Nathan:The drive home was quiet. My kitten had been sitting still, fiddling with her fingers. I took her hand and squeezed and she looked up at me with a smile. I wasn’t angry at her but she still needed to be taught a lesson. We parked in front of the mansion and I helped her get out. It was quiet and it was good to be home. I didn’t even stop at my house when I got back, and just headed straight to the office from the airport. It was warm and clean inside. The difference between a luxurious yet cramped hotel suite and a spacious house was great. “I’ll go up and get change,” Enora announced, but I grabbed her arm and pulled her back, pressing her against my chest and relishing the soft gasp that escaped her lips. “I don’t think anyone will be changing,” I said with a smirk, enjoying her squirm against me. “I thought you weren’t mad at me anymore,” she pouted, her body slowly betraying her. “You smiled at me in the car.”I chuckled and tucked her hair behind her ear. She looked
Enora:We got to the hospital and we were taken to the ward. Fiona lay on the bed with a smile on her face as soon as we walked in.I smiled back, even though I could feel the guilt in my chest. Her leg was in a cast and suspended and she was hooked up to a number of machines that were beeping.“I was wondering when you two would get here,” she said softly and I rushed up to her. I had been alright the whole day but I couldn’t hold back the tears as I wrapped my arms around her neck. “I’m so so so, sorry that I wasn’t able to come and see you sooner. So many things happened and I…”Tears choked my words and I hugged her even tighter. I was glad that she was okay. “Who are you and what are you doing to my mother?”I let go of Fiona and turned around to see a middle aged man standing behind me with a bag of take out in his hand and an expression of surprise and anger. He clashed eyes with Nathan and dropped the meal on the table. “You,” he declared angrily, facing Nathan with a he
Enora:“It’s… It’s nothing,” I said, stuffing my phone into my bag and smiling awkwardly at Jasper. There was no need to alarm anyone. I would tell Nathan as soon as we got home. He was already worked up that I didn't tell him about Jasper or Dakota.I looked up and saew Jasper still standing at my desk, lookin at me in disbelief, anger and suspicion. “Enora, what is going on? Are you okay? Are you safe?”I sighed. Maybe I should just tell Jasper. I mean, he already knew that Bridget and I weren’t talking to each other.“It’s Bridget. She texted me and she said she wants us to meet. She said that it was urgent.”His face hardened. He sat down on the chair in front of my desk. Suddenly, the urgent files didn’t seem so urgent anymore. “So what are you going to do? I thought that she was living with Dakota. What if it's a kind of a trap?”“And what if it isn’t?” I replied. I was worried about Bridget. She might have made some unsavoury comments about me and my baby but was it really he
Enora:I worked quietly in my office. Lunch came around and I didn’t follow my friends. Nathan took me out to a restaurant and we ate together. We shared a few laughs and he told me about what happened on his trip. Just like I had thought, the warehouse incident was serious. I didn’t even know that he had been in the hospital before he came back to the office. “So the only lead we have is KKC?” I asked, as I sipped my juice. “Yeah. I will be paying Mr. Kane a surprise visit soon. That bastard has been on my nerves for the last time.”When we came back to the office, Jasper still talked to me like there was nothing wrong, like he hadn’;t just been called to Nathan’s office because of a hug. “I left a few files on your desk,” he said calmly to me, ignoring the fact that Nathan was right next to me, giving him the death stare. “I marked two as urgent. Please get to them as soon as possible.”I nodded with a strained smile as he walked away. This wasn’t how I wanted to spend my Thursd
Enora:“You are aware the Miss Lopez is mine, Mr. Beckett,” Nathan said, leaning in, his eyes darkkened with a dangerous silent kind of rage. I felt my chdst tighten. Nathan didn’t really need to do any of this. It was just a hug. It didn’t mean anything. “I am aware of that, Mr. Wright and I don’t dispute it.”Jasper was calm, his eyes locked on Nathan, and his tone professional. “Good. I am glad that you are not lost to that fact. Now, if you do anything to her, talk to her wrongly or even look at her in a way that might be suspicious, your job won’t be the only thing at stake. Do you understand?”The silence was thick and the air felt like it was thinning. I was struggling to breathe and my legs moved restlessly. I just wanted to leave. Nathan didn't have to do this. This was unnecessary. For a long time, Jasper didn’t say anything. He simply looked right at Nathan and my heart skipped a beat. Did he still have…“I understand you loud and clear, Mr. Wright, but might I bring
Enora:“Jasper?” I whispered, swallowing hard as he came into the office. He looked at me briefly then turned to Nathan who was at his desk, his face stiff and hard as she glared at him. I knew that Jasper didn’t mean anything by hugging me but Nathan wasn’t going to believe it and now, I could feel this tension in the air that made my lungs almost want to collapse. “We have a visitor,” Jasper repeated, in his most professional voice, not stuttering for even a second even though Nathan was glaring daggers at him. “Who is it?” Nathan asked darkly. “She said her name is Dakota.”My heart wanted to explode out of my chest. What the hell was going on?! Dakota was now here?!“Bring her in,” Nathan said menacingly calmly, as he leaned back into his chair, “and come back to the office with her.”Jasper nodded and left and I was left alone with Nathan, my heart beating out of control. Why was Dakota here? I thought she said that it was my job to try and convince Nathan to accept the propo