"A million dollar!" Arien exclaimed.
"How would I get it in just a week""Since you can't pay me million dollar you can agree to my condition. Without paying you are not allowed to leave this place." Devian chuckled.
Her intuitions told her that the condition he would put forward is not going to be a good one.
"I'll try my best to pay you within a week." She spoke out confidently, hiding the waves of emotion stirring in her heart. Yet she was unable to suppress it.
"Is that so?" He saw through her mind but didn't expose her. "I'll wait then."
He kept the file back to the shelf and was about to walk out of the room when Devian heard her saying ,"Can I please borrow your phone, I want to look over some jobs." He took out his spare phone and passed it to her.
...
In the living room.
"President Lyle, if she would be able to pay you the money, how would you put forward the condition?" Special assistant Dean Rian asked with utmost respect.
"I'm afraid she would not be able to!" Devian said jokingly.
Arien sat on the couch surfing the internet searching jobs. Suddenly her eyes lit up. An advertisement popped up about a famous designing competition.
She remembered she got a form from the bag two days ago which was half filled. There were two designs attached to the form under which her name was signed. She took out the form from the drawer near the bed and started filling it. Not long after she became dejected again.Art can't be separated from the artist even if the soul is taken away. But...
She doesn't remember how long has she been designing. She didn't know how to fill almost all of the columns of the form.
"How will I do it?" She sighed and kept the form aside.
Will she not be able to pay back and leave this place? She asked herself.
It is impossible to earn a million in just a week. Seems like this condition has been deliberately put forward by the Young Master Lyle. Isn't it ?
Next day she woke up early. As usual her dress was prepared and bought by aunt Anne. She dressed herself and went to the dining room. But today it was different. Devian sat on the dining table. He motioned Arien to sit opposite to him.
The two of them sat opposite to each other eating their meals. Neither of them spoke.
Arien glanced at Devian from time to time. His physique was well build from afar and it look even majestic when looked closely. He ate his meal elegantly without making a sound.
Arien opened her mouth from time to time but gulped her words back at last.
After breakfast Arien asked cautiously "Can I go out?" biting her her lips, eager to get the answer.
Devian raised his eyebrows.
"Why?"He emitted a cold aura that can make people shudder.
"In search of a job"
Arien spoke each word slowly and cautiously. "I have to pay you back so as to leave this place."Devian nodded and didn't ask further questions.
After getting the answer Arien's eyes showed a bright smile
"Oh...OK then I'll leave first." Saying these words she got up and left.
Devian stared at her departing figure. Until she was no more in his sight only then he retracted his gaze back. He dialed a number "How's the investigation going?"
"We will soon know the person behind the fire." assistant Dean's voice came from the other side of the phone.
"Okay. Make it quick" Devian hung up the phone.
...
Arien came out of the house. At first she was confused where to go. She took out the phone that Devian gave her and entered the address written in the designing form.
The place was not far, 30 minutes by walking and 10 minutes by car. She waved her hand and stopped the cab.
Standing outside the tall building she sighed, put on a beautiful smile on her face and walked inside. It's interior was beautiful but it didn't looked like a designing company. She had no memories of her past but she still looked confident.
Definitely she was not familiar with anything here. She walked to the reception.
"I'm Arien Jenner and here for an interview."
"Miss Jenner, 21st floor, first room at the left." The lady smiled and answered.
"Thank you." Arien entered the lift and pressed for the 21st floor. She walked out of the lift and saw a familiar figure.
A man dressed in a custom made black suit, followed by a group of people walking with folders in their hand each one seriously reporting work matters, entered a room.
Arien looked in the direction with a daze.
"He!"She is hallucinating. How could he be here!
Arien walked towards the door and knocked. Only after she heard "Come in" she pushed the door open.
Devian surrounded by many people with serious look sat on the chair. He looked at Arien and gestured the others to leave. Soon after in the room it was only Devian and Arien left. The room was deadly silent. It was so hushed that they could hear each others breathing.
For a moment they looked at each other as if they were lost.
"I'm here for an interview." Her soft voice bought him back.
"You would pay me like this?" Devian spoke mockingly. For a moment Arien was in a daze. She didn't understand what he meant to say.
Devian continued "You don't have money so are you thinking of paying me back by other way? You could ask me for that at home. Why do you have to come here?" There was a devilish smile I'm his eyes.
"What the heck. You are so disgusting. I'm here for the job interview." Arien was disgusted with this thought of him.
"Really!" Devian frowned slightly.
"Bastard! How could you even think that. How miserable!" She walked out after saying those words.She didn't wanted to work under this bastard. She would never work under him!.
...
After wandering for the whole afternoon Arien was completely pissed off, unable to get the job. It was almost 6 in the evening. It would get dark in an hour or two.
Where should she go now. She would never return back to that bastard's house. His thoughts were so disgusting.
