As they stood outside, several stark black and shining Bentleys slowly came to a halt in front of the office building. Percy walked up to greet the guests and Blair followed him closely. She had to be ready for her job.
The chauffeurs opened the doors and some blond-haired men clad in drab business suits got out of the cars. Blair recognized a couple of faces, and she was agape in astonishment. One of those men, a young one, considering the age of everyone else, was smiling at her. He was her friend, Orion. They had met in England. The older man in the lead among the guests was his father, who was a business tycoon. Though they had been out of touch, it was still a pleasant surprise seeing a familiar face.
Blair waved secretly at Orion.
What a coincidence!
Since she had to stay close to Percy to interpret for him, she barely had a chance to catch up with Orion. Orion understood.
Percy showed the guests around the office, and then they proceeded towards the conference room. Before the meeting started, there was a short break for everyone to settle down. Blair and Orion talked in a quiet place. "Hey... Orion, are you working with your father in business now?" she asked.
"Yes. My father is getting on in years. He doesn't look it, but he is not in too good a shape this year. As his only son, I think it is my duty to continue his business. To be frank, though, I don't want to become a businessman."
Blair smiled. "I understand. It's a pity that you can't surf as much as before. I know how much you love it. But hey, you can still do it in your spare time." Orion was a surfing fiend. When they had been in England, he had spent almost all of his free time at the beach.
"That's all I can hope to do, huh?" he shrugged helplessly. "What about you? How are things at work? It looks like we're going to see each other more often in the future."
"Yeah, you guys are stuck with me!" She smiled, "I'm doing fine, thanks. I'm head of the interpreters now, and well-paid. I like my job."
"That's good to hear. Hey, the meeting is about to commence. Let's go inside. By the way, I'm staying in Y City for some time. I'm thinking of buying you dinner after work."
Blair patted him on the shoulder with a smile. "This is my hometown. Of course it should be me treating you to a dinner. But to be honest, the cooperation between our two companies has just started. I think we'll both be very busy in the next few days. Keep in touch?"
"Sure."
They walked into the meeting room together, followed by Filberta and another female employee. Seeing them together, Filberta sneered. 'The guests have just arrived, and there she is, flirting with one of them already. What a slut!'
Time flies. Before Blair knew it, it was winter.
Wesley was busy every day. One of those days, Blair had her period. The pain confined her to her bed and deprived her of the desire to do basically anything at all. She merely lay there dejectedly, and browsed through social updates to kill time. Gradually, the hours passed and her stomach started growling. But she was in too much pain to get out of bed and cook.
All of a sudden, the images of every single kind of deliciously spicy food flooded into her head. She had a craving for all of them at once, but unfortunately, not a single one of them was in her apartment. It increased her broodiness. After a moment, she posted an update in Moments. "So hungry. I want to eat barbeque, roast meat, fondue, Japanese food, Western food, and what not!" Along with that, she also posted an image, where a cartoon rabbit holding a fork and a spoon was facing a plateful of yummy food.
Joslyn sent her a message soon after she saw her post. "Bless, where are you? Why did you skip your meal?"
"I'm home. I ate a little, but I'm hungry again now. It's like a black hole."
Miller commented on her post. "Where do you live? I can bring something for you."
Blair chose not to reply. She scrolled down to read others' comments. Most of the boys were joking and teasing. She didn't pay attention to any of them.
Joslyn sent her another message. "It's a pity that I'm visiting my hometown right now, otherwise I would have gone out to eat fondue with you."
"It's okay. I'll find something to eat."
"Good girl!"
"Thanks, Mommy Joslyn."
Even though she had promised Joslyn that she wouldn't starve herself, getting out of bed felt like way too much struggle to Blair, so she decided to try and forget the hunger. The only way she knew how to do that, was by going to sleep!
She put her phone down and closed her eyes. Surprisingly, she did manage to drift into sleep very soon.
The slumber seemed to last only for a couple of minutes, and then there seemed to be some knocks. She concentrated. Indeed, someone was knocking on her door.
Her bedroom door. It could only be Wesley. 'Is he back home?'
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