Exes' Baggage And More

Chapter Twenty Three

Andrew entered the lobby of St. Haven alone, because David had to go and park the car first. With occasional focus on his cellphone to reply to incoming messages, he walked towards the nearest elevator. He pressed the elevator button when someone stood beside him. Andrew glanced at the person who turned out to be Ken Reyes.

Andrew put his phone in his jacket pocket and exhaled slowly. He wished he didn't have to go down first. The situation was so quiet and awkward. Even though he recognizes the man, it seems that Ken doesn't recognize him yet. They had only met once at Macy's apartment. But even at the apartment, Ken also didn't recognize him as a writer.

When the elevator door opened, Andrew rushed in followed by Ken. Quickly, he pressed the 5th floor button. At the same time, Ken, who was about to press the fifth button, was silent when Andrew did it first.

The door then closed.

"Hah..." Andrew sighed softly.

He took out his cell phone to check the reply to the message sent earlier. But he sees nothing. So, he put it back in. Andrew now only pays attention to the LED screen that shows the movement of the elevator.

However, while climbing the fourth floor, the elevator suddenly stopped and the door opened.

"Oh?!" Andrew's eyes widened when he saw the figure of Macy who was waiting for the elevator.

"Editor Cruz..." he and Ken said at the same time.

Andrew threw a quick glance at Ken as Macy took a deep breath and entered the elevator. The woman stands in the middle. Between him who stands on the right side and Ken on the left. The elevator doors closed again.

Macy felt so awkward. Even if they only went up one more floor. But it feels like so much time has passed. She carefully glanced at Andrew then at Ken.

"What..." Macy said quietly. "Do we have a meeting scheduled for today?"

*****

Macy rubbed her face in frustration. Gil who was standing in front of her could only look down.

The Editor just explained about the meeting schedule error to her. And while Gil was explaining to her, Demi asked Ken to talk and Liam took Andrew to an empty meeting room to wait.

"Half an hour to meet with the Marketing team, right?" Macy asked.

Gil looked at her. "Yes, ma'am. The discussion about the promotion of the five novelists of St. Haven. After that, it was a short brief with the PR team to continue discussing the promotion."

"Then a report with Chief Martinez, right?"

Macy clearly remembers the three meetings. But somehow, they could forget the two changes to the meeting schedule with the two main novelists of St. Haven at this time. Gil just muttered under his breath, confirming the meeting.

"I can push back the meeting with Chief Martinez by an hour," Gil said.

Macy took a deep breath and looked at Gil closely. "That won't change anything, Gil. What about Writer Reyes and Writer Coangco. There will be no time."

"It had to be rescheduled, ma'am. Demi says he can talk to Writer Reyes to reschedule. But..."

Gil took a deep breath, "About Writer Coangco."