293 Because Of Destiny (1/2)

~Atlantis Hotel~

Yan Ying stepped on the fine marble of the hotel's lobby. The lights reflecting off of the crystal chandelier made the rainbow lights dance across the luxurious lobby. Standing before the twin doors that had led her to the lobby, she looked over towards the embroidered silk sofas space and frowned slightly.

She dug her hand into the front pocket of her overalls and pulled out her cellphone. Just as she was lost in her own world waiting for the call to connect, she attracted quite a few eyes towards herself. But those eyes were rather looking at her in question.

Wearing a grey and beige striped overalls that looked super cute. Flowy wide-leg pants with slightly cropped hems, tortoise buckle, and elasticized waist. It was already an attire that seemed rather too casual for this kind of high-class hotel. On top of that, she had tied her hair in a high ponytail and wore white sneakers. With her height and manner of shifting her weight from one leg to another, she seemed more like a college student on a field trip than a woman who was approaching her thirties in just a couple of months.

”I'm in the lobby,” she said as soon as the call was connected. She listened to the other person for a while before sighing out, ”Fine, fine. I'm coming up.”

She took the elevator to the rooftop and was about to enter when a strict looking bodyguard stopped her, ”It's a private event. Outsiders are not allowed.”

Yan Ying wasn't very happy to hear that. She was already in a bad mood because a certain someone had tied her to the hospital bed for two days. Okay, it wasn't completely two days but it seemed worse to someone like her who was like a jumping kangaroo. She scoffed, ”How do you know I'm an outsider?”

”You don't have an invitation card,” replied the bulky man in the same manner.

Yan Ying placed her hands on her waist and prepared herself to have a long argument when a voice cut her off. ”She's with me. Let her in.” Yan Ying looked at the owner of that voice and turned to look at that bouncer with a provocative look.

”My apologies for inconveniencing you, Miss. You may go inside.”

”It's okay, you're just doing your duty,” replied Yan Ying with a sweet smile but even an idiot could tell that she didn't mean a word she just said. She wasn't that easily offended but the eyes of that bulky man had irked her so much that she was ready to start a war of profanities.

”You're even more childish than I actually thought,” said the other woman as she took Yan Ying to a side.

”What does that suppose to mean? I am a very mature person,” she argued back. When she found that the listener was giving her strange eyes, she added, ”Dr. Calista Novell, you shouldn't be judging someone so easily.”

”I wasn't judging you though,” said Calista before adding, ”I was just stating a fact.”

Yan Ying wanted to retort but when she looked around to find everyone dressed immaculately while she was looking like a schoolgirl, she held herself back. She wasn't actually petty enough to prove herself as a mature woman. It really had nothing to do with her. How people looked at her had never been her concern.

All her life she had only cared about how that one person looked at her. Unfortunately, he never even looked her way. So why did it matter how the rest of the unimportant world looked at her?