Present day It’s a warm summer evening in Manhattan, the roads are unusually quiet, its 3:00AM and the moonlight is streaming in through the window on the 10th floor apartment’s bedroom. Sleeping alone in the apartment is a beautiful young lady. The moonlight is shining directly onto her bed and her pale, flawless skin is shining in the moonlight. Her long honey blonde hair is spread over the pillow and partially covering her small round face. Her pink heart shaped lips seem to be pouting in her sleep, its pressed so tightly together. Her closed eyes with its long lashes can be seen moving underneath the eyelids. She is shivering in her sleep even thou the night is so warm. She looks like a real sleeping beauty lost in a dream or is she lost in a nightmare…. “Please stop, it hurts so bad, I can’t take it anymore…, please I’m begging you, just please stop…have mercy on me…” Her quivering voice can be heard by her tormentor, who just stands and stares at her with no expression on his

“Come with me, let’s get your contract and paperwork done with HR, the three-month contract is over and above your contract for the PA position”. Reyna gets up and follows Mr. Reynolds to the HR office, which happens to be on the same floor. As they are walking past the elevator, they hear the elevator doors open. They turn around to try and see who is getting out, but their line of sight is blocked by two big, scary men wearing black suites. Someone gets off after the two men and it seems his presence can be felt in the office, the whole floor goes quiet, you can hear a pin drop. Reyna see’s Mr. Reynolds is walking to HR without stopping so she follows him even thou her curiosity is getting the better of her. As they walk away, Reyna hears a man’s voice, greeting the staff. Must be the new CEO, seems everyone is greeting him, but you can feel the tension in the office. She realises she never asked who the new owners were and the name of the CEO taking over. Something is nagging at

Reyna slumps into the chair by the desk and rubs her knee, trying to ease the pain. Still in shock of what all just happened. How cruel is fate to place her in a job at a company Rodrigo has just taken over. She is trying so hard to leave her past behind her but at every turn her past comes back to bite her in the ass. While she is still contemplating whether it’s worth it to keep working for Rodrigo, the office door opens, Sonja is glaring at her. “What the hell are you still sitting in the boss’s office, get back to your office right now”. ‘Can this woman be any more demanding and bossier, you swear it’s her office’, Reyna mouthed internally, not daring to say it out loud. Without saying anything Reyna got up and walked out of the office with Sonja still standing in the door, Sonja stared at her as she walked past her and into her office. When Reyna enters the office and goes to sit down to calm down her beating heart, she hears a knock at the door, “come in”, she gets up to se

Reyna was still panicking, she kept trying the emergency button but no luck, the lift had stalled, and she was stuck in it with Rodrigo of all people. She tried taking deep breaths to calm her down, but it wasn’t helping, having no choice she turned around to face Rodrigo. He was still just standing on the same place watching her.“Can you please help. The lift is stuck, and it won’t move”. He just looked at her with a blank look on his face and ignored her. He wasn’t bothered, he knew security would get it sorted, they would have already picked up that the lift was malfunctioning. She looked at him and realised her wasn’t going to answer her.She was starting to get more and more panicked; she could feel her chest constricting. She was always afraid of small spaces but since what has happened in the last few years her anxiety has grown into a full-blown phobia. Rodrigo wasn’t aware of it so he just took it she was uneasy and once the lift moved, she would be fine. However, he could s

Reyna clung to Rodrigo the whole drive home, there was an awkward silence in the car. Rodrigo was lost in thought. Reyna was sleeping on his lap and Jacob was watching the two from his mirror while driving. Rodrigo knew where Reyna stayed. When he had found out she was starting at Junction Media he had made a point of asking HR for her file. They stopped outside Reyna’s apartment complex. He was wondering how she could afford a place like this when she only just started working. Must be the man she left him for that bought her the apartment, he wondered what happened to him, her file said she was single. He shrugged his shoulders and got out of the car, still holding Reyna bridal style in his arms. Jacob got out of the car and followed him into the building. The building had a doorman who immediately recognized Reyna. He walked up to Rodrigo with a worried look on his face, “Sir, what happened to Reyna is she ok?” Rodrigo looked at him but didn’t answer he, Jacob replied, “she fain