CHAPTER 12

It had already been an hour since she started staring absentmindedly at her phone because he couldn’t find the address of the company’s owner. It wasn’t mentioned in the interviews, of course. She had been scratching her head because of the frustration that she was feeling that only made her curly hair even messier.

She got her phone, hoping that the address of the house of Clyde’s grandmother would miraculously appear on a search engine, but of course, it wasn’t online. When she searched on her social media account, looking for her name, the only thing that she saw was the page of the company, and what was the company all about.

She was already feeling the strong urge to call her boss, Zara, but she was afraid that she’d scold her more. She didn’t even bother searching for Clyde because she knew that the guy didn’t have any social media accounts. She had already tried searching for him before.

How about Kyle?

Natasha tried searching for his name instead but to no avail. However, she saw a profile that had the name ‘Kylaire D.E.’ When she saw that, she pondered. The name looked like a combination of Kyle and Claire while the D.E. probably mean del Espania. Was it only a coincidence? She couldn’t contain the excitement that she was feeling as she looked through the account’s pictures, but there weren’t actual photos of them. The only picture there was a picture of the band’s logo which was Kronicklez.

Sheetttt... This is really Kyle’s!

She was quick to send a private message. She no longer cared. That was her last and only resort that she could think of.

Good evening! Is this Sir Kyle’s account? I am the assistant that he hired for Miss Zara during the last job fair. She has commanded me to fetch the clothes that would be needed for the photo shoot tomorrow, saying that the clothes are in Mrs. Gloria del Espania’s house. She’s your grandmother, right? Unfortunately, she didn’t give me the address of the house as I should be the one who’d look for it instead, she said. Can you give me the address, please? Please?

She was already pleading in the last part of her message. What she was doing was a punch on the moon, but at least she tried to find a way to look for the address. If she’d fail to do so, then she should just prepare herself for Miss Zara’s scolding tomorrow.

Natasha didn’t let go of the phone. She even forgot to eat because of the first task that her boss had given her as she kept on looking at the message that she sent, hoping to get a reply, but it wasn’t even seen.

Suddenly, her phone rang, and she quickly looked at it. She almost jumped in joy when she saw that there was a reply to the message that she sent.

Assistant? Oh, the colorful one? Yeah, I remember. Really, Zara’s already making things harder for you? Haha. Okay, give me your number. I'll call you.

She quickly sent her number to the guy, still couldn’t believe that he really replied to her message.

After a while, her phone rang, and she immediately knew that Kyle was already calling.

"H-hello?" Her voice wasn’t that loud when she answered the call.

"Okay, I just want to make sure that you’re really the one that I hired as I don’t want to give my grandmother’s address to a random stranger,” he said.

"Yes, Sir,” she agreed.

“What did I take from you that day?”

"My purity?" That came out of her mouth without her thinking as she remembered the heat from the kiss that he gave her in her dream.

"What?!" the guy exclaimed in surprise before he chortled a laugh.

Natasha felt her blood rushing towards her cheeks because of that. She slapped herself. She didn’t even know where that answer came from.

"I like you. You are funny. Is that the reason why you dressed like..."

"Like a clown?" She couldn’t help but feel annoyed after she said that.

Just like that, the same annoyance that she felt towards the guy came back raging like a buffalo as she could almost see his annoying smile in her mind.

"No! I was supposed to say that you dressed in a very unique way and that we need employees like you,” he explained.

She didn’t say anything and just made a face even when he couldn’t really see her.

"I'll hang up. I think it would be better if I can see you just to be sure. We'll do a video call instead.” The guy dropped the call after saying that.

She wasn’t even given a minute to react because her phone immediately rang because of a video call. She panicked before brushing her hand in her messy hair even when it did nothing. She didn’t tie it because she was only at home. She couldn't even find her hair tie.

Shit!

She no longer had a choice but to answer his call. Her other hand was holding her hair so that it wouldn’t cover her face. In an instant, she saw the handsome face of the guy on the screen.

He wasn’t wearing any shirt!

The guy was scrutinizing her, and his gaze stopped at her hair that she was already holding back.

"Hmm, yeah, it was you. Okay, I will send you the address after this. What's your name again?" he asked.

"Tas... Natasha," she answered briefly. Her hand was a little sore already because she was still holding back her hair.

"Alright. There are a lot of Natashas in our workplace so I will just call you, Tash. Is that okay?" He was massaging his chin when he said that.

Tash? Isn’t that the name he called her before he kissed her in that dream?

She quickly shook her head to push those thoughts away. It was only a dream. Only a dream.

She didn’t want to betray Clyde. Kyle wasn’t even her type in the first place! She felt her hair rising as she thought about him. When she shook her hair, she accidentally let go of her hair, making it cover her face in an instant.

She even heard the guy laugh once more.

"What a hair! I can't even see your face now," he chuckled.

She couldn’t grab every single lock of her hair because her other hand was holding her cellphone so she just settled to put strands of her hair behind her ear to keep them off her face.

She saw that Kyle was smiling, almost grinning, as he stared at her on the screen.

"Alright, I'll just end this video call then send you the address," he said, still grinning.

"Yes, Sir," she answered, having a hard time because of her troublesome hair.

"See you tomorrow, Tash. Good luck on your first day." He smiled once more before ending the video call.

The moment she was finally able to breathe properly was when she could no longer see his face on the screen of her phone. She let go of her hair because of that. After a moment, her phone rang, and she received a message from him. It was the address of his grandmother’s house.

She was certain that the two siblings already had their own homes. She couldn’t help but think about who accompanied the old woman in her house aside from her helpers and maids. She shrugged.

She couldn’t help but smile as she was reading the address that the guy had given her.

You thought that you can get the better of me, Zara? I am methodical. You cannot easily step on me just like what you did to that girl.

She quickly shifted her gaze to look at the pictures of Clyde on the cabinet.

I will do anything for you Clyde, my love. Just wait, and your heart will beat for my name no matter what it takes, even when I need to follow everything that is written in my grandmother’s book.

That was when her stomach started rumbling. Right, she still hadn’t eaten yet. She stood up before looking for the comb and hair tie. She planned to go out, and eat in a small cafeteria outside as there were a lot of cafeterias nearby. She saw them first when she was accompanied by her grandmother to her boarding house.