Chapter 3

That morning I had big headache , after seeing idea to another. Its look like I will be having a long tiring day . There are 40 of my workers attend to the audition today. Some I reject easily, some of their idea quite satisfy but once it 

run into web base it gone to disaster result. That's kinda sad for them, I been through and it feels so embarrassing , yeah presenting in-front of the audience people who better was totally ashamed . Sometimes I seeing my employment , most of them try to convince me something which their creation based on their time management ,how they outcome with it , but somehow most of them give some bad quality, I can say that person does not know what they talking about reminds me about my friend final project, she got burst into tears heavily because the judge knew she told lied about her work, not by her own, but asked other people to do it. Even though it looks like very high enhance design but for Diploma level is not suitable to do so.

Lastly , when I make my decision, as CEO, I am very afraid to make decision like this because I know there will bad comments not being fair enough. I am very bad on it. But as I review and ask other leaders in every section which they attend to be judge , help me to choose wisely. Yes, I made my fair decision and most of the leaders section like it too and end the first group audition of that day. 

Grouch and stretching out of my body because sitting on the comfy leather like 4 hours was very tiring for me. I rub my eyes and yawn. Damn , I am tiring. I make my steps out from the meeting rooms, and look around the hall. All white and modern , I like the hotel so much since I step into for my vacation last year. I smiles without any reason. "Miss, may I know what would you like to do now?"Emily approach and politely remark beside me where I am standing watching the garden infront. I look at her. "Nothing I guess, but I feel kinda exhausted ,"

"I would like to suggest that if you like to get some relaxing spa for yourself ?" . Nice idea. Absolutely. Who did not want to get own time now? I smiles and grab her arm. "M-Miss?"she surprisingly what I am doing . "Let's go together?"

"Is that ok , Miss?"she ask. Why not, giving reward for being considerate I supposed ? "Yeah sure why not?"

Emily smiles happily. "Thank you very much , Miss" 

I feel more better than before. The massage was the best. I look at Emily's face. Her face full of gratitude on what I gave to her. The Panpuri Organic Spa full of Thai traditional , I wonder how Echa now at Thailand ? For the other hand, Fird Grey's face came into my mind from no where. When I think about him, remind him about our last night dinner. The way he eat his food, the way he cut the meat , playback into my mind, until the sentences disgust me for a second .

Your scent gave spell on me all the time.

Maybe he tried to be nice with me? Or something else? I don't know. Emily and I walk away from the spa while we talking like bestfriend. Emily seems to be happy , well I am glad for that. Suddenly.

I feel my body bump on someone infront of me. 

"Oh,I am sorry,"

That perfume scent. It could not that be? I look straight into that person which I bump into. Certainly him, Fird Grey wearing his black suit and nicely pattern on his tie . "Oh, Miss Zain," he smiles when he sees my face. "Mr Grey, what are you doing here?" yeah, he came from nowhere, and he end up appear like running through from magic doors nearby. "Oh, actually I searching for a toilet," he said look at me differently. And his nose disgust my sight. "Are you from the spa?" he ask. I giggle . "Yes we were,"I reply. Emily smiles with her shyness above her. "I see, could you wait for a moment? "

"Yes sure, the restroom is there actually,"I point over straight behind me . He smiles. "Oh great, thanks. Would you mind to wait?"

"Yes, I will be at the lobby," kinda cute when he shivering holding his releasing something from below. I grin as he run to the restroom. 

I ask Emily to get back to the room ,and rest while I am waiting for Fird Grey at the lobby. Before Emily go, she give my car keys . Certainly considerate. I look at the lobby quite pleasant feeling . I feel I am in 80's luxury hotel. The workers are very elite manners. The floor was white pearl marble. The view never be calm as people walking , hearing the sound of the shoes , heels tapping on the floor. The echoing conversation . "It is absolutely ashame from me,"Fird Grey remark on me when I peace. I grouch because I don't get it why he likes to approach me that way without polite way. "Oh, I did it again," he sees I am uncrossed my hands while watch him . "You know, that's good," I rise up . Fird Grey swallow his saliva. "I think you already done the auditions?"

