Chapter 61 - Fifty-One
LEO
He is late. Erwin is late and I can’t reach him through the phone. He isn’t picking up my calls nor is replying to my texts.
Did something happen to him?
No, no Leo. Don’t think of negatives. Maybe something important came up and he needed to handle it right away? Maybe his phone is dead, this is why he can’t reply to my calls and texts?
But his phone is never dead and he picks up almost immediately when I call him. Why is he being like this?
"Leo, if we don’t set out now we will be late." Kevin states as he checks the time through his wrist watch. "Why is Erwin not here yet? Did something come up on his end?"
"I don’t know." I shake my head, staring at my phone’s screen so hard as if my answers will pop out on here. "Can’t we wait just a little bit longer?"
"President Liu’s assistant has already called me three times now. I don’t think it would be too graceful to be late more than we already are." Kevin snips robotically.
"Then can we just cancel it?" I suggest.
Kevin gives me a look. I know I am being childish here and my assistant is behaving more mature than me but I can’t help it. I don’t want to go to that party if Erwin is not coming. That Liu Feng guy has a thing for me and it is so damn obvious that I feel rather awkward to avoid it.
"I am sorry, president but I am afraid it is not an option anymore." Kevin averts his that pointed gaze from me, "We need to go to the party to maintain our reputation and it is a must if you want the billion dollar project successful."