chapter37 Eventful

As life continues....

her sister's belly got bigger and Grace was starting to suspect that Anna is going to birth a set of twin and a not a single baby girl like the doctor had said.

her best friend claim to be in love with her boss's brother and Grace respect for Maya grew tenfold for being able to put herself out there, even after so many bad experiences and failed relationships.

her mob boss friend adopted a cat and named it 'Sloth'. it is a big fat brown cat that does nothing but sleeps and eat and although Grace isn't a cat person, she found Sloth to be adorable.

her prodigy is doing well too. there was a lot of mistakes in the beginning. there were scoldings, tears and loads of work place tension but Luna is catching up and Grace couldn't be more thankful.

every other person had new, wonderful and..... different things going on in their lives while it seems that she was stuck in a circle. doing the same old things every single day.

work, work, work.

her only extra curricular activities were reading, watching TV and hitting the gym.

its not like she doesn't enjoy working her socks off, its just that, ever since her father found out about her extreme workaholic ways, he made her promise to limit her work time to 9:00am to 6:00pm, 7:00pm if it's very important.

working had become such a huge part of her life that she couldn't figure out what to do with her free time.

Jasmine had shown up to confront her, three more times in the past month. it wasn't that eventful because Jasmine would always fall short in her harassment attempts. she would end up screaming and crying as the security guards dragged her away. it was kind of a let down. that was the only eventful thing that had happened in a long while.

she wanted to do something fun and exciting with her life even for little while. her youth is slowly rolling away and her achievements were based on work and nothing else. a one trick pony.

so, she did what she had never done before, she left work by 10:42am on a Thursday morning.

Anna couldn't tag along, she already has plans to spend the day with her husband at home and Maya couldn't come over because of an overdue project. Grace was all alone in her quest for adventure.

as she stepped out of the tang inc headquarters building, she bumped into a hard surface that smelt all too familiar.

the rich scent of marigold and manly, manliness. instead of moving away, she drew closer. she sniffed in the scent with deep breaths.

'so refreshing' she thought as a moan of satisfaction escape her throat. she sniffed the musky goodness again and again and then her brain finally clicked.

she scurried away in horror.

'it didn't just sniff Lucas Lin like a crazed dog, did I?' she thought in panic.

Lucas was obviously shocked. he stood there still as a statue.

"you smell really nice" Grace said, trying to salvage the situation "my favorite... I mean your scent not you... I mean you could totally be my favorite... I mean I'm talking about your scent, the marigold and not your actual.... I'll just stop talking"

her rambling seem to have snapped Lucas out of his daze and grinning

"thank you. it's from 'My Wife' he grinned and Grace face fell. "I mean the brand is called My Wife, not that I have a wife. it's actually from my mother, who is totally not my wife... I mean, my wife can't be my mother... wait, my mother can't be my wife. well maybe, in some countries. the world is full of surpris...es?.... I'll just stop talking".

it was Grace turn to grin. they stood silently for a few seconds before bursting out in a fit of laughter. it lasted for a minute before finally dying down.

"I guess you're here to check on your sister"

"yeah.. she seems to be taking things seriously these days and it's all thanks to you"

"trust me, it wasn't easy." Grace would have said something humble like 'it is no big deal' but it was. it is a huge deal.

business wise, Luna didn't have a quarter of the smarts Grace had as a sixteen year old.

over the past month, Luna Lin had broken into tears eight times in her first two weeks of working in the company, messed up six files two of which she misplaced. the young lady was easily distracted and too emotional for Grace liking. she also talks a lot. although she have made substantial progress, "she still has a long way to go."

"I agree. making Luna a manager of a company was a far fetched idea considering that she has never worked for anything in her life. but if she keeps on this path. it might be possible"

.silence.

"she must be on the 33rd floor. I sent her on an assignment. but you can wait for her on the 42nd floor. my office" she whispered that last part.

she had to get going before she falls deeper into Lucas's charm especially after seeing this cute rambling side of him. they were standing so close, it made her have silly thought like; 'what would be feel like if we hold hands.. or kiss'

"I guess I should take my leave" Grace announced

"where.. where are you going... if you don't mind me asking"

"no where in particular, I am rest of the day off, in search of adventure" she answered truthfully.

"can I tag along?" Lucas asked eagerly

'say no, say no, say no' her brain yelled

"sure." she blurted