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Love Hurts

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Chapter 1

“No…” I mumbled quietly in my sleep. “Daddy…” slowly the tears could be seen seeping out from my closed lashes. There is nothing I could do and there is nothing could be done. Everything had reached the end. What is there for me? Nothing? What is there for me to be done with? Nothing?

All I could do is sitting there, blinking with dried tears at my corner. Looking on with those two big eyes of mine staring straight into the ceiling. I knew that my daddy loved me but how bout my brother? Isn’t he your son? Why? Why must you do it like that? Didn’t you love him?

What had he done wrong? Here I am, his elder sister, but all I could do is looked on. There was nothing that I could do to help. I felt so useless next to him. So small. The suffering that he went thru knew no bounds. I knew but could I voice it? No I couldn’t and shouldn’t.

I had to suffer along with quietly but without his knowledge. So what I’m a degree graduate soon? Nothing! The cert could do nothing for our family! Yes I could earn more than I’m earning right now if I’m good enough. You heard? If only I’m good enough and I’m sure that I’m not that good as well.

But I promised myself. Should my brother be forced to walk this line. I be there with him and I shall walked half way with him no matter what. That is only what I could do.

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1. What line work am I talking about?
2. What are the tears for?

This is a suffering story, which knew no bounds. That I found in real life chapters…and this is no copycat. It is a real copyright story. I knew that I didn’t finished True Romance but with my present stage I won't be finishing that any times soon.

The star of this story should be Vicki who is only 21 this year. In this story Vicki will be the eldest sister of the whole family. She will have two brothers and one sister. Her brothers are known as Joe and Happy. Joe 20 this year while Happy is only 3 years old, which is a bit too young to know what is going on. Where as the sister, Patricia is 13 years old in high school. Just beginning of the high school. In between would come in Alec as the prince charming. This will be the only fiction part of the whole story. ^_*. Will you guys like this story? Or is it too bitter let me know and I will delete the story and wrote it just for my own reference.


Chapter 2

Today is a sunny day but to me it a cloudy day for I just received the news that my contract would not be renew. That means I be out of job by this months end. Damn. I didn’t know what should I do now. The economy is not picking up at all. I can't be jobless now. No! Absolutely not! But what could I? Nothing at all! Damn! Here I’m sitting here cursing non-stop this is not going to help me find a job at all. I needed immediately action.

I picking up the newspaper and looked thru it but nothing seemed to fit until suddenly an article caught my attention. There it written secretary needed with or without experience but of course experience would be an added advantage. Going up the article I looked to see which company was hiring at this times.

Written there was Su Co., this time the article really caught my attention. As far as I knew this was only the company that didn’t seem to be affected by the economy down turn in US at all. Without wasting another seconds I switched on my computer and started to look for my resume that I always had ready in one of my folders.

Printing it out and then I quickly went to the post office, which is nearby my home. There I posted it in the box. After posting it in I stood there trying to peer into the box and trying my best to look how many letter was there. I caught a peep that there is tons in their and all directed at the same address I had on my envelope.

I sure wouldn’t have a chance any more, walking dejectedly away from the office with head bend. Not looking to where I’m going. One minute I was walking the next I was sitting at the floor not knowing where went wrong and how I ended there.

Embarrassed I quickly stood up and brushed my buttock of the dust that might have cling there. Looking around I looked for the reason why I ended there, just right in front of my stood a man stonily looking at me. From the look of his face I assumed that he was the reason I was in the floor. Fire lit up in my eyes. How dare he looked at me as if I was at wrong. I’m the one who ended up on the floor didn’t I?

Without words I swung around and walked away without a words or murmur towards that stupid or you called what you guy. As fast as I swung myself around from him, I was swung back within a minutes space by a pair of strong hands. There I came face to face with that ignorant man again.

That really angers me. As fast as he swung me, I swung my hand up and gave him a slapped making his head turned side way but that didn’t lessen the pressure his hand had on my arms.

“What do you think you doing!” I shouted, but the man just looked at me. This is really getting on my nerve. I begin to struggle trying to free myself from his grasp but to no avail, “Let go of me!”

“Miss I think you owed me an apology,” the man said curtly.
“What for?” I stubbornly looked straight into his eyes and lifted my chin. I guarantee you if a glare could killed I had died a thousand death. The looked in his eyes at the moment could really freeze anyone but I didn’t want to admit it.

“For bumping into me,” again came the stony reply, “and slapping me.”

“It not my faults!” I said with equal coldness towards that guy. “You grab me first.”

There we stood glaring at each other. Each not wanting to give in to the other. Suddenly a voice broke into our trance. “Hey! You what do you think you doing!” Oh no! That my brother, I sure be getting into trouble later at home.

“Let go of my sister!” my brother took hold of that guy hands and stared deep into his eyes.

“Not until she said sorry,” the man stared back taking his eyes for the first times off my face and I could really breath again. I don’t dare peeped at my brother I knew that he would be furious with me for getting into trouble again. This is not the first scarp that I got myself into but it seem to me that I just couldn’t control that fiery tempered of mine since my dad passed away.

You see I had always been closed to my dad. I know. I know that not the reason or excuse for me but it just that bad luck kept on happening and what you expect me to do. Suddenly I heard my brother saying sorry on my behalf.

