I heard sounds of different voices and other things which were making my head throb in pain, I opened my eyes and everything was blurry and I blinked my eyes to make it clear for me to see where I was. I see my mom talking to a man wearing a white coat.
She was worried, I can tell that by just looking at her expressions. I tried to make a sound but my throat hurt like I hadn't drunk water for many days. Still, I managed to whisper but it went unheard by her. This time I tried to whisper louder and she heard me.
She hurriedly walked toward me, "hon, Are you okay?" She asked while taking my hand in hers, I nodded my head at her as I tried to sit up but felt this pain in my head increasing by my move. My mom put a pillow on my back and helped me sit. I leaned back on the pillow.
"Water" I managed to ask,
She handed me over a glass of water, I gulped it whole. I turned to my mom and asked, "What happened?"
"You had an accident," she said and immediately everything rushed to my head.
I remember someone lifting me from the seat of my car, and putting me into their own. I can't remember their face, but I can remember their body smell. I can't quite describe it. It was very pleasant and intoxicating. I was snapped back to reality by my mother yelling at me for driving carelessly.
"Mom, I'm perfectly fine," I said, slightly irritated.
"You're not fine, you hit your head," she yelled at me.
"Miss Green, please don't yell at the patient, it may increase the head pain," The doctor who was quietly standing at the door said to mom.
She nodded her head to him and asked "Can I take her home."
"Yes, she's okay. There are no major injuries," he said and walked out of the room. I changed into the clothes which mom bought for me.
We walked out of the hospital, and mom drove us home. She opened the apartment door, and we walked inside. I sat down on the couch, and she brought me a water bottle and I drank like I had been starved for years. After drinking the water, I placed the empty water bottle on the table and turned around to face my mom.
"I got an offer to be a personal publicist for Mr. Villin," I said enthusiastically.
"Mr. Villin?"She asked me with confusion.
"Mr. Villin, the one who you saw in the newspaper today," I said pointing my finger at the paper.
"Oh! But I heard he's a dangerous man... their whole family is," she said,
"Yes, but my relationship with him is a professional one and my client, I don't have any trouble working with him mom," I said confidently.
"Okay, I'm sure you'll nail this one too," she said, touching my cheek.
I smiled at her and hugged her, "I love you, mom."
****
I woke up this morning early morning, did my morning routine, and had breakfast.
"Bye mom," I said while walking towards the main door,
"Bye sweety,"
I walked into the elevator and reached the lobby. I drove to my Firm building, and parked my car in the parking lot, and walked into the building. As usual, Linda greeted me with her sweet smile; I greeted her back and walked into the elevator.
I reached my floor and noticed that Lydia was already there, working on something on her computer.
She heard the sound of my heels and looked at me, "Good Morning" She greeted me.
"Good morning," I replied.
"What happened to your head," she asked with concern evident in her eyes.
"Nothing, I had an accident," I said.
She gasped, "Accident?"
"Yes, I'm fine now," I assured her.
"What the hell Clarissa, why can't you be careful," she yelled at me.
"Lydia, I'm perfectly fine," I said.
She inhaled and said, "Promise me you'll drive carefully next time,"
"I promise, I'll be."
She nodded, and I walked into my office and put my handbag on the desk while taking a seat. "I have news for you," she said, walking to me with her laptop in her hands.
"What is it?" I asked,
"Mr. Villin wants us to shift our office to villin's enterprise's main building," She said, I exhaled and leaned back on my chair.
"Like immediately," she added,
"Why he wants us to shift to their building," I asked her,
"He thinks it would be best if we could work closely and together," She said.
"He sent his bodyguards to help us with it," She added.
I looked around my office and sighed.
"Right now?" I asked.
She nodded her head to my question.
"Then we should start packing," I said, slowly standing up from my chair.
After packing our things Matthew's bodyguards have loaded them in their car, I and Lydia traveled to the building in my car.
After reaching the building entrance, the watchman opened the gate and looked at the skyscraper in front of I forgot to drive the car inside. I was openly gaping at the building. It was truly beautiful, the shining glass and the sunlight reflecting through the glasses making the building look mesmerizing and at the same time intimidating.
Lydia shook my arm making me snap back to reality.
