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89. In the Meeting Room
Next few days Ashar and I remain busy with our own office work. Due to my busy schedule, I get no time to contact him or talk to him and I assumed he is busy as well because he didn't make any effort to see me. However today I'm going to see him. He has called the entire team again to his office to revise the budget of his whole product marketing and he wants to discuss the plan with us.
All of the team members decide to go together through a subway so I just follow them. I have planned to take out sometime today after meeting and ask from him about his father. When we reach to his office, he's already sitting in the meeting room, waiting for us.
Derek moves forward to greet him. Ashar stands up from his chair and shakes hands with him, "How your meeting was with the Benicio?"
Ashar opens his mouth to reply him, but Laila interrupts him, "Hey." She stupidly smiles at him and extends her hand to him.
I roll my eyes, feeling furious at her desperate behavio
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