“Hey-” my voice quickly died in my throat with a killing glare I got from my brother.

“I’m sorry,” my brother bowed waist deep to the guy, “I knew that it would be my sister but she too bull headed sometimes I hope you won't be angry.”

“It ok since you apologize already,” turning from my brother to me, he gave me a smirk, which got a glare back from me. “You should learn from you brother here.”

“How-” but I was cut short with the man turning away and walking away from me without a backwards glance. Ignoring my pointing fingers. How dare him! I fumed to myself. It just not fair so what if he is rich is that the way to treat me? No I didn’t ask him just now on how much his wallet is worth or anything at all. Just looked at the way he dressed you would have knew.

My mother had always said that I always had a shrewd sense of observation. Sometimes this observation brought me luck but sometimes it causes me more trouble than I want to. Looking at my brother I knew that I going to be deep hot water. With a flick with his finger I was expected to follow him home.


Chapter 3

Now I’m stuck with that brother of mine. Here we go again for nothing. I sat there with my hand supporting my head. I knew that this lecture is going to get longer than the previous one looking from my brother face. Joe started to pace up and down the room, finding words to start that lecture of his. You know sometimes he real comical. Just looking at his forehead all screw up in concentration.

“Joe are we starting?” I decided to help him.

“You dare to ask me!” my brother nearly shouted me to death that booming voice of his.

Then on his lecture started. I tried my best to keep my face blank but inside I was laughing mad. I just loved it when he totally lost his cool. He always said that he is the coolest among us all. Sometimes I doubt it but you should have seen the way he stared at the man at the road just now. He just too cool and handsome I tell you. No, no I’m not saying this because he my brother but well he is, isn’t he? (^_^)

“Sis!” my brother shouted seeing that dreamy looks on my face. Damn he found out that I’m dreaming in his lecture it going to get longer than it should last.

“Yes Joe?” I asked sweetly batting my eyelashes at him. It use to work with my mom but I’m not sure it going to work with Joe or not. Well it not wasted to try right?

“It not going to work sis,” Joe said staring at me straight making me stopped my action, “I’m not mom you know.”

“Yes, yes I know,” I gave up; he is a total lost case. “Well it not my fault anyway.”

“What do you mean by it not your fault?” Joe nearly shouted his head off hearing my answered. “Well you the one who slapped people right? You the one who walked head down and bumped into people right?”

“Well it true but I’m the one who ended there on the floor too right?” I stared back indignantly at him. “So it fair and square. As for that slap he deserve it! Who told him to lay hands on me? You know if dad had been here he would had beat that guy up just for touching me.”

“But dad is not here any more right?” Joe shoots back.

“Yes,” I hissed, ever since dad died because of cancer. Everything had change. From the princess I used to be I had become pauper. Working for every dime that I want to spend. Anyway I didn’t use my whims to get everything I want from dad. Before dad even got this stupid cancer I already working and spending my own money for my own allowances. Yes he gave me the tuition fees but that all he gave me I swear and Joe knew it. It just that dad love me more than him and when my working money is less than I wanted it to be.

Dad would always give me some to make end meets. Tears started to brim around my eyes when I started remembering dad. I had tried to be strong but I couldn’t seem to reach it. Dad was everything to me.

“I hate you!” I shouted and running for my room banging my door shut I flung myself onto the bed and tried my best to stop the tears.

“Sis?” came the soft knock.

“What?” I called out curtly. Snatching a tissue from it box and dabbed the remaining of the tears of my face.

“Can I come in?” Joe asked caution.

“Come on in,” I said reluctantly, I knew in heart that Joe missed dad as much as I missed him as well. Both of us are the eldest in the family and now we only had each other to depend on.

“Are you stress because of the fact that your contract is not going to be renew?” Joe asked looking at my tears stricken face.

“Yea,” I nodded my head like a child would do. “Sorry I knew that I shouldn’t have taken it out on that man but I just couldn’t help it though.”

“It ok,” Joe patted my shoulder softly. “Don’t worry everything would turned out fine.”

The next things I knew my mom was calling for me from the kitchen, “Vicki! Your phone!”

“Getting it mom!” I shouted back, “Mom could you please hang up at the other ends?”

“Hello?”

“Yes, this is Vicki here.”

“Hi, this is the Su Co. we received your resume a few hours ago and we would like to arrange a meeting with you, is that ok with you Miss Zhao?” a polite sound was sounded at the other end. I couldn’t believe my ears. They calling me for an interview?

“Erm. When?” I tried my best to sound the coolest. I’m my brother sister anyway right?

“How bout you tomorrow 2:00pm after lunch? Would that be fine with you?”

“Yes, sure,” with that the other end hang up on me. Putting the receiver down, I pinched my cheeks, “Ouch!”

“What you doing?” Joe looking at me stupidly.

“I got an interview!” I practically shrieked into my brother ears, “Yes! Mom!”

“Yes darling?” my mom stuck her head out of the kitchen room and looked at me.

“I got an interview,” I beamed at my mom.

“See I told you everything would work out fine,” my mom shook her head at me and went back to her work as if nothing happen. “Don’t be too happy yet darling. It just an interview.”

“Yes, yes I know but you know it the Su and it hard enough to get an interview not saying get in,” I practically jumped up and down in the living and grabbed my brother by his arms dancing in little circles in that living room of ours.

