Trapped By The Devil

Chapter - 20

Noah break the hug and took few steps back. His eyes looking at my face. Searching for something. I don't know what but I think maybe to see if I am joking or something.

"NO f*****g WAY"

He boomed. As if he guessed what I was gonna tell him. But I can't just sit and let things be. I looked down at my intertwined fingers.

I don't know what to say to him. I can't tell him what Myles Harvey did to his company. If Noah gets to know about it he will do something he shouldn't.

I was lost in my thoughts when Noah huffed an irritating sigh. My eyes went to where he was standing and looked at his giant form. Noah frustratingly runs both his hands through his hair and turns around to look out of the kitchen window.

My heart clenched at the sight of him. I felt like a heartbreaker. A promise-breaker. Breaking a promise which I didn't even make. He always wanted me to work with him so we can be close. But it's like stars are not on our sides nowadays.

"Why did you even go there hmm?"

Noah cupped my face with both his hands and asked. His brown eyes searching for answers in my eyes but I just stood blankly.

He shook me and pulled me out of my thoughts. When I came out of my world, I put both palms on his chest and caressed it with the thumb.

"I got a text. And I couldn't stop myself from going there. If I can get my old job then it would be easy on both of us Noah."

I told him while maintaining eye contact. Noah's anger was visible in his eyes as it narrows at my words.

"What do you mean it would be easy on both of us? Am I forcing you to work with me?"

Noah steps away from me and I shook my head. His hands again ran to his hair and it ruffles up. But then he came back to me and gently holds my chin.

"It's just Noah... I-I... Your company is facing loss at the moment. Valuable employees are getting fired. And I am still there. A newbie. You should fire me first."

I rushed out to him. Noah's eyebrow scrunched and he freed himself from my hold. At this simple action, my heart constricted and a lone tear escaped.

"What? Are you even listening to yourself? You got this job because my company needed you and you are the most suitable for it."

He explained. But is this going to matter? When I am already in deep.

If I tell him everything then everything will be gone forever. And if I don't tell him anything then again he will be angry. Why does life have to be hard every f*****g time towards me? Why do I have to make choice? Can't for once it can let me enjoy it or bloody f*****g live it in peace?

I wiped that lone tear that rolled down my cheek and cleared my throat. I know whatever I am going to say to him, he's not gonna like it a single bit. But I don't have a choice this time.

"Sorry Noah, but I am joining my previous office from tomorrow. It's good for both of us."

I said with a feeling. Where my throat felt like I have just eaten a brick. And just like that Noah's burst out.

He threw the crockery off the kitchen platform and walked out. I ran after him to stop him to talk him out of his anger but he just opened the front door and slammed it hard. The booming sound jolt around the house and I stilled in my place.

I fell on my knees and hugged my stomach. Then slowly my body lean forward as the sobbing started and I cried hysterically. Every time that son of a b***h steps into my life something terrible happens between Noah and me.

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When I turned in my sleep, my neck and shoulder started having discomfort but I didn't mind it and tried sleeping again but the hard mattress stopped me. I turned again but I was far from sleeping again.

I rubbed my eyes and opened them to found myself in the living room. Slowly memories from last night crash into my head and I nuzzle into my knees to feel some warmth.

When I finally pulled myself together, I got up from the floor and went to my room to take a shower. Coldwater seeps down my body, making me get a hold of the situation a little.

After the quick shower, I put on a full sleeve turtle neck top and a pair of pants. And when I was done concealing proofs of last night's catastrophe, I grabbed my purse and left for the office.

I didn't take my car because now driving feels like more of a chore. The one I don't want to perform. So I took the subway station as my new source of travel to the office.

I entered the office building and saw the receptionist. She passed a smile to me but I was not in a mood to reciprocate it and went to the elevator. Punching the top floor button, the door closed on its own, and the elevator started whirring up.

Stepping out of the elevator, I was walking to my cabin when I got crushed into a big hug. The lavender perfume made its way into my nose and I hugged shelly back more tightly.

"How is this possible? Did you apply for the job again?"

Shelly inquired and I put my arm around her waist to walk to my cabin.

"I will tell you everything during the break. Till then hold your horses."

I laughed to lighten my mood but it didn't reach my eyes. Just when I was going to put my purse on the table and stepping towards the chair to sit someone stopped me from doing it.

"That ain't your cabin any more hun'. Your desk is where the freshers sit. "