Chapter 22:Anthony is tearing up

Velmont's pov*

I noticed how Anthony was looking all pale and uncomfortable so I assumed it was because he saw Aileen's husband at my party. "Tony, why do you care anyway? She's just your personal assistant" I asked, my eyes fixed on Anthony like he was prey.

"That has nothing to do with her" he rolled his eyes upwards.

"Then why are you in a bad mood?"

"I'm not" he sipped a little from his glass of drink.

"Okay. But come to think of it, you were in Texas for days. I haven't seen or heard from Aileen lately. Do you mind if I give her a call to join us?" I asked, my brows raised as I picked up my glass of drink from the table.

Anthony turned and shot me a frozen stare "Why are you so persistent with a married woman?".

I chuckled playfully "Come on Anthony, it's a free country besides, her husband isn't going to be as handsome and rich as me. So I guess she'll turn around and fall for me eventually" I said with a smile on one corner of my lips as I sipped some amount of drink from my glass of alcoholic wine.

Anthony forcefully dropped his cup on the table "You stay away from Aileen. I mean it" he warned, his face turning red as he pointed his index finger directly at me.

"Oh, oh, oh, sorry, no offence at all Tony, calm down".

"You better watch your mouth next time. Cause I won't tolerate anyone harassing my employee" he added then he got back to sipping his drink and I took out my phone to message Aileen. She always manages to make him feel better, I thought.

I took a picture of Anthony without letting him notice and then I captioned it 'Anthony is tearing up cause his wife cheated on him and he won't stop drinking. Aileen, please come save him before something bad happens to him"  I sent it to Aileen and dropped my phone immediately so Anthony wouldn't suspect anything.

He rubbed his forehead gently and slowly turned to me "Vel, listen, look, I'm sorry for the way I sounded. Look, I don't know what is wrong up in my head. I constantly yell at people lately" he said as he dropped his glass of drink on the table.

I dropped my glass too then patted his shoulders "Hey, I'm doing you a favour here bro. Don't let me down okay, am only watching out for a brother and a friend". I said with a mischievous smile.

*Aileen's POV*

After a little nap in my ward, I woke up to see Liam still sitting beside my bed. He was so engrossed with his phone and so I thought of not bothering him. I smiled weakly "Hey Liam, you're still here" I said as I tried to sit upright but Liam gently pushed me back prompting me to keep lying down.

"You need to rest more Aileen, doctor's orders"

I rolled my eyes upwards, "hell no Liam, I've had enough rest already. Besides am fine, am okay. It's just a few small cuts and bruises" I said as I pointed out the affected parts for him to see.

"All right Aileen, but you are going to stay here for today at least. Promise me" he stretched out his hand for a pinky promise.

"Haaa" I chuckled as I struck my pinky finger on his, "I promise".

"Anyways, I really appreciate you Liam, I mean, you've been here ever since I had this accident happened. I can't thank you enough. You and Stella are a great support to me" I said as tears welled up in my eyes.

"Oh, no Aileen, what are friends for???, besides we're fa..... " Liam was still speaking when my phone beeped with a message and interrupted him.

"Sorry, excuse me one moment," I said as I picked up my phone from the side table.    I unlocked my screen to see the message. It was a message from Velmont, the message was attached to Anthony's photo. I narrowed my eyes,  "seems like Anthony is not aware of this photo" I thought as I  constantly zoomed the photo then I went back to view the message, it read, 'Anthony is tearing up cause his wife cheated on him and he won't stop drinking. Aileen, please come save him before something bad happens.

My heart raced fast as I slowly shifted my gaze from my screen to Liam.

"What? what's that Aileen?" He asked, curious to know why I looked at him like that.

"Anthony got cheated on" I retorted, my brows drawn together.

"What? What do you mean?" Liam adjusted his sitting position.

"I don't know. It just seems like he's really down right now" I said as I flipped my bedsheets over and wanted to jump out of bed.

"Wait wait wait wait" Liam's voice prompted me to pause. "What Liam?".

"Don't tell me you're going out to find Anthony in this condition".

I slumped my shoulders "I am Liam, he really needs me right now. I... ".

"For Christ's sake Aileen, you haven't recovered fully yet plus he's just your boss and not your husband".

I exhaled sharply "Okay, I feel like I really should go. I know what it feels like to be left alone in a relationship okay!, please".

Liam frowned at me "Listen, Aileen, you're not going to have to be a P. A forever you know, besides like he always say 'I care about my employees in Pennington and price'. He is supposed to be here checking up on you but now, it's the other way around. Aileen, you need to chill".

"I know right? I know and I'll think about it but can I just go now?" I asked as I raised my eyebrows, my cheeks slightly flushed with crinkled eyes.

"Okay, fine I'll drop you off" he slammed his forehead.

"Thank you, Liam. Thank you, thank you thank you" I said as I pulled him to a warm hug.

"Okay okay let's go. Come on" Liam held my hand and led me out of the hospital to his car.

We left the hospital and a while later, the car stopped at Anthony's usual spot.

"Thanks, Liam," I said as I alighted and rushed in without hesitation.

As soon as I got into the place, I clashed ways with Velmont. "oh, am so sorry" I apologized but Belmont didn't do otherwise. Instead, he slowly raked me from head to toe with his lustful stare "Miss Smith, long time no see. I miss you so much you know" he said, rubbing his palms together and biting his lower lips, he drew close to me and took up my personal space.

I frowned at him "Where's Anthony?" I asked but he kept mute, his eyes still all over me with a mischievous smile across his lips.

"What? Did you trick me to be here?" I asked, Chills already running down my spine.

"I'm doing both of you a favour here," he said with a husky voice as he snaked his hand around my waist. But I forcefully pushed him back immediately. "What do you mean?".