"Uhh… No talking back, always keeping control of my big mouth, never being late, no disrespecting the boss, always doing all the work on time, no wasting time, always abiding by every command of the boss, completing all the work before leaving and.. and.. I don't remember the rest because you have a lot… requirements, more like tantrums." Anastasia said while looking away from him.
She was still breathing hard as he had captivated her by putting his hands at both sides of her head on the wall. Darius kept looking at her nervous state. He clearly affected her and deep down in his heart he liked it. He smirked at her state and kept standing in the same position.
"Look me in the eyes while I am talking is one of the rules too." He said in a husky voice, near her left ear. His breath fanned her skin on the neck and she took a sharp breath.
She didn't know what was happening to her, why was she feeling so. S
"Hey, there girly! Had your lunch?" Selena asked over the phone in a cheerful tone.Anastasia let out a sigh after hearing her question after giving the pile of files in front of her."Hi, Lena. No, I didn't have my lunch yet. What about you?" She asked while closing the file she was working on and leaned back on her chair and let out a sigh.She is really tired. She doesn't remember working so hard in her life. She never thought that it would be her life when she had her fashion designing degree in her hand. From morning, she has been calling people and finalising the previous meetings, attended two meetings, has run errands from this floor to that floor for taking signs or delivering important files, made several appointments, had gone through several files and still going through them. At this point of time, she was completely drained as she didn't have her breakfast today. She also didn't take the elevator inst
"Hello, how are you?" A cheerful voice came from the other side of the phone. Darius let out a sigh while massaging the temple of his forehead with closed eyes. The past memories have given him a headache. Usually those memories give him heartache but the past and present together are giving him a headache. He was deep in the thoughts of the past when his phone rang and he was brought back to the present. He picked up without looking in the caller ID. If he knew it was her, he wouldn't have picked up the call. "Darius? Are you there?" The caller asked in an unsure tone from the other side of the phone. "Yes, Diana. I am here. I am fine. How are you?" He said in a monotonous tone and regretted it immediately as the caller, his elder sister who is also a psychiatrist, can catch his lie in a second after hearing his tone. "What's wrong, Darius? You
"She completed buying the lunch by twelve-fifteen and I had ordered her for lunch at twelve three." He read out loud. He looked at the details some more. "She had ordered the food on her way to save time! And by the time she was done clearing the bill, she still had seven minutes to return and shut my mouth." He said in confusion. So, she was determined to fulfil his order. Then what happened in between? He couldn't imagine anything further as it has started to give him a headache. He is so frustrated right now because of how he is feeling. It's been the same ever since this particular Anastasia Samuel entered his life a few weeks ago. He has always been like this since then, anxious. And she is the sole reason for this. "Maybe it was a wrong decision after all. I shouldn't have agreed with Noah and hired her as my personal secretary. It's the first day of her work and look at what a mess
"How is she, doctor?" Darius asked as soon as the female doctor came out of the bedroom. She smiled at him after silently closing the door behind her. "She is alright now, Mr Henderson. You did good by cleaning the wounds beforehand. I have bandaged them properly. I have given her an injection and she is sleeping right now." She said with a small smile and they both started to walk toward the living room. Darius looked at the doctor with a small frown when he noticed the hesitation on her face. "What's wrong, doctor? Any problem? Is there anything to be worried about?" He asked. Anxiousness was clear in his tone. They both stopped walking and stood facing each other. The doctor cleared her throat and looked up at him with a worried look on her face. "Well, yes, Mr Henderson, I think there might be something to b
"I… I.. I don't know, Darius! I don't know anything! I don't know what you are talking about! They… they… can't do this to us. They can't!" Noah shook his head violently as his heart started ache painfully.He may look strong from the outside but he is a really soft nature man from the inside and his unconditional love for the girl has made him weak. But it's not a bad kind of weakness.Weakness in love is considered the most powerful weapon in reality and Noah believes in that and that's why he allows himself to get weak everyday and fall in love some more everyday.But on the other hand, Darius doesn't think like this. Because he always thinks using his mind instead of heart. Because for the most of the time in his life, he never knew that he had a heart, until she came into his life like a bright light who had just started to shape his heart and teach him how to use it. But before she could do it completely, she
