Riza taught her the basics part of her work.
She then, introduced Maria to the staff.
Which left her confused because of the stares she received from them.
Maria was thankful because Riza taught her almost everything. Riza even left her tips a about her job.
"thank you very much muss Riza."
she said after their work.
"its alright, besides its my job to teach you."
Riza said while cleaning her desk and she helped.
"its break time , you should go down to cafeteria and eat you lunch."
Riza informed her
"I brought my home made lunch with me, miss"
she answered to the old woman.
"oh? that's great."
"we can share my lunch , I make it for two person just in case. "
she speak happily
"is it okay ?"
"of course!"
Maria agreed
Then, Maria took her lunch container out from her bag and placed it on the table.
She made braised pork, kung pao chicken and white rice. She even made egg custard tarts.
"wow! it looks delicious and smells amazing! you made it by yourself?"
Riza asked , surprised
"yes"
she answered proudly.
"that's great! can we eat now?"
"of course!"
Maria said and held out a chopsticks to the old woman which Riza accepted happily.
In the middle of their lunch, the private office door swung open and Tobias came out from it.
"I thought you went downstairs, in the cafeteria."
Tobias said while looking at their table.
"let's eat, sir Tobias."
Riza speak to him while Maria kept her eyes on her food.
"who made that?"
he asked after a while
"miss Ho made this and its very delicious."
Riza answered his question proudly.
Tobias glanced at Maria who were not looking at him. He saw her face blushed. He did not know that his smiling, but Riza caught it.
"but it seemed that miss Ho don't want to share her foods to me."
he said which made Maria hastily looked up at him.
"I'm sorry Sir, I just made it for two person, next time I'll make one for you."
she hurriedly explained , face red.
" alright, I'm looking forward to it. By the way I'm going, enjoy your lunch."
he bid, but before he went, Tobias cast a look at Maria.
Maria just bowed down her head and shoved a slice of pork on her mouth.
Riza, on the other hand looked at his retreating back. Inwardly praying that Tobias will behave this time.
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It's been a week since Maria started working at The CHIU GaAS.
Everything went well and miss Riza bid her goodbye last week also. She felt emotional when Riza came towards her and hugged her tightly and told her to take care.
They became closed to each other during that short span of time.
Riza was the opposite to the image that she imprinted in her mind when she first met her.
Riza was caring, Maria felt that she found a mother with her.
Oh shoooot! She felt like crying.
Maria was on her emotional state, when the main entrance door suddenly swung open.
A tall, beautiful woman came in. She walked sophisticatedly and elegant like a model.
The woman never casted a glance at Maria and continued to walk straight to her boss's office.
She went inside without knocking.
Maria guessed that the woman was Tobias girlfriend.
After a few minutes the woman came out from his office, looking furious.
The woman looked at her and Maria abruptly looked down pretending to be busy on her computer.
Maria saw in her peripheral vision that the woman walked towards her.
"hey you!"
the woman called her angrily
Maria told in her mind that the woman is really beautiful but not well mannered.
She forced to smile and speak.
"yes ma'am, what can I do for you?"
she asked politely
"is it true that Tobias had a lunch meeting today?"
the woman asked her and intently looking at her.
Maria recalled her boss schedules, but Tobias has no schedule for today because he demanded to clear his schedule because he just got here from his business trip in the US for one week.
Why is he lying to his girlfriend?
What is she going to answer?
Would she lied to this feisty woman?
"ahm, yes ma'am."
Maria answered politely again, silently praying that the woman won't suspect her that she's lying.
"and is it true that Tobias had a business trip for 1 week in US and he will be leaving this afternoon?!"
the woman asked again furiously , her face red due to anger
Dank! Is her boss trying to kill her on this hot seat?! He just came here from US! The fudge!
She remained calmed as if she's not itching to go to her boss and give him a piece of her mind.
"yes ma'am."
she answered the woman, smiling
"fuck that schedules!"
the woman shouted at her and left.
Maria was shocked. What's that woman's problem? She stood up and walked towards her boss private office.
She knocked three times but inside her, she really wanted to kick the door!