Of Roses & Briefcase

Chapter 10

Razlan pulled the passenger's car door wide open, gesturing her to slide in and then closed as she sat comfortably. He flashed a dazzling smile to her when he walked to the driver's seat thus putting on his aviators which made his smile looked extra charming. As he sat down on the driver seat, he quickly tucked in the seatbelt, glanced over to make sure that Myra too had fasten her seatbelt. He felt the need to take full responsibility, to make sure she's in safe and secure state when she's around.

"Quite a gentleman he is", Myra whispered to herself leaving her nothing but feeling constantly off balance and hovered into thin air, changing forms to butterflies.

He changed the gear confidently from P to D as he was driving an auto. When suddenly his car moved in reverse. He started to panic, thinking what could possibly went wrong. The car was in a great condition for all he knows, only recently he sent the car for inspection and the mechanic told him that the vehicle's in awesome state.

Giving it another try, his right foot pressed the accelerator pedal yet again the car still moved backwards. Letting out a huge sigh, he could feel the sweat popping out on his forehead so he wiped it off using the end of his sleeves. He thought to himself, Why now? The only suitable time he could you know, try to get to know her personally not as employee and boss but as friends and maybe who knows could lead to something more? In fact, trying to approach her in the office wasn't a great idea.

By the look on his face, Myra that was sitting beside him could really feel the tenseness existed that time. The first thing she suspected was the gear. Without wasting anymore time, she took a quick look on the gearbox. As expected, she found out that he had shifted to the wrong gear. Instead of shifting from P to D, he switched them to R. Can't hold it much longer, she chuckled, shaking her head sideways. In return, Razlan gave her a weird look, why is she laughing at times like this?

With tears in her eyes, she pointed her long lady-like finger to the gearbox and then continue giggling. He moved his eyes from meeting her face to the gearbox. That's when he discovered that he had shifted the wrong gear, not some inner fault. He covered his embarrassing moment by gulping on dry throat whilst fixing his tie as redness overtook his fair skin. All she wanted to do was to hug him that time, comforting him out of it due to his adorable behavior. Cuteness overload!

Strumming his fingers rhythmically on the steering wheel waiting for the red light to turn green, when deep down inside he was burning in embarrassment. He monologued, "There goes my macho-ness".

Throughout the journey to the office, they didn't talk much, mostly work-related topics and aviation field. Big thanks to Razlan for breaking the ice. "So.. how's work so far? It's been nearly a week if I'm not mistaken".

Myra let out a confused look, replying to his question, "Well, it was good. Been busy ever since work started, many sketches need to be done especially for our project with Mr Wong from the Singapore Air. Anyway, How's your trip to Malacca, Sir? Have you got the chance to drop by the town, Klebang? I heard there's a shop there selling ice blended Coconut Shake, been dying to try that out since they're getting well-known now and pretty much good reviews online". Rarely to many, Myra loves any food that has coconut in it whether it is dominating or vice versa in a dish, she still likes it in any possible ways. Besides her huge interest in airplanes, foods comes second. Though she eats a lot, it's hard for her to gain weight, indeed she is lucky for having a high metabolism which makes it easier to burn calories quickly and effortlessly.

"What a relief to hear that, I was afraid that you didn't like it here. It's alright, you don't have to rush on your sketches, oh when you're done, hand it over to me directly okay? You don't have to pass it to Nadir as I'll be checking them too in the end." He uttered to her straight forwardly. "Oh yes, Malacca was great! I loved the ambience and sceneries there as it's knowingly for their historical places. Sadly, no. I haven't had the chance to try that too since I was caught up with never-ending conferences that I can't even give a 100% attention."