Saff's lips curved into a smile as his face shows utter astonishment towards the incredible singing voice of the woman in front of him, right now with her beautiful face, she looks nothing less to an angel that seems to be touching his very soul.
While Emy couldn't see everyone's reaction as she keeps her eyes closed to not let herself get distracted, she only hope in her mind that she is doing it right, good thing she had memorized the lyrics and the tune of the whole song when she had reviewed it last night.
'Who could have thought that our boy right here had found a woman who is precious as a pearl' Taylor thought in his mind.
The sound of the piano slowly fades at Emy's ears as the end of the song approaches, and when it is fully done, Emy's eyes slowly open to peek on Saff. Her face holds a questioning look as if asking him 'did we make it?'for her to received a reassuring smile from him.
Both of them walk out of the recording studio to go towards the audio workstation where the others are, Emy heard the production staff's murmuring voices as they looked at her, and for a second it made her think that she had messed up the moment, Until hearing Taylor speaks,
"That was amazing Manager Emy! I didn't know you are a talented singer!" his face still shows astonishment, and right now his respect increased even more to the manager.
The producers are both smiling at her when she hears the other one says "In this case, we don't have to have a major adjustment as your part was delivered almost perfectly and it really compliments Saff's part of the song, we just need to focus only on mixing with sound effects and mastering the song before the final release, but we need to make sure that the chosen female artist who will be doing your part will be able to follow what you had set today for the official recording of the song"
"And what if the artist can't do it?" Saff who stood behind Emy, immediately asked as he doubts that there is someone who would be able to match Emy's voice.
"Then I'm afraid we will be expecting more adjustments here, and we might not be able to meet our deadline" the producer answered.
"Don't worry I'll handle it, besides these female artists on my list are all from the top chart, I'll just need to choose carefully from them" Emy answered referring to her list which she is holding by now as they talk.
When they are done with the demo record, the two Idols went back to their executive suite as well as Emy to her office desk, leaving the producers at the recording studio to brainstorm on the mixing part of the song.
Emy started filtering her list by checking the background of the female artist one by one, making her list shorter now as she had reduced it from fifteen artists down to only three of them left.
It was already six in the evening when Emy finalized the list, while Manager Kate and Manager Anne had already went ahead, leaving only her and Manager Tim at their office.
"Do you need any help Manager Emy?"
"Oh! Its fine Manager Tim, I'll just need to call for an appointment" Emy said as she stood from her desk going towards the receiving area to make a call.
"Alright I'll just wait for you here" Manager Tim said as he smiles at her, but Emy didn't pay much attention as to what he would be waiting there for.
Instead, Emy proceeded to calling the manager of the female artist who is on top of her list to make an appointment for a meeting tomorrow.
"Thank you so much Manager Lyn, I hope to have an agreement with your agency tomorrow, see you at eight in the morning then" Emy said to the manager on the other line before ending the call.
Turning her head to the side, Emy was a little bit startled as she saw Manager Tim sitting on the front of his desk, smiling while staring back at her.
"I thought you already left?" Emy said while walking back to her desk.
"Hmm...I don't want to just leave you alone here so I thought to wait for you and maybe give you a ride, if you don't mind?" Manager Tim politely offered.
Looking at her wrist watch, Emy thought that it's a little late to ride a bus at this rush hour, besides it would be rude of her to disregard his effort on waiting for her now, so she decided to accept his offer.
The both of them head out of their office and walk together passing through the glass exit door only to see a black sports car parked at the front of the company building not far from the main gate, wherein a young man stood leaning his back against the passenger door's side of the car.
"Saff, why aren't you leaving yet?" Emy asked a bit worried, her hazel eyes looking directly at his brown ones who are staring back at hers.
"Are you waiting for someone? I believe the other Idols already went ahead" Manager Tim politely said for Saff's gaze to shift from Emy to Manager Tim upon hearing the Managers spoke.
"Hmmm…" Saff answered in a hum while he nods at him, arms crossed at his chest as his back leaned against his car.
Saff then continue to speak "Going home with my manager?" he asked deadpanned, shifting his gaze from Manager Tim to Emy and then back at him.
"Ah yes, we were the only ones left at the office so I thought to just wait for Manager Emy and offer her a ride home" Manager Tim answered politely.
"Of course, being a gentle man you are as always" Saff stated, his head slightly tilt, that made the smile in Manager Tim's face to slowly fades away as he felt something is taunting behind Saff's words.
Emy feeling the air between the three of them now gets a little awkward as she notice Saff's sarcasm, she then says "Hmm…why don't you get the car Manager Tim and I'll just wait for you here at the main gate" Emy politely said smiling at the manager who nods back at her.
When Manager Tim walks away from them, Emy continue to speak at Saff "What was that about? He is just being nice" her eyebrows knitted.
"And what was that about? When I thought that we had already talked about this?" Saff retorted with his stern face, his body not moving from his current position.
"It's already rush hour and I thought his offer will be more convenient than riding a bus, I didn't know that you're waiting here?"
"Of course, I wouldn't spoil my own surprise now, would I? Only, it seems that I was the one who got surprised"
"But still I didn't know, Saff. You should have texted me earlier to ask if I had other plans so you wouldn't have to wait for me here" Emy said still insisting her stand about the situation.
Saff deeply sighed as he lightly nods at her words and he understood where Emy's point is coming from, but then seeing him with another man and the thought that someone else will send her home, makes his heart ache.
Emy continue to speak "I told you, I'm still on the process of sorting my feelings out…Don't make it more complicated for me than it already is" her voice low and a bit melancholy.
There was a short silence between them, it took seconds before Saff speaks again "I apologize that my concerns put you in a complicated situation…but I hope when you're done sorting your feelings, you will also realize and start to consider my feelings as well" his words solemn as he stared at her with melancholic eyes.
"Are you regretting it now?" Emy asked as she remembered his philosophical thought about apologizing.
"I regret having this first quarrel with you, when I had expected to celebrate this day as I thought we did an excellent duet earlier"
Emy was taken aback hearing his words, she felt a little guilty with how she had behaved in front of him, but then it was too late to take back her words now as they heard a car slowly approaching their spot.
Saff continue to say "I'll go ahead, take care on your way home, Emy" and without waiting for her to say something, Saff already turned on his heel and walked out in front of her.
Not wanting to see her get inside another man's car, Saff got inside his car first without looking back at her and went ahead, leaving Emy standing there as she watched his car leave until it was completely out of her sight, without realizing that Manager Tim has been there waiting for her to get inside his car, just observing her.