The Queen of Survival

Chapter Five

After returning to the office, I started to work on the paperwork, clearing it as fast as I can. Austin settled into the couch in the office. He is always moving around. Up straight one moment, the next he is laying down or he is upside down. He is playing on his phone; at times he is laughing at somethings. This guy is acting crazy at times.

"Austin, do you want to look around the company? Maybe get some snacks or something?" I asked him after few hours.

"Sure, do you want anything specific?" he asks me.

"I am fine, feel free to put it on my tab" I smiled at him, he returns it before leaving the office.

After he left, I suddenly felt the loneliness. I do not understand that. Why is his presence affecting me when I only met this guy today!

Pushing aside the feelings and thoughts, I brought my focus back to the work.

I have things to do tonight, there goes another night of sleep.

To be honest, I am literally on the verge of blacking out. I am grateful that Austin forced me to have lunch. Or I would have fallen a long time ago.

I have been completing my school assignments every night while in the morning I come to office. It is hard to juggle all of it, but I cannot back out now. Ramiez, needs to recover fully and properly. This is a small payback for all the sacrifices he has done for me.

"You know, Ram will not mind if you rest for an hour or two," Austin voice brought me out of my trance.

"You are back?" I asked him confused, even more confused when I saw him holding two bags of snacks.

"You know, Ramiez will be the one paying for it despite it being in my tab" I inform him, while he opens up a bag of potato chips.

"I know, that is why I got more" he smiled brightly.

"You did this on purpose?" I look at him wide eyes,

"Ram rarely lets us eat unhealthy snacks like this" he pouted.

I want to answer him when my phone rang, I answered it without looking at the ID, as only one purpose has that ringtone set.

"Put the phone on the speaker" his rough voice spoke.

"Done," I inform him.

"Austin, you better not eat all those snacks! You think I will not know that you are eating all the snacks, under the pretense that our sister's name?" his scolds.

"Kinda?" Austin replies innocently.

"Aus, I need you to hack into the company security, the camera is down," Ramiez informs. Make me look at Austin in panic.

"Why is Lia panicking?" Aus spoke softly.

"Austin, start hacking into the system and voice out what you are doing nonstop," Ramiez ordered.

"She was kidnapped a few years ago. The Post Trauma Stress Disorder was not a nice thing. She still suffering from it" I hear Ramiez speaking.

What kidnapping? I do not remember anything about it.

My head hurts, I wince as a throbbing pain hits my head.

"Lia, relax darling. I am still here. Breathe!" A soft voice spoke,

"Aus, please do not leave me, I am scared" I whisper as he rubs my back in circle motion.

The way he is comforting me seems too familiar. What the hell is happening to me? Why am I melting by his actions? Why is he making me feel like he knows me before?