Novels by Author mckyler

Ethan stayed behind in the office, the hum of fluorescent lights the only sound accompanying him. He opened the employee manual, flipping through pages calmly, scanning through the policies, workflow diagrams, and payroll procedures. From what Lydia had just said to him, the whole system was legal to a degree, so he wanted to be sure he understood everything.The company might have found a way to trick the workers into working overtime for bonuses only to pay less than what was expected of the bonus.“But she said it was thirty percent of the whole money that was gone,” he muttered to himself. “That means her actual salary was tampered with.He kept examining the policies, looking for a loop hole the managers might be exploiting.A soft knock interrupted him. The door creaked open, and a man stepped in. His shoulders were tense, his forehead knotted, with his eyes darting around the room as if there was someone he was trying to avoid.“Is she here?” the man asked, his voice tight.

Lydia walked over to Ethan slowly. “Ethan… how did you know to do that? I thought you had no prior experience?”He just shrugged lightly. “Since I was asked to apply, I’ve been reading about Operations Control Center work. Just the basic stuff.”She blinked at him. “That wasn’t basic.”“Well… I had read about a case once.” Ethan replied.“A plane crashed because two flights were on overlapping channels. They only realized later that switching to secondary communication could’ve prevented it.”He nodded toward the board. “So I tried it.”Lydia stared at him for a long moment before letting out a breathless laugh that was full of disbelief and admiration.“Ethan,” she whispered, “you just prevented a near-disaster.”He smiled modestly.“Just got lucky, I guess.”But the entire room knew it wasn’t luck.“Two saves in one day? Damn. He already deserves a raise,” some of the guys joked as Lydia led him out of the room.Ethan followed her in silence as she led him back to her main office

“Whoa!” people got up in shock from the noise.“What’s going on?”“Did he just try to get himself killed?”The whispers continued, but no one moved in to try to help.Ethan just slowly straightened up, allowing the cart to slide down his back and hit the floor.The lady he had just saved looked around confused.One moment, she was working, and the next minute someone had quite literally jumped on her back. She was about to yell at whoever it was when she heard the sound of something crashing, and the person covering her groaned.She immediately understood that they were only trying to shield her, nothing else.By the time he got off of her, she was confused, but her mind had put the pieces together quickly.“You… You saved me” she stuttered and Ethan just smiled.“Are you new? I have never seen you around before,” she asked and he nodded.“I just applied here and Ms. Lydia was just giving me a tour.”“Well… Thank you. I am Valerie by the way,” she extended her hand for a handshake an

“Hey, do you know who the hell that dude is?” the receptionist called one of the security guards as Ethan walked by the lobby.“The one that just left the HR department. Do you know who he is?” Ethan had already told her that he was there looking for a job, and she still had plans to make his life a living hell, but she wanted to be sure that he wasn’t related to some manager.“I have no idea,” the guard shook his head.“But I think he had asked for Mr. Adewale when he came.”“What? The Chief HR Officer?” The lady was stunned.“Yeah,” the guard nodded. “He went in to talk to Emily before coming back out to call the guy. I think he said his name was Ethan.”The receptionist looked at Ethan with curiosity in her eyes.‘If he got the job through Mr. Adewale, then he must know someone big, right?’ she thought to herself, but she was still unsure.Like the previous day, Ethan had worn very simple and cheap looking clothes. A plain pair of trousers with a checkered brown shirt.He didn’t

Outside the office, Ethan reached for his phone and called Ava. She answered almost immediately.“The HR officer is competent,” he said into the phone the moment she picked up.“It looks like she won’t bend for anything less than legitimate qualifications.”“That’s good, right?” Ava asked and he nodded like she could see him.“It is, but I still need to get in, so here’s what is going to happen. I need you to get a hold of the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer.”“Tell him there is someone you need to be given a job, an Ethan Michaels, and he is to ensure I get the job. Offer him money or whatever.”“And what if he doesn’t take the bribe?” Ava questioned.“He will,” Ethan was sure of his plan.“Okay, I will do that, however, that will draw attention to you won’t it?” Ava said.“A man like that will accept bribes in hundreds of thousands. It would raise flags that you have someone willing to pay that much money for you, so you won’t get the results you want.”“No, it won’t be a pr

Ethan arrived at the Nexus Air regional branch as early as possible. He had already arrived at the facility before most of the employees and just stayed in the car till the facility was opened.He had asked Ava to find and purchase a car that looked in such bad shape no one would think too much of it, but as expected, she had gone over and beyond.The car she got him was a Honda Civic. The car’s body was rough and old, but the engine had been replaced with a V8 engine, and the windshields were all replaced with bullet proof windshields.According to her, she was not going to be taking any risks. As long Alexander Cole and his brothers were still out there, she wasn't going to be comfortable leaving him alone.Since he wasn't going to let her send security with him, for the sake of keeping a low profile.The only compromise for her was that he would let her do whatever she wanted with the vehicle that he would use, so he didn't debate it.He sighed and left his car, walking straight