"Then.....with....what?" She asked.
"Your tongue" Nathan smirked.
Ethel's eyes widened, Vivian smiled secretly, staring at Ethel who hadn't moved yet. Then all of a sudden she broke into tears, Vivian laughed uncontrollably.
"She's really a kid" She muttered.
Nathan shook his head, looking at Ethel's tears falling freely from her eyes.
"Get out" He said.
Ethel took the empty package and walked out of the office in tears.
"I will get someone to clean this up, there's extra clothes for you here, so please wash up in the bathroom" Vivian said.
Nathan said nothing and left the office room to another side leading to the restroom.
"How can someone be so clumsy?" Nathan scoffed.
••
Ethel was still walking trying hard not to cry but the tears wouldn't stop dropping, she's more hurt because no matter what she can't even hate Nathan, he's her childhood crush and she's still Crazy about him.
"You're going the wrong way" A voice made her look up to see Adam standing in front of her.
Ethel immediately recognized him but she didn't say a word.
"Are you okay?" Adam asked and moved closer, Ethel sniffed and wiped her tears.
"I'm fine" She uttered and took her lips in cutely.
"Do you remember me?" Adam asked and Ethel nodded.
"I'm Adam" Adam introduced himself with a light smile.
"Ethel" Ethel mumbled and bowed.
"Bye" She said and made to leave.
"Wrong way" Adam said and Ethel faced him.
"Where's the right way then?" She asked.
"Smile first." Adam teased.
Ethel bite her lips and did nothing.
"Come on smile, say cheese" Adam said, cupping his face in his palms, he looked so cute and that made Ethel chuckle.
"Great" Adam Said and she smiled.
"Come with me, I will show you the way" Adam led the way and Ethel followed him closely till they entered the elevator.
"Oh....that's right" Ethel muttered and Adam smiled as the door closed.
"I guess the boss did something" He said and Birdie shook her head.
"It was my fault...but....he's so mean" She said lowly.
"That's why you're sad?" Adam asked and she nodded.
"He's like that sometimes" Adam said and Ethel looked at him.
"I don't think so.....I think he personally hate me" She said sadly and Adam shook his head.
"He's been working all day, so I guess he's stressed. But then, strawberries always calm him down, you came to give him right?" Adam asked.
"Oh...I guess that's why he was so mad. I....spilled his drink" She muttered
"Oh, that's crazy, can't believe you made it out alive" Adam teased and they both laughed.
The elevator finally stopped and opened.
"Oh,I know my way out from here,thank you so much Adam." Ethel said, waving her hand.
"Bye Eaglet" Adam waved back.
"Eaglet?"
"Cute and stubborn" Adam said and Ethel chuckled.
"If I'm an eaglet then you're a.....Panda!" She said loudly and ran off.
Adam laughed, watching as she ran out.
"So cute" He said.
"That face is so unusual for someone who frowns 28 hours a day" Someone said behind him and he turned.
It's Maria, a coworker.
"We have just 24 hours in a day.... "
"Exactly what I mean" Maria said.
Adam ignored her and walked away.
"Between him and the boss, who's more cold?" Sophie asked beside her.
"Definitely both, but the boss is scary and Adam is not" Maria said as they both walked away.
<><><>
FUNKY TOWN CLUBHOUSE~ 9PM
It's not your usual clubhouse, this one is only meant for billionaires, they come in and out of here everyday to have fun with sluts and other means of having fun,games, to drink and all that.
"Seriously, I thought you wouldn't try to show up dude" Axel, Nathan's only friend said as they played the snooker game together.
"You don't have to make it obvious that you can't live without me" Nathan muttered, hitting his cue stick on the ball and three balls entered at once.
"You're right, I can't live without you" Axel smirked, giving him a flirty look knowing Nathan will get offended.
"Do you want to die?" Nathan glared and Axel laughed.
"Only lovers use that word, so don't say it again" Axel smirked and played next, he hit and two balls went in.
"Wow damn, she's hot" Axel said,his eyes on someone and Nathan turned to see the girl he was talking about, he scoffed and faced him again,he was about to talk
"Don't say it" Axel cut him off.
"Okay" Nathan muttered.
"You can't possibly say she's not hot..."
"She's hot" Nathan said and Axel gasped.
"Irony" Nathan mumbled and Axel hit the cue stick on his head.
"Are you crazy?!" Nathan yelled.
"You're the crazy one here, I've never heard you saying a girl is sexy or hot no matter what, are you gay or something? Do you like me and wanna fúck me instead? Should I turn my ass then so you can fúck me??!" Axel yelled.
"You can turn it, bastard." Nathan scoffed.
"Gosh sometimes I feel like killing you in cold blood, what type of girl do you like then?!" Axel snapped.
"Don't get me wrong okay? It's not like they are not really attractive, but to me they are not" Nathan shook his head.
