Finding Love!

New Job!

(ONE MONTH LATER)

*Elisa’s POV*

“Sarah, please come out! I am getting late.” I yelled at my best friend who was in the bathroom for the last twenty minutes. After moms death I rented our house and moved into this small apartment with Sarah. As I had already finished my college, I got a job in one of the leading catering companies. And for my first project I was assigned to manage some upcoming events in the house of Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter was the owner of an international restaurant chain and I didn’t know why I was appointed to arrange the upcoming events in the house of this millionaire because if anything went wrong my company might be in a huge trouble.

“Can’t you wait for at least five minutes? You know it’s impossible for someone to get ready in a blink of an eye.” Sarah replied while opening the door. I just rolled my eyes and went inside. I quickly took a bath and pulled on blue jeans with a white tank top. I looked at myself for the last time in the mirror and ran out of the bathroom.

I picked up my pink converse and my car keys and rushed out of the apartment. I hurriedly got into my BMV and started to drive towards my destination. Sitting in this dream car of mine made me remember my mom. She was the one who gifted me this on my eighteenth birthday and I knew this might have cost her a lot. Shaking my head to clear these thoughts, I decided to concentrate on something else. It was a half an hour drive so I turned on the radio to pass my time. The song taken by one direction blasted out of the speakers and I started singing along as it was one of my favourite songs.

“Now that you can't have me
You suddenly want me
Now that I’m with somebody else
You tell me you love me
I slept on your doorstep
Begging for one chance
Now that I finally moved on
You say that you've missed me all along

Who do you think you are
Who do you think I am
You only loved to see me breaking
You only want me cause I'm taken
You don't really want my heart
No, you just like to know you can
Still be the one who gets it breaking
You only want me when I’m taken

As I stopped at the signal I noticed that people were staring at me but I wasn’t bothered a bit because I loved singing and it was a gift that I inherited from my mom. She too had a lovely voice and we used to sing to each other every night before going to sleep. These memories of my mom were the only reason due to which I was able to keep her promise of not losing hope and faith after her death. And also this is the only reason why I started a job even though Sarah tried to convince me to take a break for at least a few months. While I was lost in my thoughts I didn’t realize how time flew by and I was already at the gate of Mr. Carter’s house.

As I waited for the gates to open, nervousness started taking over me. Suddenly there was a knock on my window and I saw a guard looking at me with a questioning look. I rolled down the window and the guard quickly started speaking.

“Hello ma’am. Can you please show me your identity?”

“Yeah, sure” I replied while giving him my ID card.

He examined it for a while and then turned towards me with a smile. “Mr. Carter has been waiting for you. You can leave your car here as one of the guards will park it for you in the parking lot and you can go see Mr. Carter in that cart as he sent it specifically for you.”

It took me a minute to process all what the guard said and after a few minutes I hesitantly got out my car and started walking towards the cart that was waiting for me. I wasn’t able to understand why I wasn’t allowed to get in with my car but my question was quickly answered. As I looked around my eyes grew wider with astonishment. All I could see was lush green lawns with magnificent fountains around me and there was a small hut built in one of the corner. I didn’t know how longer I stood there staring at the huge mansion as I only came back to my senses when the driver of the cart cleared his throat.

After a ten minutes drive from the entrance, the driver parked the cart in front of an enormous white building which I considered to be a hut before. I was really amazed to see that someone could be this damn rich. As I walked towards the house I was deep in my thoughts but suddenly I bumped into something hard. Due to this sudden impact I lost my balance and fell on the ground.

“Ouch! That hurts.” I shrieked unconsciously.

“Then watch where you are going.”  Someone replied which caused me to jump in surprise. I quickly looked in the direction from which the voice came and my eyes fell on a boy about the same age as mine. He stood there staring at me with anger clearly showing on his face.

“I am sorry.” I replied after some time.

“You better be.” He replied while walking away.

I was shocked to hear this comment and I quickly turned my head to stare at him but he was already getting in his car. I quickly stood up and brushed the dust from my clothes. As I was doing so I heard a loud screech and seconds after a car drove past me which literally made me scream. I swiftly turned around and realized that it was the car of the same guy which I bumped into earlier. This really made me furious and I promised myself that I will certainly make him pay for this.

I stood there for a while thinking that how someone can be so rude towards the person who they barely knew. That guy was so full of himself that he didn’t even have the courtesy to pick me up even though I said sorry for my mistake. I was still thinking about that guy when I heard someone clear his throat behind me. I immediately turned around and found myself face to face with Mr. Carter.

“Good morning, young lady. How may I help you?” Mr. Carter said.

“Um…. good morning, Mr. Carter. I am Elisa. I am here to plan the upcoming events in your house.

“Oh! I see. So shall we go inside and talk about it.” He replied.

“Yeah sure.” I said and started walking behind him.

This should be interesting.