A frown slowly appeared on Chris’s face as he observed the physical appearance of the man. The man is in tattered clothes and he looked like he hasn’t had his bath for days.
Who the heck is this man? Why is he sitting in front of the glass doors like this? Why didn’t anyone or the security even try to chase him away from there!?
“Who is he?,” He asked his PA after a moment of silence. The woman shook her head and told him, “Sir, I don’t know this man. I have never seen this man before.”
Chris nodded. Of course, how will she know this type of unkempt person? He walked toward the man who still hasn’t noticed him yet.
The man only became aware of his presence when a pair of shiny shoes stopped in front of him. He looked up and his dirty face scrunched up with a smile.
Chris almost gagged with disgust. He always sees this in movies. Never thought that one day he would get to see black-coloured teeth in his life.
“Who are you?” He asked the unknown man while struggling to force down the vomit that was arising.
The man stood up from the floor and wanted to walk toward Chris but Chris immediately moved backwards and stopped him, “Stay there. Stay where you are. I can hear you from here.”
The man nodded and told Chris, “My name is Hoffman.”
Chris looked at him what a weird name. “Okay… Why are you here?” Chris asked again.
“I am here to meet sir Ryan and I am not leaving until I do,” Hoffman’s facial expression suddenly turned fierce.
Chris gave the man a brief look and turned away. Turns out that the man is here to see Ryan and not him. But why is he even here to see Ryan?
“And why is that? Why are you here to see Ryan?” Chris asked. The man’s facial expression turned from a fierce one to a fearful one.
He shook his head sideways vigorously as he said over and over again, “No… I can’t tell anyone else. It’s for sir Ryan’s ears only.”
Chris nodded again. He brought out his cell phone immediately and texted Ryan. ‘Cousin, we’ve got a situation here… Can you come to the office soon? I can’t even go in the cause of this.’
He waited for about five minutes before receiving a reply,’ What is it?’
‘I can’t say it over the phone but please come as soon as possible,’ Chris answered. Ryan read the message this time and then didn’t reply.
“Sir, should I go in with this then?” He finally remembered that his poor PA had been standing in that awkward situation so he nodded and replied, “Yes… You can go in.”
The woman still looked sceptical to walk in though cause she stared at Hoffman suspiciously. Chris smiled and informed her, “Don’t worry… You can go. I’ll be fine.”
Receiving permission from her boss, she walked in. Chris watched with an amused expression despite the current situation as Hoffman’s eyes slowly followed the movement of his PA’s bum.
He found himself chuckling as he muttered quietly, “The guy has got great eyes.”
***
Emily woke up quite late for her first day at work. She didn’t go to bed last night till it was already so late. Lena and their mother kept her up almost all night trying to get the juicy details of her date.
Steve had agreed to meet her before on Saturday but he suddenly sent a message that Saturday morning that she shouldn’t come to the restaurant again.
That he was going on a little trip and won’t be back till later that day but cause he didn’t want to disappoint her, he postponed their date to Sunday night.
Unfortunately, when he sent the message, Lena was using her phone or else she would have just cancelled the date on a pretence that she had somewhere to go that Sunday.
After that, Lena wouldn’t let her hear anything else except the date. She had even informed her mom that she was going on a date though she made sure to leave out the part that she was the one that went surfing on the internet for a potential brother-in-law!
Mrs Jones had supported Lena which she wasn’t expecting at all. In the end, a few minutes past seven, she was already dolled up that she almost couldn’t recognize herself.
But what would you expect when she is living with two ladies that are fashion freaks? She had to suffer the ache in her legs caused by the high heels they made her wear for like almost an hour before a car stopped in front of the house.
Oh! I forgot to mention that Steve had sent a message that he would be picking her up even though she would have totally disagreed with a stranger knowing her address, Lena had been quick to reply with an OKAY.
Lena gave her thumbs up as she helped him down the pavement to the beautiful red Porsche that was awaiting her arrival. “Wow! Looks like he’s old money. I have great eyes,” Lena whispered into her ears.
A man stepped out from the driver’s seat dressed up as the chauffeur. He walked to them and bowed. Lena couldn’t help giggling.
“Perhaps I should have checked his bio again. Is he a prince or a king? Are you going to be a queen?” Emily was beyond embarrassed by Lena’s words.
“Ssshh,” She tried to hush the chatterbox. The chauffeur didn’t seem to mind though. He just turned to her and greeted her, “Good evening miss.”
Emily nodded, unsure of what to say. “I have been sent by the Ceo to pick you up tonight,” He told her as he opened the passenger seat for her.
She nodded once again and waved at Lena before walking in. The chauffeur got in and afterwards, he drove off. There was no exchange of words on the way to the restaurant.
Emily actually began to feel nervous when the car finally stopped in front of a beautiful and fancy restaurant. Who is this Steve? Even the outer decor screamed of lavish and fancy wealth.
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