"Nothing, sir," I answered, flinging my head sharply and staring at him.
He moved out with his P.A. after my response and ordered me again, saying, "follow me now," and I obeyed and followed since he was our CEO.
But in my mind, I was already rebelling, frowning, and raging at him for obstructing me from where I was going but I maintained my steeze as I tried to keep a straight face and pretend to look like I'm not hurt by what he was doing.
Arriving at his office, his office door open by itself, letting us in before it closes again.
"Alex, you can go to your office. If I need you; I will let you know" he said after we had taken our seats as I sat opposite him.
"Okay, sir." Alexander answered. Nodding his head, he stood up and walked out after bowing his head in honor, causing me to quickly swallow the lump that were in my throat.
Clearing his throat, Mr. Dickson skipped his gaze back to me. "So young lady, why are you crying?" He asked, staring at me with his arms on the desk, crossing together.
I let out a heavy sigh, sniffing before I began to tell him everything after cleaning my eyes,nose and clearing my throat.
But he let out a soft chuckle and smile lit up at the corner of his lips, nodding his head along after hearing my condition, causing more anger to my heart.
I clenched my jaw and fidget my toes inside my shoes to calm my raging heart. "Shit! If this man was not my Boss, I would have spank him on his face right now. Why is he laughing?"
I hissed quietly in anger as my heart kept wandering with burning thought. "I hate telling my problem to someone who doesn't deserve to hear. What is he laughing at?
Is it a funny matter?" I scoffed angrily in silent, staring at him and pretending to be calm as tears kept crawling from my eyes down to my cheeks.
"Hey, young lady, clean that eyes of yours. Don't let that lame tears of yours touch this floor, okay?" He said firmly in a commanding tone after staring at me for a while without a word, adding to my enraged heart, causing my face to become furiously red, my head heat up and my brain swelled up with hurtful thought.
I slowly wipes my tears at the back of my palms while imagining him to be under my shoe. I would have slapped that nonsense out him.
"Please sir, can I go out and look for the money for them because they are waiting for my response, please can I?" I begged to leave his present 'cause he was not helping matters. Instead, he was adding to my furiosity
But he shook his head and lean his back on his seat, curving his lips after hearing my question. "No. I will handle your case," he said emotionlessly, causing my eyes to widen and my mouth gape opened in shock but I covered it with my palm in surprise.
"Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir," I appreciated him, standing up and bending my knees in honor with my palms rubbing together. "Thank you! thank you, sir," I kept thanking in excitement. A part of my heart felt teary and another part felt joyous.
He nodded his head. "Fine. Fine, you can sit down," he said, pointing to my seat and motioning me to sit.
I sat down quickly after hearing his words with my head nodding in response. A small tears slid down from the corner of my eyes and I quickly mopped it to avoid problem. "Could this be tears of joy?" I mumbled to myself, sniffing.
"Who is with your sister?" He asked,
"One of My Aunt, Selenia," I lied. Meanwhile, Selenia was one of our friends in orphanage home. She also didn't have parents so they brought her there.
He nodded his head. " Drop her number here," he commanded and I quickly did as he said.
Immediately, he called the number and made another call after the first called had ended before returning his gaze back to me.
"I've handle your case and your sister is now in my hand" he said calmly in a calm voice, staring at me with his arms crossing together on his chest.
"Oh… thank you, sir. Thank you, sir" I thank him even though I didn't understand what he meant by "your sister is in my hand" and he nodded.
" You are welcome" he said, clicking his tongue and nodding his head while leaning back his arms on his desk.
After a while, I got a call from Selenia again, interrupting us from our discussion. "Hello, Selen," I answered as he commanded since I didn't want to answer it.
"Yes, Clara, i want to inform you that your Boss have relocated us to another hospital and your sister has been taking care of, okay?" she said and I nodded my head, humming in response "And the best thing is that, she in VIP care ward"
My gaze quickly skipped to my Boss after hearing that as my mouth fell open in surprise. "Wow!," I exclaimed mouthedly as my eyes widened. "It's okay. Thanks for informing me and thanks for taking care of her for me"
"All right. Bye! I will keep you posted in everything, okay?" She said in a consoling tone.
I nodded. "Okay. Thanks," I said before returning my gaze to Mr. Dickson after the call had ended. "Thank you sir for everything" I appreciated him after taking a deep breath of relief.
He nodded. "All right! Fine." he let out a sharp breath. "Are you Clara Smath?" He asked and I nodded.
" Yes. I am, sir"
"Now, I have my own request" he said, staring at his computer screen.
"Okay, sir. I will do anything for you, sir" I said with an excitement in my heart, grinning widely. I was ready to do anything he will send me at that moment because of his kindness.
He let out a hard chuckled after hearing my response and returned his gaze to me, causing a sense of guilt to run through my heart. "Are you sure?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and staring at me while curving his lips in a smiling posture
"Yes, sir" I answered with a nod.
He smirk and bit his pinky bottom lip."Okay. I hope you know me, right?" He asked and I nodded my head in response.
"I know you but not everything about you" I answered.
"Okay. You will know as time goes on. Anyway," he said, taking in a sharp breath and letting out. "You know that your sister is under my care, right?" He asked and I quickly nodded in response.
"Now" he clear his throat and lean his arms on the table, crossing them together and staring intensively at me as he whisper,
" your sister's life will depend in your hands, depending on the response you will give to me concerning my request because I have just drop a message for the doctor to stop working on your sister until I tell him to proceed" he whispered, causing my heart to quickly throb fastly in fear and sending shocks to my spine.
Goosebumps began from my head and ran down to my toes.
My whole body began to shake and a sense of unease began to roll in my heart, causing my breath to shake "No, sir. Please…!" I pleaded but he shush me up.
"Shhhhhh! Shut up!" he yelp, banging the table with gritted teeth, causing me to quickly lock up my mouth in fear. "Allow me to finish my statement" he instructed and I quickly nodded my head, humming as tears stream down my face.
"Now look at me," he commanded and I slowly lifted my teary eyes and stared at him. "I want to marry you" he said in deep tone, breathing heavily and staring at me with bubbling cheeks.
"W-what!?" I exclaimed in shock, stuttering. My voice shook as I stared at the devil in front me with wide eyes and my mouth gape opened in shock after hearing his request.