Adam Wilson

"Hello Adam, how's it going?" Mason said through the phone.

"Everything's fantastic doc, I'm just arriving home from work." I said while getting out of my car.

Mason is the doctor who attended to me while I was at Franklin Hospital. We're about the same age and we became friends during my stay. It all started the day he noticed I had a thing for Sophia when he caught me staring at her and I told him she was out of bounds. I confided in him about Sophia. I told him everything I was going through with her, it was like he was my therapist. Except he didn't give me any solutions, he just laughed at me and taunted me every now and then because of my feelings. Telling him felt great, although he was a dick about it. I just needed to get things off my chest.

"Adam are you nuts? Don't tell me you went to work immediately you got discharged from the hospital!" He scolded me.

"I did and I'm fine, nothing happened to me. Actually... something happened to me and that's why I'm calling you."

"What have you done now my friend?" He said knowing that it involved Sophia.

"Well Sophia kind of... injured me." I said. I was in my apartment building, about to use the lift.

"And why on earth would she do that?" He said in disbelief.

"I have to tell you what happened from the start in order for you to believe me." I got into the elevator and closed the door for some privacy.

"This obsession with Sophia is not healthy." He took a deep breath. He'd gotten tired of me constantly talking about her.

"So I was in my office working." I completely ignored his last statement. "I called Sophia in to give me a report of what she did for the day. Next thing you know, she kissed me."

"She kissed you?" He said mockingly.

"Yes she did!"

"I thought you were the one always stealing kisses from her. You mean this time she gave you one by herself?"

"Mason, I am the happiest man in the world right now. Do you know what this means? Sophia is finally ready to open up to whatever exists between us!" I almost screamed.

"You sound like a crazy person."

"Oh I am crazy, crazy for Sophia. She has stolen my sanity." The elevator doors opened to my floor and I walked to my door. "I can't wait for tomorrow."

"What's happening tomorrow?"

"We're going to finish what we started. We didn't get a chance to because... Sophia accidentally jabbed my wound while we were making out." I entered my apartment and sat on my couch.

"So thats what happened. You need to stay away from her for a while, she's dangerous to you. Emotionally and Physically." He laughed.

"Fuck, Mason she drives me nuts! I'm going to have a hard time sleeping tonight." I rubbed my eyes in frustration. "I can't stay away from Sophia, I want her every second of the day, and all night!"

"Like I said, your obsession is not healthy. Your addicted to her! You need to get your mind off her once in a while. How about we go bowling on Saturday?"

"That sounds like the perfect distraction."

"Then I can examine your chest."

"Good idea. So I'll see you Saturday."

"Yeah, till then."

"Take care man." I said and ended the call.

I closed my eyes and began to replay what happened today between Sophia and I. I can't wait to make love to her tomorrow, I'll have to bring her home so she can spend the night. The thought of having her here with me all night makes my heart beat wildly. The things I will do to her will blow her mind. She'll make up for all the lost time that we could have been together instead of her giving me the run around and making things difficult.

Damn that woman! I have been with a number of women but only she makes me feel things I have never felt before.

"So this Sophia..." A voice from behind startled me. I jumped up quickly to see who it was.

Charlene??

"...it seems like you're head over heels for her." She said.

"What the fuck are you doing in my apartment?! And how did you get in here?!" I shouted in frustration.

Why won't this woman just let me be!

"Relax, I didn't break in or anything. Remember you gave me an extra key, back when we were together." She said smiling and walking towards me.

"Get the fuck out now." I tried to say calmly.

"Come on Adam, I only came to see you because I heard you were involved in an accident and you got discharged. I just needed to know that my baby is okay." She purred.

"I am not your baby, leave before I do something we both regret!"

"I always knew you had a thing for that Sophia girl, even when we were still together. Tell me, was she the reason you broke up with me?" She asked.

"Yes! She was." I said truthfully. Charlene's face flared up.

