"Chapter 27- Medling business"
As soon as Tristan explained what had happened, Klein started to become emphatic towards Tristan, his anger was soon replaced into empathy, "I see, no wonder you bought tickets for a flight here," he said as he calmed down, "so, how's your work, CEO?" Tristan asked as he smiled while pouring a cup of water in the kitchen, "Hey, I'm not an official CEO yet," Klein explained while sitting on his bed, "What do you mean?" he stopped pouring the jar of water in his cup, "you meet the CEO education requirements, and you have at least a bachelor's degree,"
"I am 23 years old, and I went to college at 16, finished associate's degree for 2 years, bachelor's for 3 years, and lastly master's for 2 years, I haven't gotten my doctoral degree," he panicked as he keeps muttering in the phone, Tristan froze as he heard Klein's mutter, "you... went to college at an early age?" Tristan placed the jar on the counter, lost his words, 'what in the world-' he thought while staring at the quiet phone, Klein also stared at his phone with an awkward expression,
"So you never went to college at an early age?" Klein slipped a question in the conversation because the call became quiet, "oh god, you're parents are freaks," Tristan said while holding his forehead, "Hey, I was trying to make my parents proud that time, by graduating at an early age," Klein honestly said while laying his back with a sorrow expression, "well? did it work?" Tristan asked before drinking his cup of water, "of course not, you know my parents are, always have high expectations that they couldn't even reach," Klein said laying on his side, tugging his bangs on his ear,
"See, well at-,"
"Brother?" Rheanne said while rubbing her eyes, her stomach grumbling as she saw him talking to someone on the phone, "Is that your sister?" Klein curiously asked as he spring out from the bed, "Yeah, I think she's starving," he whispered on the phone as he walked towards the light switch,
'tack!'
"Who are you talking to?" she asked in a monotone voice, she sat on the chair near the counter looking at Tristan, he awkwardly covered the speaker of the phone as they make eye contact, "Is that your lover?" she assumed while pointing at the phone, Klein in the other hand, quietly listens on the phone, 'lover? what shenanigans are you up to, Tristan?'
"Yeah, it's my lover, want to speak to him?" he asked while handing her his phone, Rheanne just looked at the phone, "Hey are you crazy!?" Klein shouted in embarrassment not knowing what to say to his sister, "Hello," she said in a monotone voice, "H-hi there, you're name is?" Klein asked her name very awkwardly,
"I'm Rheanne," she shortly answered as she keep looking at his contact name, "The disrespect!" she said throwing the phone to his brother, the phone hit Tristan in the chest, "Hey what's wrong, did I make a bad impression?" he asked while overthinking,
"The Audacity for not introducing your lovely sister to your lover!" she whined as she grabbed a banana in the bowl and threw it at him.
"You're not even worth to be a topic," Tristan said while placing the phone in his ear, covering the speaker again,
"You're not even handsome to pull a pretty boy! did you bribe him or something!?" she said while keeping throwing fruits on him until it's empty, Tristan caught the fruit before it lands on him, "I. am. handsome," he fumed while putting the fruit on the counter,
'PEEP!'
[Klein ended the call]
"See! Klein ended the call because you said I'm not handsome!" he played with his sister while acting like a gorilla, "you look like you're about to be cremated!" Rheanne stood up on the chair before she said a sentence, "That's absurd!" Tristan argued...
***
"Abigail, what's the news?" Klein asked glossing his hair with gel on his hand, Abigail nodded and opened the folder, "sales are currently rising, however, because of it, we're lacking furniture stocks," she said while walking towards him sitting in his chair in front of his desk, she gave the folder to him open, "I see... did you contacted our supplier about it?" he asked while rubbing his head with his index finger, Abigail nodded as a response, she took out her phone in her pockets and showed her conversation earlier with the supplier,
"our supplier is texting," he pointed as he saw the bubble in the conversation, Abigail tilted her head, "what is it?" she asked as she walked beside him to look at the text,
'DING!'
"We have newly made fabrics to show the company, the samples will be delivered shortly," the supplier politely texted,
"Oh! new fabrics! they will arrive soon, test them out to see if it's good for the future products," Abigail said while scrolling through her phone, Klein nodded and smiled, he stretched his body as it began hurting from sitting for too long, Abigail stared at her watch on her left arm, "It's already 12, let's head to the cafeteria sir," Abigail requested pointing her left hand's thumb at the door, Klein looked at her hand pointing at the door and nodded a bit, "that sounds nice, I hope the cooks will serve something pleasant today," Klein smiled with a hint of a malicious aura surrounding him, Abigail gulped as she noticed the aura, 'good luck cooks,'
***
Klein walked inside as Abigail held the door open for him, he noticed there are a lot of employees eating in the cafe than last week, one of the employees who are sitting a few meters away from Klein stood up on his chair, "Hello, boss," he greeted as the others noticed and they stopped chattering, they all greeted and their body stiffened, Klein seems to notice their awkward expression as soon as they saw him, "I guess eating here won't be a good idea..." Abigail whispered as she also noticed their stiff body, "yeah I think so too," he whispered back tilting his head near hers.
to be continued...