Vivienne POV
I was so tense to think clearly, it was late. The restaurant was empty, all the customers had already left except for a couple and the drunk man. I didn't know how to get rid of him. After he grabbed me by force, I got scared that I thought he would do something bad to me. The way he gripped my waist so tight had me sweating from fear and I wanted to scream for help since people were around and if the man wanted to do anything bad to me in public then he would get arrested, however to my surprise the man was sobbing. It was rare to see a man crying and looking at the man I wondered how a good-looking man would act so carelessly. He was too drunk to move or lift his hand. I stayed there sitting in his lap while he said so many weird things I didn't understand
He was cursing and calling all women cheaters.
I patted him on his back, a little hesitant because it still felt odd for me to be sitting in a man's lap. It took some time for me to escape his hold.
“Thanks for coming,” I said to the couple, who handed me a tip and left the restaurant. I sighed heavily and glanced at the watch and it at nearly midnight.
After making a quick change in my normal clothes, blue faded loose ripped jeans with a small black crop sweatshirt with sneakers. I took my small backpack and my phone. I made sure the alarm clock was on and nothing in the kitchen was improper, then I left. I glanced at my boss's office, and it was locked.
“Idiot,” I cursed, recalling how a bastard our boss was. He made us work hard and earned him a lot of money, while he squandered like the scoundrel he was. Putting that to the back of my head, I walked back to the dining area grabbed, the keys from the cashier's counter and prepared to head out when I heard a loud noise of a bottle breaking.
“Oh no!” I muttered and made a run for it towards table ten. It seemed I was cursed to meet such a man. I was worried he could hurt himself with broken glass pieces and once I got there.
He muttered with hiccups keeping, me at arm's length.
“Don't…don't touch me,” my eyes narrowed as I watched him dig through his coat. I was shocked he even remembered he had a black coat, seeing the state he was in. It was fascinating how he was fighting with the coat, not sure what he was getting but my, yes, widened when he took out his black wallet. He couldn't hold his balance and was shaking with his head lowered and his hair falling over his forehead. He looked handsome even in the worst state. I shifted my eyes to his wallet, and he opened it and took out a lot of money. I didn't see how much exactly. But I guessed he remembered to tip me. Of course, I deserved a tip for the trouble he made me go through with him, but the many notes he was taking out made me frown.
“H-here…thanks…hiccups…thanks for listening,” to my shock he walked closer to me startling the living daylight out of me as he nearly fell on me but rested his large hands on my shoulders then connected our forehead, he was breathing heavily, and his breath smelled like liquor. I was perplexed not sure what he was doing but when he shoved the money in the back pocket of my jeans he whispered something about being a good listener, I moved back from him out of fear and just like that he walked past me and stumbled away leaving me shocked, but I didn't think much as I shrugged knowing I deserved the tip after all. It wasn't free money. I heard the restaurant door slamming shut, and I exhaled in relief.
“One customer down…zero to go… Vivie, now you are free to go,” I said with cheers as I reached my hand to my back pocket and retrieved the cash I was given, and immediately I brought it to my front, my eyes widened in shock when I held a large amount of money.
“No…no, what if he comes back and says I stole from him,” I said in a worried tone and took to my heels as I rushed after them, not realizing that I forgot to grab the keys and lock the restaurant. I hoped the man was still out there and once, I opened the door and rushed out into the night, my eyes had to narrow a little to see properly because it was too dark outside.
The place wasn't isolated but enclosed by two tall old buildings which acted as casinos, cheap casinos and nightclubs. I ignored that and ran towards the parking lot which wasn't big and well lit so that I could see some parts of it and to my luck, I spotted the tall man fighting to get his car open. He was bending down and patting his hands on the dirty gravel, and I guessed he dropped something.
“S-sir!” I shouted after him from afar, unfortunately, he wasn't paying attention; hence I took to my heels and ran to him, I played basketball running was my specialty that was why my coach chose me as the team captain “sir…oh god,” I said with heavy breaths when I reached his car and rested my hand on my beating heart turn chuckled, and I leaned to his car to catch my breath, unfortunately, he didn't even notice I was there he was looking for his car keys I'm sure. My eyes narrowed as I bent down to help him out.