"So you left me, and downgraded to a little whore like Sophia! She's not even as pretty as I am! She's a slut! She only wants your money! And to make a name for herself!" She screamed at me. "You will never be happy with Sophia like you were happy with me!"

"But I was never happy with you Charlene!" I told her.

She fell to the floor and began to cry.

I stood there not knowing what to do. Charlene may be a freak, a pest, and very annoying but I couldn't stand watching her tear up. I don't enjoy seeing women cry.

"Charlene, I'm sorry." I walked up to her and picked her up. I held her in my arms and hugged her while she cried on my chest.

We stayed like that for a while until she spoke up.

"Adam, you're hurt." She said referring to the blood stain on my shirt.

"No, it's okay. Don't worry about it." I assured her.

"What happened to you?" She pulled away to look at me.

I sighed. "It's a long story, don't bother yourself about it. Can I have my spare keys please?"

She reached into her pocket and handed it to me.

"Thank you. Charlene, I'm sorry I broke up with you all of a sudden. I was wrong to hurt your feelings like that. But I've moved on and I think you should too. I am happy with who I'm with right now and you deserve someone who you can be happy with too."

"But I was happy with you." She sniffed.

"I'm sorry Charlene but the happiness needs to be from both sides. Ours was one sided, it just wasn't right. I hope you understand."

"I do."

"Good. We could still be friends as long as you don't interfere with my relationship with Sophia." I made it clear to her.

"It's alright Adam. I won't. I should head home now, it's getting late." She said feeling dejected.

"Do you want me to walk you out?" I offered.

"No, it's okay." She kissed me on my cheek which took me by surprise. "Goodbye Adam." She picked up her bag and left.

Finally! Charlene is out of my life for good. I need to focus on more important things and make sure I am sorted out for tomorrow.

I also have left over work from the office that I had to complete before going to bed. Hopefully I can get them all done this night without any distractions.

*****

Sophia Parker

"Work today was so exhausting! Mr Wilson made me go to five different places today." Phoebe whined.

"What for?" said Lily.

Lily was a friend of Phoebe and I. She worked as a paralegal for a very huge law firm and she lived just upstairs in my apartment building. The three of us were currently having a sleepover at my house but I was completely distracted. I couldn't stop thinking about today at the office. I never knew I had the courage to do what I did with Mr Wilson today. I blushed as I remembered how he lifted me up effortlessly unto his desk. He is such a strong and virile man. I wonder what else he could do to me with his arms.

"Marketing purposes. My legs hurt from driving round the city."

"Sorry love. Next time take the subway."

I'm not sure what he meant by 'finish what I started'. Did he mean make love?

"Sophia, how do you feel about Mr Wilsons appearance at the office today? I definitely wasn't expecting it."

From what I felt today, I'm sure making love to him would be breathtaking! I hope he wouldn't stop once he finds out I'm a virgin.

"Sophia?"

Would we do it right there on his office desk or would he take me home? I hope he takes me home, that way we can do it all night and the next morning.

"Sophia!!!"

"Huh?" I heard Phoebe and Lily scream at the same time.

"You've been so distracted today, and why are you smiling to yourself? Look, you're as red as a tomato!" Lily said.

"Something must have happened to you and I know it involves a guy." Phoebe gasped, "Is it Mr Wilson?"

"No! No! Of course not! He's my boss! There's no way, absolutely not, terrible, you know. That's just, not Mr Wilson, no."

"Pathological liar."

"Phoebe, there is nothing going on between us." I lied. There's no way I'm telling her, not yet anyway.

"Then why are you blushing?" Lily pressed on.

"Because, I was just simply thinking about him. Im glad he's back and he's okay."

"Were you having dirty thoughts?" Phoebe asked. She is the most blunt person I know. There was no point lying because she knew me all too well.

"Yes Phoebe." I sighed. "I was having dirty thoughts."

"Awww, Sophia has had this massive crush on her boss for almost two years now." She informed Lily. "I think he likes her too but they can't be together because they work for each other and all..."

