"At least this journey would have been a calm one."
Jennifer huffed, folded her arms and looked straight. Her face puffed up in annoyance, but there wasn't anything much which she could do. Tan looked at her as she stopped the music and sighed, not saying anything. After some time, he craned his neck towards her direction as it had been more than half an hour since she hadn't spoken anything, only to find her asleep.
"Such a troublemaker." He muttered under his breath, but still placed her head on the headboard of her seat as her head was hanging sideways. He wondered how much of a deep sleeper she was, as she didn't even budge in so much commotion.
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"Ms. Jennifer" Jennifer heard a familiar voice, but she was too engrossed in her dream to acknowledge the voice. "Ms. Jennifer" Tan rolled his eyes as she kept sleeping without giving any heed to him. "Ms. Jennifer" he tapped her shoulder this time, and she jerked up immediately.
"Yes Sir" she shrieked out and saw him looking at her, most probably staring at her.
"We have reached." Jennifer rubbed her eyes, letting out a small yawn.
"How can you sleep like this while traveling with an unknown person?" She straightened herself as soon as he snarled at her. She roamed her eyes from here to there, trying to settle herself first. Jennifer usually goes into another universe after waking up and needs some time to come back to her native universe.
"S-Sorry sir." She whispered after coming back to the native universe. She was the one who doubted about going with him but fell asleep during the whole journey.
"What if I took you to some unknown and unsafe place?" She stood quiet for a while, as if thinking of something, and then raised her hands.
"I know karate." Jennifer placed her hands in front of Tan in a defensive manner and he sighed deeply. "Idiot!" He murmured under his breath and got down from the car, and she followed him, making a little run behind him as his long steps were too long for her. She looked around the place and examined the lavish hotel where they both were going to stay.
While examining the interior, she didn't see and bumped into something hard.
"Ouch!" She rubbed the tip of her nose and looked up to see Tan glaring down at her. "Keep your eyes in the front, Ms. Jennifer." He let out a monotonous warning. "Sorry sir." She said, keeping her head low with a pout and he turned back at the receptionist to take the room keys.
"You have collected the schedule, right? Or have you forgotten your work like last time?"
"No sir, I have collected the schedule from Ms. Emma. And last time, it was never my mistake, believe it or not."
Tan sighed listening to her explanation and said, "OK! Whatever you say, Just don't repeat that mistake and tell me my schedule."
"We have to leave in an hour for the first meeting." He nodded his head before giving her the key to her room and walked away with her following him behind. Her room was just beside his. The whole day passed in attending meetings with him, and it was nighttime now, when the duo got back to the hotel where they both were staying.
Post dinner, Tan was wandering outside his room, making a call while walking through the corridors. After completing the call, he stayed for some time on the balcony, getting some fresh air and then decided to go to sleep. As soon as he was about to pass your room, he halted after hearing a weird sound come out.
He quivered his brows, halting his steps and heard another sound come out, but this time the sound was more like a moan. He widened his eyes and attached his right ear to the door to hear properly. "Ahhh..." he scrunched his face as soon as her moan reached his ear.
"This girl! What happened to her now? She can't do one thing with care. Always getting into problems." He shook his head and was about to go, but she moaned out again, and this time more loudly. "God! Seems like I have to check." He glared at the closed door as if it would affect her in any way.
"Ms. Jennifer." he knocked at her door lightly but groaned inwardly.
Jennifer didn't reply to him. Sighing, he turned the knob and saw her sitting on the bed with her right leg crossed and kept on her lap and holding a cotton pad in her hand.
"Ms. Jennifer?" His voice raised a little and this time she turned to look at him.
"What happened to you?" He crooked his brows, walking inside the room and she winced a little. "My toe..." she made a crying face, and he stood in front of her.
"Actually, my compact box fell down and the mirror inside it broke. I didn't know when a piece of glass was inserted inside my toe." She winced, dapping the cotton soaked in disinfectant on the cut.
"What's a compact box?" Tan asked, frowning in confusion.
Jennifer looked at him blankly for a minute, but then remembered her toe and again winced, saying, "Is that even important now? Can't you see I am in pain." She frowned, but winced again after slightly patting the disinfectant-soaked cotton ball on her toe. He sighed before kneeling down in front of her and took her leg to put above his raised leg.
"What are you doing? I will do it myself." She freaked out, but he took a fresh cotton pad and put it directly on her toe, making her yelp in pain.
"Oh my God! You are so cruel! How can you do this to me? You should have warned me before." Jennifer cried, trying to remove her leg off his lap, but he gripped her leg tightly.
"You were hardly touching it, Ms. Jennifer and still expect that it will cure, and stop moving." He said, glaring at her, making her stop trying to remove her feet.
"Ahhh…!" She yelled as he rubbed the cotton on her toe, wiping away the blood.
"Hey! It's not that big. Even a kid has more bearing power than you." He scolded her and she again made a crying face. "How would you know when it's me who is feeling the pain? You are such a cruel person. You can't even be a little considerat-....aahh ouch!" She winced as he ignored her blabberings and put the cotton on her wound again.
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