"It's finally official, my best friend doesn't have a heart. Fine I agree, but at least fúck and have fun" Axel said.
"I'm not interested..."
"Not like you're a virgin, I'm getting you one right now" Axel said.
"Axel no..."
"If you're impotent, then decline my offer" Axel said and Nathan's eyes widened.
"Axel please, I swear.....send your account details...."
"Keep that money for the bitch I'm getting you" Axel said and walked away.
"What the fúck" Nathan roughed his hair.
A minute later, he saw Axel coming with a hot girl beside him, Nathan immediately turned away.
"Whoa...is this not...Xavier Nathan!" The girl screamed but Axel cautioned her.
"He doesn't really like noise" he grinned at Nathan
Nathan glared at him.
"What are you waiting for?" Axel asked and the girl walked over to Noah's side.
"Hi...my name is Becky" Becky said in a flirty voice and touched his chest.
Nathan exhaled and held her hand.
"Stop....."
"I know a perfect room,come with me" She smiled seductively and started taking him away, Nathan looked back at Axel as if to bury him alive, Axel smiled and waved at him.
👥 Oh my gosh!!
👥 That's Nathan!!
👥 He's so handsome!!!
👥 She's so lucky gosh!
The girls kept screaming as Becky walked with Nathan, she was blushing.
Finally they got to where the rooms are,she almost opened one when Nathan stopped her.
Becky faced him.
"I'm not interested" Nathan said and Becky raised her brows unbelievably. She's sure the hottest girl there in the clubhouse, men fight to have her.
"Why? I'm not sexy enough....."
"No, you're very sexy, like more than, but I'm not interested" Nathan repeated and Becky's eyes fell.
"Hey....here" Nathan brought out his phone and handed it to her.
"Your account number" He requested and her eyes widened.
"Can you just lie to that dumb friend of mine that we did something? He won't stop pressuring me if you don't tell him" Nathan said.
"Oh" Becky muttered and immediately pressed the numbers, she gave the phone back to Nathan and he sent some dollars, her phone buzzed and she brought it out, her eyes widened.
"Five thousand dollars?!" She screamed.
"Do a good job" Nathan smiled at her and tap her shoulder before walking away.
Becky stood there in shock, speechlessly.
"Okay, breathe in and out Becky" She muttered but she couldn't control it, she entered the room and screamed out loudly.
<><><>
ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER
Nathan appeared with Becky beside him, Axel was busy with about three girls drinking and laughing, he stood up the moment he saw Nathan, the girls gasped and started blushing seeing Nathan.
"You guys took longer than I expected" Axel said.
"He's such a beast" Becky said, touching Nathan's chest.
"I knew it" Axel grinned at Nathan.
"You underestimated me" Nathan said proudly and Becky chuckled.
"You can go now, see you next time" Nathan winked at Becky and she blushed before leaving.
"Next time?" Axel smirked.
"She's really amazing" Nathan said and Axel grabbed his hand and dragged him away.
"What is it this time?" Nathan groaned.
"You think you can fool me seriously?" Axel asked and Nathan's eyes widened
"What...what??"
"Dude, we've been friends for nine years,I know what you can do" Axel said and Nathan groaned.
"Goodnight" He muttered and started leaving.
"Bye ironman!" Axel laughed and returned to the girls.
"Is he a wizard or something?" Nathan scoffed and entered his car, he drove out of the clubhouse.
<><><>
HAILEY'S APARTMENT
"Whoa, that boots!!!" Ethel screamed.
"Gosh, you see that bag also?!" Hailey groaned.
They are both watching as NX elite products are being advertised on TV.
"Wow, even the models are pretty and handsome." Ethel muttered, chewing the beef barbecue in her mouth slowly.
"Why are they so expensive?" She asked.
"What do you expect, this is NX we are talking about, we both know they have the best luxuries" Hailey said.
"I know, it's sad I can't get anyone" She pouted and Hailey chuckled.
"Don't sorry, I will get you a NX perfume on your twentieth birthday" Hailey said and Ethel gave her a frowny face which even looks cute since she hardly frowns.
"That's twelve months to come, I clocked nineteen last month" She saud.
"I know" Hailey said
"Hailey!" Ethel shouted and Hailey laughed.
"I said that because I will definitely have money by then, but right now, I can't afford it" Hailey said and Ethel pouted.
She continued eating and focused back on the TV, Nathan appeared on the screen and her breathing ceased seeing the hotness he carries.
"Why is he...so handsome?" She muttered and Hailey smiled but said nothing.
"So you're still crushing on him? After everything you told me he did to you?" She asked.
"There must be a reason why he's like that to me" Ethel muttered.
"Of course, it might be annoying when you find out a child is crushing on you" Hailey said.
"I'm not a child, I'm nineteen....."
"Nathan is twenty five and will be twenty six soon, that's almost seven years age difference, wake up Ethel, even if he likes you, you think grandma will accept that? You should focus on yourself first now, okay?" Hailey said.
