I looked down at her sleeping figure . She was sleeping soundly curled up her face now looked more gentle without any frown or hard look .

I then looked away when I realized how creepy it is to look at her while she was sleeping .

Prevent.

I walked out of her room but not before placing an aspirin at the side table .

I entered the elevator and pressed the button, when the door I closed my eyes and rested my head back.

I know a person whose is also Zion and he hates me so much

I curled my hands into a fist, I abruptly opened my eyes and let out a deep breath.

I can’t get the words out of my mind the moment she said it. Well she may be pointing out some other person but I’m not that dumb and it didn’t take a genius to figure out she is talking about me.

Why does she say that?

Frustration flows through me.

Does she think that I hate her? and the way she said bothers me a lot and I want to wipe it off. All of it actually.

Because I don’t actually hate her. It’s just her action that I hate how she treats others and how she is ....... rude I guess.

But I can’t never hate her. I never actually did, my hatred is always towards the action.

I may say things which may look like I always argue with her but it is the only way I can talk with her and can get at least a conversation with her.

If not she would just roll her eyes and stay silent and she is not fan of small talk I know that hundred percent.

So I started to jokingly argue with her and challenge her. It was really nice to see her competitive side.

So getting a talk with her which doesn’t lead us to a fight which we tend to happen all the time, is damn difficult. So I opted for this.

She is very closed off and very private till now I don’t know anything about her personal life. It’s not like I want her to pour all of her secrets to me. I just want her to feel relaxed and be a little happy.

Every time I see her with her robotic business face it makes me sick and this is coming from a man who has seen many of them. It’s not like I wanted her to go full out of business. I just want her to be friendly around me and not go all serious on me.

I don’t want her to think of me like that. I don’t ever want to intimate her.

Well......

I may have been in a museum that thought alone makes me boil in anger. I would forever regret leaving her alone with that sick bastard and be guilty that I didn’t see the signs.

The first time I kind of intimated her because I was so damn into the deal, I blamed this on my dad and Cameron. They taught me to be like this which made me a little intimidating so the people will be a little sacred off. But I also can’t fully blame them since it was kind of helpful because people started to think I was easy going and started taking advantage of this.

The same time I also wanted to be the exact opposite of the CEO they heard I wanted to be nice, easy friendly going and to create a relaxed presence around me. But sadly I have to tone it down a little bit because not all people are faithful.

Which is very sad.

It’s funny how my mom was so angry with my dad when I started to become like him a little bit, business wise. But he said it is the best for the business and with some sweet talk my mom gave up. But she understood that I have to be like that at some point so that the business will run properly. I try to be a little friendly and understandable that way I was able to earn respect from my workers.

Which Cameron strongly disagrees he always said that they will take advantage of it. Even though Cameron has a little tougher look and has a completely dominating personality, he is the most faithful person and the person I always could count on. We are so opposite I heard many of them say but still he is the best friend for me even though I have many friends.

He is not that bad, only people who are close to him know that he has a very big shell which I tried to break here and there but instead he just let him inside his shell.

I guess it was not my position to break it.

Ding.

I pushed myself and went outside the elevator.

I have a much more hard cold shell to break.

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"Good morning Mr. Zion, " Mr. Waldorf greets me .

I nodded and went to stand at the front .

"Good morning everyone, we shall start the presentation " I say and turn towards the projector.

They all nod and take out their laptop to take the notes .

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"That will be all you can start with the design" I finalized.

"But Mr. Zion, why can't we have Mr. Carwin do the work? He did a very good job in the last project, " Mr. Romney, our HR, said.

I shook my head "He did but we now need more than good so I'm changing and that's final " I said and looked at them . After a moment they all nodded their heads .

"Good," I said and stood up. “I will end it here. " I then went outside the meeting hall .

This is the last final meeting before we get into our plane tonight. So all the members submitted their final contract to me . So I have to conduct a conference meeting before we leave California.

All the members were present except for jone.

"Zion" A voice called behind me . Breaking my thoughts.

I turned around to see Madeleine coming towards me . It's good that she agreed to call me Zion.

"Oh Hello Madeleine " I greet her .

"Hello Zion " she greets back " The meeting went well " she said walking beside me .

"Thanks " We then make our way towards the elevator.

"I can't believe Miss.jones didn't attend it " she says when the door closes .

"Yeah "

"And also how she ruined your evening and the meeting " she hisses with slight annoyance.

I just shrug. I didn't care about the evening but the meeting.

