Chapter 4

NORA'S POV

Who are you, Jeremy?

Jeremy was so quiet throughout the drive and all I could think of was the nonsense Rex spilled.

I faced the window because I was too scared to look at his stern face.

‘Why would my mum sell me? Why did Jeremy buy me? Who do they think they are to treat me like an object? I am human too!” I cried inside of me. I really needed to know what was going on.

“The breakfast!” The whole scenerio flashed in head.

“Why do I feel that I might have committed a lot of offense at breakfast?” I questioned myself.

“Miss Nora” The driver called out, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I turned and Jeremy was no longer in the car. I guess I was really lost in my thoughts since I didn't know when Jeremy stepped out of the car.

“Please drop me off at the other parking lot.” I said to the driver. 

I didn't want anyone to see me coming out of the same car the CEO stepped out from.

The driver opened the door for me even after telling him that there was no need. He drove away after dropping me off.

Looking at the high rise building, my fists clenched and it felt like my insides were being knotted. I walked into the office and–

“Booo” Tffany jumped from nowhere and scared the living hell out of me.

I hugged my handbag tightly incase it was a thief.

“Good morning, Nora! I could not sleep because I kept thinking of Jeremy.” She complained.

“Do you realize that my heart almost just jumped out of my chest?” 

“Well, Guess what?” She blinked twice trying to act cute.

“What?” I almost screamed at her.

“You are alive” She smiled like a psycho and I just pushed her away jokingly.

Tiffany found her name tag on a desk and chair with an Id card attached to it. We searched around but we didn't find mine.

‘Miss Nora!’ The same lady from yesterday– Jeremy's secretary, called out.

“Your desk is in the Ceo’s office.” There was a bit of jealousy in her voice.

I was appalled.

“I guess the Ceo has eyes on you, Nora.” Tiffany sneakily whispered.

I ignored her and went to Jeremy's office. 

“If we were to stay in the same office, why did he leave me in the car?” I thought.

Maybe just like me, he doesn't want anybody to know that we are step siblings. 

“Good morning, sir!” 

“Skip the formalities, others may not know that we are step siblings but we know.” He was reading some documents as he spoke to me, he didn't even look at me and for some reasons, I felt bad.

“You should know by now that you are my personal assistant.” He stood and tucked his hands in his pocket as he sat on his desk.

His phone chimed and he stood up immediately, his face showed that the text was probably an emergency.

“I..I di..” I stammered.

“Well, you only have to work with me at the office, not any other place.” He cut me short.

“Is there more to his job?” I wondered.

“You can go through those files, I will be expecting your briefing when I get back.” He walked out of the door without waiting for my response, I guess this is my life now.

My phone kept vibrating in my bag. It was Laurel's call.

Damn, I was supposed to call Laurel since she kept blowing up my phone.

“Hey girl, I have been so occ…” 

“Jake is dead.” 

“Jake is what??” I wanted to be sure that I heard.

“You heard me right, your blackmailer ex-boyfriend has gone to hell just as it should be.” She laughed heartily.

“Oh dear, it was a real awful one, his battered body was found in the dumpster at the gambling den where he spent most of his time and money that he does not have. His limbs were cut off too.” She seemed to be having fun.

“Hi, I'd like a full cream coffee, please.” I overheard a customer say at the other end of the phone.

“Congratulations, my girl! Let's talk later” She ended the call.

This was the best news I have heard in a while.

Jake was my ex-boyfriend. We dated for six months, I never had sex with him even though he kept trying to have sex with me.

**Flashback to the previous year**

 I needed some documents for my graduation in college so I returned home. I met my mother gambling with Jake. I knew my mother gambled, but my boyfriend gambling with my mother??

“Nora, you didn't tell me that you'll be coming home.” She stuttered.

Jake tried to hide but I saw him already. I could only wonder if they were having sex because of this prostitute of a mother that I had and Jake who keeps begging for sex.

The sight was disgusting, I picked my documents and I slammed the door. I sent Jake a break up text and since then he started blowing up my phone with texts and calls.

Four months had passed since we broke up and he stopped calling or texting. I thought he had finally moved on until two weeks before my mum broke the news of her marriage to me.

I was with Nora at Sips cafe when Jake called me.

“I have your nudes, send me ten thousand dollars or I will post it. After all, You are rich now.” He just said and ended the call.

My jaw dropped. Confusion, written all over my face.

“Dont panic, He is just a confused guy.” Laurel said.

My phone chimed. Yes, he just sent the pictures. My soul left my body. How did he even get them? I never gave into his sex requests.

I could see that Laurel was also shocked. After attending to the customers on the long queue. She came to hug me.

A stranger passed by and mistakenly hit my shoulder. He wore a face cap and a really tinted glasses, he smelled like…

**Back to reality**

“Wait, the stranger smelled like Jeremy. I knew that scent was familiar but my thoughts went to high school first instead of the cafe.” I thought to myself.

“After all, I am rich now.” Thos was the sentence Jake said on the phone, Mum probably went to brag about her new husband in the gambling den, that was why he said that. I should have known from that point.

“You should start going through those files before the Ceo gets back.” That damn secretary again.

I faked a smile at her and she left. I headed to Jeremy's desk to transfer the files to my table. My eyes hit a picture that had fallen under his chair.

That looked like… I picked it up and it was Jake's picture with his information written at the back.

My mind flashed back to the black bag that I saw two men putting in one of the cars yesterday at the house.

“Why does Jeremy have Jake's picture?” I panicked.