Chapter 72: Tease and play with me all you want
It was the last day of the team-building program, and Sun had instructed everyone to make individual action plans. Each individual would write a private letter to themselves, answering questions such as: "Today, what contributions am I most proud of?"; "What do I regret doing/saying, or not doing/saying?"; "In the future, I’d like to be more..."; "I’d like to stop... and start..." And so on and so forth. They would then seal the letter and drop it off in their mailboxes at home one month from now.
Raine enthusiastically joined in, writing her own answers all while sneaking glances at Tyrone’s direction not too far away from them. She took the activity seriously, and she enjoyed many games during the rest of the program. It was very rare for her to interact with others, after all. It was practically a once-in-a-blue-moon experience for her.
As she made her letter, she couldn’t help but keep on smiling, recalling Tyrone’s cheekiness last night about the blue moon and whatnot. She had pondered about it all night and had decided to make Tyrone her right-hand man just as he suggested. In a sense, she simply followed her heart’s desire in that crucial decision she just made.
At his own table, Tyrone met her gaze and smiled. The image of her kissing him immediately materialized in her head. Raine thought that her heart would explode at any minute. It was already bad enough that she almost kissed the host earlier for interrupting her daydreams.
After a few last-minute activities, the group had a good dinner in the dining hall. Before everyone returned to their respective rooms to rest, however, the group had one final session. Xander, as the head, gave out a short speech. He encouraged his subordinates, hoping that everyone had enjoyed their trip. He then continued, remarking that at the same time, they should have learned a lot of things that they could take home with them. Lessons that everyone could use back at the workplace and achievable goals that would reinforce critical findings from the program.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Xander Yang, for that wonderful speech. I must say, this group is indeed lucky because we were instructed to prepare a small party in the function room. So we encourage everyone to join us! We will have various drinks available, and everyone is allowed to get wasted. Isn’t that right, Dr. Yang?" Sun announced with a smile as he shifted his gaze to Xander.
Xander smiled and nodded, adding in jest, "Just make sure there’s no violence afterwards, alright?"
The group cheered. Some excitedly went into the function room, while others returned to their rooms to change into cuter, more ’selfie appropriate’ outfits.
Raine, of course, remained in the function hall and enjoyed the cocktail drinks.