Alex and Isabella took a walk to the nearest café. Many questions crossed her mind as she tried to stay calm.
'Does he think I'm some kind of weirdo?'
'If he asks me why I behaved like that what am I going to tell him?'
'DO I LOOK GOOD THOUGH!?'
Her pace got slower from all the thinking. Alex noticed it and asked, "Are you okay with it?"
Isabella looked up, she had no clue why he asked that.
Alex: I meant, are you ok with having a cup of coffee with me? You know...we just met.
Isabella: Oh.. no no, it's fine. I'm okay with it.
He decided to make a small talk to lighten up the mood, "So, why were you in the company? Are you a new employee?"
Isabella thought, 'Well, you must not know who I really am'.
Isabella: I'm just here to visit Mr.Shephard on behalf of my sister.
Alex: Oh yes, Peter told me, you're Emilia Love's sister.
Isabella: Yeah...
Alex: Do you work under Miss Love?
Isabella: Not really, I just pass her messages sometimes, you know like a messenger. I work in a simple company, not that big fan of high society.
Alex: I see. Well, I know someone who's a huge fan of Emilia Love.
Isabella: Really?
Alex: Yeah, she is going to interview her.
Isabella: Miss Anderson? Wow, she is lucky then. Not everyone can meet their favorites.
Alex: Yeah, indeed, she is lucky.
Isabella observed Alex's face for a while, "Is she your ex girlfriend?"
Alex looked at her in surprise, 'How did she know?'
Isabella: Sorry If I'm too upfront... I just guessed seeing your expression.
Alex: it's alright.
Alex avoided her question, "So, we are here".
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"How long has it been since he left?",Cindy leaned on her chair, her pen resting on her lips.
Even though she has a lot of pending works left from today, she decided to take a break.
(More like she is curious about Alex.
Cindy: No I'm not.)
Cindy abruptly bent on her table, "What time is it?"
Cindy: It's been just 5 minutes!? Well, it's been 5 minutes since I got here, not 5 minutes since he left.
Alan: HELLO MISS CINDY!
Cindy almost lost her balance when he appeared out of nowhere, "WHY WOULD YOU—BOSS! I'M SO SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SHOUT AT YOU!"
Alan:pfft, you got it wrong again.
Cindy scratched her head from embarrassment, "Hello Mr.Shephard... how long have you been standing here?"
Alan: Since the time you've been wondering about where Alex went.
'Why didn't I notice him?', Cindy tried to play it cool.
Cindy: He isn't in the office?
Alan: Oh stop acting cool. It doesn't work on me.
Cindy's face turned red, "Well... I had some work with him... it's nothing serious..."
Alan: Miss Cindy, you might not know but I'm a psychiatrist. I have a PhD in Psychology. You think you can hide from me?
Cindy: That's so cool! When I was young I wanted to be a psychiatrist as well.
Alan: -_-
Cindy: ...
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