“Mr. Kruger.” patiently, I try to explain to him, “Aesthetics are indeed important, unique buildings do come out with a more ideal result acting as a landmark architecture. And I believe, since Mr. Kruger has a rather high standard of sense and taste, the issues of this residential building are not emerging in its form.”
Disdainfully, Mr. Kruger snorts, he taps heavily and rapidly on the papers expressing his discontentment, “If it’s nothing about the appearance, why did your designers do this to my building!?”
Reacting to his brusque and impatient behavior, I take a deep breath as I try to calm myself.
I explain, “It is about safety, and these safety acts are the ones affecting your build
“And not long ago, June 14th, 2017, Grenfell Tower, Kensington, London——72 died, more than 70 injured. Fire spread rapidly up along the building’s exterior, due to the building's cladding, the external insulation, and the air gap between them which enabled the stack effect. It was the deadliest structural fire in the UK since the Piper Alpha disaster happened in 1988, and the worst UK residential fire happened since World War II.”When I’m finished, I see Mr. Kruger and his assistant are stunned at where they stand, utterly dumbfounded, taking their time to digest and react.Before they are going to say a word, I continue, “If there is a fire happening in your residential building, and your residents did not manage to escape, everyone is trapped and burnt alive… How many lives do you t
The next day, as usual, I went to Juicy Punch to get myself a cup of fruit juice, and also to take a look at Daniella, reminding myself of the fact that I am fond of Daniella, not Jamie.After I arrived at the office, I spent the whole morning in Jamie’s office, working at the coffee table next to the window.The time is almost lunch time when somebody suddenly knocks on the door.Jamie remains his eyes on his documents when he mentions, “Come in.”Soon after Jamie answered, the door opened. There, Mila walks into the office with a phone in her hands. She gives me an awkward smile as she proceeds to Jamie’s table.“Good morning
A few seconds later, Justin finally answers the call.“J-Justin.” by his name I called.“Henrietta, how rare it is for you to use Jamie’s intercom.” in an instant, Justin recognized my voice. He then asks chuckling, “What is it? Are you requesting more excitement from me?”I frown, I warn with my tune lowered, “Stop making jokes… Jamie asked for your presence in his office.” and secretly, I whisper to him, sending him a signal, “Quickly come and save me.”As soon as Justin hears me, his voice turns more serious as he asks, “Are you in trouble?”
After Justin and I left Jamie’s office, we proceeded to the basement carpark and got in his Bentley directly. We drove out of the office building immediately to make our horrible lie convincing.While we saw Melonie on our way out. It reminds me of the person Justin and I saw when we came out of the pantry yesterday.Mila said the video clip was sent via email anonymously; clearly the video was taken from the outside of the pantry, and the only person we saw when we came out was her——Melonie Myers.Could she be the one who recorded the video and sent it to the HR department?Yes, it could be, or I’ll even say it must be her, but why? We didn’t even know her until yesterday, why did she
It’s Jamie. He is calling Henry Nosrevi.I let my eyes remain on the phone screen for quite a while, yet my sight gradually loses focus due to the alcohol.Although I am still a little angry about him deciding to accept Dylan Watkins as his potential marriage partner… I think I should answer it, shouldn’t I?I don’t know why, but I want to hear his voice now, so badly.Without trying to figure out the reason for this call, I swipe the green button and pick the phone up.“Hello…”As I answered, I realized my voice sounded so ebrirated. Although it might be
The next morning, right after I bought my juice from Daniella at Juicy Punch, I went straight to Coffee Bloom to get Jamie his favorite breakfast——grape wine lamb and porcini lasagna with a cup of ristretto.Although it’s always the same, I still hope he likes the breakfast I bought for him. Even if I am not looking into a mirror, I know I’ve let a broad grin appear on my face.I bet I look like a little girl who just bought a chocolate for a senior she admires. But who cares, I ain’t going to deny that anyway.However, just as I am walking back to the company building, a scene happening in front of the main entrance causes me to stop my step.Ther
Sun rises up high by the time we are about to go out for lunch. I was ordered to move the car from the basement to the main entrance and wait for Jamie who was caught by a sudden phone call.I am supposed to be inside the car enjoying the air-conditioned indoor environment by now, however, instead of that, I am bending my waist looking into the drain cover next to the car’s tyre.I place one hand holding my long wavy hair to the back to avoid them from veiling my sight as I look down, and another holding a piece of used tissue paper containing bird poo in it.Just a few seconds earlier, before I decided to get down from the car, a crow stopped by and pooped. Its poo dropped and streamed down all the way down the windshield.
That night, after I styled my hair, put on a white T-shirt, a navy blue blazer and trousers, and a pair of brown leather shoes, I drove a red Lexus LS 500 and set off for Jamie’s place.Victor’s friend rented me a red Lexus LS 500 when I went on the last date with Jamie in New York City. I fell in love with the car, and so I bought the same model in the same color. I hope it helps Jamie to recognize me when I arrive.After a few minutes of travel, I finally arrived at Jamie’s place. As instructed by his butler, I stopped the car next to the fountain, just right in front of the main entrance of Peyton Mansion.The sky has completely turned dark, the orange lights around the mansion are lightened up. The water in the fountain reflects the lights as it splashe