You Will Make Me Late

The next morning, Lana woke up early and got ready to go to work. She was about to leave from the house when her mother stopped her.

Her mother saw her trying to escape breakfast and leave so she shouted at her, "If I see you stepping out of the house without eating I will shift here permanently with you." 

Lana turned to her and said. "Mom, really?"

"Why are you so lazy to cook when you're so good at cooking?" Lana's mother reprimanded her and insisted she should have breakfast with her.

"I don't want to get fat by eating like a glutton everyday mom. You know mom, when the food is good it's hard to resist and not to overeat," Lana told her usual alibis.

"Lazy brat!" Her mom shook her head and said, "Eat now. I will leave after you eat. Don't worry, I won't visit you often since I know you want your own space. Just that I miss you so…"

Lana smiled and hugged her mother. "Stop being dramatic mom. Of course you can visit me anytime you want, just tell me beforehand once. You know I hate surprises." she murmured with a smile.

They both had breakfast and Lana left first. She went out and was about to walk out from their residence when Liam's car stopped in front of her.

His driver came out and opened the door for her. Lana entered and saw Liam clicking something on his tablet.

"Good morning." she casually greeted. She wondered if Liam heard her because he did not respond except that he only knitted his brows, so Lana assumed that he was probably reading an offensive thing on his tablet.

It startled her when Liam suddenly spoke, "I told you I will pick you up."

"Huh?" she asked, confused.

Liam faced her and said, "How come you did not call me when you were ready?"

Lana's eyebrows arched as she said, "I told you I can go on my own."

Liam's driver tried hard not to look in his rearview mirror or he would be dead if caught by Liam, but Jorge had asked him to eavesdrop. His boss Liam would usually go together with Jorge in one car, but today he left Jorge to come on his own. They both lived in the same mansion and were heading to the same destination.

They were waiting outside for almost an hour close to Miss Lana's place. Good thing he immediately saw Miss Lana outside who seemed to walk out already so he quickly drove the car towards her.

Liam did not respond and looked back on his tablet. As soon as they were at Sy Building, the driver went out to open Lana's door first so she asked Liam, "Aren't you going in?"

"No. I have a meeting outside. Go out now or you will make me late for my meeting…" Liam casually answered without looking at her.

Lana went out and watched the car leave. "What's wrong with this weirdo? Why did he even bother to pick me up when he had to go somewhere else? Such a loony…" Lana mumbled as she pressed the elevator button.

Lana got out of the elevator thinking about the remaining files that she would read and prepare some points on a few more cases when she was met with the sight of Mian and Dona talking near Liam's door. 

A line appeared between Lana's brows seeing their troubled expressions.

"Excuse me," Lana mumbled because they both stood in front of the door and were blocking the way into the office.

Hearing Lana asking them to give her way, Mian stopped her from coming in and shook her head signalling with a finger in a strange way.

"Why? What's going on?" Lana asked with an arched brow.

"Well, Sir Liam went directly to a client's house and Miss Tang arrived early without an appointment with him and she insisted on staying inside to wait for Sir Liam…" Mian explained.

'Oh that's probably what Liam mentioned about him being late for his appointment.' Lana thought and crumpled her face with how grumpy Liam was a while ago. 'Was it her fault if he got late? Who told him to go pick her up, anyway?'

Lana nodded at Mian and asked, "Alright, I got it. Why? Is there anything else? What's the problem?"

"She looked pissed off and even asked if you already arrived." Dona was the one who answered this time pointing at the office.

"Did you already inform Liam that she's here because as far as I remember, Liam has endorsed her to Atty. Daryl Cha instead." Lana asked. 

'I knew it, there would be more from this lunatic even after I slapped her hard yesterday by kissing Liam right in front of her! I knew this woman wouldn't be an easy wench!' Lana mused.

The two women nodded and Mian added, "Sir Liam said to let Miss Tang wait inside and you will take care of her once you arrived."

"What?" Lana burst while the two women nodded at her. Lana's face twitched. She heard Liam talk on his mobile a while ago and even heard him mention her name but because she was too occupied in ignoring him because of last evening and his sudden grumpiness in the morning, she did not even bother to ask or comment.

"Alright. You two please go back to your post and I will handle Miss Tang." Lana said with a cumbersome smile.

Lana walked straight through the door and entered Liam's office.

She squinted her eyes and clenched her teeth seeing Miss Tang look at her from head to toe scrutinizing her. Lana ignored it and gave her a poker smile. 

"Good morning, Miss Tang. I see you are here early. I guess what I said yesterday did not get registered in your memory." Lana casually uttered coldly.

Miss Tang looked at her contemptuously and snorted, "Why don't you sit and accompany me here while waiting for Liam?" Miss Tang suggested while not leaving her scrutinizing eyes on Lana.