“Sis could you just cool down?” Joe was getting headache from all those twirling around.

“Sorry,” I said with smiles, I went into my room and started to search for the clothes that I should wear for my interview tomorrow. Oh gosh! This is just too prefects. I got to tell some other people. Hey hold on a minutes! It just an interview like mom said and if I shouldn’t get it I would be a laughing stock right? Better don’t tell anyone first but I just couldn’t wait.


Chapter 4

I woke up early in the morning couldn’t slept as I tossed and turned away in the sleep for the whole nights. Gosh I’m so tired now. Looking at the times I saw that it only 7:00am. What the heck, might as well catch some sleep before it too late. Lying down on the bed I closed my eyes. The next things when I opened my eyes, it practically 1:30pm. Oh my gosh! I’m going to be late for my interview.

“Mom! Why you didn’t woke me up!” I practically screamed at my mom while trying to change into the clothes that I begged my mom to iron for me last night.

“I did call you,” my mom looked at me. Oh no, not again! I think I did again. I must have shouted at my mom when she called me earlier. Damn! Of all days. This is the day that it should happen.

“I’m sorry mom,” I tried my best to apologize but I’m running out of times, “I have to run. I gave you a treat today ok?”

“Be careful!” my mom shouted at me but I was getting into that car of mine that I just waved to her as an indication I heard what she saying. I raced all the way from my home to the office there. When I reached the reception I was practically out of breath.

“Miss…I’m her…e…for…an interview,” I muttered under my breath for there is no parking space and I had to park far away from here which meant that I had ran all the way from there to here.

“Your name please miss,” the receptionist looking at me with a looks in her eyes.

“Vicki,” I pronounced better this times for I had a minutes to rest when the receptionist was accessing me.

“This way then,” she showed me the way and brought me up the building herself. “Mr. Su is waiting for you.”

“Mr. Su?” I asked ridiculously, “Why?”

“Because it Mr. Su who are looking for a secretary,” the receptionist looking at me, “You didn’t knew?”

“No I don’t,” I answered sincerely.

“Oh well it was not written in the paper anyway and I didn’t told you when I called you up anyway,” the girl said to me with a smile. Well now she really looked friendly. Looking at her I found that she is a sweet girl, not actually a girl mind you. Probably two to three years older than me.

“Oh you called me?” gosh I sounds so stupid it like I’m repeating every single words she said.
“Yes that right,” she said with a small smile, I knew that she is laughing at my rolled eyes. “I’m Ruby.”

At the same times she extended a hand towards me. Little did I know that the moments I took her hands into mine it started a lifetime friendship. And little did I know that the moments I stepped into the building it would change my life forever.

“Here you are!” Ruby stopped at a door, I think we should call it a level instead for from what I looked the whole level only consisted of one big room probably two only. My gosh! I think I’m in dreamland. Am I really going to be interview by the director himself? Seeing the question in my face. Ruby nodded her head gently. “You don’t have to worry for I am right next door for my office is just next-door.”

“Your office?” here I go again. This is just too ridiculous. Why do I sound so stupid today of all days?

“Yes that right,” Ruby smiled at my stupid looked again. Well I really did done it myself right? “Thanks, sorry I thought you were a receptionist.”

“It ok,” she smiled again, I wonder how could she be so kind. Well you know all those rich are so snobbish. Even my own aunt would have look down on me. You see she was hiring a new sec but she didn’t want to take me saying that my experience was not enough it just an excuse anyway.

“It just happen that I was down there getting some letter,” she really pretty I tell you, it like something being plugged out of the garden but she looked so at home here. “Anyway I think you better get in.”

She pushed me gently into the room and closed the door with a soft click. “Erm…Mr. Su?” I spoke out softly to a figure, which was turned away from me.

“Take a sit,” came out a curt reply. So much for manner.

I took the indicated sit without another words. Still he stood there not looking at me. Suddenly I felt that I meet this guy before. His back looked so similar. Slowly he turned towards me. My I did have the surprise of my life. The god must have played a silly joke on me.

“You!”


Chapter 5

“Yes me,” that idiotic guy had the guts to look into my eyes and smirked at me.

“I’m getting out of here,” I said and getting up from the chair. One minute I was standing up and the next I was back at the chair. With that stupid idiotic guy looming above me.

“You are going no where,” he said planting both hands on the armchair blocking my path.

“Who do you think you are!” I gritted my teeth, fighting against the urge of shouting right up at his face.

“Your future pay slips,” he said easily looking right into my eyes. Gosh he really had no shame. I didn’t even say that I wanted that job.

“Mr. Su,” I said formally hiding all trace of anger from my voice at the best I could, “I don’t recollect you offering me the job and I didn’t recollect that I accepted the offer.”

“So are you accepting?” he asked easily.

Walking away from me, releasing my armchairs and crossed his hands across that broad chest. Excuse did I said broad? You must be dreaming. Anyway let get back to the topic on hands. Crossing his hands across his chest looking so confident that I will take the job no matter what.

Well I’m left with no choices right? I do have to accept the job if not my family won't have a penny to spend. I wanted so much to fling the job back at his face. Saying that he could keep that job for himself. Somehow he knew that I couldn’t.

“Does that means I’m hired?” I asked back not bothering to hide the anxiety from my voice. I really need this job.

