Chapter 5 - Favorite Human (1/2)
A crystal white Volvo S90 wind down the parking bas.e.m.e.nt of Rockaway Tower. The entourage halted at the far end where a secluded elevator could be found. The car's beam revealed a lady in her 30s standing in attention by the curb, dressed in beige boatneck dress that reached an inch shy below her knee. Olivia rolled the car window down and gave the lady a small smile.
”Secretary Gail…” Olivia's soft yet sultry voice akin to a jazz singer serenading you at night hypnotized the secretary.
”President, please wait inside the car. Another tenant is using the elevator just now,” Secretary Gail cleared her throat before bowing her head to apologize even if she didn't need to but that's her job - to bow down to people like Olivia.
”Why am I sharing my elevator?”
Secretary Gail stood and met Olivia's blank eyes that screamed impatience. She only found out that there were actually two units on the penthouse floor of the building when she arrived 10 minutes earlier. She was surprised when a dozen of security details blocked the elevator entrance for the penthouse suite.
Knowing that Olivia doesn't like to wait outside the damp and humid parking bas.e.m.e.nt, Secretary Gail called the building's superintendent to confirm if there were indeed two tenants on the penthouse suite floor. Last time she checked, the real estate agent said that there is only one suite on the floor which is the one she is selling. Then how on Earth were there two tenants now?
”You have to give as another elevator, sir. I don't care if you have to close one elevator for my boss's exclusive use. It's not just your head on the line, mine too,” Secretary Gail pleaded.
She massaged her temple as she listened to the superintendent apologize on the other end of the line. That neighbor seemed to bring a big entourage everywhere that person went. This was the second time that a group of people entered the elevator and there were still others waiting outside to get a ride.
Olivia definitely wouldn't have the patience to wait every time this tenant uses the elevator!
Back in the present, Secretary Gail bowed once again and said, ”President, I already called management and they said they will give us a new key for a different elevator.”
Olivia took a sharp breath before winding up the window. Uncle Jin blasted the AC, making Olivia smile. ”It sure is hot in here,” she said as she closed her eyes and let her thoughts wander as she waited for her turn.
She smiled when she remembered how she was welcomed with intoxicating beautiful warm smiles the moment she stepped out of the plane. It has been half a year since she landed in this foreign country for the first time but it felt like she's lived here since forever. Country P, the place where she was born yet only saw in pictures growing up. It was a small island in the South East, dabbed as the place where mountains meet the sea that tourists flock in droves yearly to enjoy the lush tropical bliss the country could offer. It's economy only kept on prospering thanks to the combined efforts of the monarch and the government on keeping everything at Country P in order and harmony.
Olivia's thought was cut short when Secretary Gail softly knocked on the car's window, letting her know that the elevator was now ready for her to use.
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A few days later, a string of tiny little footsteps made melodies on the wooden floor.