" What the hell are you doing?"She jumped back from Derek who hid a smile. She glared at him. What was he doing? How dare he try to put out a narrative that wasn't true. They knew that nothing was going on between them. " Helping that man realize what he is missing." Derek replied without batting an eyelid and she became stupefied. " You don't mean that." Clara replied as she looked at him. " What do you want to achieve? Make me lose my job and become penniless?" She challenged him not understanding what his purpose was. " I do not need your job. However, consider it a friendly gesture." He winked and Clara grew annoyed and walked away. He was grating on her nerves. 'Stupid me, I shouldn't have followed him outside. I shouldn't! Now I have to explain what was going on.' She chided herself as she pushed the door open. She saw Henry and his girlfriend sitting beside each other and she decided to walk past them. She had almost made it up to the staircase when she heard her name. She
Why do you care? Was the first response that flashed into her mind but she didn't respond. " Who?" She pretended not to follow and he rolled his eyes. "Derek." " Oh, he's just a... He was helping me out earlier." Henry nodded, Is that what it's called now? He thought, " I see. And he was hugging you so passionately?" He asked sarcastically. Clara stared at him, okay? What is his point? " I stumbled and he caught me before I fell." She lied. Henry cocked his head, that wasn't what he saw. " Hmm. What a hero saving the damsel in distress." He mocked. " Do you have any problem with that sir?" She queried him. There was no need for him to try to make her seem like a bad person when he sat down there and watched Aubrey fuss over him. " No, do you want me to have a problem?" He replied and Clara sighed inwardly. This man surely wanted to get on her nerves. "No, sir. If that will be all sir. I'd like to retire to bed." " Or to meet your lover?" He replied and she looked at him stunn
Henry remained in his position while Clara fidgeted and he clamped his hand down on hers. There was no need for them to hide like teenagers who were caught making out at the back of the car. "Over here!" He yelled back and they heard Aubrey's approaching footsteps against the grass leaving Clara worried." Let me go, sir." Clara said as Aubrey’s footsteps drew nearer. It wasn't as if she couldn't remove her hands forcefully. If she wanted to be truthful, she enjoyed the warmth passing from his hand to hers. Her body was like nerve endings which were easily charged. “ Here you are.” Aubrey said when she rounded down the pavement. Her eyes immediately went to their interlocked hands and she gave a forced grin. “ I was worried when I didn't see you inside.” She said without moving her gaze from their fingers. She saw the struggle between Clara and Henry and she looked up. Who would have thought that he would be like other guys? What was the big deal between bosses and employees? “ W
“ What do you think of your secretary, Clara?” Derek asked Henry. He enjoyed seeing the flash of anger in his eyes. “ What do I think about my secretary? I'm sorry your question is lost on me.” Henry replied politely completely betraying what he felt inside of him. Of course, he wasn’t going to answer that question. “ I know I just met her but I like her and I think things can finally work out between us. Don't you think so?” He asked. “ I don't know. She's married, man.” Henry blurted. Derek almost blew his cover by laughing. Yet you hover around her like a hawk. But he kept quiet. “ Oh? That's sad. I like that girl. I've never met someone and felt such an instant connection. it's overwhelming.” He acted sad. ‘I should venture into acting one of these days.’ He thought. “ Yeah, it is what it is.” “So, are you and the famous supermodel dating? She is also a beautiful woman.” Derek changed the topic. Don't you have any better things to discuss apart from women? Henry replied inw
With the number of glares Clara was getting the next morning, she figured that she had probably pissed a whole village. That was an overstatement, but that was how she felt. “Good morning.” She hummed when she reached the table.“ Morning, Clara.” Grandpa Quentin replied as she drew her chair in an attempt to sit. Derek placed a hand over hers and drew it out instead. The glares intensified, and she felt like entering into the ground to save her. “ Thank you.” She murmured but was waved off. “A gentleman shouldn't allow a woman to sit so casually.” Derek replied and looked at Henry briefly. The meaning hung in the air. “ Let's begin our meal.” Pops said.As soon as she finished eating, she flew upstairs into the safety of her room. She had been uncomfortable throughout breakfast. She reached for her phone and dialed her brother's number again. They had not had the time to speak properly yesterday before the mishaps began. They needed the file today. As she was thinking, her p
“ What did you say happened to him?” Clara asked the minute she entered the hospital. Quentin had to reschedule his flight for an earlier one, she didn't know how that was done, but they arrived first thing in the morning the next day. Louis spoke," We saw him lying down close to the window. I suspect that he was struck on the head because we found a little blood gushing out from his head.” Clara felt her heart flip in dread, she didn't know the extent of the injury. “ Why didn't you tell me this yesterday?” “Because I knew that you were going to react this way. My husband and I rushed him to the hospital.” “ They were lucky to have brought him in when they did. A minute later, we would have lost him.” A doctor interrupted their conversation, and she turned to the doorway. “ I'm guessing you are his sister?” He said.“ Yes, sir. How is he doing now?” “ Better, may we speak in my office?” He asked, and she followed him into his office. “ Please have your seat.” He mentioned and sh
Henry was ravished with worry when he didn't hear from Clara. He heard that her brother was rushed to the hospital, and his grandfather had not given him an updated version of the story. He didn't know that he was looking at his phone until Aubrey called his attention to it. “ I feel like I've been talking to myself all day.” She said with her voice laced with hurt," The phone is not going anywhere, is it?” she asked him. He put the phone down and gave her a small smile," You weren't even listening to me.” Aubrey complained. “ You are beginning a fashion show next week, but you might need to travel next month, and you will need some funds” He summarized. Aubrey was shocked," Oh, really? I thought you weren't listening to me.” “ I was, I multitask effectively.” He lied and she hummed. She lay on his bed while he sat on the sofa. “ So, what do you want me to do for you?” He asked her. He wasn't going to give her money if that was what she wanted. “ Like, you heard correctly. I wi
Henry was completely blown away by her question, it wasn't supposed to be funny, but he ended up laughing silly and slapping his lap in the process. “ I shouldn't be laughing.” He said, but the laughter bubbled out of his mouth.“ What? Really?” He stared at her in wonder," You are not joking.” He said. “ Whatever gave you that idea?!” He exclaimed.Aubrey's cheeks colored profusely," No, I'm not. I don't know, you don't strike me as someone who likes women.” She shrugged, and Henry burst into more laughter. “ I'm glad to bring entertainment to your life.” Aubrey mumbled under her breath.“ It's not you, I can't fathom how you drew that conclusion. Humor me, please, what drove you to that conclusion?” He asked Aubrey who merely shrugged.“ I've not seen you with a lady. I have been here, yet you never touched me.” She said. Henry had heard many ridiculous things in his life, but this took the cake. “ You want me to touch you?” He asked. Aubrey rolled her eyes, did she need to say e