Undercover

Chapter 36

Emma's P.O.V

My heart raced as beads of sweat travelled down my forehead. I heaved in a huge gulp of air and entered through the transparent glass doors that automatically opened up for me.

Calm down Emma!

Now isn't the time to be nervous.

I looked around the insides of the huge  sky scraper that I just entered, completely amazed by its interior design.

Damn! This building never ceases to amaze me.

Yes, you guessed right. I've been here before with Cayden. He wanted to introduce me to his work place when we were back dating.

"Miss. Parker!", someone called my name aloud from behind.

I turned around to see a tall lady with eyes similar in colour to that of her greying hair, walk towards me.

"Mrs. Peter. It's a pleasure to meet you again", I told Cayden's secretary in a calm passive voice.

She smiled at me making her eyes crinkle in the corners with sincerity.

"You are here to see Mr. Martinez aren't you", she asked me teasingly with a slight wiggle of her eyebrows.

I shot her a nervous smile.

"Y-e-s", I muttered, shifting on my feet uncomfortably. A habit that unconsciously takes over me when I'm lying or nervous.

Her lips pursed in to a thin line while her eyes told another story. It wouldn't take a genius to figure out that she was trying her best to not to laugh.

"I'm sorry to say this young lady, but he isn't here at the moment", she then said making her pursed lips loosen a bit and stretch in to a thin sad smile.

"Yeah, I already know", I almost spilled the beans, but quickly covered it up with a disappointed face.

"Oh!", I muttered in fake disappointment.

"Do you want me to give him a call-"

"NOOOOOO!", I quickly interrupted her making me receive a wierd stare instead.

She was staring at me as if a third eye popped out of nowhere suddenly.

"Don't bother! I talked to him already. He asked me to come here to take my phone. I expected him to be here when he said that. It's okay. He might have left it on his table", I then quickly lied to cover up my tongue slip.

A flicker of understanding crossed her stormy grey eyes.

"Oh! Do you want me to come with you?", she asked me with a small smile.

Why doesn't this lady leave me alone already?

I mentally sighed, utterly annoyed.

"No, it's alright. As soon as I get my phone, I'll be leaving", I said, shooting her a fake smile while my teeth gritted in frustration silently from the inside.

I had to hurry before Cayden returns from his meeting. I don't have much time left since it was already 5pm which was the end of working hours. I had to come around this time so that there wouldn't be too many people to notice me snooping around.

"I'm off duty now anyway. Let me accompany you. We don't want you to get lost now, do we?", she stated with a chuckle and began to walk towards the elevator before I could even reply.

I followed her while my eyes played the honour of stabbing the back of her head with sharp pointed arrows. Too bad the arrows were imaginary.

If they only hadn't been, her head might have been a puddle of mess by now.