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wondered.
He couldn't understand why she was acting like this. What was so hard about speaking or looking at people? Was she telling the truth and she was shy around new people?
Or didn't she decode the codes? He knew she said she failed but he didn't think she was the person to give up that easily. She was just in a hurry yesterday and she felt the need to admit failure just so she could leave. That did not mean she couldn't do it. He was sure after she left, she would complete decoding. He didn't think she was the type to leave work incomplete.
He expected her to have completed the work, that's why she told her to present the work. Did he make a wrong judgement of her character? But then when it came to her, he always ended up making the wrong judgement. She was just so unpredictable.
Marcus bent down to whisper something to Roy."Boss, the investors are murmuring, what should we do?" he asked because there were low murmurs.
"Go and tell her to start presenting and if she can't, I am going to fire her," he said. He just hoped that threatening her with losing her job was good enough to get her to work and stop being anxious. He wanted to believe so badly that she did the work even if he knew asking her to present the work was a risk he took because he had faith in her. She better do this right. Roy thought looking at Zoey.
Marcus walked to where Zoey stood. The first thing he noticed was her black screen. He looked at her and seeing how badly she was trembling, he sighed. He felt bad for her. His boss was after her neck and she kept messing up. He couldn't imagine how Roy was angry at her right now. He had an expressionless face but he knew, behind that mask, was a very furious person.
"Zoey, you need to pull yourself together. You are about to build a bad name for our company and that's very severe because our boss is going to fire you."Marcus delivered Roy's message using his own words.
Zoey looked at Marcus who was smiling at her but she could see it was a forced smile."My laptop shut down due to a battery low and I don't have a charger." she explained her lips trembling.
"That's easy, you should have just said that to these people. Now they are wondering what is wrong with you." Marcus said taking a relaxed breath. He had thought it was a much bigger issue.
Zoey too took a deep breath to calm down." I just panicked okay. Who wouldn't in their first time standing in front of these many people and then their laptop decides to disappoint?"Zoey asked in a whisper.
Marcus smiled this time genuinely, and then he checked out Zoey's laptop model." Introduce yourself