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
That night after we went to the light art exhibition, I sent Jamie back to his place. We stand in front of the fountain as we greet each other.“Thank you for this lovely night, Henry.” said Jamie, giving me a kiss on the lips, “Goodnight.”I can’t help but let a smile appear on my face. Gently, I caress his face with my fingers, “Goodnight.”With a sweet smile, he turns around and walks towards the door, my hand slips down his arm and palm.He turns back to me and gives me one last smile before he walks into the door.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&um
The next day, although it is Saturday, I have to be at Minerva because Jamie has a meeting to attend.But first thing first, I visited Juicy Punch and met Daniella.Before I order my juice and leave the queue, I mention to her, “Danny, I have a question for you.”“What is it, Henrietta?” Daniella puts up a bright smile for me, “You can ask me any question! We are best friends right?”Best friend, right, about that… Your best friend is trying to ask, “Do you have a boyfriend, Danny?”Last night after Victor and I found out that I am certainly in love with Jamie, Victor proposed a solution for me—&m
That afternoon, although I did not remind Jamie anything about having lunch with Dylan Watkins, he remembered it. Dylan Watkins picked Jamie up from Minerva and set off for lunch.His huge empty office makes me feel lonelier than I already am. And so, as rare as it sounds, I walk out of the office and return to my own desk.On my seat, I take a box out of my handbag and open it. It is the necktie and the tie bar Jamie gave me. I pout as I look at them, soreness surges up my nasal passage in an instant.“I am sitting alone here missing you, yet you are happily having lunch with the other guy out there… I hate you.”As I hear my voice turning whinny, tears trickle down my cheek.
It took three and a half hours for the meeting to end, though a quarter of the time was spent translating languages between both parties from different countries. The whole meeting went pretty smoothly, thanks to me, of course. The clients are happy with us, and so, Jamie is happy too, and again, thanks to me, of course.After we sent Mr. Kanzaki and his colleagues away, Jamie returned to his desk, while I was requested to sit at one of the chairs in front of him.He works on his phone a few minutes before the conversation between the boss and his secretary starts.Jamie crosses his fingers on the desk. He puts a contented smile on his face as he looks at me.“What a pleasant surprise, Chandelier. I never knew
That night after work, I packed my luggage and proceeded to the Peyton Mansion.Jamie’s butler and maids prepared a table of palatable dishes for us. After we had our dinner, Jamie invited me to his theatre room to enjoy some films with him.Right, he has a cinema in his mansion, yet there aren’t chairs arranged orderly along different levels, there are just bean bags laying casually around the wooden floor.We sit in the beanbags lying in the middle of the theatre room, watching a documentary about a Japanese architect and his masterpieces. Jamie has a bowl of salad in his hands, while I have a bag of popcorn in mine.And Marie is here too, chasing her interactive
After a few hours of sleep, we woke up from bed, ate some breakfast, and prepared to leave.The time was four o’clock in the morning when we arrived at the O'Hare International Airport. As soon as we were onboarded on Jamie’s private jet, we departed right away.If there are no circumstances that will delay the arriving time, it should take just around thirteen hours of flight for us to arrive at Tokyo.All Jamie has on his jet are wine, fresh fruits, chocolates, and movies. Since I can’t have wine in front of Jamie, I ate some fruits and chocolates as we enjoyed the movie playing on the screen.Other than that, we have great news——Jamie brought one of his Donald Duck plushies with him.
Our second day in Tokyo, we set off for a meeting with Mr. Shimizu and his colleagues in the early morning. The meeting was held at their company building in Roppongi——Shikakui-Wakusei Gemu Kaisha.They are a video game development company, they wanted to assign one architectural company to build futuristic and pioneering towers for their quarters in different regions.It actually came to my surprise that the meeting would take the whole day!I was expecting it would be just a first round project briefing and we will proceed to coming up with tons of project proposals with Minerva’s designers, and we will visit Mr. Shimizu again back and forth until they are certain that Minerva gets the project.H