A Whole New World

I do not wait for him to reply, 

“you know what, I don’t need an answer I am here to figure it all out anyways, now if you would excuse me little one,”

I say to him, shoving his shoulder a little harshly with my shoulder as I walk past him, leaving a very angry looking Stiliyan behind, I felt that stupid wave of electricity again as my shoulder felt those hard muscles underneath his cloth, I quickly shrug it off, like seriously!, I am really in no mood, damn!

I felt this electricity thing when I was poking him too, and now I feel it again?? urghh, ‘stupid hormones!’ groaning internally.

I am seated back on my seat and I begin to reminisce on what just happened, I know I hurt him, I saw it in his eyes before he masked his emotion with anger, I guess he is really good at flickering his emotions and facial expressions, I was going to keep quiet about what I know, he probably worked for his money or something, how he got the money is really none of my business and the fact that he is an orphan is obviously a terrible thing to him to the extent he is not open about it, there really must be something to it, but I just needed to say something to throw him off guard because he really hurt me with his words.

I was contemplating on apologizing to him but I wave the idea off, what is done is done, the less contact the better,

 I did my background check on Stiliyan this morning on my way to Anna’s, I really wanted to know more about Stiliyan, especially after the phone call we had last night, the internet says nothing about his family, but focused on the fact that he is a millionaire and how he started his company with the help of his uncle, which was not good enough for me so I called an old friend of mine, ‘Eliot,’ I met Eliot in college, the guy is really good with his computer and can track down anyone or get you information about anything or anybody in seconds,

Five minutes after my phone conversation with Eliot, I receive an email from Eliot which was unlike him, he usually sends whatever I ask for in seconds, but I don’t mind as I am just glad he has sent me the information I requested for, and that is when I knew he was an orphan and had no other family relation, but how he made the money to start up ‘DIVO TECH’ or how he started it up was not stated, so I called Eliot and he said getting that little piece of information was really hard, and really hard for Eliot is impossible for a lot of people, he says the person I am trying to know about is really good at hiding what he doesn’t want others to know.

The rest of the flight to Bulgaria was uneventful, john literally slept the whole while, I think john is on pills because I have no idea how he could sleep all through, Stiliyan stayed locked up in his room, while I watched movies, played games, listened to music and just slept for the next 6 hours.

The pilot makes an announcement indicating that we have arrived at our destination, we were now at Sofia City Bulgaria, I stand up to pick up my things and notice John Is up, he gives me a friendly smile as he begins to gather up his things, at that moment, Stiliyan walks past me heading towards John, they are having a conversation that is inaudible to my ears, after a few seconds, Stiliyan walks away and out of the plane.

   

“Miss Catalina, here is my card, it has my number on it and also here is Miss Nina’s number and information, a chauffeur is right outside for you, it would take you straight to the hotel you reserved, you just have to let him the name of the hotel or wherever you are headed, If you need to move around the city or come by the office the ride is available to you round the clock, see you around then,”

John says to me, waiting to see if I have any questions or anything to say, 

“Thank you john, I really appreciate, if I have any questions or need any help, would be sure to give you a call,” he gives me a nod and walks out of the plane,

 I follow behind him,I am out of the plane and I notice two cars, I see john is heading to the one in front, a black tinted Rolls Royce, I guess Stiliyan has a thing for Rolls Royce, he used the same car back in Manhattan, then I notice a man in his mid-forties open the door to the black Audi, gesturing me to come his way, 

“I guess that’s my ride,” I say to myself a little disappointed.

    “Where are you headed ma’am? I notice he has an accent, but it was nothing compared to Stiliyan, wow I guess I am comparing everything with Stiliyan now, feeling irritated with myself I look up and notice his eyebrows are raised looking confused not sure if I heard him or not, 

“grand pavilion hotel please, I didn’t get your name?” 

“Oh! Sorry about that, my bad, you can call me Philip,” “okay, Philip, do you work for Stiliyan?” “Yes, I do ma’am, bless that young man’s soul,” he replies cheerfully as he does the sign of the cross, a religious act of prayer,

 “Wow, you really love your boss don’t you?” “With my entire heart ma’am, our young Stiliyan is absolutely the best, an Angel!! He saved a lot of us from rotting away in poverty you know, I don’t think I can ever be able to repay him but I sure would be able to do my job properly if it can be of help to him in any way” 

he says this with so much respect and adoration in his voice, Philip seems chatty so I decide to pry him with questions as we head to our destination,

   “What do you mean he saved a lot of you?” “Well you know the government decided to close down the orphanage and the employment rate was close to zero, there were no jobs available and the ones that were vacant paid chump change that could barely feed a mouth for a day,” 

“So he just happened to come across a rundown orphanage and employed the workers?” I asked looking confused, 

“of course not ma’am, he says to me chuckling, “The orphanage was a place our young Stiliyan spent about ten years of his life,” Philip starts to look a little disillusioned and deep in thought with his forehead furrowed looking a bit guilty as if he just said something he shouldn’t have said, so I just let him be, and decided not to pry any further.