Their heads turned around to see the person they least want to see at this time and to their dismay it just happened.
“Sir, Good Morning” Regina got up from her seat and wished the person before her and gave her best seductive smile. But the person in front of her ignored it, walked towards her table collecting the Register book and gave Lily to sign it.
Lily who was gawking at the handsome man received it shyly and signed the register, after signing she placed it before the receptionist and smirked.
The receptionist glared at her, and the person cleared his throat again making all the onlookers to scamper away. He grabbed Lily’s hand and walked towards his office. Lily walked behind him happily like a princess on a march.
The door shut behind them and lily was caged between the big arms of the man and the door behind her. And he slowly dibbed his face on the crook of her neck sending shivers to her.
“Rob, Stop it.. its still morning and we are at work. People are outside and I have to get back to work.” Lily said in-between her short breaths when he started giving pecks on her neck.
“I told you to stay at my house last night. If you had stayed, now you wouldn’t have faced their bullies, and you wouldn’t be coming late” he said straightening himself.
“Ahhh.. I will be bullied even if I come early” saying she tucked his collar. He let out a groaning sound and went to sit on the chair and pulled her on his lap.
“Why do you let them bully you, baby. You wouldn’t let me punish them too, I feel offended seeing you get bullied” saying he sniffed her hair which made her to giggle feeling the tickles of his breath.
“I want to see you every now and then. Why do you keep me waiting for long, move in with me soon” he said and Lily cupped his face,
“I know, I’m sorry for making you wait for long. But I can’t leave Shane alone right, he is still a kid” she said pouting her lips.
“Oh, Baby he is finishing his school in few days and is going to start his college studies. How come he is a kid, he can live by his own. You can visit him and support him financially”
“No, Robert, I told you numerous times. He is all I got other than you and Steve, and I will not leave him alone. If he didn’t help me out at that time You wouldn’t have met me alive”
Robert let out a long breath and tapped her shoulder to calm her down,
“Fine fine, I was just asking you because I want to spend more time with you” he said and Lily got up from his lap when she saw her mobile pinged a message again.
“Ok, I’ll talk with you in the lunch. Steve messaged me of the meeting in few minutes. I’ll go now bye honey” she kissed his cheeks.
“ahhh.. give me a kiss in the lips at least” he groaned and she giggled waving bye at him, leaving hurriedly.
She left the room shutting the door and walking towards a private place for staff of the museum. There some workers were standing for the others to join, Lily ran a little to reach the place.
Steve who heard the click of the shoes turned towards her and shook his head with a sigh. Lily smiled at him sheepishly.
“Ok, Guys since we all are here, we will start talking about today’s work. I heard the public-school students are coming today and I want three best staff of ours to guide them.” He started talking and assigning the staffs for tour guide.
“Public school? Why do you need best staffs for that school its not even the top rating school” one of the staff spoke and Steve raised his eyebrow with an irritated look.
“If you have any problem with the duties, you can meet the HR Admin and change your occupation. And I guess you don’t have to do that if you met with the Director who has asked to schedule in such a way” he said and the others stopped talking letting him to choose two men and a woman, as usual Lily was left out of that.
After a few minutes of meeting about some instructions for the day, Steve dispersed them and everyone went their way to start their work. When Lily was about to leave Steve caught her ears and dragged her to his seat.
“Ahh.. leave my ear.. Steve your hurting” She complained and he left the ear once she was made to sit on the opposite chair.
“Where were you yesterday? I thought you left home early as you told me you got stomach pain while you are leaving” he said sending daggers towards her to which she gulped nervously letting out a nervous laugh.
“I.. I.. Went home visiting a doctor” She said with a nervous smile but was stopped when he gave a serious threatening look.
“Ok.. Fine, I was with Rob on a date. He took me to a restaurant” she said pouting her lips which earned another glare from Steve.
“Date? How could you? You lied to me and went with that Rascal?” he said whispering the last part. Lily glared at him for calling Rob as rascal which he ignored it.
