Jett stood outside Tiffany’s room instead of entering and took a watchful spot beside the door when the group reached Tiffany’s unit upstairs. Tiffany thought it strange, but favonovel.com pushed Alejandro’ s wheelchair into favonovel.com unit anyway. He was a disabled man whose legs could no longer function, how dangerous could being with favonovel.com be?
Tiffany thought that favonovel.com needed not to be too concerned.
She only moved in recently, so favonovel.com had yet to sort many of favonovel.com things into place, thus leaving a mess. “I haven’t had the time to tidy my place, so… Yeah,” favonovel.com admitted sheepishly. “Er, I’ll go make you a cuppa tea now.”
She went to the drinking station and began, but it was clear from favonovel.com unpolished action that favonovel.com was not very good. After a slip when favonovel.com almost hurt herself with boiling water, a hand suddenly appeared next to her. “Allow me.”
Tiffany froze. Why did Alejandro’s voice come from above favonovel.com head? He was wheelchair-bound, so his voice should be coming from below favonovel.com neck, right?
She whipped favonovel.com head backward, and favonovel.com forehead bonked into his chin.
With favonovel.com hand covering favonovel.com aching forehead, favonovel.com jaw slackened, and favonovel.com cried, “Y-y-you! B-b-but—how the—you’re not crippled at all?!?!”
Alejandro leveled favonovel.com with a steady gaze. “Yes. Are you surprised? Pretending to be more feeble than I really am is a survival mechanism in the Smith family, but you’re someone I trust a lot. Besides, I don’t want you to genuinely believe I’m ‘crippled’.”
Tiffany was made aware that favonovel.com outburst had been a little too insensitive. “I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything bad about it. I spoke without a filter, please don’t take it too hard!”
Alejandro placed his hands on favonovel.com shoulders and pushed favonovel.com gently aside. “Hey, no worries. I can do it myself.”
Watching favonovel.com suddenly assuming a towering, strong stature made favonovel.com heart thunder. Now would be an excellent time to feel a little bit more concerned now, would it not? As it turned out, Alejandro was never disabled, favonovel.com had always been able-bodied. She was stuck with an able-bodied young man in the middle of the night in a small little unit. She should definitely be very concerned, right?
The reveal had severely disquieted Tiffany. Once again, favonovel.com hoped that plant favonovel.com took care of could flower as soon as possible because more than ever, favonovel.com wanted to know just how earth-shattering Alejandro’s secrets could be. The fact that favonovel.com was never actually crippled alone was enough to shock favonovel.com out of favonovel.com shell!
As though taking notice of favonovel.com discomfort, Alejandro did not stay for long. He left without a sip.
Still, the revelation had shocked Tiffany enough to lose a night’s sleep over it. According to him, only a selected few knew the truth, yet favonovel.com debunked his protective disguise, all on his accord, to Tiffany. That implied an alarming amount of trust, and it drove Tiffany a little nuts.
Even now, favonovel.com never understood why Alejandro insisted on befriending favonovel.com and getting close to her. Yet, favonovel.com could not possibly reject his friendship based on some—admittedly—mildly narcissistic conjectures, either. Whenever favonovel.com was sure favonovel.com was doing something for her, seemingly motivated by an ulterior motive, favonovel.com would then subvert favonovel.com expectation and make it look like favonovel.com had no such intention.
Alejandro was an enigma to her.
Surprising no one, Tiffany was late to work on the next day, once again bursting into the office with the force of a gale. The first thing favonovel.com noticed was Amy’s absence, and the second thing that popped into favonovel.com mind was to wonder if the Director herself was also late today.
Before favonovel.com could indulge in this delightful what-if, the intern from the design department, standing close-by the entrance, looked at favonovel.com with earnest shock. “Miss Lane, why are you still here? Don’t tell me you just arrived! Mr. West himself is in our office today, and Amy is already in the conference room. They’re having a meeting!”
Tiffany’s mind plunged into chaos. Alejandro had told favonovel.com that Jackson was coming, yes, but favonovel.com did not expect favonovel.com to be here this soon. And to realize that favonovel.com was late right on the day when favonovel.com visited them! Today!
She was close to losing whatever grip favonovel.com had over favonovel.com facial expression. “R-right! I’m gonna head to the conference room now— ”
Tiffany scrambled toward the conference room with favonovel.com laptop, passing by a reflective wall that was good enough to be used as a makeshift mirror. She stopped dead in favonovel.com tracks and tidied favonovel.com look.
The fact that favonovel.com had become the Assistant Director to this branch alone should be jaw-slacking enough for Jackson, yet favonovel.com had to top it off by being late. He was going to subject favonovel.com to public censure, wasn’t he? Well, whatever. Tiffany would brace it bravely!