MELISSA’S POVI woke up feeling happy. Yesterday was a good time, which would forever remain evergreen in my heart. Then I had my bath and got out of my room.“What is this smell?” I said to myself as I could smell a nice aroma, coming from the kitchen.“Who is there?” I asked, trying not to sound scared.“Save the question for later and come help me here.” It was Layla and I felt relief wash through me.“Hey, would you quit getting me frightened?” I pouted as I walked into the kitchen.“Well, maybe that should be a hobby of mine, instead.” She teased as she started frying the chicken.“Whoa. What is the occasion?” I asked, surprised she was cooking something as nice as this.“Well, I am just glad that my friend is doing well and it’s also like an apology for speaking too fast the other night.”I scoffed. “It’s an apology and you are asking me to help out. If you want me to accept the apology, you’ll have to do all these by yourself.” “Alright, my lady. Enjoy yourself with a chilled
MELISSA’S POVI couldn’t believe the way she looked at me. She didn’t feel remorse for what she did and that made me mad.“You were recruited not long and then you already got the favor of the CEO? You dared to make a gown with the intention of wanting to take all the glory to yourself? What are you thinking?” She scoffed.“What? Do you know I can sue you for this?” I said, trying to restrain my anger.“Well, go ahead.” She rolled her eyes and walked out of the office.I slammed my fist on my desk out of anger. How could she do such a thing without feeling remorse and then she doesn’t care if I decide to sue her.Then Andrew walked in, with his right hand in his pocket. “Anything wrong?” He asked, with curiosity written all over his face.“Nothing.” I said, changing my expression.“I noticed that Alicia left the office, looking frustrated. Did anything happen between you both?” He asked, out of concern.I didn’t know if it was okay to tell him about it as it felt too much for me to b
MELISSA’S POV“So, do you feel better now?” He asked, snapping me back to reality.“Y…yeah. I do. Thank you.”“Alright, let’s get you back home.”I was grateful in my heart as he had offered me a ride, because I still felt destabilized over what had happened.~“Thanks for the ride.” I said, with a slight smile.“You are welcome. Take good care of yourself.”I went inside, straight to my bedroom and stared at the ceiling for a while.“She deserved that, anyways.” I muttered under my breath and held the duvet tight and slept off. The next day, I got ready for work and when I got into the office, I met everyone, gathered in a circle.“Good morning everyone.” I greeted, walking towards them.“Morning, Melissa. Let’s have you here as well.” Diana said, looking at me calmly.“Now, Melissa, I understand your pain, regarding the gown that was put into the shredder. It was hard work and effort, it was wrong of Alicia to do that. And I have spoken to her about it. Alicia?”“I’m sorry for putt
STEFAN’S POVIt was about time for break and I wanted to see Melissa and if possible, take her out for lunch. On my way, I overheard her talking to her colleague and when I was about to walk towards her, her conversation changed. She was on a call.“Who…who are you?” I heard her ask.I could hear their conversations over the phone and I knew that for her not to tell her colleague, she won’t tell anyone else, so it was better to offer her a hand of help. Then I waited for her at the entrance of the company and we drove off.~“How did you know that she was abducted?” She asked, staring at my eyes, with many questions swimming in her head.I was taken aback with the question she asked, because It had skipped my mind that she didn’t tell anyone about this, so it was only right for her to be curious.“Wh…what?” I acted like I still didn’t understand what was going on.“I didn’t tell anyone she was abducted. How did you find out?” She asked, with seriousness in her expression.“Well, that’
MELISSA’S POVI didn’t like such dreams as they frightened me to the bones and they felt so real that it made me scared of sleeping. There was no time to keep brooding over the nightmare as I could be late for work if I kept thinking about it.I got ready for work and as I was locking the door to my apartment, my landlady appeared and walked towards me. “Good morning, ma’am.” I greeted, with a slight smile on my face.“Morning. Just here to remind you that you are to pay more than half of what you owe me, which is your rental fee.”“Ma’am. Please allow me to pay half. I haven’t started receiving enough as I just started work at the company.”“Melissa? You heard me right, isn’t it? No excuses.” She said, then walked out.I sighed. I was thinking I was going to be able to keep an amount to myself, especially with the raise I could have earned, but Layla’s loose mouth has cost me my salary and raise for the month.As I remembered Layla, depression dawned on me as I still had not gotten
MELISSA’S POVI needed to get to the address as quick as possible, because nothing else mattered than this address. I got to do anything to save Layla, and thankfully, it wasn’t something so hard to do. They just needed my presence.“Hello. I am at the address and I am alone.” I said, hoping nothing won’t prevent me from seeing Layla today.“Yeah, I can see. Now cross over to the other side of the road and walk through the alley. You’ll see a car at the other end, just get in.” He gave me directions and hung up.To be honest, I was frightened, because these people were too dangerous to trust. But if they killed Layla when I still had the chance to save her, it was going to be hard to forgive myself. I walked through the alley, with goosebumps and even when my leg wasn’t ready to keep moving, I still forced myself to.When I got to the end of the alley, as the man said, I met a car, it was a dark hair and then as I walked closer to the car, the door opened and I got in. The driver wore
MELISSA’S POV“Interesting.” He smirked, which made me feel creeped out.“Get me a chain.” He ordered one of his goons.I wondered why he had asked for a chain, but I was hoping it wasn’t something that was going to hurt us. After about two minutes, the chain was handed over to him, then he came closer to me.I was nervous with the way he was staring at me and I couldn’t bear to make eye contact any longer with him. Then he loosed the rope they used to tie me and then with force, he chained me instead.“What are you doing?” I retorted, in tears.“You shouldn’t be tied with ropes. You should be chained.” He said, then clicked his tongue.“You are hurting my friend. Why using chains?” Layla shouted at him.“Excuse us. And take the other girl away from here.” He ordered, with his gaze, still fixed on me.“Alright sir.”“Wha…what’s going on? Where are you taking her to?” I asked, scared, not knowing what they were going to do to her, or me.“Well, you should worry about yourself more ofte
MELISSA'S POV.I woke up, wishing that I would meet myself, back at home, that everything was a dream, but I still opened my eyes to the ugly basement we were held in."Layla, Layla." I called out to her, softly, so as not to raise any alarm, or sort.She squinted her eyes as she woke up and looked at me."Melissa." She said, softly, adjusting herself on the chair."C...can you look around? Probably if you see any sharp objects or something.""I can't find any, here. Even if I find any, there's no way I will be able to pick it up." She sighed, deeply, looking devastated."It's fine. I'm not even able to move at all." Then we heard footsteps, coming down the stairs. They went straight to Layla, loosed the rope that she was tied to and then dragged her away."Where are you taking her to?" I shouted, scared that they were going to do something really bad to her."Leave me alone! Let me be!" I could hear her screams as they went up the stairs.I was so restless and didn't know what to d