Ariena reach Matilda's early then her teammates that day and straight away went to the workshop to finish the pending work. She was feeling so lively and jaunty this morning as all most everyone in the team had finished their final product (dress) and only detailing part where left. They were way ahead of the deadline decided by the higher ups.
When Bruce enter the room the bracing smell of freshly brewed coffee and honeyed pastries greeted his nostrils making his senses revitalize. He was surprised to see Ariena so early in the morning as it was always him who is first to be there.
"Morning Bruce.... " Ariena greeted Bruce in her silvery soft voice as she lift her head from her dress to see him entering the room.
Bruce gave her a big smile while approaching to the place where she was working and said, "Morning our Superstar..... why are you so early this morning and I could feel that you have something nice to share with us... hmm..."
"Oh Bruce... what is it with this Superstar title.. hmph ...I don't like it at all... everything that we have achieved till today is a combined efforts of all of us, you can't give all credit to me okay... if you all not stop mentioning me that, I'll be angry with you all and will never talk..." she puffed her cheeks to show her annoyance while replying to him.
Bruce found all her actions so cute and sweet that he patted her head unconsciously while laughing and said, "Okay, okay.... don't be so grumpy so early in the morning..."
BANG....
They both got startled by the sudden opening of the door with a loud noise.
"Yah.. I got in first...." the excited voice of Lenny was heard, as she squats down to catch some air for her hungry lungs.
Soon Stacey entered the room panting hard and shouted at Lenny, "You little liar, come here you really need a beating first thing in the morning .... you tricked me...."
Bruce was quick to recover from the shock of their stunning entry. He waved his hands to get the attention of two girls as he said, "Morning Lenny.... morning Stacey... Sorry to disappoint you two but Ariena and me are already here ..... so kindly enlighten us why we get the honor of seeing such a loud entry from you two. It seems like a murderer was chasing you, Lenny..." He crossed his hand and lifted his brows up in way that they should start talking and explain their abrupt behavior
"Morning... Hehe.... Sorry Bruce... " Lenny quickly apologies for banging the door, as she continued to explain her actions, "We made a bet while coming to the office that whoever in three of us... " she pointed at the girls, "... will come last will have to treat everyone with coffee and who's first will get one pastry also in addition to the drinks ... hehe... so I just got excited to win that pastry but it seems like I lost to Ariena..... sorry to startle you two... " At the end of her explanation, she hung her head down to show that she was feeling bad for her actions.
Ariena chuckled seeing the cute gestures of Lenny and pointed at the coffee table placed on the side of the room, "No problem Lenny, even if you didn't come first but still you won the pastry and coffee... come on guys I've bought these stuffs for all of you form my favorite Cafe Frosty..... Let's just enjoy it...."
Stacey and Lenny literally run to see what flavor did she got from them, as they were a big fan of the Cafe's pastries. They quickly unboxed everything to see their favorite flavors pastries in the boxes.
"Oh Ariena you are such a wonderful friend... thanks for the treat.. Sorry I'll be starting, as I can't hold any longer, the smell of cake and coffee is pulling me.....Oh Ariena, What's the occasion. " said Lenny as she takes a big bite from her favorite strawberry cheesecake slice.
"You are welcome my friend.. " replied Ariena instantly with a beautiful smile on her face.
"So can you now tell us the reason...."asked Bruce again to Ariena.
"Haha..... Bruce you really are number one gossiper .... as I told you earlier too there's nothing especial, it's just that today I went to the cafe on my way to work where I met my senior from high school who have returned back after a long time from abroad, so when I was ordering the coffee for all of us he added the pastrie to the order and paid the bill saying that my friends are also his. So you can say basically this is his treat to all of us.. " answered Ariena taking a sip from her coffee.
"Oh such a lovely man please pass our sincere thanks to him for his sweet gestures from all of us..." said Lenny while stuffing the last piece of cake in her mouth.
"Yes, I'll surely pass the message to him... " said Ariena smiling, "By the way Bruce I have to inform you that I'll be leaving early today, I've some appointment, and my work is done almost.." then she turned to the girls, " .. if anyone of you need my help, I'm available sweeties.."
Bruce nodded at her without asking further details. Soon the group engulfed themselves in their work after enjoying the cakes and coffee.
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Ariena soon left the Matilda's after receiving message from Evan, informing the time and place, as she needed some time to freshen up and get dressed for the occasion.
When she reached the Johnston's mansion she first inform Ramy about her plan for the dinner and also the place to avoid any situation like the last time. Then she moved to her room to get ready but before that she made sure to plug in her mobile on charging, mumbling to herself, " Ariena dear .. a clever person always learn from his/her mistakes.."
Ariena was too excited to go out and to spend some time with Evan. She had been shuffling all the dresses on her wardrobe from a quiet a long time to decide which one to wear for the night. She didn't want to look too flashy but at the same time she also didn't want to look out of place for the night .
After spending almost an eternity, she decided to wear A-line scoop neck knee length bodycon black colour cocktail dress with an exquisite brooch on its waistline. The dress have an impressive lace work on the neckline and deep V back as it's highlight. She completes her looks by adding a large diamond stud earrings and pulling her hair in a messy bun leaving a few curly strands of hair in the front. She put a light make up highlighting her eyes and luscious lips. "DONE .... looking PERFECT", she complimented herself as she checked herself once more in the large mirror.
She swiftly made her way to the garage, after informing Ramy, to get her Bugatti Veyron as she had spend a lot of time in getting ready for tonight and if she didn't make a move she would be late for the reservation.