Katie's POV
I was about leaving when he came at me abruptly, he pulled me and aggressively leaned my back to the wall, lifted his hand and placed it above my head on the wall. He came closer and closer and closer as if he was not any closer before. He was coming in on me like he wanted to enter me or match with me like a sandwich.
"Is it just me or there is heat here." I said under my breath in fear. I couldn't see his face because it was covered with a mask. I mean, that is what this whole ball is about anyways.
I could feel his breath on mine. His fingers gently caressing my lips like he owned it.
Suddenly his hands went below my chin and lifted my face up to look right into his. I got lost in his familiar oceanic blue eyes. It was beautiful, commanding, sexy yet void of emotions.
"Give me an heir and I will pay you 200 million dollars."
Okay let's have a quick recap on how I got here.
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"Wake the hell up Katie." Evie yelled but I couldn't hear her cause I was still in my own beautiful lalaland.
"GET UP!" this time, the yelling came with a bit of a horn blare she bought recently just to torment me.
"Okay I am up. Jeez! You are not the fucking Mat that blew the horn of Valeir." I said with irritation. I can't be doing this all day. I have only 4 hours of sleep which is half of what the world recommends.
"You're late for work." Evie said it as if it was just a passing word. That woke me the fuck up.
"If you knew you were going to wake me up the way you did, don't you think you could have done it sooner. Now I am late." I said through gritted teeth while checking for time and racing out of bed.
"Now you're blaming me for not waking you up sooner to go work for that ass you call a boss?" She asked annoyingly.
"Get the fuck out of my room Evie." I said while rummaging through my closet to pick out my outfit of the day. Not like I have the luxury of time to pick out an outfit but I did anyways.
"Oh Katie, I am getting the fuck out right about now. I will make you a sandwich. Do you want to eat it at home or I should just pack it to go?" She asked me like she doesn't know what the answer will be already. I just gave her a side look that says 'Seriously?'
"To go it is." She said and finally left. I let out a sigh. Now I can focus on getting to job in five minutes and not get fired. I rushed into the bathroom to do my business. You know, whatever business is done in the bathroom to look and smell nice not the funky business.
Oops my bad, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Katherine Jolie Wells, Katie for short and I am an orphan. I met Evie at the orphanage we both shared and she just kinda became my forever person, my partner, my ride or die, my best friend and it has just been us since we left the orphanage home. She just stuck to me like a glue.
Life has been good. I mean, we are not exactly rich but we were good until Evie became really sick and it got to a point, she couldn't work so it is just me working to provide for us and get her medicine for her. It was cool at first because we had a savings we could fall back to until her sickness got worse and her medicine became so expensive I had to pick up extra shifts and work two jobs.
We started drowning in poverty. The money I make could hardly put food on our table after buying her expensive medicine that is yet we still have bills to pay like rent, utility bills and some miscellaneous. I am drowning in our misery, Evie suggested one time that she could go back to work and maybe just work enough to feed us while my pay takes care of the rest but I couldn't let her be out on the streets like that being fully aware of her condition. She could collapse at any time. Her sickness is enough burden for me, I don't want to put that on some strangers.
I could have let her go, I could have left her and let her deal with this shit herself but I couldn't and I didn't. I would be lying if I said leaving didn't cross my mind couple of times but I couldn't do it. I am all she has in this world. Her family failed her and I wouldn't do the same. If anything, we both know what being alone means. Moreover, I couldn't leave her while she is battling with a tumour in her brain. Don't get me wrong, it is really hard on me because it is tasking emotionally, physically, mentally and financially. Thank God for my boyfriend, my safe haven. When everything gets bad and I feel lost, he finds me and gives me strength. Enough of the whole sad story let us get back to my reality now shall we.
"Shit!" I exclaimed in fear after I heard my phone ring. I know who is calling without even checking. It is Larry my boss. I picked up the phone to pick the call.
"Hey hi." I said awkwardly but still tried to keep my cool. I pulled the phone a bit far from my ear because I know what was coming next.
"Where the fuck are you Katie?" Larry yelled the question at me through the phone. I knew this was what he would do. Man never change.
"Sorry I had an emergency I had to attend to and I haven't had the chance to call in that I will be late to work today. I am sorry." I immediately lied to him. There is no way in hell that I will tell him that I woke up late because I just had few hours of sleep and that is why I am late to work. Bro will so fire me but guess what Evie fucked that up for me.
"Katie the sandwich is ready and I have packed it up in the brown bag. It is on the counter, don't forget to take it." Evie yelled to me from the kitchen.
"Fuck. I am sorry." I immediately apologized because not only am I late, I also lied and immediately got caught in it.
"Be here in five minutes." Larry commanded me.
"That's not possible Larry and you know that." I retorted back at him
"I don't care. You retaining your work here relies on that five minutes. You can decide to hang on the balance or just send in your resignation letter." He said and immediately hung up on me.
"Shit! Fuck! I am so fucked." I kept mumbling this to myself while I put on my jean and baggy top.
I didn't even apply sunscreen on my face and the sun haven't been good to my skin lately. I immediately rushed out of the house with my things falling out my bag and my packed breakfast on the other hand. I was a mess.
I have been waiting for a bus for the past 2 minutes now. I had no extra time to spare because I already exceeded the 5 minutes he gave me but then I had no extra money to afford for a cab. The next bus will take about 15 minutes to get here and that is almost equal to the time it will take me to get to work if I run down there.
