" look at the new hire" bryan whispered to lia. "what new hire" she says panning the room looking for the person i wuestion. bryan grabs herhead and directes her vision to the view of micheal. in his new bag and work fit. lias jaw drops and she realizes who it is. micheal. "ive got to tell cynthia!" she exclaims hurrily running to cynthias office. "CYNTHIA you will not believe who the new hire is." lia said out of breath. "who lia?" cyntha responded. "micheal.." cynthias eyebrows raise but thats it. not much reaction. lia looks at her shocker. "uoure ok with this ???" she said, "lia i dojt care about him." she stated blankly. "oh right bc u and malik are a thing now??? 😍😍😍" "shhh lia his office is right next to here he doesnt know i like him." "who doesnt know you like him" malik states as he leans on the door way. both girls snap their head and, in unison say "nothing", he laughs then says "cynthia join me for lunch later please?" he asks making eye contact. "ofc text me when ur ready to go" she respods. lia wggles her eyebrows at cynthia and cynthia rolls her eyes back. malik leaves the room closeing the door behind him. "tell me every thing that makes u go UGHHH ok beb ??" "ofc" "perfect i have to go review and edit some books for publishing cya and tell me everything" lia says as she exits the office. "i forget a detail lia" cynthia says shooing away lia. once everyone is gone lia gets a notification from messages, its malik and hes waiting downstairs for lunch. perfect.