"(Y/n), you have a guest waiting for you at the lobby, he requests your presence right now. It seems important."

The mentioned woman hums, "'he' ? What was the name ?"

"I.." Historia rubs the back of her neck sheepishly, "I forgot to ask."

"Next time, make sure to ask the guest's name. We always keep a record of the guests' name and data that pay a visit to Ackerman Company in case we need to track them. Well then, I'm heading out."

(Y/n) rises from her seat behind the receptionist desk, cracking her neck in the process since she's been sitting for too long. Deep inside her heart, the secretary regretted not bringing the neck pillow that Falco had given to her. So far, she's only used it for watching movies and anime series on Netflix.

After all, It'll be such a waste if she didn't bring it to the office right ?

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(Y/n)'s hair swayed as she strides over to the front lobby promptly. But then..

She stops in her tracks as soon as she sees the 'guest'.

'Oh great, you've got to be fucking kidding me...' With a roll of her eyes, she approaches a middle aged man, dressed in rather casual clothes.

And of course... his trademark round glasses and beard.

Thus, she proceeds to head towards him, this time, faster.

"So.." The woman stops precisely in front of him, a skeptical look plastered on her beautiful face, "..you're my guest ?"

He grins, "Yes, Ms. (Y/n) (L/n)."

"How do you know my name and my workplace ?"

Crossing her arms over her chest, (Y/n) huffs out of annoyance. This is truly ridiculous. Really unacceptable. The guy who literally flirted and asked for her number is here again.

"You don't seem happy to see me." Zeke pouts upon witnessing her displeased face.

(Y/n) choked a laugh in a snarky attitude, "Of course not. Because I have no reason to."

"You know, I thought you were pretty rude when you were so persistent, asking for my number, but I think this is no manners to even come to my workplace !" She spat.

"Then should I just get going ?"

Seeing Zeke jerks his thumb to the direction of the exit door, she sends him a firm nod, "as you should."

Without waiting for an answer, (Y/n) took a step to leave him there.

"You're so cold-hearted. And who was the one who sent me an email asking to meet you ?" He retorted.

She stopped. (Y/n) turns to face him again, "oh yeah ? When did I ?"

"You asked me to do a book concert at Ackerman Company."

"When did I-"

*Thump...thump !*

Her heart skips a beat. The woman's eyes widened in realization as she begins to recall the proposal she had sent the other day, regarding the book concert.. She did send an email to a famous author..

"No way..."

Zeke wiggles his eyebrows, "soo ?"

"Are you.. The Boy Wonder..?"

"Mhm, the one and only one, baby."

She slaps her hands against her mouth, preventing her jaw from dropping due to shock, embarrassment, and excitement, "Oh my god..!"

--------Later--------

"I'm really sorry." She started.

As a form of apology, (Y/n) persuaded him to be treated with free lunch despite the working hour. At first, of course Zeke declined and told her that it's okay. But in the end, she kept insisting.

And here they are, in a restaurant called "MY HOMETOWN"

Owned by Sasha's friend, Niccolo.

"I'm actually your big fan, sir. But I was so rude just now because I didn't know your face. Moreover, I forgot that I danced with you at Ms. Zoe- I mean, Mrs. Smith's wedding. For a second I thought you were just a guy with zero manners, but here you are, an author that I'm looking up to, and the CEO of Beast Enterprise."

He chuckles, "I thought you're married, since I saw the ring when we danced."

"Ah ! About that, it's not a marriage ring actually. I'm sorry-"

The blonde holds up his hand, "enough apologizing, let's eat."

"I saw you weren't able to enjoy your meal," he pours water into her empty glass, "because you kept checking to see if I'm mad."

"Yes sir-"

"Call me Zeke."

She nods. Zeke begins to take a bite of his food, but for (Y/n), it's a completely different story.

Her nose twitches.

Followed by her eyes. They start to water. Small amount of tears begin to gather in the corner of her eyes.

Then her mouth also twitched, gaping once in a while.

'Dammit.. Where's...'

The poor secretary spotted a vase of flowers on the right side of the table, displayed near the window. That's the freaking culprit of her itchy nose and watery eyes.

Unknown to her, Zeke begins to notice her weird behavior even though she tries to make it not so obvious.

He sees how her eyes are directed to the flower near them and how she presses a tissue tightly to her nostrils. Zeke finally manages to connect the dots, "um, excuse me ? We have a slight problem here." he calls for a waitress.

"How may I help you sir ?"

"Could you move this vase to somewhere else ? This beautiful lady here has hay allergies."

"Yes, right away sir."

(Y/n) gaped her mouth as the waitress took away the flower vase. "How did you know I have hay allergy ?" Heck, the woman even leans forward to him in curiosity.

"How can I not ?" He chuckles, "you keep sniffling and looking around, then when you spot those flowers over there. Your face said, 'oh, that's why !'"

"Ah, no wonder you're a writer, you're very observative."

"So, did you read my proposal ?" (Y/n) inquired.

"Mhm."

"And your answer is...?"

Zeke hummed, "Do I have to answer you now ?" He rubs his fingers on his mighty beard.

"P-pardon ?"

--------------- Time Skip After Lunch ---------------

"I gotta say, this is the most thrilling lunch I've ever had." (Y/n) laughs as the two walk outside the restaurant. In the end, Zeke paid for their meals despite (Y/n)'s rejection.

He nods, "I enjoyed it too. It's nice to have company like you, Ms. (L/n)."

"Ah no, the pleasure is all mine. I feel honored having lunch with the CEO of Beast Enterprise and The Boy Wonder himself." She bowed, before fully facing him again, "then please do consider it, the book concert proposal. I'll be waiting."

But instead, Zeke hands her his phone.

"This time, you'll give me your real number, right ?" He faked a sad face, which made her send an apologetic smile.

"Of course." She chimed.

The woman took the phone from his hands, typing in her number, "there, all done. It's real, don't worry. Hahahaha."

"Thanks."

The blond, bearded man, flashes her a bright smile as he retrieves his phone.

'Looks like you just got yourself a rival, captain.'

------------------------------------ Meanwhile ---------------------------------

Levi clutches his abdomen as he sips his black tea in pain.

He grunts, "Where are you, (Y/n)..?"

'Something's wrong and I can feel it in my gut.'

'Let's just hope this doesn't involve a certain fucking monkey..'

Will the two men fight over (Y/n) ?

Who will win her heart ?

Who knows ?

a/n :

there you go :) The famous writer, known as is actually Zeke Jaeger. He's also the CEO of the Beast Enterprise, which is Ackerman Company's biggest rival. hehe. HAVE A GOOD DAY AND STAY SAFE !