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"Welcome to Fresh Bite . " The cafe boy beams at me .

I play the recording on my phone .

[Medium, Non-Fat With Caramel Drizzle . And an Orange Burst . ]

[Grande, Quad, Nonfat, Whip free, Mocha with a touch of cream . ]

[Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar free, Whip Free, Extra shot, Iced . ]

[Venti, Half Caff, Large, Soy Latte with Cinnamon . Get me two Mango Tango]

[Skim, Extra Shot, ExtrHot, ExtrWhip, Extra Sugar, Caramel Macchiato . ]

[Tall Low Fat Soy Frappuccino with Extra chocolate, Expresso shot and Extra whipped cream . ]

The cafe boy is surprised after hearing their voices in the recording . He notes down the order . "You are the new errand girl of the fas.h.i.+on department?"

I give him a nod .

"Your predecessors never got it right in the first time . " He looks at me with pity . "Do you want to order something for yourself?"

I look at the list of items on the wall behind him . I don't understand half the words . "I want a something liquid that can help me deal with people without committing murder . "

"I know what to get you . " He grins . "Your order will be ready in ten minutes . "

I sit at the corner table . This small cafe is twenty minutes away from the Kamiyama Groups' building . It's not crowded . I see some office goers running out of the cafe after getting their coffees . People must really like this place .

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"The fas.h.i.+on department!" The same cafe boy yells . "Your order is ready . "

Feeling sluggish, I get up and go to get the order . "How much?"

"It's on the tab . " He points at the packages . "I have written their names on their orders . So, don't worry about mix-ups . What's your name?"

"Errand girl . " I pick up the order . "Thanks, I will pay for my coffee . "

"Fine, I will write errand girl here . " He scribbles on the coffee cup . "It's black iced coffee . It will give you the necessary boost to survive the day . "

I take a sip of the black iced coffee . This boy knows his job .

When I get out of the cafe, I find that Eichi guy in black s.h.i.+rt standing there . He is leaning against his red polished car and smoking a cigarette . I decide that it is best if I ignore him .

"Takeuchi . " He calls for me when I turn away from him . "Where are you going? Come with me . "

"Do you have some business with me?" I am holding the orders with my one hand and my black iced coffee with my other hand . I already feel tired of this errand girl's job . I have no time or interest to deal with someone like him .

"Yes . " He grabs the packages away from me . "Let's go . "

"Hey, give those back . " I try to get them back, but he lifts his hand up . Because of my short height, I can't reach for it . I hate tall people .

Corners of his lips curl up . He opens the car door and puts them on the seat .

"What the h.e.l.l!" I want to punch this guy . I hold it in and take a sip of my black iced coffee . "What are you doing?"

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He ignores my question and gets into the car .

"Are you going to stand there all day?" He asks me .

I am meeting a lot of frustrating men these days . I feel like my life is shortening because I have to handle these men who are used to do what they want to do .

I sit on the pa.s.senger seat . This Eichi guy has a lean body . He is a few inches taller than that Kamiyama b.a.s.t.a.r.d . His skin is tanned . I guess he spends a lot of time outside .

He is taking me back to the workplace . What was he doing in front of the cafe? Did he follow me? He seems to be waiting for me there . Is he interested in me because of my relations.h.i.+p with the Kamiyama family? In any case, he has dubious intentions .

"My name is Takas.h.i.+ma Eichi . " He gives me a mysterious smile . "I am Kamiyama's childhood friend and the CFO of the Kamiyama groups . "

"You know me . " I take a sip of my black iced coffee .

"Kamiyama's sister . " His eyes are fixed on the road . I am glad that he is not a reckless driver . "You are different from my expectations . "

I don't reply and look out of the window .

"How is your first day at work?" He asks me with a pleasant tone .

"c.r.a.ppy so far . " I am meeting people like you . How can I have a good day?

"If it is difficult, I will ask Kamiyama to send you to work as my personal a.s.sistant . " He doesn't seem to get the hint . I don't think that he wants to get the hint .

"That would be c.r.a.ppier . " I will kill him if he does that to me . Being an errand girl is bad, but being this two-faced guy's a.s.sistant would be worse .

