"Where are you going next?" Harry asked when they were done with their lunch.Ryn checked her phone, frowning. Then, she kept the phone back into the pocket and looked at him. "Huh?"
"I said where are you going after this?" he repeated back his question.
They were now walking out of the cafe, a bit aimlessly in his opinion, but he just followed her.
"Hmm...? Oh, I need to go to Mika"s for a meeting," she said.
"Do you want me to send you?" Harry would do anything just to prolong the time spend with her. How could it be so short? They only spent like just a few hours meeting the lecturers and lunch. Still not enough!
"You want to send me?" she asked him back. "Okay. Sure."
Why should she spend money when she could have a free ride?
She was not that stupid!
He smiled widely. Now, he led her toward his car at the parking lot. So happy!
She put her mobile phone on her laps and put on the safety belt. She needed to tell Mika she was on the way.
"So, how have you been lately? It seems like you are so busy with work," he asked slowly, carefully. He did not want to sound possessive or jealous or even childish. He tried to sound normal.
"Hmm..." her eyes were busy reading the reply from Mika. Then, she lifted her head and looked at Harry, "It was fine. Just a usual fas.h.i.+on week."
"Oh... So, are you going to be busy this week?"
"Hmm... hmm..." Ryn nodded. She did have a lot of things to do. Several photoshoots back to back. Even Mika said she wanted to use a few hours to film something for her Youtube channel.
The meeting for today was to discuss the content of that video. Mika did say it was not a vlog but a proper video. Mika must be felt threatened when a producer wanted to record her when Mika only managed to do just a snippet here and there. To coax Mika"s heart, Ryn finally agreed to be featured fully in the video.
"Can I squeeze in an hour or two with you this weekend?" he asked slowly, hopingly.
She finally looked at him. Really-really-really looked at him. Something felt wrong somewhere.
"Harry," She started, "Is there something you want to tell me?"
He gulped. Had she guessed? He wanted it to be slow. He wanted to woo her first!
"Erm...ah... nothing. There is nothing to tell you about," he quickly denied it. His face turned red.
"Really?" her eyes stared hard into his, trying to look deeper.
He nodded quickly.
"Hmm..." She turned back her attention to her phone, already dismissing the idea of him liking her.
Impossible. Too impossible. He would not like her. They were just friends. Just friends.
They did not speak more on the way to the company. He was too nervous. She, on the other hand, too lazy to speak. She kept sending and receiving messages from Mei Li, discussing and finalizing her schedule for next week and next month.
He stopped the car at the entrance. He watched as she took her bag and prepared to close the door. "Well... see you later?"
"Yeah. Thanks for the ride, Harry," Ryn popped back her head into the car and thanked Harry. Once Harry murmured "You are welcome", Ryn closed the door and walked into the building.
Some of the workers stopped walking and chatting when they saw a young woman, a student entered the building with her backpack. What was she doing here? Trying to meet Jeremy, their boss? She must be a fanatic fan of Jeremy and thought she could simply slide into the company to meet him.
"So shameless."
They waited for the security to stop her. They even waited for the receptionist to tell her off and call the security.
However, contrary to their thought...
The receptionists quickly stood up and welcomed Ryn politely. One of them even escorted the girl to the lift. To their surprise, the elevator the girl was using was actually the elevator for their boss!
The women quickly rushed to the receptionists, wanting to know the ident.i.ty of that student. Why was she so special until she could use the special elevator?
"Vanda, who is that girl?" one of them asked curiously.
"Huh? Oh... that girl?" Vanda turned to look at the lift before at them. "She"s Catherine."
"Catherine?" they gasped in shock.
Vanda nodded. She met with Ryn for a few times and each time, Ryn was in a different ident.i.ty. Each time Ryn made her stunned and now, she could actually recognize Ryn in whatever attire she was wearing, even when she was wearing a cap. It was all down to Ryn"s aura. She, Vanda, the best receptionist in the whole world, can proudly say she could recognize the supermodel Catherine even if she was wearing a beggar outfit.
"I don"t believe it. Isn"t Catherine a supermodel and that woman so... so..."
"Normal. She doesn"t seem like a supermodel at all. She looks like a normal peasant!"
Vanda and her partner looked at the hysterical women, shaking their head full of pity toward these women. Isn"t Catherine famous for being a chameleon? She could become anything and anyone just in seconds!
"I don"t think..."
"She has the card," Vanda stopped them from their questioning.
Everyone gasped. The card? The special card for the special elevator?
"Now do you believe me?"
The women could not say anything more. What else could they say? That woman whom Vanda declared the supermodel Catherine has the special card. The only ones they knew have the card would be Jeremy himself, Mika, Jason, Mika"s fiance, and Catherine, the supermodel who is also the spokesperson for the company.
"Well?" Vanda c.o.c.ked an eyebrow seeing the depleted look from everyone. "Don"t let Miss Mika sees you looking like that."
They gasped and quickly scrambled toward the lift to go to their respected place. They did not want their salary being cut just like what happened to the people in the clothesline section.