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Feenyx hates Mondays just as much as she hates waking up every morning every day of the week and leaves the comforts of her apartment on Olympus to go to work and deal with people testing her patience. However, contrary to popular belief, she's actually calm, collected and not as temperamental as people assume her to be just because she's a fire nymph, but that also does not warrant that her patience and tolerance are low.

"Order for Feenyx."

Finally.

She walks up to the counter where the Satyr barista is with her coffee. "Keep the change." She slides the money towards him and takes her hot beverage.

"Well, well, well. Look who decided to bump into us."

Oh my Zeus! Not today. An exasperated sigh escapes her lips as she turns to meet the gazes of her fellow nymphs. "Minthe and Thetis. What do I owe the displeasure of running into both of y'all this fine Monday?"

"Wow! Is that how you greet your friends? I'm touched." Minthe says, feigning hurt.

Feenyx scoffs, rolling her eyes. "Bold of you to assume either one of you hoes are my friends."

"Big talk coming from the daughter of a cripple."

Gather yourself, bitch. They ain't worth it. Gather yourself, bitch. They ain't worth it. Feenyx mentally chants her mantra over and over again.

"Well, this has been lovely, but I'm afraid I'll have to cut our meeting short. I have money to make and bills to pay." She walks past them.

"We heard about your little affair with one of your co-workers," Minthe calls, stopping her in her tracks.

If there's something Feenyx has come to learn and hate about living on Olympus for a little over two years is how gossip amongst the nymphs spreads like wildfire. No matter how big or small it is, everyone is bound to know and talk about it.

"We also heard that he left you for a human too," Thetis adds. "That just shows that you ain't shit even with that high-paying job as Eros' secretary."

"It's sad really." Minthe replies.

Fuck this! These hoes are worth it.

She turns around, meeting their smug gazes. "At least he left me for a human. Your boyfriend on the other hand left you for a Goddess, which in my opinion is an upgrade from a gold-digging nymph." Feenyx replies, stunning them both. "If anything, you're the one who ain't shit compared to the Goddess of Spring. And that's just sad and pathetic even for you, Minthe."

"Now I know your ass ain't talking, you couldn't even keep your boyfriend." Minthe snaps.

"True, but at least I can keep my job. You lost yours after you tried to seduce Hades." Feenyx claps back, making Minthe's face turn red. "Which reminds me, are your pimps still hiring you?"

"You - "

"Don't bother, Minthe." Thetis intervenes. "She's not worth it."

"Listen to Zeus' disposable fleshlight over there." Feenyx nods her head towards Thetis.

"Excuse me, bitch. At least I get dick from the King of the Gods." She screeches.

"Everyone gets dick from the King of the Gods. You ain't special and it's not like your pussy is that amazing anyway." Feenyx lids her eyes.

"How would you know?"

"He told me last night when he came over to my apartment and blew my back out."

"Why you little - "

"Look, ladies," she cuts her. "it's a Monday and we all have places to be and work to do and I ain't finna waste my time and energy on you hoes. Peace out." Feenyx turns her heels and walks away.

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Feenyx finishes her coffee and tossed the empty cup into the trash upon her arrival at the administration floor, where she works. She takes swift but elegant strides across the floor, sending smiles and greetings towards her co-workers until she reaches her destination - her boss' office.

"Hey, Eros. I just got back from my coffee break - " she stops midsentence the moment she sees the chaos in his office upon entry.

What was once an orderly and tidy office with books and folders neatly lined up on the shelves and important paperwork and documents nicely stacked up on the office desk is now replaced with the image of papers, books and folders being scattered across the room in a disorderly mess. Her boss is standing behind his desk with his telephone pressed against his ear.

He turns his head around and acknowledges his secretary's presence in the room. "I'll call you back." He hangs up the call, before turning his full attention to her with a grin on his face. "Feenyx! Just the person I've been looking for."

"Eros, you have a grand total of five seconds to explain to me why in the blister-bleeding fuck your office looks like your daddy threw a tantrum after your mama denied him sex for two weeks." She asks, closing the door behind her. "I made sure this room looks presentable before I went out to grab my coffee."

Eros lets out a ragged laugh. "I'm kinda in a rush to finish work." He tells her.

"You have all week to finish work. Why do you feel the need to finish it today?" she arches an eyebrow.

"I almost forgot that I have a six-month vacation for Psyche and I's anniversary scheduled today." He answers sheepishly.

"Ah!" She cringes. "I hope she didn't find out that you forgot. Remember last time you forgot your anniversary?"

"Yeah... I can never forget when she chased me around in all of Olympus with my dad's battle axe. She even had Aunt Persephone and Grandma Hera involved." He shudders at the memory. "Anyways, can you handle things fill in for me while I'm gone?"

Feenyx blinks once. Twice. Thrice. "What?"

"Can you handle - "

"I heard what you said." She cuts him off. "I'm just trying to understand why you'd leave your company and job in the care of a nymph and not your mother."

"You know how mom is. She hates work. That's the reason why she passed down the company to me in the first place." He rolls his eyes.

"And you think I can be able to do it?" she asks incredulously.

"I trust that you can be able to do it. You've already proven that."

"Yes, when it comes to admin work. That's all I ever do here. Paperwork, answering phone calls, organising your schedule, making sure none of the employees here don't fuck up." She lists. "You're asking me to take care of the admin stuff and take up your responsibilities as the God of Love - which is way below my pay grade and level of expertise by the way."

"But you have good intuition and a good judge of character which surpasses mine." He tells her. "Besides, I already taught you all that you need to know about what I do as the God of Love. Combine that with your intuition and better judgement, you'll do fine.

"Besides, you don't have to be an expert when it comes to matters of the heart." He reminds her. "And look, I know it's a lot to ask for, but I'll make it up to you."

Feenyx stares at him, scepticism lingering in her eyes until she eventually relents to his request with a sigh. She always had a soft spot for her boss, and she can't exactly deny him anything even if she wanted to. "Fine. Only because your job allows me free access to the Mortal Realm."

"Have I ever told you that you're my favourite person?" He grins at her.

"Bitch, I'm everyone's favourite person." She states matter of fact, flipping her hair.

"Yo, Eros!"

They shift their attention to Hermes, who's just appeared on the scene with a file. "You have a request for being Cupid from the Mortal Realm." He informs, handing him the file and disappears in the blink of an eye.

"Looks like you've got work to do," Eros says, handing the file to Feenyx.

She opens it and sees a document with the name 'URIE KOBAYASHI' printed in bold and capital letters at the top.

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