Destiny of the Substitute Bride
17. Queen's Hatred.
Time had already shown at nine in the morning, when Noah woke up from his sleep. Although still feeling dizzy, but the man's body is much fresher than last night or the previous days.
Slowly Noah got up and sat down on the edge of the bed. The man was about to pick up his phone on the nightstand, before realizing there was a glass of tea and a bowl of porridge that had cooled down. Not only that, right near the bowl of porridge there is a small bag of medicine and a piece of paper note.
'I hope you will eat this porridge and this medicine. Take it easy, this porridge is not my making. I bought it early in the morning before going to the parlor.
I'm sorry I left home yesterday. At the parlour I was in need of volunteers and I volunteered to help there for some time.
Noah squeezes the paper and throws it into a mini trash can. Bella was very lucky, because of her poor health condition, making Noah did not have more energy to vent his anger. However, even so, Noah could not relax. He needs to get to the office right now.
Noah stared coldly at the porridge Bella had bought, then picked it up. He was going to throw the food into the toilet. However, the rumble emanating from his stomach made the man undo the intention. Understandably, he had not consumed anything since yesterday afternoon.
Although apparently reluctant, Noah finally had to eat half a portion of the porridge, to prop up his starving stomach.
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Bella has only been working there for two days, but she has been able to prove her performance very well there.
Now the girl no longer needs Queen's guidance to do her duty, because she has memorized everything that must be done in that place.
This of course makes Willy, the boss, praise Bella. The man even blatantly compared Bella's performance with Queen's when he first worked there.
"If you go in here first, I'll definitely choose you to be my right hand, Bella." Willy laughed a little. The man's tone was full of jokes that he probably thought could provoke the laughter of Bella and Queen. However, the two girls just fell silent awkwardly.
Queen even silently stared at Bella coldly and cynically. How not, the boss and the person he admired for one year, suddenly said such a painful thing.
Queen didn't work there for two years, and as she remembered, Willy never adored that girl like he adored Bella. This makes jealousy in Queen thrives.
"Bella! Can you help me move this food?" From a distance Emma shouted at Bella, as soon as she saw her senior colleague coming out of Willy's room.
"OK!" Answer Bella. "I'll excuse you, Queen," said the girl later.
The Queen simply fell silent and waltzed away without paying attention to Bella's words.
From the beginning the girl did not really like the personality of Bella who is kind and hardworking. Because for Queen, these two things only belong to new employees who want to look for face in their superiors, and that's what he just caught from the figure of Bella.
Bella happily helps Emma put one big pot of soup onto the display table. Not to forget he also checked the snacks that were there.
Every day the snacks provided by the canteen for office people are different, and this time they prepare apples and cold jelly.
Bella arranged the apples and jelly well in place. Right after finishing the arrangement, several employees began to arrive to enjoy lunch. They neatly lined up after scanning the id card. From that scan, every month the company will cut employee salaries as payment.
Bella along with Emma and Joanna began serving the employees. They patiently put one by one food along with side dishes and snacks on each tray.
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"You should just rest at home, sir." Again Celine could not help but comment on Noah's condition. Although it was better, still the man still looked not fully recovered.
Celine was silent for a moment. "Then, you better have lunch here, sir.",
Noah nodded without interest.
"I'll contact the restaurant dedek—"
"Cantin only. Order some food in the cafeteria for me. I want pasta" Noah said, cutting off Celine's conversation.
"Good sir." Celine left Noah's room. The woman rushed to contact the two canteens.
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Bella was just about to rest in a plastic chair located in the kitchen, when Willy suddenly interrupted her.
"Bella, prepare!" willy's excited.
Bella raised her eyebrows high. "What's up Mr. Willy?" ask the girl curious.
"Five minutes to the fifteenth floor, where Mr. Noah Werner is" replied Willy.
Bella's surprised not a bitch. A cold sweat of corn ran down the girl's temple.
How not, if he gets to deliver food there, Noah might find out his lies about volunteering at the parlor, and Bella can't imagine how much wrath Noah vented on him.
As much as possible Bella had to refuse the order.
"Anu, can't it be replaced, sir? I feel so awkward and unaccustomed to it. I'm afraid I'll make a mistake!" sergeant Bella panicked.
"No, Bella! You've got to do it. Every employee will be happy to have a turn there, because Mr. Noah Werner does not necessarily order food once a month from the cafeteria. So, this is a great opportunity for you!" willy said enthusiastically. The man walked up to Bella and patted her on the shoulder.
"No need to be nervous, just do it as usual." A line of smiles peppered on Willy's face.
Bella pecked back at Willy's stiff smile. In her heart the girl wished she could escape from there that very second.
As Willy had said earlier, exactly five minutes later Emma gave Bella a box of fancy food.
"You're lucky to get food there, Bella." In line with the boss, Emma also felt very happy and enthusiastic.
Bella grimaces. "You're wrong Emma, I'm not a person who has enough luck. Today is the best day of his life.
Bella awkwardly accepts the food box and leaves the cafeteria. Along the way to Noah's place, the girl kept thinking about the most appropriate scenario for Noah to be unaware of his presence.
Bella's heart was beating harder, as the elevator stopped right on the fifteenth floor. Bella came out slowly to visit the only largest room on the floor.