✿ CHAPTER 13 ✿
A FEW MOMENT'S AGO
"I feel so embarrassed right now, Ugh" Sofiya glared at me as we arrived at CITY MALL ELEVEN.
"What's there to be embarrassed about?" I rolled my eyes as I tucked my ID card into my Jacket pocket.
"It's just a leather suit and nothing more" My eyes crinkled to the corner as I smiled.
"You usually don't dress this way, what's the occasion?"
"Uhm, no, it's nothing at all. I just felt like dressing this way today," I lied.
People couldn't help but turn their heads when I walked in, I felt so annoyed that I decided to cover up my face with my helmet.
"Wait!, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Sofiya was startled.
"What? isn't this cool?" I smiled behind the helmet.
"Take that off now!"
"No, no way!" I pulled away from her.
"Hey!, I said take that off now!"
"Not if you catch me first" I smirked
"You-" she ran after me.
A few minutes later we both arrived at a clothing store."I'm going on a date soon, so I need to get a charming dress" Sofiya giggled and I just rolled my eyes behind the helmet.
"Right, Amelia, I heard you broke up with Caesar. Are the rumors true?" I was stunned.
How did she get to know about this?.
"Rumors? And how did you hear about it?"
"So that means it's true. How couldn't you tell me such a trivial matter" she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Come on, it was just a little argument, we're over now"
"Little argument? A little argument that's spreading like wildfire at college?"
"What do you mean at college"
"Stephanie, that bitch, she openly told everyone she slept with your ex-boyfriend!" Stephanie, my former best friend.
"All this happened yesterday right?"
I was silent, I couldn't believe my own best friend could do this to me, and talk less of spreading the news at school.
"Come on girl! cheer up! you don't need to feel bad about those a**holes. They don't deserve you"
"How do you know I'm sad? I'm putting on a helmet" I said pointing to my head.
Sofiya chuckled
"I can obviously tell from your body language without seeing your facial expression."
Oh right, how could I forget, Sofiya is currently studying psychology. she knows everything about the human body and mind; she can read you like a book.
"Aren't we supposed to look for a lovely dress for you?" I changed the topic.
"Right, come on let's go"
While Sofiya was checking out some dresses in the corner, my eyes fell on a lovely scarf displayed on a mannequin. I loved the scarf, at least it can help me feel warm in this winter season.
Just as I was about to reach the mannequin, I saw a very tall man walking over to that same mannequin. He stared at the scarf like he also liked it.
"Hell no" I quickly made my way to that mannequin, and just as the man was about to reach his hand for the red scarf, I grabbed it immediately.
"Excuse me-" the man paused as he turned his head to look at me.
OH MY GOD!!!
What the hell is this beast doing here, the scarf falling from my hands. I was so shocked to the extent that I fell to the floor and hit my helmet on the hard tiles, luckily my face was covered.
"Ughh, my head" I hissed. My ID fell to the floor.
"Are you okay?" he frowned when he saw me on the floor, he tried helping me up but I rudely pushed his hands away.
I was panting in fear, I couldn't let this man Recognize me, NO, NOT YET AMELIA!
I immediately made a run, Sofiya was coming towards me as I dragged her by the hand out of the clothing store.
"Wait, what's happening? Amelia wait!" I didn't listen to her as I dragged her along with me until we arrived outside the mall, panting.
"What the hell was that back there Amelia!" she was mad.
"I, I'm sorry I just, let's go home now, please" I looked inside the mall, checking if Leonard was coming.
"Amelia, what's wrong? , who are you running from-"
"No time to explain, let's go now"
"But my dress-" I didn't wait for her to finish as I pulled her into the car and drove off immediately.
