Two hours. I sat outside of Elijah's office for two hours. My back was starting to ache from sitting down for too long and not moving a muscle. I sat there like a statue, glancing at Elijah's door once in a while.His assistant, bless her heart, is a very nice woman, who called Elijah three more times to let him know I was still waiting for him. Yet, he never gave her a reply.She stared at me with pity. She would open her lips to say something, but would eventually shake her head and go back to her work. When it was time for her to take her lunch break, she offered to bring me anything, but I shook my head.I assumed Elijah would be out for lunch, but I was wrong.I understood that he wasn't having a meeting when I saw no one walking in or out of his office.He's really refusing to let me in."Ella?" I heard Cane's voice and I looked to side as he stepped out of the Elevator."What are you doing here?" He asked as he looked down at me."I brought Elijah lunch." I signed and watch
I sat in the warm garden with the lunch box on my lap.I looked in to the lunch box with a frown. The food I'd packed for Elijah was cold. The rice had formed a solid shape of the lunch box, and the deep fried vegetables were soggy.Letting out a sigh, I pulled a spoon out of the pink bag and started digging in. I didn't have a meal after I woke up this morning, and I didn't want the food to go to waste. So, I decided to eat it myself.The heat from the sun was hotter today, forcing me to take my white scarf off.I let out a sigh before I stared fanning myself with my right hand."Why are you eating that?" Cilvia asked as she stepped out of the mansion and walked over to me.I shrugged my shoulder.Cilvia let out a soft sigh as she sat down next to me on the circular seat."You're really not going to tell me what happened today?" She asked, carefully watching me take a bite from the soggy vegetables.I glanced at Cilvia and saw that she was looking at me with curiosity.Letting out
Elijah Smith...I sat behind my desk in my office, pretending to work.I pretended like the woman sitting outside of my office didn't bother me.But it was bothering me.I looked towards the closed sheds of the window."How long are you going to keep this up?" Cane asked without looking up from his phone."How long has it been now, four day? The least you can do is tell her to stop coming to the company." He added.Cane was right.It's been four days since Ella started bring lunch for me, and it's been four days since I refused to let her in.Letting out a sigh, I leaned back in to my chair.After Cane, Dante and I found the listening device in the circular pendant necklace, I couldn't force myself to face her.I had no idea how I was going to deal with this thing, so staying as far away from her as possible until I figured it out was the best option I could find.But Ella wasn't making it easy on me.She came to the company every single day with a pink bag in her hand, claiming
Ella Smith...I rushed towards the elevator and pressed the last button that would lead me to the bottom floor.I looked down at my phone and pulled Cilvia's number out. I thought about sending her a text asking if she could pick me up and drive me to the Williamson's Mansion. But I stopped myself.Cilvia has been doing me a big favour by driving me to and from Elijah's mansion. She would wait near by the company until I told her that I was ready to leave.This morning, Cilvia mentioned that she had somewhere else to go, and that she would come after two hours to get me.Cilvia told me that she would come to pick me up in two hours, but If Elijah lets me in to his office, she told me to text her not to come.This was not apart of our arrangement.I didn't want to disturb her.Letting out a sigh, I dropped my arms to my side and waited for the elevator to open.Once the doors opened, I rushed out of the elevator and walked out of Elijah's company through the front entrance.The pl
"Ella?" Elizabeth called out.She stood up straight without picking the kitchen knife off of the floor.She stepped around the kitchen counter, and I walked past the door and stepped in to the kitchen."What are you doing here?" She asked in a soft tone, but her eyes were sharp, probably wondering if I'd listened in to her conversation.Her question made me frown a bit."I came to see Grandpa. You told me he was hurt." I signed.Elizabeth let out a nervous laugh."Oh, you didn't have to come over this quick." She replied.Her tone sounded very different from the text she shot at me earlier.She accused me of abandoning my family, for goodness sake."You seemed to have misunderstood me." I signed.Elizabeth slightly narrowed her eyes at me."Yes. Grandpa was really hurt. He gave us a huge scare. Of course we were upset that you chose not to visit." She mumbled."I really didn't know about it until you texted me earlier." I signed.Elizabeth didn't want to hear my reasons. She just look
I angrily moved the brush across the canvas, painting some random lines as I hoped to see a different image in it in order to save a good canvas from going to waste."What's got you this angry?" I heard Cilvia's voice, and I turned my head around to look at her over my right shoulder."You never sent me a text, so I assumed you were still waiting for Elijah. What happened today?" She asked.Letting out a sigh, I shrugged both of my shoulders and turned back to the canvas."So, Elijah didn't let you in again?" She asked, to which I shook my head.Cilvia walked closer to me and watched as I painted."Don't worry. He'll come around soon enough." Cilvia commented.My hand stopped moving at her words. Would it matter if he comes around after taking all of his time to hurt me with his silence and ignorance?I dropped my paint brush in to the tall cup with water filled half way in it, and walked over to the chair by the window.I pulled out my notebook and pen from my small handbag before I
Elijah Smith...I stood in front of the window of my study, staring out in to the magnificent garden with a glass of liquor in my right hand.I was beating myself up for stupidly believing that Ella had anything to do with the listening device in the pendant necklace she gave me.Sure, I might have taken it off of her hands, but Ella took it from Albert. She was a carrier without even knowing it. Heck, she was the one Albert wanted to wear the pendant so he would be able to listen in when she is around me, but she did him a big favour by giving it to me. Of course, she had no idea what she was doing. All she wanted to do was keep her father's last gift for her alive, and I ended up taking my anger out on her.I let out a sigh as I ran my left hand down my face."You drink too much." I heard Cilvia's voice as she walked in to my study.Of course, everytime I tell her not to come here, she does the absolute opposite."How many times do I have to tell you to stop bothering me?" I ask
Ella Smith...I looked at my reflection through the full length mirror. Cilvia wasn't messing around when she said she wanted to dress me up for tonight's dinner party.She went all out to find a beautiful dress and heels that matched my outfit.The dress was black, and it had golden veins stretching from the bottom to the top. It had a long cut from the bottom right up to my right tie. It showed a lot of skin.Both of the shoulders were low, showing off even more skin. The slightly low cut showed a little cleavage.It was an overall beautiful dress. The one thing I really hated about it was that my neck was exposed.I looked at my neck with narrowed eyes. If Cilvia thought she would send me out there with my neck exposed like this, then she is wrong. I will sneak in to Elijah's room and get a scarf before the dinner party starts.Yes, that's a plan.Cilvia came and stood next to me. She had both of her hands behind her back as she looked at my reflection."You don't look happy." S