29: Disappointing Meeting with Prey

Having a decent lunch at the newest cafe around the central park, ICE began on telling Sabrina what she did last night with Lexie. At first, she was furious to the point of bending the fork that she was holding and the bread knife almost hits ICE's finger. ICE was not afraid of getting hurt but she was afraid of the temper of her lady.

"Babe, calm down, we have to play smoothly so we could get intel about him." ICE sighed heavily and Sabrina slowly calmed down.

"And why tell me now?" Sabrina looked at her seriously cold that ICE sighed in defeat.

"He saw my face." ICE answered.

"Well, not right now because you're wearing your usual facemask." Sabrina defended. ICE sighed once again when she noticed their prey's arrival at the cafe.

"I just informing you because he's in our three o'clock." ICE whispered but was clear enough for Sabrina to hear it and calmed herself as ICE's girlfriend.

"I already had a meeting with him later and now he here…what a stalker." Sabrina sighed irritably and ICE chuckled at that behavior.

"He's coming." She notified Sabrina.

"Hi, we meet again." then just a few seconds, their prey decent with his charming voice that could lure any whore.

"Excuse me? Do I know you?" ICE played.

"I help you get here." Marlon said while grinning from ear to ear while Sabrina sat there quietly observing since it was not her time to butt in.

"Oh, thanks then. But sorry, I don't quite remember things when I'm tipsy." ICE still played along and was about to eat when Marlon speaks again. It seriously annoyed the two ladies already but they were playing it cool.

"It's okay, are you having a date?" Marlon asked when he glanced at Sabrina who was pretending not to get annoyed.

"Yeah…why?" ICE was getting colder to the questions that Marlon was throwing at her. She was losing her patience and wanted to strangle him on the spot.

"I thought you already had a girlfriend?" Marlon pressed and ICE sighed as she quickly thinks about how to play with it.

"We broke up that night." ICE just shrugged her shoulders sadly and Marlon looked affected but Sabrina noticed the smirk slightly playing on the corner of his lips.

"Am I the cause of it?" Marlon sounded confident about it. It annoyed the two ladies more.

"Not sure but she kept shouting at me after her work." ICE just didn't want to talk to him and wanted to drop it down. Sabrina was getting on edge because of his presence around his questions toward ICE.

"Ahm, excuse me. You talk as if I don't exist here. Who are you? Who is he, babe?" Sabrina's voice went very firm and cold caught ICE's attention immediately and held her hand on the table to calm her a bit.

"Ahm, a random man that I met last night…" ICE said and Marlon doesn't want to leave. He doesn't have any fucking idea that the two ladies didn't want him around them. How dense.

"Marlon Marlow. You can call me M for short." He introduced himself and was about to offer a handshake but Sabrina just looked at it before glaring at him.

"Okay, leave. I want my alone time with my woman here." Sabrina used her authority side as a boss when she directly dismissed Marlon's presence around their table.

"You've got, a feisty girlfriend." Marlon smirked but deep inside he was a bit shaken up when Sabrina speak powerfully at him.

"Well, I easily get a lot of suitors and their possessiveness went over the top. I love the attention from her though." ICE smiled proudly at how Sabrina's anger doing its game of pretending in front of Marlon.

"So hear that. Back off. She's off-limits and if I see you around her again, I cut you into pieces." Marlon was about to speak when Sabrina played with the bread knife that she was holding causing him to gulp.

"Alright, okay, I'm leaving." he surrendered and leave after winking at ICE. ICE shivered badly over that disgusting wink from him. She hoped that she didn't saw it yet, but it was too late.

"Did he just winked on you in front of me?!" Sabrina was totally in her mad mode as she slammed her hand that was holding the bread knife.

"Babe, you're being serious now?" ICE noticed that her lady's anger was not a game anymore - it was totally real possessiveness that she was showing.

"Who wouldn't?!" Sabrina huffed while she rolled her eyes irritably at what just happened during their lunchtime.

