Cherry came to work that morning feeling weak, tired, drained, and hungry. Her entire body hurts from sleeping on the bare floor last night and there wasn’t a choice for her to take the day off, first, she forgot her keys at the office and next she will have to face Rex’s harsh words if she didn’t arrive on time or leave without notice. He mentioned strictly the rules he created specially for her without convenience.
Not to mention the number of desperate reporters that flocked behind and every cornered street leading to her apartment building waiting to interview her. The embarrassment was too much for Cherry that she had to skip taking the bus and somehow run away to work with the help of a taxi who offered her a free ride because she had become a celebrity. But that wasn’t all the drama, outside the G-Stark building many journalists and tourists waited patiently for the billionaire to arrive unknown to them he was already inside, but as soon as theirCherry and Gerald both took the elevator to their perspective floor but Gerald offered to escort her up to the thirteenth floor where she worked. Despite Cherry’s refusal to let him come he insisted to escort her safely and be on his way. She didn’t want him on that floor because she feared Rex would insult her in front of Gerald or do much worse than that. In the end she agrees to let him come and they both went to the thirteenth floor."Welcome, where have you been?”Cherry jolts high from her position startled by Rex’s sudden appearance beside the wall. Her heart had been pounding nervously before getting to her floor and he appears out of thin air scaring what little confidence away.“It’s still early sir, I don’t think I am late, sir.” She tells him confidently, but how confident was she that he won’t switch moods on her.“Yes, I can see that, it still doesn't explain why you are here, in th
They both exit the floor using the elevator, Cherry expected Gerald would take them to the cafeteria on the fourth floor but he pressed the ground floor, and when she asked him about it he says the ground floor is better because the best food is always served there. Cherry didn’t think much about it and let him take her there, now on the ground floor Gerald takes her hand and turns in the direction of the main exit out of the building, a confused Cherry asked him where they were going before they got any farther. "Where are we going? I thought you said the ground floor cafeteria?" "Somewhere different." He replied with a small smile. "Why? What if Mr Angelo is looking for us?" Cherry asked. "We aren't little kids that need to be monitored. We have rights and freedom to anything aside from working." "But Mr Angelo-" "We'll blame it on me if he gets cranky, don't worry about anything. But I promise we will be back early if it mak
Cherry had been unconscious for almost four hours, and when she woke up she didn’t remember some of the events that happened before blacking out, especially how Maria got inside her apartment and the result of the pregnancy test. What welcomed her eyes was Maria’s blinding smile that stretched too widely on her face.“Why are you smiling?” Cherry grumbles out and gets up from the worn-out bed feeling a bit drowsy from moving.“You're pregnant!” Maria exclaimed with mixed emotions from happiness unable to wrap her mind convincingly on the truth. “Ohhhhh…. my! somebody, please pinch me!” Maria freaked out crazily in Cherry’s small crappy apartment, while the young lady was terrified about the news.“I think the tests are fake and they are not mine.” Cherry defends herself.“Lair! Who else will buy a pregnancy test and use it in your apartment, and why were you freaking out after
An hour later… “Cherry, are you hungry? I can get you something to eat.” Maria offered. She just finished tidying up the apartment and was preparing to leave for some supplies. Firstly, Maria wanted to make sure Cherry was comfortable and not feeling sick before calling it a day. “No, I don’t think I want to eat.” Cherry muttered lost in her thought. She leaned on the frame separating the bedroom from the kitchen, running her hand up and down her belly. The silent involuntary action brought comfort and a close bond to her baby and strengthened her core. Maria drops the cloth basket on the floor and goes to meet Cherry. She comes in front of her hoping to get a cheerful expression with her weird smile but got nothing. “I know you must be thinking about how you are going to raise this child on your own, and also what people would say if they found out, but can I tell you a secret I never told anyone?” "What is it?
Cherry laid comfortably on her side still wrapped inside the thin blanket Maria covered her in. Last night's encounter still lingered somewhere in her mind but fatigue took the worries away. Daybreak had already come and had started its day but lazy Cherry wasn't ready or willing to leave the bed. She begs to sleep instead. “It is too early to do anything.” She muttered tiredly to herself while trying to go back to sleep. After so many uncomfortable tossing and turning Cherry decided to check the time. She blindly reach out for her phone on the dresser as usual and found it surprisingly there which was weird because she didn’t remember bringing it out of her purse or dropping it there last night. Cherry lazily took off the blanket and checks the time. “Twelve noon. Still better… oh my, wait a second!!!” After her brain processed the information she rose up in an instant. Sticking from the side of her phone was a yellow sticky paper that says ‘it's already
The map leads to an abandoned creepy underground exit no one is supposed to know about. The stairs leading down the underground exit were old, shaggy, and disgusting to touch, not even the door could beat the condition of the stairs but surprisingly the lights there worked. “No wonder the landlord never told the tenants about this side of the building, this is pure disgust! How did Maria discover this place when I was unaware of it for three years?.” Cherry pondered.She summoned the courage to walk inside while constantly feeling dread everywhere she stepped like someone was watching her. “If Maria wanted me safe then why will she make me pass this death path?” Cherry successfully reached the exit door and opened it only to hear it squeal loudly making her cringe irritably. The smell of rust and bad water made Cherry feel dizzy and nauseous and she starts to feel lightheaded.She was welcomed with the hot afternoon sun and clean fresh air after
At the G-Stark enterprise {Rex’s window office}… "Adolph, do not come into my office I am not in the mood to meet with you." Rex paced back and forth inside his big office with a contract file in one hand. He absentmindedly walks to the tall windows pulling the blinders away to stare below. Because he was tensed and needed a distraction Rex looked outside his full-length window directly facing the private lot to calm down, while staring at his collection of cars he sees an unfamiliar car pulling into his private lot. This caught his attention and he goes to grab the binoculars from his desk. Rex used his binoculars to investigate the unknown car before calling security. The doors opened and two women emerged from it. One of them was Cherry and the other Maria. Rex watched in amazement how both women conversed freely but got confused with Cherry's new mode of dressing which was different from the regular ones he was used to seeing. "A
“Adolph, please exit the room before I get security.” Rex warns politely. He tries not to be aggressive in front of his guest and make matters worse but his humble friend wasn’t cooperative, more like finding fun provoking his beastly side. “Where is your hospitality, my friend? I am your parzner I should be treated like family.” Adolph complained, bringing out the French in him. He didn’t like that Rex was going to throw him out while dressed in his best suit so he boldly greets the delegates and proceeded to mannerly embarrass Rex. “I made it clear to you Adolph, so please leave my floor.” “What do you have here, a fake meeting to kick me?.” Adolph smirks making the delegate questions Rex with their eyes. “I am not childish to play with my hard work Adolph. I take my business very seriously, it is my top priority. My humble clients and I were in the middle of a deal before you walked in as the devil you are.” Rex voiced out lowly with his fingers in