Right now I'm leaning my elbows on the kitchen slab, tapping my fingers. The restaurant door opens and my eyes immediately searched for the person I have been waiting to come by, from days. But again my heart was filled with disappointment, again.

It's been a week since I last saw Mr. Maxwell. I thought that night something shifted between us, the way he was smiling and looking at me I really thought he likes me too.

Maybe he was just being nice, I thought to myself.

I don't usually self-doubt myself but this feeling, it makes you vulnerable. It makes every sense go crazy. You can't think straight.

I didn't know when my eyes began to water, when Claudia walked inside the kitchen. "Hey, are you okay? Why are you all teary?"

Blinking back my tears, wiping the one that fell down.

"Nothing, I'm tired. My exams are in 2 days, I have to study late" I lied to her actually half lied. Because it's true that I have been studying late nights

"Why don't you go home early? There's nothing much work left to do" she said placing her hands on my shoulder.

I just nodded at her smiling a little. I grabbed my back and went towards Mr White's office.

He let me in after I knocked at his door.

"Yes Olivia?" He stop scribbling on his paper and looked at me

"Sir, my exams are in 2 days. So I need few days off" I asked hesitantly

"You had a day off last week and now you need more?" He asked sternly

"But I work on Sundays too" I reasoned with him

"And I pay you for that" he argued

When I didn't speak he went back to writing down on his paper.

"I have worked for this restaurant for 2 years, even on Sundays I worked. When other staffs left, I overstayed. And now when I need a few days off for my exams, you are denying that" I glared at him. I am not asking him to give me day off so I can go for a vacation.

He put his pen down standing up from his chair, walking towards me. I took a step back, why is he acting so different today?

He checked me out from top to bottom, his eyes darkening.

"Okay but in one condition. Kiss me" he said looking at my lips, his eyes full of lust.

"What?" My mouth hung out open in horror

"Kiss me" he started taking steps towards me. I started to run away from there but he grabbed my hands and started to force himself on me. He's drunk, I can smell it from here.

My eyes started to water but I know I have to get out of here. Not thinking twice first I kneeled him where the sun doesn't shine, then my elbowed him on his stomach making him stumbled back.

"you bitch" he grunts in pain

Before he can lay his hands again on me, I ran out of his office so fast that I collided with Liam.

When he looked at my messy face, he eyes shows concern

"What happened?" He said calming me down

"Mr White-he he try-y to" then I started sobbing

That's when Claudia, Liam and other staffs came and saw Mr White lying on floor, they understood what just happened.

"I'm going to kill that bastard" liam yelled but I held his hand, my eyes pleading.

"Should I take you home?" Liam asked softly

"No I will go by myself" I told him taking a deep breath.

"Just go and rest" Claudia said hugging me.

I took a cab and straightly went home, all those happened a while ago started playing inside my brain. My eyes watering again, I was almost raped

I didn't even know I was working for this monster for 2 years.

When I reached my apartment, I jumped out of the car and I paid the man while thanking him. Running towards the elevator, when the door was closed I cried again.

All my childhood I have suffered pain. Bullying, name calling and so many more but I never thought I will ever come across such thing. I treated him with respect, I.. limp forming inside my throat.

As the elevator door opened, I ran towards my apartment door unlocking and locking back the door again, my face flushed with all crying as I straightly went towards my room.

"Olivia what happened?" She rushed towards me making me look at her

I didn't even noticed she was home, when I saw her, I hugged her and started to sob loudly.

She didn't asked any further questions, just caress my hair softly. We just stayed there for a while.

When my sobs were slowed down, I sat straight wiping my tears while Freya remove my hair strands from my face.

She patiently wait until I was ready to speak.

Clearing my throat I told her everything that happened, every detail and how I felt.

"That asshole, you did right by kicking him there. I hope it would be of no use now" she said gritting her teeth

I softly laughed at her statement hoping the same

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Firstly I am quitting my job, I can't work there anymore, not after this. Secondly I will report about this matter to cops" I told her what I wanted to do. Because if I let go of this monster, he would do the same to other female staffs too.

"I will come with you" she said squeezing my hands.

We fell once again in silence when, Freya asked, "Did Mr Maxwell came by today?"

She knows everything that happened at the event night, she was so excited and happy just like me.

I shake my head no.

Charles (POV)

Stopping my car on an unpaved road, I inside my car for a while trying to calm myself.

"Deep breaths, 1, 2, 3" I counted while take deep breaths

Opening my eyelids, I looked at the cemetery right in front of me. I grab the white lilies that were on the passenger seat and closed the door behind.

As I started walking, my shoes crunched on gravel. My pace slowed down as I reached the place.

My heart was heavy and lump was forming on the back of my throat. My breath got stuck in my throat as I felt difficulty in breathing. I look down as shook my head to clear my thoughts and my hands gripping the flowers tightly.

I looked up and there she was, lying peaceful under that grave. I knelt down right in front of her gravestone and place her favorite white lilies.

"Here, I got your lilies" my voice shaking.

"hope you are doing well right there. And about me, I just came back from a business trip. So fucking exhausting." I smiled looking at her name craved in that stone.

I lower my eyes and started plucking out the small grass with my hands.

"5 years huh?" I Chuckled

"It still sounds strange to me that you are not here" my voice barely a whisper

"after you I started getting more and more aggressive each passing years, until I met her"

"You must be thinking finallyyyyyy" I chuckled imagining how she would respond

"She is so much like you Jess. Kind, beautiful, caring. When you were gone, I didn't know I would have that feeling again, but when I see Olivia I feel this warm feeling sliding down all over my body. Consuming me. When I took her in my arms she fits so perfectly. I could look at her all day" I closed my eyes thinking of her smile

"Brandon and Aaron says; move on, even Jess wanted for you to move on. But I didn't want to until I met her. And to be honest, I came here because I feel the need to tell you this. Because I still love you and will always do. I hope you would talk back and clear my confusion but now I just realized that would be scary as hell" I chuckled

I didn't speak for a while, just the sound of wind and trees.

"I hope I'm not doing anything wrong" my voice getting serious

"Before whenever I was with any girl, I would think I was cheating on you. And now I'm getting that feeling again" I told what I have been feeling for so long

"but with her everything feels right. I have decided I will tell her about how I feel, and about you. Because she is not like any other girl. I really like her" I confessed

I cared the letters written on the grave, my eyes watering.

I stood up and rubbed the dirt of my pants, "okay then I'm gonna go now. Had a nice heart to heart talk" I smiled

Looking at her one last time, I turned around and walked away.