"Nice to meet you, Ace, I'm Yandel," Yandel replied, bending his waist to the kid level as he gave Ace a knuckle bump.
"Yannyyyyy!!!. the queue is too long can you help me get the popcorn" Maya whined as there were just four people in front of her.
Yandel groaned and rolled his eyes while he went to the popcorn stall to get three large popcorn packs for Celi, himself, and Ace.
"Maya come over here please," Yandel called to her.
"Yes," She answered sweetly.
"This is Araceli, CEO of Garcia's Enterprise and Ace, her kid brother," Yandel introduced.
"Hi" Maya said indifferently, not really caring about the kid or the so-called hot CEO, she just wanted to spend time with Yanny and anybody that came between that will definitely see her nasty side.
"Alright now can we see another movie please,"
Maya asked with pouty lips and a supposed-to-be puppy look, Rachel who was watching the whole break down cringed a little at the sight, not to be judgy but she could tell she was fake in every way possible from high super bleached blond hair to the blue contacts and who wears such a revealing dress to a local cinema.
"Actually...Maya, I was thinking if we could join Celi and Ace, that way we could watch a fun movie and I can discuss business with Araceli,"
Yandel carefully pointed out to her so she could get his point and not start a headless argument leading to some silly grudge she likes to keep since childhood.
"You want us to watch a lego movie!!....seriouslyYandel !!...that is fun for 5-YEAR-OLDS, not Adults"
Maya cried out starting to fume, she didn't miss the nickname he used for Araceli "celi", who the help gives their business partners nicknames for Godsake did he think she was that stupid enough to believe that they were just "business partner", she could feel anger welling up in her but she needed to put herself in control with hopes that she could be wrong.
"So you're not gonna watch the movie with us?" Yandel asked, faking hurt but actually happy for her to just leave so he could be alone with Araceli, but looks like he wasn't going to be that lucky because she was relentless and not taking heed.
"Nooo of course I want to watch a movie with you…..and them I guess," Maya replied with hesitation and a tint of desperation after eyeing Araceli and Ace..
"You guess?...." Yandel asked, getting a little annoyed.
"Noo I mean I want to" Maya rushed faking a cherry smile.
"Alright then let's go into the viewing room, it's starting soon, ” Araceli said as she gestured for them to go in.
Ace ran excitedly ran to the room while Araceli took it as a cue to leave the awkward conversation Maya and Yandel were having, she could already feel the dislike from Maya and she wasn't ready to add another person she needed to watch out for, that would be too much of a hassle for her.
"I hate when you act like this," Yandel said, looking at her disapprovingly.
"Howww??"Maya said acting innocent.
"How?!!!.....Maya! you literally treated them like shit and you didn't even know them!!! that was not necessary, that's all I am training to say, Maya." Yandel said, exhausted, putting his index and thumb finger on the bridge of his nose.
"Look all I am saying is, that is my business partner alright, and character is very important in a business deal and what you did right there could cause me a lot, even a termination of my contract. For once, can you be considerate of other people,” Yandel said in a final tone.
"So is that it...Why are you even so worried about her,....Do you like her?" Maya asked, trying not to sound hurt as she really was but she could feel that she was failing.
The question took him by surprise
"Did he like Araceli…"
Thinking about it now, he thinks so...maybe he didn't really consider it.
"What are you talking about...wh.why did you even ask?" He stuttered.
"It doesn't matter, let's just go, the movie is starting," Maya replied in defeat.
"Who was she kidding, he liked her...yet she has been here for him ever since they were kids," Maya thought as anger suddenly filled her but she kept her cool, every girl that came, she always found a way to get them to go, this Araceli of a girl was no different.
They headed into the cinema and Yandel did an eye search to look for Ace and Celi, knowing how excited her kid brother was for the movie they will probably be sitting at the center close to the front facing the screen. He guessed right as he spotted Celi’s pony tail hair, he couldn't even deny it anymore she was pretty, her side features were beautiful and something about her now felt different he couldn't explain it.
First, it was her new choice of clothes, secondly her outspokenness and fire, it made him see her in a different light, now seeing her in casual clothing really made her look different and less stuck up as usually.
The Araceli he knew before would have not been caught dead in a crop top, she was dressed so freely and casually.
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