FLASHBACK"Where have you been?!" He shouted in anger while looking down at her nervous figure.She kept her head down. Her long beautiful hair was hiding her face from him. She was clutching her right arm using her left hand while looking down at her shoes. He thought that she was showing her submission and defeat by doing that. She was wearing a long and loose black hoodie in the heat.'What a loser!' He thought while snickering down loudly at her which made her flinch but she kept her head down."I have asked you a question! Where have you been for the last six hours?! And whose permission did you take before leaving?!" He growled at her loudly and she crouched some more in the position she was in."I am sorry." He heard her meek apology which seemed to anger him more as he got a hold of the vase which was placed on a small cupboard and threw it ahead. It missed her head b
"Anastasia!" Darius shrieked out loudly and looked around in confusion.It was morning already. Morning sunlight has already entered the whole room and made it bright. He looked at the wall clock and saw it was half past eight.Today is going to be a sunny day, he thought and was going to stretch his muscles. The moment he raised his hands to stress them, his arms, neck and back made weird sounds, indicating how sore they were. He groaned loudly at that and looked around in confusion to find the cause of his tensed muscles.His eyes widened when he found himself sitting on one of the stools of the bar. He slept the whole night in this stool?! He looked confused for a second before everything from yesterday rushed to him in a flash and he got up from the seat while cursing loudly."Oh, shit!" He said and walked toward his bedroom to check up on Anastasia who was the only reason for him to have tense
"What about this bruise on my cheek. It looks like a slap mark." She said in confusion.Now he didn't know how to answer her. She clearly doesn't remember what happened and he doesn't know what happened. But he was sure that the mark was from a slap. But he can't let her know that, without knowing her state of mind.What a troublesome situation it was! The girl in front of him is the main trouble!"Oh, my god! Don't tell me your evil ex secretary slapped me and I fell down, losing my consciousness and breaking some bones?" She exclaimed dramatically, making him confused."My evil ex secretary?! Where did she come from in this conversation?" He asked in astonishment."Well, you can't blame me for thinking that she was responsible for this. She seemed pretty obsessed with you and the title of being your secretary." Anastasia said with a roll of her eyes.
He looked at her in shock. He wasn't expecting her to forgive him nor did he expect her to be so blank. Her posture wasn't welcoming at all and he didn't want to fulfill his next set of plans after that. "Th... thank you so much, Anastasia for forgiving me." He stammered while looking down in shame, not knowing what to do or say anymore. "Do you want to say anything else?" She asked in the same monotonous tone which was like some invisible slap for him. He got up from his previous position to stand straight and looked at her with a soft look. He couldn't take her dead look anymore. It was suffocating him and he wanted to leave the place as fast as he could. "Thank you for forgiving me and sorry once again for ruining your special day once again." He said that in a small voice before hurriedly turning around to leave the place. Anastasia was
"Now, it's time for the main event for the day!" The host said on the mic in a cheerful tone and the whole audience in the ballroom shouted a cheer. "Today we have witnessed such an incredible fashion show in the history of fashion. All the dresses were remarkably beautiful, gorgeous and eye stunning which is going to create havoc in the fashion world. Now it's time to get introduced to the creator of the havoc!" The host said and took a mysterious break before announcing the name on the mic. "Let's welcome, the very talented and beautiful and gorgeous, ANASTASIA SAMUEL!" The host announced and the audience shouted loudly once again and the loud sound of claps made the building almost move. From the backstage, Anastasia took a deep breath to calm her raging nerves down. Today is the big day of her life. Today she is going to fulfill her dreams of being a successful fashion designer. Today she is g
A FEW HOURS LATER "Ahh… my heart! It hurts!" Anastasia groaned out loudly as she slowly started to come back to consciousness. She clutched her head tightly with one hand and used the other hand to sit up. Underneath her hand was soft material, meaning she was on bed. She sat up completely and leaned back, at the head board. She finally opens her eyes slowly and looks around in confusion. Her sight was still a little bit fuzzy. She closed her eyes before opening them again and this time was seeing clearer. She looked around the room in confusion as it looked really familiar to her. She looked with more concentration and soon realised where she was. She had mixed feelings about this. She was happy, excited and confused as well. So, without thinking, she hurriedly tried to get down from the bed and that's when she realised what a foolish step it was as her head suddenly spinne
