Lunchtime is over.Henry reached their room and stood in front of the door. He looked sideways and then went in.He closed the door behind him and walked up to his table of Nick, and searched for something.After looking for a while, he found a file in his hand and picked it up.He opens it and started looking around. A smile forms on his face, signs of relief.“Everything will be alright, let’s go to work now,” Chelsa said, opening the door.Nick and Chelsa walked in to see that Henry had already started working, and Lucy had also arrived.Nick glanced at Henry and went up to his seat and sits down again.Chelsa did the same.After that, Lucy called Henry to her seat. He then went to Nick, and said, “Please give me the file for the afternoon meeting. I need to take them to the meeting room. The client has arrived.”“Oh, did she say to give them to you?”.“Yes.”“I already took the presentation that I created. Now, I need the file from you.”Nick goes through the papers and piles of f
Lucy crossed her arms in front of her chest with a puzzled expression.“Mind explaining what’s going on in here?” she asked Nick.Nick stepped forward, and replied, “I created the file based on the project we were going to discuss today. I don’t know anything that Henry explained some minutes ago.”“Believe me.”“And why will he do that?” Lucy asked.“How would I-“.“Forgive me for interrupting. But I have to speak up for myself.” Henry added, looking up with straightforward eyes.“Check the file that Senior Nick has created. I only spoke what was written in there. I am not at fault here at all.”Nick snapped.“Are you pointing at me or anything?” Nick yelled, stabbing a finger.Henry composed himself and fixed his tie.“I am only stating the truth. I don’t need to point at you or anything at all.”“Truth?” Nick stepped forward and hurled toward Henry only to be stopped by Lucy who came between them.“Stop! What are you trying to do?” she asked Nick.“He’s lying. Giving me false accus
“Have you found it?” Chelsa asked Nick.“No, I believe it has to be here. I think.”Chelsa glanced at her clock.“But, we are running out of time. We have to find it as fast as possible.”“Why didn’t I check the file before giving it over to Henry? Then none of this would have happened. I could change it before the meeting was being held.”“It’s my carelessness that all of this happened. I should have been careful. Why am I like this? God!”.Nick kept blaming himself while searching for the file. Chelsa could only pity him for that.Ten minutes pass by, but their searching came to a halt, as they could find nothing at all.Nick fell to his knees, looking down at the ground with pitiful eyes.“Where did the file go when we worked here some hour ago? Did it fly out of the room on its own or something? It’s just ridiculous.”Chelsa looked around, and went over to the side of Henry’s desk, and stared at it for a minute.They suddenly looked around the files present on his desk and searche
Henry puffed on a cigarette which he took out from his coat, and searched for his lighter in his pocket which he found eventually. He sat in the cafeteria, and lit his cigar, puffing on it creating heavy smoke in the air. “Unless it is a good occasion I don’t smoke. But today seems like a good day. I’ll smoke two.” The corner of his lips curled into a satisfying smile. “She must have been in a pickle now, thinking where all the remaining parts of those papers have disappeared to.” He chuckled, staring out at the window. “Whoever comes to mess with me, has to suffer. And no one can get away from me after creating a ruckus.” “Two pieces are gone, now only one left. And just like this, I am going to take away all of your comrades slowly, little by little, and leave you standing all alone.” “When you’ll look at your surroundings, no one will be here beside you. And then,” he threw away his cigar and dropped it on the floor, stamping on it a little. “The only one you’ll be able to
Lucy brought the dress close to her chest. One of the warmest smiles appeared at the corner of her lips.“I love this dress. Thank you.”Robin’s heart fluttered in joy.“She likes it. I chose it for her, and she liked it.”“I’m feeling hungry, let’s go and have dinner,” she said, walking up to him, and wrapping her arms around his.Robin nods.“Where do you want to go?”.“To a Chinese restaurant. I’m craving spices.” She said with a blush.“Spice?”.“What are you thinking? Let’s go!” she dragged him away towards the elevator.Henry leaves the mall right after them.He wore a plain blue jacket and white shirt underneath with black jeans.“tch, I’m feeling so hungry. What should I eat till I get to kill some time?”.Suddenly he spots a Chinese restaurant.“Is this the only place for eating here?”.His stomach rumbled in hunger.“Don’t have the courtesy to choose, do I?”.“Let’s go.”He walked inside and looks around.He searched for an empty seat to see Lucy and Robin sitting down at th
“Is everything alright?” Henry asked with a worried face.“Why did you force her to drink? Don’t you know she can’t handle drinks that much?”.“Force? No, she agreed to “.“Shut up! I don’t want to hear anything from you.”Henry became surprised second by second seeing his actions.“Can you get up?” Robin asked Lucy.“Uh, yes.”“Have some water.”She drank it in one go.“Are you feeling better?”.She nods.“Good, then we should just leave for now. Come with me.”“Are you leaving right away?” Henry asked.Robin looked at him with contempt and disgust.“Yes, we are leaving. And you don’t have the right to stop me.”“I’ll pay the bill left. You do whatever you want to.”“Goodnight!”.Robin carried Lucy by the shoulder and helped her get up.“Bye……” Lucy murmured underneath her breath.“Stop talking and come with me!”.He dragged her out of the door without looking back behind them.Henry was left on the table all by himself.He clenched his fists in anger and clenched his jaw.He exhaled
Lucy and Robin both return home by taxi. When he reached home, he carried her on his back and brought her to their room. He opens the door with one hand and walks in. He placed her gently on the bed and lied her down making sure that her head was resting on the pillow. Then, he sat beside hers and traced her face with his hands, watching her sleeping soundly. “Why did that guy have to come today? He messed everything up.” He removed his hand and pulled the covers up to her chest. He sat there and looked in the other direction, going all quiet. “It’s late, I should let her sleep.” He got up from there to turn off the lights only to be pulled by a hand stopping him from going anywhere. He glanced downwards to see Lucy holding onto his hand. “Don’t go,” she murmured in her sleep. Seeing this, he stayed beside her till she fell asleep. He patted her head to give her comfort. When she fell asleep he tried to remove his hand, but her hold was strong. “What am I going to do now?”
Chelsa was on the way to their office. She was in a taxi. All that she could think of was what was going to happen to her as she knows the enemy very well.“He’s not going to spare me also. I need to be careful that he won’t be able to insult me in front of her. I know everything after all.”“What If I try to expose him? Will that-“.“Your stop!” the driver mentioned stopping the car.“Ah,” she glanced at the big gate which was the entrance.She paid the tip and got off from the car.“Have a nice day!” said the driver before driving away.“Nice day?” she retorted.“Is this sarcasm? There’s no way I am having a good day as long as he’s in this office.“I need to be aware of him and face him with a clear head no matter what. There’s no room for mistakes. He’s a formidable opponent.”Inhaling a deep breath, she relaxed her muscles and stepped forward into the building.On the way to the lift she kept fixing her hair, she was so preoccupied with herself that she didn’t notice that, someon