Village Girl And The CEO

Chapter 4 - Hurtful Memory

Tina started crying again, and she wondered what she had gotten herself into. Where would she sleep? How would she get back home to face her mother? And where would she even get the transport money to go back home to her village by that risky hour of the night, since it was already dark due to the heavy rainfall that made the night fall quickly?

While still in her thoughts, Patrick finally stepped out of his house, and he was shocked to see Tina still standing outside and crying, as Tina was shivering due to the cold weather and her clothes had already soaked wet and clung to her body while bringing out her shape in his view.

Patrick knew that Tina was stubborn, but still, he had to ask her what she was still waiting for, as he was shocked to see that Prisca actually left her behind, and he actually stepped out to ask the security man to lock back his main entrance gate since it was already past 9 p.m. in the evening and Sharon had already called him on the phone and told him that they weren't arriving home.

Patrick hesitated to speak to Tina at first, as he knew that Tina was stubborn, and so he walked past Tina to inform his security gateman to lock back his house gate since Sharon had already called him on the phone and told him that she was sleeping over at the hotel that they went to, but just as Patrick walked past Tina, Tina shivered in fret, and she immediately shifted backwards, as she wasn't expecting anyone to walk past her, but seeing that Patrick was the one and he was also leaving the house, Tina immediately called him back, "Hello, excuse me, sir!"

Patrick paused, and he stared back at Tina as he heard her sweet voice, and Tina immediately stared downward, not able to meet Patrick's intense gaze on her. She remembered that she had been rude to him before, and she didn't even know how she would ask Patrick for his help again, as she needed money to transport herself back home. But she was hopeful that she would see a bike to take her home by that time of the night, and so she stammered to ask him, "Please, sir, can you?"

"Wait, I am coming first. Let me tell the security gate man to lock back the house gate since Sharon and Prisca aren't returning back and for security purposes," Patrick said to her as he met Tina's gaze.

"Okay," Tina gulped as Patrick left her, and she watched him walk up to the gate house to instruct his security guard while she stood and continued staring at him until he returned back to her, and he said to her, "Honestly, I thought that you'd already gone home with Prisca and Sharon. I'm quite surprised to still see you here, meaning that Prisca actually left you behind. Why not come inside and wait, as you will be feeling too cold by now, and I don't think Prisca will still be returning back here this night since she already left with Sharon?"

Patrick offered Tina his kindness, as he knew that Tina might still reject his kindness and prefer to sleep outside, but Tina didn't have any other option as she stood silently, remembering that she had been rude to Patrick before.

Patrick drew closer to Tina again as it began to rain, and he asked her, "Aren't you going to say something, miss?"

"I... I..." Tina stuttered as she met Patrick's dark, handsome gaze.

Tina said, "I wanted to ask you before if you could help me with the transport fare to go back home to my village, but I don't even know my way back home either. Or can you help me with the transport fare and also the directions, because I have never been to this area before, and my mom will be worried about me and looking for me too if I don't return home this night?"

"Hmph," Patrick sighed, listening to Tina's sweet voice, and he replied, "I can help you with directions, but it's already late now, and before you get to the junction that leads down to your village and start trekking home, it will be very risky and already midnight. So why not stay in for tonight? As tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will personally drop you off before leaving for my work office in the morning."