"Little less bitter? Seriously? Pffttt…..!" Laughed Leon Jiu when they were inside the elevator.
"Did I sound cool?" Turning to face the two men, Lina asked excitedly.
"Absolutely Young Miss!" Derek nodded with admiration and Leon just rolled his eyes.
"It sounded like some cliched dialog from a daily soap." Leon said while shaking his head.
"Errrr..!" Lina made a wrong answer buzzer sound.
"Wrong. It's from a novel that I read, but in that the leading lady shoves an entire birthday cake into her rival's face. But that would have been inappropriate for work, so I did not do that." She answered in full seriousness.
'So you would shove a cake in her face if you were off work?' Leon just imagined that scenario and laughed.
The elevator dinged indicating that they had reached their floor. They walked with the boxes to her office with everyone staring at them.
After closing the door, Lina saw Leon's stunned face as he turned around to observe her office.