Guess what? I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. The job wasn't paying much but I needed it more than anything. At least it puts food in mine and Evie's mouth.
I got to the café completely out of breath. I haven't fully recovered myself before my colleagues started bombarding me with questions.
"What the fuck happened Katie?" Ky asked me.
"Why did you lie to Larry?" Liam asked. And the questions kept coming in.
"Will y'all just let me catch my breath and answer the question one by one?" I snapped at them.
Their questions were just too much for me.
"Is the fatso in?" I asked and they all nodded.
"He said when you come in, you should come straight to his office." Ky noted for me.
"Be careful though, don't go in too close, fatso is all sweaty and spitty today." Todd noted for me and everyone laughed. We called Larry fatso behind his back all the time when we gossip about him. He is so fat and mean hence the name. We don't hate on fat people just the mean ones.
"You will be fine." They all gave me their wish with a smile on their faces and I just smile and entered into the devil's coven.
"No long cap, you are fired." Larry said almost immediately I came into his office.
"You didn't even give me a chance to make a case for myself." I said panicked.
"Make a case for yourself for coming late to work?" he asked me.
"I am sorry, I have got a lot going for me. Pardon me just this once." I pleaded with him.
"You lied Katie. There is nothing I can do for you other than reduce the 'lot' that is going on for you." He said in all decisiveness.
"I really need this job to take care of myself and my sick sister." I said again seriously pleading with him to let go just this once.
"And how is that any of my business?" he asked coldly. He doesn't care so I decided to switch it all up.
"What are you going to do about the regulars that comes back for me?" I asked in a threatening manner just to remind him that there are some that are regulars here because of me.
"Are you threatening me? Get out of my office." Larry said with an upset tone. Since I already made him upset, I could just finish it up. I am always devious.
"I will fatso, just make sure you mail me my check for work done this month if not I am gonna sue your bug fat ass." I said all smiley and ready to leave his office. I called him fatso knowing fully well that he is very conscious of his weight and it would make him sad.
"What did you just call me?" he asked more angrier than he was before.
"You heard me." I said to him.
"Yeah, you can't repeat it because you know what I would do to you." He dared me.
"You literally can't do anything more to me other than fire me which you have done already jerk." I said.
"Get the fuck out of this place before I call the cops on you." He threatened.
"Just mail me my check and you will not see me again. Wish you the best fatso." I said smiling at him and I left his office. Bro took a placard and threw it at his office door which is a and he broke it.
"Hallelujah! All evil actions against me backfired. Amen sister." I said in a singy songy manner. Laughed while walking the hallway just enough for him to hear.
I didn't want Evie to get worried about money so I didn't go home instead, I stuck around my second job just enough time till it was my shift. While waiting, I checked around the building while waiting and I slouched at a corner and just wished this money problem will get away.
Time passed and it was time for my shift. I got in and changed for work.
Everything was good so far until I had a problematic customer to attend to. He came in and I took his order. He ordered for the premium meal and I thought he was probably here with a lady he wants to impress. After he got served, man asked me to come eat with him all this while he talked to me with his head down. I didn't feel like eating and it was against the company code of ethics.
"Sit and eat with me." Man wasn't asking, he was ordering me.
"No, thank you." I said in an appreciative manner and that must have ticked something in him because he immediately looked up and Oh my world his eyes.
"They are beautiful." I let my intrusive thoughts win.
"Pardon?" he said in a very masculine bass voice.
"I am sorry. I didn't mean to say that but since it is out there, I said your eyes, they are beautiful." I said with a smile.
"Sit and eat." He said again.
"Not interested." I said and walked away. That walk was the last I took in that building.
I got my ass fired because I didn't eat. What the actual fuck.
"Oh Lord the Devil keeps tempting me and ain't rejecting the temptation this time. Bring it on baby." I said under my breath. Immediately my boss fired me because I refused to eat with that entitled bastard, I took the 1973 chateau Freu wine he ordered and splashed it on him. I laughed and ran out of there.
Nahhh, I didn't do any of that. That is just my imagination running wild. I figured if he could get me fired, he is someone who is capable to do more than that. I gracefully left the building with my check in hand. It was a walk of grace. I wasn't going to make him feel on top of the world for getting me fired because I refused to sit and eat with him.
I am tired. Got fired from 2 jobs today because of two assholes what more worse thing can the day have for me. I knew I was breaking and just any nudge will completely shatter me. I needed a safe haven, my safe haven. So instead of going home straight and break the news to Evie, I needed to get myself together. I tried calling Nate but he wasn't picking. Thinking he might still be at work, I decided to go to his place since I have a spare key. When I got there, the door was opened but no one was there.
"He must have forgot to lock the door." I said to myself and locked the door after me. I walked to the kitchen to get myself water and that was when I heard someone. I took a knife and followed the voice. It led to Nate's bedroom and what I saw next left me shock and numb. I picked up my things and ran as fast as I could until my legs gave up on me.
I slouched in the streets with the rain pouring down I let it all out. It was long overdue, I cried my eyes out. My phone rang out and I reluctantly picked it.
"Evie is in the hospital Katie. Come here fast." That was the last thing I heard Doctor Chris say before I blacked out on the streets.