In the evening, when Laura woke up she felt a severe headache as she pressed her temples while groaning in pain. “Hey, still not better?” Steven asked as he just entered the room with two cups of coffee.
“Drink it, maybe it will help.” He advised while handing her the cup.Laura didn’t say anything as she quietly started taking small sips of coffee. “Once we reached Rome, I won’t allow you to touch alcohol again. Look at yourself, when you can’t handle it why you drink too much then.” He scolded her slightly and Laura frowned but didn’t say anything to him at all.Naturally, Steven softened his tone as he informed her, “We are leaving tonight for Rome, I have some work to do there. And also I have informed Tina about it, she has already packed your stuff. We just need to go and take it from the apartment.”Listening to Tina’s name, Laura held her forehead in worry, “Oh no, Tina woAs Steven parked his car in the front of the airport, a man came over in a three-piece suit and then nodded at Steven respectfully. Another man came, as he took out the luggage and then took it inside while the man greeting Steven took the hold of the car and drove it away.Instead of walking inside from the usual route, Steven took Laura to a different way and then guided her the way until they reached the Private Jet terminal.Looking at the jet, Laura realized that this time they are not going to fly through the commercial flight but through his private jet. She remembered the last time she had traveled in the private jet was with Augustus and her sister, Lisa.Steven took her hand as he saw her stopping mid-way and staring at the jet. “First time?” He asked her with genuine concern and she replied. “No, I just remembered something.” As she smiled back at him and he pulled her into his jet.Once inside, the pilot greeted them both respe
Standing near the window, Laura stared out at the people walking around. There was a couple who held her stare. They have a little daughter as she kept running in front of them while the couple followed her.The little girl kept on jumping and playing with her hair while their parents smiled at her childishness.Laura leaned at the window as she sighed sadly remembering her mother. They had such a good life but just one woman changed it all permanently by entering into her father’s life.The woman she felt most disgusted with, at once she was becoming like that woman by trying to enter into her sister’s happily married life.She felt ashamed of herself and there was slight guilt too as the past moments started flashing into her mind. Her heart was getting heavy and her eyes were turning red as the guilt in her heart started getting increased.Two hands wrapped around her waist gently and then the man placed his head on her shoulder as her trance
Laura glared at him angrily and then stood up to leave the table but Steven held his wrist on time and then pulled her in his arms.“I can’t change it, even if he had seen it.” He said reasonably while keeping Laura still on his lap.Laura turned her head away in annoyance not listening to him at all.“I can’t take away the keys from him, you know, he cleans this apartment and does all the necessary things. If you are willing to take that responsibility then…”“No need, I am completely fine with it.” Laura immediately cut him off and then stood up to keep the dishes in the basin. Laura had always been a lazy woman; she never liked cooking and cleaning home stuff.She always felt weird when she saw her sister, Lisa becoming a housewife so happily and doing the house chores by herself instead of having a helper with her.Steven smiled smugly at her back as he knew that Laura is too lazy to do the hous
Laura was wearing a knee-length violet color dress with black stockings as she checked her purse and then grabbed an apple to eat while Steven’s gaze was fixed at her firmly.“Laura, we can still talk about this,” Steven offered her as Laura denied his offer immediately. “There is nothing to discuss, Steve.”“You have not even got your graduation degree yet.” Steven tried to argue but Laura stayed calm as she replied. “That is why I am just going to try my luck.”It has been three days since she met Augustus outside the market and hasn’t contacted him after that and neither has visited her sister once. She had already made her decision and tried to work on it.“I can pay the amount, you know that.” Steven hinted while feeling unsatisfied by her decision to go out and look for a job to pay for her studies and also to pay back Augustus all the money he had spent on her studies for a whole year.
In her state of slumber, Laura heard a loud voice around her that disturbed her sleep and she opened her eyes frowning.It took her a few moments before her fuzzy mind got stable and she realized the place where she is and who possibly the person could be who is currently yelling at her?“I… I… am… really….sorry…” She stuttered as she stood up and then smoothed her dress without even looking at her new boss.Hearing the complete silence in response, Laura couldn’t help but look up at her boss in curiosity just to get an utter shock.“Steve? What are you doing here? Leave before my boss comes.” She said in worry and then pushed him out of the office.“You haven’t woken up yet..” Steven said in objection as he knocked at her head.Laura still tried to push him away from her, scared that someone might see her with him and that will spoil her reputation on the very first day.
Laura buried her head in the work completely, making appointments, to print out the papers and fix them into a proper file, and then handed them to the senior management while keeping an extra copy for Natasha to inspect her work.Also when any client enters Steven’s office, she made sure to ask for the beverages and then served them nicely.Laura didn’t know that this job was going to be tough on the very first day, she felt exhausted and in desperate need of food but she didn’t know where to go and who to ask. She also didn’t know about lunchtime here.She looked around and wanted to go to Steven to ask for the food but she stopped as she saw Natasha walking into the office with a huge pile of files in her hand.She groaned in frustration and then sat back in her seat. After a while, Steven left his office with Natasha beside him. Laura’s mouth opened wide in disbelief, Steven didn’t spare her even a single glance.&ldqu
As usual, Laura ate heartily as she devoured her food and Steven habitually stared at her while she was adoring her food.Steven felt amused at how Laura has started to make a place in his heart with his childishness and foolishness. He still felt like a dream living with her and hoped that this dream would last for eternity.He was overwhelmed by Laura’s presence in his life. They both went home and Laura immediately dozed off while Steven helped her in changing her clothes.Even though she was smelling like grease and oil, he still hugged her tightly in his arms as he too fell asleep.The next morning, when Steven woke up he was surprised to not see Laura beside him. He rubbed his sleepy eyes as he walked out of the bedroom while calling for Laura, “Laura, Laura.”“Miss has gone to work,” Mr. Xavier informed him, and Steven frowned deeply.“Do you need anything, Master?” He asked as Steven shook his head in a
Steven didn’t show up to Laura after their little encounter in the office, neither Laura again got the courage to walk into his office.Natasha naturally glanced at her with a suspicious look as she left Steven’s office. At Lunchtime, a tray has been served to her filled with luscious food, and her mouth watered at the vision of it. Her mouth watered when she smelled the delicious aroma.The man placed the tray at her desk and left. The moment he turned, Laura started wolfing down the food satisfying her hunger. She knew except Steven who would have sent her the food tray.His gesture made Laura delightful. She couldn’t help but keep admiring him but when she thought about his unusually loud behavior in the morning she felt distressed and confused too.He reacted too loud when he didn’t see her in his room. What will happen when she will walk away from his life and he will never be able to see her? Just an uncommon thought occurred in her