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Chapter 7 "his errand girl"
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Annie sat alone in front of a fountain, her mind flash back to the time at the restaurant. She remembered the moment the mysterious man kissed her.
"I should have slapped him hard" she bit her lip in regret. She was in deep thought when she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice call her name.
"Good morning, Annie. I'm Lila, Lila Santiago. Would it be possible to talk to you? In private," the unfamiliar voice asked. She was a woman in her late fifty's.
Annie nodded innocently and Lila sat beside her on the bench. She removed her sun shades and faced Annie with a smile. "Do you come to the bay often?" She asked.
"Excuse me?," Annie pouted, wondering why the stranger woman picked interest in speaking with her without knowing her from nowhere.
"We all have our secret spots. I also had a place like this in my youth,"Lila started a friendly conversation.
"And then?," Annie smirks.
"I realized
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Annie couldn't sleep at night. Her brother's tormentor had called several times, threatening him that he had three more days to pay up his debt, else they would come to take Annie away.Annie needed someone to talk to and so she snuck out of window and rush off to see her best friend, Hana.Hannah was surprised after she narrated everything."Are you serious? That's not possible! What kind of a man is he? Handsome or ugly, tall or short, kind or cold?. What if he is some kind of a psycho?" Hannah asked.."Now you're scarring me. Maybe I should say no. Why do I always end up in situations like this?" Annie sobbed.Hannah rubbed her shoulders. "Annie listen to me. You're looking for work, take it. Say yes. How else will you survive if you don't take it?""What if something happens to me Hannah? The guy can abuse me or kidnap and sell me, what if he's some beast or drug lord?
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"Speak up" Travis urged, his eyes staring back into hers only. He hoped she would say what he wanted to hear.Annie knew it was better to keep quiet and not remind him that she was the girl he kissed at the restaurant."Come on, speak up" his masculine voice vibrated in her ears. It was a ragged command. He approached her slowly."You're almost naked!" She shouted, her eyes glued to the tattoo on his right arm. His tattoo was beautiful.Travis scoffed. He knew he was no where close to nakedness, he had on his joggers and he was shirtless and that's because he just left the gym. "I will be right back. I will go get my shirt" he glanced at her once and left.Immediately he left, Annie slammed her forehead, wondering what she has really gotten herself into."Why him? Oh god!" She muttered, close to tears because she knows she knew she was into real trouble. She only hope he doesn't remember her.
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"Rose? Which Rose?" Annie asked innocently."I see" Travis replied and walked out if the elevator.* * * * * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * *"Travis why did you change the models?" Shirley asked but Travis eyes was elsewhere. She traced his eyes and it turned out he was staring at Annie whose office was opposite to his. He was staring at her through the transparent demarcation.Shirley didn't know what to say or feel at that moment, she could only sheath inwardly."How.....is your new assistant doing?" She asked, anger in her mind.Travis looked away immediately. "Annie? I don't know. She is new. She just starred" he replied absent mindedly.Shirley let out a smile. "Where did she work before?""You will have to ask Luke. You know he is the one that hired Annie fir me and he is the one in charge of personnel" Travis replied."I know sweetie" she replied."Hmm Tr
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Annie woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of her beeping phone. She has missed lots of messages from Mrs Santiago."You didn't call""Why aren't you answering my calls?""What happened?""I want to know everything""I'm coming over""Come downstairs, I'm waiting"Annie frowned at the missed messages. The woman wants her to come out so late at night."Now I'm in trouble" Annie muttered, jumping out of the bed at the same time. She quickly fit her legs into her flip flop and rush out if her apartment to the street. She was quick to see Mrs Lila's car packed at a distant from her apartment."Evening ma'am" Annie greeted, rushing towards her."Come here, hurry up" Lila ordered her, authoritatively."Tell me, what happened at the office? What did he do? I hope you didn't ruin it? Did he say anything about your new ringtone? Dud you tell him it's rose of Seville, go on tell
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"I hate squash.....I hate you" he whispered and that was the final straw..He moved away from her in a swift, she also quickly went to grab her back and pretended as if nothing happened, she pretends she didn't hear the words he said to her.The both approached the door at the same time. She stopped at the door, backing it in other to face him. Even though he kept pushing her away, she still wants to try push it once more."I wanted to ask you something." She bit her lower lip."And that is?," Travis furrowed his brows."I have to ask you, we've met before. It might be a coincidence. Do you remember that we've met before?" She asked."When and where?," Travis asked, flatly.Annie went dumb. Since he doesn't remember, why then does she needs to remind him. Even if he knows, nothing is gonna change between them. He only kissed her to get away from another woman. He wanted a trick at that moment and she was th
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He placed her foot gently on his leg. "Bring me the first aid kit" he ordered. He opened his bottled water and used it to wash her foot carefully. Annie was surprised that the grumpy CEO could be so caring. "I'm very sorry, Sir. I didn't mean it. It was an accident. I tripped and knock the model into the water by accident" Annie said, pleadingly. "Bring me the first aid kit or do I have to keep yelling" Travis said, it was a ragged command. "Do you see what he is doing? His assistant is getting all his attention while he is ignoring me. A little fall won't kill her. What's up with that?" Shirley said, really pained. "What do you want him to do? Ignore her? Just relax" Luke replied. Shirley hissed and walked away. One of the staff brought the first aid kit. Travis collected it and dropped it on the nearby stand. "When I talk to you and you don't answer, I feel e
