Fallen Angel

Chapter 1

Alexis POV

I woke up with a slight headache but it wasn't unexpected. I have always been this way, falling sick almost every time no matter how much I tried to remain healthy.

I got up from my bed and placed my hand on my forehead, taking in a deep breath. I shook my head and got out of bed.

Alexis, 26, CEO of Reeds Enterprise. To almost everyone out there, I was the perfect figure, cute, handsome, manly and rich, just the perfect type for all ladies but still yet I remain single.

All my life, I have been leading a sickly life so how in the world am I supposed to stay for long with a lady?

I am quite sure that ladies would not love to be with a guy who gets sick suddenly without a reason to be and so, I decided to choose the life that suit me the most, remaining single while having fun with ladies whenever I was at my best.

This was mainly to debunk rumors of me being a gay of some sort.

I moved into the bathroom and took a long refreshing bath. I wrapped a towel around my waist and found my way to my closet, picking a random white shirt and dark jeans.

I dressed up quite sluggishly as the headache grew worse, indicating that this day wasn't going to be one of the days that I was healthy.

"Good morning" I heard the pretty familiar voice, Kim, my private manager.

I called him private because he was managing my personal life and not the company actually.

"Kim" I mumbled and he rushed over to me.

" How are you feeling today sir?" He asked and I held my head, shaking my head slightly.

"Not very well as I say" I mumbled and in few seconds, he was handing me some pain relievers and a glass of water.

"You know this won't work so much. Let's just go to the hospital" I said, standing up.

"let me help you" Kim mumbled.

"No, I can get to the car myself" I replied and found my way out of my room.

I hated being pitied so much and that's why my illness has always been a secret.

"What's going on in the company?" I asked him.

"Boss, you really can't be asking about business right at this moment, you are not feeling too good at this moment" he replied worriedly.

"I... I am going to be fine" I replied him, holding onto my throbbing head.

"You are getting worse, we should go see the doctor" he added.

"And what the heck can he do to help me? All of his medications never work for me, none had ever worked" I replied him.

"But perhaps he has new drugs that might help" he suggested.

"There is no such thing that can help me. Perhaps like mum said, I need to visit a witch doctor " I replied him.

"That's...you have never believed in things like this" Kim said to me.

"Yeah, I have never believed such but then when things push you to a certain stage, you find out that you simply have no option than to go to things that you have never believed in" I replied him.

"Your voice is getting clearer,I think the other hours of the day would not be so bad" Kim noted out.

"I think so too, get prepared, we are going to work right at this moment"I said to him.

"I think we can have the board meeting tomorrow,you are the CEO, you definitely can postpone do so"

"And how sure are you that I would be this okay tomorrow?"

"But...."

"Enough Kim, you see getting on my nerves already" I said and got off my bed.

I was already good at least, I was not feeling as weak as I was doing earlier and I was grateful that I was having the quick recovery today.

"Pick the proposal on my study table up and meet me downstairs" I said to him and walked to the living room.

By the time I was downstairs I was feeling like nothing had happened to me already. I sighed softly and shook my head at the mysteriousness of my situation.

"I am back boss" Kim said as he ran down the flight of stairs.

"Are you with it?"

"With it"

"Have you notified the others that the meeting would still be scheduled for today?" I asked him.

"I have done so, I have endured that everything is in place"

"Great"

I turned and walked out of the mansion with Kim behind me, I got into the backseat of the car and Kim got in beside the driver.

"Move" I ordered and the car slowly moved away.

The car moved, gaining momentum gradually and in few minutes, we were high up on the express way when the car suddenly jerked.

I diverted my gaze sharply towards the front.

The car jerked once more and the car slowly stopped, jerking to an halt.

"What's going on?" I asked as the car came to a total stop.

"The... The car seems to have a little bit of problem" Kim replied and I stepped out of my car with a pissed off expression.

"Kim" I called and he stepped out of the car along with the driver of the car.

"Kim get a car down here" I said to him and turned to the driver.

"Did you conduct the daily check on cars that I ordered?" I asked him and his nervousness gave him out totally.

"How many times do I have to tell you that you need to check my cars everyday?" I asked him.

"I...I am sorry,I promise that would not happen in the future" she said with multiple bows.

"Kim, prepare his sack letter" u ordered.

"Sack? Please do forgive me boss, I promise you...."

"Enough, I am not in the mood to listen to your ramblings, pay him the salary for this month and have him leave here Kim" I said to Kim.

"Yes boss"

We all waited at the express way for about five minutes before the car I asked for arrived.

I grabbed my suitcase from Kim.

"Find your way to me"

With those words, I got into the car,threw my briefcase to the other side of the car and zoomed off.

I checked my wristwatch.

"Heck, I think I am going to be a bit late" I mumbled and stepped hard on the accelerator.

"Aaaaaaaaargh!" I heard a loud scream and I quickly stepped on the brakes of the car.

Did I just hit someone?!

