IHM-IV

ELISA SMITH

(earlier that day)

I arrived at the law firm and went straight to my cabin. I didn't have friends here as well just acquaintance and I knew most of them hated me. Why will you hate a person you have more than? A person who has no family? A person who's parents care nothing about? A person who's husband care nothing about? a person who's father sold her for a couple of millions? A person with no friends? Can you be jealous of such a person? I know I'm not beautiful and I believe that's the reason no one wants me as a friend. Back in high school my art teacher told me that a person who hates you is just jealous of you which I don't understand. If someone hates you the person is just jealous of you but why would the Nikolai Smith be jealous of a plain jane like me?

I stared at my table looking at the bunch of paperwork on it. Do corporate lawyers get this much paperwork? who am I kidding of course they do. l am a corporate lawyer myself and I've been through a lot with paper works. There were loads of paperwork to fill and when it was almost noon I was done. I was feeling really hungry since I had not eaten for a while day and half and my lunch break wasn't till an hour later so I just took out my laptop and did what I did best write stories on paid sites. That's one of the ways I earn my money. When I was almost done I heard a squeaky voice.

"Hi Elisa" Mariana my co worker and acquaintance said walking towards me. She is one of the acquaintances who hates me. She's also the bosses girlfriend or something baby his bed warmer I heard that's how she got a job here by seducing the boss and getting him to hire and they fuck all the time.

Again I said I heard not that happened.

I turned to her with a fake smile.

"Hi Mariana" I said.

"it's been a really long time since we both have had a girl chat you know who I met today?"she asked like we were friends or something.

" No who?"I asked with fake eagerness.

"Nikolai Smith the famous bachelor and we spent last night together and also this morning before I came over to work you know him right?"she asked. Does she know Nikolai and I are married and is here to taunt me?

"Yes I do" I answered please someone come and save me.

" Of course you do who doesn't know the hottest bachelor in all of New York and he told me he'll meet me tonight it's good right?"she asked.

" Yeah it is I'm so happy for you"I said with fake cheerfulness.

" I know you are any guy in your life?" she asked.

"Mariana Boss is looking for you"someone yelled making me dance in my head. Thank you boss and whoever boss sent to get her.

"We'll continue this conversation later bye" she said and walked away.

My heart began clenching after what she told me about Nikolai and her.

I realized it was only two minutes past my lunch break which means I have just fifty eight minutes which is loads of time but when you work in this law firm fifty eight minutes seems like ten.

I arrived at the cafeteria downstairs and paid for my lunch and took my seat on one of the benches.

"Hi are you new around here?" a blonde guy with feminine voice asked. Beside him stood a girl with black hair and blue eyes.

"No why do you ask?" I asked him.

"It's just I haven't seen you around here before and you're sitting alone during lunch break"he answered with a smile making me look at him weirdly. Why is he talking to me?

"Don't think I'm a bad person and I'm hitting on you cause I swing the other way round"he said making me giggle.

" No that's not what I was thinking actually"I said with a smile.

" I'm Kendrick and this is Cleo my friend"he said pointing towards the blue eyed black haired girl who waved at me shyly and I waved back at her.

"I'm Elisandra but everyone calls me Elisa" I said.

"Do you mind if we sit with you?"Kendrick asked. Why would they want to sit with me?

"it's okay if you don't want us to sit with you" Kendrick said noticing the weird look on my face.

" No no you can sit I was just wondering why you would want to sit with me"I said.

" Why?"Cleo asked for the first time.

" it's just I've never had a friend before everyone ignores me like I'm some sort of disease and the acquaintances I've made here I know 99% of them hate me"I explained.

" Only a jealous person would hate someone like you and don't consider yourself as friend less anymore cause you have two new friends now"Cleo said with a smile showing her dimples. I returned her smile.

" That's so nice of you two to want to be friends with a no body like me"I said.

" it's not a big deal Eli they are all just jealous people" Kendrick said making me giggle at the nickname.

" if you call me Eli then I'm be calling you Ken" I said making him laugh and nod his head.

This was the best lunch break I've had ever since I started working here five years ago.

"so what type of lawyer are you?" Cleo asked.

"A corporate lawyer"I said making their eyes go wide. Well female corporate lawyers are really rare here in the law firm.

"Woah you must be a female Albert Einstein of something" Ken said making me laugh. I haven't really laughed in a very long time.

"I guess so what about you guys?" I asked.

"Well I'm a traffic lawyer and Cleopatra here is a Criminal defense lawyer"Ken said. Wow they must be really good.

" Wow that's amazing female criminal defense lawyers aren't mostly found but you are one and Ken you could have done better"I said making us laugh. We exchange numbers and spoke most of the day. Kendrick's step brother was a doctor who happened to be Cleo's boyfriend. That's how the two of them met and became best friends immediately.

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I was walking home after a really long day. I spent a really long time in the office with a new case the boss directed over to me cause he says I'm his best lawyer in this field. it was almost ten in the evening when I was done and it started raining too but thankfully I brought an umbrella with me.

About an hour later I arrived at Silver Estate the neighborhood for the rich. By rich I mean Millionaires, Billionaires and Trillionaires. That's where Nikolai lived and I had to walk for half an hour before I arrived at his house.

About fifteen minutes of walking I heard two men whistle at me. I turned to them and saw them walking towards me.

"You must be the precious little Elisa" one of the guys said.

" W-w-what do you want f-from me?"I stuttered.

"Oh you we want you your darling husband sent us over to have our way with you"the other guy said. What? Nikolai won't do that does he hate me that much?

" No please don't do anything to me" I cried trying to run but one caught me in his grip making it difficult for me to escape. The other tore my dress and started pushing his hand up all over my body.

"No please stop" I cried trying really hard to get out of his grip. They just chuckled and one unzipped his pants.

"Hey what the hell do you think you are doing get away from her" I heard someone yell getting out of his car. He ran towards where we were and in a flash he had beaten up the two men Nikolai sent who had dashed away in the bushes.

"Hey miss are you okay?" he asked removing his suit jacket and covering me with it.

" Y-y-yes t-t-thank you for s-saving m-me" I stuttered with tears running down my face.

" Don't worry come on let me drop you off at where you're going"he said. What if he was just like those men and he would try taking advantage of me too?

"I'm not like those men come on let's go" he said taking my hand in his. He looked just like Kendrick but he had black hair and brown eyes. He opened his car and helper me in the passenger side. Maybe he's Kendrick's brother I'll ask him tomorrow at work.

I made him drop me off at the house next to Nikolai's so if he's a stalker he wouldn't know where I stayed. I thanked him and he replied with no need. After he drove off to the next house I walked into Nikolai's and when I opened the door he was seated on the couch. He turned to me making me remember what those men told me. I felt like crying but I couldn't.

"Where were you?"he asked in a cold voice

"I-I-I w-w-w-wa-a-as a-at w-w-work"I answered looking at him with fear in my eyes

"Are you sure or you were fucking some guy in his house?"he asked.

"N-n-no"I stuttered again.

"Don't lie to me I know you were fucking a guy that's why your clothes are torn"he said and I shook her head.

"N-n-no I w-wasn't"I said on the verge of crying. He stopped and walked away making me walk into the basement. I took a bath and lied to the mattress and started crying. What sin have I committed to deserve something like this in life. I just wish I was dead instead of being alive and being treated like this.