The tall figure before her looked her up and down, waiting for some sort of continuation. She needed to come straight out and apologize, or...
"There must be cameras around here, is that not right? I know this is a prank to test my patience." He muttered to himself. The way that lady glared at him irked him so much! She scared him in a way, even though he was mostly annoyed. "Do you have any idea what you've just done?"
"Yes actually, I do." The lady said with pride. "I've just corrected a grown adult who doesn't know how to respect his elders. You're welcome."
Now his face was starting to flush with anger. "You fool. You even dared touch me! I promise you'll pay for this act of stupidity, I promise you that. With this foolish pride of yours, do tell me your name. I will see to it that your image is tarnished! You'll always respect elders wherever you see one, I'm referring to myself as the elder in this case!"
She chuckled. "It's so obvious you are a dense one in your class. I gave out my full name and you were just so slow to grasp. But I understand your type, so I forgive you already. And what's with the terrible accent?." She muttered, "...do tell me…ha!"
"How dare you still have the guts to keep talking!!!" There was a lump in his throat as he screamed at the top of his voice, booming across the room.
"Wow, I've never seen the young master this mad before. Who's that girl anyway?" Said someone from the crowd.
"She's one of the planners for this event! I just don't understand why she is talking back at the owner of the Maynard corporation!"
"She must be a fool to disrespect Alec Maynard like this. I hope she is punished!"
"But we love Christine for her hard work. I wish this is resolved fast."
A slender tall man hurried forward, "why this is such a lovely moment. It deserves so much attention!"
Alec' face was a mask of pure irritation as he saw his PA, Drake. "What the fuck do you even mean by that, Dr--"
One simple gesture towards the camera with a head nod upwards from Drake, and Alec understood the message. The Maynard was a very influential family with no bad side. Never any bad news or rumor from this household.
Drake was just thinking of a quick means to divert the unwanted attention being drawn from the room.
"Uh, you've caught us, Drake." Alec tried to improvise. The lady blinked, thick arched brows arched in confusion...which Alec expected from her. His heart skipped a bit as he glanced sideways and sighted a tall straight woman with a pretty smile on her Sixty something years old face.
Quickly, he needed to act along. Drake must have sighted her as well, judging from the disturbing look in his eyes.
He leaned forward and whispered in Alec' ears. "What's her name, sir?" Alec shrugged desperately. "That's fine, let's just follow my lead, sir."