“Yes,” he answered with the look of triumph, looking as though he had won a battle. Well he did win right?

“Alec?” the girl called Ruby popped in, with her head stuck into the room. “Everything settle?”

“Yes,” he smiled towards the girl for the first time; it was different from all his expression that I came across. It one with love and warm. Somehow I knew that this smile was genuine.

“Good,” Ruby smiles and walked into the room without being invited. “I knew that my choices would be just right for you.”

“Yes, as if,” Alec battered light heartedly towards Ruby. Rubbing her head, which made me itch to have that hand smoothing my head as well. Hey what am I thinking? I must had been too stress recently to be thinking along that line. Yes I must have been.

“Vicki,” Ruby extended a hand towards me, “Welcome abroad. From now on you be supporting Alec. When Alec shouldn’t be around, you could always come over and help me or just smooth things over for this brother of mine tends to throw his things all over the place.”

Did I hear correctly? Brother! Whew what a breath. Why must I felt relieve. I’m not falling for this guy am I? No, no I refuse to believe it. I couldn’t be. He is a well-known playboy.

“Well from what I gather from your previous employment you are only offered 1k plus in MYD (Malaysian Dollar). It going to be different here. As your job will have much more responsibilities. You going to be offer 3k plus in USD (US Dollar). Will that be ok for you?”

“3K?” I looked blankly, am what or I dreaming? That would be meaning 11.4K in MYD!

“Is it too little?” Ruby was a little worried.

“No, no,” I stammered looking at her, “Why…?” I couldn’t seem to form my sentence.

“Well you be the president’s so it would only be fair if you got a higher pay,” Ruby grinned finally grasping my meaning. “You see sometimes you will be needed to travel. Of course all the expense would be paid for. My brother tends to be demanding, which is the reason why most of his sec resigned within one month’s times regardless of the high salary.”

“Oh I see,” I looked at him with disdain, “That I can believe.” That sentence brought laughter out of Ruby.

“I see you meet you match,” she patted Alec back. “Vicki should this brother of mine drive you away, I can always find another position for you in this company.” With that she winked at me and walking out leaving me alone with that jackass. Sorry. I know I should mind my language now since he is my boss right?

“That should settle,” Alec said walking back towards his chair and sitting down. “You be expected to start on the 2 April.”

“But I had to give a month and half notice to my supervisor,” I said, I hate to leave abruptly for I do owed Jerome a bit of flavor for trying his best to sustain me in the company.”

“You don’t have to worry about that,” Alec waved his hands at me. I hate it when people did that towards me. But what can I say? He is the boss right? “All will be taken care of. We will compassionate your company loss.”

“So that means I will be reporting here this coming Monday?” I asked, just to make sure.

“Yes,” he answered curtly, I can see that his wall is back on. After seeing him with Ruby, I found out that he is not as bad as he seem the day I meet him on the streets.

“I’m sorry about that day,” I said out of blue, I’m surprised myself for I rarely apologize for anything I done wrong so far.

“Really?” he smirked, now that really did get on my nerve, I did apologize already right? “I don’t think you are sorry at all. Anyway let forget about it shall we? On Monday, you will have to get yourself familiarize with all the files over that cabinet. You will be having your own room, which of course connected to mine. I will be giving you three days to familiarize with all the files there. After that I will accept no errors coming out from you.”

Gosh is he a slave driver? Did he knew that there are dozen of files in that cabinet of his? Not to say tons? What had I get myself into? When I looked into his eyes. I saw challenge. So that the way you want to drive me out huh? Well I’m going to prove it to you then. Me Vicki never ever back down from a challenge so openly open towards me before. Just you wait and see! Mr. High and Mighty!

Meanwhile I didn’t know that actually it was Jerome ideas to introduce me into this company. You see Jerome is my current manager I don’t think any more right with me resigning from the company but he is a good manager. He is really young to be in that position, Department Manger.

“Jerome,” Ruby called up Jerome on the next door without me knowing it. “Thanks for Vicki.”

“No need to thanks me,” Jerome said into the receiver, “Darling you knew that I won't want to give you Vicki if I had a choice. She is a really a help for me.”

With that there conversation got long without me knowing that it was Jerome help along till later when I found out. However Jerome never told me about it until everything turned out later. Anyway that is a later story. I will tell you guys later for I think I heard my darling calling for me now.


Chapter 5

“Vicki!” a girl ran towards me and hugged me tightly. “God man I miss you.”

“I miss you too darling,” I returned the hug, gosh how I missed her. I still remember clearly the day where we used to spend it together and how we had to camp at my bedroom with four computers surrounding all of us just to rush on our project just to meet the dateline. “What you doing here?”

“Well I thought I should drop by,” she gave me a peck at the cheeks making the entire passerby looking at me weirdly. Hey don’t get me wrong I’m no lesbian ok? It just that we are real close, I meant it really closed so it just a greeting between us and she had a good boyfriend where they already lived together for goodness sake.

“That really nice of you,” I said moving back a step and took a good look at her. My she is just as pretty as last time. Nothing much changed from last months. “Hey tell you what. I got a good job. Come on I treat you a meal.”

“Really?” Swee Chin gave me the sweetest smiles, I knew she would be happy for me. “Well you just got a job I think it will be better if you just keep all the money first right?”