He stops his car inside the desolate parking lot . I can't see anyone there other than us . Seriously?

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"I want a sip . " He suddenly reaches my black iced coffee . In the next instant, it slips from his hand and falls on my clothes . Seriously?

"Did you get burn?" He shouts with worry and lifts up the edge of my hoodie . Seriously?

His dark eyes linger on my exposed stomach like a predator . Before he could lay his fingers on me to check on the 'burns', I poke his two eyes with my fingers .

"OW!" He screams and lets go of my hoodie . I get out of the car and open the car door of the pa.s.senger seat . I pick up the coffees and Donuts . When I leave the parking lot, I could still hear his painful cries .

I hope that he goes blind .

***

In front of the cafe, Kiyohira has seen her get into Eichi's car . He couldn't believe his eyes at that moment . That woman didn't get into his car . She is never friendly to him . She refuses to eat with him or his family . She is sitting beside him in Eichi's car and drinking coffee . He gnashes his teeth in anger and follows them . He doesn't realize that he is stalking them .

He sees them going inside the company's parking lot . He sees Eichi leaning toward her . His restraint is finally broken . He steps out of the car to beat up his close friend . At that same time, he hears a scream . He stops his feet and frowns .

It's not that woman who is screaming . Eichi is screaming? What's going on here?

When he sees her getting out of Eichi's car, he hides . Then, he wonders why he is hiding . Is it abnormal for the CEO to park his car in his company's parking lot?

But, he doesn't come out from his hiding place until she disappears from the parking lot .

"How long are you going to watch?" Eichi roars . "Come here and help me out . "

Kiyohira is surprised to hear that . Since he is caught, he decides that there is no point in hiding . He is also curious about what happened between them . He finds Eichi pressing his palms against his eyes .

"What happened?" He asks quietly .

"Your sister poked my eyes . " Eichi doesn't remove his hands or look at him . "Take me to hospital . It hurts a lot"

" . . . " Kiyohira recalls how she slapped him and tried to kill him . She has little strength . He doesn't know how hard she poked Eichi's eyes . Instead of feeling pity for his poor friend, he is pleased by her actions and mentally gives her a thumbs up .

"Are you taking me or not?" Eichi snaps .

"I will . " Eichi hears him say . He can't see Kiyohira's smile, but he can sense that his friend is happy to see him like that . If he has friends like Kiyohira, he doesn't need enemies .

"You have to tell me what happened . " Kiyohira puts forward his condition smugly .

"Can't I say it after I get treatment?" Eichi is too hurt to punch this guy .

"That will do . " Kiyohira helps him get out of the driver seat . He drives him to the nearest hospital . The doctor is surprised to see Eichi's eyes . Luckily, his eyes are not damaged . He will be fine after a few days of rest . He needs to use an eye drop to reduce the redness and irritation for a few days .

Kiyohira drives Eichi back to his house . For the next few days, Eichi won't be able to come to the office . Kiyohira is satisfied with this outcome .

"What happened between you two?" Kiyohira inquires after Eichi sits on the couch .

"I spill some coffee on her . "

"Just for spilling coffee?" Kiyohira is dumbfounded . He has broken down her house . She didn't try to blind him back then . She did try to kill him because of a misunderstanding, but it was resolved in the end . Would she poke someone's eyes for spill coffee?

"I may have done it on purpose . I lifted her s.h.i.+rt and tried to touch in the pretense of checking up her burns . " Eichi's voice is low . It's not guilty in any case . There is no anger either . "She is smart . It normally works on other women . "

Kiyohira knocks the back of Eichi's head hard .

"Kiyohira, do you want to kill me?" Eichi s.h.i.+elds his head when Kiyohira doesn't stop . "You told me that you don't have any interest . "

"It doesn't mean that you can s.e.xually hara.s.s her . " Kiyohira kicks his b.u.t.t . "She is still related to the Kamiyama family . She is also my employee . "

"Kiyohira, stop . My eyes are still in pain . " Eichi's painful wails have no effect on Kiyohira .

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