Chapter 5

I walked out of my boss's workroom, breathing in fear. My mind was blank. I felt like I was in my worst nightmare and I couldn't wake up from my dream.

"Angela? What are you doing here?"

It startled me when I heard the voice. I saw Amanda standing with Olivia and a middle-aged man wearing a black suit. The man had short, black hair and glasses. He looks neat, kind, and friendly.

Eva has told me that Amanda works here as an assistant manager. She helps Olivia do her job. I then walked forward and stood facing them while trying to hide what I felt.

Olivia smiled at my pale face. "Angela is now our boss's secretary," she answered Amanda's question.

It shocked Amanda, making her almost drop her jaw. “What! But... Why? Our boss already has Mr. Carson as his secretary.”

Olivia smiled seeing Amanda's shocked face then she said to the man, "Everything Is settled then I'm going back to work now." The man replied with a nod.

Olivia then walked out of the room. Amanda stared at me with hatred in her eyes before she followed her behind.

"Miss Angela, my name is Carson James. Nice to meet you," the man said, holding out his hand.

I shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, too. Please, just call me Angela."

He nodded at me with a smile. I kept staring at his face. His kindly smile reminds me of my adoptive father.

"This is your desk," he said, pointing to the desk to the left of his desk. His eyes then back to mine. “If you need my help, you can ask me any time,” he said kindly.

I nodded at him. "Thank you," I said. I smile back at him when I saw him smile at me.

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Amanda is now sitting in the chair behind her desk. Anger and jealousy filled her mind. She kept asking herself why Angela could be her boss's secretary.

"Amanda, give this to Carson."

She immediately stood up in startled. She just realized that Olivia was standing in front of her holding out a piece of paper to her.

"Yes, ma'am," she replied, and took the paper from her hand. She then walked out of the room as Olivia walked back into her workroom.

When she was in Carson's workroom, no one was there. She then stepped closer to Angela's desk.

She smiled with an evil plan in mind as she looked at Angela's wallet on the desk. She took the wallet and took the money in it and put it in her pocket.

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Angela’s POV

When I returned from the bathroom walking into my workroom, I saw Amanda was standing near my desk, holding my wallet in her hand.

"Amanda? Why are you holding my wallet?" I asked curiously as I stood before her.

She said nothing and just handed me the wallet with a smile. I suddenly felt anxious seeing her smile. She always smiled like that when she had evil plans in her mind for me.

I took the wallet from her hand and immediately opened it. It shocked me that all my money was gone.

"Where's my money? I have $500 in it," I said in a panic.

"I don't know. I didn't take your money," she said casually.

I know she lied to me. "Amanda, please. Give me back my money. That’s all the money I have left," I begged her.

She smiled mockingly at me. "I've told you, I didn't take your money."

"Stop lying! Give me back my money right now!" I said, raising my voice.

The door to my boss's workroom then opened. I turned my head and saw my boss and Carson standing at the door, watching us.

I turned my head back to Amanda when I heard her crying.

Carson then walked over and stood facing us. “What happened you two?” he asked, curious.

"Angela accused me of taking her money, but I didn't do that and she didn't believe me," said Amanda with an innocent face.

"Please don't believe her words. She's lying! She took my money," I told Carson.

"Angela! Please stop accusing me! I beg you. You're the one who lied, not me! You're doing this on purpose, right? You want to humiliate me in front of our boss. Why? Why are you so mean to me?" she said, crying.

Carson then hugged Amanda in his arms. His face looks sad to see her cry.

I hold back my tears with my mouth closed. I felt so sad and speechless. Amanda had done this to me before, when we were in school. She made all my friends believe her words and made them hate me.

I then walked out of the room; I don't want them to see me cry.

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I am now sitting in a chair at the bus stop, waiting for the bus to return to my apartment.

It had continued to snow since morning. I'm tightening my scarf and shoving my hands deep into my jacket pocket. The air was so cold that it made my body shiver.

My cell phone in my bag then rang. I took it and checked it. The owner of my apartment called me.

“Yes, sir. What is it?” I answered the call.

"Angela, you must pay for your room tomorrow. I need money." 

I panicked, hearing what he said. "But, sir. You said I could pay at the end of the month. Please, sir. I have no money now," I begged him.

"Just give me the money or you have to leave," he said, hanging up his cell phone.

I was silent with anxiety filling my mind; I had tears in my eyes.

As I was wiping my tears, a black luxury sedan parked in front of me. The driver then got out of the car and walked over and stood facing me. “Miss Angela, please get in the car,” he said.

"What are you doing! Get off me!" I said, struggling as he grabbed my arm and pulled me to the car.

I startled in fear when he opened the rear door of the car. I saw my boss was sitting inside, smiling into my eyes.

The driver then forced me into and closed the door. My boss grabbed my arm when I wanted to open the door.

I struggled to release my arm from his grip, but I couldn't. "Please let me go. Please, I beg you," I begged into his eyes.

He smiled and pulled me closer to him. “Where do you want to go? You have nowhere to go now,” he said teasingly.

I fell silent, staring at him curiously.

"Drive," he said to his driver, who was already in the driver's seat.

“Wait! Where are you taking me?” I asked in a panic. He said nothing, just smiled at me with his devil's eyes gripping mine.

Fear and anxiety wrapped around my body, my heart beating rapidly as the driver drove the car and took me away from this place.