“Ops,” I banged my own head, how forgetful I am, I really wanted to tell her how much I earned per months right now. But I don’t think that is wise. It not that I don’t trust her or what. It just that it just a beginning and I don’t want to make a mountain out of molehill so soon.

“Let got go for one of the hawkers food,” I smiled at her. She is always so understanding no wonder Tong Tong fell head over heels for her. “I think I can still manage that right.” She had always been thru what I been thru so she really understand what money is liked.

“Hey how is Happy?” asked me as we strolled hand in hands towards the hawker stalls ignoring all those stares that we getting. Come on it a modernize world already. Sometimes I just don’t really understand these peoples.

When I got back and told my mum that news she was practically crying and laughing at the same times. I was shaking my head all the while. I knew that my mum had not been these happy since dad passed away making her a widow at the age of 41. Quite young huh my mum? Well my dad was only 46 when he passed away also.

“Sis does that meant that I be able to go for medical?” Joe asked out looking at me with hope renewed in his eyes. I nodded my head without single words just with stupid smiles lingering on my face. “Yes!” he practically jumped up and down.

“Mum,” I said softly holding to her hand, “ We free.” She nodded her head. She understands what I’m talking about. We are free from my grandpa and auntie clutches.

“You made it,” she hugged me tight, tears started to overwhelm me but I swallow it back for I knew that it times for me to repay whatever my mom had sacrifice for me. Now is a times to rejoice and tears are not allowed. Just over my mum shoulder I looked at him. ‘I made it dad.’ I said it deep within my hearts. Finally I can do something for my family. We can move out of this stupid house to get somewhere we all could always called a home.

Well once over the joy that flowed into my home, all of us poured out from the house to go outside and celebrate my victory. It was a joyful meal and one that hasn’t happens for half a year already. There all of us sat and ate our fills without worry that something is going to happen like where we will find the money to pay the bills. Oh yea I forget to tell you that I had some savings which of course manage to make us pull thru first.

The very next morning I came back to my current company and hand in a letter to Jerome, saying and bowing all the times. “I’m really sorry Jerome.”

 

“It ok Vicki,” he smiled at me looking proud. “I be leaving this company soon as well.”

“I’m so…” I was going to apologize again when suddenly the words hit me. “You are?” I looked at him blankly.

“Yes I am,” he smiled again, “I be working with my wife together. She had been chasing after me to work for her for one full year already and I just decided it recently. Well I will only be leaving after two months.”

“That be great for you and your wife then,” I smiled, glad that he will be leaving soon as well and things will not be in such an upheaval state as I thought it would be. “Hmm…I wonder what your wife looked like.” I said with a twinkle in my eyes. You see Jerome had always treated me like his sister, while I always treated him like the older brother that I never had.

“You saw her yesterday,” he said frankly and looking at me. Looking very please with himself.

“I saw her before?” I scratched my head in confusion. Saw her yesterday? That new, waits a minute don’t tell me that Ruby is his wife? I looked up when the realization hit me like stone. Jerome just looked at me and smiled those idiotic smiles again.

“You mean it Ruby?” I asked with doubt in my face.

“Yes that right!” he said snapping his finger in front of my eyes. Another things hit me. That means I had to thank Jerome for this job of mine. I’m sure he had a hand in this if not I’m sure that it will not go as smooth as it had. Come on you tell me where can we just land a job without a words and just walked in and said that you are hired.

“Thanks,” I said quietly looking at Jerome with gratitude in my eyes. My eyes had always betrayed what I really felt. I hate that but sometimes it useful for I tend to get people work for me when I looked at them with pitiful eyes. ^_^. It my charms I guess.

“Just make sure that you make Alec eat his words,” Jerome smiled at me.

“I will!” I said with vengeance. Just the mention of his name really got me worked up. Gosh I really can’t stand that guy! He thinks that the world resolved around and without him the world would crumble. Ok, I admit that he handsome. So what? No big deals right? Well at that moments I didn’t knew that I was going to eat my words back.

Somehow I had forgotten the fact that my eyes always showed what I felt. Jerome was like sitting there and smiling to himself. Of course he wouldn’t showed it out wouldn’t him? For it would had spoilt his plan to pair Alec and me up.

Directly the next Monday I went and report to work at Alec’s. Well it was pretty easy with Alec stuck in a meeting for seems like two hours but it felt so relaxing that I don’t care much about it. When he was in the meeting I was getting myself familiarize with the files in the cabinet as he had said.

I shake my head when I saw that, it the most disorganized filing cabinet I ever seen. Come on looked at it. The entire sites are mixed up and the product line is not filed in the correct filed. How could this be? Gosh what a bunch of useless sec they are. I thought to myself. I took the entire two hours just to strengthen it up.

With myself so immersed in the cabinet that I didn’t knew Alec was back from the meeting and was looking at me in a weird ways of form you. It like he was synchronizing me in a way. I don’t know how to mention it. Let just said that he stared at me. I knew that I must had looked a site with my spec perching on my nose and two or three colors pen poking up from my ears.

“Yes done!” I cried out happily, stretching up my hands high above my heads, suddenly my hands came in contact, with his chest. Shocked I twirled around so fast that I practically fell into his arms.

“I’m sorry,” I started to pull myself up and wasn’t I shocked when I came to an eye to eye level with Alec’s! My rescuer!

