Yanis watched as Bonnie took off her bracelet and handed him the box. "Well, Linda is also someone who doesn't sweat the small stuff," she said.
Bonnie put the bracelet in the box. "She'll be so happy when she sees this that she won't be able to close her mouth."
Yanis said, "I happen to have a pair of earrings from the same collection. I'll give them to her when I see her."
"From the same collection?" Bonnie asked.
Yanis nodded. "When they were here before, I drew a sketch of them and gave it to them along with their order. I thought it would be nice to give them as a gift later on, but never got around to it."
Bonnie laughed at his words. "You make Linda sound like a garbage can for gifts!"
"Boss, why am I being called a garbage can?" Linda appeared out of nowhere carrying two sets of dresses in her hands. "Whenever you're not busy you start gossiping about me behind my back! If you keep this up, I'm going to hand in my resignation!"
Bonnie casually pushed the box into Yanis' hands and turned around to face Linda. "You're not doing your job properly if you're eavesdropping on me without any reason! Do you dare pick a fight with me?"
Linda shook both sets of dresses in front of Bonnie's face and said: "Miss Lamb ordered these two sets today – should we pack them now or hang onto them until Monday?"
"They arrived so quickly?" Bonnie stood up and took one set from Linda's hand for inspection before checking its size carefully.
"Yes," replied Linda eagerly."There were several urgent orders that needed delivery over here so they brought everything together."
After confirming there was no problem with either dress size or quality control issues, Bonnie told Linda: "Hang onto these for now; next Monday morning we'll deliver it ourselves."
Linda nodded then turned back towards Yanis while leaving: "So what bad things has my boss been saying about me now?"
Yanis looked at Linda seriously."Why don't you just resign? Come work for me instead."
"Oh Miss Thompson has gotten brave!" teased Bonnie while looking at Yanis."Are you trying dig dirt on people right in front of us?"
"Linda," Yanis continued ignoring Bonnies teasing." Why don't come over? The benefits are definitely better!"
"Sure thing!" agreed an excited sounding-Linda."If ever hear anything else negative coming from my boss's mouth again, I'm quitting immediately!"
Bonnie chuckled after hearing their conversation."Go ahead, Linda. Quit right now if that's what makes sense."
But, Linda shook head slowly."Not yet. Wait till i find another opportunity first!"
"Nothing urgent, just wanted to check in and see how you're doing. How's the book coming along?" Ahmed asked.
Yanis sighed, "It's been a bit slow lately, but I'm making progress. Thanks for asking."
"No problem. Listen, I was wondering if you'd like to grab lunch sometime this week? We haven't caught up in a while."
Yanis smiled at the offer, "Sure thing. Let me check my schedule and get back to you on that."
"Sounds good. Talk to you soon," Ahmed said before ending the call.
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