***

Kate was in her office when she scrolled through her palmtop that morning. As it is, she's the CEO of BB Museum.

'[CEO Jade Alejandro of Blue Bird Hotel Appears at Concert With Beautiful Woman.]' She read the headlines and quickly grabbed her phone. Kate didn't waste time in dialling Jade's number.

“Hello, mum. Jade answered the call.”

“Is it true what they say?”

“The articles isn't completely wrong.”

“What do you mean by that?” Kate questioned him curiously.

“I took a girl to the cinema, but we're not getting married.” He concluded.

“Whatever! You should be more careful next time. The wall have ears, you know?”

“Don't worry mum, I'll be fine.” Jade finalized. “Okay, bye.”

He cuts the call and let oh a deep sigh of relief. Another call entered. It was Ruby, his younger.

“How are you, Ruby?” He started.

“Have you got a girlfriend? We're you going to get married?” She asked anxiously over the phone. It was a video call so both of them were able to chat comfortably.

“I'm not getting married, got it!” Jade hissed at her over the phone. "How are our aunties over there?”

“They're doing okay, bro. But tell me. Aren't you going to get married? You're 9 years older than me, I wouldn't want to marry before you, okay?”

“Shut up, idiot! You can go ahead and get married if you want, okay?!” He yelled at the screen of his phone and stopped the video call.

“Aww! What a family?” Jade muttered to himself, already stressed by what the media has caused.

Looking at his table, his eyes caught the pink keyholders from Sapphire. Seeing it made him laugh. He can't believe everyone was talking about their first date already.

He grabbed the pink teddy and saw the golden S and H letters attached to it. Seeing it made him think about her over again.

Meanwhile, Sapphire just woke up and decided to take a stretch outside her room. She was still in her transparent, pink nightgown and her hair were scattered, looking like a miserable house rat.

“Aw!” She moaned as the back cracked from the stretch. Thinking about yesterday was still unbearable for her. “Ugh! It was just an accident dummy, forget about that!” She cried to herself.

“Yes, that's what I'll have to do. I'll just forget about it! All of it!!” She consoled herself and went to prepare for the day.

Sapphire put on a short, free dress and a jean black jacket to complement her outfit. Peeping vividly into the standing mirror, she ticked her red, shiny hair to the sides of her ears and apparently a baby pink coloured lipstick on her lips. It made her full, soft lips pop out a little.

“I guess that's all for now.” Sapphire concluded as she grabbed her small, black handbag over her chest. She went to take her new, blue keyholder and giggled it with a smile.

Back To Jade's Office.

Mr. George went to get coffee for his co-workers.

“Here you go.” He placed a cup of coffee near Miss Barbara.

“Thanks.” She smiled, going through some files.

“Oh, have you read that article, Miss Barbara?” Mr. George whispered softly, so Jade won't hear from his office. “Apparently, our CEO has a girlfriend.”

Hearing this, Mr. Tim laid his head low, listening to what they gave to say.

“What has he ever not got a girlfriend?! He looks like a corky player after all!” Miss Barbara fleered.

“No, no! I think he's really in love this time. This girl is definitely different from others he had had before.” Mr. Gorge assured. “He brought this woman to the Space Documentary at the Cinema our hotel sponsored... I was there.”

Without thinking about it, Miss Barbara turned to Mr. Tim.
“Tell me sir, what kind of woman is she?”

He cast a brief look at both of them as if he didn't hear anything. "I don't know. I've never even seen the woman before, how would I know the kind of woman she is? Perhaps, there's only like two sentences in that entire article. The reporters aren't certain.”

“Too bad, I thought you were that close to the chairman.” Barbara rolled her eyes at him and gritted her teeth as if she missed a point. “I really need to know who she is!”

“And why is that?” Mr. George turned to her, concerned. “Do you have a crush on the CEO of something?”

“Have you gone mad?! I was going to take a lunch box to that crazy girl, and ask her to reconsider! Do you think any girl in her right senses would want to date that Jack ass for any reason? Crush. My. Foot!” She hissed in annoyance.

This made Mr. Tim so happy. He'd been in love with Miss Barbara and haven't had the time to ask her out yet. He's so scared that if Jade finds out, he would ask him to write his resignation letter and would throw him out of the office without a second thoughts. Mr. Tim, as foolish as he may seem is waiting for Jade to fall in love and probably get married first, because he knows that, only then. Would he be able to become a better person.

“Hey, come on! I'm sure he'll change a little now that he has a girlfriend.” Mr. Gorge suggested.

“Really?”

“Yes of course! There's always a Romeo and Juliet in this world. He wouldn't get mad for no reason.”  Gorge replied.

Just that moment, Jade opened his door at their gossip.

"We will have a meeting in 5 minutes! Tell the general manager and director Ferdinand that they need to be present, too." He ordered.

"Um sir, it's lunchtime in 5 minutes, though.” Miss Barbara brought up. Staring at him like a cute kitten.

"So what! Are you here to eat or to work?!” He scorned.

“Umm sorry, sir. We're so sorry sir.” Mr. Tim quickly covered up with an apology.

Jade eyed them and went back into his office.

“And who said he has a girlfriend, huh? Romeo and Juliet my ass! This man is an ice! He has a frozen heart, he can never fall in love! Does that guy look like he can ever date someone? He's more of an asshole than before!” Miss Barbara cursed.

“Can't you speak a bit more nicely? He's still our boss, you know? It's an it is like you speak so brashly” Mr. Tim muttered, thinking about what Barbara has just said.
'And what if he wasn't in love, truly? Would all the Chairman's efforts have gone to waste?'

***

At The Library...

Sapphire was going through a book when she suddenly checked her phone.

'[CEO Jade Alejandro of Blue Bird Hotel Appears at Concert With Beautiful Woman.]' her blue eyes read through the words as she jerked off.
"CEO Jade and A Beautiful Woman?!"

"Oh, God!! Damn this guy!” She cried." "Well, it's not like they lied. I'm a beautiful woman after all." She smiled at herself and read the article.

"This is true but... Oh, man!” she remembered when they were in the cinema from last night. He warned her to try to act like she doesn't know him.

"Oh! That bastard knew the reporters were there? Damn you, Jade! Or should I just kill this guy already? He's so frustrating!" Sapphire scratched her head like a stray cat.

"If I'd known that he'd do this, I would've beaten him blue-black yesterday! I can bury him in the ground either, right?” She said to herself and checked through his profile.

“Did he break up with Celine Tam, Angelica Hale, Kimberly Snores and Gorge Washington granddaughter because of me? Wait, he also dated Kimberly Snores, the famous teen actress?” She clamoured at her phone and went to check his name on Google search engine.

'Jade Alejandro.'

“Wow! This guy is a total player!” She clamoured over her phone.

“Esther Summers, Wendy Geoffrey. Samantha Bakers, Chloe Charles... All his girlfriends were celebrities. If I collected all his ex-girlfriends, I could establish an estate!” Sapphire hissed over the phone as Gabby came in with a bouquet of flowers in his hands.