Between The Two

Chapter 5

ANDREA'S POV

     "Miss Andrea, put together the notes from the meetings with Mr Thomas about all the finances and submit them on my desk by two o'clock". Raymond marches ahead of me towards his office.

      ' two O'Clock, that's about an hour from now'

   "Okay sir" I mutter then my stomach reminds me that I haven't had lunch today and neither has he.

    "Sir you haven't had lunch today because of the meeting, should I send Carmen to get you something to eat?". I ask, just because I'm human.

    He just keeps walking ahead without answering me. I just wait until we reach the office.

    He still doesn't answer my question and just ignores me, typing on his computer.

  God, this man is insufferable.

I sigh and turn to walk away

   "I didn't dismiss you". I pause in my tracks.

    "You didn't say anything so I assumed that....." I start to explain but I'm immediately cut off.

     "I don't pay you to assume, that is not your job. Don't step out of line".

    I just stand there totally speechless.

What is this man's problem? I was literally standing there waiting for him to say something!!

     My entire body is vibrating with anger. I continue to chant in my head to calm down before I do something that will get fired.

    My face will definitely be flushed red.Thr smug look on his face, just adds to my frustration.

  "Tell Carmen to get me food on your way out. Now you can go".

  I clench my teeth in utter frustration and stomp out of his office.

   This man is infuriating, insufferable.
I can't go on like this. I thought at least if his bitch isn't with him, being here will be at least bearable.

    Now I'm tired ,I'm hungry, I'm frustrated.....ahhhhh

  Charlie told me that this wasn't going to be easy, I knew that, but this is awful.

     I walk up into the cafe, the aroma alone almost satisfies me.

  "Keyword 'almost'"

   I walk past a table and hear my name amidst their conversation.

      "What the hell?"

  I turn and see the lady from the other day, the one that thought it'll be a good idea to gossip about me ...to me.
   
   This lady is talking so fast right now, as if she doesn't have a minute to spare.

     All of the other workers laugh, at something she says. I feel sick knowing that I'm probably what's making them laugh.

     Suddenly, I lock eyes with miss gossip-with-no-care. We stares for a few seconds, which causes the entire table turn to my direction.

      In embarrassed surprise, my face turns red. That seems to be amusing to them because they all start laughing loudly, not even trying to hide the fact that they are laughing at me.

    All attention of the cafeteria is now either on me or on the table of laughter.

    The room seems to be spinning, I feel so sick, I could throw up. I want to run away but my feet won't let me. I just stand there in frozen horror.

     Suddenly, I feel a pair of arms drag me away. I look to see it's Carmen, dragging me away while cussing at the rest of the staffs for their unprofessionalism.

     "It's fine, you can stop crying now". I hear her say.

   I didn't even realize I was crying.

"I was going to get food for Mr Raymond and I saw you standing there and the whole place seemed so tense. Are you okay?".

      I've never talked to Carmen, unless it's something relating to work. And here she is helping me. At least there's one good person in this place.

     "Thank you, Carmen". I tell her genuinely and she just smiles. We both walk back in silence to his office.

    I end up not eating anything but I don't mind. My appetite is suddenly gone.

    "Hey, Andrea, can you please give it to Mr Raymond? I want to head to my office to get things done". Carmen hands me the tray of of food.

     I nod and collect it.

I walk into the office to meet absolutely nobody there.

   Is this man kidding me? He just left the office after sending someone to get him food? I just can't with this man.

    At least I can eat something at last. I suddenly feel hungry.

    I finish my lunch and get to work. I still have to file the documents that that he asked me to and submit it in the next thirty minutes.

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  I end up working overtime and I'm the last person to go home, apart from Carmen.

    I leave her there because she says she still has thing to do. So I just pack up to go.

    As I'm outside, it begins to rain out of nowhere. Just wonderful.

   I can't wait as I'm so tired and feel like I'll collapse if I wait there so I just walk under the rain.
 
Besides, the rain is nice to walk under, helps me think.

      Everything happening to me seems so surreal. The fact that my four year "relationship" was not even real, and I'm carrying the child of the douche and I have to keep working for him.

    I need to get my life back on track seriously.

   Firstly, I need to work out my living situation. I mean I love Charlie but I can't living with him. I need my own space.

   That's gonna be easy, by next week I should be able to get me own place because I would have had enough money.

    Charlie..... I'm not sure if I should tell him about the pregnancy. I don't know how he'll take it.

     On one hand I want to tell him because I need all the support I can get. On the other hand, I'm scared of rejection or at least the thought of rejection. I have no idea how he's going to take it.

     "But you'll never know until you try"

  I sigh at the thought.

  Being lost in my thought, I didn't notice the car heading for me.

   All I remember is a car's headlight, before everything goes black.

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   Hi lovelies 😘
   This chapter was so hard to write for me cuz I was having serious writer's block.

BUT I CAME THRU!!!!!

Even if most of it was filler 😅.

The next chapter might be abit of a filler too but it'll be better than this one, I promise.

Anyways.....enjoy.

XOXO ABBY 💋.