(Karsten)
She sat alone as I walked out on the ramp and our eyes collided. It pinged my heart that no one chose to sit with her.
Arata was friendly; she easily carried out conversations with others, and she had that special knack for making others feel comfortable with her.
I had observed that during her interactions with my family, with Miranda and Chan and at the event, too, where she almost got kidnapped.
So I could imagine the reason she sat alone was Amanda.
Everyone wished to remain in her good books just because I had made her the showstopper two years in a row, they believed we were sleeping together.
She earned her spot because she was good at her job not because we had ever slept together.
I didn't sleep with my employees and never had until Arata came along. This girl had made me break all my rules and now she had slithered into the crevices of my brain from where I could never expel her, no matter how much I tried.
