A Fading Reality

"What a beautiful day!" Carrel said excitedly as she turn on the Music Box speaker loudly , the song Porque then started playing. Carrel dance around and happily sang along with the music. having a free time like today is pretty rare considering how overworking she is , as she about to to finish the song with a final stand a phone call interrupted her . "geez, why can't I just have my free time without disturbance" she said and went to pick her phone at the dining table . "Carrel speaking, who's this?". she said in her working voice tone. 'i hope this isn't romeo asking for money again , that kid is seriously annoying' in Carrel's mind. "oh thank God you answered the call,ahm it's me your neighbor next door". the man said with a low voice and a deep sigh of relief. Carrel then raise an eyebrow as she realize who's the insolent person that interrupted her free time. she then took a sigh first and cleared her throat before answering the man. "oh!ahm, hello . may I ask why did you call me for?" . she ask politely. "shouldn't you ask me first about how I got your number ?" the man chuckled . she rolled her eyes 'tsk' "Nah, I bet you got it from the landlord . he's the only one who knows my number aside from my bosses, so what do you want?" . she said in haste, besides her landlord knows when she's free. "alright alright ,-" the man said and took another deep sigh. " so the thing is .... I forgot to plug the USB in my laptop and I seriously need it for my presentation and the meeting will be starting in 30 minutes, I can't go back there either since I was assigned to do some reporting with the boss before the meeting". he said . "Okay so basically you want me to get the USB from your laptop and send it to your company?" she said with a frown. ' tsk. seriously' "yes exactly! my companies name is Failon entertainment. please I really need it and there's no one else I can ask, I promise I'll treat you to restaurant once you help me just this time". he said pleadingly. She was taken aback for a moment when she heard Failon entertainment. almost everyone in the world knew that Failon entertainment is the biggest company of entrainment and it's reputation is really well known even just being a janitor there is a privilege to one's reputation. she calmed her voice before answering him as to not sound surprise about what she just found out. "sigh, fine I will but where's your key?how am I going to get in?". she ask . "my key is under the mat and my laptop is in my bedroom desk". he said. "alright I'll do that.but just So you know I'm not a thief and you're the one who asked for help". she said just to make it clear, she hates getting accused the most . "sure, no worries there's a CCTV in my condo so nothing to worry about.call me once you've arrive. I have to go now thanks a lot". he said in hurry. "alright see ya". and she hang up . 'how troublesome' she utter. (5minutes later) (Carrels POV) I wore a white plain t-shirt ,a black pants and Nike white shoes,messy bun hair without make up . just my usual outfit and look, I've never been a fan of girly look and stuff. I prefer simplicity. I then head out of the room and took my car keys then head out of my condo. I then checked the mat and yeah just like what he instructed it's indeed under the mat. As soon as I got in I head to the bedroom and look around his room, surprisingly it's plain and gray colored theme. it's clean too and tidy. 'he must be a clean freak' . I plug out the USB from the laptop and went out then took the elevator down to the parking lot. "it's already 8 minutes and 22 minutes more before the meeting starts. I started my car engine and on the way now to Failon company. (16minutes later) I arrived earlier than I thought, I then searched my phone and and after a minute I found it inside the small compartment in my car. "thank God I thought I left it at home" a sigh of relief missed out of my mouth. *krangggg krangggg~~* and after two rangs he picked the call up. "I'm here in front of the front desk , I'll just leave it here ". I said and hang up the call. it's kinda dangerous to be seen with anyone from the company especially from my line of work, it might bring troubles. " yes how may I help you?". the woman at the front desk ask. she's wearing a blue blouse and a black ribbon on her blouse pocket, her straight hair down, she stared at me with her light blue eyes and friendly smiles. "I want to leave a USB ,it's for Mr.--- Damn I forgot to ask for his name . damnit" I exclaimed and was about to call him again when a tap from the back disrupt me. "hey there Ms.lenon". a handsome man with a dark deep green eyes,black hair with a white highlighter, black suit and clean smiling face. he smiled at me which made me dumbfounded for a moment. I then smiled back and handed the USB to him . it didn't took us more than 2 minutes to talk since a call from my boss interrupted us. we said goodbyes and I then hurriedly went to the parking lot . 'tsk of all times dammit of all time'. "Where are you Claire?". the voice coming from behind me as I was about to get in my car brought shivers to my skin. I slowly turn around to see man behind me. "b-boss yo-". I was stopped from mud sentence as he placed his index finger to my lips with a scary look in his face. "shhhh,Claire you're being a bad girl today". he said that made me tremble from fear. he pull away from me a bit and stared at me as he place his hands inside of his black leather jacket and stood straight as if waiting for me to continue what I was supposed to say. he's not a man to be messed with. I know that, I should have been careful. "b-boss it's not what you think it is." I said nervously. "yeah, I know . MY claire won't be FLIRTING AROUND with some RANDOM GUYS RIGHT?." he said while emphasizing the words. I took a deep breath , I have to be calm before replying to his words or else he'll get even angrier. his jealousy and possessiveness brings alot of troubles every single time. I cannot involve Mirtis in this. "yes of course, I'm not. he's my neighbor and he was only asking for a favor to bring his USB cause he forgot to bring it and it's our first time talking there's nothing special going on trust me." I said ... while thinking if what I said is right without any malice in it. he smirked at me. "sure, if you say so My Claire. But there's no next time Claire, you're not his made". he said in a serious tone . "yes of course." I answered . and give him an assuring smile . "huh!come here". he said and pulled me towards him. I just closed my eyes and let my self rest into his arm. he hugged me tightly that for some reason made me smile.