✿ CHAPTER 37 ✿AMELIA'S POVI walked out of his office angrily…although a part of me wasn't mad at him.But what do I do now, what if he told my dad I was with him in his office?The day was getting dark outside.I waited for my dad in his office to be done with his work before we headed back home…I was exhausted"Amelia" my dad called out to me as he walked into his office."Dad" I smiled"Are you done with your meeting? Can we go home now?""Ok then, just give me a few more minutes," he said as he walked towards his table with assistant Zane.He didn't ask me why I was with Leonard in his office. That was strange…maybe he'll ask me when we're going back home."Amelia? Are you hungry?" My dad said, still engrossed in the papers assistant Zane gave him."Yes I am…I'll eat when we get home""I'm not sure I'll be able to finish my work on time,""But dad-"I heard footsteps approaching, I turned my head as I watched Leonard walk in.What was he doing here now?"Mr. Johnson, you're still
✿ CHAPTER 36 ✿"Boss, I'm going in" I slowly stepped away from the door as I watched Theo walk in, closing the door behind him.I ran a hand through my hair as I sighed."I'll take my leave now," Mr. Johnson said as he was about to walk away."Yes, yes-""Ah!!" we both halted in our steps as we heard Theo scream from inside my room.I was anxious all of a sudden…"I, uhm-""I think there's something wrong with Theo in there" Mr. Johnson turned around and frowned pointing towards my room door."He, he's fine" I smiled awkwardly."Is there something going on?""No.…how can something be happening in my office?" I laughed nervously."You should probably check on Theo""Theo!, is everything fine in there?" I asked from outside the door."Yes, everything is fine sir""See? I told you he's fine""Ok then…" I watched as he finally walked out of my office.I sighed in reliefI opened my room door to see Amelia covering Theo's mouth with her hand."Don't you dare make a sound" she whispered to
✿ CHAPTER 35 ✿LEONARD'S POV"I've settled everything needed for the company's 30th anniversary" Mr. Johnson took a seat opposite me."The anniversary will take place on the 15th of this month?" I asked"According to your father's instructions, yes it will," Mr. Johnson said while going through the files in his hand."Hmm," my eyes kept drifting towards my room door."I heard there was supposed to be a board meeting?" Mr. Johnson asked."Oh right, I forgot-"At this moment my stupid assistant barged into my office."Boss, The executives have been waiting!"I rubbed my temples, I needed to change the pin of my office door immediately."Schedule the meeting for another day, I'm occupied right now""But sir- wait, are you still wearing the coffee-stained trouser?" Theo walked up to me."Don't come any closer-" but before I could stop him he was already beside me."Your trouser was stained with coffee?" Mr. Johnson asked."Yes, Miss Amelia spilled coffee on him at the-""Shut up Theo!!" I
✿ CHAPTER 34 ✿"Why would I help you with that?" I creased my brows."What did you think I wanted you to help me with?" he slowly walked towards me.I could feel my heart in my throat with every step he took towards me…the sound of his leather shoe on the marble tiles scratched my ears.I walked backward till my back hit the wall and he caged me between his arms."Does your dad know you're up on the first floor? Hm?" he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear."Can you stop touching me?""Why? It's not like it's my first time" he grinned.My face turned red, THIS MAN!!I tried to pull away from him but he grabbed my arm and yanked me back."Where are you going?""Away from you…""Why? Don't you like being close to me?" he leaned forward and whispered in my ear.{ *OF COURSE, SHE LOVES BEING CLOSE TO YOU!!* }My face turned red like a chill pepper.I tried pulling away but he pressed his body harder against mine."Stop fighting it Amelia" I felt his hot breath on my ear that tickled t
✿ CHAPTER 33 ✿"No, I'm not supposed to be here" I tried explaining but I was already out of the elevator. The elevator shut close behind me…"What do I do?" I looked around for another elevator to enter… finally, I saw another elevator by the end of the hallway.I quickly made my way to that elevator, but it had a different color from the other elevators. It was a black elevator…I hit the button to the last floor…'ding' the elevator door opened and I covered my mouth with my hands as I gasped, making my cup of coffee fall on the floor…I was shocked!"Miss Amelia?" Leonard's assistant, Theo, was surprised to see me.The gorgeous man before me looked down at his suit pants before looking up at me with an indifferent expression."You spilled coffee on me""Ah!, I'm so sorry…so so sorry!" I was panicking, I felt my heart racing. I didn't expect to meet Leonard this way!I was nervous, I didn't know what to do at that moment."What do we do about this?" he gestured to his suit pants th
✿ CHAPTER 32 ✿I sat quietly in My Dad's office while he was doing his work.But this isn't the reason I'm here…I came here to see-"Amelia, here, have some coffee" Assistant Zane handed me a cup of hot coffee."Thanks" I smiled."Your Dad is always busy on weekdays""As the vice CEO, he takes over from the main boss""The main boss can be very scary sometimes""The main boss? You mean the CEO right?""Yes, everything going on in this building is being controlled by him""He is very strict with his employees, no one dares to disobey his rules""There are still some people who were working at the time of the CEO's father when he was still in his seat. The boss respects these people because they are older than him, and your father is one of the people he respects even though he's the CEO"WOW!! I sure did learn something new about Leonard today."Where is the CEO?" I asked"He's about to have a board meeting with some executives" Assistant Zane sipped his coffee."Oh" I sipped my coffee