Chase

Friday Morning

Juliet's POV:

Something bright getting flashed in my eyes,woke me up. I knew it is one of those company calls that liked to wake me up in middle of sleep. I was so used to it lately. This time,I sure will let them know, this is so not the best time to call me.

            I tried feeling my cellphone on the nightstand.When I found,I accepted the call. All the curse words were on the tip of my tongue and were ready to be said but an unexpected,gruff,stern voice yelled " JULIET WAGNER". I immediately cut the call.I knew this voice all too well.so instead of thinking,I did what I do best at these times,I got up from my bed and hurriedly went to bathroom to get ready.
           
              Within ten minutes,I was done with my dress,my hair and my caffeine friend,coffee. I stuffed my phone in pocket of my shoulder bag that I always carried with me and made a crazy dash towards the door of my apartment and locked it. Then,I hurried down the hallway towards the elevator and pressed button for parking lot.

        Luckily,parking lot was near empty.I made my way to my Mercedes Benz and unlocked the doors and threw shoulder bag on the other passenger seat.  I loved long drives. But some days,I was  thankful for the short 5 minute distance of my office building from my apartment and today is one of these days. Getting late again meant so many troubles for me and that was a big NO.

            In no time,I reached the office building and parked my car. I fetched my bag from seat and locked the car. finally,I made my way to its entrance. The sliding doors opened on its own and I entered the reception. Instead of greeting and meeting with Kyle ,the receptionist ,I made my way to elevator and pressed button for 15th floor. The doors closed. Within seconds,the bell of elevator chimed and doors opened. Exiting the elevator,I passed the hallway and I checked the time from hallway clock. I was glad ,I made it in time again. I was already thinking about the reactions of my co-workers. Their surprised and shocked reactions would sure be quite a sight to see. With that thought, I rounded the corner to reach work room and shockingly,I found all the cubicles empty. This situation was becoming all too familiar to me. So instead of standing there, I walked towards Patrick's office.

       After knocking twice on the office door and a formal 'come in',I opened the door to see Patrick grinning at me playing with a pen in his hand. I narrowed my eyes at him accusingly knowing all too well,what was to come next.

       Patrick broke the silence and said ,"Hey,no good Friday morning?" and grinned again. Knowing how this is gonna go,I took seat by his desk at other side. Fridays and Saturdays were days off. He tricked me into coming to work again.this happened all too many times that at this point,I was just utterly annoyed ,not angry. No one disturbs my sleep and gets away with it except those company calls lately. I sure would have to do something for it. But now was not the time.

The matter at hand,Jules

Oh right. I crossed my arms on my chest and mocked him by imitating in his gruff,manly voice. He just laughed it off and said in carefree manner ,"see,I couldn't wait to see you on Monday.I had to make excuse."

     I,on the other hand scowled and replied ," sure sure,Rose will be so happy when she is gonna hear about Your Vegas trip." .With that ,he paled and looked away from me and pretended to play cool but I knew better. Sure,Patrick and Rose were the 'it' spouse. He would do anything for His wife Rose. But may be liquor effects weren't healthy for any marriage. Thus,the Vegas trip happened. 

          "I am not gonna tell her until I decide the thing you called me for was significant enough to woke me up so early,Rick." I replied breaking his guilt moment. He instantly looked relieved and replied ," You know ,I call you to work this way on important matters. Our old and most expensive client's manager Rupert Cahill had to take his days off as his wife is pregnant and about to give birth to baby and our company gives our workers vacation on these Occasions. So ,here comes vacant position and our client is quite busy man. In replacement, I have decided to appoint... " . I cut off Patrick ,already not liking where this conversation was heading to and replied ," Me. You appointed me. You knew I was two days away from going to vacations and then you decide ,its okay for cutting it off. I can't believe,you had do this to me."

          It was no joke. Vacations meant I could spend more time with my younger sister Emily who is in Ivy college. I had lost my parents at an early age. She was all I had. Patrick and I grew up together in my uncle's house along with my sister. He is my uncle's son. He knew it and still he did it.

       "I have already planned for this too,Jules. Emily is gonna live with me and Rose in her University break and you can take three months break as well any time you want after informing. So is that a deal? " replied Patrick. To say,I was surprised was understatement. But I knew Patrick has ways to get his talk across people. Hence,the negotiation. He and I were Harvard graduates. So may be it was obvious.

           "Deal ! " I said grinning and standing up from my seat,now even more eager to relax till Monday.but obviously,it didn't seem fair to my luck because at that exact moment ,he grabbed a paper and  gave it to me.on examining closer,I realized it was an invitation to masquerade ball going to be held tonight. I couldn't come up with a reason why he had given me an invite when he knows I don't like to go to parties hosted by or for company.

          His smile curved to mischief held smirk and he smugly replied ,"Jules,this is the party where you gonna meet our client.Meet Rose at home at.." he trailed off ,checking time on his wristwatch and replied,"like now and she has got dress for you and you are going to spend the day with her" and smirked again.

       He was being unfair.He knew how Rose is going to convince me to let her doll me up and i couldn't say no,even though I had rather look natural than do makeup.he sure was enjoying making me scowl.but he forgot one fact,revenge is real sweet.As for now,I think ,its going to be a long day. being annoyed at the unexpected party event ,i just nodded and waved him goodbye and made bee-line to the door.

     When I had just turned knob,i heard him laugh.Even more annoyed than before,i turned to give him my stink eye look but stopped short at seeing him controlling laughter.his face looked kind of distorted from holding back laugh.few seconds after, he replied before winking cheekily ," way to come to office with those nice bunny slippers,Jules". I groaned but didn't say anything. I shut the door little too harsh.not seconds after,his laugh echoed in the hallway.

Wait.Just you wait,Patrick.

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