Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Daniel's P.O.V

I watched the video footage carefully and listened to everything that was said, I now knew a small part of what was the cause of Sara’s pain, but now I felt angry. How dare these people talk to my woman in such a way! My mind was full of the words spoken by these people and how it caused Sara even more pain.

“JACOB!” I shouted, having had enough of this.

“Yes, sir….” Jacob replied, coming into my office, but before he could say another word I stopped him.

“Did you get what I asked you for earlier? Did you get that file?” I asked and he nodded his head, leaving my office. I got up from my seat and walked over to the window, looking out at the view of the city.

I fucking hate this city, I have way too many memories here that only cause me pain, but it was also the place where I found the girl that caused it. I looked down and saw that Sara was sitting alone on a bench in the office garden and she looked so upset and hurt, as she closed her eyes in pain. I stood there looking at her, trying to figure out a way to help her when Jacob walked back into my office, carrying the file I had asked him for earlier.

“Sir, this is the file that you requested,” Jacob said, handing me the file. I took it and read each and every single page, then threw it in the dustbin in disgust.

“Sir, you were right. This company is full of corruption and nepotism. The person who is in the highest position is doing all of this shit to the employee listed on the file. The employee does not speak up and instead just keeps their mouth shut to save their job. Jacob said, while I was looking out the window at Sara again.

“When did this project success take place?” I asked, touching the window.

“It happened one month before.” Jacob replied and I looked over at the file that I had just thrown in the dustbin. I grabbed my coat and quickly left the office with a plan in mind.

Authors P.O.V

Sara was sitting on the bench outside, it had only been ten minutes since she had left the office, but she knew that she needed to go back or she would get in trouble. She got up to go inside when her phone started to ring and when she looked at the screen, she saw that it was Lisa calling her.

“Hello,” Sara said, answering the phone and trying to keep her voice as normal as she possibly could.

“Hello, Sara, where the hell are you? Please come quick. The CEO is here in our department. You will be dead if he notices that you are missing.” Lisa said and Sara felt like dying, this was the last thing she needed. If she lost her job she didn't know what she would do.

“Okay, I'm coming,” Sara replied, hanging up the phone and started to run as fast as she could in high heels and shot back into the building, hoping that Daniel wouldn't notice her absence. She entered her department and saw the crowd of people all standing in front of Daniel. She took advantage of the crowd and slipped in the back, but what Sara didn't know was that Daniel had already spotted her.

Daniel already knew that she had been in the garden, he had been watching her out there. Daniel stood tall, not saying a single word and read the file until Sara had arrived.

“Mr. Reed, would you like to tell me about the project one month ago?” Daniel asked and Mr. Reed stepped forward.

“Yes, Mr. CEO, why not.” Mr. Reed said, with a proud smile.

“It was the project of my department and it was successful too. It was the biggest success for our company.” Mr. Reed said and everyone was smiling at him. Olivia stood at the front with a big smile on her face, as this was related to her father. Lisa walked over to Sara and stood by her side.

“They are all accepting the praise for the work you did, not a single one of them has mentioned your name and you were the head of the project, it was because of you and your hard work that the company won the project and they haven't even mentioned your name,” Lisa said, but Sara just smiled at her.

“It's ok Lisa, you know they always do this and I am used to it now. I just work for my salary, if I started asking for an acknowledgment then I would lose my job.” Sara replied and Lisa angrily glared at Sara. Lisa always glared at Sara whenever she said something like this, but Sara only chuckled at seeing her angry expression.

“Yes you are right and I think that the person behind this success should be rewarded,” Daniel said and Olivia's eyes glowed while looking at her father with a big smile.

“Yes, you are right. We should.” Olivia said, unable to control her eagerness, Daniel smiled at her and she blushed trying to get more of his attention. Lisa stood next to Sara and rolled her eyes after seeing all this shit.

“God I wish this bitch would just fuck off out of the office,” Lisa said, making Sara smile.

“I think it's your bad luck, she will never fuck off!” Mia said, coming over to stand next to Sara and Lisa. they were all laughing as they watched on until Sara saw the file that Daniel was holding.

“How did he get that?” Sara asked and pointed to the file. Mia and Lisa both looked to where she was pointing and then looked back to Sara in confusion.

“I do not know.” Lisa and Mia said in unison.

“The boss took that file off after I won the project and I have not seen it since,” Sara said and Daniel closed the file and handed it back to Jacob.

“The person who was the winner of the project will be rewarded,” Daniel announced and everyone started clapping for Mr. Reed, Sara and her friends also lazily clapped.

“I am leaving, this is a waste of time. I am going back to work.” Sara said and just as she was about to turn around, Daniel made an announcement that would change everything.

