Chapter 18

Lillian

    The throbbing pain woke me up. I knew this pain all too well.

Hangover.

This was why I hated drinking. The only thing I remembered was sipping more glass of that delicious wine than an average person should and now it feels like my head was about to fall off. 

I sat up and took in my surroundings. This wasn't my room, my room was three times smaller than this.

   This place was screaming luxury. I don't know where I was or whose house this was.

There was only one way to find out. 

Trudging towards the door, I came across a lobby. It was spacious and grey. The tile was pitch black. Whoever lived here loved dull colours.

  I kept walking till I found myself in the kitchen.

“ you're finally awake ?” The hair on my back stood erect as the voice filled my eardrums.

Slowly I turned to meet my boss. He was wearing a plain t-shirt and grey sweatpants. 

He looked different, he looked extra handsome. His muscles clung to the shirt like magnets. 

He raised a brow, a sly smile on his lips. 

I cleared my throat awkwardly, my heart suddenly racing.“ um...how ...how did I get here ?”

He went over to the island and poured himself coffee.“I was barely gone for an hour and you got yourself drunk?” 

I snorted.“ you were gone for three hours; I waited and got bored, so I decided to get a taste of expensive wine.”

He poured warm milk into another cup and handed it to me.“ for your hangover.” 

I whispered a thank you and gulped the milk down.

I hesitated. I wanted to ask if I did anything stupid, I knew myself. The last time I got drunk on Jade's birthday, I attempted to jump down a two-storey building.

   Since then, I had avoided alcohol because I tend to do shitty things if I have too much.

I cleared my throat getting his attention.“ umm....did ...did I do anything stupid?”

His eyes found mine, pining me in place. He placed his cup on the island and closed the distance between us.“if begging me to fuck you is considered stupid, then yes.”

I almost choked on my saliva, heat rising to my face instantly. I avoided his eyes, too embarrassed to look up.“ I didn't...I don't think I   .......”

He cut me off.“ you don't remember what happened last night?”

I shook my head; my last memory stopped when I was sipping wine.“I... it's all blurry.”

He lifted my chin with his finger, and our faces were inches apart. My body tensed, he was too close.“Good, let it stay that way.”

I did something stupid for sure or he would have spilled it.

  He let go of my chin, creating distance between us. I could finally breathe like a human.

“ go home and be at the office before 10.” And he was back to his cold self. 

  I scurried out of the kitchen and grabbed my purse. The driver outside told me Zayden instructed him to drive me home along with the things he bought me.

  At least I don't have to worry about looking for a free bus.

     I met a raging jade when I got home. She patiently waited for the driver to finish helping me carry the shopping bags into my room, and then, when he finally left, She attacked me. 

    “ so it's official, you're sleeping with him?” 

I chuckled.“ no way .”

She squinted her brows.“ then where have you been all night, Lily?”

I cleared my throat, I might as well tell her the truth.“ I got drunk last night.”

She gasped.“ you what! What happened to no drinking?”

“I know, I know. There was expensive wine and it was free. I just couldn't help it .” 

She crossed her hands over her chest.“ and then what, you ended up in his bed? Which one of them, the cold one or the nice one? ” 

I rolled my eyes. “ don't be dramatic, Zayden only let me spend the night. Nothing happened.” 

Hopefully, I was right, and nothing happened.

She eyed me one more time before giving up.“ by the way, I was supposed to tell you yesterday that I was moving out today.” she paused, looking at me with puppy eyes. “ Nico said he can't wait till next week .”

“Oh.”I swallowed; jade had been there for me up until this moment. 

“ don't worry, I talked with Finn, he'll let you off the hook for a while. You'll be fine .” She assured me, placing a palm over mine .“ besides, you have a great job now and a hot boss.”

I laughed, Finn was my landlord and he was in his mid-fifties 

“ yeah I'll be fine,” I told her.

“All right then, I better start packing; Nico will be here in an hour.” 

  The next half hour was spent helping Jade move her things into boxes. Nico arrived sooner and helped with moving the boxes into his trunk.

Soon we were all standing outside, ready to say our goodbyes.

Pulling me for a hug, she whispered.“ get yourself a boyfriend so you can move out of this crap.”

I giggled.“that would take a while.”

She patted my shoulders.“ Not when Zay Zay is around. I have a feeling you be sleeping at his place more often.”

I burst out laughing.“ I have the whole house to myself now, that's not happening.”

She eyed me before finally hopping into the car, and they both drove off waving goodbyes at me. 

   

     The next few days, living alone were lonely, but I adjusted. 

  Everything went smoothly after that. Aiden and I had become buddies. Most of the time, he would drive me home and pick me up from work.

As for my boss, he seemed different.

He didn't pressure me, didn't give me too much workload, and he hadn't raised his voice at me since that night.

  And there was one more thing I noticed.

I wore the clothes he bought to work every day, and each time, he wouldn't drop staring. 

He was always staring particularly at my boobs. 

I think he was obsessed with my boobs because he did it so shamelessly to the point that I somehow got comfortable with him staring. 

There was even a day I didn't wear a bra, but I had taken a jacket. I did that just to provoke him and his reaction was priceless. 

When I walked into the office, he looked from my boobs to my face and then back at my boobies again.

His eyes asking obvious questions. In the end, I had to cover myself up with my jacket, or Mr Kent would rather drool at my chest than his laptop.

  Aside from that, I was living my best life. For once, my life was perfect until the earth decided to go against me. 

   In the next couple of days, my life became a living hell.