"Finally, you are here, Leigh, I need you to come with me" Sentia said while approaching them. Where they look Confucius.
"What Happen?" it was not Leigh the one who asking that question but Vhaken. He glares at Sentia with questions gaze.
"She need replace Farley on the meeting project today. Because he has an urgent matter to take care of" Sentia explain in one breath, do not wish to have another unnecessaries question.
"That Strange, he never left half of his work" he remarked with astonish on face.
"Oh, do you want to come over?" Sentia roll her eyes, annoyed.
"No, I did not, I have a meeting too" he refuses immediately, he better avoid aa project that look like find the dead end, they will not get the project.
"In that case, get loss!" Sentia said impatiently and then dragged Leigh into her room.
She showed her the data Farley had sent her. Explains what she knows about the project. The rest was left to Leigh. She saw sanction face painted on her face.
"Sentia, you must be joking, I'm new here. And you and Farley entrusted me with this project? What if I destroy it instead? How about Farley's response later?
"You don't have to worry about succeeding or not succeeding. At least you had tried. Now, go to your desk, study the project since we don't have enough time already" Sentia grab half the file on her hand, half again she put on Leigh arm, and then she dragged her again to her desk. So, she can learn the project.
It was afternoon when Leigh arrived at the venue. She is shaking, she walks straight to the elevator, press the floor number she wants to go. With beep sound the elevator door was closed and bring her to the respective floor.
She tried to make herself strong, she closed her eyes to calm her mind. The beep sounded again. She opened her eyes as the elevator doors opened. She steadies herself by taking a deep breath and exhaling "I can do it" he told herself.
With determined steps, she walked out of the elevator into the meeting room which was only three rooms away.
Several men, dressed in neat suits, stood at the front of the room. Talk to each other. Maybe waiting for the meeting time to ring. She wasn't sure about joining them. What should she say, if she approached them, by greeting the word 'Hi, nice to meet you' it looked gloomy and strange.
She decided to enter the meeting room, at least she still had time to arrange what she would say during the presentation. But what appeared before the second the door opened. She froze, just across the door sat the man she knew, whom she hoped never to see again. But fate chose to disappoint her.
They looked at each other for a while, which the man had a big question in his mind "What the hell are you doing here?" it was an obviously annoying question, his forehead furrowed, his mouth opened but no words were heard.
Whereas Leigh had the thought, 'Of course he's here, what did you expect Leigh?' she asked herself, an idiot question that always sprang up at the most unexpected and surprising moments. She averted her eyes by looking for an empty chair for her to sit and immersed her mind for a moment from the shock she felt.
And one by one, the meeting participants entered the room and sat in their chairs with confidence and pride. After all, sit down and get ready to start. It's a shame to have to stop by "Where's Farley from Yannick corporation?" asked a man from the chair across the table, narrowing one eye, curious.
The meeting participants looked around at each other and they also just realized, the person in question was not there, instead they saw a new face and they didn't know it at all, except for 1 person sitting facing the entrance to the room.
The woman sitting next to Leigh, ventured to ask. "Eeh Miss, are you from Yannick corporation?" her voice came out, choked up not sure if she was asking the right thing.
"Hmm yeah" Leigh replied, awkwardly with a stiff smile on her lips as she looked at the woman next to her.
The woman's forehead furrowed deeper "Why are you here, where is Farley?" the one who asked that question was the same man, who first asked where Farley was.
Leigh clasped her palms under the table. 'Why does it feel so heavy, even though the meeting hasn't even started yet' she grumbled with a worried look on her face, but she tried her best not to make it clear in front of everyone in the room.
"He has an urgent matter to dealt with, so he can't be here. He asked me to replace him" she answers as dense and clear as possible. While looking around, swallowed hard, hopefully the answer can be accepted, especially by the project tender bidder who doesn't mind her presence.
"And why you think, are you worthy to replace him here?" asked the same man with a disdainful look. "Looks like you're new to Yannick since I've never seen you, I think, before it's too late, you better get out of this room, rather than ruining this meeting with your stupidity, Apprentice.
The words he spoke stabbed right into Leigh's heart, she knew very well before coming here, something like this would happen and she couldn't avoid it. She had convinced Sentia that she was not worthy to attend top meeting project like this. But all her efforts were lost because Sentia kept pushing her to attend the meeting.
And here she is, in the spotlight of the meeting participants. She saw very clear, disgusting look that was thrown at her, from the man she knew. Not to mention the tender bidder's gaze made her heart tense and tremble even more.
She had not yet answered the question of the man sitting in front of her. In the midst of her panic, another voice sounded "Hey... I think I've seen you, you're a fired employee from Mentay corporation, isn't it Mr Thomson?" at the end of his words he turned his gaze to Thomson with a smirk on his face.
And without delay Thomson immediately replied, "That's right, she is!" a triumphant smile crossed his face, as if he had been looking forward to this moment very much. The moment to knock Leigh down deeper into the abyss of failure.
Before another comment is heard. The firm voice of the bidder said "Miss Leigh, do you think you can replace him and do the presentation of project concept?" his eyes stared intently at Leigh's trembling eyes. But behind the question, she saw the encouragement of confidence that was given to her through the question. He didn't seem too bothered by who was present and do the presentation. The most important thing for him is whether that person has the confidence and brave to attend this meeting.
With such encouragement, it made her heart relax and she loudly answered "Yes, I can"
"Good, now shall we begin?" A proud smile appeared on his face then he looked around the meeting participants, asking sternly. To which he was answered by all the participants with a nod of agreement.