She taught him how to love...

Part 3: Time to move on

"but you won't do the same...No, no, no, nooo"

Rionna was singing along to the last lines of Bruno Mars' Grenade as she reached Mercant Digitals and grabbed the donuts and frappuccinos before getting out and locking her car.

'hmm, hm, hm, hmmm..." In a decently good mood, Rionna almost skipped her way to the entrance of the large building. She took note of the two words, Mercant Digitals, large and bold, that crowned the towering glass building. You could see the glass, but you couldn't see inside the 62 storeys of glass. The building was known to be among one of largest in LA. 

Shortly after marveling at the intimidating building, she went to the reception desk and asked for the floor Nathan was on. The receptionist's name was Henry Knobbs and he looked like a pretty chill guy with his blonde hair, small nose and brown eyes that sparkled. 

"He's on the 7th floor, but he should be down in a few minutes, so you can take a seat over there while you're waiting," he pointed to the seats behind her. 

"Oh, no, thanks. I kind of came here to surprise him with these- " she lifted the delicious treats in her hands in front of him "-you wouldn't mind if I just went up there, would you?" she gestured with her fore finger pointed up.

"I wouldn't, but the policies of our company would mind, I'm sorry." Henry looked really sorry about it as well. 

"Henry- is it okay if I call you that?- look, I won't cause any trouble, you can check me for weapons if you want, but can you just let me off this once?"

"Hmm...It would be really unprofessional for me to do so" he crossed his suit clad arms. He was trying to up his game at looking intimidating, and he almost succeeded, if it wasn't for the Winnie the Pooh Bear watch he just flashed from beneath the sleeves as he did so. 

I wouldn't blame him. Pooh Bear is a blessing to the world.

She still had to get through him, though, so Rionna looked around... and saw her solution.

Behind Henry, there was a folder with bold, black letters on it: MD Environment Enhancement Plan.

"I'm actually here to help you out with your Environment Enhancement Plan!"

Henry frowned and turned around to look at the folder lying on the desk, then turned back around to face her.

"I own a florist shop and I'm really good at organizing as well..." she looked up at him with a hopeful smile. 

Henry's face took on a thoughtful look. "I'm not too sure...I'll have to think about it-"

"Great!" and she made her way to the open lift before he could say anything else, hastily pressing the 7th floor button. Henry watched her with narrowed eyes as the doors closed. She'll have to reconcile with Henry later, maybe if she promised to bring him donuts as well next time.

As the lift took her on a journey to the 7th floor, she closed her eyes and listened peacefully to the jazz music being played. Her eyes flashed open as the lift stopped at the third floor and a man entered. He must have been at least 6ft'4, which made her feel tiny with the 5ft'7 she was packing. As soon as he walked in, he seemed to have crowded the space in the lift. And the space inside the lift wasn't small by any measures. 

As his head was bent down looking at his silver SmartWatch, Rionna took the moment to study him, even though she knew she shouldn't have been. He had midnight black hair, smooth golden skin, taut, muscled arms that his charcoal grey suit couldn't conceal and his movements were very economical. 

As his head rose up and his steel grey eyes met her own, Rionna felt a little shocked by the heat that flashed straight through her from his dark gaze. Feeling slightly discomforted by her reaction to him, she gave a little smile and quickly moved her eyes to the number count down above that flashed Level 4 now. She bit her bottom lip while she felt surprisingly nervous, conscious of how she looked and acted. Not liking the effect the man had on her, she was anxious to reach Level 7.