"Do I have to, Liam?" I asked the guy who was looking at me with a look which was shouting 'Yes'
"But that dog sits anywhere and then doesn't walk for the next hour or so! He even barks at me! and shows his big teeth to me," I whined but not even a muscle of his face moved as he kept staring at me.
Currently, I was doing my morning job which was at the animal shelter. Honestly, I like animals, but a certain dog, Max, a big black hairy and double my size animal was not liked by me. He would make me work double than I have to, I guess our feelings were mutual. Many animals have gone on a walk with me as Liam thought it was good to take them out for once in a while and I enjoyed doing it. But Max seemed to have a special hatred towards me as he would always make his place dirty so I have to clean it twice and last time when I took him for a stroll.......well it was the worst day ever.
I had to stand in front of the garbage can for an hour because Max thought it would be great to take a nap there. I tried to drag him because he wasn't listening to me sweetly but something unexpected happened.
Instead of hauling him, I was the one who got pulled by him. Because of the rain, the roads were wet and he left me in wet mud while he leisurely sat away from me. People walking or standing nearby would give me a weird look but what could I do? Nothing.
So not liking that certain dog wasn't a bad thing. With a sigh, I walked toward the dog who was staring at me.
'Why do I feel like he is gonna make me suffer again?'
"Can you not accompany me?" I pouted. Liam was my boss but he had never acted like one. We both were more like friends, though I was not interested in relationships, if I were I think Liam was great boyfriend material.
"I would have taken him for a walk but I don't feel really good and of course one of us should stay here." He said and I nodded.
"Fine, take care of yourself." Giving him a smile I walked out of the shop with Max who was wagging his tail excitedly I felt like he was smirking and thinking 'ah, now I'm gonna have fun while making her embarrassed'.
Shaking the crazy thoughts out of my mind, I walked toward the route where I would usually go for walk.
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"You-.....you, Max, get up!" I stomped my feet but the dog wasn't affected at all from all this. He turned his face to the other side and sat calmly on the road.
If the last time where he sat was bad this time it was worst, he was sitting in front of a big building where people were giving me weird looks because my dog wasn't moving and the cars that were passing by were asking me to move this dog away.
"Max, please move away." I patted his head but all he did was bark loudly to gain more attention.
After trying to move this dog from here in every way, I was exhausted but he remain seated.
'What should I do now?'
"Need some help with it?" A voice said. I looked behind me with an irritated face just to turn away with the speed of lightning.
No, no. How the hell it could be? I was dreaming, right? please tell me I was.
"Why are you being so stubborn?" The guy who had black hair and grey eyes patted Max who moved his head down letting the guy stroke.
"Are you serious Max?" I looked at the dog with disbelief, he was barking so loud when I tried to touch him.
"Seems like this guy likes me." The man said.
"And hates me." I rolled my eyes on which he laughed.
"My name is Noah," he moved his hand out to shake.
"My name-"
"Her name is Alyssa." The man who was standing behind us quietly for long now spoke up.
"Yeah." I smiled awkwardly while shaking Noah's hand.
"You know him?" He said and I nodded, it was so very bad situation.
"I met her at the club." He smiled and I didn't know what to do, ran away from them or should I bury myself six feet deep in the ground.
"Club?" He raised a brow at me.
"I work there," I said fastly before the man who was standing beside me could say something.
"Ah, I see." He smiled causing his dimples on either side of his lips to appear
"Your dimples are cute." I wanna beat myself, why would I say that? Why was I embarrassing myself like this?
"Thanks." I nodded and walked toward Max who stood up easily this time.
"You like embarrassing me huh? I will kill Liam if he asked me to bring you out next time." I said loudly forgetting that the two richest and most handsome men were standing right behind me. Noah laughed while Andrew chuckled lightly.
And what about me? Well, I was looking like a tomato because of embarrassment. 'Liam, you are not safe from me today.'
"I will drop you where ever you are going, come on," Andrew said suddenly when I was about to walk.
"No need-" Before I could say he took a hold of my hand on which my eyes widened but he just pulled me with him.
"Bye!" Noah shouted and I smiled at him before sitting in the luxurious car. Max was seated beside the driver and I was sitting at the back with Andrew.
Who knew there would be a day when I would be sitting with Andrew Michael Ford in his car. I was sweating even when the AC was on. This was too much in one day to handle.
Andrew Pov "Are you kidding, Father?" I spit the word father with such bitterness that it was impossible for anyone to not notice the hatred I have for this old man in front of me. "Don't you dare to raise your voice at me and this is my last time telling you this, do it or face the consequences." The man in a suit with salt and pepper hair was looking at me with his eyes that were showing how much he hated me too. "This company ain't yours then how can you say you will give it that so-called brother of mine!" I was the one who brought this company to where it was now, he couldn't just take it from me. "I'm your father and if you have forgotten then just to remind you this company is as much as yours as it is mine." He said, on which I rolled my eyes. He wouldn't even help in anything and still, he was also the owner of it. "I'm ignoring your bad manners, for now, find a girl or marry the girl I want. Otherwise, say bye to your company." He wa
Alyssa Pov With a sigh, I sat on the sofa. The decision was hard but was it right? I went to the kitchen to see my small sister eating her food made by me. "How is it?" "Okay." I shook my head in disappointment, on which she gave me a sweet smile and hugged me. "It's the best I ever had and you're a great sister." A smile touched my lips, it was good to hear about how much my sis loves me and my food. The vibration of my mobile caused me to look at it and I saw a message from Liam. What did this man want from me now? 'Can you meet me at our usual place?' The message said. with a short 'ok' reply I ran to my room. After changing my dress, keeping the club uniform in a bag, I went downstairs and told my sister that I was leaving. She complained that she also wanted to see Liam because my sister has a big ass crush on Liam and I would like them to date but the male would never say anything about it.
