Are you sure you don’t know who that is? Asks Nat.
Of course. I reply.I don’t know how they got my number or who this person is.All I know is I won’t Give a damn about it.Well, as stupid as it sounds it can be your secret lover texted you from his office.Wait what? Do you think Jonathan is texting me?I ask.Well, given you two having the worst tension in the whole history today, he might want to have one last fling with that body of yours.I seriously can’t realise if you’re just being nice or being flirty. I say as I make my way to my room.Oh come on, you know it’s true. She follows up behind me.I slip into bed and Look at that text again.I see Nat leaning against the door, crossing her arms and looking straight at me.Okay, jokes apart. Whoever he is, don’t try and do something foolish okay?You’ve got a great life and a nice job now. You can’t have distractions.If you want a relationship, be in a real one.Can I go to sleep now?Nat scoffs and rolls her eyes at me before switching off the light and storming off.I get up, close the door and jump into bed once again.I put my phone on charging and fall asleep as soon as I shut my eyes.——- Next morning ——-I can’t believe I’m having a daily fixed routine.My life officially sucks.I stop at the coffee shop before driving to work.People here are really nice, not to mention including the sexiest personality, I could eat vanilla cream off of any person who lets me.The guy at the shop passes a smile and slips out a note as well.I walk out and look at the note with his number.“Looking good today xx”Really?I throw the number in the dustbin right at the corner of the shop.I get inside my car and start driving.Working at Cooper Inc has been pretty nice so far.Excluding blondes everyone throws massive respect to other staff members.I’m not saying blonde women are the worst, I’m just saying that some are.Mai opens the door of my office breathing heavily.You have to attend this meeting today.What? I ask.Mrs Davis is having a problem at her house today. She was given the order to conduct today’s meeting with the ambassadors of “Cleveland company”. She can’t come in today and you’re the only one with a post closely lower than hers.But today’s only my first day. I start to panic a little.Here are the files, prepare all of em, the meeting starts in 2 hours.She storms off.Okay.I take my words back. But I guess this is a part of being employed. Getting your as*es f*cakes every day!I got through all the papers, taking all the information in.Without realising what the time is, I gather my stuff and move to the meeting hall.I open the door and I see Jonathan sitting in the far chair there’s only one chair left for me to sit, right next to him.I greet all the Ambassadors and smile at them while making my way to my seat.I look to my left side, there's a black file sitting on the table unprotected.I couldn’t help but wonder what’s in this file.Did you prepare?I snap out of my imaginative world and look over at Jonathan.“Yes, I think I did” I answer.Don’t screw it up.The door opens and, wow.The very own Ethan Cooper comes in.And I can’t say that I’m surprised but the man is known for his attractive figure.Not only that, his eyes, his masculine body, and the way he presents himself always make women around him weak in the knees.He’s the type of person even rapunzel would want.He’s got this aura about him that makes every woman feel stuff they only feel when they’re touching themselves, as they know how to.I get hypnotised by his preference.All the ambassadors stand up as if he’s the president and show him their utter respect.I start to follow them but Jonathan grabs my hand stopping me.I look at him in confusion as he stares at the far end of the room where Ethan is.I sit back and wait for Ethan to take his place in the room as well.Suddenly, my phone starts to vibrate.Again and again and again.With the continuous pattern.A few members' eyes fall on me, while I quickly set my phone on “do not disturb”.Ethan clears his throat and his eyes stare into mine.“Your call, Ms May.”Everyone in the room looks at me.My heart starts pounding rapidly. It’s like someone’s reaching down my stomach and taking out all the intestines from my mouth.With enough courage, I stand up and initiate representing the slides in front of the businessmen, as so time passes.Shaking hands, all the rich men make their way outside followed by Jonathan.I gather up my things and walk towards the door, it slides open before me.It was Ethan.He stands right in front of me looking into my eyes as if he’s looking at the whole freaking world.He brushes his bottom lip one time as he crosses his arms allowing me to speak.Is-is there something wrong? I ask.Your presentation was good, but the only thing that I won’t allow in this company is gossiping