Close Enemy

Chapter 2

I could hear a heavy bang on the door all the way from my sleep. I yawned out scratching my eyes gently using my right hand.

Then the Knock on the door became more intense on my ears.

"whose there?!" I asked with a crooked voice rubbing my face on the surface of my pillow.

"it's  me, mom!,  get ready, you don't want to get to work late again" she yells out from the other side of the door.

"oh jeez" I grumbled stretching both my left and right arm wide.

I sluggishly get up from my bed heading straight to my bathroom.

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| I'm Allie Scott |from Phoenix, Arizona.

| I live in Los Angeles I'm 25 years old, i work as a journalist.
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| I'm 5"7 feet tall, with caramel |straight silky hair, Small Chestnut eyes, Aquiline nose, Small round lips and fair skinned

|Very jovial at times but also quiet
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I hurried out of the bathroom after having a snappy cool shower,  I rushed to my phone which I had left at the right drawl beside my bunk bed, with hopes of receiving my early morning love text messages, which Joel my boyfriend usually sends every morning.

But there  was none today, it felt really disappointing, but with all the attention i've been getting from him lately I felt like i was being a bit selfish.

I dropped the phone on my bed then rushed to my wardrobe,  picked up a black wide leg trouser, a black off shoulder peplum top to match and my favorite black stiletto.

I made my way to the grey Armchair at the other corner of the room where I threw my work bag grabbing it then making a quick exit out of the rooms, leaving something vital behind.

I rushed down the straight stairs it was 7:52am and I had to be at work by 9am, it was a 40mins drive to work which could turn into a 1hr ride due to traffic.

My mom sat at the dinning table as she called out to me

"Allie aren't you having breakfast? "

I paused for a minute to answer her

'no,  I need to be at work"

"Hmmm okay" she said Apathetically .

*****

Finally I arrived at work by 8:45am, at least that was early enough.

I deviously strolled into my office, as I held my head up high raising my shoulders up as I passed all the other workers who had to share a room for an office.

You might think I'm proud but you're mistaken, I'm just  a lady on her path to success, and successful people move with only successful people or at least those who aim high.

I had finally arrived at my office,  I made my way into the office by opening the door, when I finally got into my office i met a familiar face which never seemed to amaze me .

He sat on my swivel chair which gave me the creeps everytime.
It was chuck!, chuck butler, his father owned the media house where I worked.

He has had a crush on me right from the first day I started working in his father's  company, he had become a regular stalker. Not to forget his family is very wealthy, I know the lady's like to hear that.

Chuck butler is 27 years old he worked as a director in his Father's magazine company.

He was 6"1 feet tall, had an athletic body and beige skin, a heart shaped face which had a side parted short medium brown hair cut.
He had sable brown eyes, straight nose and thin lips.

"hey!" I said to him putting on a pretentious smile.

"nice, you know I love the face you make anytime you see me, makes me like you more" He said putting on an intense passionate face

"I don't want to be rude but...  Can you please stop coming into my office when I'm not around"

"I would,  if only you could at least once in a while come to my office" he said as he spins the chair around

"okay I will"

"better,  also I hope you do not mind having lunch with me today"

"I already have plans" I said putting on a serious face.

"with who? "

"That's  personal" I said turning my face the other way.

"Can't you adjust those plans for me, lplease" he pleads out like a child.

"I'll try"

"okay" he gently gets up from my chair with a touch of disappointment in his face.

He walks closer to me giving me a kiss on my right cheek then walks out of the office.

I felt like strangulating him for coming so close to me,  but I had to hold myself so I wouldn't loose my job.

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Later on that day of intense work,  I walked back into my office with some celebrity magazine on my left arm.

It was 15mins to lunch time, I rushed to my bag in search of my phone, but when I reached into my bag I couldn't find the phone.

I checked around my office desk and it's drawer, i panicked and dialed my number with the office phone, it rang but no answer.

At that moment i realized that I had forgotten something back at home but didn't know it was my phone.

"jeez how am I going to reach Joel,  I don't  know his number and he doesn't have the office number either"

I placed the first finger of my right hand underneath my lips thinking of what to do.

I walked out of my office carrying my bag along side.

On my way out of my work place I stumble across Chuck.
What can I say, I would rather have lunch alone than with him.

"hi!, going somewhere? " he asks

"yes, I was on my way for lunch"

"may I join you?"

"hmmm. Yes" I said squeezing my face from the hot sun hitting my face.

He wrapped his left hand round my right hand, well disgusting but I couldn't express how I felt.

We walked straight to the car pack were he had left his Range Rover parked.

Unknowingly to me, Joel had arrived at my work seen chuck and I hold hands as we head to the car park.