11 The Ride

Calantha and Freiherr soon became inseparable, and they were married for over two years. She remembered that when she started working full-time for his company, he would defend her all the time and protect her from employees who were higher ranked than she was. He allowed nobody to mess with her, but he didn’t spoil her too much. He let her get trained by her superiors, and she was even allowed to handle tasks that she couldn’t possibly handle. But all that was done under the supervision of someone familiar with the task who didn’t hesitate to offer her guidance. This was how it had been for a very long time. Slowly, Calantha rose to the top. What took many people many years to get promoted took her a few years, and this caused coworkers to react negatively to it. They insisted that she was making use of the privileges she got from the Boss to soar higher. They accused her of taking advantage of the boss and using him for her own benefit. This hurt Calantha so badly t