"Okay, Babe, I'm all yours so don't forget that." ICE smirked amusingly at the jealous side of her lady lover

When their annoying lunch finished slightly happy, they went back to the hotel's office to deal with the last meeting that Sabrina did not want to attend. Though, she has to do it since ICE has to get something about him. They reach the hotel back in time and Sabrina had a few more minutes to settle things before her last meeting for the day.

"Ready, to meet our prey?" ICE asked as soon as time nearly come.

"Alright, here we go." Sabrina muttered to herself and went immediately into her cold facade that even at a couple of distance, ICE could feel them already. The air around Sabrina drastically shifted colder than it used to be and she can't help but smirk over the chill that her beloved mate was releasing.

"Nobody can deny she's colder than any ice to the point nobody could touch her." ICE muttered to herself while smirking at the vibe that she was feeling around her lady lover.

With a full mask covering ICE's face and dress also changed, they both head to the other side of the office and meet their last client. Technically wasn't their client but their prey that they need to check carefully.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Marques. I'm Marlon Marlow. I'm glad that I finally meet you in person. But it's twice already, right?" Marlon Marlow greeted as soon as he entered the room and his friendly vibe was very having an irk feeling for the couple.

"I don't talk about personal matters when it was working hours for me." Sabrina coldly said to shut down what he was trying to talk with her.

"Okay, have you received my proposal? I've sent the proposal to your secretary about it…" Marlon said in a professional tone but he was looking around.

"My secretary took an emergency leave this morning and that's my personal bodyguard and assistant for the meantime." Sabrina coldly said while checking his proposal once again that her secretary sent to her last two nights. And it was making her head to spin while reading it.

"And regarding to your proposal, pardon my bluntness but it's an eyesore." she bluntly informed him about his proposal.

"Eyesore?" Marlon wondered.

"I know my secretary already told you many times to make a survey of what the clients will think about the idea and your stats around here, it was like you just came out with it. Plus, you seem don't know who's your target market in the area where you are planning to branch out of my hotel. Do you think I would easily approve of this nonsense? Sabrina went in her usual cold but firm voice that made Marlon a bit uneasy in his seat while listening to the blunt explanation of the CEO of the Marques hotels.

"Ahm, excuse me, can I see his proposal, milady?" ICE politely stepped in because Mr. Marlow was intimidated by her. Yet the look over his eyes could not escape from ICE's piercing gaze.

"What do you think you're doing?" Marlon was annoyed when Sabrina's personal bodyguard and secretary at the moment stood beside her lady.

"Here." Sabrina didn't hesitate on handing her the proposal with her markings.

"Let's see…do you want this proposal to get its approval by the lady boss, Mr. Marlow, right?" he asked directly while scanning his proposal and Marlon cautiously nodded.

"Alright, I will give you some pointers, if you're making a proposal, prepare a hard copy of your proposal and a PowerPoint presentation since you offering an idea and concept to the lady boss. You're not here to do some reporting based on printed files. When you're done with it, make an appointment for the boss to check your proposal, like what you did, and don't keep asking the secretary about arranging a meeting with the lady boss when you are not a business partner yet. Wait, for the lady boss' response." ICE gave raspy cold pointers that put Marlon in considering what he just prepared. Sabrina felt proud of how ICE took over the annoying man before them.

"Do I have a chance to make this proposal effective?" Marlon was disappointed that he didn't get Sabrina's approval with his looks and charming smile like it was always working.

"It depends on how you will make it work by that time. Contact my secretary if you need another appointment for this and then let's talk again." Sabrina cut their meeting shortly.

"Right this way, Mr. Marlow." Marlon was about to say something when ICE opened the door for him. With a dejected spirit, he left the hotel's office.

"That was something. Sorry, babe, if you didn't get anything." Sabrina pouted as she sighed disappointedly at their nonsense meeting. She was expecting much more from him because Marlon Marlow has been doing dirty transactions but couldn't make any neat proposal to a legal business. So disappointing.

"I had plenty actually. Don't worry about it, milady." ICE put her index finger over her lips while smirking. Sabrina already get what she was saying and just smiled at her.