“You must be looking for your car keys huh…let's look together,” I said with a smile and went on my knees and started helping him out. I wondered why no one came to get him. He was drunk so how would he drive the car “found them!” I exclaimed with excitement as soon as my hand touched something and unexpectedly pressed a button when trying to retrieve the keys and the car made a noise.
“Give,” he simply said, but I shook my head keeping, the keys away from him. He could barely look up or stand, so how was he going to drive?
“You're…” I started saying, but to my shock, the man used enough force and trapped me against his car. “S-sir…please,” I tried to move away from him, but unfortunately, he cupped my face with both hands.
“Sir stop…” he was just staring at me with an intense gaze. His bright eyes glimmering “I…” I tried to say, attempting to ignore the sensation rushing through my body, to my shock the man crushed his lips on mine. Before I could push him away, he started kissing me forcefully, his stiff tongue pushing its way between my clenched teeth.
“N-no!” I tried between kisses, but he gripped the back of my head pulling me closer to him. His hand snaked around my waist as he trapped me completely. He tasted alcohol, bitter and intoxicating. His kisses were subtle as he explored my mouth with his tongue. I couldn't get enough, my knees weakened as my body gave in to the scalding pleasure. All my senses were dulled as I responded fiercely. However,
“No!” I pushed him away with so much force that he stumbled backwards and nearly fell.
“Don't fucking do that ever again!” I said breath while wiping my mouth feeling disgusted by him. He didn't say anything but simply held his head while trying to balance on his feet.
“Look here sir…you're a jerk. I'll forgive you this one,” I tried to say calmly, but he ignored me and returned to his car. It looked expensive, and I guessed he was not an ordinary man. Even his car screamed millions of dollars.
"S-sir…hold still…get in,'' I struggled to say and tried with all my might to settle the man in his car, but he was difficult to move.
“What to do?” I muttered with a long sigh as I rested my hands on my hips and glanced up at the dark blue sky. I was damned, and I knew my night was cursed. All I wanted was to go home and rest before tomorrow but now, I was sure it was past midnight.
“Where does he live…” I asked, not sure what to do with him. I could leave him in the car until morning but then again that wasn't so safe.
“Some men just let themselves go…I wonder if he's married…I'm sure his wife is going crazy waiting for her husband…such men,” I scoffed with disdain looking back at the man then reaching my hands for the steering wheel. He was a lot of trouble, and now he seemed to have targeted a poor girl like me to handle him.
Vivienne POV, My eyes fixed on the man I just laid down on the double-sized bed. I exhaled heavily, wiping sweat off my forehead, and rested my hands on my hips. I was sweating just from carrying the man, not as if I carried him myself, which was ridiculous.But as soon as I found the nearest cheap hotel around, I booked a single room for the drunk man and the manager of the small hotel helped me to get him out of the car to the room which was on the second floor. He was already sleeping, and I wondered how a grown man would be so careless.“Ms…do you need anything?” while lost in thoughts taking in the man's facial features which were rare for a man. The manager's voice jerks me back to reality and I instantly turned around, and he was looking at me with that facial expression that said 'I was a gold digger more like a slut bringing a man to a hotel'“No… Nothing,” I answered him with a faint smile, and he nodded before he shifted his gaze to the man sleeping on the bed and then back
Vivienne POV The next morning I was woken up by the loud buzzing of the alarm and the banging of hands-on my door so loudly. The sound was deafening, so I groaned in frustration and covered my head with a pillow. I was so sleepy and tired that I didn't want anything or anyone to disturb me. Whatever sounds I was hearing felt like a nightmare.“No…no…no,” I said as I jumped out of bed taking the sheets with me. I was so shocked as I rushed to the little dressing mirror where I kept the alarm clock which had snoozed off and when I picked it up, my head spun seeing the "9:30 AM "I was doomed as I tried to move around, but my mind was a mess. I couldn't think straight because I was so late for school. I only had an hour to get ready, to talk of running to school because I wasn't going to catch any bus which goes to school. “Now who is it?” I frowned and tied my hair in a bun, not sure who was busy banging on my door so loudly, disturbing my sleep. I left my bedroom and walked to my small
