Scented Roads

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Ala

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"I want to meet you again"

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Ala sneaks into her house through the back door. The last thing she wants at the moment, is her being spotted in some boys' clothing.

She fells weird wearing an oversized three-fourth sleeved shirt that is completely black and loose black tracks that have white vertical strips, evenly spaced, all over the tracks.

Also, she is in great discomfort due to the continuous burning sensation on her stomach. Having to give an explanation at this time will be extremely hard and annoying. All she can think of is to lock her room, take off her... his...  shirt and lie down. Also, she wants to reapply some honey to make sure she doesn't get a scar due to this.

She almost laughs as she recalls the time the stranger handed out honey for her wound. It's the best cure and even she knows it but to have someone keep honey in their office first aid kit, is a first. And is definitely funny.

In a cute way...

She shakes her head as she picks up the blanket lying on her bed and throws it on the couch. The pink and cream flower print blanket falls down from the couch and now lies on the carpet. Ala ignores it and reapplies honey on her scar. She then rushes to the bathroom washes her hands and then lies back down on her bed.

Finally, being able to rest feels heavenly. She finds herself quickly falling asleep. Abruptly, her mind starts functioning at an abnormal speed and she remembers all the important things she  previously forgot. 

Her work! She had gone to 'Silento', the company, because of the assignment her boss has given her. She had to talk to the legal and social media team and get them to agree to give permission to use their Mall for a promotional event their company wants to host. 

Their company wants two locations in the mall, where Ala and 5 more employees will stand to introduce people about their company's new product and take their reviews. They want to video graph this and thus also target their social media followers by posting this video online. 

She had gone there with a lawyer. The company gave her her first challenge after only a month of her work. This only happened because her team members had already a lot of work piled up. The team leader decided to give her this task instead of burdening the others. The permission with Silento seemed easy but when she conversed with their employees, it felt like nobody was ready to agree without having perfect benefits from Ala's company.

Firstly, they wanted their Mall's name in the video Ala and her team will make for their social media.

Second, saying business deals have to be give and take, they wanted Ala's company to agree to the advertisement of their new project. Ala agreed to the first condition without hesitation, as it had already been discussed and decided at her company. But she wasn't sure about the second decision so she said she would talk to the higher ups at her company before saying anything about the matter. 

This is how the meeting dispersed. They agreed to have another meeting after two days and then come to a final decision.

Ala sighs exhaustedly. Tomorrow, she will have to detail her team leader on this and discuss about the second demand of Silento.

With thoughts on how she will explain her team leader the events of the day, she finally falls asleep. 

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"I would like to excuse myself. I actually want to visit the bathroom" Ala says as her team leader and legal team's head start to leave Silento.

They have had an exhausting three hour meeting with SIlento's employees and are now making their way to the parking. 

Ala is granted her leave as she agrees to go home by herself, instead of in the company's car. Therefore the two team leaders will not have to wait for her while she searches for the man who helped her. 

She goes to the reception and asks for Mrs. Anderson, the lady who helped her the other day. Mrs. Anderson comes within 10 minutes after the receptionist calls her and Ala whole-heartedly thanks her for her help. She smiles as Ala notices how this short and sweet lady carries herself so well. Mrs. Anderson wears a short blue skirt and white button up t-shirt looks so cute in the simple outfit.

Today Ala is dressed up in straight black pants and a pink button up shirt that is till the mid between her knees and ankle. Above that she wears an off-white scarf and has paired her outfit with white stilettos. 

After having a light conversation with Mrs. Anderson, she finally gets herself to ask about the man who lend her his clothes. Mrs. Anderson smiles and borrows a paper from the receptionist.

"I have to get back to work so the most I can help you with is giving his office room number" Mrs Anderson says sweetly.

"I am grateful, thank you" Ala replies and takes the paper from Mrs. Anderson.

As the middle-aged woman says her goodbye to Ala, Ala moves away from the reception area and starts heading inside. Thankfully she has a temporary card to pass through the security area, as she had come to the company for a meeting. Therefore, she passes the security and quickly heads to where the elevators are. 

She has to go to the tenth floor, Office room H-3. She has carried the man's clothes in a small black bag and put a small Thank-You note in it. She doesn't want to do anything more as the man is anyway a non-mahram for her. 

As the elevator arrives, Ala looks at the bag to make sure it's still in good shape. The elevator door opens and just as she heads inside, she notices a familiar looking man exit. She presses the tenth floor button however. Just as the elevator's door close, Ala rushingly presses another button to open the doors. She then quickly runs out of the elevator.

"Excuse me" she shouts in the direction of the familiar looking man "Sir"

The man turns, confused. But when he looks at Ala, his expression becomes relaxed, almost as if he recognizes her.

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I apologize for such a late update. All I can say is thank you so much for bearing with me and patiently waiting for the chapter!