Chapter 263

Ava's POV The week was going great with excellent sales numbers, but I'd lost my daily shopping center companion. Nina had left her cosmetics store after telling me that Joseph had offered her a job at Puma Global following his extravagant purchase. "Twenty-eight thousand dollars of makeup," she'd told me with a wicked grin. "The man's got it bad for you, Ava." I was really happy for her because tripling her salary was an amazing opportunity. But now I was alone dealing with my difficult coworkers. Just yesterday, Cybele, Cynthia, and Laura had all disappeared when it was time for inventory. They left me to count and organize everything by myself. When I mentioned it to the manager, she said she "talked to them." But nothing changed. "You don't need to stay so late tonight," Cybele had said with fake sweetness this morning. "We'll handle the new shipment." "Right," I replied. I didn't believe her for a second. I definitely needed to update my resume and start looking for something bett