Bullied To Love

k they can get the job? Why do some women think so little of themselves? I pray the boss is not like all those bosses who are looking for a personal assistant who helps in other areas like his bedro

possible. I never really got to know who my father is or where he is from because every time I ask mama about my father, she tells me that he was a one-night stand.

calls my name. She is a blond with big grey ey

therine. Walk to the door on t

lking to the door while saying

hear a husk

ith a beautiful golden line pattern on it. There are two black armchairs and a two-seater couch with a brown wooden coffee table in the middle. The windows have two green plants in front of it. The d

His voice sounds very familiar, but I

k You

aking me freeze on the spot. I can’t believe it’s him. The one person who I thought, or rather prayed,

active now with his grey shirt unable to hide a fantastic chest.

like for us to begin,” he says act

your name

an’t believe he is acting like he does no

I genuinely wish he does not remember who I

ool did y

tende

g about your

ool,” I say giving up all hope

nteres

k somethi

, why

only about my high school inf

ld forget you, Bella?” He s

me by the name he always used in high s

like you did not know

e says, still acting like t

nd walks towards the windows giving me a view of his gorgeous ripped abs underneath his shirt. He turns his back on me showing off h

Monday morning,

ng I have the

e explicit for you t

you d

ay morning with my cof

id not even have a real interview. No

know you won't be a threat to me, and from your resumé I

eling worried deep down. Did I get the job because I am qualified, an

y," I say walking

t be

but she does not pick up. I am guessing she is in a meeting. She sends a

home to freshen up, to m

k cami, a NYC tank top, pink and black striped high-waisted pants and a pair

ing where she will be sitting sinc

" I say si

, how was the

strange, but I

u, and what do you

after eating, I

the meal I tell her

s is. It's none other than the migh

e I told you to sto

t’s what

man who does not know how

xpressed them well by show

s not h

n high school. I don’t even understand how he noticed me or had time to bully me when there were

you because

ou know t

st fe

ubt he does, and mama, do you know he a

do you

e office and how much of a jerk he was, bu

nished talking and eating as

t it does not have clothes fit for a personal assistant. I also have a lo

won’t lie, it was hard but worth it. I am visiting the last store for the day when a strange number a

d to the hospital while on her way home from the office. She said she fainted, and they tried waking her up but to no

would be an understatement! I am terrified because mama is one of those people who is always heal

uickly go up to the front desk

?" I say to the nur

a lady wearing a n

e Luciano

e second floor. Once you get there, walk straight down the h

aking the elevator

ons and find the roo

ng an oxygen mask to breathe.

s side and notice sh

what is

fine. I am going to be okay, you should not be wor

I see you like this,” I sa

going to be fine” she says g

e’s nothing too seriously wrong with mama. He asks me to take a seat, but I insist on standing. The way I am feeling right n

e can...” he says, but I don’t let hi

happening!” I cry befo

ng. Everything is going to be fine,”

he support she can get,

ama,” I say wiping the tears that have fa

do?” I ask trying

it,” he says smi

, luckily we detected it in time. She will n

I found out mama has cancer. Mama and I do not have much money, but you could

nk to myself, ‘where am I goi

money within due time. Please don’t stop the treatment for my mother.” I say p

fore you get the money is to put her on

o much docto

re we

and see my

you next time

mama—she is the only family I have. I hope Enzo pays well so I can pay the hospital bills as soon as possible. I spend