It never came. A groan escaped her as her eyes flung open. Her present state required her to get some sleep. She needed it to energize herself enough for whatever crazy thing would happen in her new place of work. But the needed slumber wasn’t doing as much as peeking. So, Anna ended up giving in to her state. She got off her bed with more groaning and decided to spend a great deal under the shower which was the first thing she should have done when she got back. Her rather dragged steps came to a halt when her phone’s ringtone filled the dimly lit room. At first, her rowdy mind failed to direct her to the device, but she got the hang of it after a small smack on the back of her head which hurt. But since it worked, Anna didn’t bother with boring herself with self talks and she went to her phone. It was Josh. Josh Handler. Like her, he also thirsted for revenge. He had loved her sister and even though Darcy was unable to return the love, he didn’t stop. Sometimes Anna felt he was
Anna was delightfully late by an hour and she sort of anticipated the ridiculous outburst Drake Blunt would give. The solemness of the night embraced her as she stepped into the elevator which tinged, a sign to welcome her inside its walls. Like a damn routine, Anna found herself waiting with a mix of patience and impatience as the ride dragged longer than she expected. But she was soon out of the space and approaching her boss's office. Anna couldn't detect a sexual sound, so she crossed off her boss inviting her for some kind of weird threesome off her list. Remembering to knock, Anna announced her presence and a small grunt answered from behind the doors. The man was seated at his table, roughened hair dancing slightly to the tune of the gentle air, eyes glued on the laptop in front of him, his hand tapping away at the table with some off key rhythm. "Mr. Blunt," Anna simply said. Without looking up, he said softly, "You are l
As he worked the last button on his shirt into its designated hole, Drake's head snapped towards the antique-looking desk clock which he got at a flea market during a small trip. With the hour hand tending towards eight, he wondered what was taking his new secretary so long to get his guest to the company. If anything, before he went home, he needed to ensure the deal with her father was still intact. He had planned a grand movie night for himself after his meeting but with the way things were going, he knew he'd have to wait a bit longer before he got to set his eyes on his newly installed screen. As he sashayed towards his seat, Drake's mind went to his new secretary. She was an interesting one no doubt. It was as though he knew that when he first set his eyes on her. But what he didn't expect was the fire she kept approaching him with. While being as calm as possible, he could sense some kind of hatred in her voice and that made him wonder if they had met before. Running his l
“I can’t believe she is really gone,” Anna whispered as the last of the guests walked away from the grounds that now held her mother’s remains.The withered leaves around her made little scrunching sounds, making her aware of the fact that Josh was still around.“Your father says he’ll be staying with his friend tonight,” he said, his voice sounding cautious, like he didn’t want to say the wrong things. Like he didn’t want to trigger something within her.Anna heaved a heavy sigh. Insane as it sounds, she actually needed the trigger. Apart from the sadness pulling at her chest, she was feeling extremely guilty, so guilty she’s been unable to let as much as a strand of tear fall. And Anna couldn’t deny the fact that she wanted to let all loose and wail.But something was holding her back.The fact that she ended things badly with her mother. The last time her mother spoke to her, she
As Anna responded to the blaring alarm from her phone that was reminding her that it was time to prepare for work, the grumpy woman instantly realized that had been a while since she saw her room looking fine. She was deep into the whole sadness thing even her room suffered a huge mess till she decided to arrange things the previous night. As she walked to the drawer to turn off the sound that was already irritating her, the side of her eye caught an object that she had not paid attention to for a while. Her sister’s phone. Leaning against the drawer, and taking a sigh, Anna’s mind traveled to the time Josh informed her of the hidden details of her sister’s death and she could not stop staring at the cracked screen of the device. She was still going to maintain her stance and keep the discovery of the phone from Josh but Anna knew she had to do something about the phone. With the hope that the phone would still be responsive and pinless, Anna grabbed her phone’s charger and connec
“Alright, this is where we stop our meeting for today. Let’s not forget to submit the quarterly reports, we need it to fast-track our next project,” the head of the meeting said and before others could respond, a screeching sound filled the room and someone ran as fast as can out of the room. With a deep frown on his face, Drake wondered what the deal was with Anna. Right after she acted all weird and grabbed his bottle of water to drink, she had been acting uncomfortable and at certain intervals, she made groaning sounds which almost made him consider throwing her out. But she had been taking notes so seriously, he chose to let her be. “Isn’t that lady your new secretary?” The manager director who was rumoured to be quite cosy with all the secretaries he had ever had, moved closer and asked nosily. With a fake smile on his face, Drake faced the man fully and said, “You should focus on the numerous workloads you have, Mr. Clark. My secretary is none of your business.” “Oh well.” T
Alex made his way towards Anna who was now assuming a standing position whose her eyes never left Drake who was still keeping a stern look on the iPad in his hold. "Anna, are you okay now?" Her head slightly turned in Alex's direction as she wondered what the new look on Drake's face was. Instead of looking angry or perhaps frustrated, he looked rather... sad. It would have made sense since the news being circulated wasn't a good one. But this sadness... it had a different air to it and it bothered Anna a bit. But that was a fickle moment. As a warm hand landed on her forehead, she snapped out of her thoughts and shared a look with Alex who asked, "Are you feeling okay?" She nodded and swallowed hard when she realized how dry her throat was. As her eyes scanned the room for a bottle of water or anything that bears clean, drinkable, preferably sedative-free water, Drake walked towards his seat, he seemed totally oblivious to everything else. "You should go home," Alex said furth
The both of them were now settled on the chairs around the island, their faces displaying the painful thoughts flying in their minds.Anna stared hard at the night scenery outside the kitchen window and her father kept his gaze on the marbled top.A sigh escaped Anna whose brain could not help but recall the part where her father confirmed the situation around her sister's death."I don't get one thing," she broke the silence and her father raised his head. "Why did this cop decide to let us know the truth now? Why didn't he do that a year ago when we were all searching for the truth? "" H-he recently lost his child. Perhaps he understands how much it hurts to lose one's child, he couldn't hold himself back when he met your mother by chance."" So, what is going to happen now? Who do we meet with this new information which we cannot prove? " Anna's shoulders danced at intervals as she asked her question."What do you mean?" Her father reached for her hands which were idle at that mome