ANOTHER PROBLEM

Vivian spent the whole day expecting Andrew's call. She checked her phone from time to time, hoping a message or call would pop up but all to no avail.

Sometimes, she would decide to call him or text him Instead, but will suddenly stop as she thought it wasn't proper for her to do so.

Later in the evening, Ella and Vivian were home, both sat at the balcony, probably appreciating nature. Ella noticed her aunt, she was checking her phone almost every minute. At first it felt normal but later, with the constant check, it didn't appear normal anymore.

Vivian checks her phone again, and it was like the one thousandth time she did so.

"Are you expecting a call?" Ella asks.

"No, no, no." Vivian denies in haste.

Ella shrugs her head, Vivian was definitely expecting a call or text from someone. Because, why would she be checking her phone every single time. "Then why are you checking your phone every time?"

"Nothing in particular, just checking if I have any texts from our customers or the secretary."

"Okay, how was work today?"

Asking her about work, Vivian flashed back to the entire scene she had with Andrew. Starting from the car breakdown issue, to the time he came to the office. It appears like a fairytale. She snapped out of her hallucinations and gives a reply to Ella's question. "Work was okay, but my car broke down on the highway."

"Really? So how did you fix it?"

"A gentleman helped me out, thankfully it was a minor issue." Vivian would be very embarrassed to tell her the car engine oil actually dried up.

"Thank God." Ella looks at Vivian for a while and smiles, she was about to start up a conversation, after having a second thought about it for a while, Miss Smith decides to go for it. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

The question popped out of nowhere, Vivian wasn't expecting that sort of question. "Why are you asking me that?"

"Nothing, I just feel like you should get yourself a gentle man." Ella giggles and hit Vivian playfully with her elbow. "You deserve one."

Maybe I already found myself one! Vivian exclaims in her mind. "What do you know about a relationship?"

"I don't know." Ella replies shyly with a laugh. "All I know is, a grown up lady should have a boyfriend then when it's time, have a husband."

This young girl, keeps bringing up memories about her dead mother. Vivian remembers Alex again, how she always persuades her to go on dates with people. Maybe if Alex was alive, she would have gotten her a boyfriend.

"When it's time, I would have one." Vivian replies.

Ella walks into her room when it was almost nine. Picks up her diary and wrote about the day, about to drop the diary when she remembers Linda. Ella remembers clearly, everything Linda did to her, humiliating her, and making her want to quit school at some point.

The old Ella would have started weeping profusely, but the new hard heartened and determined Ella just gave a bitter smile and goes to bed.

Vivian on the other hand, found it very hard to sleep. She was tossing and turning round the bed, still thinking of Andrew. She admits that she is already in love with him but how does she express her feelings? It would seem strange for him to believe or even accept her.

She checks her time and it was already past twelve!!!! Wow time really flies. Vivian had already spent three hours thinking of a man she just met that day.

It was strange and very annoying, this man she was thinking of is probably somewhere else with another woman or enjoying the time of his life elsewhere.

A glass of water would make her feel better, Vivian matches to the kitchen, to get herself a glass of water. She gulps the water gently and after, takes a very deep breath to help her calm her nerves.

She returns back to her room, and realizes that her phone was ringing. Who could it be? Calling at this time of the day? In haste, the young Miss rushes to get phone and the caller happens to be Andrew. There was mixed feelings and mood, she was happy he called and at the same time scared he called this late. Still, she had to pick the call and hear whatever he has to say.

"Hello." Vivian whispers.

"Hi dear." Andrew greets warmly in a very low tone. "I am sorry for calling this late."

"No it's fine, I hope all is well."

"Yes, I just find it very difficult to sleep and I thought of it well, you are the cause."

Those lines, did a great job, as they successfully made Vivian blushed. The conversation went on for a while. Both got to know each other, but there was a problem.

They told lies to each other, Andrew told Vivian that he was into real estate. Although, he did that too, but that was a side business. The main business was the assassinating job. Apart from being an assassin, he killed Ella's parents and grandparents.

Vivian also lied to him, that she was staying with her niece after her parents died in a plan crash.