Enormous, that was what Andrew's house was. 'How does he live all alone here?' I would get lost in this big house alone and of course, it would be so lonely here. Following the male, I walked still in shock after seeing the beauty of the house. The heavy bridal dress and Andrew's big steps weren't helping me with walking though. "Can you slow down?" I finally said stopping for a while. The expensive and elegant dress was given to me by him. It was quite a surprise when in the morning bell rigged and some people walked inside. One had a dress, others had shoes and jewelry. A makeup artist was also sent and when I texted him (as he had given me his number a day before that day) he just replied with 'do not worry about it too much, and get ready.' Like what? Anyway, I didn't say anything else. Looking up from my dress I saw Andrew staring at me and waiting patiently. "Uh, ...I zoned out." My cheeks heat
Alyssa Pov "Ah, where are you going?" Andrew asked with confusion. "To work, I have to walk as we can't let anyone know that you know me or something. Also, I don't know how to drive a car." I answered his unasked questions too. "Come, you're going with me." Without even giving me a chance to say something he sat in the car. Odd, but he was driving the car himself not asking some driver to drive it. I was about to take a seat at the backside but his one look and I knew he wanted me to sit beside him. After settling down in the front seat, I looked out of the window without a word. 'Phew, he can be scary sometimes.' Who knew I would be in a car with my husband.....it felt odd to say that. I never thought I would marry someone because of money, sounded like a gold digger thingy, but didn't I marry him because of his wealth? 'Don't be stupid, you needed the cash because of your mother.' Maybe my conscie
I didn't know my life could be more worst than it already was until I started working for Andrew. He gave me piles and piles to check like I was a robot who would do everything without a stop. Even at lunchtime, I have to sit here and keep on doing work. Not only this, he would drag me to every meeting even if he was going to meet some girl who has been disturbing him, he would want me to accompany him because he wanted me to annoy them. It has been hell, whole last week. But today I asked that idiot to do some work himself cause I was going to the hospital for my mother's treatment. ********* "Ma'am to whom do you want to meet?" I looked up to see Emma asking a beautiful lady. Her long blond hair was opened and her red dress was fitting her perfectly. "I wanna see Andrew." She said in a high-pitched voice. "I'm sorry but you can't see him now, he is busy," Emma said but the girl ignored her as she walked near his r
I removed the strand of my hair from my face that was annoying me while reading the document. The whole floor was empty as everyone was gone for lunch except me and the jerk of a boss whose mood would change within a second. The strand was once again coming into my eyes creating a problem for me as I couldn't properly concentrate on the document I was checking. Just when I was about to move it, someone tucked it behind my ears. Sense of Deja vú washed over me but the difference was that it was Noah, not Andrew. "Why are you working at lunchtime, hmm?" He faced me with his hands in the pocket as his lower body was supported by my desk. "Because your friend in there had given me a ton of work while he sat in there easily." I burst out angrily, it felt good to let it out. Andrew had not only made my life hard in the office but at the home too, he would always find a way to tease or annoy me. The only good thing that was happening in my li
Alyssa Pov "So you mean to say Andrew caused a big scene?" I asked Eva. Yesterday both of us thought to meet somewhere as today was Sunday and both of us were free. I thought everyone enjoy their Sunday, spent the day with family and friends but well now I knew not everybody would do that. Andrew went to the office because he has to complete some work and one of the maids told me that he was always like this. A workaholic. "Nah, just threatened the club owner to let you resign, that man was so adamant about keeping you." Resign? I didn't want to leave my job but anyway I let it slide, couldn't fight with him on this. "D'you know something unusual happened yesterday?" She asked and I furrowed my brows while saying 'no'. "Noah, the friend of the handsome husband of yours." I shushed her, why was she talking so loudly? The marriage thing just slipped out of my mouth but did my friend have to make more scenes than she already had. "He talk
"I didn't say anything like that ma'am." Wow, she was quite brave to lie at my face. "Why would you say that, Alyssa." And I think my husband wished to die, cause I wanted to kill him. How he couldn't believe me? On top of that, he was taking Catherine's side. "Y'know what? I was a fool caring about your health! You are fine, live with your nanny forever. I will just go." Out of nowhere, anger was taking over me as I slammed the door shut behind me. *****" Plopping on the bed I stared at the ceiling as a sigh escaped my mouth, so much have changed. I have changed, but one thing that remained the same was the wish of having my father beside me. He was the only one who understood me well, from childhood I have shared everything with him but now..... A tear escaped my eyes and then one after another tear fell. Why did reality have to hurt so much? A knock on my door made me dry my face- that was now wet- and cough a little so my v