Davide found it exceptionally hard to peel his eyes from Cassie. The way her bright blue eyes stared at him with a soft, shy smile on her lips captivated him.For a moment, Davide forgot himself. It had to take Derek's hand on his shoulder to jolt him back to reality and remember that he was still in the midst of people and not just anyone but Cassie's parents.Davide forced out a smile, trying hard to cover up the embarrassment he was feeling. He stretched his hand out to Cassie; "Nice to meet you, I'm Davide".Cassie giggled lightly, but she took his hand in her own in the most graceful manner, "I know who you are".A confused look appeared on Davide's face, a poor show of the actual turmoil of discombobulation in his head. "I don't understand, you know me?"Cassie smiled at how ignorant Davide was, she only nodded her head at him, giving Derek the leeway to explain to his nephew how it is that they were acquainted without Davide's knowledge."Mr and Mrs Smythe are actually very go
Davide's finger hovered over the screen of the phone. He was visibly contemplating whether to answer or not.He had seen her earlier, his curiosity was eating at him, he pondered over every possible reason why Avery would be calling him all of a sudden.Cassie probably noticed his reluctance to answer the call. It ignited her inquisitiveness, "It seems you don't want to talk to her". Her voice brought Davide back to reality from the train of thoughts he had boarded. He chuckled slightly and shook his head, "that's not it" he lied. However, he answered the call."What took you so long to answer the phone?" Avery's irritated voice came through the phone.Davide who had had no intention of answering the phone before was suddenly tossed into a sea of regrets by her words.He walked away from where Cassie was, bringing a reasonable distance between them so she couldn't hear his conversation with Avery."Avery, what do you want?"It seems she recognized the annoyance in his voice, she cho
Davide's appearance was solemn as he was taking the time to himself to understand the words that Avery had vomited out of her mouth. He could find it hard to believe that Avery wanted him to quit his job just so he could come back home. He knew she was saying this not because she loved him but because she just wanted to feel more powerful than him. She didn't want him to feel like he had the power to say a thing in their marriage.Meanwhile, Cassie's eyes were focused on Davide, she saw the look of resentment and stifling anger he was feeling. The lines between his eyebrows were a scattered reflection of his simmering rage. Cassie cleared her throat attempting to answer the question that Avery had asked, but as she opens her mouth to speak, Davide's voice came from beside her:"How can you say something so stupid? I know you to be an ungrateful person but I don't know you to be a dimwit".Avery's face contorted into anger, the underlying emotion was shame. Davide was insulting her i
Both Davide and Cassie were both thunderstruck by Avery's outburst. However, unlike Davide who ventured into the hostile lane, Cassie found the humor in what Avery was talking about.She laughed out loud in mockery.Davide on the other hand, had had his fill of Avery's attitude towards Cassie. He knew that Avery probably thought that he was in a sort of relationship with Cassie and it pained him that Avery thought that way of every woman who was standing beside him.She made that assumption with Zeta and now Cassie had to suffer from the same assumption.Davide was sick and tired of Avery's bold assumption and she had successfully attracted the attention of everyone who was simply passing by. They all stopped as they watched the three of them. Davide did not necessarily blame them because this sort of drama was not quite frequent in the hospital so he could pardon their curiosity. However, for Avery he was fed up. He wasn't to get rid of her and the faux marriage they were in."Avery
Davide woke up with a jolt and a gasp, he immediately turned to the alarm clock resting on his nightstand and saw that the time read: 6:49am.Davide was flabbergasted at the time of the day. He guessed that it might've been because of the hectic night that made him too lazy to get up earlier or even hear his alarm ring.He didn't think he had any time to waste as he ran into the bathroom immediately to get cleaned up and ready for work.This was the first time that Davide was appearing late for work and he had no time to prepare anything kike he usually did before. Now he only ran out of the bathroom and threw on the first proper clothes he could find.His hair was wet and his face was dry as he didn't bother applying any moisturizer for his skin or his lips, he left his hair uncombed as he ran out of his room.What he saw on the staircase was Zeta and Derek conversing with each other.He wanted to say hi to the two of them but he was in too much of a hurry, he didn't have the luxury
The board member looked around and got back to himself, he straightened his jacket, obviously thankful that nobody has seen such a thing take place.Davide on the other hand, gave him a quick scrutiny before rushing into the office with the bag in his hold. He was so precise about following orders that he held the bag against his chest with his arms wrapped around it.Whoever saw him with the bag would be compelled to think that the bag was the most expensive thing that Davide had ever held in his life. He saw ahead that the lady was joining Mr Lee in his office and so he also followed right after them. The office was not really big, the walls were made of see through glass and the desk was in the middle of the room, just like the wall, the desk was also glass. There was a picture on the desk and a laptop and a few other, well arranged files on the table.Mr Lee gestured to a chair and spoke to Miss Donalds, "please have a seat".Miss Donalds smiled at him and took the seat. Her smi
Miss Donalds smiled at Davide before turning to Mr Lee, "this is the kind of talent I love seeing, Mr Lee. He's a keeper and he will take our company places".Mr Lee chuckled lightly, "our company is already going places".Miss Donalds laughed a bit, probably seeing the humor in his words. "You're so funny, Mr Lee''.Mr Lee laughed but said nothing, his eyes fell on Davide and the smile on his face stiffened as he stared at Davide. He looked at him like Davide had done some grievous sin but he couldn't express his emotions.Miss Donalds rose to her feet, "I think it's time I returned to my office and run this new idea by the board members, I'm pretty sure they'll like this idea of yours, Davie. Thank you for making my work easier and I hope I get to see you again".Davide smiled, he tried to put the glare he got from Mr Lee behind him but everytime he glanced at Miss Donalds or remembered that he was still in the four walls of Mr Lee's office, he couldn't."It's my pleasure," he said.
Davide looked around, it was like he wanted to make sure they were really in the elevator and that no such thing like an accident could happen to him, especially an accident that Patrick could cause.Though he was well aware that what Patrick meant was metaphorical, he was still more or less alert about what could happen and was prepared for the worst.The elevator ride became deathly silent after those words left Patrick. Davide didn't see any further reason to try to clear the air of the cloud of misconception hovering above them. He figured that no matter what he was to say at the mement, Patrick wouldn't believe a word from him.Patrick had already painted him as a bad person, as a social climber, as an unreasonable, ambitious twat and so nothing he would say coukd change that idea that Patrick has of him.He could only resign and continue with his own work, doing the things he was ordered to do and keeping whatever good ideas he had to himself or if he felt like it, he would tell