed in intercourse after marriage and promise ring, etc. Therefore falling for a boy younger than her who happens to be her boss just felt wrong to her. Due to these reasons, she labeled the romantic feelings in her heart as shameful feelings. But this did not help her dilemma. Instead, it made it more tempting. As if something darker in her yelling, 'so what?'
Susan has always been able to overcome these dark thoughts and managed to do the right thing because she followed her heart. But this time, that was a problem because her heart was beating in the rhythm of the dark thoughts whispering in her head. Since she did not have her heart to lead her to the right choice, she turned to her mind, which was in chaos, as it was divided into two sides, romantic and rational, when it came to this matter.
The Romantic in her threatened her, asking what if he is the one? While her rational self, which is influenced mainly by conservative ideas, also threatened her by asking, do you want to become the gossip of your neighbors, friends, and family? Either way, it was becoming difficult for Susan to choose. Therefore she confided in Corey, hoping to reach a conclusion and follow it to the end.
"No! It is not wrong. Your feelings are okay and are normal. It's just that the person they are directed to is wrong for you. I think you can find somebody way better than that scheming jerk. Whenever I see him, I feel like he is scheming something in that little brain of his." Corey was very sympathetic to her mother's pain and misery, but this doesn't mean she was ready to accept that moron as her stepdaddy. Therefore, she decided to stir Susan's thoughts to a choice she favors in a way that would not feed the conservative garbage in Susan's mind. Corey knew Susan may feel heartbroken now, but that was good for her, she would be there to pick up the broken pieces and put them together. This was a double win for Corey. She would get close to Susan and finally throw her boss out of the picture.
"You are right, my feelings are okay, but the person they ache for is wrong. After all, he is way younger than me and is my current boss. As a trusted employee, I should not cultivate such feelings for him. I should smother them now. No matter how painful it is, this was not meant to be." Susan misunderstood when Corey said he was wrong for her. Corey meant her boss was not worthy of Susan, but Susan mistook it.
"No, no… that is not what I mean. It's okay to love a younger guy, office romance is also okay, but Wyatt is not okay. He is the devil incarnate, for somebody as pure as you, he will be the stain that smears your glow. Your feelings are okay, but that guy is not the one for you." Corey did not want her mother to suffer and limit herself from being bound by conservative ideas. Therefore she felt the need to stress some points and clear the misunderstanding.
"Whatever, I have decided to stop worrying over such unimportant stuff and focus on work. Wyatt has enormous plans for the future of our card boutique. I should focus on learning about the central region's culture and market. Especially the Central academic city as for the next four years, it will be our base of operations. I have a lot of things to learn to continue to be a competent manager in the central academic city." When Susan accepted to move to the Central academic city, she not only saw an opportunity to be with the best and grow but the shortcomings she had.
The small market of the third-rate city could not compare to the large market of the central region. Not to mention that the central academic city market is the hub of all the major innovations in the world. The competition there is fierce. Every day in the central academic city, thousands of startups are birthed, and every day, thousands of startups die. For a start-up to thrive in the central region, a lot of effort and hard work is not enough. They need to stand out and know their stuff. According to Susan, her boss was very good at standing out and would hold that front. The other stuff. It was her job to be well versed in it and make sure nothing would try to hammer her boss as he stood out and shone the brightest.
Susan has shortened her sleep time from 6 hours to 3 hours because she required the extra hours to brush up on her knowledge about the central region market, the requirements to set up a shop in the central academic region, etc. To make money, one has to be creative and know the business. Susan had taken the burden upon herself to know the business so that her boss's creativity would grow unhindered. Behind the scenes, Susan has been shouldering a lot of burdens and preparing for more to come. Even though most of it goes unnoticed, she is happy to do it for him.
"Good, big sister. I knew you would understand." Corey was happy that her mother had finally decided to kill any and all the feelings for that bastard and focus on her growth.. But what Corey did not know was that though Susan said she would smother those feelings, her thoughts told an entirely different story as all of them were planning to make life easier for their boss, even though they hide behind the guise of work.