Chapter 13

Freshia Ava's POV

Today is my first day as an intern at White Stone. The clock was just fifteen minutes past seven when I arrived at my desk, forty-five minutes earlier than the company's entry deadline. I immediately turned on the computer in front of me. Then read several files belonging to people in my previous position. A few minutes later, my teammates started to arrive one by one, including Mrs. Abigail came into my room when the clock showed five minutes to eight. Not long after sitting in her chair, she immediately called me to her table.

"Accompany me to a meeting this afternoon at one o'clock, Freshia. We will have a meeting with one of the VIP customers who is also the largest shareholder in White Stone. He said he wanted to order a specially made-diamond. So later we will discuss the details of the diamond he wants." Said Mrs. Abigail.

"Yes, ma'am," I said briefly, then said goodbye to return to my desk.

At fifteen minutes to one, I saw Mrs. Abigail get up from her seat and call me to come with her. I immediately stood up and followed her from behind. We walked to the meeting room which was located next to the room, where yesterday I had an interview with Mrs. Haidee.

The room I entered at that time had an area of ​​eighteen square meters. The equipment inside is made more exclusive. In the brown room, there is a circular table with six meeting chairs around it. Then, next to the circular table, there were two long brown sofas facing each other, but separated by an oval table in the middle.

I and Mrs. Abigail immediately sat next to each other on one side of the sofa, until about twenty minutes later the door to the room opened and revealed the figure of a White Stone director who I knew was named Brian Alexander, followed by a man I already knew. The man who last night helped me carry my shopping to the apartment unit, Eros Robinson.

Me and Mrs. Abigail immediately stood up, welcoming the arrival of two men who were now walking towards us. “Good morning, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Robinson.” Said Mrs. Abigail then shook hands with the two men in turn. I did the same thing and when I was about to shake hands with Eros, our eyes met and he smiled at me. But that only happened a few seconds before Mrs. Abigail invited the two of them to sit in front of us.

"Let me introduce myself beforehand, I am with Abigail and this is my subordinate, Freshia." Said Mrs. Abigail introducing herself and me in front of the two people who were now looking at us alternately. Then after that, Mrs. Abigail immediately thrust a catalog in front of Eros. The man took it and looked for a moment at the contents of the catalog which had now moved in his hand. Then after a few minutes, he closed the catalog.

“Well, is there anything you like about one of them? It is a catalog containing our latest collection," Alexander said.

“It's all good, but there's nothing that interests me. I told you I wanted the rare one.”

"OK, alright. Then do you have the choice you want?”

“The Moussaieff Red Diamond.”

I was immediately shocked when I heard it. I know red is the most expensive and rarest diamond color in the world. The red color of diamonds is caused by rare deformations in the atomic structure, so diamonds with a red color are very rare to find, making them one of the most valuable diamonds. The Moussaieff Red Diamond is one famous example of a red diamond. This style of diamond has an intense red color and weighs approximately 5.11 carats, where the price per carat can reach millions of dollars.

Alexander was silent for a moment before finally speaking. “Why don't you order it through Mrs. Winston? That is one of the rare diamonds that he auctioned yesterday at his exhibition." Said Alexander, who seemed to know the closeness between Eros and Mrs. Winston.

“At that time I wasn't interested and the diamond had already been given to someone else. Besides, I am now a shareholder in this company, so why should I order it through someone else's company?”

Alexander was seen nodding his head. "Okay. However, I cannot promise that your order will be completed quickly. You know how difficult the diamond you ordered is, Robinson.”

"Stay cool. I'm not in too much of a rush to have one.”

"In that case, okay. You've heard for yourself what Mr. Robinson, Madam Gail. Next, all you have to do is do research on The Moussaieff Red Diamond."

“Okay, I understand, Mr. Alexander.” Said Mrs. Abigail.

After that the meeting ended and I was tasked with taking Eros to Mr. Alexander because Mr. Alexander had to check something in the production room first, while Mrs. Abigail still had a meeting with other customers.

"I didn't know, it turns out you work here, Freshia?" Eros said while we were waiting for the elevator to go down to the seventh floor, where Mr. Alexander is.

“I just started an internship at this company. Looks like we've been seeing each other a lot lately, huh?”