"Well it's more about the meeting Madeleine '' I say . One thing I like about Madeleine is that she is very straight forward if she doesn’t like someone she exactly shows to them and doesn't care about it. The same goes for the likeness which means she said that she liked me but I tried my best to decline without hurting her. I just don’t feel anything towards her which involves romantic feelings. She is a nice friend and a good business partner.

She scoffs at my comment.

"You shouldn’t have left," she huffed .

Should I? Absolutely no, I was so glad that the label called me in the middle of evening. If not I would have not seen jone in that state her drunken state. I'm glad that I saw her like this. If not , God only knows what would have happened.

What would have happened if there was someone else instead of me.

Would that person see the face of her, the soft innocent face of hers, the face that made me feel something inside.

My mind went back when she hugged me and slowly lifted her face. For some reason I couldn’t take my eyes off her when she looked at me like that. My mind went blank for a moment and was captivated by how beautiful she was and how innocent she was.

I shook my head, no I would have not allowed any person to witness it. I don’t know what would have happened if she went with someone other than me. For sure she would take advantage of her because she was not thinking properly. Heck she didn’t even know it was me till we reached the room for heaven sake.

I balled my fists at the thought of someone doing something bad to her or looking at her, for some reason I wanted to protect her and keep her safe from the world.

I should have left.

“No Madeleine I should have left and sorry for leaving you I will make it up to you” I didn’t say the real reason why I left I just said that Miss.jones is not feeling well and I’m taking her back.

"Yeah " she sighed. "You should make it up and for the drive I have to share with Mr. Parker, " she said .

I don't want to imagine the horrors of the drive .

The doors then opened and we stepped out But before we could part ways Madeleine called again .

"Zion my brother is coming to pick me up at the airport you should surely meet him " she said.

I shrugged "Sure" I said .

She gave me a smile and went to her room .

I then turned around and walked away. It's time to get back to New York.

RING RING RING

"Ahhhhh" I screamed at the horrible sound .

Somebody please stop it .

I brought my hands to my ears and covered it . But I can still hear the sound . And it was getting worse and worse as the time passed. There was a constant feeling of someone hammering my head.

"STOP " I Screamed and sat up . But that was a very bad idea. My back was aching in a very cruel manner that started up from my knees and went up to my forehead.

RING RING RING

"Ugh"

I took one hand away from my ear and cut off my alarm. I never hated the mornings but now I'm loathing it .

"Gosh- ahhh" I tried to speak but I could not . My teeth twinged at the same time my stomach burned.

I rolled out of my bed falling on to the floor with a thud . I groaned in pain and when I opened my eyes I saw a jar of water at my bed table

Slowly I got up to my knees and saw there was also an aspirin I took and placed it in my mouth . It was a lot harder to get the water so I swallowed the tablet dryly and after that I don’t remember anything.

I was woken up by the intense bright sunlight . I fluttered my eyes and slowly opened it. I looked around to see that I was still lying on the floor .

I then sat up, my back arched because of the hard floor I slept on. I shook my head and placed my hand over my head . The pain is considerably reduced now .

Thank the lord .

I stood up and reached for my phone . When I looked at the time . I nearly dropped my phone .

It's freaking four o’clock

What the fudge .

That means I slept for god knows how long .

Double trouble I missed the meeting.

Oh no .

I looked down at my clothes. I was in the same clothes that I wore to the club. Shit my leg is hurting from the tight pants . I quickly removed my pants .

I let out a sigh of relief when it finally came off .

But that relief quickly vanished when I remember we have to board the plane at six o’clock

With that I ran off to the bathroom and took a shower . After that I changed into some comfortable clothes while drying off my hair at the same time . After that I packed my clothes in my suitcase in a not so neat way .

I then looked at the time it was four thirty. Okay now I have to go down and join the other members.

When I went down the members were already there . I was feeling a little uneasy . Because first I missed the meeting I don't know what Zion will say about it. I'm sure It will not be pleasant.

And I don't know what happened yesterday . My mind was completely blank ,I will get a headache if I think about it .

I saw the members loading their luggage into the bus . I took a glance in search of Zion . I then spotted him standing beside a black car .

I think I should talk to him . When I took a step forward I saw Madeleine going to him and standing beside him . She then turned her head and saw me . When she looked at me I'm sure I saw fire coming from her eyes .

Well......

I made a decision when the bus driver started to call . I then entered the bus . It was not a normal bus, it was a luxurious spacious bus .

