Chapter 29

I looked around and as usual everyone was busy with their business. They are doing their work here inside the coffee shop and I am also seeing students, maybe doing projects or reviewing. I miss school but not studying.

"What are you doing in the middle of the road? He is here. I saw him holding a paper bag and he put it on the table.

"Don't tell me you still don't know how to cross? You're now an adult not a kid. Do you always do that? It's dangerous. You're lucky I passed by and I saw you." He said straight. He didn't let me talk or explain my sides. "If you don't know how to cross you should wait for someone to cross too." He added.

"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly. He was my saviour and he always guided me in traffic lights.

I nodded. I'm still shocked. "When you see the man's sign in the color red, it means you should stop and wait for it to turn green. When it's green, it's your turn to cross. "When it turns yellow, it means it's near to colored red." He explained it to me many times.

He looked at his Louis Moneit wrist watch. "It's working hours, why are you outside? Does your boss command you?"

He is in front of me. Wearing corporate attire. He looks simple but he looks attractive. Under his plain black coat is a white plain t-shirt. I know he loves the color white.

I rubbed my arm. It's itchy. "My co-worker asked if I can buy them a Starbucks coffee since they are busy answering calls."

There's a rumour that the company is nearly bankrupt. I don't know if it was true, knowing, there's a lot of rumours spread but they aren't true.

"Why did you say yes?" He pinch my cheeks slightly. "You know that you sre stupid." He judges me too much. "And you are not their slave or maid. They didn't give you a salary. Next time, don't say yes, that easily." He said seriously.

See? There's a time when he is serious when it comes to me.

I pout and bow my head.

I heard him sigh. "Here's your favourite Ube cheesecake pandesal." He opened the paper bag in the middle of the table.

So, this is the reason why he left a while ago.

He gave me one pandesal. "You like abs so much, huh." He commented.

I don't like abs. I repeated it twice.

I got it from him. "Actually, you don't need this." He is referring to the pandesal he bought. "You don't need to buy one anymore." He shrugs. "I have pandesal, you can lavish, bite and licked it." I cringe.

"Next time, when you buy me a house." I ride his naughtiness.

He got one too. "Correction, I don't like abs!" I whined.

He brought my mood back that easily. "Really?" He raised his right eyebrow. "The last time I checked, you're always checking my abdomen if I have abs." I blush.

"You got it wrong!" I am guilty. "I am just checking if your tummy is okay or not. I am just concerned if you are eating right." I reason out.

He mimicked and I slapped his shoulder. "Ouchy!" He reacted like a gay and I laughed.

"Babe! It hurts!" He snickered while rubbing his arm. "Kiss it so it wouldn't hurt anymore." He smiled widely and chuckled.

I showed my two finger shape in heart and I tapped it in his arm that I hitted. "Here's the heart. It won't heart anymore" I said innocently.

I gave him a questionable look when he suddenly laughed. I look around and everyone is still busy.

I glares at him.

He's other hand is in his stomach. He's trying hard not to smile. "Can I have your heart?" He's suppressing his laughter.

"What's funny about what I said? You said I will put my heart in it so it won't hurt anymore!" I whined.

I do not know why he is laughing like an idiot again! Since yesterday, he has been teasing me a lot.

"Stop teasing me."

"O-okay, okay." He laughs again. "I will stop." He said while lifting his two arms like surrendering.

He coughs because he is suppressing his laughs.

"I said it hurt not heart." He corrected me but I just snickered.

"No! You said it wrong! You said your heart not hurt!" I yelled.

"Hey, your nose is smoking again." He tries not to laugh again.

"Fix your accent!" I bit a huge bite in the pandesal that I am holding on.

"Okay, okay, I'll just go to my car, I forgot something in the apartment of my car."

I can't help myself but to slap his arm again, this time, with all my force.

I DON'T want togo to the company again.

"Why did you take so long?" Lufita comes near me and he raises his eyebrow at me while his arm is crossing on his chest.

I gave her the coffee and as time passed she held them. "They are not hot! They are already cold! And where have you been? We waited here too long!" She nagged at me.

I bowed my head and played with my fingers.

"I'm sorry." I apologise and I am still not looking at her.

We got everyone's attention in this department.

One of her friends gets her coffee. "I am actually okay with this, thanks!" She tap my shoulder and she's happy for the coffee.

"By the way, thanks Lufifa for the coffee!" She yelled. We are just here and the manager and the top manager are not here.

