Destiny of the Substitute Bride
18. Scant.
From a short distance away, Bella can see a beautiful woman sitting at her desk. Bella paused for a moment to make sure the hat and mask she was wearing completely covered her entire face.
After two breaths, the girl continued her steps.
"Excuse me, emm ... Miss, I'd like to deliver an order for Mr. Werner" Bella said as soon as she reached Celine's desk.
Celine stood up from her chair and looked at Bella fully inquiring. "You look very foreign. Are you the new employee here?" ask the woman.
Bella nodded awkwardly. "Yes, I'm new here."
Celine smiled. "No need to be so awkward, just relax. By the way, why are you wearing a hat and mask in the room? I can't see your face." The woman stood up from her chair and approached Bella.
Bella reflexes a step back. "S—I have a heavy flu, Miss," he replied of origin. "Ahh, take it easy, I am not the cooking part, so it is certain that the food for Mr. Werner is very safe." The girl hurriedly added her sentence when she saw Celine's countenance slightly change.
"Oh, so. Okay, you can go straight inside" said Celine kindly.
Bella was shocked. How could he bring the food inside. "S—I think, I just drove up here, Miss," he said timidly.
Celine shook her head. "No, you have to take him inside, because sometimes Mr. Werner has to taste the food he ordered, and I don't understand if there's anything missing." A line of smiles was imprinted on the secretary's pretty face.
Bella's heart is beating so bad. His hand that was holding the food trolley was even trembling.
"Come on, go ahead" Celine nodded at Bella, as if gesturing for her to enter Noah's room immediately.
The breath felt very heavy for the girl. With the lightest possible step he stepped into Noah's room.
Bella cleared her throat. "Your order, sir," he said in a hoarsely made voice, lest Noah recognize his voice.
Noah who was busy struggling with his laptop only nodded briefly.
Bella remained silent. The girl was of course confused about the meaning of the nod of the husband's head.
Once again the girl cleared her throat to provoke Noah's attention. However, there was no response at all from the man.
Bella bit her lips nervously. His heart won't stop beating. Right now, being in Noah's room was like he was waiting for his execution.
"Tu—"
"You're a new employee?" asked Noah while taking his eyes off the laptop. The man looked at Bella flatly.
Amazingly, of the thousands of employees working in this building are able to distinguish between new and old employees! Inner Bella.
"Yes, sir," replied Bella nervously.
"Put it on the table." Noah pointed at the guest table that was right in front of him. "Other times if I order food, ask your senior what to do!" then shouted.
Bella nodded in embarrassment, and began arranging food for Noah.
When he finished, he was about to resign.
"Who told you to go?" Noah re-opens his voice, as Bella says goodbye.
"Emm, anu, Tuan—"
"Wait there!" Noah cut Bella's words, then stood up from his seat of greatness. The man then approached the table and opened the food that Bella had just delivered.
Hot steam and a tantalizing fragrance instantly ambushed Bella's nose, as soon as Noah opened his hood.
Bella smiled gently at how Noah chewed his food with complete calmness. It had been a long time since the last time he had seen the man eat.
"As I recall, all employees are prohibited from wearing head and face coverings while at work!"
Bella's daydreams instantly froze, as Noah's cold voice echoed again.
"S—I'm having a heavy flu, sir. My eyes are also hurting, so I can't be exposed to the light for too long" Bella replied. He didn't care that Noah looked at the girl with a strange look.
"The food is safe, right?" asked Noah skeptically.
"Sir, safe! I don't work in the kitchen and I don't touch Master's food at all!" bella panicked.
Noah was silent for a moment. "Then you can go" he said.
A look of relief from Bella's face. "Thank you, I'm sorry." Without being told twice, the girl rushed away after bowing her body deeply to Noah. However, when Bella was already in the doorway, Noah called again.
"It seems I've seen you. Your eyes look so familiar."
Hearing the words that shot from Noah's mouth, Bella's whole body brushed.
Noah stood up from his chair and began to approach Bella. "Try to open that hat" he said coldly.
Bella took a step back while shaking her head strongly. "I'm sick, sir," replied the girl, pretending to cough.
"Flu won't make me die!" exclaim Noah.
The man stopped exactly a meter in front of Bella. With a probing face, he raised his hand to reach for the girl's hat.
Bella closed her eyes in fear. However, when Noah manages to hold Bella's hat, his phone suddenly rings.
Noah rushes off the hat and picks up the phone. While picking up a phone call from someone, the man beckoned Bella to get out of the room.
Bella quickly pushed her trolley and left from there. The girl's heart almost stopped beating.
"Oh my God, I'm so scared" the girl almost cried. Without a second thought, he darted away from the fifteenth floor to return to his workplace.
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"Okay, I'll be there tonight" Noah said before hanging up his phone from Tristan.
The friend apparently invited Noah to go to dinner with one of his clients. That client became Noah's target to cooperate with his company.
Noah was about to walk towards the guest table, to resume his pending meal, but the man's eyes suddenly fell on the shiny little thing lying on the floor.
It turned out that a tiny brooch in the form of a rose — that did not belong to anyone—, was lying next to the foot of his guest chair.
From the outside, Noah can be sure that the object is not an expensive object made of real gold.
Noah just put the brooch on his living table.
Bella, who had just returned from the fifteenth floor, was immediately panicked when she realized her beloved brooch had gone missing.
The brooch was not an expensive brooch, but it was the only memory he had with his late mother. Because he was the one who bought it, when they took a walk to visit the fireworks festival first.
"Don't lose, don't lose it!" bella almost cried.