"Baby,” he called me.

"Miss Brook,"

I looked at the man who Hugh was sending to my floor to pick me up for Lunch. It’s past one in the afternoon already, which means lunch is already done. The workers are all complete in here already, busy with their own world.

"Tell him that it's past lunch, I won't be able to join him." with a shaky voice I said.

I can see in my peripheral view that Sir John is trying to listen to out conversation.

“But Mr. President told me to- ”

"Please Admiral, just tell him that I had my lunch already."

I could see the awkwardness in his reaction to what I’ve just said. For sure he’s torn between following my orders and his boss’s order. Fortunately, after he nodded he left again.

He is followed by the gaze of a few at once they turn to me. Probably wondering why I did not go with Admiral, which means why I’m not having lunch with Hugh.

The truth is I didn’t have lunch. After that conversation with that blonde woman, I walked straight in here. Hugh didn’t arrive either, maybe he’s t