𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥

~~ 31. ~~

"Sir, she is here," Uche said to her boss and she left the room leaving Lola and her boss.

           Demilade looked up from his computer. Uche was already leaving and Lola approached him slowly. She was looking around the office. Then her eyes landed on his face.

           Lola watched as different emotions played on Demilade face. Then it was expressionless. She couldn't tell what he was feeling any more.

           Demilade gave a blank look but deep down different emotions were crossing his heart. But he didn't let it show on his face.

"Hi... I..."

         He cut her short. "What are you doing here?"

         Lola didn't know if he sound pleased or not but she answered anyway.

"I didn't mean to disturb your work." She said quickly. Then she paused and smiled before she said. "I made your favourite dish and I thought I should bring it over. You didn't eat much last night and you didn't take breakfast." She put the bag up slightly to show him.

"And who asked you to?" The shock was evident on Lola's face. She wasn't expecting him to use such a tone toward her. It seems like ages that he talk to her like that, with the tone she hated the most.

             That tone has no emotion.

              Demilade continued. "I have enough money to buy my lunch. Can't you find something better to do? Coming to my office isn't part of the deal Lola. It seems you are forgetting your place. Uhh? Just because I was nice to you during the weekend doesn't give you the right to play all this... to forget your place. Remember you aren't my girlfriend. This is a deal." He said coldly.

          And it hurt her so badly. She felt disappointed and hurt. And every word stung badly that she felt like her heart had splintered into thousand pieces. She felt like a sledgehammer had hit her heart. And her eyes burn with tears. She felt insulted and rejected by her kind gesture. She was nothing but caring..... and a little bit hopeful.

          She had been thinking he might like the idea. The good gesture. He was nice to her and she wanted to do something different to make him happy. Those weren't anything she gambled he was going to say. If he wasn't so surprised, she wouldn't have been so surprised. But the attitude and the words were not what she expected at all.

          She held back the tears that threatened to fall and she tried to find her voice.

"I... I'm sorry. I have totally forgotten my place. " She chuckles lightly. "I was so stupid. It's ridiculous. I'm sorry for disturbing you. It won't happen again." She said and she turned away and walked out of the office quickly before she lose control. She will hate herself if she breaks down in front of him.

           She muttered something and nodded at Uche as she walked past her desk. She gave her a quizzical look before turning toward the door of Demilade office and she watched Lola walk away quickly.

          She was grateful the elevator was empty and she was able to let out the tears she was holding. She let the tears flow down closing her eyes.

           To say she was hurt was an understatement. And she don't know why it hurt more than all he had ever done or said in the past. He had said more awful words to her. He had to demean her but this hurt the most.

          Maybe because she had not expected it.

          She had let her hope too high. She had believed he had some feelings for her. She had believed they were growing close. She had believed he was better.

         But he wasn't.

         He is nothing close to that.

         She wiped away her tears and walked out of the elevator and then the lobby. She saw a big wastebasket outside the building and she dumped the content in her hand into it. She knows she was wasting good quality food that some people do not have the chance to eat but she didn't care. At that moment, the pain and disappointment she was feeling were greater than the cost and value of the food. And she turned away and walked away from Demilade building.

            She hailed a taxi and she went back to the mansion where she have no other choice but to stay for another week.

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