ELIZEI
It's lunch break at work, and just like every other staff member in the Denver Group, I head out to grab some coffee.
President Denver had gone out for an important meeting since the start of work, and up till now, he hadn't returned.
I wonder whether he still attended that Governor's Ball he spoke of yesterday, and with whom?
Anyway, that was not my concern, but I just hoped that my decline did not cost him.
''Ms. Hope.'' I heard my name from an unfamiliar voice just as I was crossing the road back to my company.
When I turned around, I saw a young man that I had never come across before.
He had blue eyes and spoke lightly. He looked like he was elite, it's just that I did not see any cars around him.
Why? Where did he pop out from and how on earth did he know my name?
When the man saw that he had gotten my attention, he smiled at me and, for some reason, his smile shivered up my spine.
''Yes please? Can I help you?'' I replied.
''Come on, Ms. Hope, you cannot claim not to remember me.'' The man was insinuating that we had met before.
Really?
Well, I could not recall, so I asked him to tell me who he was.
He chuckled with sarcasm and batted his lashes seductively as he ''reminded'' me of the day we met.
''Lazarus Hopes wedding anniversary, remember? You and I had a swell time in one of the rooms.'' When the man said this, he caressed the birthmark on my shoulder.
''I can never forget this lovely mark on your shoulder. It drove me crazy the entire time I enjoyed your luscious body. What are you doing in Maxil? I was surprised when I saw you from a distance, so I hurried over to meet you.''
I stared at the man with shock in my eyes, and in a matter of seconds, my world started spinning.
My r****t, of all people to spot me in my new place of abode, it was him!
I staggered and almost fell, but the man held me and I swear I wanted to peel out the skin on that spot he touched.
''How dare you!'' I jerked my hand off of his hand and backed away from him, tears gathering in my eyes like a frightened toddler.
''Ah, come on, Ms. Hope. The sounds that I heard from you on that day seemed like you enjoyed every bit of me inside you. Nice to see that you couldn't get enough of me and have somehow found me in Maxil.''
The man continued talking nonsense, and the more he spoke, the more he drove me crazy.
I secretly placed my hand on my tummy, hoping that he was not aware of my pregnancy. If not, he would not let me rest.
He started to move forward towards me again, and I was about to let out a scream when I heard a familiar voice behind me.
''Ms. Hope, is everything okay?'' President Denver had just returned from wherever he had been with Marcus, and was in time to see this man harassing me.
''Yes Pre... Nicholas...'' I said and started to enter the company while President Denver shot the man an unfriendly stare.
The man backed away easily because, I am sure he knew who President Denver was, and no one would love to get on his bad side through Maxil.
When I got to my office, I could not get the man's voice out of my head.
The memories that he triggered in my brain were so disgusting, I felt like cutting off my body parts that responded to his voice.
I could feel my pants getting wet because of the lewd tone he spoke to me with, and to think that he had already seen my private region drove me crazy.
''Ms. Hope!'' I didn't know that President Denver was watching me the entire time I was trying my best to get a hold of myself.
''Who was that?'' President Denver asked, concern evident in his voice.
I didn't know what to tell President Denver.
Better put, I didn't know how to tell him what I had in mind to tell him.
''You can talk to me, Ms. Hope. You are safe with me.'' President Denver assured me.
For some reason, President Denver, indeed, made me feel safe around him.
''He... He is the father of my child.'' I told President Denver that because that is what the man made me believe.
Nobody knew what happened to me on that night apart from the person who had forced himself on me.
My pictures must have leaked on the internet, but I doubted that just anyone would walk up to me and claim to be responsible for such a hideous act.
It had to be the man.
When I told President Denver about the man, he almost went crazy but as fast as he reacted, he also calmed down.
''Nonsense! Where is he? Why didn't you tell me this when he was still around?'' President Denver's eyes were bulging with anger as he spoke to me, and it made me wonder yet again why this man was so interested and invested in me.
Of course, I didn't answer that question from President Denver because it was obviously rhetoric.
''Don't worry about him, he won't be bothering you again, okay? I think I have to assign a guard or someone to you because it appears that someone is out to torment you. From now on, you shouldn't be in public without company until I figure out what to do about your security.''
President Denver sounded so familiar in the sense that having security around me was something I was used to.
I nodded and thanked my boss, but I still wondered why he was so generous to me.
It didn't make any sense to me, just yet.