A strong pair of hands suddenly dragged her back into the dark, covering her mouth. She couldn't move, she thought she had been caught. Not until she saw those men moving around again, her eyes widened.
If it wasn't them, then who is holding her?
"You might want to calm down till they're gone." A familiar voice whispered to her.
She listened to the person and stayed still till they were gone. Then the person moved his hands from her mouth and released her. He walked ahead of her, they stepped out in the open. She finally saw his face under the moonlight. There was shock evident on her face but she refused to act like it.
"I'm supposed to thank you for this right?" She asked instead of thanking him.
He shook his head, "You still don't want to be humble I see. You're making me feel like helping you was a bad idea."
Raina frowned, "I would have helped myself if you didn't help me. Stop feeling so great."
"Fine then. I guess you know your way out of here. Excuse me." He began walking away.
Raina's pride was hurt a bit. She knows this place is not where she is familiar with, leaving here on her own could lead to meeting those men again. She saw the retreating figure of the man, she suddenly followed him. He stopped noticing she was following him.
"Why are you following me?" He asked her.
She scoffed in pretense, "I wasn't following you. I am only looking for my way out."
"She is stubborn."He thought. She still won't admit or be grateful for the help he rendered her.
"I'm not looking for the way out. You shouldn't follow me, if you need help. You know what to do." He said and continued walking.
Raina closed her eyes and muttered, "Please."
He did not stop walking, he heard her. But he wanted her to ask properly and loud, so he pretended not to hear.
"Please show me the way out." She finally said loud and clear.
He smirked and turned.
"That wasn't hard was it? Follow me."
Raina pictured herself strangling him. She is used to having people bow to her and respect her. Yet this man acts like he doesn't know who she is, he seems so arrogant and that annoys her more.
"That's the road. You should know the way back to your car." He told her as they got to the road.
Raina saw her car at a distance, then she saw someone looking around the car. She recognized the person to be her driver.
"How did you know I came with a car?" She asked him.
"Is that important? I know someone like you wouldn't be at shady places like this without a reason."
At least he said something reasonable, she thought.
"I'll go ahead now. Thank you." She said without looking at him.
He smiled and watched her leave. Very stubborn.
Raina got to the car and met her driver. She didn't say anything else as she got into the other car. The driver drove her home immediately, she was very exhausted. She got out of the car and stormed the mansion. It seems her family already left for bed, though it wasn't so late.
She guessed it is because of the weather, the storm has been threatening to fall all day. And it was getting close enough.
She walked upstairs to her bedroom. She opened the door and was met with a startle. She frowned upon seeing who was in her bedroom.
"Frieda! What are you doing in my bedroom?" She yelled.
Her little sister who was twenty, Freida Williams smirked evily. She wanted to give her sister a scare, since she wasn't around for dinner.
"You didn't come home for dinner. You didn't pick up your calls, I wanted to know why." Freida said.
"Get out of my room Freida. I didn't come home for dinner because I already had it with Carly. Did you have to get into my room to ask me that?"
Freida shrugged, "Mom and dad are worried that you are still working. They had me investigate the matter."
Raina rolled her eyes, "This is just too much. If you do not wish to die, stop coming into my room without my permission."
Freida walked to the door, "My job here is done anyway. I'll be leaving now."
Raina opened the door, "You're not welcome."
She shut the door as soon as Freida left. Freida went to inform her parents then retired to her own room. Instead of helping in the family business like Raina, Freida rather pursued her own dream of being a lawyer. She's one of the company's lawyers, so either way she's still working for the family.
While their younger brother, Sam is still trying to cope with high school. The Williams never thought they would have a male child after Freida until four years later. Sam is expected to keep the Williams bloodline going, as he's the only male child.
Sam is less interested in the family business, he's more into making music.
This leaves Raina alone to shoulder all the responsibility of the family business and her own business. Yet they feel like Raina is only finding a perfect excuse to get away from reality.
Raina walked into the bathroom after pulling off her clothes. She laid down in her tub and closed her eyes. Her mind drifted to the evening's event.
She never expected all that. And that arrogant guy came to help her out even after she insulted him. She thought it's fair enough that he helped her. At least she won't be thinking of dealing with him anymore.
She stayed there and almost fell asleep due to fatigue. She walked out of the bathroom in her bathrobe and fell on the bed. She was very tired and didn't even have time to change her clothes. She fell asleep like that on the bed.
Tomorrow would be another stressful work day.
