From afar, a car occupant watched as a body was carelessly laid down on the floor, only few feet aware from the busy road with surprised expression on the car occupant's face.
Since it was at the accurate speed, it was easier for the car to slow down as the occupant's attention was caught by the body laying helplessly few feet away from the road side.
There body was having several red marks and few bruises all over it, any one could tell how much physical abuse the person must have gone through.
The car's occupant has no problem with the bruises and mark —but the fact that it was dumped carelessly angered her more than any thing.
She had wanted to continue with her driving but could not, not knowing why the almost lifeless body caught her attention so much.
Reluctantly, she parked her car by the road just few feet away from the body, hopping down from her car. As she near the body, her eyes sparkled in recognition.
"No way..." She muttered, staring at the direction where the two guy, who had dumped the body took.
Her sight was left with no traces of them and they seems to have suddenly disappeared from the earth surface.
‘That was so fast...!’ She thought to herself, waving them off her mind and focused her attention on the person on the ground instead.
She studied the person's body and realized how much hard they had hit him, thankfully, his face was spared with only few but barely noticeable bruise on it —the bruises on his face would disappear in no time soon, compared to the ones on his body.
The lady was in a haste but there's no way she would leave the body there, not when she recognized the person laying helplessly on the ground.
She sighed in defeated as she tried lifting the body inside her car.
"You aren't supposed to be heavy weighted at this moment, you should have been considerate, at least..." She muttered under her breathe in complain, gently dragging the body towards her car.
She had wanted to call out for help because there is no way she could do it alone in a hurry but the few passerby all seems to be minding their business, no one of them sparing her at least a glance.
She felt it was better that way, she need no attention whatsoever, if not, she won't be out alone with none of her guards with her. She love being simple, wading off public attention away from herself.
After what seems like forever, she was able to help herself in lifting the body into her car and with out wasting any more second, she rushed into her car, roaring the car's engine to life with the thought of driving in to the nearest hospital.
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Isaac was finding it hard to believe his thought of his ex boss being aware of his predicament. There is no way she could have know, right?
"I know what you are thinking and I suppose your thinking is right, Zik." He heard her say, surprising him even more.
‘How much more did she know about me...?’ Isaac asked himself in marvel.
"What am I thinking?" Isaac hissed out, he need her not to know how much surprised he is. "What do you even know about me?"
"Every thing, Isaac." She replied, stressing her words. "Every thing you thought no one else know about."
‘Every thing...?’ He stuttered under his breathe, getting more confused and surprised.
"I supposed you have been stalking me then?" He blurted her, sounding more like he's fuming. "You've got nothing important to do rather than stalking your ex employees?"
"If I had decided to focus on the important things I have on my table, how do you suppose you will get to the hospital?" She threw at him, taking him completely aback.
‘Okay, what did I just hear?’ He find himself chuckling even when he felt her reply was absurd, maybe that was why he was letting out his soft laughter.
"Did you think you get to the hospital by some magic or sort? Oh, come on, Zik." She said with a short snicker. "I drove you to the hospital myself, dear ex employee."
Isaac frowned his face, obfuscated, deep lines settling on his forehead. How was he supposed to react to such news? It's really embarrassing for him to know his ex boss met him in his most pitiable state.
"Fine, you won." Isaac muttered, admitting to the fact that she could be the one who had helped him. Well, there was no one who could have and that gave answer to his thought. "What else do you know?"
"I told you earlier, Zik, I know a lot about you. Every thing you could ever think of." She told him in reply, her voice as still as water but at the same time, it was holding no emotion as it sounded outrageously plain.
Isaac felt angry, hearing the mention of ‘every thing’ from her, angered him a lot. Why would it be her of all people? To think she know every thing about him, even his most embarrassing moment at the Amy's home?
Isaac face palmed himself, letting out a small throaty grunt. This doesn't sound too good to Isaac, he wished he could just disappeared from the earth surface.
Then he realized she could only have helped him for one reason, she needed some thing in return from him. No rich person would helped with out any having nothing in return.
"What do you want from me?" He requested in a blunt yet sharp tone, his voice far from friendly. "You want some thing, don't you? Tell me, what is it?"
"Relax, Zik..." She uttered with an air of authority in it. "Stop rushing things okay?"
"I told you earlier; I have no such time to joke around, just be straight forward or I hang up on you." He told her like he was laying a threat to her.
Evelyn Anderson laughed, it wasn't her usual chuckle or amused laughter. There was some thing inside her laughter that Isaac fail to pin point since he felt there was more to it.
"I have an offer for you, Isaac." She uttered airily, suddenly stopping her laughter. "A mouth watering offer you won't dare reject from me..."
