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“Enough!
No more discussions.
You’ll do what my—Ms.
Hutton says!”
he barked, cutting Mr.Brooks off with his icy gaze.
“And next time, keep your attitude in check while talking to her.”
Swallowing, Mr.Brooks nodded, shifting in his seat.
Though it felt good that he supported me, what’s with the rage?
As the meeting went on, I again went back to silence, twirling my bracelet, only speaking when needed.
Even that was difficult with his intense gaze on me most of the time.
As if he didn’t come here to join the meeting, but to stare at me.
I sighed in relief when a clerk interrupted the long ass meeting for a coffee break.
With a large tray of mugs, he started distributing them around the table.
When my turn came, I shook my head at him with a polite smile.
“No, thanks.
I don’t drink coffee.”
“No worries, miss.
I got some tea for you,” he replied, handing me the cup of steaming tea.
I sent him a surprised look.
How did he know I preferred tea over coffee?
“How do you know I like tea?”
I queried.
The smile on his face threatened to fall as he glanced around.
He opened his mouth, but Ace cut him off.
“You may go now, Gabe.
Thank you for the drinks.”
His eyes remained on me.
Gabe didn’t waste a second before hurrying out of the room, away from my question.
Casting another glare at him, I sipped on my tea.
And again, I was surprised.
It was made the same way I liked it.
Less milk with no sugar.
I looked at Caleb.
Did he tell that clerk my preference?
Maybe he found out from Tess?
But I didn’t think she knew I didn’t like coffee in the first place.
Weird.
“God!
I’m so tired!
Liza, why don’t you ask someone to help me with these report sheets?
I need some help with it,” Sierra said, a girl from the finance department.
After the meeting, Liza took me on another tour around the office.
This time, to introduce me personally to everyone.
And when we met Sierra, a good friend of Liza’s, she started complaining.
“Everyone is busy, Sierra.
I can’t just tell anyone to push their work aside and help you out.
I’m sorry,” Liza apologized.
Sierra’s shoulders slumped.
“I can help you with that if you want.
I have some experience of working on them with my brother,” I offered.
Her eyes widened as she straightened.
“No, no.
It’s all right, Emerald.
Thank you so much for your offer, but I think I’ll manage.”
“No worries, I’m free right now, anyway.
I’d be happy to help.”
I have been free since the meeting.
Because no one was giving me any work to do.
Even choosing those designs in the morning, I had to request Liza to let me do that.
Well, I told her to give me something, and she handed me those catalogues.
It didn’t seem like work for me, but I took it anyway.
At least I’d something to do.
I figured the stuff they gave me to do yesterday wasn’t very important.
I understood I was new, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t give me any serious job.
Even the other employees seemed to be too careful and polite around me.
I couldn’t make sense out of their treating me like a VIP and not one of them.
“But I can’t just trouble you with my work—“
“Please, I insist,” I pleaded.
My hands were itching to do some real work.
She glanced at Liza behind me with uncertainty, and then slowly nodded.
A hesitant smile slowly spread across her face.
“Oh, thank you!
Tell me, where do you exactly need my help?”
Once it was lunch time,
only then we were finished with the work.
Sierra was a fun person, so working with her was easy and comfortable.
I was glad that apart from Liza.
I found another easy to get along person in this office.
“You ready?”
Sierra asked, getting up from her desk.
Looking up from Beth’s messages, I nodded.
“Yeah, let’s go.”
Just when we were about to get into the elevator, a voice stopped us.
It was Carter, Ace’s assistant.
A redhead with a short height.
The dark patches under his eyes were proof of his tiredness.
Though I just met him yesterday, I pitied him.
Due to some unknown reasons, his boss remained in this office all the time.
And he, being his assistant, had to run back and forth between Valencian Corp and OC Textiles for him.
“Yes?”
“Miss Hutton, I’m sorry to stop you.
But Mr.Valencian requires your presence in his office.”
I frowned.
“Why?
What does he need now?”
He shifted on his legs, pushing the specs up his nose.
“Uh, he wants you to have lunch with him.”
TWELVE: CREEP
I set aside my designs and picked up my phone after it blared for the second time.
A smile etched on my face, seeing the caller ID.
“It took you a whole week to call me?”
“And it took you so long to pick up the phone?”
I chuckled.
“I was working on some designs.
Anyway, what’s up with you?
How’s the job going?”
Since Warner had left for Seattle for his new job and I returned to Los Angeles, it was our first conversation in a week.
“You’re working on weekends?
And yes, everything is going smoothly.
Life has never been this good.
“
“Glad to hear that.”
If only my life was a little better.
“And yes, but it’s not official work.
Just some of my ideas I needed to polish.”
“About the office, how’s it going?
I hope you still don’t have any problems staying in LA, do you?”
he asked.
He didn’t know where I was working.
And what do I tell him?
All of this was still so confusing to me.
“Office is good.
I have to work here for at least three months until I decide to think of something else,” I replied absentmindedly.
Office was good because I hadn’t seen Ace in three whole days.
He didn’t visit after the day he ordered me to have lunch with him.
Of course, I denied.
And the nerve of him.
He sent Carter again to the canteen to deliver me the food he got for lunch!
You should eat homemade food.The canteen’s stuff isn’t good for health.
It was the message I got with the food.
And the embarrassment I felt with every pair of eyes on me out there was a whole different thing!
Though he didn’t come to the office for three days now, the food was always on time.
At first, I gave them away to Liza and others, but then, well, I thought I shouldn’t push away food like that.
The dishes were heavenly.
From the pieces of information I picked up from Liza and Caleb’s conversation, he was busy hunting for a new house and renovating it.
Why did Achilles Valencian need a house all of a sudden?
“I don’t understand what problem you have staying in that city,” Warner mumbled.
“Anyway, I will call you tonight.
There’s a day out with my office colleagues today, so gotta go now.
I miss you, Em.
I wish you were here.”
I smiled.
“I miss you too.
Don’t worry.
We’ll meet soon at Tess’s wedding.
You’re coming, right?
It’s at the end of this month.”
“Of course.
How can I miss it?
I’ll definitely be there.”
“Great.
All right, you go now.
Talk to you later.”
“Love you.”
The car screeched to a halt,