Vivienne POV I didn't know how long I was unconscious because immediately they took me to the nurse's room. The doctor injected me with a sedative to keep me down, but now I was awake and confused. I watched as my hard work came crashing down on me. Everything didn't make sense. I would rather not feel the pain residing in my heart, but there was nothing I could do to change what was happening. I already asked the doctor attending to me if I was clear to join my team, but he refused."Damn this' 'I muttered a curse and sat on the bed with my legs suspended down. I stretched my arms releasing the tension I was feeling. I tried to straighten my right leg hoping I could step on the floor and walk out of the darn hell I was in, but immediately I did a rush of excruciating pain run through my body as I instantly put my foot up. I cursed under my breath and rested my hands on the bed and scanned my surroundings. I was the only one in the small room who smells like medications. I leaned dow
"No...no Cassy what happened here!"I rushed inside as soon as I got to the restaurant and what I found left me speechless. The place looked like they were moving in. The tables were flipped and the chairs were missing, everything was a mess and some employees were busy putting the remaining things in order once cassy saw me she came running and her facial expression was something I fear"How could you do this Vivie...I trusted you with everything but now look at this 'she said while I was busy scanning my surroundings, I was agitated not sure what happened and when the office door to Janice opened he walked out looking all rugged up. His clothes were wrinkled up as if he slept under the bridge and his hair was messy. Immediately he saw me, his expression turned deadly and I knew something bad had happened and it had my name written on it. Two police officers came out of his office and I was even more scared"Cassy...what going on?"I turned to cassy and asked wanting to
"No money, no staying...I'm tired of you...your stupid excuses but now...I already rented it to another person and don't even think of begging me because she already moved in"I was hurt and the lady added to my misery. It was pointless to argue, even if I pleaded with my life Mrs Egan wouldn't let me stay. I was helpless as I watched her elegantly walk away. She had everything and didn't have to beg others for a place to stay. I stood there thinking about my next move. I could go somewhere and ask for a job, a stay at home helper but I already tried that and the outcome wasn't so good.I was tired and just wanted to rest, I wanted to finally have a peaceful night and once I moved my things out of the building to an abandoned dark alley close to the building, I sat on my suitcase with my head leaning against the dirty wall filled with graffiti. I exhaled and inhaled as my eyes lift
"Ms. Payton...the principal is calling for you" after what seemed like forever, I was called in and without wasting time I entered the principal's office. I was so nervous that I could collapse any time soon"Take a seat Ms. Payton"our cold icy queen principal as we called her said without looking at me and gestured for the wooden chair opposite her table I slowly walked to the chair and carefully sat down. I was anxious to know what she was going to tell me. She was busy signing some papers hence I had to wait for her to finishAfter a while, she was done, shoved her files aside, adjusted her specs, and looked at me. She was as cold as ice. With no smile on her face. She was a little mean, which she musked up just being strict as someone who managed the biggest school in the city. She always said I was lucky to be at such a prestigious school getting a good education. She never ceased to remind me that I was poor without a good bank balanceI paid my fees in in
I was devastated, the receptionist lady didn't even wait for me to tell her what I wanted, I was sure she was looking down on me. Yes, I wasn't as classy or elegantly dressed as her or worked in such a prestigious company but I had to say the place was my dream company. I've always wished to work in such a company all my life and when I finished college I had so many plans for my future. All I asked her for was a second chance to talk to her boss. I knew I was late but it was just for ten minutes they could reconsider"Please Miss...this isn't your house okay...leave before I call security"the lady spat out bitterly, she had a disdainful expression as she fixed her cat-like eyes on me. I failed to understand why she was acting as if I was there to steal her job"I know this but just one minute let...let me see your boss" I pleaded again, I wasn't going to leave without talking to her boss, the doctor told me they needed a surrogate and I wanted to be that surrogate. Th
I sat there filling in the forms, the information left wasn't so bad hence I quickly answered all the questions and slammed the pen on the papers and leaned back to the couch. My legs straightened but not so much as to hurt my ankle. It was still hurting even though I was walking around like a fool but I had no time to sit in bed and nurse a wound. Already Mrs Smith took care of it and I was glad about her special remedies, my ankle wasn't as swollen as before and I could walk even in sneakers"Ugh! where is she!"I groaned in frustration after an hour passed and I was just sitting there. I tried playing games on my phone but I was too lazy to do that. Hence I rose to my feet hoping I could peek outside, however just as I was about to stand. The door flew open and the first lady who was rude to me walked in brutally."Are you fi