“Hmm, you wouldn’t allow me to go with him if I tell you and that is why I went telling some excuses” hearing that he snorted.
“Wait how did you know” she asked confusedly.
“Shane called me worriedly since you didn’t get home till 11” he said with an angry look to which she gave a nervous smile.
“I.. I.. I thought of leaving early but he insisted of having some drinks and..”
“What... You drank alcohol? Did he misbehave with you? Did you lose your virginity?” He asked numerous questions which made her to roll her eyes at him.
“No, No. I just had a lil sip and that immediately made me to throw up and Rob is not that guy to misbehave, he is a gentleman” she said dreamily which earned another snort from Steve.
“Gentleman my ass… why can’t you see through his character. He is just using you Lily”
“Ahh. I’m just an orphan I don’t have anything for him to use me. I don’t know why? you and Shane is always against me dating Robert” she said with a sad face. Steve sighed and patted her shoulder.
“Shane and I look out for you. We are worried that you will end up getting hurt by that fellow. Listen Lily we both don’t feel good about Robert. If he really cares for you, he will definitely shut the people for bullying you” He said seriously.
“Ahh, He wanted to punish them too but I was the one stopping him you know” she said pouting but he rolled his eyes.
“As if.. Ok Go and start your work. I have things to do” Saying he chased her from the place and She got up glaring at him and walking towards the locker room to keep her things inside.
With the mobile in her hands, she started walking towards the reception area. A group of school students stood with their faculties. She noticed a woman from that group probably 2-3 years older than her walking towards Robert's room.That woman looked wealthy with all the stuffs she is carrying; she even wore a beautiful dress. If one saw her without the students around, they would think she is one of a business woman and not a teacher. Her hair was bouncing flawlessly with each step she took.She starred in that direction with an uneasy feeling that suddenly popped in her mind. But she shrugged it off. And started walking towards the area where people would flock around for getting their guides for the tour around the museum.She saw a group of people and went to the reception area and received the information. She walked to the crowd and cleared her throat making them to acknowledge her presence.It was another set of teenage boys, they immediately turned towards Lily. Lily looked h
Lily in a baffled state followed him to the area, still with her right hand covering her right cheek. Without her knowledge tears were streaming down from her eyes.After reaching there he removed his hands from her, and she looked down of not knowing why he removed and what is happening around. She looked at him in the eyes with a wounded look and a trembling voice she asked him.“Wh.. Who.. Who is she? Why were you kissing her? That didn’t happen right. I.. I.. mean It was my hallucination right.” Saying she started to hold his hands. But he shook his head and avoided her hand contact. After a heavy sigh he started talking.“Umm.. Lily, She is Rency, my Fiancée. In a month we are getting married” he dropped a bomb and she gasped in shock.“Wh.. What are you saying? Ha ha stop it Rob, it’s not funny” she said trying to act cool that it must be a joke but her expressions turned into a sorrow when she noticed that his face looked stern.“No Lily. I’m serious and we are getting married”
2 days after… Lily woke up before the alarm clock could make a buzz. Taking a bath and putting on a light-coloured dress, she walked inside the kitchen prepared some Pancakes and scrambled egg, a platter of fruits and with apple juice and orange juice for breakfast.She went to her brother’s room and knocked it, when it was opened, she saw him all dressed up to go school. He was shocked to see her awake earlier, he smiled at her.“Good morning, Sister, did you sleep well? I was about to make breakfast for us and wake you up” he said and she smiled at him pinching his cheek.“I made breakfast for us already, and I can see you are ready to go already” she said and he nodded happily. They both walked to their dining hall and sat down to eat.“Mmmmmm yum yum yummy. It’s been long I had your yummy pancakes sister” he said engrossed in eating the breakfast.“I’m sorry, I couldn’t prepare for you for a long time” she said with a sad face recalling how her relationship with Robert ruined her