Not long after, the sound of the elevator dinged, indicating that the elevator had arrived at our floor. We immediately entered the elevator where the doors were already wide open. At that time it happened that we were the only two people in it. Then after the elevator doors closed and began to descend. Not long after that, I heard a strange sound from inside the elevator and at the same time, I felt like the elevator was falling and going down very quickly before finally stopping and the lights inside went out. The incident happened so quickly, only a split second. When I woke up, I found myself on the floor and spontaneously calling out to Eros frantically.

However, instead of getting an answer, I instead got a hug that I knew came from the only person in the elevator with me. But I didn't feel uncomfortable at all, in fact, I felt relieved to find that he was fine.

"Don't panic, I'm here," Eros said finally.

Several minutes passed in silence between us with me still in his arms. Then not long after, the elevator lights started to come on even though they were dim. Allows us to at least see our surroundings. After that, Eros released his hug from me and our situation became awkward. However, not long after that, he immediately pressed the emergency button near the elevator door, but the button didn't work.

“The emergency button doesn't work.” He said then.

“What about cell phones? We have to ask other people for help. At least someone knows we're here." I said, immediately looking for my cell phone in my trouser pocket but to no avail. Then, after looking around, I found the object on the elevator floor, piled with the papers I had brought and when I looked, my cell phone was dead with the screen cracked very badly. “I couldn't contact anyone because my cell phone was broken. What about you, Eros?"

He shook his head. "It's useless, there's no signal here." He said while showing me the screen of his cell phone. I could only sigh in resignation. “The only thing we can do now is wait until someone else comes looking for us and finds the elevator broken. Then they can help us.” Eros said again. I just fell silent.

Not long after, the lights in the elevator went out again and I immediately felt Eros hugging me again. "Are you afraid of the dark?" he asked me.

“Yeah, I don't like the dark.” I took a deep breath. "How long do we have to wait like this, Eros?" I said. But Eros was just silent and a second later I felt a rub on my back, making me feel a little calmer.

I don't know how long Eros and I have been trapped in this elevator. It feels like I've been waiting for more than an hour. During that time, I was still in his arms and he kept rubbing my shoulders alternately. Then, the lights in the elevator came back on and I heard a noise from outside. After that, Eros immediately let go of his hug on me and at the same time, a sound came from the small holes on the side of the elevator, which was located above the emergency button. The voice didn't sound very clear, but after a while, I could understand that the voice was asking "Is there anyone in the elevator?"

“Yes, we need help.” Said Eros who immediately stood up and pressed the emergency button again.

Then not long after that, I could see a small gap in the elevator door and a crowbar tip sticking out of the gap. After trying to open the elevator door several times by force, finally, the elevator door opened a little wider. At least it's fit for an adult's body to pass through.

Eros and I were immediately evacuated out of the elevator in turn by the officers and after that, we immediately received treatment from medical officers who were also ready when we were successfully removed from the elevator. Not only that, several office employees were also seen crowding around the elevator. Among them was Mrs. Abigail and also my two division friends named Sarah and Aaron. They immediately approached me, who at that time was still receiving medical treatment.

“Freshia, how are you?” Mrs. Abigail while beside me.

"I'm okay, just weak, ma'am."

"Thank goodness then, we were worried because you didn't come back to the room and found out that the elevator had fallen. We also thought you were in the elevator with Mr. Robinson, while taking him to Mr. Alexander. It turns out our guess was correct,” Sarah said.

“But the most important thing is that you're fine, Freshia. After this, you should just go home. It's still an hour before we leave work, but it's better for you to rest at home," said Mrs. Abigail.

“Thank you for understanding, ma'am,” I said.

While we were still talking, suddenly Eros approached us and greeted Mrs. Abigail before finally looking at me and saying, “You must still be too shocked and weak to go home alone. So I'd better take you back to the apartment. But first, if you don't mind, I invite you to dinner first at my house, Freshia.”

My eyes widened completely, very surprised to hear what Eros just said. Moreover, he said all that in front of Mrs. Abigail, also Sarah and Aaron. Making them look at each other and look at me as if asking for an explanation of what really happened between me and Eros. But none of them opened their voices.