The gathering

When Tanya and Kenneth were about to go home, the staffs at the reception stopped them from leaving.

Kenneth was surprised, "Why did you stop me?"

The receptionist fidgeted with her fingers for a while before replying abruptly, "We, we want to invite Miss Tanya to the staffs get together dinner, can...."

"No, she's not going!" Kenneth quipped without letting her complete whatever she has to say.

Tanya ignored what Kenneth and said to the receptionist, "I'll join you"

The receptionist smiled and left. Kenneth looked at Tanya with a questioning gaze.

"Can't I even attend staff get together now? I'm also a staff remember?"

Kenneth sighed, grudgingly he left for the parking lot alone while Tanya joined the staffs that had now gathered at the hot pot restaurant downstairs.

As the staffs were served, they began the celebration by drinking a toast to Tanya's employment before eating.

"Em, Miss Tanya, I have always wanted to ask this question, are you indeed married to the CEO?" One of the staffs ask as he poured her a drink which Tanya drank immediately.

She paused and looked at the others expression. "Of course yes, he's my husband"

Everyone gasped and made another toast before pouring here another drink.

"Miss Bianca is your sister, why didn't you persuade the CEO not to fire her?" Another person asked.

Tanya sighed as she she held her head. Headache is sipping into her head slowly as she gulped another drink that was offered to her.

She replied again, "What he does with his staff is not my concern. Bianca is not my sister, she's my stepfather's daughter"

Another gasped escaped the staffs lips as they gave her another shot of drink while they make another toast.

A staff dropped cooked octopus on her plate which Tanya eat immediately before she remembered that she was allergic to seafood.

Her eyes widened immediately, since she was young, Tanya never eat seafoods as she would get rashes all over her body some minutes after eating it. At thesame time, she was getting drunk. She didn't want to get drunk and also show her allergic reaction to the staffs, so she grabbed her bag and wanted to leave the place.

One of the staffs held her hand,

"Miss Tanya, you can't leave us here since we organized this little celebration to welcome you"

She waved her hand from the man's, "No Mr Gaston, I can't drink anymore"

Then she gulped and made to walk out of the restaurant but the alcohol had seeped into her body system and couldn't see the ground clearly.

"Miss Tanya, we have to finish this dish before we leave?"

She yanked her hand from the man again and tried her best to walk out but hit her head on the doorpost.

Tanya groaned but try to get out of the restaurant immediately. Her attempt was successful as she manages to get to the subway station and called her mother immediately but unfortunately, it was unreachable.

Kenneth called her at this moment but she didn't pick it. 'I can't let Kenneth see me this way'

Tanya sat there her sight not steady and her body itching and rashes coming out. She wished she had obeyed Kenneth earlier against going to the staffs get together dinner.

Meanwhile, in his car, Ryan Griffin dialed Frank's phone with anger. He hated the fact that Kenneth aborted the good time he was having with Tanya earlier at the shopping mall.

Frank picked it immediately, "Yes, Good evening"

Ryan gritted his teeth, "What's so good about the evening when I can't even get what I want?"

Frank sound confused as he replied, "What are you saying Ryan? What happened?"

"Don't ask me questions, now I need direct answer, what does Tanya like and what did she dislike? What is her weakness?" Ryan quipped.

Frank sighed, "Well, I don't know what she really likes but I'm sure she doesn't like sea food, she's allergic to it and also....."

"Tell me something that can make me win her from Kenneth! What's my concern weather she hates seafood or not?" Ryan interrupted again.

"But that's....."

"Shut up! Don't tell me you dated her for five years and yet you don't know what she likes and don't like?" Ryan shouted again as he halted his car at the red traffic light.

Frank sighed across the phone again, "that's all I...."

"Wait!" Ryan said as he sighed someone sitting at the subway station from afar which somehow reminded him of Tanya.

She was wearing a blue dress, and this person was also wearing blue. He ended the call and accelerated his car towards the subway station immediately the light turned green.

He parked and looked at the person carefully and yes! It was Tanya.

Ryan wondered how come she was sitting there without Kenneth. He looked around maybe he was around but everywhere looked desolate.

Still standing there, an Immortal staff ran over bearing Tanya's brown coat.

"What Happened?" He asked the staffs as he collected the coat.

"We invited Miss Tanya to the staffs get together dinner but she got drunk and started behaving weirdly immediately she eat an octopus"

Ryan's eye widened. "She eat an octopus?"

"Yes sir" the staff said and left. Ryan was bamboozled for a moment, as he noticed the rashes on her body and the way she was itching her body.

Then his mind flashback to what Frank said about her allergy to seafood.

He took her bag and opened the passengers seat of his car.

He bent down and carried her into his car. At this moment, Tanya could only see his face faintly as she was trying to keep herself from falling asleep.

She couldn't reject his offer as he was the only hope she had now.

Submitting to the alcohol effect, Tanya Lewiston fell asleep.