" Eww."
Daphne said after realizing that her hair was in her mouth. She saw bits of dark brown hair on her couch.
Daphne sighed and layed down on the living room floor, closing her eyes. She usually woke up early, so when she woke up, she didn't immediately start preparing for work. Instead, she took fifteen minutes to meditate and prepare herself mentally for the day.
She got up and started preparing for the day. She did her usual lip combo consisting of pink nude lip liner and a little gloss. She put her hair in a sleek down ponytail and got ready to leave for the office. She saw her mom doing her usual morning face mask.
" Good morning mother."
" Hmm,Daphne wait..."
" What?" Daphne was surprised that her mother was starting a conversation with her. Her mom usually didn't start conversations with her unless....
" I have a favor to ask from you."
" That is?"
" Your brother needs money for his high school project."
" High school project? I already gave him money for that."
" Yes,but the thing is, he spent it."
" What? Lucas come here." Daphne said trying to control the anger brewing in her.
" Sister Daphne,good morning." Lucas came in the living room with a helpless smile.
" Oh so I am now sister Daphne and you now greet me in the morning too." Daphne said knowing that he was just being a hypocrite because he wanted something.
" Well sister Daphne I-."
" Save it, what did you use that previous money to do?"
" Um I.....well....."
" I have somewhere to be so hurry up."
" Don't make him frightened Daphne." Daphne's mother; Katherine said shielding her son.
" Lucas..." Daphne ignored her mother and urged Lucas in a chill warning tone.
"Okay, so there's this new comic that just came out and I really wanted it, but I didn't have my own money and I could not ask mom and dad, so I used the project money."
"You used your project money to buy a ...comic?."
" Yes."
Outwardly Daphne looked calm and neutral for someone,who just heard the nonsense that Lucas said,but inside,Daphne was raging. She had never wanted to slap someone this bad before in her life.
Daphne reached for her nude hand bag, took her purse and gave him some money.
" Spend this one and you are repeating a class" Again
Daphne didn't wait for any replies and left for work.
Daphne got to her office and sat down on her chair and took her things out from her handbag. She remembered that her boss had told her to come to his office as soon as she came to work,so she went to his office first.
She knocked first but didn't get a reply. She wanted to go back to her office but decided to just get in anyway.
She entered the office and paused by the sight she saw.
She saw a woman sitting on her boss' desk and she leaned a bit like she was about to kiss him. Her boss on the other hand had a neutral look but he shifted his head from her and looked front. That action that he did,made the lady to do same,which made them notice the intruder in the office.
" What are you doing in here!? Don't you have manners! Why would you walk into your boss' office in that manner!?." The lady yelled at Daphne. She recognized who she was, she was a famous socialite from a wealthy family.
" I am sorry." Daphne said sounding neutral. She didn't sound remorseful at all. She felt they were the ones who were supposed to apologize,considering they were doing inappropriate actions in a workplace.
" Sorry for yourself, leave you aren't needed her-."
" No, she is. I want her to do something for me." Dante said finally said something about the situation.
Victoria looked at him in shock but she quickly fixed her expression.
" Okay love, I will be going now." Victoria said then planted a peck on his cheek and stood up from the desk to leave. As she walked she brushed Daphne hard on purpose and walked off.
Daphne sighed and internally rolled her eyes.
Wait? Love? Were they dating? Then why was he going on blind dates?
" Excuse me for the inconvenience, the interviewee is waiting so let's proceed to meet her."
" Okay sir."
She and Dante left for the place they would interview the person and she stepped in the room first. She saw a beautiful woman sitting in there,waiting for them. Daphne watched her pick a lint off her sleeve.
Daphne made way for Dante and they sat down in a chair in front of the woman.
They started asking the woman usual interview questions that related to the collab they were doing. The woman was a tech influencer so doing
Then out of the blue Daphne called for the woman's attention whose name was; Jasmine Orleans.
" Miss Orleans may I ask a question, it's a bit personal?"
" Yes."
" When did you switch?"
" Oh... well I got admitted in IU university before switching to grant univer-."
" Sorry for interrupting but I am talking about universities but genders."
" What...?." Jasmine said sounding shocked that she noticed.
" How did you know."
Daphne explained that she has noticed the way she had picked off the lint, without making a naturally wide detour around the breast area.
Daphne observed the way Jasmine was picking up lint from her sleeve and noticed she didn't make a "naturally wide detour" around her breast area while doing so. This subtle movement, typically made by women to avoid touching or brushing against their breasts, was absent. This meant that Jasmine had not fully accustomed to having breasts .Daphne inferred from this observation that Jasmine might not be a biological woman, leading her to ask her when she switched.
" Oh wow....." Jasmine said not knowing what to say.
" It doesn't matter if you switched, my company is still making the collaboration with you. We just wanted to know." Dante said not sounding surprised by the information.
Dante and Daphne rounded off the collaboration and left.
Dante asked out of the blue, "Daphne, why are you working in an entry-level position when you're clearly above it?" which shocked Daphne.
"Well, I was desperately looking for a job at the time, so I just had to settle for what the company was offering," she replied.
"You studied business, didn't you?" Dante asked.
"Yes, sir," Daphne responded.
"Then how are you good at noticing human behavior? Is it a natural thing?" Dante inquired.
"I guess as I grew up, I noticed and observed people more often because I was always watching people, so it made me notice things that most people wouldn't notice, like that woman back there," Daphne explained.
" Hmm." Dante hummed as they worked back to their offices.
Daphne went to her office and was welcomed by a very pleasant person.