Chapter 2 Save my World

Jennifer stared at the glamorous interior at the Thomas mansion. Her heart raced with anticipation and worry, how was that night going to end?

The hall was filled with many businessmen and influential people in the country, as her eyes scanned through the hall, she could see the Manager of the company she worked for present.

There she was, dressed as a waitress, carrying a tray with glasses of wine admist the crowd while trying to hide her face from most familiar faces.

She was an orphan but she was quite known a bit as Chairman Evans Secretary and righthand man as he was very fond of her and made sure she attended some events in his name or accompanied him.

Just then she spots Damian who was next to his newly wedded wife, Bella with family and friends, there he stood tall and confident, he structured body looked perfectly fitted in his tuxedo. His brown eyes sparkled as he smiled and brushed back his brown curly hair with his hand.

As soon as Damian stepped away to greet other guests, Jennifer made her way towards his direction.

She reached up to him and grabbed his arm a bit before letting go and stretching the tray to him, "wine, sir?" She said, her heart pounding fast.

Her eyes locks with Damian's and he recognizes her immediately, takes a glass of wine and deliberately attempts to turn his back at her. The message was clear, he didn't want to speak with her but Jennifer wasn't just going to stop here.

"We have to talk, meet me at the storeroom beside the kitchen. You wouldn't want me to cause a commotion, five minutes" Jennifer spoke her voice barely above whispered.

"What's there to talk about Jennifer, can we just move on with our lives and pretend we've never known each other" Damian whispered, his back facing Jennifer's.

Jennifer scoffs, "five minutes", she said before walking out of the hall and heading to the storeroom.

Damian followed by few minutes later and closed the door behind him. The light of the room was dim and the only sound that could be heard was the ticking of the clock.

Damian broke the silence, "so," his voice neutral. "Why is it so hard for you to read the room? I didn't pick your calls, wasn't that enough reason for you to understand that I'm done with whatever we have."

Jennifer's eyes widened, her eyes fell pale. "Really, was that all you can say? You know I came here wondering if I did something wrong or if you were on some kind of pressure, that wasn't the reason?"

She continues, "what happened in the past few weeks that made you change this much. You sounded OK on the phone too, was everything you told me a lie? Was everything we've experienced together being just for fun"

Damian's expression remained neutral.

"I want to know" Jennifer yelled, tears already rolling down her cheeks. " why you betrayed me after all these years, fool me and get married to someone else."

"And what's there to talk about huh" Damian replied being defensive, "fool you? All these while you've fooled me too into believing I loved you and would like to settle in for an orphan."

"I'm a business man Jennifer, I'll be made Chairman of Thomas Groups soon. What exactly do I gain from marrying an ordinary Secretary. I'll be honest with you, I've always felt trapped and suffocated in our relationship. We're not in the same class Jennifer" he said, his voice low and even while fixes his gaze at Jennifer's teary eye.

Jennifer's eyes narrowed, her heart pounding fast. " so why wait till after five years?" She responds, her voice trembled with emotions.

"I was bored, I needed a toy to play with." He replies with a dirty smirk on his face. "You were just something I needed for my amusement, was that what you wanted to hear?"

Jennifer's eyes sparked with rage and anger, she felt the urge to stab him with a knife for referring to her as a toy, she raised her hand and slapped him.

Damian's face flattened, "I hope we never cross paths again" he said, his eyes blazed with fury. "Try taking jobs like this, it suits your class" he snapped, before leaving the room.

Jennifer is left in shock after what had just happened, she fell to the floor with her face buried in her hands, weeping. It had to be all a lie right? Everything they shared never felt fake nor untrue to her, she couldn't even try picturing everything in that scenario.

She wanted to make herself believe that could be the reason their relationship wasn't public but that wasn't the case as she was the one who asked for a private and lowkey relationship, everything didn't seem to make sense.

What was she going to tell her child when it's born, that it doesn't have a father because she was just used as a sex toy for the father's amusement.

She sat still sobering up before making her way out of the door to headed to the bar.

***

Jennifer sprang up from bed by the sound of her alarm, it was already 7am but her body didn't feel the need to prepare for work today.She was the breadwinner of the family and had to work I order to make her sister live comfortably just as the Chairman did for her while growing up. Her head ached a bit, how had she gotten home last night?

She stared at the table in the living room and noticed Erica hadn't taken her pay from last night job, what exactly was she thinking, of course she was going to be angry, reason why she left the house early too.

She tried calling her but her phone wasn't reachable, she sent her an apology sms, promising to tell her everything that was going on in her life recently, she needed family at this point.

She arrived at work and headed for the Chairman's office and noticed he wasn't on seat. She had tried reaching him before she returned back from her business trip but he never responded or returned her calls. She tried giving him a call again but it remained the same as before.

As she heads out of the office in order to speak to the Manager, a call came in. "Hello, Jennifer speaking" she said whilst approaching the office.

"Uhhhn, Goodmorning, uhmmm Erica fainted at the Library and she kept bleeding from her nose." The voice said.

Jennifer's eye's widened in alarm "What!!, Erica fainted?" She explained, her voice trembling with fear.

She had just pushed open the manager's door but slammed it shut immediately as her priorities shifted making her rush out of the office.

"I called 911 and she has been rushed to GK hospital" the voice said before ending the call.

Jennifer rushed out of the company before she collided with a colleague.

"I have to go, it's an emergency" she replied hastily before existing the building.