My eyes widened and I gulped down, who could be so stupid to walk carelessly in this type of road?

I stepped out of the car slowly and approached where the person laid, clad in nothing but overall white, her dark hair was in sharp contrast with the garment she was wearing.

She slowly raised her face up and there was the most enchanting face my eyes had ever seen.

Was this.... Is this really human?

Sheila's POV

"Your attention is needed"

"Where?" I asked, my heart suddenly beating faster than usual.

Have I really been found out?

" Follow me" Clarice replied and did, she was one of the elder angels even though it's quite pituful that she has never had a promotion yet. I followed after her, hoping that I haven't been found out yet.

I was an angel, one who had committed a huge crime. I was harboring feelings for a human!!

I was on a short trip to the world and I fell for him. I have tried my best to stay away from him and this feelings during my stay on Earth but I was unable to stamp out the feelings, it is imprinted on my heart and I can't stop myself from thinking about him.

Sometimes I wish I had never agreed to go to the world but then the feeling of love is so great that I am quite glad for it.

"Sheila" I heard the deep voice and I gulped.

That was the leader of the angels, he was very strict with rules and no matter what type of angel you were, he made sure that he dished out promotions and punishments out thoroughly.

" Do you know why you've been called here?" He asked and I shook my head.

" Lies!"

"A short trip to the world and you, one of the angels has learnt how to lie!" His voice yelled at me and I fell to my knees immediately.

"I do not know exactly the reason why I am here"

" Who is he?" He asked, an image of the human I loved popping up in his wide open hands.

"He... He..."

"Another lie and you'd be sent into the depths of hell" his deep voice echoed in my ears and I gulped hard.

" He is one that I have feelings for" I replied, closing my eyes for a moment while I felt his intense gaze on me.

"You have feelings for a human! Have you forgotten about the rules?! We, angels should protect humans and not fall for them!"

" Sincerely, I am not sorry for having feelings for him, I tried to deny myself but I was unable to"

" Unrepentant!" He spat out and I gulped down, hoping I would not be thrown into the depths of hell.

"You very well know of the rules that exist, right? You have broken the rules and still remain unrepentant, I hope you are very well aware of the punishment that comes along with this"

" Forgiveness is not available for you, it is a grace given to only humans"

" I am fully aware but I could not just deny it" I replied, trying hard to maintain a great composure.

"Your punishment as it has always been is.... You are hereby banished into the world as a fallen angel!" His deep voice echoed in my ears and I shivered slightly.

"But can you please consider my...."

"Nothing is to be considered!"

"I..." Before I could say another word, I could feel myself free falling right from the heavens.

My wings peeled off as I continued to fall, this was it! I am now a fallen angel.

I shut my eyes as I fell endlessly downwards. I opened my eyes minutes later and found a car approaching me.

"Aaaaaaaaargh!" I screamed as I fell to the hard road in front of the car.

The car stopped immediately while I just remained on the floor without any movement of any sort.

I could feel my body in a little amount of pain, it was the first time that I was actually feeling pains, angels do not feel pains and fallen angels only feel half of the pains that human feel.

I heard the door of the car open and then it closed again but I did not raise my head up for a moment.

I raised my face up, raking my hair backwards and getting it out of my face. I saw his jaw drop slightly as he stared at me like he had seen something totally out of the world, well I was out of this world.

"How...how could you have been walking carelessly on the road?" He asked me, his face gaining a strict expression in a moment.

"I... Is that what you are supposed to say? You are not supposed to apologize?" I asked him, getting off the floor.

"Apologize? You should apologize to me, why would you try crossing so absentmindedly on the express!"

"You are being a bully to me"

"You know what? I am not in the mood for this mess right now"

"I am leaving" he added and turned to leave but j quickly rushed to him.

"Leaving with apologizing?" I asked him.

"You should be grateful that I am not asking you to apologize" he replied and got into his car.

"You are really a huge jerk" I groaned, bewildered by his actions.

"If you see one of the girls who are crazy about me, I am sorry but I am not in any way interested in you" he said and drove off.

What... What the heck is he saying? Do I look like I am one of those human girls that go crazy about just one earthling?

I looked around the place, it was totally deserted and there was no incoming car or any other things around.

I crouched to the floor and picked a bit of my feathers that had dropped to the floor.

"I am going to keep you safe to remind myself of when I could fly through the skies" I mumbled and began to walk under the hot sun.

I was faced with a major problem now and that was where I was going to be staying. I knew no one here and I had no money, the human means of exchange too.

I sighed softly and continued my journey.

"I am going to turn out stronger than anyone ever thought. I would find my love and grow with him, who needs to be an angel?"

Alexis POV

What a silly being. There are a whole lot of girls out there these days, all beauty and no brains.

Just take a look at her porcelain skin and her super beautiful and lengthy hair, she would have done well as one of the most popular model in the modelling industry but then she barely even had brains.

