Andrew's step halted when he was entering his office. "Max, what is he doing here?"
"Who?" Max looked sideways. A man was sitting on Andrew's plush sofa with a laptop on his lap. "Henry, what are you doing here?" Too puzzled by Henry's sudden appearance, he unconsciously repeated his boss' question."Working." Responded Henry without taking his eyes off of the laptop.Andrew lifted one brow, then exchanged a look with his assistant, Max. He resumed the stride towards his fancy desk."Here's the analysis reports that you asked." Max handed a document and an ipad to Andrew. "I have freed your afternoon schedule.""Okay, thanks." Said Andrew as he started to study the document and the ipad while Max silently stepped out, back to his desk.After some still and calm moments, Henry put his laptop on Andrew's desk. Forcing Andrew to look up and giving him a calm questioning look."Help me develop this game. I've completed it, iLila stood next to Andrew outside of a two storey building. It was situated in the exclusive district of the city where many passersby wore fancy clothes whether they were tourists or locals.The building had no name on its wall, only a number."You'll know soon." Answered Andrew to Lila's inaudible question. He pushed the door open and let Lila step inside first.When they were having late lunch in the noodle house, Andrew said that he got something to give to Lila when they got back to the city. And it definitely wasn't his blood because she was about to enter some random fancy building which obviously was not a place for blood keeping.Inside, Lila saw a big shiny silver placard mounted on the wall behind the reception desk. The writing that was forged in it was Magnolia Gallery.What kind of gallery? Lila's eyes wandered around the flawless reception area but found nothing that could represent the place as a gallery.Andrew l
Saturday morning came. Lila walked down the stairs carrying a simple bag across her body."Where are you going?" Asked Uncle Malcolm once Lila took the seat next to him on the round table. He noticed the small bag which wasn't her usual bag for work.Lila put an egg and two big sausages onto her plate. "I'm going to do volunteer work. It's part of the conditions.""What conditions, darling?" Aunt Becky poured milk into Lila's empty glass."Thank you, Aunt Becky." Then Lila told her aunt and uncle about Andrew and their conditions towards each other regarding her project research."Where exactly are you going to volunteer? And this Andrew, will he pick you up here?" Came Uncle Malcolm's series of questions.Lila swallowed the sausage. "I've been there before with him, it's called Caring House…"PRANKAunt Becky's fork fell onto her plate. Uncle Malcolm lifted one brow, while Lila furrowed."You mean Caring House by our mysterious crown prince?" Aunt Becky yelped.Right. Lila forgot tha
Andrew parked his car right next to the car where Henry, Andrew's cousin, had leaned on. The car which Lila recognized was the same car they drove the last time she and Andrew visited Caring House."Lila, what a pleasure seeing you again…" Henry walked closer towards Lila with arms wide open."Act normal!" Andrew told his cousin as he pushed him lightly, stopping his intention."I am normal." Henry tried to go near Lila again, but Andrew's lean and muscular body blocked him. He rolled his eyes and groaned at his cousin's overprotectiveness."Hi, Henry." Lila grinned, Henry grinned too and waved. The two cousins' interaction was fun to watch. Then she turned to the two people who also leaned on their car which parked next to Henry's. "Hi, Maggie. Hi, Barry.""Hi too, Lila." Barry greeted back, still leaning on his car.While Maggie came to Lila and clung on Lila's arm, beaming. "So happy that you're here. Now, we can make our own
"What's the atmosphere? Can we see it?" Asked a cute little voice to Lila with his cute little curious eyes.Lila smiled. "Atmosphere is the gases of nitrogen and oxygen that surround our planet earth."The little boy frowned. "What's nitrogen and oxygen? Can we see them?"Damn. Lila took off her glasses and massaged the bridge of her nose.She started to doubt her understanding about nitrogen and oxygen. Why did these children want to see nitrogen or oxygen? How could she make them understand that nitrogen and oxygen were gases, and that they couldn't be seen?A laughter bursted when Lila couldn't say a word as she stared at the little boy with a mixed expression on her face.Instantly, Lila's sharp glare directed at Henry, the laugh came from him. Then when his laugh subsided, he threw a glance at Lila and shook his head in amusement."Mike," Henry called the boy's attention to him. "Remember what I told you about fart
In the palace, Prince Edvard was scanning the beautiful fountain in the palace's garden through the floor to ceiling glass window from his private room on the second floor while sipping his afternoon tea.After fulfilling his nonstop busy schedule through the week, he finally managed to have some free time alone. He was smiling but somehow he felt restless. His mind couldn't stop thinking about her. About Lila. He wanted to see her again, continuously if possible.A meeting with her made him want another meeting, then another, then another. He was addicted like it was bad.The feeling that he had towards her wasn't love. He knew that. At least, not yet.He was dying to know more about her. Who were her parents? Where did she live? Had she a boyfriend, husband, or fiancé? He wanted to know every detail about her.All he knew about her was that she was a kind and caring person because of her random act towards a stray kitten. And
"ARHHH…""What?" Lila was startled by her intern's sudden scream, making the pencil in her hand slip. The two of them were in the lab alone, doing their additional work. "What's wrong with you? If I didn't know your weirdness, I might think that you see a ghost here.""Not a ghost. It's the creepy man. He came again." Susan looked down, avoiding the window in case the creepy man caught her eyes. "Yesterday he came to me but I managed to escape. I don't know what he wanted from me."Fear was clouding Susan's mind, she forgot that the lab's window was a one-way mirror, people on the inside could see the outside but not the other way around. "Don't say nonsense, Susan. There's only the two of us here." Lila started to feel goosebumps.The horror on Susan's face didn't change. "The campus isn't safe anymore. How come they let suspicious men like him in?"Seeing Susan's trembling state, Lila sensed that fear slowly managed to creep i
The phone inside Lila's pocket jeans buzzed furiously. The caller name made her gasp softly as she became fully aware of the time that had flown, as it was already lunch time."Aunt Becky." She took the call. "I'm sorry, it seems you and Uncle Malcolm have to eat lunch without me, I'm going to be a bit late.""How long is a bit late, Dear?""In ten minutes I'll be on my way home." Answered Lila when all of the sudden someone walked by and spoke loudly.The tone in Aunt Becky's voice sounded alarmed when she spat her question. "Who's that? Where are you?"Turns out, so many dogs were injured in the area, leaving Lila and Edvard no option but to call the animal rescue community. The one whose voice startled Aunt Becky was one of the community members, he was now talking to Edvard without knowing that he talked to the second prince, because Edvard covered his face with the mask that Lila bought for him."He's from the animal rescue
Andrew held the car door for Lila. He waited for her to come out of the car."Do we really have to go inside?" Lila didn't move. "We can go to some food stall by the river, or ice cream. I still have money to buy you dinner, as long as it's not in Angela Barlow.""I can take you for dinner there, we'll go after the party. But first, since you look stunning in that dress, why don't we go inside and make them jealous of you?"Snorting, Lila got out of the car. "There's only you and I here. No need to tell a lie. And I don't want to go to Angela Barlow, because I can't afford it."Andrew furrowed. Why couldn't she afford it? She had the gold card. And even if she didn't use her gold card, she was with him though. What's the problem?Shrugging, he followed her inside the restaurant where her cousin held the party.As soon as they were inside, all eyes nearby turned to them. Making Lila uncomfortable."It's your fault. They'r