"Yes,"

"How it goes?"

"Its bad, but the good news is I make it the decision, there will be 2 groups more left,"

Fird Grey rise his brow. "But you said, you will taking my flight tomorrow?"

"Oh yes, the other two groups will be next week,"

I smiles, sharp memory .  

We walk without knowing we were going to. "Can I invite you to place?"his tone becoming more sexy than before. I look at him , the tone was attracting my inside. "Invite me to some place?"

"Yes, if you don't mind?"our step stop and he walk after me while his blackgray eyes staring at my eyes. I wetting my lips up , nervous when he did that way. Only us in that hallway. Fird Grey still waiting for my answer. "Alright then,"at last I make my decision. "Alright, do you want to bring your car or ride on my car?"

I could not give that choice. He smiles. Great, his smiles right now melting me down. "I would like you to ride with me ,Serene," that voice. I know it, there is something while he saying my name. I swallow my saliva . I don't know how many times I did swallowing but he is the only make me swallowing stuff. "Why is that?"

"Because I want to show how I good I am riding car"

"Are you trying to showing off?"

He giggle. "Serene, what am I gonna do with you ?" he put his c**k at the side, smiling seeing my face were blushing. His smiling trying to control my heart. I like his smiling, its like he did not crave that curve line for his lips such a long time

"Why do I need to change my clothes?"I ask strangely when he ask me to change clothes to adventerous clothes. "Well, I don't want you get sweat. And if you still in that black business dress of yours, I gonna rip it off,"

Gasp. That's arrogance nasty attitude . He smiles again like to see my expression . "Don't you dare to rip it off,"

"If you not being dare with me , then I don't , Serene" he murmurs. So I did change my clothes into normal outfit. I am wearing white T-shirt,half long sleeve light blue jacket , dark blue jeans and boots leather with my red brownish wavy hair tying up to ponytail. As I come down to the parking lots, I see him change his outfit too. White T-shirts, black leather jacket, and grey jeans along comfy shoes. When he did go for changing? Seriously, scare me though . "When did you go change?"

"I have my room here"

I blink my eyes for a second. "Seriously?"

"Coincidence , I am not trying to stalk you ,"

I grin. "I did not say that, I was about to say it though"

Fird Grey smiles . "That's why I said it first,"then he unlock his BMW M3 white car . I grouch with smiles. 

He is very good driver. Smoothly bring the car in medium speed. Tidy and smells good like new car. And few minutes after light jam, he park his car at the side of the road. We are middle of crowd people that evening. "Where are we now?" I ask once come out from the car, he walks to infront of me while lock his car . "We are at pasar malam Bartam " he reply. Pasar malam? So this is called pasar malam. My mama always saying that she used to go Pasar malam during she was teenager. Full of people walking pass by , and people selling their goods, and variety of foods. We walk side by side , sometimes he tells me about something new for me now. There are mixture of flour becoming something crispy and it add some crunches of peanut and tasty corn, called Apam Balik . Some of food that I always want to see how it look is nasi lemak. There were rice which cooked with padan leave , have a eggs, and some anchovy fish and some ground nuts , cover with banana leave .  The aroma gives me hungry now. But everything news for me to discover. And I like it. When my face was too observing, I realize that Fird Grey looks at me . I bite my lips and shy about it. Fird Grey grin with that expression. I look away and ignore his face awhile. 

"Would you like to have some Mee Bandung ?" he ask as we stop infront of a stall . I blink my eyes . Mee Bandung ? What is that ? He look at me because I did not answer his question . "Is a noodle dip in sup"he explain. "Oh, ok" so we walk into the stall and take a sit . I look to the owner who walk to us . He takes order in Malaysia language . Impressive . He did not ask me how I feel like other man before who like to ask me plenty of question based on my feelings , but for him , he instead look at me just now . But at least that kind of better way . Because I could not comment , I can is I am speechless . "Are you ok ?" he ask right after he make the order and the owner walk away to the kitchen . "Yes , I am" he look comfortable with this situation for me is new thing to learn . Simple things happens . I like it though . "After we having our dinner later , I want to buy some ingredients , can you shop with me ?"

