Chapter 251 - Thats My Idiot (1/2)

While Dylan and Xiu were having the time of their life (sarcasm intended!) Darren was going through a mental breakdown (and we're not talking metaphorically here.) Now the question is, what happened?

And for that, we'd have to rewind a little...

When it was time to leave the office, Darren went up to his secretary, ”Paige, can you reschedule the meeting with the dealers for tomorrow instead of the weekend?”

His secretary, Paige Turner who had been smiling on her own while her eyes were glued to her cellphone screen looked up at her boss and said, ”Why? That meeting was arranged for a long time for this weekend.”

Darren gave her a mysterious look as he said, ”I have an even more important meeting over this weekend.”

Paige had a skeptical expression on her face, ”Important meeting?” Her fingers glided over the keyboard and she looked at his itinerary before adding, ”You have only one meeting over the weekend and that's with our dealers.”

Darren leaned against her desk, ”Well, you don't know about this meeting.”

Paige stood up from her seat and came to stand beside him with crossed arms, ”I have been with you since you started this company. How come I'm not aware of this meeting?”

”Because it's a personal meeting,” replied Darren with a blithe bearing. When he noticed Paige narrowing her eyes at him, he sighed, ”I'm meeting my future in-laws. Happy?”

Paige almost jumped at her place when she heard Darren's reply, ”Oh my gosh! That's such good news.” She hurriedly went to her seat as she said, ”I'm gonna send a mail right now to our partners. This meeting can wait, my boss has better things to do.”

”Wow! Aren't you too excited?” asked Darren seeing her enthusiasm.

”Well, what can I say... I'm sick of seeing you brooding all alone,” replied Paige straightforwardly without even caring that she was talking to her boss. But since they really started from the bottom together, they were really close enough to tease each other at every chance they got.

”Ouch! That's a bit harsh,” Darren pretended to be hurt by her words but she only rolled her eyes at his reaction. Darren stayed leaning on her desk while he texted Xiu to let her know that he'd be picking her up soon.

Just as Paige was done sending the mail, she collected her stuff and said, ”Seeing you smile like this feels good for some reason.”

”I always smile,” retorted Darren without even missing a beat.

Paige gave him a bleak look as she said, ”You smile but it's rare to see you happy.” Darren furrowed his brows at her while she continued, ”Boss, you smile for others. Trust me, I can tell the difference.” She shrugged her shoulders as she took her handbag and stood up, ”When I first started working for you, you looked like a lovesick person. But later it changed to a heartbroken one. So, I assumed that your last love didn't do so well.”

Darren thought to himself about how connected his last love to his present love was. It was a miracle that even he had a hard time believing in. How could he not? His love rose from the dead to write his love story all over again. If that wasn't a miracle than he didn't know what else was.

Noticing that he didn't receive Xiu's reply, he frowned and texted her again.

”Boss, you coming?” he lifted his eyes when he heard Paige's voice and saw her as she held the elevator door for him.

Darren nodded and joined her. Darren saw Paige touching her make-up right beside him and said, ”Going somewhere?”

”Hmmm...” she hummed in reply and went on, ”I'm going to the bar tonight.”

”To a bar? In the middle of the week? Don't you usually go on weekends?” asked Darren, not just for the sake of small talk but also because he was genuinely interested in knowing.