"Good, then what time do you want me to pick you up ?" Asher asked. He was really was excited about all of this, he had thought about her for over two weeks straight, and now she was willing to give him a chance.
Birdie thought for a few seconds, going in her mind about all the things she had to do today, "Well, I have a few papers that I need to look at, and then I have an interview after lunch, so I guess that seven is good. Does that work for you ?"
Asher nodded and then dived in for another kiss, but Birdie stopped him.
"What do you think you're doing ?" she asked "You're gonna have to wait for tonight" her tone was playful and Asher found himself not wanting to go.
He managed to control himself, and stood up , "At least a goodbye hug, please ?" he asked with puppy eyes.
Birdie laughed quietly and stood too and hugged him.
Since she was so tiny even though she was wearing heels, her head rested in his chest and he squished her tight against him. He had a hand in her lower back and one in her head. Birdie found herself enjoying his hug too much, It had been a while since she was hugged this lovingly.
Asher stopped holding her so tight and they separated with a longing look in their eyes.
He decided to take the risk and kissed her real quick, and then run for the door. Birdie rolled her eyes "Shameless" she muttered. She realised then that it had been a while since she had felt so happy.
After her encounter with Asher, Birdie's day went fast and she got all her work done, even with some space in her agenda to for lunch to the canteen in her company. All her employees were astound. It was well known that boss didn't even take a break to have lunch and if she did she would working.
She got to the food section and wiped herself a pasta salad and a yogurt with some fruit. As she got her food she didn't know were to seat as she never came here for lunch.
She saw that John and Alice were in a table near the window, so she headed there. When she was close they looked up and their mouths fell off at the sight.
Birdie sat next to John, "Hey, how was your day" she was in chirpy mood after having such a great day. Alice got out of the shock first.
"We are great, and I see you too are right ?" She said with a knowing smile on her face, "Does it have anything to do with the mysterious boy that is in almost in every paper cover you find ?"
Birdie blushed furiously, and tried to cover it unsuccessfully, but tried to denied it, "What are you talking about ?" she said trying to sound natural.
Alice laughed, and John was still in a bit of a daze and anyway didn't understand what they were talking about. They ate their meal a bit fast since Birdie had the interview. John was also going with her as emotional support since Jason would be in a meeting. They left their trays and headed to the door, but Birdie thought it would be rude to go without saying goodbye so she did.
"Have a nice day everyone, you're doing great !" she shouted to the dinning hall. At this all her employees were astounded but answered as enthusiastically, "You too boss !" they said in a choruss.
Birdie made it to her office and took all she needed to go to the interview. This was an interview in one of the most prestigious business programs in the country. And considering that her company was international in some other european countries it was also going to be streamed. The emcee was a well known presenter, Kurtis Halower.
She went in the company car to the interview with John and his assistant. She still needed to find one, she was really picky with who she shared her life with so she had problems for the other assistants that tried to have thee job.
When they got there everyone stared at her like she was some kind of fairy. A lot of people watched the event last night and was already aware of the woman that was going to rise to one of the best businesswoman in the world industry.
Also they thought that the camera had made her smaller than she was, but she indeed was really tiny, but that didn't mean she wasn't imponent. She was also astoundingly beautiful, so she turned a lot of heads when she walked past the people in her heels.
She got to the reception desk, and asked for the set where the program was going to be taking place. The receptionist was a bit slow to come out of her daydreaming at seeing Birdie but successfully pointed them the floor where they had to go up to.
Birdie made it to the set where people was already starting to seat, and went to the backstage to be prepared. The technicians backstage gave her a microphone and really shy smiles, there was even one that asked for her autograph, which she was surprised since she wasn't a celebrity, a just a business person. She did anyhow and then went to where she was supposed to come out when she was introduced to the program.
As she was waiting for the show to begin a good looking man came near her in a suit and looked at her.
"Are you Birdie ? You look like you're seven years old but with a body of a twenty year old" he said, Birdie's face was priceless then, how dare that man say that to her. As she was going to answer him he beat her to it.
"I'm sorry if that got out wrong, I just meant that you look really young, like twenty or something, I imagined you to be more old" he said in an apologetic tone, "I'm Kurtis Halower by the way, Anywho, you're still really pretty"
Birdie didn't know what to say, this man changed his words in a few seconds, she didn't know what to expect from the interview now.