"What nonsense?" Damian shouted with all his might before passing out.
Annie's eyes popped out, she rushed to her brother who lay as if thou he was lifeless. One of the guys held her back. She fought back tears, struggling herself away from his hard grip."Let her be" the devilish looking man who she assumed to be their leader commanded and the guy who held her let her be.
She wanted to run to her brother who still lay still but Mr devil was quick to close the gap between them. He now had on a black mask on his face.Annie wondered why was that.She couldn't see through his face but she can feel the fact that those cold unfeeling eyes of his were piercing through her body. It was very obvious."Let my brother go, you beast" Annie yelled at him, she even spat at him.
He let out an evil grin and held her chin, pressing her against the wall."Do you know what I did to the last person that spat at me?" He asked."Why should I care to knowTravis eyelid opened to bright light of the day. He got off the bed and walked into the bathroom. He stood under the shower for long, different thoughts running through his mind. He thinks of nothing asides his chains of company. Now that Ran Yu, his strongest competitor is back in town, Travis has every reasons to double his efforts.He came out of the shower, in an expensive blue robe. He carefully removed the diamond earrings in his ears and place them on the table stand. He had forgotten to remove them before sleeping yesterday's night.Thinking of what to eat, he heard a knock at the door of his bedroom. He knew who it was, it was Mine. The only maid he has kept for years and the only reason he kept her was because she is an old woman, old enough to be his mother. If it were to be some young ladies, Travis was sure he wouldn't come. Before, he had always had young ladies around as maids but what they all did was to seduce him and he hat
Annie sat alone in front of a fountain, her mind flash back to the time at the restaurant. She remembered the moment the mysterious man kissed her. "I should have slapped him hard" she bit her lip in regret. She was in deep thought when she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice call her name. "Good morning, Annie. I'm Lila, Lila Santiago. Would it be possible to talk to you? In private," the unfamiliar voice asked. She was a woman in her late fifty's. Annie nodded innocently and Lila sat beside her on the bench. She removed her sun shades and faced Annie with a smile. "Do you come to the bay often?" She asked. "Excuse me?," Annie pouted, wondering why the stranger woman picked interest in speaking with her without knowing her from nowhere. "We all have our secret spots. I also had a place like this in my youth,"Lila started a friendly conversation. "And then?," Annie smirks. "I realized
Annie couldn't sleep at night. Her brother's tormentor had called several times, threatening him that he had three more days to pay up his debt, else they would come to take Annie away.Annie needed someone to talk to and so she snuck out of window and rush off to see her best friend, Hana.Hannah was surprised after she narrated everything."Are you serious? That's not possible! What kind of a man is he? Handsome or ugly, tall or short, kind or cold?. What if he is some kind of a psycho?" Hannah asked.."Now you're scarring me. Maybe I should say no. Why do I always end up in situations like this?" Annie sobbed.Hannah rubbed her shoulders. "Annie listen to me. You're looking for work, take it. Say yes. How else will you survive if you don't take it?""What if something happens to me Hannah? The guy can abuse me or kidnap and sell me, what if he's some beast or drug lord?
"Speak up" Travis urged, his eyes staring back into hers only. He hoped she would say what he wanted to hear.Annie knew it was better to keep quiet and not remind him that she was the girl he kissed at the restaurant."Come on, speak up" his masculine voice vibrated in her ears. It was a ragged command. He approached her slowly."You're almost naked!" She shouted, her eyes glued to the tattoo on his right arm. His tattoo was beautiful.Travis scoffed. He knew he was no where close to nakedness, he had on his joggers and he was shirtless and that's because he just left the gym. "I will be right back. I will go get my shirt" he glanced at her once and left.Immediately he left, Annie slammed her forehead, wondering what she has really gotten herself into."Why him? Oh god!" She muttered, close to tears because she knows she knew she was into real trouble. She only hope he doesn't remember her.
"Rose? Which Rose?" Annie asked innocently."I see" Travis replied and walked out if the elevator.* * * * * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * *"Travis why did you change the models?" Shirley asked but Travis eyes was elsewhere. She traced his eyes and it turned out he was staring at Annie whose office was opposite to his. He was staring at her through the transparent demarcation.Shirley didn't know what to say or feel at that moment, she could only sheath inwardly."How.....is your new assistant doing?" She asked, anger in her mind.Travis looked away immediately. "Annie? I don't know. She is new. She just starred" he replied absent mindedly.Shirley let out a smile. "Where did she work before?""You will have to ask Luke. You know he is the one that hired Annie fir me and he is the one in charge of personnel" Travis replied."I know sweetie" she replied."Hmm Tr
Annie woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of her beeping phone. She has missed lots of messages from Mrs Santiago."You didn't call""Why aren't you answering my calls?""What happened?""I want to know everything""I'm coming over""Come downstairs, I'm waiting"Annie frowned at the missed messages. The woman wants her to come out so late at night."Now I'm in trouble" Annie muttered, jumping out of the bed at the same time. She quickly fit her legs into her flip flop and rush out if her apartment to the street. She was quick to see Mrs Lila's car packed at a distant from her apartment."Evening ma'am" Annie greeted, rushing towards her."Come here, hurry up" Lila ordered her, authoritatively."Tell me, what happened at the office? What did he do? I hope you didn't ruin it? Did he say anything about your new ringtone? Dud you tell him it's rose of Seville, go on tell
"I hate squash.....I hate you" he whispered and that was the final straw..He moved away from her in a swift, she also quickly went to grab her back and pretended as if nothing happened, she pretends she didn't hear the words he said to her.The both approached the door at the same time. She stopped at the door, backing it in other to face him. Even though he kept pushing her away, she still wants to try push it once more."I wanted to ask you something." She bit her lower lip."And that is?," Travis furrowed his brows."I have to ask you, we've met before. It might be a coincidence. Do you remember that we've met before?" She asked."When and where?," Travis asked, flatly.Annie went dumb. Since he doesn't remember, why then does she needs to remind him. Even if he knows, nothing is gonna change between them. He only kissed her to get away from another woman. He wanted a trick at that moment and she was th
He placed her foot gently on his leg. "Bring me the first aid kit" he ordered. He opened his bottled water and used it to wash her foot carefully. Annie was surprised that the grumpy CEO could be so caring. "I'm very sorry, Sir. I didn't mean it. It was an accident. I tripped and knock the model into the water by accident" Annie said, pleadingly. "Bring me the first aid kit or do I have to keep yelling" Travis said, it was a ragged command. "Do you see what he is doing? His assistant is getting all his attention while he is ignoring me. A little fall won't kill her. What's up with that?" Shirley said, really pained. "What do you want him to do? Ignore her? Just relax" Luke replied. Shirley hissed and walked away. One of the staff brought the first aid kit. Travis collected it and dropped it on the nearby stand. "When I talk to you and you don't answer, I feel e