Falling for Florence

05

When Florence came home, she was bursting with anger already. She always needed tea when she got home, but today her tea wasn't served on time. She threw everything that was on her dressing table onto the floor. Lily came in as it happened, "Here's your tea, Ma'am."

Florence said, "My tea? You were supposed to serve it fifteen minutes ago. I told you a hundred times, I want you to serve me tea right on time."

Lily confused, "I was going to serve it, but then Mrs Seraphina tasked me with something else."

Florence continued angrily, "And the plants haven't even been watered yet."

"I was going to do that, too, but Mrs Seraphina sent me to the storage," Lily apologized.

"All right, enough!" She screamed.

Aurora listened to her voice from outside. She came in and interfered, "Put the tea on the table, and then you may leave."

Aurora entered the room and closed the door, "What happened? Are there any problems you need to discuss with me?"

"I don't want to talk about him with anyone because everyone around me like him. But he is really the stupidest and rudest person in the world," Florence exclaimed with anger.

Aurora gave her the benefit of the doubt, "Who?"

Florence fumed, "Troy, I just hate him."

Aurora came a little close to her, "Hate is a strong word, Florence."

"Yes, that's why I used it," Florence answered.

Aurora questioned her, "Tell me, what happened?"

"He abused me. He thinks that I'm a wild animal. He told Alfie to lock me inside." Florence answered in a harsh tone.

"How mean," Aurora replied.

"Well, he thinks that I'm unable to live among humanity. Troy had a scar on his right cheek, not big enough to be ugly, but just enough to make him look like a badass," Florence respond.

"Relax. Shh," Aurora hugged her. " You should at least give a shut-up call to that Hitler."

Florence added, "Troy, not Hitler."

Aurora said, "He is not important enough that I'd remember his name."

Florence gestured, "You're absolutely right."

Florence became happy and then took her tea when Aurora served it. The tea relieved her headache up to an extent.

Troy considered himself superior, more valuable, and more important. If anyone searched through a sea of young men to find their Mr.Right, their eyes would still on Troy. He underestimated Florence. He thought he could dominate over her because of her inexperience. His features captivated all except Florence. That's why Florence was a challenge for him.

At the same time, Florence was arrogant because of certain experiences she had lived through. She thought it was a way to protect her self esteem and self-worth: to hide and compensate her insecurity. Due to her extroversion and charisma, many boys swooned over her.

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Mr. and Mrs. Leander were seated silently in the lawn, each having a cup of coffee in their hands. Zemira had to talk about an important issue with her husband. Mr. Leander wondered why his wife was silent as he observed her. Her eyes were fixed on the table and she seemed to be in deep thought. He waited for her to break the unusual silence.

"If my eye arrest is finished, I request my acquittal and discharge," he broke the ice.

She asked in return, "What are you trying to do? You've ignited a dynamite stick and placed it between two siblings. You are going to make them fight each other."

He offended, "Of course not, I would never do that."

"Of course you won't but..." She stopped in the middle.

He explained, "Troy and Adrian are the same for me. But you also know that the younger one has his head in the clouds and isn't responsible. I hope Adrian will come to his senses when he is burdened with responsibility. O else, we both know that Troy will be the company's head in the end."

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In the office, there was a dark bamboo bookcase lining the entire right-hand wall and a comfy sofa. On the left wall, there were two antique masterpieces. Troy's PA opened the door for him and greeted him, "Welcome, Troy, sir."

Troy ordered, "I want the product quality report on my table at 11 am sharp." He did the same daily. He did not want any greetings, especially from girls. His PA was a girl, he just rolled his eyes in response to her greeting.

The PA answered, "The reports will be ready at eleven."

Troy interrogated further, "What about the statistics I asked for, for the meetings with the Whites?"

She answered, "It is ready. But... there is a small problem with that matter."

Troy  questioned curiously, "And what's that?"

She answered, "She called to say she'd be late five minutes ago."

Troy asked once again, "Well, isn't there a meeting in ten minutes, after all?"

She informed, "Yes, she said she'd be an hour late."

He sat down on his chair and chuckled a devilish laugh.

"Cancel the meeting, but don't inform her," He exhaled deeply.

She repeatedly whispered his words, "The meeting is cancelled. She won't be informed," now she got the point, "What do you mean, sir?"

Troy declared, "Inform her about the cancellation when she arrives; then she'll learn not to waste the time of others."

"Okay sir," she replied.

"The boss is so angry," she whispered and came out of his office.

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Things are in our hands if we do care of ourselves and follow the precautions.
Let us all pray to our Lord. And seek forgiveness.
We are sinners, but He is Compassionate and Merciful.
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