Lifting her gaze in the most concealing way, Celeste observed as Mei read something on her phone. "Of course...of course, a woman like that could not have come alone to a party", thought the fair girl to herself as she sighed. 

Closing her eyes, Celeste continued in her head. "Must be her friend...or boyfriend...[b]or even girlfriend!!![/b]" Her cheeks returned to a fiery color again.  "Silly Celeste, only you could have thought it was okay to have come alone to a party like this".

As she internally reprimanded herself for letting her coworker convince her to come to the party alone, Celeste observed as Mei walked towards the far corner by the window.