"Where were you lost," she said,
"Nowhere," I said while driving my car inside.
I parked my car in the parking lot, As we got out of the car Lillian walked towards us with a smile on her smile. Her middle length blond hair was bouncing while her long legs were talking long strides. Her blue eyes were gleaming while she was walking to us.
"Miss Green, welcome to Villin enterprises" she welcomed us, I smiled at her and said, "Thank you"
She took us inside and it was so big, In the middle, there was a reception with a man and a woman sitting on their desks doing their work.
Lillian took us to the elevator, and we got inside with our stuff carried by the bodyguards. She pressed the last floor number which was the 93rd floor.
We waited patiently for the doors to open, while awkwardly smiling at each other.
Finally, we reached the top floor of the building, and the doors of the elevator opened.
We were welcomed with a very beautiful interior, and it was clean and everything was perfectly in the place. There was a deck next to a double door office. And there were two offices side by side on the other side.
Lillian took us to the double door office first, she knocked on the door and Matthew's voice came out asking to come in. She pushed the doors and let us in. Inside Matthew was sitting on his chair and his desk was completely covered by files. He was reading the files, and he looked so stressed. All of a sudden, I feel sorry for him.
"Mr. Villin" Lillian called, he looked up from his work and smiled when his eyes landed on me.
"Oh! Clarissa" he stood up and walked to me and said, "welcome"
"Thank you," I said,
"Lillian will show you your cabin, and she will help with all other works. Feel free to meet me if you have any doubts okay," he said,
"Okay, Mathew," I said while turning around.
"Wait, what is that band-aid dear?" He asked.
I touched it and said, "I had an accident, Don't worry I'm fine now."
"You should be careful, hon," he said,
"I will," I smiled and walked out of the office.
We walked into my office, and Lillian opened the office door and I gasped looking at it.
The office was so beautiful, There were a black executive desk and leather upholstered chairs and light brown wood wall cladding, golden accents, and a crystal chandelier centering the meeting table all complementing each other creating an elegant-looking office.At the right of the office were two ceiling windows with light brown color curtains on either side of the window. On the other side, is the table with a bookshelf filled with many books.I walked inside my office admiring each and every corner of it, with my mouth wide open."Did you like it, Miss Green?" Asked Lillian."Yes, I love it," I said honestly.I walked to my desk and put my bag on it. My things were brought here and were placed on the desk. Everything was set up neatly for me to use."I'll let you do your work, Miss Green," she said, for which, I turned around and nodded at her."Come, Miss Miller, I'll show your office," she said to Lydia and walked her out of my office.I traced my fingers against my desk and inh
CLARISSA’S P.O.V.After parking my car in the parking lot, We both walked through the lobby towards the elevator. We stepped inside the elevator and reached the top floor where Mr. Mathew's office was located, We both stepped out of the elevator and walked through the empty floor towards his office. Only the sounds of our heels filled the floor, it was so quiet and intimidating. As Lydia pushed the door open, I saw Lillian, sitting on the sofa and staring at someone in front of her. I stepped inside and saw that tall man sitting on the sofa with his right leg over his left leg and a magazine in his hands.Hearing me walking in, Mathew looked up at me, "Clarissa, please sit down, I need to talk about something!" He said folding the paper he was reading. I nodded and sat down on the sofa next to Lillian, who was still gawking at that tall guy. I glanced at him and turned my complete attention towards Mathew, "That guy just tried to destroy my business, I don't want to make this issue
I looked up at a familiar face, he was looking at me with a calculative look which made me a bit nervous about myself. He wasn’t saying anything, there was complete silence in the room. He was leaning against the wall staring at me blankly, I didn’t understand what to do. As I stared at him back not knowing what to do he moved himself off and began strolling towards me with his hands placed inside in his pockets. His face was void of emotions and to look at his face I had to conjure all my strength, ”Mr.Villin do... Do you need something?” I asked moving back as he moved towards me, my back hit my desk and my breathing fastened when I saw him just mere inches away from me. I stared up at him and saw him looking at my face. As I noticed him moving closer to me, I immediately closed my eyes and moved my face away from him. I felt him so close that his hot breath was on my face, I shut my eyes even more tightly. My heart was pounding rapidly against my ribcage making me very nervous. H