“Miss Sara won the project for the company and she will be rewarded,” Daniel announced, making Sara stop dead in her tracks. She looked at Daniel and the whole office went silent, except for Mia and Lisa who were cheering loudly for Sara.

They turned and hugged Sara tightly, but she was in shock at what had just been said and thought that she was dreaming. Mia saw Sara's reaction and gently shook her, trying to snap her out of it. Sara had been working there for two years and had won many projects for the company, but this was the first ever time that she had been rewarded for it.

“Sara, this is real, you are not dreaming, this has happened,” Mia said, snapping Sara out of her daze. Sara started to believe that this was really happening and began to smile brightly, she nodded her head and hugged Mia and Lisa back.

Everyone in the office was shocked at this announcement and they all expected Daniel to say Mr. Reed's name, but he said Sara's name and this caused Olivia to boil over with anger and walk out of the room. Sara looked at Daniel and saw that he was looking straight at her, making his way through the crowd and they all parted like the red sea to let him through. Lisa and Mia also moved back, leaving Sara alone as they were afraid of Daniel's aura.

Daniel stood in front of Sara and when Sara looked around she saw that everyone's eyes were on them, but Daniel was looking into her eyes and at her lips. Saras heart was beating fast with how close Daniel was to her and she felt nervous, but did not avoid eye contact with Daniel. Daniel didn't say a word and just smiled at her as he walked past her and left, Lisa and Mia came running up to her and hugged her once more.

“Oh my god, I was so scared, but when I saw the way he was looking at you, I must admit the sight made my panties wet.” Mia said, slightly laughing, as Jacob walked up to Sara.

“Miss Sara. You have received your reward. I think you should check your account.” Jacob said, smiling, and looked at Liza. She narrowed her eyes at him as she always found his smile fake. He smiled at her again and left, following after Daniel. Sara pulled out her phone and her eyes widened due to shock. She had $10,000 in her account. Less than an hour ago Sara had no hope and thought that she would be sleeping on the streets, but now she had too much money in her account.

Sara thought that this was strange and looked up to see that Daniel was heading to his office. He looked back at her once and left, but Sara had a feeling that Daniel had done this for her, but why? He did not know about her problem and she did not tell him about it, plus he hated her, so why did he help her?

Sara's P.O.V

I was trying to finish the remainder of my work on my computer, my fingers were typing so fast that they were starting to feel sore, but I had a huge smile on my face. The success of last month's project has completely turned my life around.

One minute I was going to be homeless with nowhere else to turn and now thanks to this reward for my hard work I can now afford to pay the rent on a new apartment. With this money I could easily afford the expenses of my everyday life, I do not need to go to the manager to get an advance now.

This cheque came out of the blue, like an angel came down and helped me at my most difficult time. I never thought that I would ever be given such a big reward for the success of the project, I have never once received any credit for my hard work and so I never thought I would see the day that I was to be rewarded for it.

It was a great feeling and I could not get the smile off my face. I knew that the rest of the office would not be happy about this, but I did not care because the two main people I cared about, my best friends were and that was enough for me.

I still had a few reservations about it though and a fair few questions about what led to this all happening, like how did Daniel come to know about a month old project? How did he know that I was behind the success of the project?

Even the top executives of the company were not allowed to know that I was the one that had won the project, the only people that knew were the people present and the big bosses, but they hid the file and any evidence that it was me.

I have not seen that file since the day the project was won, but how did Daniel get his hands on it? Did he intentionally look for the file because he wanted to kick me out of the company? What happened to make him change his mind? He wanted nothing more than to harass and take revenge on me, but instead, he has helped me more than he will ever know. Why would he help me when he did not know about my circumstances? Even if he did know about my circumstances, he hates me so why would he help me? It seems he would more likely take pleasure in torturing me and increasing my troubles.

I have seen the anger and hate he has for me in his eyes, which is more than anyone else holds towards me, so why would he do this? I can not expect his behaviour to suddenly change in a matter of hours, especially after the way he treated me in the meeting room.

What does he want from me? I know that he is a dangerous person, Mia told me that he comes from a criminal family, a member of the mafia. I should stay as far away from him as possible, he may have inadvertently helped me, but something tells me that he would take advantage of me as soon as he found out about my situation and I will not let him do that. I will not let him take advantage of me.

My hand drifted from the keyboard to my lap as I stopped typing and I felt the material of my dress, I looked down at it and was still confused. Daniel had got everything perfect about this dress, the size, the way it fit me was neither too loose nor too tight it was perfect, as if he had measured me.

