"What happened, Darius?! You nearly burst my eardrum over the phone! What's the deal?" Noah asked after he reached his office for hotel business.
Darius got a lot of office buildings located here in New York. One for hotel business, one for fashion business, one for construction and the list keeps going on. And all these offices have their branches also in different countries. That big Henderson empire is.
"You dare to say what happened?!" Darius questioned back with a cold look. "I thought I gave you some work two days ago! Where is the file? And why is my office room not decorated yet?" He asked with a glare.
Darius was sitting on his chair while Noah was casually sitting on the chair opposite of him.
"That's it?" Noah asked so casually. "Your habits of overreacting will never go. I thought the world was destroying and here you are talking about a destroyed office." Noah said in total s
"Selena! Selena! Selena! You won't believe what happened today!" Anastasia exclaimed as soon as she entered the room and started to jump taking Selena with her while laughing loudly in happiness"Let me guess." Selena said with the same excitement with the same level of excitement. "You got your payment?" She said with a smile. It's not like she wants that money or she will be happy if Anastasia got the money. She is happy because it makes her best friend happy.Anastasia's face fell after hearing that and a foul look appeared on her beautiful face. She even stopped jumping as she gave Selena a grumpy look."Don't mention that." She said with equal grumpiness and the smile was back on her face as she started jumping again. "It's something else. You got one more chance to guess." She said while grinning ear to ear.She has always been like this from the time Selena met her. She never let
"Mr driver! Mr driver! Are you sure it's the place?" Anastasia asked the taxi driver while looking outside the taxi window with widened eyes.It's Henderson fashion corporation. She came here just a few days ago and she was confused that luck brought her here yet again. But then she didn't notice that the building was so tall. She already started counting how many floors it has. She was awed just by the outside interior of the building. God knows how beautiful it must be from inside."Yes, ma'am. I am sure. After all, who doesn't know that lion's den?" The taxi driver said with unknown hints of fear in his voice."Lion's den? What do you mean?" Anastasia asked me in confusion.The taxi driver looked at her with widened eyes as he heard her."Are you new in the city?" He asked and she nodded at him with a grin of excitement."Yes. How did you guess?" She
"So, this is the room that you have to redecorate, redesign or remake. Whatever you call it." Noah said while showing her the destroyed office room of Darius which I was destroyed by him only."How about I call it renovate?" Anastasia said while looking around the destroyed room with widened eyes."Yeah, you can call that too." Noah said with a small nod."Oh, god! This room is totally destroyed! Did a tornado hit it or what?" She asked in a mocking tone while making a note of how much hard work she has to do before making it worthy enough to use again."It was something worse than a tornado." Noah said and Anastasia looked at him."Whose room is this? This is the only room on the floor." She said."This is the room of the CEO of this company which may explain why there's only one room on the floor. Even his secretary has her room on one floor below. He
"I am sor-.." She started to say with an apologizing smile when the smile vanished from her face seeing the person with whom she bumped. "Me… Melissa..?" She breathed out the name in shock."What the fuck are you doing here?!" Melissa nearly screamed at Anastasia's face.Anastasia took deep breaths to calm her nerves which started to get heated every second. After a seconds, she put on a fake smile on her face and says,"I don't think that matters to you anyway, Miss. So, it's better we don't cross each other's path till the time we are here, considering the fact that our last meet up didn't end on a good note." Anastasia said with all the self control that she had while maintaining the professional face with a lot of difficulty. She was trying her best to not put any bitch face on. "Now, if you will excuse me." She said with one last fake smile and turned around.She w
"Ma'am?""Oh, damn! I am so so tired!" Anastasia whined to herself while stressing her really tensed muscles. "I don't think I worked so hard ever in my whole life. It's so tiring! Earning a lot of money is a really difficult job!" She added with a sigh."Ma'am?" Someone called a little loudly this time to grab her attention."What?!" She snapped at the person in irritation while not meaning it at all. She immediately understood her mistake and looked at one of the delivery men of the furniture company with an apologetic smile. "I am sorry, I didn't mean it. Actually, I am a little bit tired." She explained herself with a small smile."Ma'am, we have placed the furniture according to your plans. Please check if you would like to make any more changes." The worker said as professionally as he could.Anastasia gave him a sheepish smile and nodded at him. She
"Darius? Where are you going at this time of night?" Noah asked his friend over the phone in an angry and frustrated tone."I am going to my office." Darius said while concentrating on the road as he was on his Bluetooth."Try to be more specific about your answer, Darius. You have tons of offices in New York. Which office are you going to now? And why? It's freaking ten in the night!" Noah exclaimed.He got a call a few minutes ago from Darius's driver saying he is not going home to take some rest after so many hours of journey. He was pissed off after hearing that. Darius always pushes himself way too much. And since the time he saw Anastasia, he is always trying to keep himself busy by drowning in overwork. This thing made Noah worried about Darius's health."I am going to Henderson fashion corporation to see if you are with the task I have given you." Darius said as he stopped his car just in front of his
"Someone help… please… help…" Anastasia said in a feeble tone.She was sitting in a far corner of the room. She was hugging her knees close to her body in a tight grip while hiding her face there. Her eyes were closed tightly while she was rocking herself back and forth. She was in a daze while continuously asking for help in a whispering tone like mantras.She was controlling her breath with a lot of difficulties. Her whole being was shaking in fear. She was close to losing her consciousness but she was keeping herself awake for herself. She was thinking if she closes her eyes now, she will not awake ever again. The thought itself was enough to let a loud sob leave her mouth. She immediately pressed her mouth tightly to stop the sound as if any kind of sound will help the darkness to engulf her completely.She was continuously mumbling for help while keeping her eyes closed. Suddenly she started to get some flashe
"Wa.. water… water…" Anastasia mumbled in her unconsciousness. She wasn't totally unconscious, more like she was coming back to consciousness slowly.Her eyes were closed as she didn't even have the energy to open her eyes, forget about sitting and getting the water by her own. She was feeling so light of herself. Her world was spinning and there was an irritating sound ringing in her ear. She was feeling like she was dying. What she felt at that moment was worse than dying. Her heart was beating so slowly as if it would stop beating any moment.Darius turned toward her in a swift movement and reached her in one instance while putting the phone down from his ear, inside his pocket. He kneeled down beside her and held her left hand tightly in his right one. He kept his left hand on her hair and started to caress it softly and soothingly. He was looking at her worriedly."Anastasia.. Anastasia, can you hear me?" He a