Chapter 63: Chapter 63
Flora followed behind Chloe as they went downstairs. The lobby on the first floor was already adorned with a red carpet, and there were rows of hospitality staff on both sides of the entrance. The girls from the guest room department crowded forward with curiosity.
Chloe caught their attention and pointed to a corner, saying, "Hey, stand here, all of you!"
"What can we see standing here? We can't see anything," one of the girls whispered in protest. Chloe gave her a disdainful look before she obediently closed her mouth and stood in place.
The setting sun outside was intense and a bit blinding. Flora, standing in the corner, suddenly felt a bit dizzy, perhaps due to the noise of the girls around her. She felt a slight tightness in her chest.
"Flora, are you okay?" Linda turned around and noticed Flora's unusual complexion. She looked at her with concern.
"I suddenly feel weak all over. Chloe, I'm afraid I need to take a leave of absence," Flora said with a pained expression, addressing Chloe.
Chloe rolled her eyes in annoyance and said sarcastically, "You know how to pick the timing. Fine, go ahead. Do you need someone to carry you?"
"No need, thank you."
Flora turned around, preparing to walk towards the elevator, when suddenly the voice of the lobby manager rang out, "Everyone, stay in place and don't walk around randomly."
Flora was startled, knowing that the remark was directed at her. She had to retract her lifted foot and return to her original position amidst sympathetic gazes.
Chloe smiled and addressed the lobby manager, "Flora isn't feeling well, so let her go back and rest." Then she whispered to Flora, "Come on, I'll accompany you upstairs." She took Flora's hand and walked towards the elevator.
As a result, they waited for over forty minutes but the staff members from the corporation still didn't arrive. People on the first floor had to disperse, change shifts, and busy themselves with their own tasks.
After a short rest, Flora felt that she was already much better and prepared to leave with Chloe and Linda to go home.
The first floor lobby returned to its previously calm state, and the red carpet had been removed.
Flora chuckled and said, "I still think it looked more comfortable this way. It was too pretentious before."
"Hey, be careful not to get caught by the lobby manager, or she'll discipline you!" Linda whispered.
"She hasn't been disciplined yet, she's itching for it," Chloe teased, and the girls giggled.
Amidst the laughter and playfulness, a crowd of people suddenly burst into the luxurious entrance, striding inside. The grand spectacle immediately caused a small commotion.
"Wow, the troublemakers have arrived," Linda whispered, her face displaying excitement as if she were watching a show.
The crowd that entered consisted of about a dozen people, all dressed in suits and wearing serious expressions. An elderly man, leading the group, was explaining something to a young man beside him. That young man, wearing a dark blue suit, had a tall and muscular physique, and his handsome face, hidden behind sunglasses, drove people crazy...
Flora was stunned, her mind went blank in an instant, and that handsome face appeared before her eyes! Even with his face covered by sunglasses, she could still recognize that face at a glance. It was a face she could never forget in her lifetime, a face that haunted her every night in her nightmares like a demon!
"Move aside quickly," Chloe, the first to snap out of it, pulled Flora's arm, urging her. It was obvious that these people wanted to get on the elevator, so what were they doing standing in the middle of the aisle?
Seeing the two of them standing firm as nails on the ground, Chloe couldn't help but roll her eyes and angrily said, "You two infatuated fools, when will you ever stop?"
Flora remained rooted in place, wanting to escape, but she couldn't move a step as if she were bewitched. With her trembling finger pointing at the young handsome man, she stared at him, struggling to speak, but only managed to utter a few words intermittently, "Maxwell... Oliver...Smith..."
Maxwell Smith? Oliver Smith? Who on earth were they? Oh my god! Why was he appearing here? Flora's first thought was that she was finished! Her few days of freedom were about to disappear again!
If it was Maxwell, she could sense that she would meet a terrible fate. So, if it was Oliver? Would the gentle and considerate Oliver spare her? Would he give her a way out?
At that moment, the man opposite her might have heard her exclamation. He tilted his handsome face slightly, looking at Flora. After a slight surprise, a playful smile appeared on his face, and he walked straight towards her.
"Wow, so handsome..." Linda's eyes sparkled with stars, and she drooled almost to the point of it flowing out, gazing foolishly at the crowd approaching them.
"I don't care how handsome he is, let's just leave quickly." Chloe, the only one who was still sober, saw the strange faint smile on the handsome man's face, and felt a creepy sensation that made her scalp tingle. But these two idiots just wouldn't budge no matter how hard she tried to pull them away.
Flora, on the other hand, exaggeratedly let her legs go weak and fell into her embrace. Chloe was startled and quickly held onto her, urging, "Hey, Flora, what's gotten into you? Get up!" She had never seen anyone so infatuated! To faint on the spot upon seeing a handsome guy? Oh my god! She had finally seen it today!
Flora disregarded her and just stared at the face that was getting closer and closer. The handsome man stopped in front of her and took off his sunglasses. That face, which made Flora's head spin, appeared fully in front of her eyes, making her gasp for breath, on the verge of tears!