Raina got up feeling much better. She didn't see Carly in the house, she knows Carly might be outside. She sat up on the couch, she didn't really feel weak or dizzy like before. Carly suddenly came inside, she smiled on seeing Raina awake. "Thank God you've decided to come back to life. I was scared for a moment thinking something really bad has happened to you." Carly lamented sitting beside her and hugging her tight. "Carly you're going to really choke me to death if you don't stop now." Raina said. Carly released her with a slight frown, "You're still as grumpy as you are. Now I feel like I made a bad decision when I asked Jasper to save you."Raina's body went numb at the mention of Jasper. She felt her cheeks burn in embarrassment. The thought of having Jasper save her life made her unable to face him. She remembered what happened to her in the water. She got leg cramps and could not swim any longer. So she tried to move, but she kept sinking and drowning. That's all she remem
Carly picked up Jasper's clothes and went after him. Her body was shaking seriously as she thought about what could have happened to Raina. Then she remembers Raina usually gets leg cramps in the water, but not all the time. Her fear increased when she thought about what could have happened. Perhaps the leg cramp stuff happened again. She waited in front of the water for Jasper. Jasper swam deep into the water looking around for Raina. He wasn't getting any luck because she's not around. He continued to swim around till he finally sees an unconscious body sinking below the water. He quickly moved towards the body and recognized the person as Raina. He held her by her waist and swam out of the water with her. Then he carried her to the surface laying her on the floor. Carly rushed towards them in panic. "Oh my God! Raina!" She cried looking at her friend's pale and unconscious body. Jasper tried to revive her by pressing her stomach but it didn't work. "Press her stomach, I'll hav
Jasper stared at Bella filled with guilt. He slowly let her go and shook his head. "I actually came with someone else." He told her sincerely. That hurt Bella a lot. She still managed to smile even though she wasn't happy. "Of course, what was I thinking? I guess I got too emotional and stupid right now. I'll leave right away." She tried leaving. Jasper stopped her, "Bella wait. Don't you want to know who I came with?"She smiled sadly, "Does it matter? I can't make you stay with me anyway. It doesn't matter who you came with Jasper.""I'm still working Bella. Don't get me wrong, I won't come with anyone else if I wasn't working." He explained. That's when Bella decided to look at his dressing. Her painful smile turned to a big frown. She got so furious again. That bitch is now taking him to the beach with her. She just couldn't go by herself and she needed the company of Jasper to do that. "Can't she go anywhere without you? She's been doing that for a long time, why suddenly a
Jasper felt like he didn't hear her. He wanted her to repeat what she said. "I don't think I understand you Bella. Can you please elaborate?" He asked. Bella sighed, "Please accompany me to the beach today. I don't want to go alone."She just repeated the same thing. He remembered his boss told him to get ready for the beach. He has work today as it seems, the beach is also where he's taking them. He felt extremely bad that he's going to disappoint Bella again. "Bella... I'm so sorry. But that won't be possible today." He told her honestly. "Can't you ask her for a day off? You deserve a day off at least. You shouldn't always be staying with her, you have a life too." Bella snarled at him. "Bella that's not how it works. You have to understand that I don't work in an office. My job is complicated and sadly, these are the cons of this job." Bella got up angrily. Even if Jasper made her see reasons why he can't go with her, she still refused to accept it. She wanted to get Jasper
Jasper stared at Sir Edwardo Williams, his personality was a bit intimidating because of the power he possesses but he remained calm. The rest of Raina's family was staring at him, waiting for a reply. "I am just her personal bodyguard and driver sir." Jasper replied politely. "Are you that close with my daughter?" Madam Diane added another question. All this interrogation just because he carried her into the house? He felt like he has made a mistake in helping her out. Now he has to answer weird and uncomfortable questions from the Williams family. "I don't know how close you mean. But we're close enough as we are supposed to be. I know my place madam." He replied again calmly. "You must be really special to be allowed and given such privileges. My sister never allows anyone to touch her especially carrying her the way you did." Freida said. The reason for the interrogation was to be sure Raina was getting some changes. She fell asleep to the extent of allowing her own personal
Raina also walked back to the car and waited for Jasper to enter. "You should stop flirting with women especially my friend so openly." She told him. Jasper raised a brow amused, "You mean I don't have the freedom of speech anymore?""You also should not but into other people's business without telling me anything." "What's this? A jail of some sort? I don't have the freedom to speak or help people whenever I can?"She rolled her eyes, "I don't care what you call it. It is an order as your boss.""Then you would have preferred if they young girl died right? I would not be able to live in peace knowing she died and I could have saved her. But I know you still won't relate, that's how heartless you are." He said making Raina flare up. Nothing hurts her more than when she is called heartless. Yes, she is cold and rude. But that doesn't make her heartless, she has gone way through too many things in her life to not be the way she is. "Yes I am heartless! Say whatever you want I don't