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1.      What going to happen!

2.      Can anyone tell me?

Ok. Sorry for taking so long just to update. Don’t I just love it when these things happen? What a day to start working in a new environment. You guys love it? If you guys don’t love I will just stop there lor. ^_*. Ok guys give me some comments? Angelangie80@hotmail.com

Oh yea to answer your entire question. There will be some funny part I think if I manage to crank it up. Besides that it going to get frustrated as well if I manage to crank it up as well. Another things are that there will be some sorrow in between the story but the ending…will be? That you guy had to read on. I won’t promise anything. ^_* Have fun reading and oh yea don’t kill me ok. Kekekeke.

Chapter 6

For that practical moment, everything seems to stops. The clocks stop ticking and the river stops it flows. I know that it sounded stupid but it real. My heart was beating so fast that I think Alec would had heard it too. He just kept staring at me with those eyes of his. I felt like he could really penetrate thru me. I hate those feelings. For I hate it when people is trying to figure out which planet I belong to. It like I’m some alien from outer space.

 Somehow the feeling in Alec’s arms felt right. Hey what am I thinking? I snapped myself off the mood and quickly extract myself from him arms. “Thanks,” I mumbled which barely could be heard and pretend that the file cabinet is not yet finish. But how could that be. It already finished.

 My cheek burned and Alec seems to be rooted there staring at my back. With my back turn towards him I could felt that eyes of his is boring into the back of me. It just like he had words stuck in his throat and doesn’t know how to form that out. I know it sounded lame but it the truth. I couldn’t take it any more. I did said thanks right?

 “Are you finish with your staring?” I asked looking up at him from my sit. Somehow the sarcasm in my voice had manage to snap him back to the present.

 “What you doing there?” Alec asked coldly towards me. Ignoring my question about him staring at me. I really beginning to hate that stupid idiotic guy more and more. Who do he think he is?

 “You the one who told me to familiarize myself with the filing here right?” I asked with sarcasm looking straight into his eyes without blinking. I really couldn’t control the irritated feeling that creeping into my very soul at the moments.

 With that he just turned and walked back to his room without another word. What a rude person! Not to said jerk! At the moment I could just really put my hands on his neck and squeeze and squeeze. Gosh! That person really got on my nerve!

 “Vicki!” a joyful voice snapped me out of my anger. Turning around I smiled at Ruby who greeted me warmly and I return the warm. I don’t know why but I felt that knowing Ruby is probably the best thing that is going to happen to my life.

 “Ruby,” I greeted, well don’t get me wrong for not respecting my head it just that here in American company we greeted everyone equally no matter what.

 “How is your first day here,” she looked me over. I knew that I must have looked a sight.

 “It ok,” I said smiling and gathering my stuff from the floor getting up and walking together with Ruby towards my desk. “Trying to organize the files there.” I pointed to the cabinet there.

 “It disorganized huh?” Ruby asked knowingly.

 “Disorganized?” I almost shrieked but I managed to pull myself back in times. “It the worst filing cabinet I ever came across on. Can you imagine them mixing all the files and paper up?”

 “That the reason why Alec went thru dozen of sec and never finding the right one,” she patted my back. “It seems like he already found the one that he is looking for. I’m sure that you will suit just fine.”

 At that period I didn’t really knew what she meant by that. All that came to my thoughts is that I suited for the job there. I didn’t know that Ruby had a meaning hidden behind the whole sentence. Now looking back at it. I knew what the whole meaning to it. Sounded stupid right? Oh yea it seems that I been talking here for so long without actually telling you guys that this story happen quite sometimes ago.

 Now I had my own family, and my brother is a well-known surgeon in well-known Medical Center. All my hard works had paid off. It had been ten years now but till today I still remember the whole scene like it just happen today. It likes it fated for me to be with him. Just remembering how we fight like cat and dog I still couldn’t believe it that I would ended up with him.

 “Darling!” Alec shouted. His home that meant I had to feed that hungry bear again. He never full I told you. It like eating is his next hobby of course to loving me. ^_^. We still do fight occasionally but not as often as the beginning. Well my grandpa is still around and he is old I knew and I already forgave him for whatever things he had to my dad. For it all water under the bridge anyway. As they said, blood is thicker than water.

 I help him to clear off all his debts with one condition is that I will no longer pay for any debts at all should he get himself into the holes again. True to his words he changes for the better and as for his business he sold it to other people. While for my uncle the womanizer, he did change but still the same old him. Anyway he is still my uncle so I forgave him as well not to mention my auntie.

 I knew that I sounded like a martyr but I’m not. I’m just doing what my dad would have wanted me to do. Some would say that I’m an idiot for doing this. Let them said it. I’m just doing what I thought the best.

 “Vicki!” that stupid lion roared again.

 “Coming!” I shouted back. “Could you just give me a second? I need to put on the dress first!”

 “You not ready yet?” he shouted. “I couldn’t believe you!”

 He stormed into the bedroom looking ready for a fight. Looking up to him I gave him the sweetest smiles I could came up with. “You won’t want me to disappoint Alexis now would you?”

 “Of course not,” Alec melted with the smiles I gave and it always works I tell you. “It just that we are going to be late if we don’t move soon.”

