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2024-10-29 19:42:56Victor leaves the meeting. None of those executives voice their objections either. Except for Viona, who immediately rushes after Victor to the next room.
“Hey, Victor! Where are you going?”
Victor answers her as he keeps walking out of the room and heads to the elevator.
“Sorry, I have a problem that I need to solve immediately. If I don’t clear this issue, that Mr. Benigno will be mad at me. Even though he's just a pizza shop owner, some say he has a connection with some mafia.”
But then Victor pauses for a moment right after he touches a button on the elevator, realizing that he doesn’t have enough money to pay his debt to Mr. Benigno.
He has two bank accounts. The one he has used since his college day, which is money he collects by himself. While the other bank account is the money he got solely from his father, William Charles, one of the richest businessmen in the country.
He has saved a stellar amount of money since he rarely used it in the past. However, his father had put on a ban for Victor to use that money right before Victor entered college. It was one of the conditions for his trial.
That is the one bank account he used for the Wedding Anniversary event, right after his father had lifted the ban for him yesterday. The problem now, his father has put the ban again for him as another trial, due to him spending his money recklessly.
What he has now in the other bank account won’t be enough to settle his issue with Mr. Benigno.
Victor returns and approaches Viona. He knows there is no way he can ask for his salary as a CEO while he hasn’t done anything for the company.
“Can I borrow your money?” he asks.
Viona squints her eyes, to hear such a President of the company where she works, is asking to lend him her money.
“Please! I have a debt to Mr Benigno. It’s not much, but I’ve promised him that I’d pay him double.
“How much?” asks Viona.
“Maybe around $800.”
“What? You don’t even have that much money with you?” Viona asks with a contorted face.
“Please, I’ll pay it later as soon as I get my salary.”
Viona’s brows are twitched. It’s indeed that much money is small for her. But she doesn’t have that much money in cash at the moment.
She then gives out her own credit card. However, before Victor takes the card, she immediately pulls it back as she points out her conditions.
“Pay me back double!” she warns.
“Rest assured. For you, I’ll pay it trice,” says Victor as he snatches the card and takes his leave.
“Hey?!” Viona tries to halt him.
But then…
♫♫ Ting! ♫♫
It just so happens that the elevator is open and Victor gets inside.
“Please, handle the meeting for me. I’ll be right back as soon as I…”
Viona doesn’t get to hear all Victor’s words completely as the elevator door is closed. She can only rub her forehead and intends to get back to the meeting room.
But then she realizes she hasn't given Victor the pin number to access her credit card. She tries to call him a few times, but she doesn’t get any response. She rushes to the elevator while she keeps trying to make a call. But she still doesn't get any response.
Even the elevator isn't cooperative enough with her at the moment. Thinking that she is going to wait there for a while, she calls the receptionist at the lobby.
[Yes, mam?]
“Please tell Victor to wait for me at the lobby.”
[Victor?]
“The one who entered the office with me before. Remember? He is our new president.”
[That man? Oh, there he is]
Meanwhile, Victor has just gotten out of the elevator and immediately heads outside. The receptionist lady delivers the message from Viona, trying to hold Victor there.
Victor ignores her and keeps mumbling about Viona being so an annoyance to him. That receptionist isn’t dared to be so pushy knowing that Victor is the president of the company.
And there he is standing on the side of the road, right beside that cheerful and energetic black security girl with curly hair. The girl glances at Victor with a smile. She even bends her body back to take a peek on Victor’s butt openly.
“Damn!” she says.
“What?”
“Nah, it’s nothing. Do you need a taxi, Sir?”
Victor smiles a little as he nods. And so, that girl puts two fingers on her mouth and whistles so loud in a high note simply using her tongue.
“Taxi!” she shouts so loud, much louder than Victor’s shouting before.
The taxi across the street immediately responds to her call and takes a detour toward them.
“Wow, thanks!” says Victor with a smile.
“Don’t mention it,” she replies with a flirting smile.
As the taxi arrives there, Victor opens the door. But suddenly, that security girl pats Victor’s butt openly. It shocks Victor. He turns back with a contorted face.
“Take care, Sweety!”
Victor he can only put a bit of an awkward smile. Seeing the cheerful and jovial character of that security girl, he can’t help but to hide his cringed feeling and gets inside the taxi.
And so, the taxi leaves as Viona is getting out of the lobby.
“Hey, please stop the taxi!” she informs that security girl.
But the security girl looks clueless and the taxi has already left. Viona can only sigh and rubs her forehead. She turns her attention to the left and finds the car they have prepared for Victor is parked there, with the driver busy with a crossword puzzle on a magazine.
“What is it, Mam?” asks the security girl.
“I told you to stop the taxi,” says Viona.
“Do you need a taxi?” the girl asks with a mixed feeling, knowing that Viona is one of the high ranking officials in the company.
“No! I want you to stop that man earlier,” Viona replies as she backs to her phone, trying to call for Victor.
That security girl glances at Viona with a funny face, thinking that the man she just helped before was Viona’s boyfriend. It's indeed that she found Victor a bit attractive despite his messy look. She even starts thinking that Victor looked messy after doing something with Viona.
“Haaa, your boyfriend, huh?” she asks by taunting Viona with a childish smile.
Viona ignores her and keeps waiting for the phone to be answered. But the security girl keeps talking to her, since she sees Viona looking worried to be left by a man.
“I know how hot he is. But you shouldn't worry too much about a guy like him. A woman as beautiful as you can find a much better man easily,” she says.
“What are you talking about? He is the president of our company,” replies Viona.
“Eeeh? President? Why would he take a taxi?!”
Viona leaves her and heads into the lobby without giving any answer. That security girl can only put on a blank face. No matter how good Victor is in her eyes, she can never imagine such a guy with a messy shirt and hair could be the president of Counterbrand.
“Aw, shit!” She mumbles dumbfounded, thinking about what kind of problem she would get later.
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