Episode 14

"Very well then," Rafael lean back on his chair. "Should we discuss about the pricing?"

She shrug. "I have no idea on that matter but," she pointed her fork towards Hayden "If you ever try to scam me, I will hunt you, even in your dreams."

"Dully noted," He nod, even though he didn't having her in his dreams.

They finished lunch after reaching an agreement with how much her shares on the company are. She was overwhelmed with the value, no matter how hard she works in the company, she could never earn that much. Reinne was making her way towards the elevator when Drew came running to her.

"What's wrong?" She ask him.

Drew let out a long breath. "I've been calling you for the past 30 minutes."

"I had my phone on silent. Why?" She grab her phone from her bag and saw that it have 11 miss calls from Drew and a message.

Drew: where are you? You have to meet up with the planning committee at two.

Drew: you only have 30 minutes. Where are you?

Drew: where are you?!

Drew: its past two already. Where are you?

She glance at her watch to see that she's 20 minutes late. She got caught up with her lunch meeting that she forgot her appointment at two. "Are they in already?"

Drew followed closely. "Yeah. Told them that you will arrive later than the schedule."

"And they are fine with it?" She said as she made her way towards the conference room.

"Yeah," He nod at her.

Reinne lean back on the elevator wall. "Who's in charge of the planning committee?"

"You are?"

Reinne turn to him with a confused expression. "I am?"

"Yeah. Well, nobody was assigned so..."

Reinne rub her temple. Great another work to be added to her mountain. "Do I have anything after this?"

Drew glance at his phone. "None."

"Great. Call Jubileen and Phillip to meet me at three."

"Why?"

Reinne shrug and head to the conference room where the committee is at. It took nearly an hour to finalize and to have her go signal to act on the plan. Reinne sigh contentedly when she reached her office. She has ten minutes before Jubileen and Phillip would barge into her office. She lean back and close her eyes to rest. Finally, some rest.

"What's the sudden meet up?" Jubileen saw her friend woke up with a start and fell from her chair with a loud thud. She quickly run to assist her while holding her laughter. Reinne rub her sore butt, she didn't hear the door open. Where the heck is Drew? What great way to wake up.

"Are you alright?" Reinne can hear the laughter in her friend's tone.

"Don't you knock?" She grab the tables edge to support her. Jubileen just stood up beside her and didn't offer any assistance. Some kind of friend. "Where the fuck is Drew?"

Jubileen unable to hold her laughter anymore, rolled on the floor despite of her friend's distress.

"Some friend you are," She fix herself before sitting back on the chair again. She didn't expect herself to fell fast asleep. "Where's Drew?"

Her friend hold her hand up before taking a deep breath. "He went to grab some snacks. So, why did you call me?"

"Wait for Phillip." Two minutes after her accident, Phillip came in. Phillip was her and Jubileen's classmate when they were in their college years. Phillip graduated first, while she and her friend got hold up for another year.

"So, what's the sudden meet up?" Phillip sat on one of the chairs in front of her while Jubileen occupied the other.

"Just going to reassign," She sigh while removing a folder from her never ending pile of paper works.

Jubileen and Phillip look at one another. "What do you mean?"

"Jubileen, you're going to be the planning committee in-charge. Phillip, you'll be the plant in-charge," She says, closing the folder that she just finished signing.

"Okay..." Jubileen drawn out. "I'm fine with it. Phil?"

"Does this means night shifts?" Phillip glance at her. "You know how I hate night shifts."

She sigh. All of them hate the night shifts. "Yes and no. You can assign someone to take on the night shifts. You too, Jub."

Reinne went to the comfort room after her talk with the two. She glance at her watch to see that she can head home already. Just thinking about her warm comforting bed made her sleepy. She saw Jubileen sitting on her chair when she came back. "Why are you still here?"

"I'm not due for another three hours," Jubileen stood up from her chair. "I want to ask you something."

Reinne look at her and frowned when she saw her friend's expression. She drop her bag on the table and turn her full attention to her friend. "What's going on?"

"Well, there's this guy..." Reinne nod, holding her smile. "What if-- The brewery had its competitor right?"

"Yeah. San Pablo Brewery. Why?" She leaned on her table, waiting for her to continue.

Jubileen glance at her and sigh. "What if I tell you that I met someone, but he's from that brewery?"

"What? When was this? Why wasn't I informed?" Reinne felt offended that her friend kept something from her.

Jubileen sat down. "Well, it was one normal working day. After sleeping, I decided to restock the groceries. Bump into his cart, coffee. Exchange names. You know the drill."

"But?" Reinne can sense a but after her friends statement.

"But, he told me he works at San Pablo Brewery," Jubileen shrug. "Of course, I wasn't able to tell him that I work at their competing company. Can I?"

"So?" Reinne doesn't get the point. "It's the companies who are rivalling one another not the workers. The company won't care about stuff like that."

"So...if I tell him that I'm working at Energy Brewery and Plant, its going to be fine?"

She shrug. "If he likes you, he will be fine with it. What's his name?"

Jubileen smile. "Jace." Jace? That name sound familiar. "Well, I suggest that you tell him before the new beer lunching next week."

"I know."

A name suddenly popped out of Reinne's head. "Wait. Is the name of the guy, Jace Michael?"

"Yes," Jubileen look at her friend, who is wearing a shock look on her face. "Do you know him?"

Reinne nod. "He's the brew master of San Pablo Brewery."

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