The day before their weekend outing, Mirae was, as usual, working in the café when she saw someone familiar enter the café. She widened her eyes in surprise and waved back when the man waved at her.
Walking over to the man who had arrived, Mirae asked "What brings you here, Mr. James?"
She hadn't shared her café location after the place had changed so Mirae was really surprised to see him here. Especially on a tiring day like this.
James struggled to find directions for Mirae's café. Although, he was using a GPS, he just felt that he was just going through circles and circles.
Since, Mirae hadn't shared with him her new café's location, James had to search up on the internet and when the internet was showing the old location, he had to check up on the café's social media.
Ahh! He felt like a mess trying to find the correct route and everything to her café and he was also afraid that… by the time, he reaches, Mirae would have already gone but he was happy when he saw her in here.
"I... just came."
James nonchalantly answered and sat on one of the chairs of an empty table. Mirae followed after him and gave a smile "Would you like to order something?" She asked while looking down in her tablet because she knew that if she was to see him, she would get distracted.
James looked here and there. He noticed that the café was now almost empty. So, he shook his head and asked "When are you going home?"
Mirae looked at him with a puzzled reaction and James elaborated his statement "I would like to talk to you in private, Mirae and let's talk when you are done with your work."
Mirae noticed the serious look on his face and her heart went Ba-Dump, Ba-Dump... 'Okay! So, this is f*cking distracting!' Mirae thought in her mind and asked herself again 'What does he want to ask me?'
Her mind began to drift with one and only one question – A PROPOSAL???
Mirae screamed inwardly as she realized that this could be the possible reason as to why James had come here out of nowhere and also the reason why he wished to talk with her in private after she was done with work. She inwardly kept on patting her cheeks trying to calm herself.
'Could it actually be a proposal? Is he going to propose me? But my dress?....' Muddling up her mind with various questions, Mirae stood rooted in her place. She was so lost in her world that she hadn't even realized that her manager was calling her.
"Mirae? Mirae?" She came out of her reverie when James pulled her by her hand.
Soon enough, Mirae broke out of her trance and looked at James who was looking at her worried.
"Hehehehe!!!" She gave a stupid laugh and rushed towards the manager.
And all until the manager's speech was completed, Mirae was again lost in her dreams.
'Will he really propose me?' In the midst of her dreaming, Mirae kept her hand on her chest and began to giggle out loud. She was imagining James proposing her and herself saying yes to his proposal.
"It feels amazing!" Mirae giggled again not realizing that she was speaking out loud.
Her manager heard her and began fuming with anger. He walked closer to her and asked with a loud yell "CAN I KNOW WHAT FEELS AMAZING, MISS MIRAE?"
Hearing her manager's loud humongous voice, Mirae instantly came to a realization that she was dreaming. Her smile dropped low and she looked at the manager surprisingly and he gave a suppressed smile.
"Can you tell me what I told just now, Miss Mirae?" He tauntingly asked her and Mirae shook her head.
After knowing that Mirae hadn't even heard a single word from his orders, the manager's anger instantly rose up to the next level. "I was just blabbering here non-stop for nothing. You see, Miss Mirae.... I WAS F*CKING SPEAKING RUBBISH OVER HERE FOR THE PAST EIGHT MINUTES AND ALL YOU WERE DOING WAS DREAMING??? Do you even realize how hectic things are?" He again screamed and slammed the papers on the table.
Mirae flinched upon her manager's loud and harsh words. She lowered her head and bowed down while apologizing.
"I don't need your apology and I also don't need slow workers like you." The manager was very much angry and his anger reached its maximum peak when he saw her apologizing.
And he said "YOU ARE FIRED, MISS MIRAE! Grab your things and leave! THIS INSTANT!!!"