“Mrs. Smith!” Laurie called as soon as she noticed Crystal walked into their working unit. She ran towards her and held her hands, her eyes were full of admiration. “Laurie, I told you, you should call me Crystal.” She mouthed with a small smile. “It’s quite uncomfortable, if you keep calling me Mrs. Smith, especially when I am at work.” “You never just pick up the damned phone, do you?” Paige asked with a small frown on her face, she stepped forward and reach out her hands to get a feel of her forehead. “You seem better today.” “How did you know I was sick?” She asked with an unsure look on her face. “You didn’t come here yesterday and I got so worried I thought that bastard—” Crystal punched Paige lightly in the stomach and she felt air knocked out of her lungs. “What are you talking about Paige?” Crystal asked with an uneasy laugh, she pulled Paige up and gave her a strange look; signaling to her that Laurie was there. Laurie just stood there unable to comprehend what was goin
“You wanted to see me, boss,” Crystal said as she stepped into the office, Kayden was back to sitting behind his desk and he was working on the computer; he glanced at her from atop his eyes and sighed.“You don’t expect me to speak to you from the door.” He muttered as he started scribbling on his notepad; her legs wobbled further into the office and she stood unmoving when she got to his desk, he sighed again, he seemed frustrated, but Crystal didn’t know what she had even done. “Sit down.” Wordlessly, she pulled out a chair and sat down on it, she drummed her fingers on her lap and stared straight at him in the silence, after some minutes of scribbling down, he dropped his pen aggressively and then glared at her.“Are you an idiot or something?” her eyes twitched she didn’t understand what he was saying. “Why would you let someone physically abuse you while working?” It was a normal thing for her, the customers take their anger at her, and Harris does that too sometimes, it is
“Please lend me some money.” She muttered inaudibly and the request made him smirk, she swallowed whatever was left of her pride, what was the worst he could do? “Mr. Whites spoke to me regarding the company dress code and I figured out that there are a lot of things I need to buy and I don’t have enough money. Be rest assured I will pay you back as soon as I get paid.” She heard him chuckle and she looked away from him; right, what was she expecting? Maybe because Andrews sounded so confident, she thought it would be easier to convince him. But knowing Kayden, it’s only right for him to make fun of her first before he could give her some money. “Why do you want to lend money?” he asked curiously, the mockery very evident in his voice. “Do you think by asking to lend it I will think better of you? Will it change anything if you pay them back?” “I know you won’t think better of me nor will it change anything but...” She confessed with a slight pause, “I don’t want to feel indebt
Crystal followed him back to the car wordlessly; Akeem stepped out of the car to hold the door for them, and they got inside. Crystal sniffed back the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes; she knows she isn’t supposed to cry like this but it was just so painfully. Kayden didn’t even seem interested in her, he looked so calm and peacefully like he wasn’t capable of any evil, she felt her phone beep and she searched her purse for it. She placed the shopping bags on the seat as she unlocked the phone. Kayden glanced at her, his eyes narrowing suspiciously at her.It was a photo from Paige, she was wearing the shoes she bought earlier and it looked good on her. “I had no idea, it would be this pretty.” She texted and Crystal smiled wiping her eyes. “Did you buy yours already?”“Mr. Smith took me shopping, so I will probably buy mine tomorrow,” she replied, she was grateful for Paige’s message and then an idea popped into her head. “Can I ask you for a favor?” “OMG is he tryi
They rushed Mr. Connell to the hospital, Crystal was terrified and she was on the verge of tears; it reminded her of her mother, she also passed out cold like this and ever since they had taken her to the hospital she had never woken up even once. Mrs. Lorenza was crying too, she was sure this isn’t like any mild fainting, it was his heart. Mr. Connell was nice, he was caring, he didn’t deserve this. "This is my fault," Crystal cried into her palms and Lorenza pulled her into a small hug. "If only I hadn’t... he wouldn't be so shocked, he wouldn’t be in this situation." "It’s not your fault." Lorenza said as she tried to calm her down. “If only Kayden is as regretful as you are now, this is all his fault.”“Lorenza, can we just wait for the doctors in silence?” Kayden asked as he strolled towards the waiting seat and sat down. “This is what happens when you go to other people’s house without proper announcement; do you think you have any right to blame me?” Crystal ro
“I know it’s none of my business, but why don’t you try to think for a second?” She murmured as soon as he got into the driver’s seat and started the car engine. “Your father cares so much about you, just what the hell did he do to deserve such cold treatment from you?” “Crystal, like I said, it shouldn’t bother you.” He muttered coldly as he proceeded to the highway, maneuvering the steering wheel professionally, his voice was cold and hard like a stone; he could probably give the Statue of Liberty a run for her money. “Just do your work and keep your nose out of my business.” She sighed looking away from him, he was such a heartless bastard, she could never have such a family and treat them like that, Kayden is just too much. “If you think it would be easy to divorce me, just because you’ve obtained my father’s favor then you’re mistaken.” His voice came back breaking Crystal out of her train of thoughts. “I don’t mind taking my father to court just so you know, and you would bo
“Crystal, have you gone mad?” That was the first thing Paige asked her as soon as she saw her in the morning at work, Crystal glanced at her tiredly; she didn’t have enough sleep the previous; the stress, the hospital, and Kayden instructed the maids to wake her up early to “get prepared for work.” She didn’t even have enough time to wash her hair, it was probably her appearance, that was the reason why everyone is ogling at her. She noticed it too when she was coming in, they were all staring, some of them muttering something and then chuckling; it must be pretty bad for even Paige to complain. “I have a very good reason for this.” She defended as she pointed to her mess of a face and Paige’s eyes narrowed. “Sure, you do.” She said in a snicker, “Did Mr. Smith tire you out last night?” Crystal nodded but then she frowned when she noticed the tease, what was that supposed to mean? The worst part is Paige looked seriously angry. “Will you forget everything that man did to y
“I’m only going because I have nothing to do.” He said as he picked up his phone from the desk and got up, this was about thirty minutes after she had asked him. It was quite surprising, he wanted to go and they didn’t even argue much.A small smile reached her lips as she followed behind him slowly until they got to his car, the driver opened the door to let them inside and that was it.“I’m sure you saw the news,” He started in a bored tone and her eyes narrowed, trying desperately to suppress the blush, but it can’t be helped, as soon as he spoke about the news, she remembered some of the comments.“What news?” She pretended since she thought it would be best if they didn’t speak about it.“Don’t play dumb, it was trending, everyone was talking about it too.” He pestered and she flushed even more. “You do know it’s your fault.”“You should be thanking me,” she suddenly snapped, he always loved to shift blames, it was his fault, if he wasn’t trying to push her out of his car, she wo