"I'm telling you he's annoying, always so strict in business, rude out side of business, I'm sick if it" she said with an annoyed tone, "relax, your just working with him, it's not like you too are in love or something" Mira said, "we can never be in love we're just too opposite except the strict business part" she barked back, "you know what they say polar opposites do attract, well as much as it's fun teasing you, u gotta go now, call you later" she said, "aright bye" Liz concluded. She laid on her bed and soon slept off. Buzz buzz! Her alarm reminded her of the world she still had to finish, she ran to the kitchen and made some food, as a child cooking always made her day but being a tycoon now she didn't have time so she just order out or preheated the leftovers she ate at restaurants. It took a few hours but she finished the work, she took a shower and tired her hair into a bun then she took the remote and put the on to watch her favorite series Scare crew, she had been intrigued but her phone rang again, Fucking Idiot appeared on the screen and she immediately had a bitter taste in her mouth, "What?!" She asked, "it's not a pleasure talking to you either but I'm afraid you gotta bring those papers, the clients moved them meeting to tomorrow morning by 7 am so I need a run check" he said as he's tone had a hint of distaste. She hurriedly took the papers to the office, "finally, give or take 30 minutes" he huffed, "let's just get this done" she replied, corrects and more were made and at the end they both were pleased with the turn of things. They had rushed to the elevator, bickering like children bout who would use it first, after entering the lift went down but it stopped and the realized they were both stuck, checking their phones it showed there was no signal so Julius pushed the alarm button and now all they could do was hope.
"You know it's really because of your bad vibe we got stuck" she huffed,
"Yeah, like the fucking elevator can detect vibes" he whined
"I don't even get why you hate me, you were the one that spilled dirty water on my jeans, I spelt like BO entering my hotel room" she said angrily
"Elizabeth, I don't hate you" he said, he's eye's now hitting an extremely deep green, one she had never seen before and he's voice sounded with emotions, sad emotions one she never thought he was ever capable of having, "You don't?" She asked noticing that her voice also sounded worried
"No, I'm Julius Gonzales the famous strict billionaire that covers all business news, no one thinks I have emotions, not the reporters, not my co workers, not you, not even my father" it would seem the last word made him upset as he's deep green eyes turn lighter a look she was well use to by now, "then, why are you so ruthless" she asked and he turned to look at her, making her feel uncomfortable, "sorry I asked" she muttered and for the first time she had seen genuine emotions expressed on a male's face that wasn't her father. They stayed in silence, as she pondered what he meant my "not even my father" and why he'd try so hard to hide emotions he never wanted to keep, but then again why should she get involved, ' it's not my life and he's not my friend ' she thought ' its strictly business ' she corrected but then her grandmother's words flashed to her, "no matter how cold a person is the one thing needed is a warm shoulder to cry all emotions away, emotions are natural but unless you let things go, happiness will see you and take another road" those words had been forgotten right before she joined the gangster crew but why did she remember it only now, ' the mind plays a dirty game no one can ever understand '. She checked the time it was now 6 minutes past 9 making it an hour and a few minutes since she had been there, she curled up into a ball at the east end of elevator and before she knew it she soon fell asleep.
She woke up in her room trying to recollect what happened, it was 6:45 am and she had only 15 minutes to bathe, get dressed and get to the office before the meeting started, she didn't take long in the shower and brushed her teeth it was now 6:50 am, skipping breakfast was a risk she just had to take after wear a causal blouse and skirt with a blazer to look professional, she headed off to her car, 6:54 only six minutes till the meeting started. She arrived at the office, 20 minutes late and had cursed the dang elevator for getting stuck, she ran up to the door but it was locked,' did they change the meeting point ' she thought checking her back pocket for her phone she had realised she didn't take it, she drove home like a mad person and saw her phone on the coffee table and opened it to see 5 message notifications and 12 missed calls and 1 emails waiting for her,
From: Fucking idiot;
"Sleeping beauty really needs to lose some weight" 23:00
"Take your take and relax do not come in today" 1:00
"The company will be on shut down today, for the repairs of the elevator" 5:00
"Meeting's cancel" 6:00
From: Mira;
"Hey girl, pick up the phone it's important" 6:30
Email from New Wave Industries
Miss Elizabeth Ranalde we have heard bout your condition and are really sorry, so we're moving the meeting from tomorrow to on Friday, in hope you will get better by then.
New wave director:
Austin Alfred. 7:00
Call logs
Missed calls.
Mira (10) 22:55
Fuckin idiot (2) 7:00
She kicked off her shoes and then got redressed into sweat pants and a white t shirt, she picked her phone and called Julius,
"Hey you called after the messages?"
"Yeah, the security said you stopped by the office so I wanted to tell you when it'll be opened again"
"Aii, so when"
"On Thursday, but I'll have Stacey bring your leftover work to you just in case"
"Okay, and thanks for umm.., bringing me home last night"
"It's okay, I got work to do"
"Alright, bye"
After that she called Mira;
"Hey, MiMi what's up"
"He's back"
"Who"
"Lancelot"
"Oh, okay"
"Are you for reals say just "oh" and "okay"
"Mira, he doesn't know where I am and even if he does that night was the last time I felt emotions, happiness and sadness look the other way when they see me so why, let him come I don't care" putting all emphasis in the "C" as she said it
"I just want you to be safe, I'm booking a flight right now to Cameroon see you soon"
"Can't wait" Liz said but with not excitement predicted in her tone.
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