 “Then let going,” I said linking my hands to his. Leaning my head against his shoulder. Hadn’t I always said that his shoulder is broad? True right? That how I love to learn on that broad shoulder of his. Sounding a bit mushy here huh? Well I couldn’t help myself on that.

 “Mommy,” Alexis rolled his eyeball, “Can’t you just stand straight instead leaning against daddy?”

 “Alexis,” Alec called out, winking at me, “You know I love you mommy hanging on me.”

 “Yea,” shaking his head and climbed into the back shit without another words. “I can’t just understand you guys. You already been married for around 10 years do you guys still have to act so mushy all the times?”

 Up front Alec and me just exchanges a look before starting the car engine and drove towards the school for the family day. Of course with Alexis sitting in the back grumbling about how he is going to hate love and all that. That he just don’t understand all the adults.

 “I tell you mum I will never ever fall in love,” Alexis declared finally. 

“Really honey?” I quirked my brow at him. “Why?” 

“Come on seeing you guys acting so mushy will already last me a life times,” he said with an air around him as if he really understand it all, “I don’t want to be like you guys.”

“We see,” Alec said smilingly.

 “It definitely going to stay that way,” Alexis looked fierce just reminding me of his dad. You know he is growing up to be more and more like Alec. I wonder what would happen to the woman populations one he reaches the age where he really understand the words ‘mushy’. 

I still remember clearly the times; I mean the first day of works after the filing cabinets accidents. It just like Alec will keep snapping at me even though the works that I had done with no single mistakes in it. Not to say that he always show off his strings of woman in front of me. Always acted so lovingly towards them, exchanging kisses with them in front of me. Provoking me!

 At those times I would have really killed him with my bare hands. Little did I know at the moment I already fell in love with him. Not in love but madly in love with him. In my heart I knew it but I just kept denying the truth. Saying that how can I fall for such a jerk! Well there reached the times, as one month after I work together with him as he sec. A guy from other departments came by and introduced himself to me. Wait let me recall the man name. Sorry I’m very bad with names. I tend to forget people name.

 Oh yea! Takashi! That it! That is his name. He was a Japanese guys working in the advertisement departments. Saying that he always been admiring me from afar but always doesn’t had the courage to come up and ask me for a date. Well at those times I was really flatter. You know how handsome that guy is? You wouldn’t have believed me. It real! It like he just walked of some magazine cover and looking quite at home standing there in front my desk.

 I nearly sworn right there. Suddenly I realized that he had stuck out his hands for a friendship shake and there I was sitting and staring at him dumbly. “Oh sorry,” I quickly stood up and took his hands for the intended shake.

 “I’m Vicki,” I smiled warmly at him.

 “It ok,” he smiled like he just gotten a trophy or something, “I’m Takashi.”

 “Nice to meet you,” I said smiling at him; you could had said a good timing at that. Alec walked in and found both of us chatting and laughing all the way. Of course he scowls at me. 

“Alec,” Takashi greeted him warmly but wasn’t he stunned when he just received a cold glare from Alec instead.

 “Vicki come into my office after you finish with your flirting here,” with that he turned and walked back into that office of his. You know at that moment I would have be glad to throw my job in front of his face and walked out. How dare he humiliated me in front of someone that I barely knew. Is it ok for him to shows off his affection for other lady while me taking to other man is a crime?

 “I think I better go back to my job,” Takashi smiles apologetic at me knowing that somehow he is the cost of Alec anger. “How bout lunch today?”

 “I think it will be ok,” I smiled. Even though I was like a volcano erupting inside me I tell you. With that he walked away whistling all the way. Without another words I grab my notepad and walked in. Pretending that nothing much happen out there. If he could be cool why not me. 

“Vicki I hired you to work not to flirt with all my workers!” Alec stormed at me the moment I enter the room. 

“Is it?” I asked coldly challenging him. I’m not going to back off and said sorry.

 “Yes,” he snapped almost shouted his frustration out. My, my isn’t that cool-headed Alec losing his cool? For a moment he just stand there looking at me. I knew I sounded smug at that times but I just couldn’t help it. You should have seen his face. It a pity that I don’t have video cam with me at that moment if not I sure had tapped it all up.

 “Is that all?” I asked back not breaking his stare.

 “You will be traveling with me tomorrow to Venice,” he said finally regaining his cool but somehow I felt that he would had gladly had his hands around my neck and squeeze the breath out of me.

 “Venice?” I asked shocked. 

“Yes.”

 Was all the reply I got from him. Well I didn’t know that the moment I boarded that plane with him it is going to change my life forever. You could say a big big big change.

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  1. Venice?
  2. What going to happen there?

 Ok guys…I know in the middle of the story it sounded a bit odd with the present and the future stuff. But I think some of you had been chasing after me for the ending. Like asking me whether is it a happy or sad ending so I thought of giving you guys a glimpse of the ending there. Hope that it would not confuse you guys. ^_^. This is the first times I wrote my story in these kinds of lines.

 Hope you guys enjoy it as I enjoy writing it. Drop me a comments so I know how I’m doing so far. Besides that, you can always go to http://clix.to/vickicorner to find my other collections of story there. ^_^.


Chapter 7

Well let me see, after hearing the news from Alec I was kind of in a blur case state you see. For I never went to Venice so far and it would be my first times there. For a while I just sat there looking at him unseemly. I stare and stare at him till he fidgeted still I continue to stare.

