Because It's You - English Version

¤ 1 - Waltz Away

REMINDER!

It's second series of Nothing Better (Than You). Although you can read them separately, I recommend you to check out the first one so you can understand about what happened behind them better.

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"Nate, over here!"

Nate turned her head and saw Layla waving at her. There were also Penny, Lily, and a blonde girl that Nate didn't know. Nate immediately approached them.

"How are you doing?" Layla asked while giving Nate a hug.

"Ah, it's only been half a year since we've met, what's with this stick-like body?" Penny asked in a concerned tone.

Nate just grinned at her. She couldn't tell her that her appetite had decreased over the past six months and she barely slept every night. Layla rubbed the black bags under Nate's eyes with a face full of sympathy. She was the only one who knew the situation Nate was going through.

"Where's Devi?" asked Nate.

"How can she come with us? She has to keep the front desk occupied during lunch time, remember?" replied Lily. "Oh right, Nate. This is Tamara, she's replacing your position as procurement staff."

Nate shook hands with the blonde girl named Tamara. Her skin was flawless with blue eyes and a dimple on her right cheek when she smiles.

"To be precise, she replaced me as junior procurement. I'm the one occupying your office now," said Penny while grinning at Nate. "Oh, how is Stockholm? I heard that the city is very beautiful and romantic. You'd love to live there with your husband, right?"

"Uh... yeah, it's lovely." Nate replied nervously.

"Do you plan to start a family there? Or will you return to the UK later?" Penny asked again.

"We... uh, haven't thought about that." Nate replied, hoping Penny wouldn't ask any more questions.

Nate was saved by the server who came to bring their order. They were at a restaurant they used to go to when Nate still worked at the same company with them. They agreed to meet at lunch time on purpose because each of them was occupied with their on business at the weekend.

"Here." Lily handed an envelope towards Nate. "They both left it to me, but Keith specifically asked me to make sure you will come."

"Why?" Penny asked as she chewed her food. Lily just shrugged in response.

Nate opened the envelope and took out a card from it. She didn't know what feeling was going on in her chest. All she knew was that if she had made a wrong move back then, her name would be the one written on the invitation card—as the bride and groom, not as a guest. It was possible that the guilt and regret would be worse than what she felt now. She definitely wouldn't be as happy as she imagined, there was no doubt about it.

"Will you coming?" Lily asked, startling Nate.

"I don't know. I have to discuss it with my husband first," replied Nate.

"Are you that close to Mr Watson?" Tamara asked all of a sudden. "He mentioned your name a lot, he even asked me to be like you."

Nate looked at each of her colleagues who were also looking back at her. She herself didn't understand what Keith meant.

"Well, Nate was a multi-tasker. She can do several jobs at once and she was familiar with quite a lot of suppliers. They refer to Nate as Mrs Carter junior, so maybe Keith wants you to be one too," said Penny. Tamara nodded at Penny's explanation.