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Today's the day!’, Ascella thought as she couldn’t contain her happiness.

However, as she was on her way to work, she suddenly received a message

𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮: 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵.

"𝘔𝘴. 𝘖𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘻. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘳. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 5 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

Ascella then went to a nearby café to buy the said espressos.

She couldn’t complain either or else she’ll be scolded by him.

She went inside and directly ordered the drinks.

"Hi. 5 espresso to go please? Large cups.", she said.

"Sure thing."

"And I'm kind of running late. Will it be okay to make it fast?", she asked.

"I'm sorry but this would take long. We’re still fixing the machine. Please wait.”, she said.

Ascella nodded with a sigh.

After she finished packing it, the employee immediately gave Ascella the drinks she ordered. Ascella then dashed out the café. She keeps on receiving messages from a person who introduced himself as the "manager".

𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮: 𝘔𝘳. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 (𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳)

"𝘔𝘴. 𝘖𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘻? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺."

"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

"𝘔𝘳. 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘣."

"𝘏𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 10 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴! 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘱!"

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨."

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!"

Ascella ran as fast as she could, she almost got tripped.

But in the end, she still arrived late.

"Where is she anyway?!", a man screamed.

"I'M HERE! I'M HEREEEE! I'M SO SORRYYY!", Ascella said, catching her breath from all the running.

It took her minutes before she regained her composure. The said man then approached her angrily.

"You are very late Ms. Olmoguez! Where were you?", asked the man.

She doesn't know whether he's the manager who texted her earlier. But one thing was for sure, and that was how she’s scared of this man before her.

"I'm so sorry sir!", she apologizes as she lowers her head.

Not to mention, she was still holding the espressos.

"Can someone get the files here from this girl?!", he shouted. Some staffs took the files off of her grasp. He looked at her again.

"And you! Our filming was delayed because of your lack of time. Some of the set team left because they got irritated!", he shouted.

"Excuse me director. What seems to be the problem? Please calm down. You'll trigger your health.", another guy entered the scene.

"Mr. Park! This assistant of yours is really a pain!"

𝘚𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘳. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬.

She was really embarrassed and tried to avoid his gaze. Her eyesight later landed on a group of boys infront of the camera, sitting on the long table. Only to realize they were also looking at what was happening to her.

"I was supposed to be here early but the manager told me to buy these first.", Ascella showed him the espressos.

The director looked at the manager and it made him nervous.

"Then---", she added said but was cut off.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I did not! I only texted you to come here fast and bring the files with you!", Mr. Park said.

𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"What are you talking about? You texted me! It's here on my phone!", she told him.

"Stop making excuses!", the director shouted.

"But I'm not making any excuses!", Ascella then shouted back. “It's here, if you would only look and read my phone I---", she added but was again, deprived of the opportunity to defend herself.

The director startled her when he quickly grabbed the espressos and opened it.

"Director, what are you doing?", Mr. Park asked.

"Director, stop!", she heard then boys' scream.

But it was too late.

The espressos are still hot and she felt some parts of her face burning.

Even her clothes got stained.

"Ouch.", she mumbled to herself.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?"

All looked to the man who shouted.

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥.