Alicia had to think about Mrs. Buchanan"s proposal over and over before she decided to go as who she thought it was best to go with for the occasion. She texted Aurora the details of the launch and went about her work as usual."Ma"am" Rita called out to her as she stepped into her office the next day. "Yes, Rita" Alicia answered not bothering to raise her head from the presentation she was busy with.
"The chairman has requested your presence for lunch today, ma"am" Rita continued respectfully. "Mm - mm" Alicia answered absent mindedly. "Wait, what!!!" She shouted as soon as realization dawned on her.
Even Rita had been shocked when she got a call from Pearl"s a.s.sistant asking her to clear Alicia"s schedule for a lunch with the chairman. She was only snapped out of her shock and active when she heard it was for a business proposal with a client.
"Information she could have started with" Rita thought to herself while shaking her head. "The Chinese investors for the E-commerce project will be arriving today and as such the chairman wants you to welcome them with him"
Rita gave a brief explanation "Why can"t he go himself?" Alicia asked herself. "Fine, just inform me a quarter to the agreed time" Alicia said as she dismissed Rita with a wave of her hand.
Why does she find it rather weird for Pearl to ask her out for lunch. It might really be because of the investors but still that was something he could handle alone without her help. G.o.d, that annoying fellow is going to the be the end of her someday she thought.
Alicia got up from her chair and made her way to the fridge in her office. She was really craving something sweet to boast her almost damaged energy. "Rap, rap, rap" the knock on her door made her frown a little bit.
Keaton had tried calling her before he finally decided to come around himself when Alicia did not reply to any of his 20 missed calls and 5 texts. Alright, not to lie even if she had responded he would still come look for her.
"Yes" Keaton smiled as he heard Alicia"s hoa.r.s.e voice. "Hi, sweetheart" he said cheerily as he entered her office. Alicia could not help but roll her eyes at his antics. Maybe what she needed was not something edible, maybe she just needed a sweet Keaton.
Alicia smiled as Keaton came up to her for a quick squeeze rather than a hug. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she looked at him with skepticism. "Well, if someone had picked or even replied to NY calls and texts, then I wouldn"t be here or will I?" He asked while raising an eyebrow.
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"What time did you place the call Keaton?" Alicia asked a question of her own. "Well, it was ..." Absolute silence. How could he have forgotten Alicia"s number one rule, she does not receive calls or text from her personal phone during office hours.
"Hmmph, should I have sent you a mail then?" He asked when he could not come up with any other excuse for breaking the rules. But let"s be honest even if he remembered the rules he would have broken it before anyone could say Jack.
Alicia laughed as she shook her head at Keaton"s tactics. "Fine, place a call to my work phone or my secretary next time, OK?" "Oh please I can"t afford someone else falling in love with me" Keaton said unabashedly. "Oh my G.o.d!!!" Alicia exclaimed.
"What?" Keaton snapped back."Oh, it is nothing just that I was thinking about how someone could be so full of himself" Alicia replied half laugh. Keaton sighed dramatically at this like he was really hurt.
"So what did you call me about?" She asked finally as she sat down. "Let"s go for lunch,I will tell you then" Keaton said sheepishly. "You didn"t come all the way here to ask me to lunch now or did you?" "G.o.d, where is your sense of adventure? We used to do things like this all the time. I drop in unannounced and take you out for wonderful dates..."
Ha ha ha, Alicia could not hold it in any more. Keaton squinted as he looked at her. "And what is so funny about what I said?" He asked in all seriousness. "Oh, I am really sorry but I thought I heard you say something about wonderful dates and sense of adventure".