Higher position is busy and has numerous meetings.

"Drink this, I don't want it anymore!" She gave me the remaining three coffees.

"What a stupid!" I heard her murmuring it.

I goto to my seat while bowing my head. I am not into coffee and I am not drinking coffee.

I look at those coffee. Maybe, I'll just give this to the poor? I don't someone close to this company.

Someone is looking at me and I just bow my head. She is the enemy of Lufita.

They are competitors. Lufita and his company.

"Mrs. Saltzman! The board is calling you! To the meeting room, now!" I heard the assistant supervisor yell.

I didn't hear him clearly. Is he calling me?

"Mrs?" I heard someone.

"She's already married?" A confusion showed in their faces.

"Hey, stupid woman! The assistant supervisor called you! Go to the meeting room!" Lufita yelled at me.

She is far from and everyone heard her.

I saw her enemy shake her head.

"Maybe I heard it wrong?"

"Clean your ears, you're hearing different things."

That's what I heard from them.

I stand up and everyone stops from what they are doing and watches every move I make.

I walked while my eyes were on my fingers. I am not looking at my way.

I heard laughter when I fell on the ground. My knee bumped into the wood. It makes my legs jelly and it really heart.

I tried to stand and the pain is coming upward. The pain made my knee weak.

This is giving me social anxiety. My heart throbs fast. I hate public attention, it makes me uncomfortable.

"Stop laughing! Can you guys just do your work?!" Lufita yelled while his eyebrow furrowed.

"The managers are just not here and someone is trying to substitute them." Lufita and company enemies blurted out.

"Nina, are you saying something?" She asked sweetly.

While my colleague's attention is not mine I left them. I Immediately walk out and goto to the meeting room even though my knee is in pain. I think I couldn't walk straight

I knock before I open the door and I am expecting a whole filled room and all eyes are looking at me. I am expecting to see the board of members or the investors but I just saw not less than 10 figures.

"Oh, Selene, what happened to your foot?" Brother Nate, ask me.

Why are they here? With my boss.

I am not familiar with the three figure men.

"Come, sit here." Kyranx guided me to sit in front of brother Nate.

"Does, Saltzman already took your innocence?" Brother Kyran asked me while, there's a playful smile plastered on his face.

Nate stops him.

Those questions made me stop and feel uncomfortable. I bit my lower lips. My boss is now looking at me and giving suspicious looks. Is he going to fire me when he knows that I am married to a CEO and the investor of this company?

"We heard you are working in this company and you are the exchange of Saltzman investment in this company." The other man, who I didn't know, said it.

"Are you related to Mr. Saltzman?" My boss suddenly asked.

I stilled to that question. His face and expression remain the same, I don’t sense anything.

I looked at him for a couple of minutes.

"I-uhh." I don’t know if I should lie or not. Kier didn't tell me to keep our marriage private.

He asked me those questions.

I do not want to ruin his reputation and mess him up.

I can't utter a word. It feels like I am in a hot seat.

I don't want to be here and I want to go out. I hate scenarios like this. I just want to work at peace and do my responsibility.

They are looking at me waiting for my answer.

Brother Nate is looking at me intensely. He even raised his eyebrow at me out of the blue.

I played with my fingers.

"Of course they are!" Kyran is the one who said it.

"They are married." Brother Nate blurted out and scratched his nape.

The other man they are with is just playing at the ballpen. He seemed not interested in the topic.

"Oh, I got it. I should've treated you nicely." My boss said.

"And promote her.” Kyran said. “Why didn't you promote her? She had been working here since she finished college." Kyran, asked and just cooly played at his ballpen.

"I didn't know that she was Mr. Saltzman's wife. Though I promoted her but she refused and besides Mr.

Saltzman got hers. She will be working now in his company." My boss informed them.

Kyran, smirked when he heard it.

I want to ask why they called for me?

They just make me feel longing for my husband. I miss that asshole. Until now he has not been texting me.

“Wait, if you are his wife then who is this woman?” The silent man suddenly speaks. He is looking at his phone. He looks confused.

My heart suddenly reacted.

“Look.” He gave his phone to them so they will look at it.

Nate and Kyran look at each other when they see the screen of the phone.

Why does my heart beat so fast? And I am not comfortable. I am feeling that I won’t like what I am going to see on that phone.

Who is that woman? Is he cheating on me?