It was around 8am when Tiara got to the LOVE GROCERY SHOP, her work place. She slowly pushed the door half opened and peaked through, meeting the gaze of her coworker and best friend, Fabulous.
"Hurry in..." she whispered, gesturing Tiara in as she took glances at Lora, the shop owner.
She slowly opened the door wider as she sneaked in.
"You're late Tiara." a voice hit her.
She slowly stood upright, smiling sheepishly.
"I'm sorry ma'am, I got caught up in something. But I promise, it won't happen again." she hastily answered.
Lora stared at her keenly for a while and gestured her to go over to the counter to join her friend.
"Thank you ma'am.." she replied with a slight bow and joined Fabulous behind the counter.
"So....what happened superstar? Why were you late?"
"I wouldn't have been late if you had called me you dump head." she mumbled as she dropped her bag under the counter, picking up an apron.
"oh? So it's my fault now?" queried Fabulous with a chuckle.
"Need I tell you? I wouldn't get anywhere talking to a dump head like you. I'm off to work." she mumbled wittily as she strolled over to the shelves to dust off the groceries.
"Make them sparkle like gold.." exclaimed Fabulous after her, giggling.
"Yeah right Fabulous, as if you can do better." she replied with a sigh.
"Yeah.., yeah... all praises to you our godmother." muttered Fabulous sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Knock it off already Fabulous.." she mumbled, faking up a serious face and they both roared into laughter.
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RICHARDSON INDUSTRIES
"Good morning sir." uttered Chelsey, Andy's secretary as he stepped into the company.
"Good morning Chelsey, any news from our investors?"
"Not yet sir but you have some documents on your desk that needs your signature."
"Okay Chelsey, I will have them done immediately. Anyway, are all the workers in?"
"Yes sir..."
"Okay, have them meet me up in the board room for an emergency meeting." muttered Andy as he sauntered towards the meeting room.
"Okay sir.." she answered and strolled off.
Within few minutes, all the workers gathered up in the meeting room with his secretary sitting beside him.
"Good morning to you all. I called you all here for an emergency meeting to discuss on how to increase productivity since our products are on high demands in the market. I will have Miss Chelsey conduct the presentation. Miss Chelsey, pleases...." He uttered, gesturing her to come infront for the presentation.
All the workers applauded as she took her stand infront.
"Good morning..., so this is the strategic measures to consider....." she muttered, discussing on measures to consider which will assist in productivity and other trivial matters.
After about 2hours, the meeting was finally adjourned. Andy strolled out of the office, followed by his secretary.
"Would you need anything sir..?" she questioned as he slowly pushed his office door opened midway.
"No Chelsey. For now, you can go. I will call you if I need anything."
"Okay sir..." she responded and trod back to her post.
Andy crept into his office and slammed himself in the chair, feeling quiet exhausted. Since he was the only son of the RICHARDSON FAMILY, all the company's duties and responsibilities rested on his shoulder.
He slowly reached out for the documents on the table to work on them. Just as he flipped the document opened, he suddenly stopped with a flashback of his encounter with Tiara hitting him up.
"Those eyes....they were so bright and beautiful. It was like they were telling me something." he mumbled to himself.
"Who is she and where is she from?" he queried, lost in thoughts.
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It was a very long and tedious day, Tiara and Fabulous stood at the bus stop in wait for the bus.
"When is this bus going to come?" mumbled Fabulous as she glanced at the road expectantly.
"Chill Fabulous, it will soon be here. It's just 7:50pm. I heard it normally gets here around 8pm." commented Tiara as she went through her bag. Suddenly, she noticed that her pass card for the bus has gone missen.
"Oh?, my pass card." she exclaimed.
"What happened to it?" queried Fabulous indifferently.
"I don't...." she mumbled but suddenly stop, flashback of her colliding with Andy earlier in the day striking her.
"Oh great...." she sighed.
"What's great about this?" queried Fabulous, puzzled.
Tiara turned to her and smiled sheepishly.
"Fabulous, can you pay for me until I get back my pass card?"she queried.
" Sure but you know what I want."
"Sure, I will complete the assignment for you today."
"Great, way to go." she mumbled and they both giggled. Just then, the bus pulled up infront of them.
"Let's get going Tiara, I'm so exhausted." muttered Fabulous as she glided into the bus.
"This is so you, Fabulous." chuckled Tiara, slightly shaking her head as she followed after her.