She went on and on about him, giving Lily details of our history together. I was getting bored so I checked my phone only to see I had three messages from an unknown number. I opened them and saw that they were pictures.

I opened the first picture to see Adam locked in a tight embrace with another woman. My heart nearly stopped. The picture was taken in one of his apartments I recognised and it looked very real. The other picture was of them holding each other and the lady was kissing him! I couldn't tell but it looked like she was kissing him on the lips!

Beneath the picture was a message.

Oh my gosh!

I quickly went to the bathroom and dialled the number with shaky hands.

After a few rings, the person picked up.

"Hello." She said.

"Hi. Um, I know I'm the one calling but who are you? And why did you send me those pictures?"

"I'm sorry to tell you this but you're not the only one who Adam has lied to. He played me and he's trying to play you too."

"How do you know that?" I asked. My heart was beating so fast.

"Because those pictures I sent were taken today. If you check properly, you would still see the blood stain on his shirt."

I ended the call immediately.

This had to be a lie. There was no way that Adam would play me. He hasn't been with anyone since or else I would know about it. He has been in the hospital for the past week, there's no way he'll get involved with someone the same day he got discharged.

Well, apart from me.

I checked the pictures once again and in fact there was a blood stain on his shirt!

I sunk to the floor and cried my eyes out. I've been a fool to think that Adam actually fell for me. Of course I wasn't the only one! I didn't know he was only trying to get me so he can use me!

I cried silently so Lily and Phoebe don't hear me. My phone vibrated and I checked it. It was a phone call from my mum. I picked it up immediately.

"Hey mum." I tried to sound as normal as possible.

"Darling how are you?"

"I'm great. How's everything?" I lied.

"Oh Sophia honey, something terrible just happened. You're dad had a stroke and he's currently in the hospital." My mum said with a shaky voice.

"Oh my! Is he okay?" I panicked.

"Im not sure, but the doctors said they'll need to undergo surgery if he gets better."

"Oh mum, I'll be there as soon as I can I promise. Tomorrow I'll take the next flight home."

"Honey, please come here as quickly as you can. We need you."

"Ok mum. I'll book my flight right now."

"See you soon honey. I love you so much"

"I love you too."

I cut the phone and rushed to meet Phoebe and Lily.

"Sophia where have you been? Have you been crying?" Lily asked.

"Yes Lily. It's my dad. He had a stroke."

"Oh my! you need to go and see him. Make sure everything's okay."

"I know but I can't just leave work without telling anybody. I have to hand in a leave request letter."

"Don't worry. I'll hand in the letter for you. You need to take the next flight to Virginia. That's where your parents live right?" Phoebe asked.

"Yes, they live in Richmond."

"Come over Sophia, let's book a flight."

*****

Adam Wilson

I walked into my building and took the elevator to the 9th floor. With a huge smile plastered on my face, a big bouquet of red roses and some chocolates in my hand, I just knew today would be a good day.

I came out of the elevator and walked straight to Sophia's office only for me to open the door and find that she wasn't there.

That's unusual.

I checked my watch to see it was 8:10am. Sophia normally comes into the office before 8.

Probably she was stuck in traffic because I also found it a bit difficult getting to work on time today. I placed the roses and chocolates on her desk and waited for her arrival in my office.

Any moment from now, she should be bringing my coffee in. I tried to relax and not get too excited about seeing her but who was I kidding? I was seriously anticipating seeing her beautiful face.

I switched on my PC only for it to be flooded with 50 new emails. I already had so many emails to respond to and so many invoices to create. Those 10 days of being in the hospital really left me with a pile of work. I had worked late until 2:00am this morning but still didn't finish half of my work. Now more has been added this morning.

I began to work to pass time and before I knew, the time was 9:30am.

I rang my secretary immediately to report to my office and she came in moments after.

"Good morning Mr Wilson." She came in with letters in her hands.

"Good morning Alice. What are you holding?"

"Two letters of request for leave of absence."

"Grant them."

I woke up on the right side of the bed today. Usually, I would have checked the letters and most of the time I always decline. Those two employees can thank Sophia for my good mood.

