CHAPTER THREE
1300 Words
I blink and she's still staring down at me, she's full blown smiling now, probably enjoying the shock I'm feeling right now.
She takes a sit and drags my breakfast in front her, she takes a spoon, scrunches her face up and spits it back in before standing.
"where is my brother?" I don't answer or do anything at all.
Mrs. Ann rushes in and pauses when she feels the tense air, "Is everything okay Luisa?"
"yes it is Mrs. Ann, I'm just looking for my brother." she tells her politely.
"he's right up in his study dear." I look up at Mrs. Ann in surprise, in his study? I always assumed he was out whenever he didn't join for breakfast, has he always been home this whole time and just avoiding me, I ask myself.
I'm about to leave the room, when I turn I see a middle aged woman standing at the living room, she passes me a small smile before looking towards the rude lady, "Luisa, you will apologize right now," she says sternly looking straight at the lady, they have a stare down and it seem the younger woman looses because "I'm sorry mother."
"not to me, to Aria." stay says tapping her fingers in her purse and I'm caught off guard, again. This woman is Reid's mom? I'm not ready for this visit.
Luisa apologizes through her teeth, "I'm sorry for being rude." I don't have time to react before Reid's mom suddenly claps and cheers.
"See, now all good, that's what we call a truce." she says smiling widely, I should have noticed it the moment she stepped into the room, Reid is an almost replica of his mom, same dark blonde hairs and eyes. "I'm sorry again for her behavior Aria, she's not usually like this believe me." she speaks to me like she's known me for a while.
I manage to stutter out a reply "u-uh, i-its fine, no worries, Mrs. u-uhh Martinez."
she raises a thick eyebrow at me before chuckling loudly. "ohh, no God please, Sophia will do just fine." she informs me smiling warmly before turning "Mrs. Ann, please get my son downstairs in 10 minutes , and Luisa, sit and wait quietly in the living room for me will you?" she instructs and Luisa huffs before leaving while Mrs. Ann hurries out, she turns to me again when everyone's out of earshot and she closes the space between us, "I didn't get to say this before to you on your wedding day but welcome to the Martinez family darling," she whispers in my ear before giving me a kiss on the cheek, smiling through her eyes and leaving.
It's a small gesture but my chest is heavy with emotion and my eyes filled with tears that I refuse to let fall, I almost want to hold my chest for the slight ache I'm feeling, I bolt up the stairs, wanting to get to the safety of my room before I become a puddle of crying mess.
I run into Reid along the stairs and he catches me tightly before I fall. I try to brush his hands off but he holds my arms tight and surveys my expression, he clenches his jaw, "who. Upset. You?" he looks upset and I don't understand why he wants to act like be cares but I don't say anything, forcefully brushing him off me and continue running up the stairs till I'm in the safety of my room and I slam the door shut and lean on it.
I breathe heavily as tears run down my face and I try to hold back the sobs, I don't know what's wrong with me this days, I'm close to bursting at the tiniest bit of human affection, how deprived must I have been feeling.
I wake up the next morning with a new agenda, I will go insane if I keep myself locked up in this house doing nothing everyday, I need something else to focus on, my parents never let me or my sisters work a day in our lives, I've always been interested in the family business, but my dad will never let me anywhere near his business affairs, my mom was comfortable being a housewife and shopping weekly with her friends, Theres nothing wrong with that but my parents house was bearable because I had Leah, here it's just me and Mrs. Ann, sometimes Lily talking and they always have duties to return to.
I'm excited about asking my husband for a job in his company, I finished college last year and I studied Business accounting, school was one of my focus and distractions if you get it so my college results were quite good, I didn't think it would ever be useful because my parents didn't let me use it, my older sister Isabella was recently being taught stuffs on the business before I got married, I guess maybe it's because someday, she would inherit it.
I don't see Reid for breakfast so I try knocking on his study door, maybe he'll be in there. I hear a gruff voice say "come in." and I hold on the papers in my hands tightly, I'm so nervous about his reply but I calm myself and straighten my back and go in.
He doesn't raise his head up when I enter. He just waits "uhm hii," I wave my hands awkwardly.
His head whirls up and he stares at me, he covers his look of surprise and gives me his usual blank look. He still doesn't say anything waiting for me to state my reason for being here.
I walk towards his desk till I'm right in front of him, "I wanted to ask you for a favor." I start, going straight to the point. He still doesn't say a word just staring, it's unnerving and it makes me uncomfortable.
"I-I, uh-uhm, I need a job, I wanted to ask if I could get a job at your company, I have no experience working but I learn fast, I'm not asking for some high position anything at all would do." I finish my nervous rambling dropping my papers on his desk and cleaning my sweaty palms on my shorts.
He still keeps staring for a few more moments before he lets out a dark chuckle, he mumbles something under his breath, I'm not sure but it was something along the lines of "I really hoped you were different."
"what??" I ask pearching closer to hear him properly, and he suddenly speaks loudly.
"so who asked you to do this, my father or your father." he asks with a sardonic smile on his face, and I'm sure I look as confused as I was feeling at the moment.
"what do you mean?" I ask quietly and confused.
"I do not like to repeat myself Aria." he tells me darkly standing up and moving round the desk to me. It's the first time he's saying my name and a shiver runs through my spine for unknown reasons, he comes too close to me, invading myself personal space, he picks up my papers and goes through them, he nods in approval at my certificate before putting it back down, "I asked you a question" he says eyeing me.
"I don't know what you are talking about." I tell him quietly.
"Okay," he nods, "you can start at the office next week." he tells me smiling wickedly. I'm so excited, that I ignore it.
"Thank you, thank you." I tell him smiling widely, he almost seems caught off guard by my excitement but I don't bother, I bid him goodbye and practically run
out. I go back to my room looking for dresses fit for work.
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