Serena had heard Alice talk about her brother. From what she said, it seemed that her brother was acting indifferent toward her, probably because they found her again after so many years, so he didn’t give her much importance.
Serena had tried to comfort Alice, but then she did not know for what reason. Alice inexplicably became irritated.
Now that Matteo was talking about her, Serena wanted to help her by putting in a good word.
Matteo’s gaze grew dim and he did not respond to her words.
After a while he asked her, “So you know everything about her? Does she know everything about you too?”
Although Serena did not understand the meaning of that question, but she nodded.
Between her and Alice there was no secret.
There was silence in the car. Matteo did not speak again, and Serena did not know what to say to him either.
They arrived at their destination. The car stopped. Serena glanced outside before thanking Matteo, “Thank you for the ride, Mr. Matteo, I’ll be going then.”
When she opened the door to get out of the car, Matteo suddenly called out to her, “Miss Serena, may I have your Facebook?”
Matteo’s request not only surprised Serena, but Chiara was also dumbfounded. For all these years that she had been beside Mr. Matteo, since when had she seen him use these social applications like Facebook? Now will he start using it for Miss Serena?
Serena didn’t really expect at that request… Probably he wanted to ask her about his sister’s things? Thinking about it, Serena told him her Facebook ID. Matteo directly handed her the phone, “You do it.”
Serena was speechless, took his cell phone and saw that his Facebook account was new. She didn’t dare to peek, fearing to see the things she shouldn’t see. She hurriedly looked up her Facebook ID and added it, then handed the cell phone back to Matteo.
“Done, Mr. Matteo.”
“Okay.” Matteo nodded and put the cell phone away.
“Then I’m off, thank you for today.”
After Serena left, Chiara looked at Matteo for a long time, wanting to say something but finally saying nothing.
“Do you have any questions?” Matteo asked her.
Chiara recovered and coughed slightly, “Mr. Matteo, do you know how to use Facebook?”
Matteo looked at her with a cold gaze, “I’m learning.”
Chiara: “Do you need me to teach you?”
“No, I know how to use.”
Saying that, Matteo ignored Chiara, leaned against the backrest and closed his eyes to rest.
Chiara said no more. She continued to wonder why Matteo’s attitude toward Serena was so strange. Serena was special to him, but it was obvious that it was not that kind of feeling of a man for a woman. She could not understand just what was going on.
*
A few days passed. Serena became more and more adept at managing the affairs of the mall, and the corporate anniversary banquet was approaching. The staffs were starting with the preparations, of course Serena’s department also had to help with the preparations.
There were many hard and tiring preparations to be made.
Since Serena offended Tommaso previously, they assigned her the heaviest work, along with her were Elena and Gaia.
When they were there, the staff asked her to inflate balloons. Although the three of them were from the same department, Elena and Gaia were always together isolating Serena.
“That Tommaso, shouldn’t he take care of us a little since he knows Greta? Instead he made us come here to do these jobs. What’s on his mind?”
Gaia complained as she inflated the balloon.
Elena glanced at Serena. She was alone. Instead the two of them had company.
Thinking about it, Elena gave a smile, “Maybe Tommaso did it on purpose.”
“Did he really do it on purpose? This bastard!” Gaia slammed the balloons hard and they bounced away.
Elena sneered, “What are you getting nervous about? We are together, right?”
“Even if we are together, making us do these little jobs really makes me angry. Tommaso is really an asshole, then I’ll go and tell Greta all about it.”
“Gaia, why are you so angry? Didn’t you hear what I said? Tommaso sent Serena here, and he sent us here too. He let us stay with her on purpose, so that we can teach her a lesson.”
Gaia: “What?”
“What what? What’s wrong with your head? Can’t you understand? Tommaso listened to Greta and gave us this opportunity.”
After Elena explained to her, Gaia finally understood, “Now I understand, so let’s take this opportunity!”
“There is no hurry. There are still two weeks left from the company anniversary banquet. Let’s prepare a big ‘surprise’ for her. Let her know that we are not easy to deal with.”
To Gaia, the idea that they could take revenge on Serena made her excited and she followed everything Elena told her.
Time passed quickly. A week later.
Since they had to help with preparations, they often had to be in the sun, so Elena and Gaia got very tanned, while Serena always remained with a fair and attractive complexion. This made Gaia and Elena envious.
Looking at them, Tommaso made a comparison between them, which made him felt more and more desired for Serena.
So he went to talk to her under the guise of supervision.
“Serena, have you been working hard lately?”
Serena’s expression was cold: “No, it’s okay.”
Tommaso took two steps forward, trying to reach out a hand to give her a little pat on the back, but before his hand touched her, Serena stepped back, “Mr. Esposito, is there anything I can do?”
“No, nothing, I just wanted to say hello and see if the work is too much for you. If it’s too tiring, you can always come to me and I can get you back to doing your work.”
Serena: “No, I’m fine here.”
Apparently he was still thinking about that thing.
Tommaso was surprised, then sighed and shook his head, “Serena, I have seen many stubborn girls like you, but this is just the beginning. Maybe this is nothing to you now, but in the future? If you get tired every day like this or even worse, will you still be able to bear it? Rather than regret it in the future, isn’t it better to be with me now?”
“Mr. Esposito, I think people should always aim high, even if I was recessed at work, but still my aim is high. I am not really interested in you.”
Tommaso’s expression changed. He pointed at her angrily, “Do you think you can still come back as before? Who do you think you are?”