Service Charge
Eliana made her way across the Design Department and brought the coffee to Bradly in his office.
Bradly saw that she had picked out his favorite flavor from back when he was still a student.
When they were still in college, they sometimes stayed up late to finish their papers.
Eliana had always brought him that coffee.He sighed emotionally.
"You still remembered…"
Just as Eliana opened her mouth to reply, her phone suddenly started to ring.
Glancing at the caller ID, she saw that it was Corbin calling Eliana had a bad feeling about this.
Every time Corbin called her, he always delivered bad news.
Stepping outside Bradly’s office, she answered the phone.
Corbin’s cold voice sounded.
"Bring Mr.Moran coffee in three minutes."
Eliana’s jaw dropped in amazement.
"Three minutes? Are you kidding me?"
"You have two minutes and fifty seconds left."
Corbin looked at his watch and began the countdown.
Eliana’s mind was a mess.It was already ridiculous that he was asking her to give him coffee, let alone
setting a time limit of three minutes! It was an impossible task! "Eliana, what’s wrong?"
Bradly poked his head outside his door only to find a dumbfounded Eliana still standing there.
"Nothing," she said briskly, forcing a smile.
Worst case scenario, she could just give her own coffee to Maurice.
"By the way, Mr.Moran wants two cups of coffee…"
Corbin added in a low voice.
Eliana gritted her teeth, speechless.
Maurice had just seen her with two cups of coffee-did he want them both? It was so obvious that he
was provoking her on purpose! Just as she was about to hang up, Corbin added, "Two cups of coffee
will offset fifty thousand dollars’ worth of debt.Don’t forget that you still owe Mr.Moran money."
Eliana closed her eyes to think.
Two cups of coffee were worth fifty thousand dollars to him? What a good deal! She stole a glance at
the cup of coffee on Bradly’s desk.
"Bradly, have you touched your coffee?" she asked slowly.
"Not yet.Why?" asked Bradly, confused.
Good! Eliana swiped the coffee from the desk without thinking too much.
Bradly’s eyes widened in confusion.He looked at her questioningly.
When Eliana met his inquisitive eyes, she blushed.
How embarrassing!
"I’m sorry, Bradly.I need this.I’ll buy you another coffee next time."
Lowering her head in humiliation, she quickly ran away.
Eliana rushed to the top floor, carrying the two cups of coffee.
Corbin was amazed when she stumbled into the office.
He didn’t expect that Eliana would meet his boss’s unreasonable request.
As she ran into the CEO’s office, Eliana slapped the coffee onto Maurice’s desk, gasping for breath.
Maurice simply glanced at his watch.She came just in time.
"You made it."
"Two coffees in exchange for fifty thousand dollars…"
Before she could even catch her breath, Eliana started calculating in her mind.Her eyes twinkled as
brightly as the stars.
"Since I brought it here myself, I should collect service charge, don’t you think? It should offset some
more debt."
Maurice lowered his eyes and smiled in amusement.
In a lazy voice, he drawled, "How meticulous.If you’re in such a hurry to pay off your debt, why don’t
you ‘service’ me more to cover it?"
His meaningful gaze roamed across the woman’s body.
Eliana shivered in disgust and she immediately retreated a couple of steps.
Crossing her arms over her chest, she glared at Maurice defensively.
"I didn’t mean that kind of service!" His tall figure loomed over her.
He steadily got closer and closer to Eliana.
Eliana instantly grew nervous and stammered, "N… nothing!"
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