"You sure take your time."
A familiar voice finally snapped Aaron out of his trance and successfully rescued him from his self-proclaimed awkward predicament. Turning his head to the source of the voice, he can't help flashing a mocking smirk before retorting lazily, "Can't blame me. I didn't pray for a traffic jam on my way here."
Devon only let out a short scoff before taking off in the direction of the elevator. Seeing that he's about to be left behind, Aaron caught up to him with his long legs. As he made his way to Devon, he still takes some time to assess one particular side of the wall. At this moment, his mood suddenly softened and he can't help but tease the guy who's walking one step ahead of him. "I didn't know you care so deeply about me. You even put up a good photo of me on the wall~"
One has to know. Devon only takes ugly shots of him back then.
While Devon only replied with a 'heh', the receptionist lady who has been paying attention to Aaron was dumbstruck. She has been working here for a few months but she has never seen her husband's (self-proclaimed) face on those photos on the wall. Or else she would have noticed it. With such high face value, it's impossible to miss or not remember it.
As the two figures entered the elevator, she stood up hastily and went to examine the photo he mentioned on the wall. Their company has set up one side of the wall in the office to paste anything they like on it. Some put up a cute drawing on a post-it note. Some wrote motivational words on a card. Some would paste their company dinner or get-together activity photos. Only their boss Devon has never pasted anything on the wall up until four months ago. But that detail was not known to the receptionist lady as she just started working in the company three months ago.
As expected, she didn't see Aaron's face on any of the photos on the wall. There's only one photo with a clear shot of her boss Devon out of these employees' gathering photos. While in every other shot, most of his face wasn't in the frame or a little blurry, this particular photo is very eye-catching. It was a photo of him and another woman.
She was a very beautiful noble-looking woman. She had both arms hugging her boss's Devon's waist as she rests her head on his shoulder and flashes a very beautiful unrestrained smile towards the camera. The receptionist lady can't help but stare at the photo for a long time. She can't help praising the beauty of the woman in the photo. After a long time, she let out a sigh of dejection. Her hope to look more at that heavenly angelic face was doused in that instant.
*****
In a newly decorated restaurant somewhere in the middle of X City, Edgar was sitting in the corner while skimming through the paper in his hand. The young girl sitting opposite him can't help but bit her lower lip out of nervousness. At times she would rub her hands on her jeans to wipe off the cold sweat she sweated for the past ten minutes.
Some of the applicants would be interviewed pretty quickly while occasionally this kind of peculiar long, silent interview would happen. The girl doesn't know whether her condition right now is a good or a bad thing.
( ╥ω╥ )
She remembered the recruitment ad was for a post as a server. But why did she have a feeling as if this is some kind of corporate management position interview...
The salary offered in the ad was higher than the average market rate. It was only fitting that a lot would come for the open interview. No experience, no related background to the food and beverage industry. Yet, to survive, she forces herself to come and try her luck.
After graduating, she has been having trouble looking for a job. Her decision to pursue art backfired on her due to the heavy competition in the industry and her mediocre talent. Not wanting to return to her hometown in B state and receive her parent's scolding, she spends days and nights submitting her resume to various companies. Not caring what the post was for nor the salary rate.
She's desperate. As long as they provide accommodation and meals, she's more than willing! At this rate, beggars can't be choosers. It just so happens that this restaurant provides accommodations, meals, and a good salary at the same time.
This is her last effort. Today is the last day of her agreement with her parents. If she can't find any work here in X City by today, her parents will personally pick her up and drag her back to B State. Even if she has to roll around on the ground and cry her eyes out, she'll do it! She'll beg this boss to hire her!
At this time, the wind chime rang with a ding-a-ling. Signaling that somebody has opened the door to the restaurant. Two different male voice was heard soon after. Bantering. All eyes finally shifted to the source. Including the girl and Edgar's. Two figures leisurely entered the establishment. One of them was so tall that the other guy has to crane his neck to look up at him.
At this time, the nervousness that the girl had was replaced with a loud Doki-Doki thumping of her heart. The tall guy in a white sweatshirt and jeans doesn't look much older than her while the shorter guy in a suit looks so cute but carried an arrogant and mature aura in him. Looking at the cute short guy making disdainful faces while the tall handsome guy grin from ear to ear is seriously making the girl feel like a cat has scratched her heart.
This...this...
"You're here." The boss sitting before the girl finally uttered something after a long silence. The voice was so deep and alluring that the girl, who was currently sitting closest to him, felt the hair in her arms rose from the impact.
Turning her head to look at the boss, she finally got to see a clear view of the boss. She has been waiting in this restaurant for more than two hours. But never once has she seen the boss smile. Her evaluation of the boss was S rank before, but now that she saw him smile and heard his voice, she upgraded the boss to SSS rank.
"Sorry, sorry. I overslept." Another ear-orgasmic voice sounded by the girl's ear. She whips her head to find the source and was greeted by another SSS rank of a man. The voice belongs to the tall man in a white sweatshirt who walked in just now. Right now he was already standing by their table and is looking at the boss with an apologetic, teasing smile with his hands put together right under his chin. Emphasizing his repentance.