Emma Swift
ANDREW’S POINT OF VIEW
As I saw her sleeping peacefully and we both were in the hotel’s gown. My mind had lots of questions like if she knew that I was rich and she wanted to take some money out from me or if she had bad intentions of me. I tried to remember what happened yesterday and remembered that I saw Sarah. So, was it my mistake that I thought her as Sarah and… Even if she was Sarah that was wrong of me. I hesitated at first but as I knew that only she could tell me what had happened so I woke her up. “Hello miss, get up.”
She slowly woke up and said, “You woke up finally? That was tiring…” I asked immediately, “What happened yesterday? Why are we together in this situation?” She laughed and said, “Don’t you remember anything what happened yesterday?” I thought that she was going to try to take some money from me so I said, “Tell me how much money you need as a compensation? I was not in my right mind yesterday.”
She stood up angrily and said, “You don’t remember anything and you are not even asking me what happened or apologizing or thanking me. Your dress will be delivered soon.” She stomped out from the room. I suddenly felt guilty on how I behaved. As I could not do anything although I was guilty and I did not even know her name or even I will see her next time or not. So, I wore my dress which looked washed and clean and ironed and I went to check out of the hotel room but they said it was already paid and I felt guiltier. I went to check the bar and they also said that everything was paid. I just felt like I should drown myself in a bucket of water. I was so ashamed of myself.
I just had the breakfast in the same hotel. I got a call that we could have a meeting which we could not have yesterday and I declined and rescheduled it for the next day because I was not still sober. I returned home and I took a shower and I just went to do window shopping. However I could not get my mind in right place. And at night when I was back home, I realized that I did not miss Sarah the whole day but I just thought about how that girl might have felt. So, I just slept and the next day, the meeting was scheduled at the same place but for breakfast. I was the first one to reach there and the same man was there. I asked, “Is your boss coming today or not?” He replied, “Boss is on the way.”
He went out and as I just sipped the water from my glass, the door opened and it was yesterday’s girl so I gulped the water and coughed as I saw her. I stood up and both of us asked the same question at the same time, “What are you doing here?” The guy entered and he said, “Boss, he is Mr. Wellington.” I was shocked and asked, “She is your boss?” She also asked, “What? He is Mr. Wellington?” He nodded and said, “Mr. Wellington, she is my boss, Ms. Emma Swift. Do you guys know each other?” She said, “Kind of… Okay, stay out.” He went out.
I felt like I am being hit by a truck and I said, “I am sorry Ms. Swift for what had happened.” She said, “Can we finish our work first for what we are here?” I nodded and said, “Yes” I pulled a chair for her but she did not see it and she sat on the other side. So, I awkwardly sat down and we signed the contract and as she told the man to go. She said, “Now you can tell me what you wanted to tell before.” Before I could say our breakfast were served so she said that we should eat first and both of us ate in silence. After finishing, I said, “I am sorry for how I behaved yesterday and thank you for not being personal while signing the contract.” She said, “It’s okay. I separate my personal and professional things and I am the one who will get more benefitted from this contract. So, I cannot let this go.” I asked, “I… I wanted to ask what happened last time.”
She said, “I was taking you to the room with the help of a hotel staff and you threw up on me and your clothes also were stained so I changed my clothes to the hotel gown and the staffs changed your cloth. He took the cloth away and I tried to make you sleep on the bed but you pulled me and I also fell on the bed, I tried to get up so much but you had kept your hand in the way I could not get up. And also because your hand was heavy. So, I ended sleeping on the bed.” I felt so guilty and I thanked her and also apologized to her. As we were going to leave, I asked her if we could be friends and she agreed and we also exchanged our numbers. Then, we parted.
The next day I got a call, and it was from Emma. She asked if I was free and as I was, we then went to roam around together. Since that day we started sharing our secrets also and we started to become close. I came to know that she was there on the day I was in trouble because she wanted to buy a land nearby and as she saw I was in trouble she saved me. I also came to know that she had learnt martial arts and the business was her own. She was an orphan and she worked really hard and faced many troubles for what she was today. Her crush was her friend who was with her in all her happy and sad times. So, we started helping others also to get over from our feelings from our crush. When she felt low she called me and we went to have fun or had some drinks together and likewise when I missed Sarah.
