A Nice Stranger

"Oh, Miss Cara are you alright?" Matthew asked with worry lining his voice. He noticed the tears welling up in her eyes.

"Oh it's nothing, Mr Matthew," She swallowed a big lump inside her throat recalling what had happened yesterday. Yesterday was truly a very bad day for her. She had just discovered her boyfriend of 2 years was cheating on her with his colleague. That was why she couldn't stop crying in the park and who knew it would put her in such big danger.

If someone didn't help her out she would have to suffer a lot. How serious the situation was. She couldn't believe how vulnerable she was yesterday. She had just dodged a bullet. How risky it was. The stress of the hospital bill had completely made her forget it all.

She was stressed about the bill's payment.

"Miss Cara you don't look so well. I can see you're crying. You can share your thoughts with me. It's alright. I know you must have it hard. It must be tough for you," Matthew said trying to soothe and calm Cara down.

Unfortunately, Matthew's words instead of helping out made Cara cry instead. She could no longer stop the tears welling up in her eyes from falling. [ What kind of bad luck is this?? ] she thought to herself while crying. She felt sad for herself.

"Miss Cara, get a hold of yourself! This is not the end. Whatever you went through was traumatising but life is giving you a second chance then why reject it?" inquired Matthew while trying to uplift her.

The words were soothing and motivating. "Miss Cara, It's gonna be alright. Trust me. The incident yesterday could have happened to anyone. It's not your fault."

Cara was shocked at his words. Taken aback. She was pity partying but it was true that it really could've happened to anyone else. It wasn't her fault.

"Yes, it wasn't your fault and you shouldn't blame yourself for it"

A knock on the door startled both of them. The door opened and a man in a white and navy blue combination suit stepped inside the room.

It was the big boss, the CEO himself had come to visit Cara.

"What's going on Matthew? What is taking you so long? I've been waiting for you for almost half an hour" stated Sebastian Samuels sternly. He glanced at the crying girl sitting on the hospital bed.

Unaware of the situation, the brother of Aaron Samuels was also present on the spot.

The crying face of Cara's confused Sebastian and he asked his secretary, "What happened here? Why is she crying? What did you do Matthew?" Sebastian asked with a normal stone-cold face. His face was emotionless as usual.

He wasn't a person to show many emotions on his face and thus he was called the "Stone Faced Boss" behind his face.

"I apologise, boss for the inconvenience. Sorry Miss Cara, if I stepped out of line and said something to upset," Matthew bowed slightly to show the sincerity of his apology.

"No, no you don't have to apologise," Cara hurriedly wiped away her tears. "You are right, it could've happened to anyone," her voice sounded hoarse and her hair was messy. Yet both the men in the room thought "cute" inside their heads.

"What's the situation? What is the actual matter here, Matthew?" asked Sebastian immediately attracting everyone's attention to himself. He had the air of importance and it was evident that he was some big shot, some big influential man.

His aura could immediately attract anyone's attention to him. Also not to mention his superior looks. He looked like a premium clothing brand model.

"Sir, Miss Cara said she can't pay the hospital bill. She doesn't have the money," replied Matthew immediately presenting the facts.

"So what's the matter? Pay the bill for now on behalf of our company and put Miss Cara under the company debt. Make her pay in instalments" stated Sebastian as a matter of factly and sat down on the sofa. His strong aura still exuded out of him. It let out the feeling that he wasn't a man you could mess with.

"S-sir," uttered Cara attracting attention to herself. She sounded like a little mouse, her voice was almost inaudible out of her nervousness. Both men turned to face her.

Sebastian looked at her with an expressionless face. While Matthew had a serious look on his face as if whatever was going to be said was something very serious for him while his boss looked nonchalant.

"I-I can't pay the instalments just like that. Can I learn about the amount to be paid for each instalment?" Cara looked at her hands and then stared at the two men in hopes of an answer.

"Well, Matthew, calculate and inform the lady about what she wants to know," Sebastian closed his eyes and rested his head on his palm that was folded and resting on the sofa's arm.

Sebastian was pretty chill, although he too found Cara pretty, it wasn't a big deal for him as he had already seen and met many beautiful women himself who were either businesswomen, escorts, actresses, idols, etc. He wasn't that captivated but he couldn't help the slight flutter in his heart listening to Cara's voice. He tried to avoid looking at her and thus closed his eyes pretending to not care at all and acting rather cool and aloof about the whole situation.

Matthew on the other hand was slightly captivated by Cara. There was a slight tint of red on his cheeks as he heard her voice and looked at her face. He couldn't resist Cara's charm too well. He wanted to help her out as much as he could but he kept his calm and acted professionally. He was good at handling things like these. He was used to acting professionally in any given situation although it was true that he too had met with many beautiful women himself.