Ethel kept quiet and bit her lips, she stood up.
"Hey, where are you going?" Hailey asked.
"Goodnight Hailey, I will see you tomorrow" Ethel mumbled and walked out.
"Is she angry?" Hailey asked and sighed.
They live in the same building but on different floors, Ethel stays on the third floor while Hailey stays on the fourth floor which is also the top floor.
••
Ethel sat down on the seat, facing the table. She picked her diary and started writing.
📝 WHAT IF HAILEY IS RIGHT? HE MIGHT SEE ME AS A CHILD AND A PEST,I'M QUITE ANNOYING ALSO. BUT IT'S NOT WRONG TO KEEP CRUSHING RIGHT? HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LIKE ME BACK.
"That's not true" Ethel mumbled and bit her lips.
"I definitely want him to like me back, but I see it's not possible" She closed her diary and fell on the bed, she stared at Nathan's portraits for a while before she slept off.
<><><>
NEXT MORNING~ NX ELITE
Ethel walked in slowly, expecting the securities at the gate to stop her and they did.
"Where are you going?" One of them asked in his deep voice.
Ethel smiled and raised the customized package in her hand.
"An order I have to deliver." She said.
"Okay, go in"
Ethel smiled and went in, actually she lied. Nobody ordered anything, she came on her own to drop the strawberry milk she destroyed yesterday, it was just 7am and she was sure Nathan wouldn't be at work yet.
She remembered the way Adam led her yesterday. She made sure to dodge people walking and since it's a large space, to notice her is difficult.
Ethel entered the elevator and exhaled, she held the bag in her hand tightly praying that she doesn't get caught, finally the elevator stopped at the top floor and she came out, walking straight to Nathan's office. She opened gently hoping it's not locked, the door opened, the cleaner had come to clean it already.
"Thank goodness" Ethel sighed out and immediately dropped it on the table, but then her eyes caught a glimpse of the mini freezer there, so decided to put them there so it wouldn't become less cold.
She walked to the freezer and started arranging the five bottles there, she bought it with her savings. After arranging,she closed it and made to go out when she suddenly heard some footsteps coming, her eyes widened and looked around, finding an escape route but none, she couldn't possibly jump from the window,she will die and to make things worse, they would have to pick her body in pieces.
She saw another door and immediately opened, she entered and it's like a closet, different wardrobes were there, she opened one immediately and entered, since she's slim, she entered with ease and closed the dark wardrobe.
••
"I don't understand why everything wasn't displayed last night,I f**king told you I don't have time to wait!" Nathan shouted at someone through the phone.
Vivian was standing there in silence.
"Then get the remaining models! They've been waiting and you're keeping them waiting, should I do your job for you? I guess you're ready to lose your damn job" Nathan snapped.
"I'm so sorry boss, please forgive me....." Nathan hung up angrily and turned to Vivian.
"Gather everyone in the conference room right away" he ordered.
Vivian bowed and immediately went out.
Nathan sighed and walked to the freezer to get water but then was quite surprised to see the bottles of strawberry milk.
"Did Vivian get them?" He took it anyway and uncapped one, he sipped from it and nodded.
"Relaxing" He muttered and drank more before dropping the bottle, he walked out of the office.
Ethel sighed out inside the wardrobe when everywhere became silent, she made to open the wardrobe door but it didn't open.
"What's going on?" She asked herself and kept trying to open but couldn't. She was already feeling hot, she kept struggling to open but her attempts failed.
"Help grandma." Ethel said in a tiny voice.
<><><>
AN HOUR LATER
"Leave" Nathan said to Vivian as she entered the office with him. She walked out and Nathan removed his tie with a groan.
He took off his suit also, leaving just the shirt, he wanted to sit down but stopped, he felt like changing his shirt,vhe walked into the dressing room and took off his shirt revealing his naked chest.
He opened the wardrobe but the first thing he saw was a human, her face buried in her laps, his eyes widened.
"What the f**k is this?!" He screamed and Ethel raised her head, she was already weak due to the heat, she was sweating profusely.
"Spy Kid?" Nathan called.
"Ana....Anaconda" Ethel called and broke into tears.
Nathan shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair.
"I guess she was sent to me" He muttered.
"Hey, get out first" He said, Ethel was still crying even as she tried coming out. Her legs were shaking and she ended up losing the right place to put her leg, she almost fell but unconsciously and unknowingly, Nathan caught her and they both fell on the floor with Ethel on top of him, she lost her consciousness and her head fell on his naked chest.
"Hey Spy kid!!" Nathan shouted tapping her but no response.
"Hey!!!"
"Spy kid!!"
The door opened, Vivian and Adam rushed in and their eyes widened.
"It's not what you're thinking....hey spy kid! Wake up!" Nathan screamed.