Upon reaching LW Tech, Liam lead Adrianna along the lobby towards the elevator. Since it has passed lunch hour and everyone in the company were busy with their work. No one was around. The receptionist also not at their place. Probably going to the bathroom.
So, Adrianna managed to save herself from all the attention. She walked slowly following Liam's footstep into the elevator. But somehow this elevator was a little bit different. She saw Liam put his fingerprint on them and the door was opened. When they got inside, she saw no button to press but the elevator brought them straight to his floor. The moment his elevator open, she can see a big room with a big mahogany table in the middle of the room. So, the elevator was his private elevator that would bring him straigth to his office without much hassle.
As expected, this is the company of the genius CEO. Of course, his level would be different. His company alone is the mirror of his intelligence.
Adrianna walked into the brightly lit room. The room was lighted naturally with sunshine coming from the mirror wall behind the table. It wasn't too bright or too dull, it was just nice.
She noticed a set of couch was positioned on the right side of the room with a coffe table while there was another door on the left side, she assumed it's either the bathroom or his resting room where he can relax and sleep.
Her father has the same room in his office. When she was small, she used to followed her dad to work, whenever her mother has jobs outside of the country.
Her mom was a famous model who later became an actress. So, sometimes she has to left to film her movies and Adrianna would followed her dad to his office.
Her dad would left her to play in the room, he put a bed in the room and a little wardrobe where he kept all his extra suits and some casual cothes, he even kept her mom's and her clothes and some of Adrianna's books in there.
Sometimes, when he has a long meeting, he would left her in the room, she would eat, play, read and sleep until her dad finished and then he would bring her back home.
"Would you like to drink anything?" Liam's questioned shattered her thought.
"Just a warm water would be enough" she answered and get into the room.
Adrianna walked towards one of the guest chair in front of his table. Then she heard Liam gave instruction to his secretary.
"Miss Harold, bring a glass of warm water to my office." he pressed the intercom.
"So where is the air purifier?" she asked after he's done with his instruction.
"Oh..it's in the other room..." Liam walked to the room on the left and as he was about to open the door, Adrianna stopped him.
"Wait! I forgot my toolbox in your car?"
"What? Oh never mind, I have my own toolbox, you can just use mine."
"No no...I've to go and get it. It was my prize possession and I must use them" she stated firmly.
"Alright.." he gave her his car keys and saw her left the room using the main door. He sighed. He wanted her to use the private elevator but she was fast to leave.
The moment she pressed the elevator's button to go down, only then Adrianna remembered that she came here using a different elevator. She hoped, the way to the lobby was not too difficult, she was quite bad with direction.
After she get into the lobby and saw there was no one around, she sighed in relief. Adrianna walked towards the parking space to take her toolbox.
But somehow, she don't know what's wrong with her luck, the moment she walked back into the main lobby, she can see a few female workers discussing something at the lounge area. There are two receptionist standing behind the table.
Oh lord. She prayed that they wouldn't recognized her. Adrianna walked quickly towards the elevator and one of the receptionist saw her suspicious behavior.
She quickly called the security department and the elevator that carrying Adrianna stopped at 11th floor. She tried to press the button to the top floor (12th) but it's not working.
What's wrong with this elevator?
She tried again but all of sudden, the elevator door was opened and she saw a few faces waiting for her in front of the elevator. There were two men, she believed from security department based on their uniform and there was a woman, probably Liam's secretary. She was standing there with haughty expression.
"Miss can you come out for a moment?" one of the men called for her and Adrianna sighed as she walked out of the elevator.
She was busted. If they asked her to open her mask and removed the cap on her head, she would be busted for sure.
"Hello...I'm just a technician..Mr Li- Lockwood asked me to go to his office to fix his air purifier" Adrianna spoke. She almost called him using his first name.
"We received no such thing from the maintenance department."
Oh right! A big company like him, of course he has his own maintenance team. Why would he still need her help? She's so stupid! How come she forgot about such thing. However, she was contemplated to leave. She promised him and of course she has to 'fix' his air purifier.
"I'm the friend of Mr Lockwood.."
The secretary suddenly snorted.
"Like he would want to be friend with someone like you" her eyes moved to analyzed Adrianna's way of clothing.
Of course she would be ridiculed because of the eay she dressed. Adrianna wore a casual clothes consisted of her jeans and plain t-shirt. She also wore her sneaker and she looked out of place compared to the secretary.
The secretary was dressed in a maroon pencil skirt paired with white blouse and maroon coat. Her hair was in a neat bun and she wear at least 3cm heels. Adrianna saw her manicured fingers, it was glittered with fake diamond. To make it more 'interesting, she noticed the two of her blouse's top button were open. Giving people a subtle view of her cleavage.