through text or any other thing.It’s the only situation I’m pretty bold at handling.Bold at handling? What the h*ll does he mean by that? What? Is he a gangster or something? Do h*ll with this.I’m sorry sir, it won’t happen again.He pauses. Looking around the room as if he said something he shouldn’t have.Good. He says as he closes the door behind him.I scoff and check my phone.I deserve to know whom the f*ck is screwing with my new job.27 freaking texts from the same as*hole whom I ignored yesterday.The last text says, “you know where to meet me!”I get angry as I realised who it was.I storm off to his office and open up the door angrily.He was looking at his files, I go to him close enough to snatch his files and throw them on the table.I flash him the phone with the chats open.Do you think this is professionalism? Huh?Jonathan looks at the phone and then looks at me.I’m gonna ask you once, Ms May. What do you think you’re doing?What am I doing?Just look what are you doing! “YOU KNOW WHERE TO MEET ME?” Who talks like that?!Just stop texting me or else I’ll file a complaint against you.I turn and I start walking without letting him defend.Well, I do appreciate your time coming here and screaming at me for no reason.You can go ahead and file that complaint.I turn around in confusion.“Because it isn’t me”.Another text pops up.“Don’t scream at him darling, go to your office and look out the window.”I rush to my office without answering his question, bumping into the staff as if someone’s following me and I’m running away from them.I slide the curtains and look down into the crowd.After a lot of searching and mostly giving up, I get a glimpse of a person whom I’ve seen before.And I see “him”.I rush back home as quickly as I could. I start to panic like I first did when I was four. "This can't be happening", I think to myself. I was careful. that life behind me long ago. I was so f*cking carefulI sit on the sofa, trying to take it all in. And all I could think of is.He found me, Roger found me.I rush to the kitchen take out the bottle of wine, and start drinking, just to convince myself that I can solve this. As soon as the liquor starts hitting me, I instantly start to get all these flashbacks of my childhood. About my father, his brother, Being screwed up by my aunts and them finally at my worst nightmare."Roger".I get a text from Nat asking me where I was. Living with her sure made me feel safe. If I don't revert to her for more than an hour, she goes all Hard to tackle detective throwing her sweet self away. If I tell her what I just saw today? She's gonna toss all the hard work she did living in California and asks us to move to another place just for my securi
It's been almost a week since I last saw him.From that day, Nat has been picking up and dropping me off every single day, Juts to know whether I safely reached my workplace or not.I couldn't ask for more. No one knows what I'm going through.Yes, I could go to the police. But the only bullsh*t that I will have to face is the lack of evidence.I would have turned him in long before I found out about his true colours. Let's just say I wasn't brave back then. Thinking about Moving here to California gave me the spirit that I need to build as soon as I knew this was wrong. But I guess changing my real Identity was not enough.I didn't see Jonathan the past week as well. All I knew is that Cooper Inc's throwing a big ball for their new merging and cooperation with "Zala Enterprises". All I knew about it was they were all fashion based and they were having a fashion show as a thank you and welfare of both parties.And of course, I was invited.Nat strictly forbids me from going there alon
"Why me? Huh?""What could I possibly have for you? I'm a nobody, Roger. Nobody." I shout at him."You were everything that I needed in my life, My sweet Angel." He starts stepping forward slowly covering the distance between us.Well, You better back off or else...Or else what? You're gonna call the police? Or you're going to run away just like the last time you did.He steps forward instantly, grabbing my arm so hard I could almost feel each one of my nerves getting pressed."Do you really think you would fly your way to California like that?" What? Was I not good enough for you?"You were a creepy bastard that's what you were!"I knee him in the groin and I run back towards the door. I hold the door handle, trying to open them, but they are locked from the inside.I scream for someone to help me, continuously looking back if he recovered from the knee-kicking pain.I try to go the other way but he instantly catches up to me, Roger pushes me onto the wall, grabs my neck, choking me
