'Another day, another drama' Belle thought to herself and walked forward only to be greeted by an unpleasant guest....
There was a woman on her early 50s wearing a green knee length tight-body hugging dress with sleeves till her wrists with a boat neck. She was a woman in the shade of light brown with large eyes.
Catherine Crimson, mother of Alan, second wife of Uncle Liam and step mother of Lee. She was talking to a man whose back was facing Belle and Belle instantly knew it was Alan.
Without thinking much Belle entered the company, ignoring the fact that two well-known people were standing in a close distance. Belle greeted the receptionist,
"Good morning, Miss. Pearson!" the receptionist spoke as though she was truly happy to see Belle once again after she went against Drusilla.
"Good morning! I see that the employees of Crimson Kings are fast learners!" Belle said with an enchanting smile and the receptionist was amused with her smile.
Belle didn't have the perfect teeth. Her front right tooth overlapped the left one slightly giving her a bunny look whenever she smiled. The receptionist seemed to like her smile!
"May I know who do you want to meet Miss Pearson?" the receptionist kindly asked with a bright smile on her face
"Oh, please! Call me Belle. Miss Pearson sounds kinda old" the receptionist and Belle both laughed at Belle's sentence.
"I'm here to meet Mr. Lee-" before the receptionist could answer Belle's question, a voice came from behind Belle.
"Well, I see someone who forget about me for 10 years is now eager to meet me!"
Belle turned around and her intuition was right- it was Lee.
"Well, Mr. Lee, be glad that I came to meet you atleast after 10 years. You know that it's really hard to get my appointment. And who would save you and your company from crisis now?" Belle said after which Lee pulled Belle into a warm hug.
Now that Lee and Belle were clear with their questions,they had nothing to stop for. Lee wouldn't admit it in front of Belle, but he did miss her a lot. He now wanted to cherish the time she was with them.
What they didn't know was two people were listening to their conversation from the beginning. It was Alan and his dear mother Catherine. They had their eyes on Belle from the moment she walked into the company because everyone suddenly started looking at Belle because of what happened the previous time Belle was here. Lee and Belle couldn't see it because they were facing away from the workers and they only could see the receptionist.
Catherine decided to go and greet the woman everyone were now admiring and dragged her son with him.
She went and stood in front of Lee and Belle who just broke their hug.
"Good morning, I'm Catherine Crimson. Mother of Alan and Lee and wife of Liam Crimson." Catherine said with elegance and proudness in her tone and way if speaking.
"Morning! I'm Belle Pearson. The current lawyer dealing with the current crisis going on in the company." Belle said.
"Belle....I think I heard that name somewhere..." Catherine said trying to recollect something.
"I didn't think you'd forget me so easily Mrs. Crimson...."