“Hey did I grew horns or something,” Alec finally snapped. Couldn’t take anymore I think but still I was in trance so I just stood up and walked out.

“Vicki!” he nearly shouted could you believe it? The cool and always compose Alec nearly shouted!

“Yes?” I answered softly stop at the door and turn around looking at him with daze. You see I had always dream of going oversea for fun or even for business it fine with me. Then now out of the blue my dream came true so even though no matter how he shouted at me. I was still in daze with happiness of course.

“You hear what I said?” Alec asked sharply.

“Of course,” now I snapped back. Don’t had to be so harsh right? Yea I know going to Venice is not new to him but it like a totally new experience for me right? “We are going to Venice on the morrow right?”

“Yes,” he smirked looking at me. “For a moment I thought you head is full of Takashi.”

“Well since it lunch times,” I looked at the watch my brother got it for me on my 21 birthdays before looking up and met his stares. “I’m going out right now. Oh yea forget to tell you that I’m going to lunch with him so I don’t see the need for me to think of him right?”

With all the grace that I could muster. I walked out of the room with Alec slapping his hands hard against the table. I wince at the sounds. My that going to numb his hands for hours. Well my predicaments went true. What wrong with him today I wonder? What had my going to lunch with Takashi had anything to do with him? All in all he is just my manager right?

Lunch with Takashi was fun. I even told him that I be going to Venice on the morrow. He gave me all sort of advice I tell you. For he went there before. I know that it sounds stupid but after knowing him just a couples of minutes it like you already knew him for a life times. I hadn’t laughed that much since my dad passed away so aren’t I glad for his companion.

“That really stupid of you right?” I declared after hearing one of his silly antic when he was young.

“Yea I guess you are right,” he smiled sheepishly at me. “Well what can I said in defense. I’m just a little boy back then right?”

“I guess you are right!” I snapped my finger at him and we laughed again. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw that someone else was walking towards our table. Wasn’t I shocked when I found out that it Alec!

“Alec,” Takashi standing up bowing to him. You see it their culture of respects for Japanese to bow as a greeting.

All that idiotic guy did was nodded towards him before turning toward me and looking at me with that eyes of his. “Had fun?” he asked sarcastically.

“Yes,” I answered sweetly, I could had laugh out loud when I seen his expression at my confession. He was like totally taken aback with my sweet reply. For I never ever smiled at him before. As I did was greeted him with equal coolness and calmness that he always greeted me.

 

“Takashi,” I turned from him looking sweetly and adoringly at Takashi, “Let go and get some fresh air before going back to work shall we?” I linked my hands to Takashi and bade the shocked and still Alec goodbye. Once outside the door, I heaved out a breath that Takashi almost took notice of it at once.

“Everything ok?” Takashi looked at me intently. “Is there something that I miss back there?”

“I’m sorry Takashi,” I closed my eyes and leaned back against the chair that he had somehow lead me to without me noticing it at that moments. The stress of facing Alec day by day is getting to me. I don’t know how long could I stand or stood there just smiling and nodding at every single woman he is going to flaunt in front of me.

Shaking my head all the way for I don’t know how to open up. I just been there for one months and I already as tense as an uptight coil. Somehow I knew that I got to hold on just for my family. Now I really know what the meaning of love hurts. Did I say love? I think I did. I just couldn’t deny myself any more. I had really fallen in love with that well-known playboy, Alec. Why oh why couldn’t I just fall for a simple guy like Takashi perhaps?

“Is it something to do with Alec?” Takashi asked me softly and looked away, somehow from my expression he had already had the answer he been looking for.

“I’m…” but I never got to say out for Takashi put a finger to my lips stopping the words from coming out. “It not your faults.”

Well from his gesture, I just keep quite and looked up into his eyes, there shown a love that I could never return and understanding. Sitting there both of staring at each other but a voice broke our trance.

“My, my aren’t you guys loving?” a voice of sarcasm filled the air.

“Alec,” I said out, my back stiffen. I would know that voices anywhere. It looked like I’m cheating on him. Come on we guys are not even on the speaking terms. So what does he have to call me out in front of Takashi. Nothing! To my surprise Takashi stood up and talked joyfully towards Alec describing our lunch date in details before I could said anything out.

“Alec I really like Vicki a lot,” Takashi went on and on about how great I am and how I made him laugh and all in all. The more he talked about how good I am the blacker Alec face became. There I was standing there doing nothing in stopping the words from coming out of Takashi mouths or denying anything he talked about.

“Takashi,” I called sweetly out finally gaining my composure, “I’m sure Alec wouldn’t be interested to hear all the details.”

“Oh well sure,” Takashi smiled before taking hold of my hands making Alec fumed the even more. “Shoot my mouth. Anyway I think we better get going.” With that he dragged me away from Alec who seem to stand rooted to the ground there. It like I’m leaving my hearts behind there.

“Thanks,” I said once we are well out of ear shoots.

“It ok,” Takashi said tenderly, “I wouldn’t want you to wear your heart at your sleeve for the world to see anyway.”

“Takashi I…” I couldn’t said the words, I knew deep in my heart that this is the kind of guy where the entire population girls are dreaming off.

 “I know,” Takashi said after which seems like hours to me even though it just minutes. “I’m not the one you love. You love Alec right?”


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