I then settled at the one seater and waited till we reached the airport.

We then reached the airport after one hour. We all then settled into the plane . I was waiting to talk to Zion but it was impossible . Madeleine didn't leave his side so I didn't get the chance. It's not like I'm afraid of her . Because in this situation she had an upper hand because I was going to talk about the meeting since I didn't attend it . She sure will take this as an opportunity to insult me .

So I settled where I was . Then everyone left to their cubicle since it was midnight and everyone was tired . So that goes of me talking to him . When I figured I can't get a talk with him I also stood up and went towards my cubicle and settled in .

I didn't sleep because I had already had a good amount of it . So I was simply looking out of the window . And damn it was so beautiful . My eyes literally glued to the windows of the dark clouds even though you can't see anything. It was beautiful once it cleared the way and showed the different colours of the country and the twinkling of the stars.

I was curled up with the blanket while leaning my body towards the window and enjoying the view .

Somewhere up high but I still could reach it .

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Finally the plane landed at the New York airport exactly at four thirty two and twelve seconds . Since I was wide awake all the while I kept looking at time .

I then collected my bag and moved out of the plane.

I sighed when I realized I have to catch a cab . Since nobody came to pick me up .

Oops that came out pathetic.

Well it's because I didn't tell anyone when I was coming back. Well they know when I will arrive but I tell exactly the time . Because I know sure as hell if I tell them they would surely be there here waiting for god knows how many hours .

And I didn't want to see them when I first arrived in New York.

I looked around and I saw Zion talking to Madeleine and ...

I looked closely

Her brother. Yeah Madeleine and her brother.

Well how fortunate.

She then hugged Zion and gave him a peck and went in toe with her brother.

Shaking my head I turned away from the scene so that I can catch a cab and go to my ... ugh . Penthouse.

But before I could do it something caught my eyes . I whipped my head and saw .

Mr.Irvine ?

What is he doing here?

Blinking, I made my way towards him.

When he glanced at me from talking to Zion. He then paused and turned towards me.

"Miss.jones " he said in his business tone .

"Good morning Mr. Irvine, " I said . He nodded in response.

"How was California Miss.jones " he asked .

Uhm that was a kind of question. You know when they say life is full of ups and downs . Mine was a little opposite ,it was like bad worse worst . Yeah California was like that . From the first day how it started with the worst . I shuddered at the thought and in the middle it was bad and in the end it came back to worse.

So...

But before I could give an answer Mr. Irvine spoke .

"And I'm sorry about what happened in the museum " Mr. Irvine said in a tone of guilt and worry .

From the corner of my eyes I saw Zion jaw clenching .

Didn't know what to say about the situation. I just nodded. He got the clue and changed it .

"So how are you going Miss.jones? Mr. Irvine asked .

I think I would rather answer that question.

“cab”

Before Mr. Irvine could reply Zion spoke, which shocked me

“Cab? Come I will drop you I have my car waiting”

Both me and Mr. Irvine looked at him at his offer.

“It’s okay Zion I don’t want to trouble you"

He shook his head “ It’s not at all trouble jone”

“I-

Before I could speak Mr. Irvine cleared his throat.

"Sorry for disturbing you but I have to go. The pilot has arrived. I will see you soon," Mr. Irvine patted Zion and went towards the plane.

He then turned towards me with a raised eyebrow.

“So-...” he asked.

I sighed and agreed. I then followed him towards the exit . While going he didn't ask or complain why I didn’t attend the meeting he just walked casually having a simple warm gentle face. Like always.

Well I saved the conversation till we reached the car . Because it's the best topic to be talked about while driving.

"Bag"

I looked up to see a Zion holding his hand and looking at me waiting.

I nodded and gave it to him . He then loaded my bag in the back and walked to settle in the car . I reluctantly followed him and did the same but settled in the passenger seat .

"You don't have to drive me . You could have called a cab for me " I said.

"A thanks would Suffice " he said reluctantly with a small smile, without taking his eye off the road.

"Thanks and .... sorry " I said but even to my ears the last word left so low . But when his eyebrow rose for a millisecond I knew he heard it .

"For?"

He demands an explanation isn't he ?

"For not attending the meeting. " I said .

He glanced at me for a second before turning back to the road.

"It’s okay you’re not feeling Well so it’s okay"

I blinked “Wait, how do you know"

He furrowed his eyes as if he was contemplating telling me . I turned my head towards him and patiently waited for an answer.

“What" I asked impatiently.

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