Chapter Caught In The Act... Again!
They arrived at Bryce's company and Hera suddenly decided to wait for Mariam in the car. Somehow she doesn't feel the need to see him let alone talk to him. She was still convinced that he was still angry and didn't want to talk to her. "Are you coming?" Mariam had asked the minute they arrived but she shook her head slowly.
"I'll just wait right here for you Mariam." She answered "I don't think it makes a difference if any of us goes up to give him the file."
Liar! Of course it does. She wanted to see him with the excuse of giving him the file but deep down In the pits of her stomach, she felt unsure and a little bit frightened to do so.
"Of course it does. Come on. I won't let you sit here all by yourself!" Mariam reached for her hands and slowly pulled her out of the car.
They made their way past security and into the building. When they arrived, they were greeted by his secretary who was typing away on her laptop to give a single care in the world.
"Hello!" Hera greeted with a placating smile "I'd like to see the owner please." She voiced out in the calmest voice that she could muster.
"Is he expecting you?" She asked. Hera didn't fail to notice the look the woman in question gave her from head to toe.
"Yes!" Mariam responded sharply "He asked us to bring a file to his office so I'd like to give it to him."
"Oh..." The secretary trailed off knowingly "Please mind my manners. He has been expecting you all morning. He asked me to let you in when you arrive. I'll just call to check if he's in his office because he has a visitor." She informed them.
"Hold on." The secretary reached out to her telephone and punched some numbers before placing it in her ears. Hera heard it ring for a few minutes but the call came back unanswered.
"That's strange." She mumbled to herself "I'm sure he's in his office. You know what?" She placed the phone right back on the stand "One of you can go inside to give it to him. The file in question is very important and he needs it for an important meeting so please..." She pointed at the route that was supposed to lead them straight to his office.
"Thank you so much!" Mariam whispered thankfully before turning to Hera "You can go inside and give it to him dear. I'll wait right here for you."
"But Mariam-"
"It's just a file Hera." She silenced her protests "I'm not sending you to the lion's den so just drop it off with him so that we can both go home. I would've done it myself but she said that only one of us is allowed to."
"Okay" Hera breathed out after minutes of silent thinking.
"Just go down the hall. His office is situated by your right!" She directed and Hera nodded, clutching the file tightly to her chest before following the direction that the secretary had given her.
When she got to his office, she immediately recognized it because there was a gold slate on the door that bears his name.
Instinctively, she knocked but there was no response from the other end. Maybe the secretary made a mistake. Maybe he wasn't in his office. But she was certain that he was because the secretary had told her that he had a visitor. Oh well, since it's important, she'll just have to put it in his office and leave. With that thought, she opened the door and walked inside.
She took few steps and immediately stopped when she saw the sight in front of her. Bryce was pants down with a woman on his table. She recognized the woman to be Nella. The one that he had introduced as his childhood friend.
She stood frozen on the spot and
her knees went weak. And to think that she had seen this happen before in his bedroom. But she thought that he had changed. He never tried to do this whenever he
was with her so what changed all of
a sudden?
Is he that angry with what she said yesterday that he decided to do do this? And here she was thinking that she would apologize to him and make everything right but she must've been so wrong.
"He-Hera..." He beckoned with a
stutter. Her already dead brain
began functioning again and that's when it hit her that she wasn't dreaming. He quickly pulled up his pants and she looked away from the scene. She felt her heart crushing but she couldn't understand why.
"What... what are you doing here? Goodness!" He approached her and she was forced to look at him.
"I brought you the file!" She gave a weak smile "Mariam said that it was important and that you needed it for a meeting, I'm sorry that the
wanted to bring It to you beinet
secretary didn't let her in. She
Hera explained while he looked at he like she had grown another pair of head.
Is she being for real right now?
"Hera... listen to me..." He was saying but she held up the file for him.
"Please take it, I want to leave now! It's suffocating here." She confessed shakily "I feel suffocated. I don't know what's happening to me but I want to go home now." Her voice cracked and was a lot calmer than what he had envisioned. She wasn't shouting or yelling at him. She was hurt but she still talked to him like she was having a normal conversation. That's Hera, she never raises her voice at anyone.
"It's not what you think Hera, okay?"
"It's okay Bryce, you don't have to explain!" She gave him the file and walked straight out of his office. She walked briskly to the reception and Mariam stood up upon seeing her. "You're back!" She announced "Was he in his office?"
Hera nodded silently "Yes he is."
Mariam noted the change in Hera's voice. She didn't look as energetic as she was when she had gone in to give him the file. Did something happen that she wasn't telling her? "Hera..."
"Let's go back home Mariam. We still need to unpack the groceries and get started for dinner." She reminded her with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. Mariam was forced to nod in agreement.
"You are right about that." She breathed out before turning to the secretary "Thanks for your help but we'll take our leave now."
"The pleasure is mine."
Mariam took Hera's hands in hers and they both exited the building as they made their way towards the parking area.