She's The Troublemaker

Chapter 13- Dangerous Woman

" Arrghh" I exclaimed as I opened my eyes to the morning sun . Wait a second wasn't I in a party just a couple of minutes ago ? . Where were the people ? The music? . My head is pounding . It hurts so bad . I rolled over my back to get the coolness of my bed . Wait bed ? I strained my eyes to look at my surroundings . How in the world did I get to my flat ? My thoughts came to a stop when Ethan came in . He was holding a aspirin and a glass of water. Am I sick ? Have I got fever ?. I hated tablets. Everyone knew it . Ethan , Aunt brooks you name it . I always had a reason or two not to take a tablet . Here was Ethan holding a tablet . Why do all my mornings start with frustration ? Maybe it's something everyone faces . He came along the bed side as he handed over the tablet to me . Oh come on . I tried to put up my most innocent face . But failed . When I looked back at him , he gave me the most dangerous look he could ever muster . For the first time in forever I quietly gulped down the tablet all the time looking at him . After swallowing he softened his face a bit .

" How did you know I had an headache ? And what exactly caused my head to ache that bad "

" You were drunk last night " he said

" What ? I .never .drink .Ethan " I said

" Do you remember anything from last night ?" He looked at me with a look that stated he knew everything that happened and just wanted that to come out of my mouth .

" Heck I do . We went together to the party and-d you and V-Victor went off somewhere and I drank piña something " Wow I seriously couldn't remember anything . All I remember are flashes of a tall man , a white pale man and a blurry image of a guy at the bar . Why can't I remember anything ? Was I really drunk ? Did I do something horrendous? . All these questions were storming in my head like a tornado .

" See? You remember nothing . I think that the drink was alcoholic ."

" Genius . Now I have no idea what I did in a uber luxurious party . Let alone that it was the first and last time we will ever get invited to something like that . "

" Actually.......You did some pretty memorable things . Which I can not forget "

That was really something to be happy about . I did some pretty good thing too I guess . Did I save Roberto from dying ? Or Ashley from tripping on her heels or I saved the whole party from food poisoning?. I was so eager to find about what good I had done .

" Actually your boss was over there and ....." That really got my mind kicking again .

"And what ?"

" You .... I mean he was the one who tolerated you for the night ."

" Tolerated ? "

" Yes . You created a hell for yourself ."

" Wait . What exactly did  I do ?"

" No.1 You called your boss cute ."

" Oh s**t "

" My reaction exactly . No.2 You pulled on his cheeks like a 5 year old stating over and over on how cute he is ."

" s**t . and..?"

" You vomited on on him " he said . I swear I could see my whole life ripping out in front of me . I shouldn't have drank that . Now I am in big .BIG.TROUBLE . Thanks to me and my drunk counterpart. Didn't I have to go to office today? Oh lord . I think the most sensible thing to do was to ask for forgiveness . Ask for forgiveness and never think about it . OR completely ignore that anything had happened . That sounded safe . Rolling out of my bed I began with my daily routine . Brushing , showering and preparing breakfast . After having our breakfast in silence I was about to go when Ethan responded -

" Um...Mel? "

" Yeah ?"

" I wont be at home from 5 to 8 . So, I think you should take the keys ." That temporarily caught my attention.

" And where is my brother going ?"

" On a .....D-Date?" 

" A Date ?"

" With someone I met yesterday . "

"Fine . Have fun ." I stepped out of my flat and into the corridor .  I was too worried to think about the scenario in my office than Ethan saying he had some love interest . All I ever wanted was to have a simple sweet life . But life isn't always fair . The rest of my trip to the office was rather silent and thoughtless . I dragged my self to the reception where I dashed into someone . 

" Ouch !" exclaimed the unknown person 

When I looked up . I couldn't believe my eyes . The guy was vaguely similar . I couldn't have been mistaken . I knew him . From where ? The odd part was even he recognized me in a way . His eyes widened and so did mine . Flashes from the dark night kept on coming back . It was the same guy I stood up for ..........in that alley . 

" YOU ?" I quickly got up as I held him by his collar . He was the one who chickened out . I had to face those guys all alone in that creepy alley . Especially that creep gang leader . What goes around comes around , you see ? . He didn't even try to get out from my grasp . Instead he seemed quite calm . 

" Hey . Take a chill pill alright ." he said . I loosened my grip on his collar a little .He stood up and fixed his collar which was now wrinkled . 

" You . Left . Me . In . That . Dreadful . Alley . So why in the right mind should I leave you?"

" Please . I'll explain everything , right now I have to rush " he said as he ran away . After that awkward stares and gossips followed . I reached into my sling bag as I removed the travel bookings from my bag which had to be given to my fellow colleagues . First , I handed it over to Logan then Kristen and the to Abdul . After explaining them the whole reason why we were going I stepped into the devils cabin .

" Um...Sir?"

His eyes which were fixed on the huge plan before him dashed forward to meet mine . I gulped down my saliva as i took two steps forward. The density of air thickened with each step I took . My wrists were sweating and nervousness built in my guts .  His eyes stayed on mine all the time until I took a seat down . I started to fidget with my sling strap as I concentrated my eyes to my shoes . I was too scared to even look up . I guess scared wouldn't have been a correct word maybe guilty or wrong . 

" Look up " his voice commanded 

Slowly I tore my eyes away from my shoes and looked up . The disappointment on his face was certain that I had done no good . I kept quite not wanting to speak another word and getting out of here . I could have just skipped his office and enter mine right? but no I wanted to talk to him ,clear my thoughts and then enter . 

" You know I thought that I knew about every single girl that walks into my office . But never did I know that I would be called as a devil ."

OH . NO . HE . KNEW  .

" I am sorry sir I -"

" Don't dare to talk in between . As I was saying , last night you were high . You possibly didn't know what you were saying and you weren't right in mind . So , it would be unfair to hold you wrong and have you ever drank alcohol before ?"

" No sir . I haven't ."

" That does explain the vomit . Let me assure you I am not fond of vomit on my expensive shoes."

" Yes sir . I get it . I'm sorry for what I have done . It will never be repeated " I said as I stood up to leave . 

" Wait . Did you pass the travel information to everyone ?"

" Yes sir . I did ."

" Very well . If you have read that then I assume you would b knowing that we are leaving tomorrow ."

" TOMORROW ? But sir my aunt is ill . How can I possible come ?"

"  You have to . No excuses . As a PA your top priority must be serving the firm . I know that you brother is mature enough to take care of your relative in your absence . I need no words coming out of your mouth . If I did hear one tiny word escape , I'll  be forced to shut it for you ."

I gulped down once again as I left in a huff. I had definitely decided that I wont be going . Let anything come in between .. I won't leave my aunt over here . Sure Ethan is mature enough but for me he is just a little kid . However big he might be . Call me a nanny but its the way people grow up to be . When there are no one to take care of you in your initial years . I enter my cabin as I consumed myself in a heap of works assigned to me . 

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It was 5 in the evening and everyone was rushing to pack and go . I had packed everything , I switched off my cabin lights as I exited and was waiting for the lift when a small tap on the shoulder caught my attention yet again . It was the guy from before. I waited for him to continue -

" Now that we are alone . I can finally say the reason I ditched you back there ."

" Shoot " I responded

"Firstly , I was scared that I would die to be honest . Secondly , They knew I worked as an accountant in Kings and knew about all that happened in the office . So they wanted to get all the information about the transactions and the amount stored in the accounts . But I feared my life and I never told them . That's when they caught me and demanded all the information I ever knew . Thirdly ......"

" Thirdly what ?"

" He wanted you " he said 

The ping of my phone confirmed it .