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Shirley was busy with work on her desk when her phone beeped. It was a call from Ran Yu. She picked the call without a second thought."Hello""I know""I'm fine, thanks and you""Yes of course I considered it but I don't think I can do it. Don't get me wrong. I just don't have the heart to do it. If I do it, it will be the end of Travis. Understand?" Shirley said and hang up the call immediately she felt the presence of someone at the door."Private call?" Luke asked, pushing his way in through the transparent door."Mmm mmmmm" Shirley nodded, she really hope he didn't hear a thing from her conversation."Sorry" Luke said."Uhh...no, it was nothing personal. We are done talking. Everything is fine" Shirley said."Mmmm who was it?" Luke asked, looking very curious."Just a phone call" Shirley replied, trying to overcome her fear."Come on who was it?" Luke pressed on."Hmmm you want to know everything, you nosy pa
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"what's happening?" He raised his brows suspiciously at how close they stood. He wondered what was with the look with Travis. Annie hastily moved away. "Nothing. We were....just cooking and we are already done. The Italians should be here any moment from now" she rushed words, nervously.Luke had caught Travis spoon feeding her. "Yeah..." Luke replied, maintaining an eye contact with Travis.Travis dropped the plate and tucked his hand in his pants pocket."I will go get ready" he replied and walked out of the kitchen.Luke faced Annie who looked away immediately."Are you okay?" He asked."Me??? I'm fine" she smiled and made to leave the kitchen but he appeared in her face."Are you sure? Did Travis hurt you? You look so uncomfortable" he said. Annie blew herself with her palm."I'm fine.... Can I?" She asked.Luke excused her and she walked out of the kitchen. That was a huge relief.She recalled all that happened before Luke c
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"listen carefully, she will probably be here for 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes to drive back. Take your time, I know you can do it" Mrs Santiago assured Scott."I don't like this, Mrs Santiago. I don't think I can do it" Scott replied over the phone."You will manage my dear. Has she left yet?" She asked."She is on her way" he replied on seeing Shirley heading towards the elevator."Let her come" Lila grinned and dropped the call."Ohh hmmm" Scott quickly picked a new design cloth and pretended to be doing something with it."Scott" Shirley called. She walked up to him"What are you doing? Aren't you suppose to be in the computer department?" She asked."You should know work never stops. I'm trying to keep up to date with the new stuffs, dear. Otherwise people will walk all over me" he replied.Shirley laughed. "Always a joker. I take it you don't have a lot of work to do for today or you had been on a shoot on a beach un
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Scott tip toed into Shirley's office. It was a very difficult task for him to ensure that no one saw him sneaking into another's staff office."Mrs Santiago, have entered. Where should I search?" he asks over the phone. "That nonsense...you're not searching well. It has to be in her office. The shoes have to be there" Mrs Santiago replied and Scott started searching Shirley's office. Unknown to him, Shirley already arrived in the company and was already at the receptionist. She had on a smiling face as she said Hi to whoever comes her way. "Did you hear me?" Mrs Santiago asked."Yes I did" he mouthed."Listen carefully, stop fussing around. If you look under her desk, there are set of drawers, check them" Lila ordered."This one is locked" he answered."Force it open...." She replied."Argh, I can't do it Mrs Santiago" he said."Uhm...I can feel my blood pressure riding and my nerves are shattered, Scott. Just open the drawer okay!" She s
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Annie returned home that evening feeling so fulfilled. The fact the Travis pleaded with her made her felt so special. She's glad she is gaining his trust little by little but then she felt sad. "What if one day he finds out that she is just in his life for money?""Annie, you have a visitor" Selena interrupted her thoughts."Who?" Annie asked, snapping out of her thoughts as fast as possible.She fit her feet into her flip flop and rushed outside. Mr Thomas Santiago was the visitor."Good evening" Annie greeted, wondering why the man had visited her."Can we talk?" He asked."Oh yeah, do you want to come inside?" She asked."No, can we go else where?" He asked."Here is okay" Annie said and quickly spread a cloth on the chair. Her blue eyes glistened as she waited for what he has to say to her."Tell me, where were the shoes in the meantime?" He asked."I had them. I went to the office, then I went to the bathroom and then to his
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Shirley stood in a corner, watching Annie discussing calmly with the receptionist. Emily appeared in her face, distracting her from watching the duo. "Mr Santiago is interagating all the employee about the stolen shoe" Emily uttered.Shirley took Emily's hand and pushed her away from her sight so she could continue watching the duo."What's that for?" Emily asked. She trailed Shirley's eyes and it landed on Annie."Ohhh" she mouthed."Don't you want to publish it in the papers? What do you think? Word for word" Shirley said."Not a word. We don't know anything, do we?" Emily asked. "Mmmm" Shirley hummed."I think Luke is really anxious" Emily added."Forget about him, have you seen Travis?" Shirley asked."He got angry and left. Maybe he would be back soon" Emily replied. "Is Travis in the office? What did you mean I can't go in? I'm here to see him" Annie yelled at the receptionist. She had first spoke to her calmly but she refu
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A Baby In The Billionaire's Gate Chapter 24 "a thief!"
"You should be ashamed of yourself. I took pity on you and this is the thanks that I get!. You stole the shoes!" Mrs Santiago yelled at Annie, who had on a teary face."Do you have any idea many strings I had to pull to get you in there? How I had to twist the truth? How could you do that""Ma'am, I did nothing wrong I swear" Annie said, trying to convince the angry woman."Shush!" Lila silenced her."I paid you what you asked for. Not even a cent less. The money I paid you is equivalent to an entire neighborhood income plus they pay you salary too. I buy you the latest shoes and cloths. Tell me, why did you steal the shoes?""I swear I didn't steal the shoes. I took the box and got into the car, the ln I drove from there to Mr Santiago's mansion to pick his tuxedo and went back to the office. I used the bathroom before going to give him the box" Annie explained, truthfully."Why did you steal it? Don't you have enough? How could you do th
