Adriana questions her heart as she hits it hard with her hand. Why did she have to suddenly remember Tim again? She had made it clear but her heart is too in too deep. She believed that they were done but she is still in love with that jerk. 'i can't waste my time on the likes of him. I have to get over him as quick as possible.' She keeps chanting in her mind as she walks behind Damon. That morning she had a hard time preparing for work because her heart ached for Tim. She had thought he would be her last. She thought she was done searching but it wasn't that.
Still, she keeps thinking and without realizing it she bumps her head on Damon's back. She places her palm on her forehead as she tries to fight back tears. 'come on. Not now. I can't cry here. Fuck... I thought I was over him.' Adriana keeps thinking without realizing that Damon is busy watching the bitter expression on her face.
"Miss Maya.. Is something the matter?" He says and Adriana unknowingly gives a wrong answer.
"It's Tim and I don't know..." Adriana starts blabbering but the moment she raises her head she realizes that it was her boss was standing before her. "Uhmm... I.... I'm sorry sir. Please don't mind what I said. I was... I was lost in thoughts." Adriana explains.
"Thoughts about Tim?" Damon says totally shocking Adriana to the ground. Her eyes widens and she stares at Damon with a wild expression. Damon adverts his gaze and place his hands in his pockets.
'What more did I say to him?' She wonders in her head. "We will proceed to the new branch that just opened. Let's go now." Damon says and he gives her a mischievous smile as he turns around. He wants to tease her more but time is money. The ride to the new branch was silent and Adriana didn't dare to start a conversation nor look up or gaze around. Upon arrival, Adriana comes out of the car and Damon's driver attends to opening Damon's door for him. As usual, Damon leads and Adriana follows behind him.
"Good afternoon sir." The newly appointed workers greets him respectfully and he replies with either a single nod or a wave.
He takes Adriana to the new production room where dozens of clothes where. A woman comes out from another door in the room. She quickly approaches Damon and smiles brightly.
"Mr Damon! I'm so happy to see you sir!" She says.
"Good afternoon Clara." He says and Adriana takes the chance and greets her.
"Sir, please check our new designs." She says totally ignoring Adriana's greetings. Damon looks over his shoulder at Adriana.
"Miss Maya, could you go check out a few designs that suit your taste and anything you think the customers would find pleasing.
"Oh.. okay sir." Adriana says as she proceeds to doing what he asks. She checks the clothes and they all seem to be master pieces. Except for some that looks forged like a familiar design from a different brand. She picks those to the other side and picks a few ones and approaches Damon.
"Here are we some designs that I find worthy to be displayed on the front pages of magazines." Adriana says and the way she puts her words makes Damon smile brightly.
"Are you sure we can make it to the front pages with this one's you picked?" Damon says and Adriana gives him an assuring nod.
"Alright then. Clara get the sizes of Miss Maya for this dresses. I'll like to see her on it." Damon says as he assess her from head to toe. Adriana blinks profusely. She was too surprised to even talk.
"Boss, I can't. I mean... I have a bad figure! I will ruin the beautiful dress with my awful figure." Adriana says.
"Oh no... I thought you said our clothes are beautiful enough to make it to the front pages. I thought such clothes would look good on the ugliest person. But you have a wonderful figure. A very beautiful face too." Damon says and his remarks pleased Adriana's heart. He grabs her shoulders and leads her to Clara's side.
"Get her dressed up." Damon orders and Clara leads her to the to the fitting room.
She walks behind Clara and Damon smiles in victory. He sits on a nearby couch and opens the iPad and views the clothes that were registered for the fashion week magazine. He decides to change a few things according to Adriana's taste. He checks the updates his designers has sent him and makes new changes and expressed his new designs.
"Uhmm... Sir Damon." Adriana says as she walks out the fitting room for him to get a better view. Damon's eyes was stuck on her body. 'how could she say she has a terrible figure when she looks almost perfect?' Damon says in his mind.
"I'm not sure if this suits your taste..." Adriana says but Damon cuts in.
"It's so beautiful on you. This surely deserves to be rewarded with a chance to be displayed on the front pages of magazines. Try on a few clothes." Damon say with the kind of expression that reads 'why are you so sexy?'
Adriana nods positively and walks back into the fitting room. Damon adjust his tie and clears his throat. She comes out a few more times and Damon appreciates how beautiful her body made the clothes look. But the last dress she puts on gets him off his feet. He walks towards her and takes her left hand in his and twirls her around. He smiles brightly and let's her hand go. "Pack those dresses for Miss Adriana." He says and Adriana's mouth widens in shock. She wants to reject his offer but Damon didn't give her a chance to reject his offer. They proceed out but a familiar voice calls out for Damon.
"Wait up sir!" Adriana recognizes the voice instantly and decides not to look around so as not to hurt her feelings. Damon looks back and sees a young guy approaching him. "Do you need something Mr what again?" Damon asks and Tim smiles brightly.
"No sir. Just call me Tim. I'm just a coworker here sir." Tim says.
"I just want to appreciate your continous help sir." He says.
"It's fine. As you can see I am in a hurry so let's talk next time. Let's go Miss Adriana." Damon says and Tim looks over Damon's shoulder and noticed that the lady standing behind Damon looks familiar.
"Is that you Ady? Wow, I never knew you could have the guts to follow me around. I thought you said it was over. Don't lie and say you came to shop." Tim says and Damon looks at Adriana who still refuses to turn around. Then he remembers about how she spoke about a guy named Tim. 'could this be the Tim she meant?' Damon thinks in his mind.
"You should respect Miss Adriana. You should know better that you should respect the head manager of the new branch." Damon says and Adriana turns around abruptly. "Head what?!" She says shockingly.
"Let's leave now Miss Adriana. We have a lot to do." He says and Adriana hurriedly follows behind him.