Chapter 32- You?
Marissa didn’t make any attempt to turn and face the man. His coldness could be felt in the room and a hush had fallen due to his brooding presence.
"I think I asked you a question!" He snarled and everyone there still couldn’t utter a word. Dean was standing behind him trying to decipher the situation.
"This lady... Ms. Mala," Joseph started pointing his finger towards the woman, "she is here to take them out of the room because she thinks that they all breached the security."
"Good God!" Kate whispered so that only people around her could hear.
I made the mistake of trusting Marissa and look! I landed myself into trouble. I should never have followed her. Amir warned me!
She was feeling happy seeing what could happen to Marissa now. Obviously, the other caterers could easily dump the blame on her. Now Marissa needed to be ready to face the consequences.
"Sir! I can explain," the recruitment lady tried to speak this time and waved her hand at Marissa’s face, "I asked them to stay near the reception and specifically told them to wait for me. I just wanted to issue them cards... when I returned, they were nowhere in sight. I thought they had left the building, but someone told me that he saw them going towards VIP elevators... I didn’t take time to contact the security."
She got breathless after giving such a long explanation.
Rafael’s eyes were on Mala who now had a slight red hue on her cheeks. She couldn’t maintain eye contact with those green orbs.
"Sir," Kate said, "we all were willing to wait near the reception but Marissa..." She pointed towards her, "She asked us to walk towards the elevators like... like thieves..." she trailed off in frustration trying to show that she didn’t do it willingly.
"Stop saying that... we are equally to be blamed," Shang Chi gave a hard stare to Kate and told Rafael. Delinda was nodding her head when Shan-Chi started speaking in Marissa’s favor.