Chapter 5 Different lives, Different situations

" I always knew you'd pick the least attractive, you just did me a big favour by leaving. You were just a scumbag who always resorted to violence. I look forward to your new punch bag" I batted my eyelashes at the astounded woman beside him and chuckled softly.

" I suppose you have a lot of money, I'm sure that's what he's after" the other staff had gathered and began to murmur among themselves.

I took a final look at Jesse and disappeared into the crowd.

.....

The bus was crammed. I shuffled my tired feet to secure an available seat when I was pushed over. An elderly woman who had just entered the bus not long ago, sat comfortably on the seat I had wanted to secure.

Gosh! I had to stand throughout the journey as terrible seats available anymore. I sighed softly and made my way to the back of the bus, for a comfy stand.

I had stood there not long ago when I heard the shutters of a mobile repeatedly.

Not again!

Why do I have to meet with this?

I studied the man beside me. He wore a nose mask and a face cap which helped in covering his identity, and faced the opposite direction.

'You think you can fool me? ' raising my inner voice beastly. I gave him a smirk, raising my brows as I tapped him on the shoulder. He stared at me for a short while and looked away, while I noticed his dainty eyes.

' Do you want to pretend now? '

I pursed my lips towards his ears and requested him to stop whatever he was doing. He eyed me, surprising, maintaining his stand that he didn't know what I was talking about.

"Pervert! "

He glared at me at the sound of that word, and I returned with a dreadful look.

Now, I was about to let go when he said, " What would I want to do with someone like you, fatty? "

I burned with anger and began to hit him, causing a huge commotion. Then I felt a huge hand grab my behind. I looked backward and it was another guy who did. Knowing it was planned, I took the book he carried and hit him with it several times, till it became an old shade of itself.

With him just covering his face, that proved my theory the more, they both knew about it.

The bus stopped and both of them jumped down, running tirelessly since they knew I was going to drag them to the police station.

The people on the bus applauded me for being a brave girl, and I just gave back a slight smile raising the corners of my mouth as if I had had enough of the day.

Scumbags

I guess there was an advantage to being chubby as my mind wandered to when I gave each of them a harsh push, while I walked home.

Lucas Quinn walked into the conference room filled with heads of departments and directors, who in turn stood up immediately after his entrance.

Bowing their heads, he sat down and gestured for them to do the same. They had gathered up for the preparation of the mid-year appreciation party for Quinns House, a proposal which they were yet to draft out.

Lucas had denied all of their proposal ideas for the party and everyone was drained. It was one of the many things they dreaded about him.

His unflappable spirit.

They had a month until the event, and they have not come up with a theme or concept for it. Knowing that kept them on edge since they knew he was going to keep them them on their toes soon.

The conference lights went off, leaving the projector rays the only light in the room.

He cleared his throat and all eyes were fixed on him awaiting his speech. Tired eyes and frustrated expressions laid under the guise of their focused eyes.

" No one with any more concept for the event? " he asked mockingly, and a voice replied to him.

" You should fire them all, they are just some bunches of lazy idiots who'd get their paychecks whether or not they do their job"

She stood across the conference room and touched the projector. Pale and white, she looked angry and unsteady as she stared at Lucas.

" They are the same people who'd get it done, why should I fire them" Lucas concluded, and immediately he said that, his eyes flashed, realizing what had just happened.

He looked at the faces piercing him, " No, I was just thinking to myself " and they released sighs of relief.

" Tell them I'm here, this is unfair. You're treating me like I'm dead" She appeared beside him in a flash and wrapped her hands around his neck.

Feeling uncomfortable, he struggled to free himself and barked at her.

" Yes, you are. Please just shut up already, I'm trying to think straight "

Lucas looked at the faces across him once again, and he knew what today's headlines would be. Dejected, he ended the meeting and rushed out of the room to his office.

His secretary knocked and opened the door to his office, handing over an iPad to him. He took it and dumped it on his desk in an exasperating manner after reading its contents.

He hissed through his teeth, looked up at his secretary, and told him what step they were going to take.

The elevator opened and Lucas walked out of it, his staffs saw him and began to whisper among themselves and his secretary provided him with a pair of sunglasses which he wore before getting to the reception, where he could make a spectacle out of himself by getting post embarrassment snaps from lurking reporters.

" I heard he was talking to himself in the conference room"

" Is he crazy? " A voice answered

" The media is already going crazy about this, He's not even a celebrity. I wonder why they are so much interested in him" another voice expressed concern.