Laura's POV "Ooh sorry for squeezing you hard, i was lost in surprise that's why,” I apologized immediately as my hands let go of Michaela arms.“Please can you explain what happened,” I demanded, my fingers intertwined with my other fingers as I became more curious, my face fearful. “Wow, your strength is astonishing, you wanted squeezing me like a meatball,” Michaela said with a nervous laugh, and just as she was about to continue her words without telling me what I had demanded, trying to waste my time, because of this I snapped. “Can you please get to the point and talk already?”I could see how Michaela flinched by the impact of my voice, it was as if she wanted to levitate in fear.“Yes, yes,” Michaela quickly replied then continued after a deep breath. “It all happened in a flash, I was there when the accident happened, it was immediately you left that a bus ran into her.”My eyes widen in disbelief, I could remember when I ghosted Jessica when she tried apologizing to me. C
Laura's POV "Why are you frozen? Ain't you happy to see me?" Orion asked with a smirk stretching his body. Then he stood from the chair he was seated on, his huge height mind blowing. "Please come have a seat. Sorry for intruding into your office without your notice. Well, I was trying to surprise you, trying to congratulate you for your promotion, " Orion added with a chuckle. Before I knew it, the high heels I was wearing tripped me over almost twisting my ankle, and before I could fall to the ground, Orion dashed toward me and held me just in time before my body hit the ground. His hands wrapped around my waist. I stared into his deep eyes, and couldn't make a move, my body was stiff, it was unclear to me for the reasons, but I think I was lost in fear or probably lost in Orion stare. "You have such beautiful lips and eyes, Laura," Orion said with a smirk, his lips almost meeting mine.I pushed myself out of Orion's grip just immediately, adjusting my dress and my shoes, which
Laura's POV I had no choice but to begin cleaning up the room. After some hours I was done cleaning, and I could feel my eyes already falling due to how I was so worked out and stressed, not only from the office stress, but also from the cleaning I just did. Without hesitation, I jumped on the bed as if I was a statue who had lost its stands. The next morning, I woke up from my bed, my eyes still heavy as I felt like sleeping again. Just as I was about to close my eyes to have another round, I remembered that I had an office to go.“Shit fucking hell, I totally forgot,” I snapped, stood abruptly from the bed, then walked straight to my room, same room which I was locked outside, ending up sleeping on the guest room. On reaching the door, I saw it was already open. I ignored them, walked inside and found out that Caspian wasn't on the bed.“Where could he have gone,” I muttered. This was just six in the morning and Caspian was already out, it was new and usually, I got curious, but d
Laura's POVI relaxed my head on Caspian's leg while we kept watching the movie that was playing on the television. My thoughts doubted whether to tell Caspian the good news of my promotion, or whether I should keep it to myself, because I well knew that I didn't deserve that position. There are more experienced and higher people than me in the company, but all of a sudden, the position was given to me. I kept wondering if it was another trick of Orion, the CEO, in trying to get me to abide by his will, giving my body out in exchange for his good gesture towards me. If I tell Caspian anything now, it would be of risk to me, my cover might be blown off. What if all this turned out to go sideways someday? My secret would be exposed in broad daylight, and I couldn't stand the shame."Caspian," I called out, shifting my gaze in a slow drifting manner. Caspian shifted his–his face hovered over mine as he stared at me, while touching me softly on the cheek. "Anything?" he asked, still ch
Laura's POV Caspian tried smiling with me, but I pushed my stare away, then walked out. I stride straight to the living room, picked up the remote, then sat on the sofa as I stared at the TV. I darted my eyes for a few seconds, thinking of what exactly to watch.Within some moments, Caspian came into view, his hands crossed around his chest as he stared at me with a goofy grin. "Please don't pretend as if you didn't see me."I had noticed his presence all along, but I ignored everything entirely, making Caspian be like a ghost in my presence.."Don't tell me you are still angry about some stuffs we have already spoken about," Caspian added, noticing my silence.As far as I could remember, I know we haven't settled anything with Caspian. He didn't even admit the fact that he had done anything wrong, and that was the most annoying part of it all, and now he's claiming we have settled, which we haven't. I pushed my stare away with disdain."I don't like it when you always act like this
Laura The elevator reached the point at which it was supposed to stop. The door rolled open, and Jessica was still beside me, staring at me, waiting for a word from my mouth, but I gave her deaf ears and pretended like my mouth was sealed with a glue. I walked out of the elevator as soon as the door rolled open."Laura, you can't be ignoring me this way. I know it's my fault, and I am pleading for you to forgive me," Jessica begged, following me as I walked forward without saying a word.I got out of the floor, then went to the roadside, at which I waved a taxi."Laura, please talk to me. I don't like the way you are giving me deaf eyes. You are making me feel bad and guilty," Jessica shouted, her voice slightly crackling. I shifted my gaze to her, and her eyes were already piling up with tears."What do you want me to say? I have been ignoring you, preventing myself from saying hurtful words to you, so respect my decision and back off from my presence," I responded, my voice slightl
Laura Rowan deep his hands at the side of his suit jacket, then brought out a letter and handed it over to me. "Open this," he said, urging me with a smile.I pushed my hands forward, then collected the letter from Rowan's hands. My hands moved to the top of the paper side as I unpinned the pin holding the letters together. Seeing the content that was on the letter, my jaw dropped. I stared at the content with disbelief. This letter was truly for my promotion—Rowan wasn't lying about the promotion. This got me stunned.I shifted my gaze to Rowan as I asked. "What could I have done that deserved a promotion?"This promotion wasn't just a regular promotion; it was a very huge promotion, which would double my salary—two times what I had been receiving previously."Don't be too overjoyed about it. This promotion comes directly from the CEO himself. He said he acknowledged your hard work and would love to reward you kindly," Rowan said, breaking the tense of my happiness.I snapped back t
Laura Rowan stood at the door, his hands still wrapped against his chest. He kept up the stare as he walked forward.My hands gripped on the tip of my shirt as I looked away. Nervousness and fear had already made fun of me, rolling itself over my skin as they mocked me sarcastically. I could feel my hands slightly shaking.Rowan has the power to fire me, and if he did now, he can't be blamed. Rowan had warned me countless times of my lateness to work and some other things which he had told me to amend, but I keep failing him. Seeing him in rage now, there's no doubt that he’s here to dismiss me from working for the Clinton company. Rowan walked forward and sat on the chair, facing me, his hands propped on the desk, staring at me without saying a word."Good day, sir," I said, smiling. "I was kinda busy when you got in. I wanted to get the work you gave me the other day done," I added.I totally forgot that I had done all the job Rowan had given to me. Me bringing it up now got him c
LauraCaspian’s mouth was so close to mine his breath bruising at the top layer of my lips as he apologised. His eyes stared deep into me, his voice was so soft and gentle that made my heart begin getting relieved of the anger I had for him. I don't know, but Caspian has something that's unique about him, something that always gets me charmed by him. He can switch my mood at will; it's as if he has a kind of remote that can control me, making me dance to his tone. Suddenly, my alarm sounded from the bedroom, and that was when I realized I was late and had to get dressed for work. I set my alarm in a way that it does ring twice: the one which will wake me from bed, and the one which reminds me if I was late for work. And just by staring at the sun which was already raised to its peak, I could tell that I was badly late for work and the alarm could have rang multiple times before now without me noticing. Missing work today might be the final straw for me; I might even lose my job.I st