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Sharon : Oh… that… the other one is actually the Boss’s son’s company…


I have heard of that name before, it’s another design firm.




James : Oh… are we competing for business or working together… ?


Sharon : erm…. Haha… I don’t know how to answer that question….we… operate independently as separate legal entities….but…er…




She whispered in a knowing manner.



Sharon : Daddy pays the bill ma… so..



I laughed and nodded.



Her facial expression changed suddenly as she got back to arranging her documents. I looked up and saw this man walk into the office.


He’s tall. 1.8 at least with a good built. Smartly dressed and his hair was slicked back and cast into place with a good dollop of hair gel. Yes, like Shanghai Tang.

He walked as If he had this air of arrogance around him, talking briefly to the receptionist before turning left into his office.



Sharon : That’s the wing associate for the company. Mr Lau. .. boss’s son.


I could not understand the funny position that companies come up with these days.


Wing associate. That was also Mr Liew’s position.




Well, granted that the office was divided into 2 wings, North and South, it seemed pretty reasonable.

North wing will be where we work. South is the company helmed by Mr Lau.




My position ?


Thankfully it’s still decent. Senior project & admin manager. I actually administer the contracts mostly but what do I care. As long as they pay me.



That was until Sharon passed me a box of my new name card.


I almost fainted.

To save space and text, the printed SP AM James *****


There’s a spacing between SP and AM but it just looks so funny being beside each other.



I showed Mr Liew my name card when Sharon stepped out ….


James : Eh na bei…. They give me Spam position….



I thought it would make Mr Liew laugh until I saw his name card.


I burst out laughing, hitting the table and clutching my stomach.



WA Liew *******


James : Wah liew….. this company is joker company la brother…




Mr Liew shook his head and just that moment , I saw the Boss son’ come into the meeting room.


We stood up and he introduced himself as Terry.



Terry : Hi I’m Terry…



We shook hands and he welcomed us onboard. He sort of hinted that even though we work for different companies in a way, our help was still expected when there is something major going on.

With that he headed out and into the lift.




James : Eh you same position with him also… Wing associate…


Mr Liew nodded.



Mr Liew : Yes… next time people will say this company team leaders is call WA Lau and WA Liew…..



I laughed and took a seat.

Sharon came in with our staff pass and said she will show us to our seats.



I got up and followed behind Mr Liew. Sharon stopped by the reception to grab some drawer keys that were labelled with our names, probably for our desk drawers.
I heard the chime of the lift behind me.

It rang and buzzed in my ears.



My eyes caught the reflection of the opening and I froze.


I could not move.


Sharon : Ok.. follow me…


She turned to the right and Mr Liew followed.



I made a full turn and locked eyes with the woman standing in front of me.


I have not seen her in a while.




Dressed in slick tapered work pants, with her white blouse neatly tucked in, she looked chic and professional. She grew her hair long, well pass her shoulders.


Both of us froze of a second and I could see her swallow a lump of saliva as we stared at each other.

We did not speak.




She looked away first and continued walking towards me.

Another Lift chimed, and Terry came out.


Terry : Hey… I missed you at the café… called out but you never hear me…



I watched as Belinda turned, smiled and hugged Terry before he planted a kiss on her cheek.


I don’t know what I was feeling.

I could not describe it.

Mr Liew : James… oei… keep up…





As another lift Chimed to unload more staff onto the floor, I swung to the right, focusing my eyes on the reflections of Terry and Belinda on the glass doors of the meeting room.

They turned to the left and walked in with their hands held.




I was in a bit of a daze as I logged into my account.

I needed a coffee.




I headed to the pantry which was shared by both offices.

There she was.



I went to the coffee machine and waited for her to be done with her coffee before putting a fresh cup under it.



She stayed beside me, adding in sugar and creamer.

We were waiting for the other to speak.



Belinda spoke first.


Belinda : We’re all trying to move on James… hope you understand…



James : I do… don’t worry… I won’t say a word..


Belinda : Let’s keep this under wraps… we should probably look at getting the paper work done…

James : Sure…




I agreed, we parted ways at the pantry.

I got back to my seat which was beside this girl Sandy. I had shook hands with her when I got in earlier but this time round she was sobbing on her desk .




James : Err…. Sandy… are you ok ??


Then without warning, I saw Terry stormed into the office and dropped a file onto Sandy’s table.

Terry : Check what you are doing before you give them to me.. !!

He stormed off as I stared on.




Ok…. This sucks…

Sharon came by with a box of stationaries and she gestured for me to go over to her as she issued Mr Liew his stuff.




James : Wah… Terry so fierce one ah….


Sharon : Stay away from Sandy James….



James : Why ?? …




Sharon : She’s Terry’s ex girlfriend…..


My eyes widened as I turned to look at Sandy.



She is quite pretty. As she stood up to throw some tissues, I could see her height and built is pretty similar to Belinda.

I took the opportunity to dig a little since Sharon seemed like the gossipy kind.



James : Oh…ermm… Terry dumped her for someone else ah…. Just now I saw… him with another girl….




Sharon’s eyes brightened as if she had found a fellow gossiper to whisper to in the office.



Sharon : No… no… …. Sandy was the one that dumped Terry…. Shhhhhhhhh….

She turned and checked behind her shoulders before adding..



Sharon : Don’t say I say one ah…. After they break up, Sandy requested for transfer over here….. last year this time Terry very fat one….. but because of this, he go exercise… lose weight… now look a lot better… but too late already….

She lowered her voice a notch.




Sharon : Now he got someone else already… but hor… he still cannot let go of Sandy… always find trouble… sigh…

She straightened herself, brushed her blouse and walked off.


I nodded my head in a knowing manner.



Mr Liew : Don’t kaypo la… go and Spam your work…


James : Wa liew….


We laughed and I walked back to my desk.




By 10am, I saw and shook hands with all the team members in my team.


So did Mr Liew.




10.10am


Mr Liew : What do you think ?


I laughed and looked at Mr Liew.



James : We’re fucked…