“Freaking stupid bastard,” I grumble under my breath as I type in the answers to his stupid accounting problems. The smell of bacon drowning in its own grease and fat had my mouth-watering, but it still hasn’t finished cooking. “Just you wait until I finish my degree, I am so going to apply to your stupid company.”And then you’d have no choice but to pay me a large sum.“There,” I finish typing. “And send.”Markus had realized that I really wasn’t going to answer any of his texts when I had been at the mall. To be honest, I hadn’t planned on contacting him at all today. Except for my plan for my shopping trip had ultimately failed because I did spend some money on the bags of bacon that I had purc

“H-Helen,” I say dumbly, sniffing again. “C-could you go and text my friend? I would but my eyes are swollen shut right now and I can’t see the screen, my thumbs are too big, and I just want to lie down.”Helen nodded, grabbing my phone and texting.And just like the world had hated me, it dings.I value my work and wanted to always stay alert whenever I get a call from a client. I have different alarm sounds for all my part-time jobs. There was a different ringtone for Ardere, Thomas, Personal Shopping, as well as for Markus. And the ringtone that kept alerting on my phone, signaled that he was probably sending me a new accounting problem that he had expected me to solve.“Some man named

“What did he say?”Keira looked so out of place that I was the one embarrassed for her. She was wearing a leopard print fur coat, her booty shorts was bedazzled at the edges, her white boots squeaking against the tiled floor. Helen didn’t look any better. It seemed like she was more stressed than me. She opted not to shower, much more she didn’t even put-on make-up. Her top and bottom didn’t match, and to top it all off, she was only wearing fuzzy slippers.“Just the usual things they say to pregnant women, I guess.” I sit between them, “He said I was already five weeks in and that I should be careful about how I move and about what I eat now. That I shouldn’t stress myself because it won’t be good for the…uhm. The thing.”

“Just for the record, I am extremely not at the best moods with you right now.”Markus's voice rang in my ears. It seemed to be echoing and all I could do was lean against the sofa, closed my eyes, and listen to everything he was saying. Of course, he would be annoyed it had been a few days since I had ignored his texts. I did tell him that I would only be unavailable on Wednesdays. However, since he did ignore that and continued sending me text messages, I thought it would also be alright for me to ignore him when he texted me the next days after.“It was extremely unprofessional for you to ignore my texts when I had messaged you,” He continued to rant, still talking even though I have been silent on my end. I could feel a throbbing in my head, and I knew that there was a migrain

I finished my meal and Markus was still on his phone.To be honest, it wasn’t like I was expecting anything from him. Still, there was some small part of me who was waiting for him to offer some sort of help. It wasn’t like I would be draining his wallet or wherever he puts his money on, but I didn’t expect that the man would just ask how it happened and had me tell him the options.Grabbing the napkin roughly from the table, I wipe my face and stand up.Only I didn’t get that far because quick as lightning, he had grabbed my wrist. His eyes were still on his phone that’s why I had no idea why he would prevent me from leaving. We weren’t solving anything. I thought for sure I would come up with a decision right here and now. Especially if he