We had only met two days ago and it was a little strange for him to have not only brought clothes for me, but that he knew the exact size and fit for my body. How does he know my size? He always looks at me as if he knows me and whenever his eyes trail over my body it's as if he has seen me naked before and it makes me nervous.

That's it! Now I know I have lost my mind, there is no way that he has ever seen me naked. Everything he did in the meeting room has tipped me over the edge and now I am talking shit like a crazy person. I have never been so scared of anyone in my entire life, but he terrifies me.

“Sara…” Mia and Lisa said in unison, standing next to my desk. I was in such deep thought that I never even heard them approach me, I looked up at them and saw that they had their coats on, ready to go home.

“Let's go home,” Lisa said, I looked at the clock and then back at the work I had left to do on my computer.

“I can not go yet, I still have more than fifteen minutes to complete my work. You two go and I will see you both tomorrow.” I replied, but they both grabbed a chair and sat next to my desk, smiling at me.

“If it's just a matter of fifteen minutes, then we will wait with you and keep you company. You can do your work, be relaxed and then we can all go and get dinner together.” Mia said, I nodded and got straight back to work.

The good thing was that after the announcement earlier today, I immediately returned to my work, and now I do not have to work over because it's nearly finished. I typed as fast as I could, getting my work finished and saving it. I turned off my computer, grabbed my belongings and we all left the office together.

Daniel's P.O.V

“Who the fuck told you that if you told me to come back I would obey and come running back like a dog!?” I shouted down the phone to the person that was on the other end. I was standing near the window, watching Sara and her friends leaving the building, yet again she was walking and it was making me furious.

“But….bu….sir, I….” The man started to beg, but I cut him off.

“DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME AGAIN OR NEXT TIME I WILL YOUR HANDS OFF TO STOP YOU FROM USING THE PHONE!!!” I shouted and slammed the phone down, looking out the window to see that Sara had gone.

“Oh….. so much anger. Will you kill me too?” An annoying voice said from behind me and I knew exactly who it belonged to. Jackson. I turned around to see him sitting on the chair in front of my desk, smiling at me with his long legs outstretched and his feet resting on the edge of my desk.

“Do not put your fucking feet on my desk!” I rudely said to him as I shoved his feet off my desk, but he looked angrily at me.

“I can not believe you are so rude and evil, especially towards your best friend,” Jackson said, but I ignored him and started doing some work on my laptop.

“Are you not going to welcome me? This is the first time I have been to your company.” Jackson said and I lazily looked at him.

“I thought we were going to meet at the club later on, why the hell are you here? Did you just come to annoy me?” I asked, but he just looked excited for some reason.

“I wanted to go with you, so I finished my work early and came directly here to bother you,” Jackson replied, shamelessly telling me his plan and he looked proud that he had succeeded in it.

“When did you even come into my office?” I asked, as I had not heard my door open and he never knocked on the door.

“When you were shouting at the person on the other side of the phone, who was asking you to come back home on your grandfather's behalf,” Jackson replied and now I understood that he had everything, but hearing him mention this matter was enough to anger me even more.

“Do not talk about him!” I said, warning him and after smiling at me he immediately shit his mouth. He also did not like to talk about that man but I could see that got a special request from someone to ask me about it. He did not mention but I know this.

“Ok, ok, but are you really not going to go back? He wants to see you, right? I came to know from your father that your grandfather is dying.” Jackson said, raising his brow to me.

“I do not fucking care if he lives or dies. I will not go and see him. Fuck his last wish!” I replied and he knew all too well that I meant what I said, so he did not push the subject any further, but my anger was still growing inside me.

“Now why are you really here? And do not give me that shitty excuse about you wanting to go to the club with me, tell me why you are here?” I asked, smirking at him, knowing full well that he had an ulterior motive. I knew all too well this bastard would not finish work early just so he could come to the club with me.

“Your mind is as evil as ever, you always catch me out. You're right, I have come here to see your love, where is she?” Jackson confessed and I narrowed my eyes on him. He was excited to see my Sara.

“Why do you want to see her? Just go to your chicks and fuck them, do not dare to look for my Sara.” I rudely replied to him, knowing what he was like when it came to women, but he just stood up from his chair and gave me a pointed look, as he poked fun at me.

“You fucker, you have finally found your love and now you are taunting me for not having love,” Jackson said, making me smile evilly at him. Jackson was just like me, we do not make love, we only fuck and it was a good move for me to remind him of this.

“I want to see the girl that has managed to cage my possessive and crazy friend in her heart. I know that the only reason you do not want to leave this country is because of her, so I want to meet the woman who has tamed the devil.” Jackson said, smirking at me. I got up from my chair and yet again went to the window, looking down to the spot that I last saw Sara.