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AnaIt took us an hour and half to get to the hospital. It was called Elite Care Medical Centre. I'd never been to the hospital before.Terrence had driven us to the nearest hospital which happened to be Elite Care.I wasn't bothered by the name or location, I just needed to get my baby sister to a doctor as soon as possible.Beth was still hunched over and trembling slightly as I held her by the shoulders and guided her towards the hospital's main building.I took two steps and turned back to face the driver. “Thank you for the ride, Terrence. You can go now, we'll find our way home when we're done.”But Terrence shook his head and relaxed back in his seat, “It's alright miss Ana, I'm just doing my job. I'll wait right here until you're both ready to go home.”I nodded and managed a brief smile that didn't reach my eyes, then I turned to Beth and we continued on our merry way, trudging towards the hospital like a pair of women in mourning.We got to the entrance of the building and w

AnaThe next morning saw us leaving the mansion very early. Ben and I rode to work in the same car.I entered first and settled comfortably in the back seat. Two minutes later, he came out to join us.He entered in front with the chauffeur. When I greeted him from the back, he was startled to find someone else sitting in his precious jeep, clearly forgetting that he'd given the order himself.I shook my head in displeasure, dug into my handbag and brought out my phone. I completely ignored him while pressing my phone. “Ana,” he subtly nodded at my disinterested face and then faced the driver. I continued looking at my phone, smiling at old pictures of me and Beth.“Terrence,” he promptly faced the driver. “Get us to the office right away.”“Yes, Mr. Pierce,” Terrence answered and pulled the jeep out of the driveway. We soon left the estate and sped off into the highway.The drive was smooth and the car was quiet until I suddenly remembered something I'd been meaning to ask Ben.It wa

BenAna's resolve seemed to break under my commanding presence and intense gaze because she quickly lowered her eyes and turned around, walking away from me.I chuckled lightly and removed my glasses. Ana thinks she's tough and keeps underestimating me. I tried to hold her back from walking away but missed, my fingers slightly grazing her inner arm and out of nowhere, I felt warm thrills run down my abdomen down my legs.What the hell was that!Just as I was trying to understand the weird feeling that just went through my body, my assistant, Flynn, barged in, breathless and unable to speak coherently.Ana and I were each interrupted mid-action and instantly turned to face him, curious as to why he barged in in that manner.“Yes, Flynn? Everything okay?” I walked over to my desk, picked up a bottle of water and handed it over to him. As I did so, I noticed Ana raise her eyebrow in mild surprise and why not? She clearly thinks I'm the devil's spawn who is incapable of even an insignifi

AnaOnce the Shirley character left the room, everyone exhaled in relief. Her energy was such that it'll either keep you on edge or threaten to choke you till you passed out.The resulting tragedy would depend on the type of person you were and how strong you were at detecting and filtering BS.No matter how strong and unaffected Ben had tried to seem, or how much he wanted to present his masculine strength, I could tell straight away that Shirley had some kind of effect on him.Who was Shirley to Ben? Were they past lovers or a past married couple? Was she the reason he'd mindlessly caressed my palm this morning at the elevator, thinking it was Shirley as they might've done in the past?I had a lot of questions running through my mind all at once but no single answer to any of them. This only made me realize that as much as I thought I knew Ben, I was still very much in the dark about his personal life.He wearily waved Kelly and Flynn away, sank into his chair and began to rub his t

AnaIt was 6:00 pm on the dot when Ben and I finally left the office and headed for home.We left the same way we'd come in: hand in hand. But this time, it didn't feel as forced and uncomfortable as it did in the morning.I settled in the back seat of Ben's jeep and thought back to the various incidents of that day and how each changed the way I looked at Ben.The first one was Kelly. Maybe I was wrong about the incident with Kelly, because Kelly turned out to be not-so-good at her job.And Flynn? Ben probably only yelled at Flynn because he was stressed and frustrated. After all, he did apologize for his outburst later, didn't he?But Shirley? Hell no. As far as I was concerned, that woman deserved everything Ben and I said to her in the office. You don't just walk into someone's establishment and start making threats and expect to be let off with a pat on the back.Thank God I was there to put her in her place, because Ben sure wasn't doing a great job of it. Their history together