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She listens as everyone fusses over him and then she sighs when she hears the sound of his door close.No normal human would hear that but she was peeping so she was able to hear it, as silently as the door closed.She leans on the door and takes a very deep breath.Looking again at the tray in her arms, she smiles at it and squares her shoulders. She walks towards Elena's table right by his door but she just waves her in, not looking at what she's holding.Samantha knocks gently on the door and opens.Claude is standing by his coat hook, hanging his black suit jacket on the small hoop when he turns around to see the intruder.Without giving her any hint to be at peace, he just sits on his chair and watches her.She also stands by the door, watching him and expecting his approval to come in.She sighs Elena just waving her hand through the glass door, motioning her to go ahead.She swallows and walks to Claude, without exchanging any greetings or formalities, she drops the cream colo
Samantha takes an unconscious step backwards. "You're joking?""I don't joke about serious things. You are not married, not engaged, not seeing anyone and still recovering from a failed wedding... One which you proposed to me in..."Samantha gasps. Ever since she saw him, something had been tugging at the back of her mind but she didn't know what it is. Now that he mentioned it himself, he looks exactly like the stranger she had kissed at her sister's wedding for spite.Claude smiles slyly. "Now you remember. You proposed to me and I said yes, now I'm proposing to you, I'm joking?" He stands up from his chair and wanders to her side, using his pointer to raise her chin up to his level, "You kissed me, remember?""Ah!""Yes. You remember very clearly..." He goes back to his seat and loses the smile "It's not a real marriage anyway, you just be my wife for a year.""No." She replies abruptly, knowing in her that she has jumped into one trap already, jumping head first into another will
Samantha collapses on the chair in the living room she shares with Renee."Aargh." She mumbles as she kicks off her shoes. She eyes the pretty red heels and kicks them away."Welcome. What took you so long today?" Renee welcomes her, stirring spoon on her right hand and glove on the left."Ugh. We got our office placements today."Renee lights up. "Really? That should be good news shouldn't it? Did they stress you out where you worked?""Actually, I got posted to the CEO's office."Renee smiles even further. "That's the best. That means you're the best amongst this year's interns. So, that has not explained why you look so stressed.""Do you remember at Taylor's wedding, I randomly kissed a man?""Yes..." Her eyes widen as soon as she replies. "Don't tell me...?""Yes. It's him. The CEO of Whyte group. Also turns out to be the man I trash talked to at my interview."Renee's mouth is in a round and complete O.Samantha sighs. "I'm already worried, don't make it worse for me. Do you kno
Her cloth stained, Samantha enters the elevator.Thankfully, she is the only one in it at that moment and she just rides it straight up to her floor. She jumps out of there and runs for her office, not greeting or saying hi to anyone, not even Elena.She makes it in her office and heads immediately for her bathroom after picking a new set of clothes in the closet.In the bathroom, she fumes, partly at herself and at Cheryl while slightly picking out pieces of vegetables from her hair and recombing so she won't a thing."Why? Why would she target me like that? She doesn't even know anything about me. First assuming that I gave the CEO myself and now, she calls me an incompetent bitch?"She washes off the stains off her body and her clothes, still talking to herself. "I am so stupid. Why did I just run? I should have stood up for myself. Now I let them all think I'm pathetic. Damn it."A soft knock at her door brings her back to reality."One minute please." She calls out and changes in
In five hours, Claude looks at himself in the mirror in his office's closet and he smiles. "She has a good taste then. This combination looks perfect for a dinner."He checks his watch and takes the elevator downstairs deliberately.Downstairs, he calls Elena and tells her to tell Samantha to meet him downstairs in five minutes or she will have to meet him at the venue.His message is delivered and although Sam is done getting dressed, she looks at herself over and over again, wondering if she did right with her choice of clothing, also hoping she will not embarrass herself in front of those despicable duo.She peeks on her table and sees the box of rings that Taylor had asked for. She decided she'd rather give it to them by herself than mail it.Samantha tucks her hair behind her ear once more and grabs her bag and iPad.She's still going to the party as his secretary so she has to be official and dressed to perfection.Elena had told her she looked perfect earlier but she's still n
At the venue, there's a long line of cars, arranged in a line and at the red carpet, the occupants of the car exit, take some pictures and make their way to the venue.It's more like a Celebrity award show than a Dinner amongst Business owners.In their defence though, these business owners and the top 1 percent of the whole country so why not show off their glam?Claude grunts. "Did they need to make the entry this lavish?" He asks no one in particular as he fishes in his pocket for something. He brings out a pair of white gloves and puts them on.He sees Sam watching and he smiles slightly. "Wondering what it is for? Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. I don't like to publish it either."Samantha wonders what he's talking about but doesn't have to for long as it's their turn to get off the car. "Stay in here, I'll open the door for us both." He exits the car and walks to the other side to open the door for Sam.He extends his hand out to her just like before, and this time, s
Claude stands by the rail, watching her intently."Are you naive or are you pretending to be a nice person?"Samantha looks up. "What? I'm not naive.""Then you're just nice. You let them walk over you ever opportunity they get. How is that worth anything? You're not planning on getting any revenge? You're going to just have cat fights and then be seen as the loser?"Sam's eyes start to glisten. "You don't get to say that. Do you even have any idea what happened? Who they meant to me before this whole things? Before things went to fuck?""Yes. I didn't know you before this but I knew you right from the start of it all."Sam frowns but doesn't pursue the matter. "Then you'll know that I was treated unfairly.""Exactly. You are the victim so why are you giving her the chance to play your role?"Sam understands everything he's saying but it's still a big blow to her to hear the truth so bluntly."Samantha." A woman calls behind her Sam turns around, shocked to see her parents right behin
During the dinner, Sam and Claude played the perfect couple in love, fawning over one another, even putting food in each other's mouth, feeding one another and giggling.They frustrated everyone in there with their antics.And of course, with a dinner of such high and mighty people, there's bound to be some gossip the next day.It rocked the business world that Claude has settled down.Not only them, every beautiful female who ever had eyes on him aand of course, his employees who were all throwing the "I told you so" line with reference to the closeness between the two the day before.Although, that morning seemed perfect...Sam opens her eyes dramatically, her clothes missing from her body and she's covered in a big white blanket in a completely unrecognizable room. "Where am I?" She asks herself, her eyes wide with trepidation. She smacks her own head. "Where the fuck are you now? What have you gotten yourself into? You should stay away from anything intoxicating for the rest of y