Nat makes us both a hot cup of coffee as she hands out our cups. She sits down right in front of me and stares at me, trying to get to talk now. "So?" "So what?" "What happened, Angie?" "Nothing happened, okay? Will you just let it go?" I get up in frustration as I never wanted to have this conversation in front of Ethan. But I guess he's just as involved as he is now. "Let this go? I called you and your phone was switched off, I tried to call your office number and there were no answers, I finally get a call back from you and you tell to drive back home?" Do you think that I'm gonna be okay like this? Pretending as if nothing happened? How can you even ask me that? "Alright, God. I'm sorry okay? I shout at her instantly regretting that I shouldn't." I look at Ethan who realised that I wanted him to go outside so I could talk to Nat alone. "I'll be outside on the balcony," he says as he walks out of the room. ------After a few minutes-------- "Hey" I come up from
"Why are you still so hung up on it?!" Ask Nat. Because it just doesn't add up. "What? What exactly does not add up?" I don't get it, Angie. You should be resting, you should be thinking about what actions can you take to be safe from that sh*thole. And you're here you are on your laptop looking into your Boss's background? What good will that do to you? I don't know okay? I just... I need to see. "Fine, I just.. I'm just gonna go back to sleep, It's been a hectic day." I'm sorry. Nat goes back into her room without giving me a second look. Maybe she's right. I don't know what good will it do for me. I just knew in my heart that I had to find out. ----Beep beep---- My phone rings as I see a text from an unknown number. My heart starts to pound again as if I'm having an attack. I tap on the text and I read. "Hey, I hope you're alright. I just heard what happened at the parking. You want to talk?" PS: It's Jonathon. Ugh, It's only been two weeks and h
The night is finally here. Everyone walks through the red carpet, getting out from their limo and god knows how many highly expensive vehicles. I for one, came in a cab with Nat. Honestly, I do like cars with attractive features and facilities but I'm not someone who would show them off.I'm not assigned to anything right now. And I see that most of us are not. What? Is this another red flag for Ethan Cooper? Who does he hire to do this stuff for him? I do see Mai with his "friend" who I sure can understand is not just a friend and means more to her. But for him I can only say, he's enjoying the attention he's getting. Does the so-called girlfriend earn more? I could see why he was with her. I feel sorry for you, Mai.An attractively cute waiter, who seems to be Italian, comes with a tray of wine glasses on top."Is this Sula?" Ask Nat."Yes, Senorita." Yes, Italian.He winks at Nat as she bites her lips. I look at her rolling my eyes."What? Can't I have some fun either? Says Nat." O
"I walk back to the party, clenching my hands. I couldn't take this anymore. I wasn't afraid that 'Roger' was still stalking me, I was afraid that this time it wouldn't do him any good. I was sick and tired of being played every single day of my life. I was so stupid for losing control over what I could do. I knew I could fight but I got scared and let that bitch try to manipulate me. But I won't let this happen now, and Never again!"Where did you go?" Ask Natalia."Oh, Nowhere, I just wanted some air." I revert. "Are you sure, You..""I'm fine, Nat, don't worry." I cut in between her. "I'm fine, Nmat, don't worry." I cut in between her. t I just couldn't let anyone see what my true emotions are. Apart from the person or 'Roger', who sent that text, they are right about something, I can't trust anyone. The ceremony starts, and everyone gathers in a big circle as the waiter brings out this big 5 story cake. I see Jonathan with Juliana, he crosses his gaze with me, I try not to me
I have to be careful. Even though the one and only Ethan Cooper asked me to use his restroom, I still can't be risked being caught by any of the employees. As I go through the whole room. Gosh, this looks like a bungalow inside a bungalow. I walk around the corner and see another room which seems to have a master and a table at the corner which looks like a working place. As I search for the bathroom, my eyes fall on a small room. I open it up and I see that it's a wardrobe which does not comply with the door. It was so much bigger than it looks like from the outside. It was basically a walk-in closet. "Huh, Typical CEO vibes."I touch every single t-shirt that is hung and I see different collections of ties. This man had every type of shoe from each branding company. Again, Typical.I turn to move out of the closet but I stop. I look at his tie collection and I couldn't help but feel somehow, mesmerized by them. I take one tie from the counter and place it over my nose to smell it.