At Rick's Home:
"Where have you been?" Ella opens the door. "I even called you 2-3 times."
Rick looks at his phone. "It was silent, didn't notice." Avoiding any eye contact with her, he heads for a shower.
"FYI I'm not serving you food again so come to the table in case you want dinner," she calls out loud to his back.
"Ella, don't bother him....he looks so dull, maybe something happened to him," Leyla says concerned.
I know exactly what happened to him. She reminisces about her talk with Jasmine.
"He's got a promotion. Must be a heavy workload," David puts his theory.
"He works too hard," Leyla agrees.
They all settle on the table for dinner. Rick joins in later though reluctantly.
"This promotion, tiring you down?" David asks, stuffing his mouth.
"I guess it is," Rick replies lethargically as he takes some food.
"Hey, we didn't get a promotion treat?" Ella whimpers. Ms. Leyla gazes at her with bigger eyes. Ella shrugs her shoulders with innocence on her face.
"What do you want sis?"
"Not me. For everyone. I think you should buy a car." She looks down, filling her plate with some veggies.
"Really?"
"Yeah. It'll save you some traveling time. We can use it for going out on weekends and I'll use it sometimes to attend some painting exhibitions."
Rick chews the food in his mouth, sinking in what she proposed. "I think your main objective is the third one."
"That definitely is," David chuckles.
"What can I say?" she shrugs, smiling.
"That I'm smarter than you," Rick gives a light smile. His Mom & Dad join in laughing.
I succeeded to cheer you up easily so I guess not, thinking Ella smiles. And I'll surely sort out things between You & Jasmine soon.
They finish their food with sweet talks. A little calmness is felt by Rick too but his rage and sadness still stay underneath.
His normal life has been troubled by the games of Adrian. On the other hand, the secret life isn't any better as he had a heated conversation with Laura.
Expecting a better day tomorrow, he puts off the lights in his room and lies on bed. Next morning he gets up and after finishing the daily chores he steps out of the house for his office. Someone follows him.
The sound of footsteps behind makes him cautious. Reaching to the cab near his building he stops. He hears footsteps approaching from behind. He turns back quickly.
"What are you doing?" he calls out to the familiar face.
"I'm meeting Jasmine's mom in hospital and you're dropping me there," Ella commands.
"Nope, I'm not doing that," he denies sweetly.
But instead of stopping, she walks as if she owns the world. She sits in the backseat of the cab and glances at him, "Yes you are."
He bangs his head on the car roof and curses his luck. Reluctantly, he steps in.
"Add the drop, dear brother."
He takes his phone out. "It's not working...network issue I guess."
"There won't be issues like this if you could simply buy a car," she whimpers.
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Mr. Boring: Accountant & Agent
AksiRick is your your typical neighbourhood boring accountant and just a secret agent. *** Living a double life is his secret but people around him are high on secrets too. His neighbour Jasmine likes him but can't be with him cause she has to hide her...
