Page 31 of Falling for the Hot Billionaire

I heard from the hospital a little while later and when I was told that they weren't going to accept my bid for employment, I'll be honest, I was surprised. I was supposed to get the job, was more than qualified, and they had an opening. I couldn't understand why they wouldn't hire me, and I was just told that there was a note on my application that they weren't going to let it go through. I had no idea what was going on and they wouldn't tell me anything over the phone.

After hanging up, I just kind of stared out in the distance for a while. I couldn't believe that they weren't going to hire me. I'm not saying that they had to or anything, but it was quite surprising that they hadn’t. What was wrong with my application? Why had it been flagged? Did I get a bad reference from where I worked now?

The woman on the phone said that I couldn't get any information from her over the phone, so my next line of thinking was maybe I needed to go down there and speak to somebody. Maybe then I would know what was going on because it didn't feel right. I should have been hired. I wasn't saying that because I was so great or anything, I was saying that because it was just fact. I would do good in the job, and the interviewer had all but said I was. I wanted to know why I wasn’t hired.

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It was quite a drive,and the whole time I was trying to think of a reason why they wouldn't hire me. It's not like I put all my eggs in one basket. There were plenty of other hospitals in the area, but I thought the interview had gone well and I had gotten my hopes up, gotten excited. I needed to know what had changed.

When I got up there, there were a few people in the administration part, and I found the woman who had basically hired me. She had a big smile on her face and asked me when I was going to start.

Why was she messing with me? Did she not realize that they weren't going to hire me? She sounded like she thought they were. She had when we had met together as well.

When I told her that I had not been hired, she seemed genuinely surprised and asked me what happened. I shook my head. This didn’t make sense. “I was hoping that you could tell me what happened.”

“You were recommended to be hired from my end. I don't know what could have happened.”

“They said that there was a note put on my application. You don't think you could find out what it is, do you?”

I felt like I was asking too much of her, but I really did need to know. She put her work aside and said that she would go check it out.

I thanked her, still not knowing what was going on though. She came back after a few moments, and I was a bit more nervous than I should have been. Why did I feel like it was so important?

“Did you find anything out?”

“Yeah, and I’ll be honest it doesn't make much sense.”

Not getting the job didn't make sense, so I was already there.

“Well, the comment says that somebody called in and said that you shouldn’t be hired.”

I didn't understand why somebody saying that I shouldn't be hired was a big deal, until I started to question who that somebody was. I didn't know anybody here, not really, and I certainly hadn't done anything to get the negativity that I was receiving.

“Who would call in and say such a thing and why would you guys care what some random person said anyway?” None of it really made any sense.

“Well, one of the richest men in the country told us not to hire you. He is one of the better donors in the area, so you can see why the hospital would take his word for it.”

I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I didn't need to hear the name; I knew who it was and even knowing, it still didn't make any sense. Why would Tyrell tell them not to hire me? What had I done for him to do that? I didn’t understand. My head was hurting, and Angel seemed to see how upset I was.

“I’m sorry I didn't give you good news today.”

I agreed that she didn’t, and it was hard for me not to lose it right then and there.

“You must have pissed somebody off.”

“Yeah, I guess I did.” I thanked her for her time and decided that I wasn't going to fight it. If Tyrell didn't want me to get hired, who would go against him? Like Angel said, he's one of the richest men in the country. He could get his way, no matter what.

I felt like an idiot. Not only had I just given him the one thing I had been holding onto since I was born, but now he was doing everything in his power to sabotage me. I couldn't believe that he'd do something like that. I never saw it coming. I didn't see Tyrell as that sort of manipulative, controlling sort of person but what other option was there? Sadly, there wasn't. I would almost prefer not knowing the truth about him. How could he do this to me? What did he hope to gain?

Driving back to Tyrell’s, my mind was filled with all sorts of questions, like what had he done, who had he talked to, how much of the disaster that had turned into my life was because of him?

When I started to backtrack, the first thing I thought about was the change in my work schedule. Tyrell hadn’t seemed too surprised when they were putting me back in ICU and taking me out of the ER. He had even made it sound like it was a good thing. How did he say it, that maybe somebody was just trying to keep me safe?

I couldn't believe that he would see it that way. But let's be real, he was the sort of guy that could have anything and everything that he wanted. He had all the money in the world, and it showed. He probably couldn't understand why I wanted to do what I do. But it didn't matter if he understood or not. I was so upset; I couldn't believe that Tyrell would do such a thing. I didn't think I had ever been so angry in my life and knowing that there was nothing I could do about it, made me a little sick to my stomach.

Something I was curious about was where this had all started. I had a feeling that when I found out, I was going to feel like such an idiot, more so than I did right now.

My next step was the hospital I currently worked at. That was something that hadn't made any sense then and now it was starting to. Maybe I had been so worried about being demoted that I hadn't seen it for what it was. I was demoted for a reason, and it was hard to see Tyrell as the reason. I certainly didn't want to.

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