Ch16 - Crush

Mariane was busy typing on her computer when she received a text message. ‘I’ll pick you up later. We’ll have dinner at the restaurant I reserved.’

But instead of getting excited, Mariane just snorted and toss her phone inside her bag, and didn’t bother to reply. She went back to typing and processing the documents of their clients. She drowned herself in working and didn’t notice that there was a guy standing in front of her desk. The guy cleared his throat to get her attention, which made her look up and noticed it was her colleague. Mariane smiled at the guy whom she didn’t know the name of yet.

“Uhm… Hi? What can I do for you?” She asked.

The guy looked at her shyly, with his ears red. “T-this… Flowers for you, Mariane. Happy Valentine’s Day.” He said and handed a bouquet of roses to her, which made Mariane stunned.

She wanted to refuse it, but she didn’t want him to be embarrassed as the other employees were looking at them as well. Mariane knew she can’t bring the flowers to the