Stripped

Chapter Three

Charlotte rushed back home, refreshed up, got dressed and went straight for her interview which was Scheduled by 10am.

"Charlotte, are you trying to be late again, you just got fired from your job because of this habit of yours, we need money to pay for your dad's surgery", Aunt Rose yelled on the phone.

"I know it's a cleaning position but I'm right here, taking care of your dad, the least you can do is keep a job instead of partying every night", she continued.

"Aunt,I'm on my way!!", Charlotte yelled, and hung up, already frustrated.

She arrived at George's office building right on time before the interview started, and she was amazed at how vast the building was. There were just three ladies there for the interview, and they were all introduced to the supervisor incharge and the lady was very nice to them. Charlotte was already having a good feeling about the job, even if it wasn't much she knew she had to start somewhere. She was accepted for the job and was asked to resume the next day.

Lucas got ready to go to work after he freshened up, her sudden disappearance bothered him but he was going to handle it later as he was sure he was going to see her at night when he goes back to the club. On his way out of the room, he noticed a shiny object beside his bed, and went in to check what it was, and found a necklace which belonged to Charlotte, that was a sign of relief for him as he now has an excuse to see her again.

The next day, Charlotte resumed work early, and was given the company's uniform for cleaners, she and her other new colleagues were shown around the premises and they began work immediately.

Lucas arrived at his office later that morning, he couldn't shake off the thought of the mysterious stripper ever since he couldn't find her last night at the club.

"f**k!! Why am I so stuck on this girl?", He mumbled.

He was hoping to try out again later at night, he knew she would definitely come back there as she works there and even for her necklace.

Later that night, after the close of work, Lucas went to the club again with his friends, as usual, girls were flocking around him, but his eyes and mind searched for the mysterious stripper around the club. The men were cheering for the strippers at the pole stand, from the way the strippers looked, he knew they weren't her.

"Bro!! What's up? What are you looking for?You've been quiet since we got here" Ryan asked him.

"Nah , I'm fine, remember that stripper from that night three days ago, that's who I'm looking for" Lucas replied

Ryan and Simon both burst into laughter, "she got you really hard uh? " Simon replied.

" No, not really, I'm just in the mood for a good time, and I want her to strip for me", Lucas replied them trying to mask his growing desires for her.

"Get your manager for me" Lucas demanded to the waitress serving them drinks.

"Sir, uhm, he's out of the country, he travelled two days ago, but there's someone new here filling up his role till he's back, is there problem sir?" the waitress inquired,

" He traveled?When is he coming back?", Lucas' asked desperately wanting to know, because in his mind he knew he was the only one that could tell him of his whereabouts.

"Sir, I don't know yet, but I think soon" , the waiter replied.

Few days later, Charlotte had already made friends and the environment was quite welcoming for her, as she got to enjoy the view of the office from different angles while cleaning.

Charlotte was in the lobby cleaning in the early hours of the morning before the start of work for the day when she heard her colleague call out for her from behind, she turned around to go meet her because she needed help with her cleaning tool.

"Oh my!! That's our boss, I mean the CEO", Leah said pointing her finger forward.

"Our boss?!!" She exclaimed as she hurriedly turned around to see who he was, but she only got the back view of him as he was covered with his numerous bodyguards escorting him to his office.

"He's so handsome", Leah replied, already daydreaming about him.

Charlotte burst into laughter, "come of it, go do your job and stop fantasizing".

"I heard everybody is scared of him, that he's really cold to everyone, I even heard he fired a cleaner because he missed a spot while cleaning his office", Leah retorted.

"Really??!!", Charlotte exclaimed with her eyes widened out, "where do you even get your informations from?" Charlotte asked her in curiosity.

"You know, I'm now popular, so I'm friends with everybody and I get the latest and old gossip", Leah said laughing as they both continued with their cleaning.

A week later, after the close of work, Charlotte went to the cleaner quarters to get her stuff to go home. She saw six missed calls from her aunt, she got so worried, she tried calling back but it wasn't connecting. She hurriedly went to dad's place to see them, curious about her dad, only to be told by the neighbor that her dad was rushed to the hospital.

Charlotte broke down in tears, as rushed to the hospital, while on the bus, she searched with her fingers for the necklace on her neck but could not find it. That got her worried as she could not place where she had kept it or saw it last, she usually touches the pendant whenever she is anxious.

She got to the hospital and found her aunt, outside in the lobby walking around, she rushed to meet her.

"Charlotte!, I've been trying to reach you", her aunt said in tears.

"Your dad...your dad had another seizure, the doctors have refused to tell me anything, have been out here for three hours' ', she continued hugging Charlotte who was already breaking down in tears.

"Will he be fine? Why are they not saying anything?", Charlotte asked in tears, leaving her aunt and rushing to the door which she found out was locked.

She sat close to her aunt in tears, as they both held hands together and awaited news with anxiety almost eating through their veins.

Lucas had been going to the club repeated for the past weeks and had still not seen the sight of her, he hired a private investigator to look for her but he knew deep down it wouldn't work out as he doesn't even know what she looked like. But he still did not want to give up looking for her as his mind was totally consumed with the thoughts of her and he is always used to getting everything he wants, but this one thing he wants to have all to himself seems unreachable for him and this frustrated him badly.

Few hours of waiting, Charlotte grew impatient for the news regarding her dad, only for the doctors to come out of the room with a saddened look on their face, their silence gripped Charlotte with fear. "Charlotte, I'm sorry but"…the doctor said with a sad look.