“Hey, are you ok? don’t be sad” she said concerning.‘hmm.’ The voice hummed and she turned towards the statue with a wide eye filled with curiousness.“Is there something to break your curse.” She asked expectantly.‘I don’t know'“Huh? How could you not know. Hmm… Well, most of the fairy tales got a kiss as the spell breaker. AHH, don’t tell me you should also be kissed to break your curse” she exclaimed in shock and the voice chuckled.“Wow your laugh is attractive “ she smiled thinking how attractive he must be in person.‘Ahem, lady I don’t think kiss will break my curse. But we can try, do you want to help me?’ the voice asked playfully and she blushed.“Ahh.. Hello Mr. Sculpture, are you kidding me. I don’t kiss anyone and certainly not a sculpture” she said trying to cover her blush. The voice laughed again and her lips smiled unknowingly.‘Oh.. What about that jerk, have you not kissed him?’ the voice said with some jealousy surging even it wondered why and she looked at the
‘Why would Robert wants to destroy it? what to do now? How to save Mr. Sculpture’ She thought for some time and rose from the sofa and walked inside her room. Steve looked at her, frowned not knowing what is going on in her mind.After 15mins she came out and found Steve slept soundly on the sofa. She walked near him without making noise, she slowly put her hands inside his pant pocket and found the keys. Without alerting him, she ran out of her house with the keys, took his jeep and drove towards the museum.She drove faster and throughout the ride she was worried about the statue, when she reached the museum, it was almost 11.30 in the night. The security, who has to guard the place was in deep sleep in his security room.She slowly got out opened the gate, and drove inside towards the museum’s store room. She wondered whether the security took any pills for not waking up to the engine’s sound but thanked the God’s help in not waking him up.The store room was at the back of museum,
They both together brought the statue out of the jeep and for each and every movement of theirs, Lily screamed making them to pause on their steps as she is worried of not hurting the statue. They brought it and placed it inside her room.Though she opposed that, they placed it inside for her to get scared in the night as a punishment. Since they both know how much a scaredy cat she is for darkness and a statue in a dark will be more fun to tease her.“Now tell me, why did you go all the way at night to bring this statue” Steve asked curiously. Lily who was checking the statue for any scratches turned at Steve.“Ahh.. I.. I.. I felt if this statue was not destroyed as per Robert’s instruction, you will land in trouble and so I decided to rescue this statue” she said nervously and the voice echoed in her head with a scoff.“So, you went and risked yourself? Seriously? did you think I will buy this?” He asked narrowing his eyes at her with his hands on the pocket. She smiled sheepishly
She looked at him with her eyes wide open and with annoyance she hit his shoulder and groaned in pain,“ouch.. ouch..” she wrung her hands in air to relieve her pain.‘Oh, dear lady, have you gone mad to hit a statue?’ he said in a worried tone, hearing that she looked at him and gave a beautiful smile, His heart melted seeing that.‘Be careful my knight, in shining see-through dress’ he said again playfully and she gasped trying to cover herself. After a few seconds she realised he is just messing with her and she is not wearing any see-through dress, turning to him she glared at him. He just giggled seeing her anger which he felt was cute and wanted to see more.She went to the restroom to finish her morning routine, when she was wiping her face with a towel she stopped on tracks and looked at her birthmark behind her ear.She was surprised to see the birthmark which was usually in black looked different with the shade of red. She was always fascinated by her birthmark which was unu
Chapter 11 Flashback… At the palace, After knocking and waited for several minutes the old lady walked inside the royal bedroom where queen Esther was getting ready for her hunt. “Your majesty, the king ordered me to bring you, your energy drink for your day to start” “Oh, was it already time for my drink?” The queen adjusting her clothes over her hidden armour asked the maid. She gestured for the maid to come near her and the old lady with her trembling foot walked closer to her. The queen saw the juice in the tray and took it from the old maid. She starred at the juice for some time, and looked at the maid whose hand was tightening on the tray. Queen’s mind wavered for a minute but she shrugged it off the feeling that indicated her of something amiss. Taking another glance at the juice, she drank it fully and placed the tray with a frown on her face. “Mira, today’s drink is different from the previous one.” She said and the old lady gave her a confused look. “Never mind, yo