Chapter 10
Javon’s gloomy mood lifted instantly.
“I’m on my way.”
He quickly changed and headed to the company, hardly realizing how much he was looking forward to Jaelynn’s apology.
When he arrived, Javon paused in the elevator lobby and noticed the VIP elevator wasn’t working.
Almost immediately, Marcus rushed over, his expression serious. “Mr. Bradford, the VIP elevator has malfunctioned. Ms. Norton and Ms.
McDowell are both stuck inside.”
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Inside the elevator, Jaelynn’s first reaction was to check the time, worried about delaying the document signing.
Shayla, on the other hand, was frantically kicking the doors.
“Ah! I don’t want to be trapped here! If the elevator falls, we’re done for!”
The metal groaned under her kicks.
Jaelynn frowned and pulled her back. “Do you even know anything about safety? When an elevator malfunctions, you stay calm and wait. Kicking the doors will only make it worse. Now be quiet.”
She pressed the alarm bell.
Shayla hesitated, biting back an argument.
When the call connected, Shayla immediately started complaining, “How are you handling this? Even the VIP elevator can break down? Get
someone to open the doors and rescue me, now!”
The security guard’s calm voice came through. “I’m
inspection.”
sorry,
the elevator system indicates it can’t operate. We’re performing
an emergency
Jaelynn’s eyes narrowed as she recalled something. “During last month’s routine maintenance, upgrade. Has it not been done yet?”
the engineer mentioned the
system
needed an
“We know, but we haven’t received the necessary documents, so it hasn’t been addressed
We didn’t
n’t expect
an incident to occur.
Jaelynn turned to Shayla, confusion clear on her face. “Weren’t you supposed to handle the documents?”
“What does that have to do with me? That’s Marcus’s responsibility.”
Shayla didn’t even think twice before shifting the blame.
“Marcus has other tasks. Handling minor internal company matters is your responsibility,” Jaelynn said, irritation clear in her tone.
“I left a list of pending tasks in the office. Didn’t you see it?”
When Shayla first joined the secretarial department, Jaelynn had been assigned to train her.
Back then, any mistakes Shayla made didn’t directly affect Jaelynn.
But now, after Shayla’s blunder had trapped Jaelynn in the elevator, things were very different.
Shayla’s expression shifted, unease flickering across her face.
“I’ve just taken over the secretary role. It’s normal not to be fully adjusted yet. Even Mr. Bradford wouldn’t blame me.”
Jaelynn didn’t want to waste time arguing.
“Call the maintenance department immediately and get this handled.”
“Of course, Ms. Norton.”
Shayla’s glare sharpened. “Jaelynn, you’ve been frequenting the president’s office these past few days. You’re not thinking of going back to the secretarial department, are you?”
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d Ms.
wait.
ed at her coolly and said nothing.
, then proudly added, “Mr. Bradford said I’ve been doing an excellent job. I’ll be assisting him with his workload from now on. staying in the project department, you shouldn’t be indecisive.”
else in the elevator, Shayla no longer hid the jealousy in her eyes.
y doing your secretary duties properly,” Jaelynn said coldly.
ent, the lights in the elevator went out.
t a piercing scream.
to die…”
her breath, pressing Shayla against the wall and gripping the handrail tightly.
cy intercom rang once more.
you both okay?”
d voice came through the intercom. “The maintenance team couldn’t open the elevator even after updating the system. The fire re now. They’ll start the rescue shortly.”
4, I’m scared of the dark… and my feet hurt so much,” Shayla sobbed.
ilm.”
dered why Jaelynn hadn’t answered him.
Get
ed in, cutting through the oppressive darkness.
Firefighters arrived and began prying open the elevator doors.
denly lunged forward, P
Icy
n movement made the already
“Hurry! Get me out! I have claustrophobia. I can’t breathe!”
stable elevator wobble.
edoman
ghters reacted immediately.
se, stay still. Don’t move. We’ll get you out safely.”
འར་ན། ཉན པར ར་ང་དང་ངན་ཅར་ ནངས་པདང་ནད་
ཀར་སྐོར་ནས་ཡོང་ཡོད་ད་དེ།།
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さく
y here. I need to get out!”
steria overpowered her.
asperated, grabbed her arm and slapped it hard.
ourself! Don’t act recklessly and put me in danger too!”
te, clutching her stinging arm.
trambled toward the elevator door, looking up at Javon with desperate eyes. “Mr. Bradford, I’m hurt. I… Ithink… I can’t breathe…”
ment, one of the firefighters asked, “Who should we rescue first?”
k to the
