Miss White Lotus and her Crush

The young madam's anger could be felt vibrating around the conference room.

"How could you make such a stupid mistake?" she scolded, not caring about the fact that the man in front of her is almost twice her age.

"You of all people should know how important this deal is for the company"

"Fix your mistakes before the clients come or else, don't come back to Tang co." Miss Grace ordered coldly.

The employees ran out of the room to check, recheck and redo their work. The job might be tasking but it is also high in pay, so none of them could afford to get fired. Besides getting fired from a company like Tang co. automatically means you lack efficiency making it difficult to find a job elsewhere.

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Everything had to be perfect. just perfect.

This will be the biggest contract Grace has handled since becoming the CEO of Tang co. and one of the biggest in the history of the company. It is definitely among the top fifty(50), it may not sound like much but getting to associate with the Lin conglomerate is no small fit. not to talk of signing a contract worth hundreds of millions in monetary value.

Miss Grace Tang wanted to make a name for herself and she wanted to make it big, so she can rub it in everyone's face. It might not be a very moral motivation but fu*k morals. She has to prove to her father, to everyone and most importantly herself that she belongs here and deserves everything she had.

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She stared at the revised copy of the contract and then at her employees who seemed to be holding their breath. A reaction Grace has come to love so much, she loved the power and respect and the fear her employees have for her. If only the feeling could be extracted and drunk in a cup like wine. She read through the last paragraph of the contract and let out a satisfied smile. This made everyone present, sigh with relief.

"The next time you make such a foolish mistake,I am cutting your salary by thirty percent" she warned

"Yes Miss Grace" they echoed as they rushed out.

'I have to be the best'

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Grace was a nervous mess. The representatives of the Lin conglomerate were almost twenty minutes late and Grace was worried that they had changed their minds about working with Tang co. very unprofessional but also very possible.

While other people had prick habit when dealing with stress like bitting their nails, tapping their feet or fingers or even banging their heads on the wall, Grace's prick habit was imagining the worst case scenarios with enough exaggerations to cause a headache. So, although the great madam Grace might appear calm and collected she was as anxious as a lone cat in a room full of rocking chairs and quite honestly, if she could she would have cancelled the meeting first and give them a middle finger. But, the Lin conglomerate where at the top of business and social ladder messing with them -teaching them a punctuality lesson is a big no-no. Plus, a lot of money is involved. This is one of those unfortunate times that Grace needed to swallow her pride.

'knock knock' without waiting for a response, Assistant Gu peeked his head into her office. "the Lin group is here" he announced.

'finally' she thought as stood up to welcome the tardy client. The walk down the hallway was nerve wracking, as she entered the waiting area, few steps in, her left heel gave out.

Of all the horrible things that could have happened, fate chose falling down splat in front of the representatives of the top company. It might not be tabloid worthy news but it would be news enough to make it's way into a lot of rich snot nosed housewives' tea parties.

'just great, of all the times to fall and embarrass yourself.' she thought expecting to hit the hard floor and humiliate herself instead, she was caught by the waist and secured into a hundred percent rock hard abs. She raised her head to "thankfully" glare at her savior. -because what's worse than falling and embarrassing oneself? Being saved like a damsel. Her eyes meet with the shimmering and majestic eyes that belongs to no other than her long time crush ....Lucas Lin?

'just great'

Grace stepped back faster than flash, brushing off the non existing dust from her well pressed suit pants.

'awkward'

"Mr Lin?... What a surprise." Grace said, putting on a professional smile, still trying to get over the fact that Lucas himself was in her presence.

"I found your proposal interesting and decided to check things out for myself" although Grace was smiling professionally, she was internally shrieking and screaming. It has been a while since she heard his voice up close.

"then let me not waste much of your time, let's proceed to a conference room and get started, I'll lead the way" without waiting for a replied, Grace began to walk to her office with Lucas and his supposed assistant and employees following closely behind

Grace might have a slight (HUGE) crush on Lucas since her last year in middle school, she might also be stalking him on every social media platform available. Heck, she is so proud of herself for not stammering in front of Mr hot and handsome.

Grace was so lost in thought that she almost didn't notice that she had already arrived at the conference room for profiled meetings.

"please gentlemen come in"

Lucas Lin was staring and somewhat smiling at her.

'This shouldn't be so hard. right?'