After the conflict with Rey, Ari returned to the bathroom, put on her former clothes and quickly stormed out of Rey's room. The situation had become so uncomfortable to clear out the misunderstanding that she decided to head downstairs and confirm whatever both Rey and Ned had said. Turns out, that had been indeed Rey's room. No wonder the key card wasn't functioning. It was even more surprising to find out the rooms had been purposely connected, room B being a suite and room A being a single room.
"Will you be okay, madam? The chairman had specifically pre-booked the suite for you under special instructions."
"The business centre is the best place for me to be at the moment. I have a lot of pending work for the event."
"Well, the AGM will have seven speeches expected of him, and as his secretary, I can not remain comfortable retiring when the chairman's guest is working overnight by herself."
"You don't need to inform him of my presence here. He hired me for this in person, and I have a certain way of executing my work. I hope you can understand me."
"That only means my colleague and I did a sloppy job for you to be here still."
Ari rubbed her neck to stop herself from throwing her mug of coffee at Ned's secretary. Her temper was being coaxed by the woman's reluctance to leave, but still, it would be uncouth of her to lose control on someone who had nothing to do with what had just happened moments ago.
"You should probably get some rest yourself. I shall take care of the draft myself since most of what's required is already done from your end, and no. Your drafts were exemplary. They provided me with a format to follow."
"If that is the case, I shall leave you to your work. Thank you, and I'll see you tomorrow morning, madam."
Resting her head on her palm, Ari wondered how a perfect day turned out sour just from a simple mistake. She admitted to mixing the rooms up, perhaps due to the receptionist informing her of Rey's room number. It was the last thing she could remember in her sleepy state. Slapping her forehead from embarrassment, she wished she'd have paid more attention.
'If Mun had been here, he'd have broken his ribs from laughter.'
Ari didn't know whether to celebrate or regret, considering coming into Rey's room saved her from Ned's trickery. Still, the matter went from bad to worse when Ned assumed Rey and her were in a relationship. That assumption bought her time; however, knowing Ned, he wouldn't stop at that. He still looked optimistic about pushing his luck, but then, the most crucial factor of all this was Rey. '
'Any respect he has for me is as good as gone. I can't redeem myself even if I try.'
Ari remembered Rey saying something while she dressed up in the bathroom but couldn't pick out his words, for her mind was ultimately out of it, dying from embarrassment with only one voice telling him to get out of there as fast as possible.
"I take back my words, Mun. This was a total disaster, and I'm to blame for it all."
Ari hadn't realized she'd fallen asleep until she felt herself opening her eyes. She was relieved to find out she had a couple of minutes before the restaurant opened and resolved to wait for Rey as agreed the previous evening, something he wasn't looking forward to.
"May I sit here as I wait for my colleague to arrive?" Ari asked one of the food and beverage attendants.
"You are the chairman's guest, madam Ari?"
Ari seemed puzzled by the acknowledgement and nodded her head.
"He requested for a table to be reserved. I'll happily escort you to meet him if you don't mind."
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Beautiful Dreamer
RandomBeing diagnosed a dominant at birth brought praises to men but shunned women, Ari being one of them. She were considered defective, a threat to the male ego. And the fact that her existence was very rare crippled her in trepidation, especially when...