I smile. I want to have it look too . Seeing variety goods . "Ok sure" 

The food that Fird Grey order looks tasty. So this is called Mee Bandung . The taste like Cantonese mix with meat soup. The mee is yellow in colour ,it have some prawns , ok that is delicious and some cube tofu . Ice tea as my drink is good choice . "I hope you don't mind I ordered Ice Tea"

"Nevermind , I like it"

Fird Grey lift his forehead. Oops , I surprise myself saying those , I just drink it up my Ice Tea . "I love to come to kind of place often" he tells . "With your family ?"

"Not with my family but, by my own" he start his appetite , and slurping his noodle . I start my eat also. First is delicious and tasty. I love it. It was nice combination with Ice Tea. I look at Fird Grey at see how his slurping the noodle. Very tasty, I would like touch the lips. Is pinkish and it's look it never been put cigarettes before. And so I bite my lips. He look at me and lift his brow up. "What's wrong, Serene?" he ask.

I blink my eyes and swallow my saliva , taste the bandung soup in my throat. "Nothing, do you come always to Penang?"

He wipe his lips with tissue. "Not just Penang, around the Malaysia I already went but , I like more Penang than other places,"  he have a sip of his drink. "How about you have you been?"

That is a question , well is not about the current situation but is outside of it. "Me? I don't , I always to Penang to make my meeting with other productions"

"I see," he smiles, for second thought he look at me. I look his bowl , he finish his food. That was quick. Last one and I have finish the dish. Nice dinner. After he pay for the food , we walk into the market and find his ingredient. I never seen any man would like to buy his stuff to cook, neither my dad is although he keep on eating healthy for his daily eat.

The way he look to choose on quite interesting, it gives me like to see it even more. Sometimes he asked me to pick the best for him , sometimes there is something happen makes us laugh and smiles.

He puts his groceries in his BMW M3's bonnet . And I come into the car . After he close the bonnet , he ran into the driver's sit. I put my sit belt on while he take one look on his phone. His face become serious seeing the contains . I just remain silent . He release the grouch and keep his phone back to his pocket. "Shall we get going?" he wears sit belt on and switch the engine on. We look at each other. "Are you ok?" I attempt to ask since I curious about his reaction just now which annoys me. Fird Grey grin. "I am ok, why do you ask?"

The cool breeze from the air conditioner feels relax on me . "Nothing,"

Fird Grey change his gear while holding his steering . His right phone start to push to accelerator . BMW M3 slowly come out from the side of the road.

He carrying his groceries and we walk to the lift. "You are cooking tonight?"

Fird Grey smiles, "No, I bringing this back to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow , " that's odd. Buying groceries such far away from Kuala Lumpur. Is Kuala Lumpur groceries that expensive? I never thought that before , because Emily does the shopping.

"You seems to be thinking of something" his index finger press the button lift. The lift arrive faster than I thought. We enter and the lift door close. "I am ok it just, worrying about you,"

His brow lift aside. "Why is that ?"

"Because of your face just now, are you having problem?"

His brow become normal and smiles. "There is nothing you to worried about, Miss Zain. I am perfectly fine" as I look his smile, maybe the problem is not big deal to handle. A bit of relieve but not most of it.

We arrive at the hotel's lobby. We headed to nearest lift which already open widely,  lead us to the rooms . My level is at 9th floor. "I am in 23th floor,what yours?"

"Mine is 9th floor"

Fird Grey smiles. "Expected for CEO," he press the 9 button . Is he making joke of me. Ok is sound like joking but in serious way.

"Take some rest for tonight, Miss Zain," he said before the lift arrive at 9th floor. I smiles while look down. Sounds sad though, but I had great time today. "Yeah you too, Mr Grey"

The lift door open wide and I walk out, and look at Fird Grey inside . "Goodnight Serene"his face looks so calm, and yet attractive with his smile. I reply his greet then the lift door close. For second time, I feel I went for adventurous beyond this lift door. I grin and I walk towards my Corner Suite.