Bumping Accident | Englot

Chapter 8

Charlotte's POV 

It's about 7:00 p.m. right now, and I'm starting to get ready for the event. A certain woman keeps crossing my mind. At first glance, you would think her eyes are black, but when you look closely, the outline is black, but the inside is dark brown. 

When she bumped into me, I was annoyed. I hate when people don't look at where they are going. 

I was shocked when she walked into the meeting room. Her outfit was so casual. It's weird, honestly, because the other times I've seen her, she was very well dressed, but that day it looked like someone had dragged her out of bed. 

There's something about her. The way she interacts with my daughter makes my heart melt. She's always so calm. Her voice is always so relaxing. I'm not sure if she even realised it or not, but when she was trying to comfort me about driving her car, she called me cute. That simple gesture made my heart feel like it was going to explode. 

My thoughts are interrupted when I hear my bedroom door opening. "When are you going to be home?" My mom asks me as she walks in. "Not sure, mom, hopefully it won't take that long." She nods and sits down on the bed. 

"Is Olivia taking a nap?" "Yeah, I just put her down." "So what's up with you and Engfa?" She questions. I turn around from the mirror where I'm doing my makeup and look at her. 

"What do you mean? We're just working together." 

"Nothing, she just seems like a really nice person, and she seems to like you, plus I think she might be rich." 

"She doesn't like me, mom, and of course she's rich, her parents are big deals, and they probably pay her a lot." 

"Whoever in their right mind gives their Porsche to someone else to drive, she definitely likes you." She totally ignored the part where I told her why she might be rich. She chooses what to listen to and what not to. 

"She was just being kind, mom." 

"Whatever you say, honey." She takes a deep breath. "Charlotte, you know that whatever happened wasn't your fault, you're allowed to love again." 

"I know it's just hard sometimes, I think I'm over it, but other times it feels like it was just yesterday." 

"Honey, come here." She says this and opens her arms to hug me. "I love you, don't ever forget that, and I'm always here for you." "I love you too, mom." After talking for a bit more, she leaves, and I start to put my dress on. It's about 8:15 p.m. Engfa should be here soon. I'm wearing an off-shoulder red dress that comes down to my knees. I'm pairing it off with red heels. 

I take my purse and my phone and make sure I have everything before I go out of my room. I play with Olivia until I hear the door. My mom opens the door, and the second Olivia hears Engfa's voice, she jumps up from my lap and runs towards the door. 

"P’fva p’fva, you came bak." "Hey, sweetie, of course I did, and look at what I brought you." I look behind her to see a big teddy bear. Olivia starts squealing, grabs the teddy bear with my mom's help, and runs to the living room. "You didn't have to get her anything." "I wanted to, her smile makes it worth it." 

 
I nod and take a look at her. She's wearing a black solid-lapel collar blazer and tailored pants with black heels. We're both staring at each other, and I quickly clear my throat so I can snap out of it. 

 
"You look really beautiful." She says it with a smile. "Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself." "Are you ready to go?" She asks. "Yeah, let's go." I say a quick bye to my mom and Olivia, and we're out the door. She's driving her Porsche again, she opens the car door for me and helps me get inside. Then she gets in, and we're on our way to the event. "Is this the only car you have?" I break the silence after about 5 minutes. 

"No, I have another one, I don't actually drive the Porsche around that much." I nod. 

I look over at her, and she's focused on the road. She's driving with her left hand, and her right hand is sitting on her lap. 

"So what do you do at your company?" She questions me and glances at me for a few seconds. 

"Well, the guy that was with me at the meeting, other than being my lawyer, he's actually one of my best friends, and his dad runs the company, and we work for him. We handle everything, like financial stuff, advertisements, opening new businesses, basically whatever is asked of us." 

"That's cool, and I see that you have a lawyer as a best friend too. I can relate to that, they come in handy." She chuckles, and I can't help but also laugh. 

"They sure do. What about you? What do you do?" 

"I umm do a lot of stuff." I frown at her vague answer but don't say anything else. The rest of the car ride is in silence, and we finally arrive. She parks all the way in the back, which I have no idea why since there were parking spots in the front, but I don't say anything. We get inside, and the place is packed. There are a lot of people here. 

"Engfa," we hear someone say. I turn around to look at three women walking towards us. 

"Oh god, it's too soon." Engfa mumbles, I have no idea what she means by that. "Charlotte I'm so sorry. Whatever they say, please ignore them." Before I can respond, the three of them reach us. "Engfa, why don't you introduce us?" "Charlotte, these are my best friends Chompu, Nudee, and Tina." 

Tina is the tallest one in the group; she's a brunette, while Chompu and Nudee are blondes and are about the same height. 
 

"It's so nice to finally meet you, we have heard great things about you." The women that I know now, as Tina says.

"It's nice to meet you too." 

"Engfa here can't shut up about..." Nudee gets cut off by Engfa hitting her shoulder. 

I'm about to say something, but I hear another voice calling Engfa and coming towards us. 

"Engfa, honey, you made it." Mr. Waraha says this as he approaches us. 

I can quickly tell the atmosphere has changed. Engfa’s hands are in a fist, and her three best friends are clenching their jaws. 

"Father, the event looks great as usual." Engfa says. 

Mr. Waraha goes to give Engfa a hug, and she's so stiff throughout the whole thing. Chompu looks like she's about to jump on him. 

"Oh honey, don't be so formal, this is not a business meaning." Although he's saying that with a smile on his face, it sounds a little bit like a warning or a threat. 

Before Engfa could reply, an older woman who looked like Engfa came from behind Mr. Waraha. 

"Mom???" Engfa looks surprised, but her eyes soften. 

"What are you doing here?" 

"Hey sweetie, I'm here to support your dad with the event. It's the first event that we have hosted since announcing that we are opening a new school." 

Before her mom can say anything else, Engfa quickly hugs her and lets out a deep breath. I can see that Nudee, Chompu, and Tina have calmed down now. 

Their hug lasts a long time, like they haven't seen each other in months. They part ways and look at each other for a second before Engfa steps back. Then her parents excuse themselves and leave. 

I look at Engfa, she's not making eye contact, but it looks like she's going to cry. 

"Excuse me for a second, I'm going to go use the bathroom." She then turns around and looks at her three best friends, who are looking at her in worry. 

"Take care of her." They nod, and she leaves. 

I'm starting to think there's much more to this family than meets the eye.