She sat on the bench and was confused about what to do next. Her mind was in a mess when suddenly a young man from nowhere came and stood in front of her. "Arien, where were you? After you went away I searched everywhere but still didn't find you.""Who are you?" Arien was shocked"Come on, don't mess around I'm Harry Chester I'm your Harry.""Huh? Harry Chester? Who Harry Chester?""We loved each other so much. How could you ask such silly question?" He reached his hand to touch Arien's nose but she dodged.She stood up and looked straight into his eyes with an emotionless face."He looks very confident and genuine. Is he speaking
"It's getting late. You should rest. Let me show you your room. Tomorrow I'll accompany you to look for a job." Harry led the way while happily speaking.Arien followed behind him. It was a big villa. Even if it was much smaller than the one Devian owned, it was still enough for a big family to reside in. They walked to the first floor. Suddenly something caught her attention. She glanced inside the room through the half opened door. It was the master bedroom. At the bedside table there was a photo of her. She entered into the room and looked at it closely.Yes, it was her in the photo. She was smiling brightly. She turned her head towards her left and saw many other frames hanging on the wall. She was there in every photo, smiling brightly as ever.Unconsciously, she smiled look
He stood straight, tidied his slightly crumpled shirt and held Arien's hand. Her cold hands were in his warm palm which gave her a sense of security and comfort. But as she took a step she felt a sharp pain in her right foot and struggled to stand clenching onto Devian's shirt. Devian's eyes swept from her face to her leg where there were stains of blood. He knelt down on one leg in front of her."No...stop....!""Let me help you." He didn't let Arien complete her sentence. Held her foot and opened her heels. He pick her up by her waist and started walking towards his black Mercedes parked at the road side.He helped her sit on the passenger seat and buckled up the seat belt. Then sat in the car and drove back.The Sea Bay beach was at a distance. After driving for about an
Arien opened her eyes and saw aunt Anne preparing her dress."Aunt Anne, why do you always prepare new clothes for me everyday? I can manage with only two or three pairs. It's not needed.""Miss, master asked me to take care of you. How can I not listen to him.""I asked you to call me by my name. Why do you always forget that." Arien pouted and acted like a spoiled child.In just three days of her living in the Lyle mansion she had made almost all the workers like her very much, especially aunt Anne. She treated her and respected her like her own mother. She didn't remember who her mother was but aunt Anne was so good to her that she bonded very well with her."Little girl, yo
Anyhow, Arien decided to listen aunt Anne and stayed at the house. However after staying in her room for almost two hours she got bored and decided to go and have a look in the interiors of the house. Since she was not well for the whole time she had stayed here, she didn't get the time to go around. Today she was so bored.She walked out of her room. Just beside her room there was Devian's study. She hesitated for a while and then entered. The first thing she saw was a photo on the wall."Why does he always put on such a cold face. Can't he smile a little." Arien thought while looking at Devian's photo on the wall."No doubt he's handsome, but who will think that such a handsome guy will have such a cold attitude!...sigh!"...
Her sudden action made Arien stunned. When she came back to her senses, the person in front was already in the verge of crying. Seeing that she was so emotional, Arien's intuition told her that she wasn't a bad person. She decided to believe her and tell her the truth that she had no memories of her past. Maybe she would help her get some clues about herself.They went to nearby restaurant. The weather was good for a hotpot. They sat opposite to each other."Is it so. That means you don't remember anything? Not even your parents. Have you lost all your memory?" The girl spoke first."As I told you, I only have the memory of staying in Lyle mansion and nothing else." Arien replied."OK I'll help you. Firstly I'm Ashley Collen.We
Arien visited Ashley back in the Blooms company and she insisted Arien to stay with her. It was not insisting it was purely a command.Arien could not turn her down so she asked her the address."I'll need to get my things from the Lyle mansion. I'll come there at night.""I'll be waiting to have dinner with you" Ashley gave Arien a hug and left."Sigh... I'll have to go there again, only to get my things back, nothing else." Arien looked at her watch, it was almost 6 in the evening. "Great! It's almost an hour before he arrives. I'll run away before he comes back."Arien took a cab and went straight to the Lyle Mansion. But before she could enter the living room she was shocked to see a familiar figure walking towards her.
Devian's attitude stunned Arien. She was so angry that she wanted to throw this man out of the car."Do you want to go back to Lyle mansion with me?" Devian's voice bought her back"Never....I'll " she shouted"Then why don't you go to your friend's place? Or do you want to spend more time with me?" Devian cut Arien's words and spoke casually.Ashley, who was waiting at the door for almost an hour, saw Arien in a black Mercedes car. She walked to the car and waved at the window. "Girl, you're late. I have been waiting for you for hours!"Ashley's eyes swept from Arien to the man on the driver seat. "You bought your boyfriend with you. And why didn't you tell about it. Why didn't you