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1302 Words
Kim Technologies and co.
Charles was looking through the files when somebody opened the door. With curious eyes he looked up because he wasnt expecting anyone. Bobby had also gone to some conference.
" Oh,hello miss.roseanne." He followed his eyes as she made her way to the sofa, her strong feminine perfume reached till his nose. Well it was unexpected because she hadnt made any appointments or message him.
She just plopped at one of the leather sofa. " Hi Mr.kim. I'm sorry for barging in."
" No, its ok... i guess." he stared making herself comfortable. It was her first time in his office as well. "What brings you here though?"
" My mom said to visit you."
" Oh.I see." he raised his brows.
" Yeah, I'm sorry if i disturbed you. She said i had to meet you today."
" No, it's ok. I was getting bored anyways. So, how are you doing?"
" I guess you have a few ideas about my "on-goings"."
Charles smirked with her answer. Of course he knew pretty well about it that it wasnt even necessary for him to ask. But he had to keep the conversation going.
" What about yours?" Roseanne asked.
" Well things are turning out interesting ."
" Oh, of course." she rolled her eyes, " Anyways, i think you've been informed about the elite party thingy."
" Yepp, i think everyone are aware now."
" Why are there so many parties? i hate it." she pouted.
So, she got a cute side to herself. Charles smiled to himself, " You know this is still beginning of the year and more are to come?"
" Thankyou for making me feel more depressed." she showed her fake smile that was gone right after.
" I was just trying to remind you, miss.roseanne."
" Okay? and also you can call me just roseanne."
" Okay, Roseanne." he smiled at her, " Also, don't you think this year's elite is gonna be a little interesting?"
" Why??" she looked at him curiously.
" Because we two are partners....apparently .Wasn't that what you came here to talk about?" he gave a shocked look. Was he being a little too excited?
Roseanne gave her infamous fake smile, " Yes actually, that's what i came here to talk about but I'm sorry, even if we are partners it's not gonna make it interesting for me...atleast."
He gave a sigh of relief." I love that you are direct, Roseanne." he smirked leaning back on his chair.
" Thankyou and stop flirting with me Charles."
Roseanne folded her arms, annoyed. She knit her brows together to look angry but kinda failed. From Charles view.
" I wasn't flirting."
" Yes, you were."
" No, I wasn't."
" Yes, you were."
" No, i wasn't."
Roseanne took a deep breath, " YES, you WERE."
There was a pause.
Charles slowly said again, " No, I wasn't."
" Charles! You know what? suit yourself." she said annoyed then pulled out her phone and started scrolling it.
Charles smirked with his victory. It was like as if he had got a new hobby of teasing her even though they met only a few days ago. Roseanne got annoyed by the little things which made him satisfied. Also when she got flustered by his flirting. He really was enjoying it a little too much.
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Han Jewellers store
The main store was located at the first floor of Wong complex. Liliane made her way to her store. Upon reaching there, she saw few customers even though it was pretty late.
" Hello, ms.Liliane. Long time no meet." the manager came up to her.
" Hello, manager park. Seems like there are still few customers." Some people were strolling around and talking.
" Yes, i heard they have got a marriage soon."
" Oh, i see. Are they probably the last customers?"
" Yes, ms.Liliane. That's it for today."
" Looks like father is pretty busy right now." she looked at her father who was interacting with the customers.
" Oh yes, today has been pretty hectic."
She decided to look through the store and ask the manager about their new designs. After an hour, her father finally came up to Liliane. The store was closing now.
" Liliane, i'm sorry dear for making you wait."
" It's okay, dad." Liliane hugged her father.
They started looking through the sales of the day on the computer screen. The manager was explaining them about their total sales.
" That's pretty okay for today." her father said looking at the screen.
Liliane was nodding by the side. They had a small meeting. After that her father told the manager to go.
" Liliane, i called you today for other reason besides the meeting too."
She sat down again when they were ready to leave," What is it dad?"
" Have you been talking to Brent lately?"
" No, its been a few months."
" Oh, i see. For the coming elite party, your partner will be Brent. Okay?"
Liliane tried to hide her disappointment, " But isn't he in The states?"
" Yes, but he will come here by tomorrow."
She looked down playing with her nails.
" Why you don't like it?" her dad said.
" Ahh, n-no dad. It's just i haven't talked with him for a while."
" It's okay. You can meet him tomorrow maybe?"
She nodded lightly," Okay, i'll see about it."
" Yes, so you can go back home. I still have to finish some work." her dad got up, patting his suit.
" You're not gonna have dinner with us tonight?" she said sadly.
" I'm sorry dear. Not tonight." he hugged her, " Now go."
She nodded, a little disappointed but left the store heading to the parking lot.There was no one since it was pretty late. The parking lot was completely empty with only few cars left along with her dad's at the far corner. The lights of the parking lot was glitching, making Liliane annoyed. " Why does the top mall of the country have such shitty lights?" she said to herself, her heels echoing loudly.
She was trying to call someone but the call said to leave a message. She kept on dialing the number continuously. Still there was no answer and she gave a frustrated sigh. " I have to talk about the annoying brent, why dont you pick up??" she talked to herself again.
Click click
She snapped her head after hearing the clicks sounds and some faint footsteps in the near distance. There was no one, making her gulp loudly. She walked faster to her car. without turning back clenching her jaw.
Click click
More clicking sounds but she dared not look back and after a few steps, she finally reached her car and entered it with a heavy breathing. She was suddenly sweating profusely and struggled to find her keys inside her purse. " s**t s**t shit...." she cursed continuously trying to calm her nerves down. She looked around the parking lot from inside the car, still trying to find the keys. " Where the hell did i put it?" her patience was wearing out.
Suddenly, a message popped on her phone, startling the girl. She quickly picked it up, expecting it to be from him but it was not.
Unknown:
Seems like he's still not picking up your phone?~~
A cold sweat ran through her forehead. " H-how does it know??" Looking around the parking lot frantically, still she saw no one. She felt a metal in her purse and pulled it out finally finding her car keys. Instead of thinking who it was, she started her engine as fast as she could and drove towards the exit. Her breathing was still fast, making her panic. Right after the turn, she saw a hooded figure standing at the middle through her rear-view mirror. The same parson who had been following her for a couple of months. " Who the hell is he? How does it know where i am?" she thought in her head trying to calm her nerves and gulped hard driving her fastest till she reached the road.
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Your not the only one.
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