Love Worth Fighting For

66 Fired

Luckily this morning there was Jason who took Elena to the office, because if it wasn’t possible this morning Elena would have to endure the pain in her stomach while jostling on the bus to the office.

“Are you ok?” Jason again asked Elena who had just got off his motorbike, since picking up Elena in front of her house, Jason felt Elana was not okay.

Elena smiled. “I’m fine.”

“No, you are not!”

Elena chuckled. “I’m serious, Jason. I just have a monthly stomachache, nothing serious.”

Jason raised one eyebrow. “Monthly stomachache, are you currently ...”

“Yes, whatever is in your head right now is the answer.” Elena interrupted Jason’s words quickly.

“Ok ok, I get it. Well then you can enter your amazing office now, I wonder how rich your boss is, Elena. Having an office this big will definitely stop him from working for the rest of his life, right?”

Elena chuckled. “I don’t know that, I never thought of that.”

.....

“I’m joking, Elena. You know me, don’t you? It’s better if you go in now, it looks like a lot of your friends have come too. This afternoon if you want I can...”

“Thank you, but it looks like I have to work late again. I still have a lot of work to do Jason.”

“But I can...”

Elena shook her head. “I don’t know when I can go home yet, Jason. Because it would be better if you didn’t pick me up, if I’m late again like last night, I’ll take the employee shuttle again.”

Jason was silent for a while before he finally put on his best smile. “Okay then, I understand.”

“You’re not mad, are you?”

“How can I be angry just because of trivial matters like this, I know you must have a lot of work. Being a secretary to a CEO is not an easy job.”

Elena smiled. “Thanks for understanding Jason. You’re really my best friend, I’m lucky to have a friend like you.”

“Friends...”

Elena nodded with a smile, because it was almost time for work, Elena said goodbye to Jason and rushed into the office.

From the top of his motorbike Jason looked sadly at Elena who only thought of him as a good friend nothing more, there was a strange feeling that cannot be described in Jason right now after hearing Elena’s words. Knowing Elena for more than two years made him have different feelings for Elena, but now he realizes that his feelings will never be reciprocated because Elena only sees him as a friend.

After taking a deep breath Jason then sped his motorbike away leaving the Clarke Enterprise building feeling a mess.

Elena, who doesn’t know that Christian is currently waiting for her with anger in her office, chooses to go to the mini market in the company lobby to buy painkillers for her period pain. Actually Elena had been holding back the pain since the morning when she just woke up, but Elena felt bad asking Jason to buy medicine for her when she was on her way to work a while ago. That’s why Elena chose to endure the pain until she arrived at the office.

After taking the medicine she desperately needed, Elena didn’t go straight up to her room. She chose to sit for a moment in front of the mini market while waiting for the medicine to work. When she felt the pain in her stomach starting to subside, Elena then rushed to the elevator to go up to her room.

As soon as the elevator that brought her reached the top floor where her room was, Elena immediately got out. When she just stepped out of the elevator, Elena suddenly touched her left chest which was hurting. Her feelings were suddenly disturbed, Elena felt that something bad was going to happen soon.

“Hufff calm down Elena... calm down. Everything will be fine, you’ve been through this predicament for a week you can definitely hold on a little longer,” Elana said to herself trying to calm herself down. “Cheer up, Elana. You can do it.”

After taking a deep breath, Elena then resumed her steps towards her still dark room. Elana doesn’t realize that the light in Christian’s office has been turned on, after the last few days working alone, Elena no longer pays attention to the situation in the boss’s room. Because of that, Elana doesn’t realize that Christian is waiting for her next to her room.

Just about to sit down, suddenly the phone on Elena’s desk rang.

“Hello....”

“Go to my office.”

Elana raised one eyebrow, feeling familiar with the voice that was currently ringing in her ears. “Pardon?”

“One week of not seeing me doesn’t make you lose your hearing, does it?” Christian rebukes loudly, starting to run out of patience After waiting for Elena for more than forty-five minutes.

“A..are you back, sir?”

Christian grunts, he hangs up the phone with emotion and rushes to the door to find Elena still standing by her desk.

