14 Chapter 14. Fire Me, If You Can!

"You heard me. I reject all the product designs that you have made that will be produced at this time." Arjoona immediately approached and slammed the map hard in front of Claire.

"All the designs that I have made have been approved in all stages of the design and production meetings. And you can't cancel it arbitrarily. Factory production can be hampered because of this. We are even late for export shipments to Malaysia for this product" Claire folded her arms in his chest arrogantly.

"I don't care. All designs now have to go through my approval, make all new designs and give me in 24 hours cos if you don't, you'll get fired." Arjoona opened his mouth. This girl was even younger than him and didn't have the slightest respect for Arjoona, who was much older than her. Arjoona nodded in understanding. She was looking for an excuse for war and could fire Joona.

"Listen, Claire. There is no design change. I just discussed with you if there is a new product design, and it will be next month according to the company's plan. For this, I will not change any designs. You want to accept it or not, that's your business!" Arjoona is already at the peak of his anger. He really couldn't tolerate the CEO in front of him anymore.

"You dare to oppose me, I'm the CEO of this company, do everything I told you to!" Claire even raised her voice even more.

"The CEO also has rules that you can't make decisions carelessly if you can't sit in that chair, tell someone else to take the lead, don't make decisions arbitrarily like this."

"You don't know yourself. You're my subordinate. I can fire you anytime!" Arjoona doesn't care about his position anymore. He was thinking about the possibility of accepting the marriage contract, but it seems that his decision was wrong.

"Please, if you want to fire me, just do that now!" challenge Joona, and an angry Claire kicked Joona out of his office.

"You're fired, get out now!" Arjoona, who was furious with burning eyes, immediately walked out of Claire's room without permission and slammed the door.

"Ah, you goddammit!" cursed Claire throwing the design document in front of her on the floor near the entrance. She immediately took the office phone and called her secretary to prepare a disrespectful dismissal letter for Arjoona. Claire's secretary, named Anggi, was immediately shocked and frightened upon hearing Claire's emotional order. She finally called Steven Juliandra, the previous CEO, to ask his opinion.

"Don't do whatever Miss Claire asked, I'll talk to you later," said Steven from the telephone line.

"Yes, Sir," Anggi answered, then hung up while looking out of the room. Not long after that, Claire was contacted by Anggi again, asking about the dismissal letter and her grandfather, Gerald Winthrop, actually called Claire.

"Why can't I fire him? He's already offensive," Claire said in an annoyed and high tone on her cellphone.

"Claire, Arjoona is a genius engineer. If we lose him, our company succumbs," Gerald tries to explain, the

"He can't even draw. They are just ugly, after all, many designers and engineers who are smarter than him out there," protested Claire.

"There's nothing like Arjoona Harristian. He's been working at our company for eight years, don't ever fire him."

" Grandpa... "

"don't argue with me, Claire, no one can fire Arjoona Harristian at any time, he's your future husband, after all," Claire increasingly annoyed hearing his grandfather's last sentence.

"No, I'm not going to marry him, grandpa," shouted Claire irritably.

"Claire, you like it or not, you will still be married to Arjoona," Claire began to grimace even more angrily.

"No grandpa, please don't force me to marry him, please ..."

"No, this is an order," Claire's eyes widened, seeing Louis standing in front of her. Listen to all the discussion of her and her grandfather.

"Hello ... hello Claire, precious, are you still there?" Claire turned off the telephone line as soon as she saw Louis in front of her.

"What do you mean you're getting married, who do you want to marry?" asked Louis with an angry face and folded his hands across his chest.

Arjoona returned to his room, removing his ID card and slamming it irritably against the table. David, who happens to be in Arjoona's room compiling documents, is shocked to see Joona's anger. Arjoona never got emotional, no matter how hard he encountered. He gasped and breathed rapidly while supporting his arms on his waist.

"what's happening?" asked David. Arjoona brushed her hair several times, trying to calm her emotions.

"The new CEO is a jerk!" stated Arjoona irritably. David widened his eyes and then got up from his chair.

"Sit down first, what's the problem?" David said, standing beside Arjoona

"She fired me and canceled all the designs that I made. She even dared to cross out the official blueprint for the product that will be launched next week, stupid girl!" Arjoona is even angrier when remembering what Claire did a few moments before. David had never seen someone make Arjoona that angry.

"So, you got fired?" Arjoona didn't answer and was still breathing fast. The phone then vibrates, and Arjoona sees the caller ID and picks up.

"Arjoona, don't listen to Claire, you're not fired" Arjoona just shut his eyes to hold back the anger so as not to explode at Gerald, who called him.

"I'd better get fired, sir than having to agree with people like her," replied Arjoona, still gasping.

"Arjoona, she needs your direction. Please don't leave the company," Gerald asked, and Arjoona, who heard just snorted irritably.

"Sir, this won't work, I really won't be able to accept the contract. It's up to you what to say. I'll pay my debt in another way," said Arjoona, shaking his head and closing his eyes many times.

"Arjoona, please calm yourself first, your position is still the same as before, please don't make decisions when you're mad, I beg you, we'll talk about that later."

"But sir ..."

"I beg you. We'll meet in a few days, okay." Arjoona let out a heavy breath and immediately hung up the phone. David is worried about seeing Arjoona, just silent, and watching. He then handed Arjoona a chair so he could sit down and calm down. Arjoona, who received the chair from David, sat down, looking down, and massaging his forehead.