Chapter 15 : Newspaper
As Jimin and I went to work and entered the building, everyone was looking at us uncomfortably. I completely know what happened.
Dozens of people from media networks attended Andy's fashion show and my unfortunate play last night got into the newspaper and television broadcast. Even Jimin got involved.
Last night, after heroically helping me after my downfall on the catwalk we head straight to his mansion. I thought that he would want to talk about it, but to my dismay, we both parted ways and rested inside our empty rooms.
It's a nice thing that he wanted to help me, but because of that small help, he ends up getting caught up with me and I'm guilty of that. My parents, friends, and even those who don't know me keep messaging me on my phone and social media about it. To avoid more predicaments, I shut my phone off and focused on my work.
"What's my schedule for today?" Jimin asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I flipped the pages of my planner and muttered silently. "Your dad wants to meet you. Now." He paused on his tracks and so did I.
"Come with me." After shaking his head in pure irritation, he walked like flash and I had to keep up at the same pace. Thankfully, I'm wearing flats today.
We shared the elevator with a couple of employees who have their mouths shut. But I'm guessing that from their judgy eyes that they want to blabber about what's on the news.
When the elevator stopped at the sixteenth floor, Jimin hurriedly went out and I followed behind him. Without even knocking, he turned the doorknob towards his dad's office. Jimmy greeted us with a sour face and I think I already know what it was when his deadly stare landed on me. He's crumpling an LA Times on both of his hands and I grimaced in fear.
Despite the newspaper getting creased, I noticed a photo of a man with the caption 'Thirty-three-year old man arrested for sexual harassment after wolf-whistling'.
Was that the man last night?
"What is it?" Jimin sneered at his own father. Without even looking at me, he motioned his hand for me to sit and as his employee, all I have to do is follow whatever he says.
"You were all over the news! Helping some dumb lady getting up on stage got us being lashed by some of our competitors!" Jimmy bellowed and I keep on faking that I'm busy writing something on my planner. Not to mention that I feel completely uncomfortable here now that he referred to me as the dumb lady in his speech.
I took a deep breath to calm myself.
I don't know why Jimin wanted me here when all I can hear in this room is a broken father and son relationship and some indirect insults over my stupidity from Jimmy. I've wasted twenty minutes like that.
The next hours I was told that Cami will be teaching me something aside from printing stuff. I went to her office and she introduced to me current and former investors of the company through biodata. She said that I must be informed of their personalities and assets in case they come by.
After getting bored with it, Cami finally takes the initiative to pause from it. Instead of working, our topics shifted to random things such as office gossips and a few of our stories.
"By the way, how are you, Elise?" She suddenly asked while I took a sip of my tea.
Putting my cup down, I laughed. "Me? Well, I'm fine. Why'd you ask?"
"Nothing. I just thought that maybe you need someone to talk to about what happened last night." She smiled sweetly. Cami seems to have those 'you can't trust me' aura, but once you get to know her personally she definitely seems to be a trustworthy individual.
"Oh, that..." I trailed. "I don't know what to feel about it." I opened up. To be honest, I want to forget about that night but it is quite impossible. The same event keeps looping inside my head no matter how hard I try to distract myself with other things. Now that Cami brought it up, the scene plays in my mind again.
"I heard Jimin filed a case against the man who sexually harassed you by whistling," Cami informed me and that caught my whole attention. "That was a good thing though, him being imprisoned, men these days need to learn how to respect women." I nodded in agreement.
"And us women should stick together. That's why I'm always here if you're ready to talk about it." She gently squeezes my hand with a comforting beam and I returned one.
Once I got out of Cami's office, I wanted to go straight to my workplace, but I suddenly feel so bad. Instead of spending my vacant inside, I hang out around the emergency staircase.
I was silently sitting while thinking about my last night's idiocy when the door suddenly opened. I turned around only to see Jimin holding a cigarette, ready to light it with his igniter. "What are you doing here?" He sighed.
"Thinking. You?" I said in a serious tone. He didn't answer my question, but as a response, he rolled his eyes at me before tossing his cigar away. "Why did you dispose of it?"
"You're asthmatic." He remembers. "We have to talk-"
"About last night," I cut him off. "Thank you, but please I don't want to have this talk right now. I've been thinking about it lately and the more it repeats in my head the more I'm becoming terrified. What your dad said was true. I was too dumb last night. How can someone badly trip like that?" I laughed at myself.
"If that is what you want to tell me, then I'm pleading guilty already. Yes, I'm a fool. Aside from hoping that we might still happen, last night was one of the stupidest things in my life that will haunt me forever." His face was unreadable and I forced a smile. "I think I'll take leave for now."
Without waiting for his approval, I walked passed him but his sudden grip on my arm stopped me from getting away. "I'm sorry." The words that came out of his mouth was too rare that it made me all ears to whatever he has to say next. "I didn't talk to you last night because I was mad at them."
"It was my fault. Don't blame yourself for it and don't ever think of yourself that way because you're too far from that." He added.
Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top