Ariena sprinted towards her car with puffed cheeks. Her mood was so turned off with the interaction between her and Britney, she really hate these kind of elites who only get pleasure in degrading others and making other feel inferior to them.
"Aaggh..." she shouted as she made herself comfortable in her darling car, "She spoiled my mood, I want to kill her...". After blowing out some air she felt relax and give a flying kiss to her car while saying, " Only you know how to make me happy, darling let just share this news with other, participation in CINA is the best thing I can ask for... hehe... " she giggled.
After taking out her cell phone the first person that come to her mind was Andrew and without wasting a single second she dialed his number. After few ring the call was cut. But she was so excited that without considering the fact that he can be busy she redialled again . This time the call was send to automated voicemail.
She got disappointed and pouted and said , "Why are you not answering my call, it's urgent..." Suddenly she looked at her watch and thought to call Ron , Andrew's assistant, and ask for his schedule, as there was still time for her to report to Matilda's so she can go and share her joy with him.
Smiling happily she searched Ron number on her phone and made the call, "Hey Ron, it's Ariena here..."
"Good morning Madam, how can I help you..?"came the answer from the other side.
"Ron , I want to know if there's a chance I can see Andrew for few minutes, it just happened that I want to have something to discuss with him..." she asked softly and politely.
"Let me check with the president Madam as right now he is busy in signing some important papers..."Ron replied to her.
She immediately answer him, "Sure, Ron please don't disconnect the call and I insist you to take your phone with you. If he says yes I want to talk to him immediately, don't worry I'll hold the line ,so please..." she pleaded so cutely like a small girl, that Ron didn't have the heart to say no to her request.
"Okay, I'll do as you say Madam, you sound too excited, it seems like something wonderful have happened to you... it's lovely to see you like this Madam..." he said after hearing her making so childish request.
"Thank you Ron...and yes right now I'm very happy..... hehehe" she verbalized her feeling without any restrictions.
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As she had requested, Ron knocked at the door for three time and entered the president's office with his phone still connected. He bowed slightly when he saw Andrew over the call and thought to himself, 'Oh my I think it's a bad timing'. Andrew jested him to speak up by raising his eyes from the papers he was signing, while listening to the person on other side.
Ron instantly asked in a soft voice, "Sir, Madam just called and asked if you could spare some time from your schedule, as she had have something to discuss with you..." He really wished that Andrew accept her call but soon it become his wishful thinking.
"Tell her if nothing is urgent, then I'll give her call in the afternoon, right now it's not possible I'm busy... you can go now..." Andrew replied without considering it twice. He put his pen down and turned around his chair to look out from the large glass wall behind him and continued with his call, "No Leora, you don't have to pick me up as it will be late when I get there, I'll directly come to your place....."
Ron tried his best to go out of the office as fast as he can, so that Ariena couldn't be able to listen to the conversation of the president on phone, but he can't help it as he can't jog out of the room and act all suspicious.
How much he wished that he didn't have listen to the Madam request. He sighed loudly once he was out of the office and put his phone on his ears, "Madam..."
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Ariena was too excited to share her accomplishment with him. Right now she only wanted to talk to him. She wanted to tell him first. She was imagining different scenarios, how to deliver her good news.
But she was jolted back to reality when she heard the words exchanged between Ron and Andrew and also Andrew words on his call.
'So he is busy with the most important person in his life right now...', this thought was piercing hard on her chest, 'After these long three years too nothing has changed,she still has to wait for her turn. But this is what they agreed to, then why did it hurt her so much....'
"Madam... Ariena are you there ?"Ron voice broke the train of her thoughts. His words bring her back from her Dreamland.
"Yes Ron, ...thank you so much for trying. It's nothing important so you don't worry. Tell Andrew I'll discuss with him after he returned back from his trip.. okay.. He always has so much on his plates I should have considered that fact. Sorry I acted on my impulse and bothered you.. hehe..." she replied immediately covering her disappointment with a fake laugh and to erase the awkwardness that had have build up right now.
"Ah Ron, just to know the point to contact in case I didn't get through him when he's gone, who is going with him this time.."she asked some random questions just to ease the pressure.
"Ms. Nancy will be accompanying him Madam, I'll send you all the details of the hotel as well as of Nancy very soon ...." reported Ron.
"Okay ... and thanks for today.. have a great day.. bye .." she cut the line straight away.
Ron sighed looking at his phone, thinking about this complicated situation. He was not only an assistant to Andrew but also a brotherly figure to him. Andrew treated him like a family and always discuss his personal problems and secrets with him.
Ron also knows about the contract between Ariena and Andrew so he always has a soft corner for the little girl.He always treated her like his little sister as the girl was really too pure and naive to understand the cruelty of the society.
He felt really bad for her, she sounded so excited when she called him earlier but soon all her hopes were grounded down.
But he truly admired her strength to deal with the situation just on. She acted so bravely and even tried to change the awkward situation by asking a nonsense questions to him.
"She had now grown up into a whip-smart, brainy beautiful lady in these past years..", he smiled proudly while mumbling to himself and left for his office to continue with his work.
He better be fast if he wished to return home tonight as a lot has piled up on his desk as Andrew will be away for a quiet a few days.
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Ariena looked at her cellphone for few seconds then placed it back in her bag. She shrugged the heaviness that had built in her heart aside and started the engine to go ....