228 Unfortunate Clash
“Why are you suddenly asking
this? Did sothing happen?” I asked in return.
“Nothing at all. I was just curious. It’s always good to evaluate how you feel about the job regularly and it’s been a few years since you started so I just thought that having a good reflection might be good for you too,” he replied before he smiled warmly at .
“Thank you...for helping
reflect. I really like the job, so you don’t have to worry about
quitting anyti soon...” I replied followed by a teasing laugh.
“That’s good to hear. Retaining our top talents is also a big part of my job,” Ace replied simply.
“I see, Mr. CEO...” I replied teasingly.
Ace just grinned at , but he didn’t say anything else. Silence crept up on us again, but the atmosphere was lighter than it was before. I flicked my tongue along my lower lip as I summoned my courage to bring up the issue with Elizabeth again.
“Ace...” I murmured softly.
“It’s late. You should go to bed and get so rest. Sorry for dropping by out of the blue...” Ace said as he slowly got up from the bed.
Is he leaving already?
.....
“Ace...you’re not...staying over?” I asked a little hesitantly.
Ace slowly turned around to face
and our eyes t as I stared up into his face. His hazel eyes felt so unreadable when he looked at .
“Do you want
to?” he asked.
“Please stay...” I replied a little shyly.
...
The day finally arrived for us to review the edited version of the comrcial that we had been working so hard on. Sitting in the dark room along with mbers of Project Alpha and mbers of the production team, my heart raced fast and hard in my chest as I waited for the comrcial to flash up on the large screen.
“Excited?” Jeremy whispered from next to .
“More like...super nervous...” I whispered back.
I heard him chuckle and that made
wonder why he didn’t seem nervous about this at all. Perhaps he was more optimistic about
about the outco. We did supervise all the key scenes and all the transitions as well. Thinking about it objectively, there wasn’t supposed to be a large room for error and there shouldn’t be anything so unexpected. Even though I knew that I still felt extrely nervous to see the outco of our endless dedication and effort.
“Please watch carefully and take specific notes on the edits. We don’t have that much ti to get this right before it needs to be reviewed by the committee. If it passes that screening then this comrcial will be released for everyone in the public to see,” the director reminded us sternly.
The other person that this comrcial needed to get approval from was Ace. The director didn’t ntion Ace, but I was sure that everyone was more than aware that Ace was probably a bigger hurdle for us to pass than the committee of the competition. I took in a deep breath and then let out a loud sigh. Right at that mont, the large screen lit up and the comrcial started playing. All of my worries and nervousness evaporated imdiately as my eyes and attention focused on taking in all the small details of the comrcial. My hand moved to write down notes on my notepad for the director to work on so minor edits.
Jeremy had more notes than I did by the ti the short comrcial ca to an end. We thanked the director and everyone else before proceeding to our office to discuss the notes that we had taken down. The edits were minor, but these minor details could determine who would be the winner in the competition as well as the emotional impact that the comrcial would have on the audience. There wasn’t any detail that was too small for us to ignore. Everything had to be perfect.
“I’ll talk to the director later today about the notes that we’ve compiled. If you have anything else to do, you can work on that first,” Jeremy suggested before he smiled at .
“Thank you, Jeremy. I’ll leave this in your capable hands...” I thanked him honestly.
He nodded and left the room. Now that that was settled, I opened my laptop to check on the email from Ace that I had been waiting for. Last night he ntioned a party that would take place this weekend and that he would send
more details about it. I opened my email and saw that email regarding the party that Ace had just sent over.
My eyes swept over the details in the email. The venue told
that the party would be a big and glamorous one. However, the detail that bothered
the most was the date that the party would be held. If I wasn’t wrong, and I was sure that I wasn’t, the date of the party landed on the exact sa date as Ace’s birthday.
I leaned back on the chair that I was sitting on and closed my eyes. My hand moved to rub the sensitive skin in between my brows as I willed the frown that had creased my skin to go away. I wanted to buy Ace a present for his birthday and then I thought that we could celebrate this birthday peacefully together. Of all the days, why did this party have to be on the sa day as Ace’s birthday?
Ace didn’t ntion his birthday to , and he didn’t seem bothered at all by this party. At his age, Ace probably didn’t care much for birthday parties or presents anymore; however, I really wanted to make it a special day for him and for us. My eyes stared at the date in the email again as if staring at it intensely enough would make the date change. Of course, sothing as ridiculous as that wasn’t possible. Ace wanted
to attend the party with him and that was what I intended to do. Even if we couldn’t have a private dinner together because of the party, I guess I could still get him a present.
–To be continued...
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