CLARISSA’S POV.I blinked twice but the words on the card were still on it, I glanced at Lydia, she was staring at me with confusion on her face, “Are you okay?” she asked with a concerned look, I didn’t answer her as I was still staring at the card flipping it over and over again while my mind was filled with dangerous thoughts and questions, all of the sudden Lydia took that card off my hands, “What is this?” she asked while taking it from me, she glanced at me while reading the letters on the card. I watched her eyes widening and looking around for the man, “Truth can’t be hidden” she whispered reading out the words written on the card. We walked back to our office with confusion and tension written on our faces, a lot of things were running in my mind like who is this guy? and why did he leave us this card? Did he intentionally left it or it just slipped from his pocket? Can it be a coincidence? While we were walking to my office I noticed Lillian walking to us, she was about
I drove to my home through heavy traffic and it took nearly an hour for me to reach my apartment, I parked my car and walked to the elevator. I got inside and reached my floor, two flats were present on this floor but the other one is right now empty. I walked to my apartment and knocked on the door, I casually glanced at the door present in the other corner of the floor before my mom opened the door and let me in.As I walked into the living room I was hit with a delicious smell of the dishes my mom prepared for us, “Hm…” I murmured as I inhaled the smell coming from the dining table, I turned around and caught my mom, As I hugged her I heard her chuckling at me, “Thank you, mom, for preparing my favorite dishes,” I said hugging her, she stroked my back with her hands. “I’ll change,” I said as I released her and turned around, as I walked to my room, took a hot shower and wore my nightwear, I noticed a new message pop up in my phone. I walked to the table and took the phone from
ALARM ****I offed the annoying alarm clock and groaned while getting up from my bed, I rubbed my eyes while yawning and walked towards my washroom. I can hear my mom moving dishes and I can hear her cooking something in the kitchen as I was walking to my washroom. I brushed my teeth and took a cold shower, wrapping my favorite white fluffy towel around my body. I walked out of my washroom and walked straight into my walk-in closet. I got dressed in my baby pink deep V-neck pencil dress cinched at the waist with a statement belt and combed my hair while applying some makeup to my face. I looked at my reflection and smiled when I felt I looked good.I took my things and walked downstairs, as I walked downstairs I noticed Sofia helping my mom place breakfast on the table, “Sofia!” I called in surprise to see her. Mom gave her off for two days and it’s been only 24 hours and she’s back to work.She looked at me while laughing at me warmly, “You didn’t take off?” I asked while walking tow
CLARRISA'S POV.I glanced at Lillian and saw her looking at me with a terrified expression on her face, my eyes moved to Mr.Villin who was staring at me with confusion. He walked towards me and grabbed the card from my hand, I watched him read it calmly and collectively which made my thoughts rush to my head again. How can someone be this calm while reading a death threat from rivalry person? I glanced at Lillian, who was watching Mr Villin with the same expression she had before, "Where is Lydia?" Mr.Villin asked looking at Lillian,"I don't know, sir, she's not in her office!" she said, looking at him, worry for Lydia was evident in her eyes."Call her," he said while turning back and walking out of my office, I turned my head towards Lillian who was dialling Lydia's number in her phone. I watched her move the phone to her ears, tension began spreading all over my body while I patiently waited for Lillian to say something and Lydia to answer the call. I signalled her to put it on s
I grabbed the door handle and opened the door, "Have fun!" she yelled from the living room, I stepped out and watched her wink at me, I shook my head while closing the door with a smile on my face.I reached the ground floor and walked through the lobby, I noticed all those stares I was getting but I'm used to ignoring them. I walked straight to the parking lot and noticed Lillian's car waiting for me, so I walked straight to it. As I was walking to the car I saw Lydia and Lillian watching me walk to them with their mouths wide open, I understood them being surprised to see me in this dress because they always see me in business attire and nothing other than that.I opened the car door and stepped inside while closing the doors back, I looked at them and noticed them watching me while turning their heads towards me."What?" I asked with my eyebrows up, They didn't say anything but just looked at each other instead, Lydia began smirking at me, "So?" she said with her eyes wiggling at