I Hate That I Loved You!

38- Jealous

A day before the hackathon.

At Pereira Corporation in Springrock city.

Jason was restless.

Sitting behind his white mahogany modern desk, he was not able to concentrate on his work.

His mood was not good. Its been a couple of days, he had seen Sara.

She was extremely busy with her court hearings.

They hardly talk over the phone. Whenever he will call her, she was either working or preparing for upcoming court trails.

He tried calling her in the morning as well, but her call went unanswered.

They were supposed to go out on a date today, he had planned to confess his feeling today with a romantic dinner, but Sara had not confirmed her availability yet.

He wanted to pick her up today and spend some more time with her as Rizi, Abby and Zack were suppose to travel for the hackathon tonight.

His blue eyes fixated on his phone.

After a while, he picked up his office desk phone and dialed Sara's number.

After a couple of rings, a man answered her call on the other end. "Yes, who is this?"

Hearing a man's voice on her personal phone, Jason felt something pierced through his heart.

"Where is Sara?" His expression darkened.

"She is sleeping. Who are you?" The man on the other end spoke in an equal rude tone.

Jason disconnected the call immediately.

What the hell!

Who was this man who answered Sara's phone?

She has been busy with him and lying to him?

What does he mean by she is sleeping at this hour?

Jason angrily pinched the space between his brows, his jaw clenched in annoyance.

The more he thought about Sara and that man, the more annoyed and jealous he grew.

That foolish woman!

He wished he could stop thinking about her already.

But was she wrong?

No, he had not confessed his feelings to her yet, then why it is bothering him that much?

She is not his girlfriend or wife.

After half an hour, angrily, he stood up from his chair, adjusted his cufflinks, and left his office.

He got into his Bentley Continental GT V8 convertible, drove towards Sara's office at high speed.

He himself was not sure why he was driving towards her office. The only thing he knew that at this moment he had this immense urge to see her.

He quickly parked and went inside her office.

Her receptionist greeted him.
They knew this big boss of Pereira Corporation is their highly prestigious client.

"Mr. Pereira. How may I help you?"

"I am here to meet Ms. Sara Williams. It is big urgent." Jason replied with a straight face.

Without wasting a second, the receptionist guided him towards the elevator and took him to Sara's floor.

Sara was having a headache since morning and her assistant Troy was helping her with the case details.

Troy has turned her phone to silent so that she can take a quick nap for an hour.

While she was taking a nap, Troy observed a call from an unknown number.

He answered that call unknown to him that he had stirred an angry lion.

When Sara woke up after half an hour,  he informed her about the call. As it was an unknown number, Sara did not pay much attention.

This case was extremely important to her. It was a r*pe case and she wanted to win it at any cost.

Sara let out a tired sigh, she has barely sleep from the last couple of days.

This case was deeply imprinted in her mind. She won't be able to rest unless she throws the culprit behind the bars with heavy severe punishment.

Troy was seated next to her and the distance between them was less.

Troy and Sara were both friends other than being Boss and Assistant.

They both were going through the details of the case together.

Sara was too tired to bother about their distance or anything, she just wanted to prepare everything for next week's court trial and then spend her weekend with Jason.

Just then, the door of her office opened, and something hit the floor. It was Jason's mobile phone.

Hearing the sound of the door, Sara turned her head and her eyes flickered with surprise upon seeing who has just arrived.

Jason stared at both Sara and Troy.
He squinted his blue eyes and his jaw clenched.

Troy gulped with nervousness.
Why Mr.Pereira is looking at me with that murderous intent?

Jason was looking handsome in his body fitting black suit with a white shirt. 

Sara was awestruck by him.

But he was not looking at her. His face stone cold and his eyes turned dark. If looks could kill, Jason's look had wounded Troy heavily by now.

They both were sitting so close that their body was touching each others'.

Jason blinked as he became more and more angry, frustrated at how he was feeling jealous and his mind was getting ahead of himself.

Jason took a deep breath and to control himself from lashing out.
The words, 'she is not your girlfriend or wife yet, you guys are not in any official relationship', rang in his head mocking him.

Technically, he had no right to be angry at her at all.

Sara was surprised to see that look of jealously on his face.

Seeing the way he shot daggers at Troy, Sara realized how close She and Troy were sitting.

Due to her headache, she was only focused on finishing the discussion over the case. She realized Jason must have misunderstood something.

"Looks like you are busy. I will come at some other time." Jason spoke up in a distant voice as if he was speaking to some unknown person and as if he was here for some formal meeting.

He clenched his fist and turned around to leave.

"Wait" Sara immediately stood up trying to stop him. But he was fast.

Without paying any heed to her, Jason pushed the door and came out.

With a long stride, he walked towards the elevator and angrily pushed the elevator buttons.