The next morning Angelina woke up with a headache. She groaned as she tried to get up. She stopped realizing that someone was holding her. She looked at the arm around her in shock, then she looked up and saw Brandon who was sleeping peacefully.
She yelled, freaking out about what had happened.
“What? What? What happened?” he said in surprise, waking up from his sleep.
He looked at Angelina who was looking at him with fear and shock.
Brandon hit himself on the head when he realized what the situation was.
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Clara was trying to call Angelina when she got a call from the company that neither she nor her secretary was there to handle the things.
She got frustrated and worried about her at the same time.
She changed into office wear and call her driver.
She kept calling her on the way to work but she never picked up.
“I am going to kill that woman.” She said under her breath.
She went to her office
He was still fast asleep when his phone rang. He got up tiredly and answered his phone. There was a piece of paper stuck on his face. “Hello. This is Andrew Bloom speaking.” He answered in a sleepy tone, without looking at the caller ID. “Were you sleeping?” Clara asked. He looked at the caller ID with a frown and then answered her. “Yes. I was going to rest my eyes but I ended up falling asleep.” “If it was one of your employees I bet you would’ve given them an earful.” She said. Andrew rolled his eyes. “Haha, very funny.” He said sarcastically. “I wasn’t joking but I’m glad you found it funny.” He shook his head a little and realized that something was stuck on his face. “What are you doing?” he asked taking the piece of paper off. “I just got off work and am heading home. What about you are you still at your office?” He looked at the time and realized that it was way past working time.
“Clara!” she heard Leo’s voice. She looked up and saw that Leo and Jasmin were running towards her. Her tears started flowing again. She got up and ran towards Leo. She hugged him and started to cry out hard. “Leo it’s all my fault. He’s in there because of me.” She wailed. “Shh… it’s not your fault my little baby kitten.” He tried to calm her down. "Oh, sweetie don't blame yourself." Jasmin said as she caressed her head. Angelina came running behind Leo and saw Clara crying her heart out. She kept blaming herself. Leo managed to calm her down after a while. Just when she had stopped cry Drake came running towards her with Jake and Jennifer. Angelina didn’t like her being here but she didn’t say a word. “How is he? Do you have any news?” Jake asked worriedly. “We don’t know. He’s been in there for quite a time.” Angelina told them. Drake came in front of Clara when he saw how much of a mess she w
Clara was stuck inside a dark place. She kept running and running until she found Andrew. She saw him coming towards her but then he stopped when he was close to her. She saw blood slowly staining his clothes. She wanted to run to him but she couldn’t move. She couldn’t even hear her own voice when she called his name. She saw Andrew covered in his own blood and collapsed on the floor. He pointed at her. “It’s all your fault.” Those were his final words. “ANDREW!” she yelled his name as she jerked upwards waking up from her nightmare. “Hey, hey, hey. It was just a nightmare.” Leo said quickly coming to her side. She looked and him terrified. She held his arms. “Where Andrew? How is he?” “He’s fine Clara. He’s awake and alright.” He told her, trying to calm her down. “I need to see him.” She said getting out of bed and taking off the IV needle on her hand. “Hey, he's fine Clara you need to rest too. You passed out from s
They didn’t talk to each other the whole day or the day after that. On the third day, Clara got discharged without telling him. She went straight to her office despite Leo’s opposition. She dumped herself into work to forget about Andrew. She was immersed in what was in front of her that she didn’t notice Angelina calling her until she waved her hand in front of her. She looked at her. “What?” she asked. “This.” Angelina waved the documents in front of her. Angelina gave it to her. She opened it and looked at the papers inside it. It was the documents about Jennifer’s father’s company. She read through the documents. He had embezzled a lot of fund money that should’ve been used for the company’s products and he had harassed a lot of female employees too but he silenced them by either giving them money or by threatening them. “Can you make them talk for us?” she asked her. “I already contacted a few. Those who we
“Move.” He told her. She shook her head. “I’ll say it one more time Clara. Move.” He told her. “No.” she told him and pecked his lips which surprised him. She then put her arms around his neck and hugged him. He looked around a little not knowing what was going around. “You smell nice.” She said softly. “Are you drunk already?” he asked. “Mmm… slowly getting there.” “You have really low alcohol tolerance.” He sighed. “I don’t drink alcohol except for a glass of wine sometimes.” She told him. “Oh yeah? Well, you devoured those two glasses like you were an expert.” She giggled drunk. “That is the worst alcohol I have ever tasted.” “Yeah well, it wasn't made for girls like you.” She hit his head. “Oww.” “Stop making yourself so bitter. I like the sweet you.” she told him. “The sweet me?” He asked. “Mmm.” She nodded, “The one that cares about me
After breakfast, when her headache got light, she started remembering everything that happened last night. She got embarrassed and so she tried to avoid eye contact with him. “What did Drake tell you?” he asked her as he put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. “Hmm?” she asked not paying attention to him. She was thinking of ways to escape from him. He noticed that she was distracted. He came towards her and knocked on the table. She flinched a little. “What are you thinking about?” he asked. “Nothing.” She blushed. He narrowed his eyes at her. “You remember everything, don’t you?” “Remember what?” she asked innocently. He smirked a little and leaned closer to her. She leaned back a little. “Then why are you blushing?” “I’m not blushing.” She lied as she felt her face get hotter. “Stop lying your face is giving everything away.” He told her. She pursed her lips. He kissed her chee
A month and a half passed away as they went on dates and worked. Andrew started going to his office after five days since he got discharged. They both were very happy with each other but still avoided being alone together. Andrew’s shoulder was completely healed a month later. They got closer and closer to each other as the days went by and Andrew became more warmer and warmer towards her, even his attitude towards his employees was a little warmer. One day Clara was working on her laptop when she got a call. She looked at the ID. It was Er Yang. A very close Chinese business partner and a friend. “Hello? Yang Yang, How are you?” she asked in fluent Chinese as she answered the call. “I’m fine Clara. How are you doing?” He asked in Chinese. “I’m good. So what’s up?” “Clara I’m having a little trouble with our security system and you’re the only best programmer and trusted person I know. Will you help me?” “Of course. Send me the details
~The Next Morning~ Angelina slowly shook Clara. She opened her puffy eyes and looked at her. “Clara I’m going to work. You should get up and get ready, if you want to catch your flight.” Angelina told her softly. “Mmm.” She nodded lightly and got up. She had a little headache. “Can you give me something for my headache?” she asked. “Wait here.” Angelina told her and got her a painkiller and a glass of milk. She took the pill and got up. “Are you okay?” Angelina asked looking at her carefully. She nodded. “Getting there.” she said with a faint smile. “You should eat something before you do anything.” “Okay.” She nodded. She went to the kitchen with Angelina and sat down on the table. Her breakfast was already served in front of her. Angelina stayed with her until she finished breakfast then she told her that she had to go to work and left but she was still worried about her