"Come eat with him!" Yvonne repeated his four words in her head and suspiciously looked at Emil.
(Why's this guy being nice all of a sudden? Wasn't he angry seconds ago? Wait, he's behaving like a child who's toffee was taken away and later returned!.....hohoho...I think I should add one more name to his cute name. He deserves to be promoted ! "Mr. Childish!.)
While Yvonne was busy promoting someone, a certain someone was also busy admiring her cute reactions.
The key point here is that, they both were busy with the other in mind.
What a perfect match !.
" Mr. Pu.....sir boss master Tang?" (aaaaahhh, what am I saying? ) Yvonne, who was embarrass wanted to find some hole and hide herself.
Emil smiled,and this time,it was much wider.
"Don't stress yourself with how to address me. You can call me Emil or however you feel comfortable with. (but honey to will be very comfortable for me)"
Emil calmly told her but the last part was for his own consumption, because he couldn't afford to voice those words out.
Maybe not now!
Yvonne sat with all those heartwarming foods before her and felt herself choked. Not choke with food but tears.
A memory from when she was seven years flowed to her like a river.
Seven year old Yvonne was roaming the street of Paris trying to find some food or money to buy food.
This is because, the woman they (she and other children her age) lived with was unemployed. They had to beg for food so they together with the woman won't starve themselves.
On days they couldn't get anything,they would be trashed severely.
Food is a daily necessity but to the poor kids as them, it wasn't. They had to strive before they could get something small to eat.
Until, God in his own time brought a helper. They were all sent to different orphanages and the woman was sent to jail.
She only got to know that the woman was a child trafficker after she was jailed.
Yvonne was brought out of her memory lane when she felt tears flowing down her cheeks.
She quickly buried her head in the bowl of rice before her. She didn't want Emil to see how she looked.
She began eating the rice which was already soaked with her tears. She ate the plain rice in large spoon fulls.
Unbeknownst to her, her tears and actions has already caused Emil's eyes to redden.
He was thankful, Yvonne didn't look at him.
(what could have caused her to cry?)
"Don't you like the food?" he asked. But immediately regretted asking because his question brought more tears to flow down.
She nodes her head implying she likes the food.
"Then add some side dishes to the rice. Its not healthy to eat only rice". Emil softly said.
Yvonne nodes her head again.
They both sat quietly at each side of the table picking on their food. None raised his or her head.
The minutes that followed was very heartbreaking but very peaceful.
" what will he think of me now? How should I face him?" Yvonne's thoughts
"What happened in her past ? How should I make all of her tears stop?" Emil's thoughts
Strangely, they both have the "WH questions " and their questions are about the other person.
Just like that,dinner ended with almost all the foods untouched.
Yvonne stood up, nodded at Emil and left the table to her room.
Because she cried moments ago,Emil saw how down she was so he didn't stop her from leaving. He stared at the bowl she ate from before turning to look at the direction she just ran off to.
(Why's she running? Doesn't she know she may fall down if she runs ? )
Yvonne returned to her room and locked her door. She sat on the floor and closed her eyes. She felt her eyelashes still wet from the tears from minutes ago.
(What bad luck I have ! Being a crybaby on my first day at work !)
Sometimes in life, we never know when or how we will cry unless something triggers it. Our tears maybe of joy or sadness. Yvonne didn't know she could cry just in the presents of food.
The memories she has kept hidden is beginning to resurface.
"Maybe, this is good. Little by little and I will be able to get some closure to what happened". Yvonne encouraged herself.
Emil who still sat at the dinning table was on the phone with his assistant;
" Find anything you can about Yvonne Qin".
Now he can investigate her. Unlike before,all he knew was her face but now, he has a name !.
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