She was thinking too much that she failed to notice that Keith was already standing beside her. When she had finally noticed his presence, she unconsciously raised her gaze seeing that he was towering over her seated form. Keith squatted down, to be on the same level with her gaze. He placed his hand on her hair as he pulled her to him. Alisha didn’t reject his hug and wrapped her arms around him. She hugged his shoulders like she was clinging to life. Her face buried in his neck, tears scarily making their way at the corner of her eyes. The both of them stayed in that position for a few minutes before they released each other. “Sorry for reminding you such a bad memory.” He apologized realizing he had made her cry and sad. Alisha shook her head. “It’s nothing. And, this day had always been the dimmest day of the year for me.” Keith just gave her a light smile before standing up again and walking back to his seat. “Let’s continue our meal.” Both of them finished their meal half
Despite the peace and quiet filling the entire place, her ears was playing tricks on her. She felt that she was back to that place 10 years ago. That cold and stormy night, she was there chained onto the chair watching her best friend get raped by that scums. Her helpless and foolish self that couldn’t do anything but to watch. Alisha could still hear Yany’s voice trying to fight back, she was shouting so loud as seconds passed by. What followed was a ripping noise of the clothes being torn apart. Alisha took in everything that happened. Yanh who was being violated by those men. Yany’s eyes that was previously full of determination was now full of despair and helplessness. She could understand what was running on her mind at that moment, as she too thought the same. Just how it was better to die instead of being under this torture. A few minutes after, Alisha couldn’t hear anymore of Yany’s cries. She understood why. Alisha was forced to watch her friend being tortured from start
"Where the hell am I?’ was what first thought that came to Alisha’s mind. She had just regained her consciousness but she clearly felt even more tired than ever instead of being energized. Her eyelids felt heavy and it was difficult enough to open her eyes for quite a long time. And moving just a little bit brought pain to her body. Her breathing was slightly ragged and she felt a little bit stuffy. Her throat was a bit itchy too. After assessing herself, Alisha finally realized that she was sick. And it wasn’t just a simple fever, it was a really bad case of flu. But she had other things to worry about aside from being sick. When she opened her eyes, what welcomed her was an unfamiliar grey-ish ceiling. Forcing herself to shift her head, she realized she was in a dimly lit room with simple decorations. She didn’t bother examining whatever objects were around her when her eyes trailed to the long tube stuck on the back of her hand. She instantly recognized that it was an IV bag,
“Ms. Alisha Meyer, long time no see. How have you been?” ‘Very good, until you came.’ Was what Alisha actually wanted to say out loud. But, the words in her mind was completely the opposite of what was coming out of her mouth. “I’m good, thank you Ms. Linda. Congratulations by the way. I saw in the news that you recently won an award in The Fashion Awards this years.” She flashed her usual polite and business smile as she slowly laid down the papers back on her lap. Linda Voyle, a veteran fashion designer, was one of the best white lotus actress she had ever met. Meaning by white lotus, she was so great in acting so innocent, and making other people feel like she was often being bullied. Many had fell victim in her hands, including Alisha. She really couldn’t forget that day years ago, when she had just started her internship under Kristoff’s wing. Just like other women, their eyes preyed on Kristoff Montenegro who was currently in the middle of talking with some other businessme
While Alisha Meyer was relaxing on the plane, the rest of the Montenegro Corporation employees felt like they were facing the worst enemy of their lives. Who told them to work under such a scary boss? Almost every person in the boardroom were holding their breath. They were trying their best not to make any sound lest they attract the emperor’s wrath. They weren’t sure where to look at either, to their boss or at the wall. Only the sound of the pen tapping the table echoed in the whole room. The man in the navy blue business suit held his fountain pen in one hand as he leaned back on the leather office chair. His face looked blank, yet anyone could feel the oppressive aura that he exudes. If one would really look closely, they could even see that his brows were furrowed a little bit.The silence was too deafening that even a pin drop could possibly echo in the whole boardroom. “President,” The voice broke the silence, and everyone breathed, fearfully of what might happen to the owne
After the phone call, Kristoff returned to his office. His eyes lingered for a second on the only empty table before he returned entered his office. It seems like today will be another long day. On the other hand, Alisha’s plane safely landed. She was picked up by the people hired by the company to accompany and drive her to places for the day. After checking in at the hotel, she quickly continued on her itinerary by visiting all the branches she had scheduled for the day. “After 3 months, draft a report and send it to my email.” Alisha instructed to the manager of the 8th store she had visited today. She did a final run through before finalizing some other stuff and handing over the documents to the manager. After wrapping up her work at the 8th store, she left to go have some late lunch. Or rather, an early dinner. She was just making her way to a nearby restaurant when she stopped on her tracks. Her gaze paused on the person walking near her, and it seems she haven’t noticed he
Anton James Stewart, but often called by Alisha as Brother James, had brought her to a High End Chinese Family Restaurant. Well aware of her favorites, James was able to quickly give their orders to the server. Alisha who was still in the state of stupor just stared dazedly at him. And as a trained soldier, he immediately realized her staring at him and he couldn’t help but give her a teasing wink. “Why are you looking at me like that?” James said in a teasing tone.Alisha blinked in surprise, realizing that she was being too straightforward at looking at him. Heck, she didn’t even hide it! Damn it, one can’t really forget their first love huh. “Nothing, just…. it looks like Brother James got a bit thinner.” Alisha spoke out. It sounded like she was lying, however that was what she had also thought when she first saw him at the hotel awhile ago. The last time that she had met him was exactly six months ago, and seeing him again, his weight loss was very noticeable. She was a bit wor
After they ate a sumptuous meal, Alisha went back to her hotel. Returning back to her room, she did her nightly routine before going to sleep. Back home, though the peaceful and uneventful day suddenly turned chaotic. It was supposed to be a normal morning when it was disrupted by an explosive business news. Kristoff Montenegro of the Montenegro Corporation is now getting married! The partner? None other than the only female he was always seen with, his secretary Alisha Meyer hailing from the prestigious and wealthy Meyer Family! Almost every person in America was in a buzz. With the Montenegro Corporation’s name known in the entire country and globally, because they were a very established company, it's understandable that it's CEO Kristoff Montenegro's name suddenly rocketed up high in the search list in various websites after that exclusive news was aired. Alisha’s name also made it into the list, especially after her identity was uncovered in front of the whole world to see.