The huge firm had barely changed, it was just as he had left it few years before. Isaac hold the urge to look around and feed his eyes with the marvelling sight of the firm, he does not want to appear too pathetic."I'm here for the CEO..." Isaac uttered in the manly voice he managed to put up to the lady he guessed to be the receptionist, his weight barely rested on the counter. "She is supposed to resume work half an hour ago."The receptionist nodded positively in confirmation, staring oddly at him and in the next few seconds just before Isaac could utter yet another word."I guess you are Mr. Isaac then?" She asked but it sounded more like a plain sentence to a question."Yes, I am. I'm supposed to be in her office in the next five minutes." Issac replied her. "Let me lead you to her office then." The receptionist offered politely. "She's been expecting your arrival. This way, Mr. Isaac." "You don't have to worry yourself that much, Ms." Issac uttered as he politely turned down
"Well, in a nutshell, all I am saying is that you should get married to me..." She said, her voice sounding like it's a usual sentence to her. To Issac, he is really hearing things. He had convinced himself that his ears has been hearing things lately. From being rejected by Amy and her parents and now this? How could Evelyn of all people sprouts these out? Could this be that his ear had stop functioning. If that is the case, then the doctor did not need to operate on his mother alone, he also need to be operated too. "What is your reply to my handsome offer, Zik? Remember you have only two days left to find the money you are requested of." Evelyn Anderson said, wearing the same smirk Isaac hated to see on her face. It appears like the smile was mocking him. Issac stare at her like she was a stranger to him, his brows creased and line were visible on his forehead. What sort of reply is he going to give lady sitting before him? Of all men in the States, she did not seems to find
It better not be what he is thinking because he dreaded the thought of it, had he made a mistake by not accepting Evelyn's offer as soon as he can...?‘No, Zik. Stop thinking negatively...’ his subconscious hit him"What do you mean, doctor?" Issac asked. "Why have you asked me not to bring the money anymore?""Because an anonymous person had just cleared her bills." The doctor replied. "The operation will commence in the next one hour and you need to be at the hospital before that time so as you to sign a document as the only relative of her we know."Issac was confused, who on earth might have decided to ease him the stress by paying his mother's bills?He or she must have been generous to do so, Issac know he owes such a big thanks to whosoever it may be. But now, he really needs to go to the hospital first.*********"Its good you are here, Mr Issac." The doctor said immediately he saw Issac approaching his office. "You came just at the right time.""I have to, doctor..." Issac re
Issac barge into the company like someone being chased by a wild cat, his face crumpled down in a deep frown as lines settled on his forehead.The receptionist was taken by surprised, he was here few hours ago looking calm and gentle but now he look like an angry cat. How come he changed all of a sudden? Is everything okay with him? The receptionist is not sure if every thing is okay with him or not but unless she ask him. She see nothing bad if she asks, the last time she checked, he was her boss’ guest. "Mr Issac, I think." The receptionist smiled warmly at him trying to recollect his name clearly. "What my name is, does not matter to you, okay?" Issac snapped at her angrily. "I need to see your boss this very moment. Tell me if she's still here!" "Is everything okay with you?" The receptionist asked in a concerned tone. "You are here few hours ago and you were not behaving this way. Is there some thing wrong, Mr. Isaac?" "How does my behavior or mood affects your salary?" Is
Issac seems confused and did not know what to do, he could barely think straight at the moment, his mind was fuzzy and clouded with thoughts.He keep pacing around the hospital's passage way like a drenched cat and any one who take a look at him would realize that he is worried about some thing, his facial expression says it all. He did not know what to do since Evelyn had threatened him about the money, the kind of threat that's not empty.She saved his mother and he is grateful but Issac had not expect this in return for what she had done or maybe he does but decided not to look much in to it.‘Did the doctor not say she is anonymous and want nothing in return from me?’ He mumbled to himself, getting more confused.To think that the doctor might know about this from the start, reason why he was shutting him out and imposed him on picking the call.Now, it all make sense but then again... "How did she expect me to get married to her?" Issac muttered with in himself. "I don't love h
Issac watched Evelyn entered her car and drove off with out giving him a glance. He heaved out a shallow sigh and was about to sit down when he saw the doctor approaching him.He stopped midway before straightening his posture again. "How is she, doctor?" He asked, demandingly. "Can I see her now?" "Yeah..." The doctor replied, wearing a small smile on his face. "She has woken up few minutes ago and so, you can see her now." "Thank you so much for your care, doctor." Issac said with sincerity laced in his voice. "I really appreciate your effort to save her." "You don't need to mention, Mr. Issac." The doctor replied in a plain yet casual voice. "We have only done our responsibility on her and it's nothing much."Isaac nodded slowly before he left the doctor and went to meet his mother. He could not believe his eyes.He was here just the previous day and his mother could not even hear him speak, she only lie on her sickbed helplessly like she is not going to survive it but here she
‘Why then did I not agree to marry her...?’ Issac asked himself. She had told him about the benefits that surrounded it, thinking about it again, he realized how much it would help and relief him.In no time, they would be back home and his mother would continue to work endlessly and tirelessly to meet up with their needs. Issac did not want that to happen any more, he want it to stop already because he felt he has had enough of seeing her fend for him and the only way for him to put an end to it is getting married to Evelyn. This way, his mother won't have to suffer any more, do those strenuous work of hers and he too won't have to see himself as the wretched and unfortunate guy anymore.Why should he let this life changing opportunity pass him? Who knows if a kind of opportunity might knock on him again? Maybe it won't till forever!At first, he had declined her because he felt he wanted to make his money by himself and felt like she was mocking his status —realizing he can't get
He breathed inwardly for the last time before picking up the courage to call her, he could not tell the reason why his heart was thumping very fast as he punched in her digit.The phone went ringing and as if she had been expecting him to call her, she picked up immediately on the first snooze. "Hi, there, Zik." Her voice came filling the air. "I was surprised that you called me out of the blues. I was not expecting a call from you, at least not this soon." "Yeah..." Issac suddenly found himself dumb and did not know how best he is to reply, he feel nervous all of a sudden.‘Why is this happening to me...?’ He muttered under his breathe, trying to calm his sudden nervous self down."Hey, are you there? Why aren't you saying any thing?" Evelyn rushed her words."Uh —I had decided to call you today..." He tried hard not to stutter but it was as if his voice failed him. "You sound nervous..." Evelyn pointed out from the other end with concerned laced in her voice. "What's wrong with y