Sapphire P.O.V.
She remains quiet and intently listens throughout my retelling, only when I was done speaking did, she exploded in a rant saying he should have gotten a worst punishment than that, and if she ever crosses paths with him, she will kick him in the jewels until he won't be able to reproduce anymore.
I crack up laughing when she said that because I am trying to picture it and all I can imagine is she kicking him in the jewels while wearing a skirt in the middle of a street. Once I calm down, I look at her and she had an indignant expression on her face. "I am just trying to defend you and you have the nerve to laugh at me" she jokes.
"I'm sorry it's just that I tried to imagine you kicking him in the jewel and it was just too funny" I say with a slight chuckle. She just "Humph" at me jokingly. "I'm sorry. I really appreciate you looking out for me, but I don't think I will ever meet him again, so you don't need to worry about him harming me again me" I sooth her. I manage to cheer her up with another unimportant subject.
While we were chatting, we somehow manage to finish our food and when I look at the clock I almost choke on my drink. "What is it? What happen?" she ask worriedly while handing me a napkin. "Thank you. It's just I must get back to work it is already late" I told her while wiping my mouth with the napkin Catherine just gave me. She look behind her at the wall clock and nodded. "Yes, we should go. Can I get the bill please?" she asks the waiter that was passing by. The waiter nodded and says to wait for a moment he will get the bill.
"You know that you need to take it easy with work, right? Since you just got out of the hospital and you are still injured" she advises me. "I know. I will try" I told her. She didn't look convince and was about to say something, but the waiter interrupted her. "Here is your bill Madam" he says politely. She looks up at him and says thanks.
I gave her some money to pay for my part of the meal, but she didn't accept it saying today's lunch is her treat. I tried to argue but she didn't budge so I gave up and let her pay for everything. "Thank you so much for lunch Catherine". "Don't worry about it. It was nothing. Take it as a small gift, after what you went through" she brushes me of. I was touched when she says that, so I let her have her way and change the topic to ask her if there was anything interesting that happened in the office while I was absent.
She told me nothing much happen except Veronica and her minions' creating problems for other female workers. Everyone on the 39th floor does not like her and wants her to get fired but is too afraid to say anything to the boss. She also told me that everyone was thrilled when Veronica got scolded by the boss this morning and that one more mistake from her and she is fired.
I am engross with talking with Catherine that I didn't realize that we reach the office already. We bid farewell to each other and went to our respective desks. As soon as I sat on my chair, I continued my work until it was time to go home, and I was glad I didn't get called by my boss again.
I stretch my stiff arms from sitting in one position for so long then save all my work and afterwards shut down the computer. Once that is done, I got out of my chair grab my work bag and purse making sure I have everything before leaving my desk. Catherine also finishes at the same time, so we walk together to the lift. After a minute the lift 'ding' and the doors open, so me, Catherine and everyone else got in.
The lift reaches the ground floor after a few minutes and then everyone rushes out of the lift. I waved goodbye to Sarah's momentary replacement as I walk towards the front entrance. I then said goodbye to Catherine as we park in different places. She waves at me as she walks off to her car. Once I reach my car, I unlock it and open the car door putting my stuff on the passenger seat and then started the engine. As I was driving home, I realized that I never found out what Sarah's replacement's name was. That is totally rude of me, so I made a resolve to talk to her tomorrow.
I reach home at around 6:00pm and once I park my car at my designated parking space, I turn off the engine and got of the car grabbing my stuff from the passenger seat, locking the car on my way to the entrance of the apartment. When I reach the apartment door, I scan my card to open the door and walk into the lobby. I then press the up button and waited for the lift to arrive.
Before I knew it, I am standing in front of my house door and was just about to insert the key in the keyhole when the door opens with a whoosh and standing inside the house was Beth in her sleeping attire. "Welcome home!" she greets me. I just roll my eyes at her and taking off my shoes as I enter the house and putting my shoe on the shoe rack by the door. I then put my keys into the bowl on the table by the entrance.
"That's rude! Here I am welcoming you home and you just ignore me" she complains in a whiny voice that she knows I hate. I let out a tired sigh. "I'm home. Now if you will excuse me, I am tired and in need of a bath" I told her not able to give her the enthusiasm she wants. "Fine then I will just watch tv while I wait" she pouted. I just nodded at her then went to my room and dump all my stuff on my bed.
Then I went to the bathroom to take a bath. After 20 minutes of soaking in the bathtub, I got out feeling refreshed. I wrap a towel around me and drain the bathtub before walking out the bathroom and walk to my closet to get dressed. Once that is done, I had a bit of free time, so I went to the study table at the corner of the room that has my laptop on it to do a bit of research on Mr. Giovanni my boss. As I am quite curious to know about his background.
So, I open my laptop and keyed in the password then went to Google. I type in Ricardo Giovanni and after a few seconds there is a lot of options that pop up. I chose Wikipedia as that is the most famous source. Then a few seconds after I click on it the website appeared with a picture of him in a suit at the top right corner of the page. Even in pictures he looks good. I shook my head to stop my thoughts and click on the summary link.
Immediately I saw the summary about his life. I read from the top and found many things about him that I didn't know before like how he is an only child of a famous businessman who originates from Brazil and moved to Los Angeles a few decades ago, and how he is also a hard-working person who started helping his father at the tender age of five, as well as how he is one of the youngest in his batch to graduate Harvard. 'Wow' I thought. He is amazing, no wonder he is the CEO of the ShieldNet Corporation at such a young age.
I feel like a lesser person compared to him. I continued reading and found out that he has never been seen with a woman except his ex-wife. I am intrigue about this ex-wife of his, as I never thought him to be the husband material. So, I read further and discovered that she and him met at a clothing store where she was working at and apparently fell in love. After dating for a bit, they decided to tie the knot.
They had a small wedding with only friends and family, but it is said that none of the bride's family showed up only Mr. Giovanni's family and acquaintances came. As far as anyone knows they were happy for about two years when the wife suddenly wanted a divorce. No one knows the reason why she wanted the divorce everything was hidden carefully so that no one finds out. Until today no one knows what happened to his ex-wife.
Was she not able to stand being with him after living with him for a while? No there must be some other reasons why she wanted to divorce him. I read further to find out who she is and once I find her name on the last paragraph there is even a small picture of her, I choked on my saliva, speechless and at that moment there is knock on my door. It is Beth asking if she can come in and I choke out a yes.
She enters the room, and she was surprised to see my expression, so she walks towards me, asking what happened and if I am okay. I just nodded my head at her to shock to speak yet. She pats my face hard enough to pull me out of my shocked state. "What happened?" she asks again.
I just manage to stutter, "I th-think that m-my boss's ex-wife is my older s-sister."