Sophia extend her hand for a handshake but the woman in front of her didn't move nor speak, her pretty almond eyes are just fixed on her face as if she was examining if she was real or not. Sophia cleared her throat and put her hand down, feeling a bit embarrassed that the woman didn't accept it.
"Uhm, Miss are you okay?" she asked the woman.
The woman is beautiful and could definitely pass as a Hollywood star. She has flawless skin, long eyelashes which Sophia is not sure if just an eye extension or it was just naturally like that, and she also noticed the woman's height even though she is sitting because she saw her long legs.
Even though she doesn't want, Sophia suddenly feels envious of the woman in front of her. She once dreamed of being as pretty as this woman she's staring at but no matter how much effort she put into fixing herself, it's still wasn't enough.
"So you're Sophia..." the woman murmured.
"I-I am. Do you know me?" she asked. The
Sophia immediately stood from her seat to greet Lander. He approached them but his eyes is on Celestine. She was just staring back at him. He averted his gaze to Celestine and face Sophia. "O-Oh, Sophia. What are you doing here?" "Miss Odette just asked me to get something to Mr. Buenavista," she answered respectfully. "You can come inside now, I guess. Dad is free, his next meeting will be in twenty minutes," he explained before putting his hands on his pocket. "Okay, Sir. Thank you." Sophia was about to start walking when Lander spoke again. "Please go to the office a bit early tomorrow. I want to discuss something important to you." She nodded before she proceeded to the secretary's cubicle. Celestine's eyes are on Sophia while she's walking. Celestine is certain that Lander doesn't know that she knows Sophia's face and she thinks it will be best if she just keeps her mouth shut about Sophia. However, she still doesn't want
"Where's my father?" Vincent calmly asked the security guard. He's in front of their mansion's gate. And for almost six years, this is his first time to stand in front of it again."Sir, you're not allowed to enter—" Vincent pushed the security guard and tried his luck to enter but five men suddenly showed up from nowhere and hold both of his arms to stop him. He doesn't give a damn if he's not allowed inside or not. He wants to talk to his father and no one can stop him from doing that, not even Benedict."Get your filthy hands off of me or else I'll be forced to fight every one of you," he said as he stop struggling from their grip.The security guard swallowed and slowly remove his hands on Vincent then, later on, the five men also did the same. Vincent is their boss' son and all of them know that if they continue stopping him, Vincent wouldn't hesitate to tell them but they're also just doing their job."Sir Vincent, we're just doing our job," t
"I'd like to have miso ramen, gyoza, and the tempura and sashimi bundle," Lander said to the waiter as he was looking at the menu book with furrowed eyebrows. He was serious about making Celestine taste the food that he's certain that she will like.He glanced to Celestine. "Celestine, you want to add something to what I ordered?""Uh, I want to try this tempura udon. It looks delicious," Celestine said before passing the menu book to the waiter."Trust me, all of the menu here is worth its price," he said before passing his menu book to the waiter as well.Celestine shrugged her shoulder with a smile on her lips. "We will see.""You ordered miso ramen, gyoza, tempura and sashimi bundle, and tempura udon. Is that all, sir? Maybe you'd also like to try our newest overload sushi bundle?"Lander shook his head. "I'll say no for now, but I will surely try it next time.""Alright, your order will be ready shortly," the waiter said with an
"Hey, I have something for you." Lander shows the brown paper bag to the kid. "What is this, Sir Lander?" the little boy asked with innocence in his eyes. Lander smile. "Open it." The little boy opened the brown paper bag hesitantly. His arms were thin and his clothes are dirty. Celestine can't help but feel sad as she stares longer at the kid that Lander is talking to. Based on his height, Celestine could say that he's just a seven-year-old boy. "I-Is this ramen?" the little boy asked with eyes twinkling in excitement. Lander nodded then he messed the little boy's hair. She could see the genuineness in Lander's eyes, effortlessly despite the distance between Lander and the little boy from her. "Share it with your siblings, okay?" Lander said. However, instead of answering, the little boy spread his tiny arms and hugged Lander's neck. Celestine smiled when she saw how startled Lander is by the little boy's sudden move.
"Yeah, absolutely. I want everything to be perfect," Lander said as he glance back to Celestine who was now busy finding clothes that were worth buying. They're now in the famous clothing brand that was Celestine's favorite that she's been using for years. While Celestine is busy looking, he excused himself earlier and went out of the boutique for a moment to talk to the organizer that will make a perfect set-up for their dinner date later. He wants it intimate and as much as possible, a good place where Celestine and he will be comfortable to talk about random things. "Consider everything done, Mr. Buenavista. Thank you for trusting us." "Thank you," he said before ending the call. After that, he put his phone back in his pocket and enter the boutique again. He walked towards Celestine who was now still busy roaming around the boutique. "May I see the clothes you choose?" he asked as he started checking the price tags of the clothes. He swall
"Tell everyone to go home under my order. I want to talk to Venedict alone," Victor said to one of his men as he was leaning against his car with hands on his pocket while his eyes were intently looking at the employees that is walking in and out of the company building. He checked the time on his wristwatch. It's just six o'clock in the afternoon, definitely not the time for the employees to go home. But Victor wants them gone and they will because it is his order. No one ever dares to not follow his orders. No one, not even Venedict. "Copy that, Sir," his man said before leaving his side. Their family company had come so far. Victor can still remember the first time his father let him get inside of this exact company in front of him but compared to what it was before, it totally improved and becomes bigger. He must say that his brother truly give importance to the company that their father had worked hard for. He tapped his wristwatch using
Celestine violently removed Vincent's hand that was covering her mouth. "What are you doing here?" she asked almost like a whisper emphatically. Vincent's mouth was a bit open in astonishment at how Celestine reacted. He bit his lower lip and massage his jaw before stepping away from Celestine. "Why? Shouldn't I be here?" She tucks some of her hair strand behind her ear and looks at Vincent. "I'm not saying that you shouldn't be here." "That's what you're trying to say. I thought we were fine. We're good. But what happened to what you said that you'll text me to pick you up huh?" She closed her eyes firmly before opening them again. "Can we just fight some other time? I don't want to fight with you." "I don't want either but you're pushing me to fight you about this thing because obviously, you're trying to hide something from me." "I am not hiding something for you." "Then why are you acting like this?!
"Thank you," she said to Vincent's man after he volunteered to put the paper bags inside of her hotel room.Vincent and Lander throwing sarcastic remarks at each other just pissed her off. Celestine was aware that the two were acting differently towards each other because of her.If she needs to distance herself from one of them to not ruin the friendship that Vincent and Lander have, she will.As she closed the door, she take a deep breath before walking towards the bedroom where she asked Vincent's man to put the paper bags.She had a feeling that Lander is planning to do something tonight and she was nervous about it. Nevertheless, she still wants to go. The last thing she wanted to do is to disappoint Lander so whatever he is planning, she just hopes that it's not something she will be uncomfortable answering.She stopped walking when she stepped on something. It made a cracking sound that echoed throughout the silent room. It was the phone Vin