Wow! Is this secretary trying to fish for someone in the company? Who? Couldn't be the CEO himself? What a cliche! if what she's thinking was right then, she believed what the secretary was doing right now is to tell the other females off so that they would not to come to her territory.
Adrianna can't believe she will be caught in such situation. Blame her luck!
"I'm not lying, you can ask him.." she tried to reason with them. She left her phone on the table in his office. Oh Adrianna!
"Mr Lockwood is having a guest. So stop lying"
Of course she knew about that because when she send the warm water that he requested.
He told her to prepare for snack too for his guest. Though she did not see the guest herself but she knew her boss. The person must be important for him to use his private elevator to bring the guest in.
"Yes, I am his guest.."
"Just now you said you're the technician and now you changed it into his guest. I know someone like you. You want to climb your way up by using your pathetic excuse..let me tell you miss...this is not your playground, it's either you left this builidng willingly or the security will throw you out." the secretary was adamant to make her leave.
Adrianna laughed to herself. She wondered where did Liam found someone like her and hired as his secretary. She was rude and acting as if the company belonged to her.
"Look, Miss Harold right? I am not that someone that you think of. You can't judged me solely because of the way I dressed. I could be more than that and you don't even know me"
The secretary was surprised when Adrianna mentioned her last name. How did she knew her last name? But she remained unwavering.
"Security, remove this tramp right now!" she commanded the two security and the men hold onto her arms.
"What are you doing? let me go!" Adrianna was never handled this way, especially by poeple with different gender.
She tried to struggle and as a result she dropped her cap and the secretary used the chance to take off the mask that she's wearing.
Revealed underneath was a face of a gorgeous woman. She seemed familiar and made the secretary feel insecured.
"Throw her out!" she tried to ignore her intuition. Maybe she just resembled someone that she knew.
At the same time, the door of the elevator opened. All three of them was frozen when they saw no other than the CEO himself.
Liam face was black with anger the moment he saw those two securities were manhandling Adrianna.
"Boss...don't worry, the security caught her before she can go to your floor. They will throw her out immediately"
"Who told you to do that?" Liam asked the secreatary.
"W-What do you mean?" she was confused.
"Before I cut your hands for touching her, you better let her go." Liam was fuming with anger. How dare they treated Adrianna this way.
The security guards let Adrianna's hand go and Adrianna sighed in relief.
"Are you okay?" he checked on her. Her wrist were red because she was struggling earlier.
"Miss Harold, you're fired!"
"W-What?" the secretary immediately pleaded.
"I am sorry boss. I don't know she's your guest! I was just doing my job, please give me another chance. I promised this will not happened again."
"You were just doing your job?" he asked.
The secreatary nodded her head, her nose were red and her tears were on her cheeks. Looking pitiful.
"Then, did you asked me whether she's really my guest or not?"
"No I thought--"
"You thought? so it was your assumption all along?" Liam watched everything from his surveilance camera. He was waiting for Adrianna but she was not coming and when he checked the camera, he saw what happened.
He informed the maintenance department to resume the elevator's function and he managed to capture the deragotary words that his secretary said to Adrianna.
He was embarassed since she was humiliated at his own company and as the host he felt responsible for that.
"I'm sorry miss. Please forgive me!" the secretary know Liam wouldn't budged so instead she pleaded to his 'guest'.
Adrianna smiled then she step forward to face the secretary. She bend down to look at the secretary since she was taller than her.
"Miss Harold, let me give you an advice. We as woman, should respect another woman and it was not a nice move to seduce your own boss and acting as if all the female that came to see him is a tramp or unworthy, like I said to you before, I could be more than that." Adrianna whispered and at the same time, her hand moved to button the secretary second button and leave the first one as it is.
The secretary gulped her saliva and she became inferior all of sudden.
"Now you looked much better and professional"
she said and turned to look at Liam.
"Give her another chance, she was just doing her job and it was unintentional. Right?"
"Y-yes!"
Liam sighed then he turned to the security guards. "Go back to your post and you Miss Harold, your salary would be deducted for your presumptuous behavior"
"Yes boss" she nodded her head obediently.
Liam looked at Adrianna and lead her into the elevator once again. Adrianna followed him but she stopped and once again turned to look at the secretary.
"Oh by the way, I forgot to tell you. I'm Adrianna Winters.."
The secretary eyes bulged open. Adrianna Winters? The supermodel? The heiress of Winters Corporation?
"Yes, that one!" she added and smiled at the secretary one last time before she get into the elevator.