Chapter: Everything But Once 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
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Chapter: Quiet Like A Snail 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
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Chapter: Promotion LetterLaura 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
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Chapter: Late Alarm 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
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Chapter: He Gambled With My Money Laura's I remained frozen as I stared at Caspian. It was as if he wanted to use his hands to slap my face. I bet that if I had said any words at the point where he was in a rage, he wouldn't hesitate to make those palms his plastered on my face."You know I'm struggling. You don't have a work to do at the moment, so I'm trying my possible best to make sure we don't starve to death," I replied calmly, trying to calm Caspian down. "What do you mean by I don't work? Oooh, do you want to turn it into a mocking scene for me now?" Caspian reacted picking offence in what I had said, stepping backward nodding his head, biting his lips as he boiled in anger. I didn't know why he was so enraged. Could it be that someone had annoyed him in a dream or what? Because throughout my life with Caspian, we haven't argued this long, and it was all surprising and shocking to me. "No, that's not what I mean," I replied, sighing hard as I looked downward."What do you mean then?" Caspian asked, turning
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Chapter: Money He TookLaura'sThe freezing wind blew from the window to my skin, making me shake repeatedly as I felt cold surging into me. I slept on the sofa; I slept throughout the night because I can't sleep in the same bed with Caspian, because of how his breath stinks of alcohol. I curled myself into the soft sofa as I used the blanket to cover the whole of my body. I couldn't sleep early yesterday because I couldn't control the anger that was piling inside me. Losing fourteen thousand dollars was a big deal; it's a big loss. Well, I haven't asked Caspian if he was the one that took it, but looking at things, there's a hundred percent chance that he was the one who had taken the money. While sleeping, I felt a cold hand running softly on my lap as it moved gradually upwards, I opened my eyes in fright, my hands gripping on the blanket as I sprint from the bed, my eyes staring at who it's was confusingly before I finally got relieved as I noticed it wasn't what I was thinking, It was no other person
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