I Hope You Will Never Regret

Two weeks later, the HR Manager, Cordelia Townsend invited Director Evans and his Team Leaders to be part of the interview process. They had shortlisted seven thousand candidates to fill five thousand positions.

Miss Townsend arranged eleven panels with two panelists each. Director Evans brought the Martins Group HR team to assist. The interviews took the whole two weeks.

The panelists recommended six thousand candidates for appointment. Unbeknownst to them, President Bennet was willing to hire only two hundred Construction workers.

On the 1st of April, two hundred employees reported to the Construction site. Director Evans took his phone and dialed the HR Manager and asked, “Hello Miss Townsend, what happened to the five thousand eight hundred candidates we recommended?”

Miss Townsend indicated that she prepared a submission with the names of the recommended candidates to President Bennet for approval. However, he only approved two hundred candidates. Also, he didn’t give her any explanation.

Director Evans was dumbfounded and replied, “President Bennet wasted the Martins Group resources and time. He was supposed to tell us to shortlist only two hundred and fifty candidates since he knew all along that he was going to hire only two hundred employees.

If I knew, I wouldn’t have asked the Martins Group to send their HR team.” Miss Townsend apologized on behalf of President Bennet. Director Evans was disappointed in President Bennet. Then they hung up.

He would never allow his God granddaughter to marry Jordan Bennet. He was not the man he could trust. He didn’t know how to explain to his Team Leaders. They had worked tirelessly for the whole two weeks for nothing.

The Team Leaders took the new employees, and they trained them diligently. A few days later, the building materials were delivered to the Construction site, and they started working.

At the Bennet house, Mrs Bennet looked at her son and said, “Jordan, you promised to move us to the suburbs two months ago, but to date, we are still here. I told our neighbours that we were moving in February, but now it is mid-April.

Some of them have doubts that you are the president of the company. What kind of president who stays in the slums? Our family has become a laughingstock. Tell us what happened?”

Jordan smiled at his mother and replied, “I am working on it, Mom. Please be patient. After I move you to the suburbs, we will invite all our neighbours for a housewarming.”

Mrs Bennet was overjoyed when she heard her son’s words. Jordan had given his parents a large sum of money after he got paid. His mother was over the moon.

She baked her delicious scones and invited her neighbours for tea. She was praising her son for giving them a lot of money.

Initially, Jordan wanted to give Avery a cold shoulder for a few days. However, he became frustrated when he found out that Avery had blocked him. It had been two months since he last spoke to her.

Jordan knew how deeply Avery loved him, so he just ignored her. He knew that Avery would come running to him and ask for forgiveness.

Unbeknownst to Jordan, Avery was praying hard asking the Lord to remove him from her heart and in her thoughts. She was fighting every temptation to take her phone and call him.

After his mother had asked him about the house in the suburbs, he became annoyed. He took his phone and dialed Avery’s number, but it didn’t go through. He was still blocked.

Jordan assumed that Avery was at the university, but he didn’t know which faculty. He decided to go to see Luca. Maybe he knew which faculty Avery was in.

Jordan went to the Sparrow house to look for his friend, Luca. He knocked on the door. Mrs Sparrow opened the door. Jordan smiled and said, “Good afternoon, Aunt Becky, I am looking for Luca. Is he back from work?”

Aunt Becky smiled and replied, “Come inside Jordan, I will call Luca for you.” Jordan walked to the living room and sat on the sofa. A few minutes later, Aunt Becky came into the living room with a jug of juice and biscuits.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

Jordan smiled and thanked Aunt Becky. Luca smiled brightly when he saw his best friend and said, “What a pleasant surprise my friend. I heard that you have recruited five thousand employees for your company. Congratulations, my friend.”

Jordan looked at Luca with confused eyes and asked, “Who told you that I recruited five thousand employees?”

Luca smiled and replied, “I overheard the HR Director telling our Finance Director that he was proud of you for hiring so many people. I am proud of you, my friend.”

Jordan was so embarrassed to tell his friend that he had only recruited two hundred employees. He just smiled and didn’t utter a word. He decided to change the topic and asked, “How is work, Luca?”

Luca smiled brightly and replied, “The Finance Director told me that he was impressed with me during the interview. Then he took me under his wing. He asked me to shadow him, and he has taught me a lot of things.

I don’t know if Miss Martins said something to him because he treats me very well.” Jordan looked at Luca and asked, “Why do you think that?”

Luca smiled and replied, “After my interview, I met Miss Martins on the ground floor, she was waiting for the lift. She asked me about my interview. I think she said something good about me because I am your friend.

She is a good person and is very intelligent, Jordan. Do you know that the Airport tender was won by Miss Martins? Please stop playing with her feelings, Jordan. Miss Martins is sincere to you and it will not end well.”

Jordan laughed out loud and asked, “Do you have feelings for Avery, Luca? Don’t bother; she will never fall in love with someone like you.” Luca was offended and asked, “What do you mean, Jordan?”

Jordan smiled and replied, “I charmed Avery with my handsome face. Avery loves beautiful things.” Luca wasn’t handsome, his looks were average.

Jordan looked at his friend and asked, “Avery told me that she was going to study at KZN University, but I don’t remember in which faculty. I was absent-minded when she told me.

She is throwing tantrums because she has asked her father to fund my company. She thinks she can control me. We argued then she blocked my number.

I miss her so much. She has done so many good things for me. I will be a fool if I don’t marry her. I don’t love her yet, but I will learn.”

Luca was overjoyed when he heard Jordan’s words. Then he told him that Miss Martins was studying Medicine. Jordan thanked Luca, and then he left.

The following day during lunch, Jordan went to His Mercy restaurant. He bought food for Avery, then he drove to KZN University. He waited outside the Medicine class until the lecture finished.

An hour later, Jordan saw the students walking out of the lecture room. He asked one of the students to call Avery for him. The student told him that Avery was not in class that day.

Jordan was fuming with anger; he had wasted the whole hour waiting for someone who was skipping classes. He left without thanking the student. Unbeknownst to him Avery was in the hospital shadowing Dr Lambert.