3. A Few Hours Before that Night

"Excuse me?" asked Lydia with her eyes wide open.

 

 Lydia had just received an intercom call from her boss, who said he had just finished a meeting with the big boss. And what she was about to hear left her in shock.

 

"Mr. Reino says he wants to see you, Lydia. He wants to thank you for last year's shortfall and our new product budget."

 

 Her manager's words made Lydia's eyes widen even more. Why would the stingy Reino suddenly want to thank her? And that was for last year's incident.

 

 "Isn't that wrong, ma'am?" asked Lydia, sure that her manager had misunderstood. There was no way she could get credit for something like that.

 

"It's not wrong, Lyd. You should go to the upstairs room now. It's not often that ordinary employees like us get to see Boss Reino's handsome face."

 

 "Handsome my ass," Lydia shouted to herself.

 

 With a very lazy movement, Lydia couldn't help but walk out of her room. She felt extremely depressed about meeting her fake ex-husband. Especially when this man was as cold as the North Pole.

 

 Polar Bear, may look 'kinda' cute at first. But he's actually a terrible predator, and that's why Lydia called his boss a polar bear. Handsome but dangerous.

 

Lydia's grumpy face soon turned into a professional smile when she arrived at Reino's sexy secretary's desk. She could guarantee that Reino often made love to his secretary.

 

 "Well, here you are." A sexy woman waved for Lydia to come closer when she saw her enter the room. Immediately take her into Reino's office.

 

Lydia approached with courtesy and her ever-present professional smile. She didn't sit on the sofa either, but stood next to her manager.

 

 "Her name is Lydia, sir. She's still a contract worker, but her work is very good. She's perfect for the audit team, but don't move her from my team."

 

 

 

 Reino looked at Lydia with a look that was not at all warm as usual. And out of politeness, Lydia could only bow slightly, then smile modestly.

 

Actually there was nothing attractive about the young woman standing before Reino. She was a potential employee, as well as the ex-wife he had just divorced a month ago. But Reino had just found out that Lydia was the one who found the mistake in last year's financial budget and the one who made the budget for their new product.

 

 "Thank you for keeping our company from losing too much money," Reino exclaimed with a straight face.

 

 "I don't work alone, sir. There are other friends who help," Lydia replied modestly.

 

 "Tell HR to give her a bonus," Reino ordered his sexy secretary.

 

 Lydia rolled her eyes. The company offered good salaries, benefits and bonuses to its employees. But to hear Reino give her an extra bonus? That sounded a little strange to her. Lydia, especially since she was never provided for during her time as Reino's wife. She forgot about the billions she had received.

 

"Thank you for your appreciation, sir. But I don't work alone," Lydia replied politely.

 

 Reino could see Lydia's point, but he wasn't willing to spend that much money on the finance department. Most of them didn't work as well as Lydia, but ...."

 

 "Give them the company credit card," Reino pleaded. It was a sign that this pointless discussion was over.

 

 

***

 

 "Should we come here?" Lydia protested for the third time since that afternoon.

 

"They all need healing, and they will never hear you," Lydia's manager replied casually.

 

 After receiving the magic card from the boss with the following phrase: "Please use it as you wish," the people of the finance department were immediately busy deciding where to spend the card. And the most famous nightclub in Asia was the winner.

 

 Lydia didn't know who had suggested this place first, but that was where they ended up. And for the sake of mutual comfort, they booked the largest VIP room, which could accommodate 15 people.

 

 The problem now was that Lydia really didn't like places that were too crowded and noisy. Especially with her teammates, who had been very noisy from the start.

 

 "To Lydia, who is our hero today," one of her male colleagues shouted. And everyone raised their glasses high while shouting loudly.

 

Lydia could only grimace as she heard the commotion. Not to mention the loud music from outside. Worst of all, her friends kept forcing Lydia to drink alcohol. After almost all of them asked for it, Lydia was forced to drink a glass of wine.

 

 "Hm. That looks good," Lydia mumbled, trying red wine with a hint of cherry flavor for the first time.

 

 Feeling that the alcohol content of the wine she was drinking was not that high and that it tasted good, Lydia happily drank a few more glasses. After all, only a small amount was poured into her glass and Lydia was sure she wouldn't get drunk.

 

 "Oh dear. Why is the bathroom so far away?" Lydia protested irritably as she went to use the restroom. She had only walked five steps from her room.

 

 At the same time, the door to the VIP room next to Lydia opened. And a man who looked familiar stepped out.

 

***

 

 Reino cursed under his breath as he realized that someone was pouring alcoholic drinks into his glass. He couldn't refuse, because the person he was with was one of the raw material suppliers he was after.

 

 From the beginning, when the meeting was over and he was invited to the club, Reino had wanted to refuse. But when everyone is trying to persuade you, it's hard to refuse. Besides, they are all important people.

 

"Sorry, I think I need to use the restroom," Reino quickly excused himself as he felt his vision begin to blur, cursing his low alcohol tolerance.

 

 "You?" muttered Reino as he opened the door and saw Lydia.

 

 "Mr. Reino? What are you doing here?"

 

"I should have asked. What are you doing drunk in a place like this?" asked Reino with a raised eyebrow.

 

 "Spending Mr. Reino's card limit, of course. And I wasn't drunk," Lydia argued, of course not noticing.

 

 Reino just shook his head slightly. The one who felt the need to leave this place immediately didn't want to care. But Lydia, walking with difficulty, bumped into him and accidentally touched an object she should not have.

 

 "What are you touching?" snarled Reino angrily.

 

 "Huh? What did I touch?" The unaware Lydia had indeed touched Reino's forbidden area.

 

 The man growled low and immediately pushed Lydia away. But instead of walking away, Reino stayed glued to Lydia's beautiful face.

 

 The woman in front of him somehow made a sexy expression. Especially with the wet lips that were slightly parted, which made Reino, who was a little 'flustered' and under the influence of alcohol, react immediately.

 

 "Damn. Come with me." Reino pulled Lydia's hand roughly.

 

***To Be Continued***