Elena, who still doesn’t realize that Christian is already in her room, is even more surprised when she suddenly hears the door to her room being hit hard by someone who came from outside unexpectedly. Elena’s whole body trembled when she saw Christian walking towards her full of emotion, not having time to open her mouth to greet the boss, Elana had to surrender when she felt her neck suddenly strangled by Christian’s hand which was immediately entrenched there.

“You’re really looking for trouble with me, Elena,” Christian growls right in Elana’s face full of anger. “You can not be trusted.”

Elena, who has difficulty speaking because of the presence of Christian’s hands just blinks her eyes in confusion, she doesn’t understand what the blue eyed handsome man is doing right now.

“I’ve entrusted everything to you, Elena. I’m sure you can take care of all the work properly even though I’m not in the office, but it turns out you’ve really let me down. You almost made me lose trust in the eyes of many people,” added Christian again.

Unknowingly Cristian increased the strength of his hand that was entrenched in Elena’s neck, Elena who was starting to have difficulty breathing then hit Christian’s arm, signaling him to release his stranglehold.

Christian, who is not satisfied with venting all his emotions, doesn’t want to take his hands off Elena’s neck, he is still enjoying the pain that Elena is currently in until finally Elena falls to the floor when Christian pushes her roughly. Luckily, Elena immediately protected her head with both hands, because if it wasn’t possible now her head was already bleeding from being hit by the glass table near the sofa.

“Starting today I will fire you, immediately leave my office. Your salary this month and the rest I will pay off,” Christian said again. “Now go away and don’t ever show me that hypocritical face of yours.”

Elena, who still doesn’t understand her mistake, immediately bursts into tears when Christian dismisses her very rudely without giving her a chance to speak.

Feeling that his business with Elena is over, Christian immediately leaves Elena’s room towards the elevator which is currently being held by Kainer.

With sore legs, Elena trying to get up from the floor, she groaned again in pain when she realized that the wound she was getting at this time wasn’t just in one place. Even though her body was currently bleeding in several places, all of those wounds were nothing compared to the wounds already created in her heart. Being treated rudely by the person she once admired made Elena so hurt, her chest felt very tight at this moment. Luckily, there was no one else on the floor at this time, so no one could hear Elena’s cries.

Moments ago Christian ordered all his staff to gather in the auditorium, everyone got the message except Elena. That’s why since setting foot in the elevator, Elena hasn’t met anyone. Apparently Christian has ordered everyone to give an explanation about the rumors that are circulating, including why he hasn’t been to the office for the past week. Before appearing in the auditorium, Christian also had time to meet with several managers and explain to them if the proposals they submitted to him had been approved so that the managers could continue their pending work for one week.

With the skirt slightly torn, Elena walked half limply past the two receptionists who were focused on the monitor screen on their desk at the moment. The two receptionists are watching Christian speaking to all Clarke Enterprise staff in the auditorium via a local video that is accessible to all Clarke Enterprise staff in the building.

Because she was sick for the first time, Elena didn’t feel strong if she had to take the bus. That’s why Elena is currently using a taxi to go home, Elena really needs her mother’s comforting hugs at this time. After fifteen minutes, Elena’s taxi finally stopped right in front of her parents’ house and place of business. Once finished paying, Elana then walked carefully to her house. The shop’s deserted state made Elena feel much better.

“Elana, are you home? Did you leave something at home?” Mrs. Wilson, who had just put the cake in the oven, immediately greeted Elena who was standing at the door.

The tears that Elena had been holding back since she was in the taxi finally came pouring down her pale face, seeing her only daughter crying. Mr. Wilson, who was carrying flour for making cakes, immediately lowered the bag of flour on the table and rushed over to Elena and hugged her tightly. Not a single question escaped Mr. Wilson’s lips at this point, all he did was continue to give words of love to comfort Elena.

Realizing that something bad had happened to her only daughter, Mrs. Wilson then ordered her two workers to take over her work in the kitchen. The next second the woman who was no longer young then approached her husband and child, with her wrinkled hands the woman guided the two most important people in her life into the room. Mrs. Wilson didn’t want anyone to see her daughter crying like that.

“We’re here honey, we’re here. Don’t be afraid, you’re not alone, my daughter...”

To be continued