THREE MONTHS LATER "Miss Anastasia, you have to get that thing out of your mind! It's not doing any good to you. You have been through all these previously and you know how worse this can get! You have to keep believing in yourself!" The woman whom Anastasia has been seeing from the past three months said in a tired tone. At that moment, Anastasia thought that it was time to change the therapist. Yes, the woman in front of her was her therapist and she was lying down on the couch present in the room which has become too familiar to her. The therapist has now started to irritate her. She is literally forcing her to believe something which is really hard for her. How can she believe it?! She wasn't stupid or sick now to hallucinate something which she didn't do, was she? No! She has changed and is over that phrase of her life. Now she remembers everything, every happenings of her li
"You are going to regret raising that hand of yours at me." Anastasia threatened in a hard tone while looking at Richard with a glare. Her face was bloody as the father and daughter duo removed all their frustration on her pretty face while she couldn't do anything other than being tied to that chair. So frustrating! If only her hands were untied! She would have showed them the real meaning of torture. They were torturing her because she denied signing the property papers. She knew that at that moment, the more she delayed the longer she lived until someone came to save her. She would die but will never sign those papers. "Oh, yeah? Who is going to make us regret? Your dead body?" Melissa asked and landed another punch on her gut and she coughed blood. But she still managed to smile to irritate Melissa and Richard.
"You are what?!" Everyone except Darius and Colton shouted in disbelief as they looked at the new person in shock."I am Anastasia's uncle." The man said with a proud look on his face as he said that.The man was in his late thirties and was a fine looking man. He has muscles and a strong aura. He was carrying a confident posture. Oddly enough, his facial features matched Anastasia a lot."Unbelievable! She… she is an orphan. She has lost everyone in a tragic accident. How can you be her uncle?" Selena asked in shock."You are right. We both lost our every closed one in the preplanned murder. Be she got saved because she was a lucky charm and I got saved maybe because I was her favourite person in the house." He said and let out a light chuckle after remembering some past memories.Even in that situation, Diana and Selena couldn't help but cru
"So, what was I saying?" Richard asked."Something about my past." She reminded him and he smirked."Right. So, are you excited to know about your past?" He asked with a smirk. She didn't say anything, just kept quiet. But that seemed to anger the psychopath as he landed another slap on her cheeks. She gritted her teeth as she could test blood inside her mouth. That bastard just busted her lips! "Answer me when I ask something. You seem to forget all your manners in this three years, huh?" He shouted at her face.She wanted to shout at him in the face and say that she has changed. She wanted to let him know that she wasn't the meek Anastasia whom he used to torment anymore. She has changed and changed for the better. She is now capable of fighting for herself. She is now capable of protecting herself.But she can't say that. It's going to ruin everything for her. It's going to ruin everything that
"You all must have a lot of questions, right? About how I know her? How am I connected to her? Why am I reacting like this? How do I know that man? So many questions, right?" Selena asked in a small tone while looking at distance with a blank look.Everyone just exchanged worried looks but didn't interfere in her talk. She let out a humourless laugh after a few seconds, confusing everyone more than necessary."You all will be shocked to know that I don't know her recently, three years ago, five years ago or ten years ago. I have known her since she was five and we were six." She said with a sad smile as tears kept rolling down her eyes without any break. She didn't even try to wipe them and let them fall freely."We?" Noah asked in a low tone while looking at her with a small frown. She looked at him with a smile of agony and he felt like it was a stab at his stomach."Me and my identical twin sist
"Anastasia… got kidnapped." He said in a breathless tone and there was a pin drop silent for a second before Selena lost the strength on her legs and was going to fall down.Luckily Noah was close to her and was quick to hold her by her waist before she could drop on the ground and hurt herself."Selena! Be strong! Please! Be strong!" Noah said while taking her in his arms and made her sit down on the couch. She let out a small humourless chuckle, her face was blank, void of any emotions."I… I… must have heard him wrong, right? Anastasia is fine, right? She is… sleeping in the suite. Why did you leave her alone there?! Do you know that she gets nightmares?! She is going to be so scared! I have to go to her! If she has a nightmare, only I can handle her. Oh god! How stupid you are to leave her there alone! Noah, can you please take me to her. I have to be with her." Selena kept blabbering while not giving anyone any chan