How could she ask me to apologize when it was not even my fault at all?

A whole lot of things have been trying to plunge me into a really bad mood all day. I parked the car in front of the company and stepped out of the car, I adjusted my unit and my tie, picked my briefcase and threw the car to a standby driver.

"Get the car parked"

I walked into the mansion and choruses of "Good morning boss" filled the air.

"Good morning Mr. Alexis"

I ignored the greetings like I have always done and ventured further to the elevator, it was a private elevator, one that I had never allowed any other person to make use of.

I preferred my things being for me and only me, the only persons that was free around me had to be mum and Kim too.

I walked into my office and the manager followed me immediately.

"Good morning boss, the other share holders are all waiting for your arrival to start the meeting" he reported to me.

"Why are you reporting that to me? Where is my personal assistant?" I asked, dropping my briefcase on my table and bringing out the documents that I would be needing.

"Your personal assistant... She resigned already, she said she could no longer work with you, she complained about you being...."

"Get me a new one then or you would have to play two roles in this company" I cut him off and picked up the documents I wanted.

I walked out of my office and he followed suit, we both walked to the meeting hall and I walked straight to my seat in the middle of all other seats.

"Good day, I apologize for being late. Let's start."

I took my seat and dropped the documents onto the table.

The meeting was quite long but I managed to handle everything quite well.

"Thank you for attending ladies and gentlemen" I said with a smile as we wrapped up the meeting.

I walked out of the place and my manager followed suit immediately. I walked into my office and pulled off my suit, placing it gently on the arm of my chair.

"What's next?" I asked, my eyes on the documents in front of me, revising it with full attention.

"The next thing is the interview, yesterday you said you were going to act as one of the interviewers,do you still wish to do so or should I have it struck out?"

"An interview" I mumbled.

"When is it starting?"

"It would be starting in the next five minutes" he replied and I stood up from the chair, pushing it backwards with a swift movement.

"Let's go"

I picked my suit, slipped it on and walked forward with the manager trying to catch up with my pace.

I am someone who walks really fast and I have to do that not because I really do love it but because I want to make the most of the time I have as a healthy human.

"What's the interview about?"

"The interview is to get at least three new script writers for Cool TV shows next year."

"Alright, let's get done with all of this"

I stepped into the place and the interviewers all stood up in respect.

"Good morning Mr. Alex" the three interviewers chorused and I only responded with a nod.

A chair was quickly brought and I settled onto it.

"Continue" I ordered.

"Oh... Alright"

"What uniqueness do you think your scripts have?" I asked a guy randomly.

"It has a very realistic touch to it, there are themes which both male and female find very appealing, there is romance, there is action, a whole lot of suspense and...."

"A very realistic touch to it? What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that it is really easy for the viewers to connect with the script, it is super easy and I think such movies or shows would be able to move the heart of the people and blow away their minds"

"Nice mindset" I mumbled with a small smile.

All morning, there had been nothing satisfying but now I finally have one, this was at least words from a sensible person.

"Thank you sir"

"Get his script and send it to my office, I would do the reviewing of that script myself" I said to the manager.

"Yes Mr. Alex"

"Thank you sir" the guy bowed slightly to me as he handed over his script to my manager.

"Next" one of the interviewers called out and a girl stepped in.

I quickly did something that I usually did, evaluating her over all.

Her hair was packed into two huge buns, a sign that she was childish. I scrunched up my face at that but went further to check her out.

Her eyebrows were thickly drawn making her look more like a masquerade than the beauty queen she was aiming to me, she was wearing a white and pink short flay dress that seemed to have been designed for someone immatured.

Total evaluation.... Immature, childish and unfit to work for my TV.

"Your name?" The other interviewers asked her when I did not say a word to her.

"My name is Camellia" she replied with a wide grin on her face.

"Why are you smiling?" I asked her.

"Because I am always happy"

I rolled my eyes at the response.

"I do not think you are going to be happy when I kick you out of this place" I mumbled underneath my breath.

"Always happy, that's nice. What does your book possess?"

"The scripts I have written have something unique and that is that it spreads happiness into the heart of those who will watch the shows. They turn out to be just as happy as I am"

"I see, how does your script intend to bring this to happen?"

"Through romance and fantasy... No, I would not really call it fantasy because they do exist" she mumbled dreamily and I sighed.

"What type of fantasies?"

"Fantasies...no, not fantasies.... I intend to write scripts on angels most especially, those happy heavenly creatures, fallen angels" she replied and the image of the girl I had almost hit on my way to work appeared in my head. The girl just seemed to strike as an angel.

"You believe they do exist?"

"They do exist, I know they do"

Do I really have to meet with such a fool today?

"Take her script and bring it to my table" I ordered, arising from the chair I was seated on.

The first interview elated me and the second one succeeded in ruining my mood one more time.

How in the world can I have a worker who really believes in the existence of those creatures?

Angels? Fallen angels? Silly fantasies from silly people.