MasukThe wine arrived. I tasted it. It tasted bitter and I could even taste the alcohol in it. So I didn’t drink much. I let the two men have it. They were now talking about business. It made me happy listening to and watching them because they now looked too comfortable with each other. So far, my w
“How’s your day, princess?” Arzhel asked Arriana beside her the moment we sat. We were in a round table. The seating arrangement was me, Arzhel, Arriana, Chris, and Adrian. “It was fun, Daddy! All my classmates missed me,” Arriana happily told him. “That’s good,” Arzhel said, flashing a quick sm
Before leaving the meeting room, I composed myself first. I was looking at my mini mirror, wiping my scattered lipstick. I heard Arzhel laugh beside me. I jokingly glared at him, which only made him laugh more. “You should invest in kiss-proof lipstick,” he said. “I might kiss you often,” he sai
I gulped while I felt my cheeks heating up. I secretly released a slow breath. Why did it suddenly feel hot? I saw Arzhel glance at me. Poker-faced, then he opened the folder in front of him, acting innocent. I composed myself and focused on the presentation. After almost an hour, Janna and Etha
After Janna left, I busied myself with work. I looked at the pile of contracts in front of me. “Wow,” I said and smiled while I shook my head. Then I started to get and read some contracts there. The first contract was about a celebrity who wanted to collab with us for her incoming birthday cele
“Just finishing some tasks so I could hand them all to you,” she said. I looked at her laptop again. I was about to tease her, but then I saw her nervously glancing at her laptop too while smiling widely, trying to act innocent even though she herself knew I caught her. In the end, I just slightly
“What brought you here, Arzhel?” I asked him. It felt like the first time I saw him again in my office after he started seeing Stephanie. I walked back to my table, not waiting for his reply. I felt him follow me. He sat in front of my desk. He took one of the documents I was reading earlier.
What was important was that we both still respected each other. “It’s nice to meet you again, Analia,” she said and pulled me for a quick hug. We always addressed each other using our names only. She said it was better that way since what we had was just friendly competition. I smiled, as always.
He just followed Arzhel here because he also didn’t know he would come here unannounced and that we would have a meeting because it was originally not in his schedule, which was also the case for me. Janna and Ethan sat on both sides to take down notes of our meeting. “Let’s start,” I said and cli
I heard some gentle knocks on my door. When I looked up, I saw Janna. She looked worried and hesitant. “Uhm, Ms. Analia,” she said hesitantly. She also glanced at her back for a second before speaking. I just looked at her and waited for her to finish what she was about to say. “Mr. Arzhel wants