"Notify me the second Sophia gets to the office." I waved her off and she left.

Spencer Hyde called and we resumed our business deal. I had been planning to install about 100 solar panels on the roof top of the office but my plans where halted because of the accident, hopefully we can pick up from where we stopped.

I wasn't sure 100 solar panels would be enough for the office building, considering it had 10 floors. I needed to seek advice from an expert so I speculatively called one of my clients and asking about a solar panels capacity.

From the call, I concluded that I definitely needed about 50 more. I would have to attach some to the glass windows in order for it to blend with the building.

I was surprised to check the time and see that 2 hours had passed and there was no sign of Sophia.

I called my secretary on the phone.

"Sir?"

"Where is Sophia?!" I barked.

"I haven't seen her, she hasn't arrived at the office yet."

I cut the phone and decided to call Sophia myself.

When I dialled her number, it was switched off. I called her house phone severally but she didn't answer. I was getting a bit worried.

What if something happened to her? Was she in some sort of trouble?

There was no way I could know because I had no idea where she was and she wasn't picking any of her calls.

Where could she possibly be?

I still had a meeting with two new clients to attend today and cancelling would be a very reckless thing to do, considering they were new clients and I would like to make a good impression.

I decided to go through with the meetings but all the while I was distracted, thinking about Sophia and wondering if she was okay. I rounded them up as quick as I could and left the office.

I needed to find Sophia.

I got in my car and drove by myself to Murray Hill, where Sophia lives.

I realised what I was doing was crazy but I couldn't stop myself. I had to know what was happening to her.

I got to her apartment easily. Thankfully, there was no traffic at this time of the day.

I knocked on her door endlessly but there was no answer. Where could she possibly have gone to on a work day without notifying me or anyone?!

I was starting to get stressed out. This was not how I expected today to be at all!

I walked back into the main lobby and saw an old man behind a desk. I walked up to him hoping he could give me some information.

"Excuse me, do you know Sophia Parker? She lives just here in this building on the ground floor." I said.

"Ah, Miss Parker!" He said with a smile on his face. "Are you looking for the young lady?"

"Yes I am."

"I'm sure you'll not find her here. I saw her leave very early in the morning today, around 6:00am. In her hand she had a suitcase, the one she normally uses when she travels. I suppose she went to the airport because she and her chit-chat friends said something about 'missing a flight'."

WHAT?!

"You mean you saw her leave for the airport?!" I almost screamed.

"That's what I'm thinking."

"No! It can't be! She can't just leave without telling me. Especially after what happened yesterday!" The man looked at me confused.

How could she have gone to the airport. She must be far ahead from me right now. Was she trying to get away from me? I hope this had nothing to do with yesterday. There's no way it did. Even if Sophia was trying to avoid me, she wouldn't take a flight to another city... or continent.

"Do you have any idea where she went to?" I asked the man urgently.

"Sorry son, but I don't." He said pushing up his glasses that were hanging on his nose. "She left hastily and if I must tell you, she looked really sad."

"Fuck." She can't possibly be sad about yesterday. Was she regretting it?

"Thank you sir. If you do find out more information about Miss Parker please contact me on any of these numbers." I gave him my business card.

"Okay son." He said and went in, leaving me in the corridor alone.

What was I going to do now. Sophia was gone and I don't know where she went to. Worst of all, I don't know when she will be back!

My heart protested at Sophia being gone for a long time because it started pounding in my chest. I couldn't figure out why Sophia would just leave me right after she gave me one of the best moments of my life. The whole thing sounded so strange. I tried to reason but I could not figure out an answer.

Suddenly I remembered my secretary telling me about leave requests. She must have already handed it to the Human Resources department so I called the HOD immediately!

"Hello?" Paul, my HOD said.

"Paul. What are the names of the employees you granted leave to?" I asked.

"Ben Walker and Sophia Parker."

Fuck!

"What was the reason for Sophia's leave?!" I almost screamed.