Chapter eight- Another Misunderstanding

     

"Katrina " Eric called again.

She's bleeding. She had a cut on the left side of her face. It almost touched her eye, thank God it didn't touch her eye.

 Eric checked to see what must have caused it and saw the broken chandelier.

"Damn my carelessness.. I should have taken care of this already " he said to himself.

But why's she unconscious??

She must have stumbled and fell. He checked her head and his hand touched a bump on the head. Sighing, he carried her up gently.

Gosh, she waa slender but she has a lot of weight. He managed to carry her to her room and lay her on the bed.

Her clothes were soaked with sweat, thank God she was putting on a singlet, he undressed her leaving only the singlet on her.

Then he went to his room to bring his first aid box, a bowl of water and a towel. He cleaned the cut with the spirit and cotton wool before putting a plaster on it. After soaking the towel in the bowl of warm water, he started cleaning off the sweat on her forehead and body.

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 Katrina felt someone touch her body, then her forehead again. She opened her eyes.

Ouch, why the pain??

She closed her eyes due to the pain. After waiting for some minutes, she opened it again. The first person she saw was Eric, her boss.

What was he doing in her room and why was he touching her??

Katrina checked herself and saw that her blouse was nowhere to be found and she was left with only her transparent singlet on her body.

"What the fuck?? " She screamed.

And with all the strength in her, she pushed Eric off the bed and he fell to the floor.

  Eric didn't expect the reaction from Katrina. She had pushed him to the floor and he fell with great force.

Ouch, how his butt hurts!!

He stood up from the floor still massaging his butt.

"What was that for?? " He asked.

"What were you trying to do? " Katrina replied angrily.

"I was just helping you. I found you unconscious on the stairs leading to the attic, you became conscious and the first thing you did was to push me off" Eric replied.

"I'm sorry... I thought….. " Katrina stammered. She had misunderstood him again.

"You thought what?.. Dumbass "Eric said and smirked.

"You shouldn't have removed my blouse though, " she argued.

"So I should have left a sweaty blouse on you. Not like you are hiding anything big there, they're small and should I repeat myself, you're not my type, like I didn't even feel any attraction towards you at all" Eric said mocking her.

"You're such a jerk, an arrogant pig " Katrina replied back and he laughed.

"Calm your nerves down. Shouting would do you no good, you have a cut almost on your left eye and a bump in the head.. I'm sure you are in pains now, you wouldn't want to worsen it, would you?? " He asked.

 Katrina stared at him before standing up from the bed. She walked straight to her dressing mirror to check her face.

"Oh my" she said on seeing her face.

"What was that doing there? " she asked.

"I'm sorry, I should have taken care of that already but I don't have the time and I wasn't expecting anyone to go in there. What the fuck were you doing there?? " He asked.

"Nothing. I was just curious, that was all " Katrina replied.

"Well, see the results " Eric said grinning.

"But why are you home early today? " Kat asked.

"Nothing really. I'm glad I came home earlier today though " Eric replied.

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  Katrina looked around her room and saw the bowl of water and towel with the first aid kit. Cotton wool stained with her blood was on the floor.

"You dressed my wound? " She asked.

"Who else did? " Eric replied.

"I'm sorry for putting you through this and thank you " she said.

"It's nothing, " Eric replied.

 Katrina noticed he was still putting on his office clothes. Wow!!

"Had lunch? " She asked.

"No, " he replied.

"What do you want to eat??.. Let me go prepare it" 

"Don't worry. You need to rest, besides I'm not really hungry " he replied.

"But I am," Katrina blurted out and he laughed.

"Okay, I would place an order for pizza.. Just rest" Eric replied.

"Oh my, you're acting like a gentleman right now " Katrina said grinning.

"And I noticed you're talking to me informally. No boss or sir in your words " Eric said, making a counterattack.

"I'm Sorry Sir. The bump on my head is starting to affect me" Katrina said jokingly and he laughed.

Katrina saw that Eric looked so handsome while laughing. She didn't know she was staring till he interrupted her.

"I'm still the mean boss you know. Don't start to think otherwise " he said.

"Okay boss " she replied and bowed.

"Let me clear this up, " she said.

"Okay, I'm going to my room now "

"Okay sir " she replied and Eric left for his room.

She cleared the used cotton wool and everything he used and returned the first aid kit to his room. He was in the bathroom when she entered his room so she concluded he was taking a shower. She gently placed the kit on his bed and went back to her own room.

  Eric kept true to his words, he ordered pizza and they ate it with Orange juice. Alvin wasn't left out.

Before dinnertime, Katrina was already strong enough to prepare dinner. So she made dinner, dished out the food, and ate hers too before doing the dishes.

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After she was done for the day, Katrina retired to her room. Entering the bathroom, she took her bath and wore her night robe. She climbed her bed, took her phone and called Laura.

  Laura didn't answer the call and Katrina felt she was not with her phone at the moment.

Katrina was not feeling sleepy yet so she sat up in her bed, opened the window and stared at the moon. It was so beautiful and Katrina was lost staring at it.

The stars were beginning to come out too. It's a beautiful sight from here. Then the face of Eric laughing pictured in her brain.

She shaked the image off. She shouldn't be thinking about him, she was just attracted to the way he laughs, nothing more.

After allowing her thoughts to wander around in her head, she decided on going to bed. She has to wake up early tomorrow. So she pulled the blanket over her body, said a short prayer and slept off.

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  Katrina woke up the next day, said her morning prayers, then went into the bathroom to brush her teeth. After that she headed down to the kitchen.

 She was surprised to find Eric in the kitchen and was it the omelette he was preparing??

"Good morning sir " she greeted.

"Morning Katrina, how are you feeling now? " he asked.

"I'm fine now. Thanks, but you don't have to do this, I can take care of it" she replied.

"It's alright. Just felt like eating something I made myself. Here drink this " Eric said, giving her a cup of coffee.

 Katrina collected it from him and drank it. Wow, the coffee tastes nice.

"It's nice," she said.

"Yeah. I'm good at it" Eric bragged.

"You can go up now and get ready for work. I would take care of the rest" Katrina said.

"Okay, suit yourself "he said and left.

Katrina continued with the preparation of the breakfast.

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   Eric had his breakfast before leaving. Katrina cleared the plates he used, washed it and arranged it. She swept the sitting room and other rooms before going up to her room to take her bath.

 She was through with bathing, coming out of the bathroom, she dried her body with her towel, applied her body cream, then put on her bum short with a pink singlet. She wore her flip flops, then went down to the living room to watch TV.

She was watching an interesting programme when the doorbell rang.

"Was it Alvin? " She asked herself.

She stood up from the couch and went to open the door.

 Katrina saw a woman standing there. She was in her early forties. Katrina scanned the woman's face and was shocked to see the striking resemblance to Eric.

"This must be his mom," her inner voice said.

"Hello dear " the woman said and smiled.

"I'm looking for my son, Eric," the woman said.

 Katrina was right after all, this was Eric's mom. She has finally met her. This woman has the right to decide if she stays in her son's house or not and Katrina wanted nothing to spoil her revenge.

She quickly opened the door for her to come in and prayed fervently that Alvin was right when he said she's a nice woman.

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