She slowly walked back to where he was standing with the keys in his hands and tried to lobby him but he was not in for whatever she had up her sleeve. She begged with a pleading eyes “I don’t know what this is all about but can you just leave the door open? I mean we don’t have to lock the door before we can stay here isn’t it?” and he shook his head

“It is necessary we lock the door anytime I am here or not because that is exactly why it is there” he remarked and threw the key in his pocket. “Now since you are here, I believe we don’t have all day and we don’t have any time to waste. You said you would do anything I ask for if you can keep your job right?” he asked and proceeded to take his seat

She nodded her head frantically in agreement and he motioned for her to take a seat while pointing to the sofa in front of him. She sheepishly adhered to the instruction and watched him speak with a tensed shoulder.

He rubbed his palms together a little and hesitated before he finally opened his mouth to say what was on his mind. “Before we start anything, I want you to know that you are entering a world that is messy. There are many dramas to expect but I trust that you will play your part well and keep things professional” he said to her and she nodded slowly

“First thing is we are going to draft an agreement that says you will do as you are told and failure to do so means I can discharge you from your office anytime” he continued

She asked if the contract was ready and he told her she would be the one to draft it of course as he pointed to a computer sitting on the desk at the right side

“You should help yourself”

She got up and walked up to the computer where she began her work with immediate effect. Since that was not the first time she was drafting up a contract, she knew exactly what to do and in no time she was done. He instructed “Print out a copy” and she did before bringing it to him.

He read through the contract and pointed out the mistakes she made and also told her to add a line “On no account will I decline any request or order no matter the day, situation and time”

She went back to fix the errors and also include the line before printing another copy out for confirmation and this time he approved of it. “Print out two copies” he ordered

They both signed the two copies and held one each as a sign of their agreement

She finally summoned up the courage to ask him about why he didn’t say anything to her even though he saw definitely saw her at the club on Friday night. It wasn’t like she needed to know but she was just curios.

“Should there be a reason why I am not interested in your personal life? Whatever you do outside the office is none of my business except it affects my own company” he said sharply and she sighed in relief

“As always, Tom Holland is professional” she thought and smiled a bit before she heard him clear his throat

He told her to start her own end of the contract by firstly cleaning up the house and she exclaimed that the place was too big for her. “Then am I to join you? You said you would do anything. Well you can choose not to do it and just let me rip this off so you can pack up and leave my office” he said and positioned the paper between his fingers to rip the paper off

She rushed to his side and quickly held his hand to stop him “Why would you rip it off so quickly? I didn’t know you as an impatient man” she gritted between her teeth

“I will make sure everywhere is as white as the clear waters” she added with a small laugh and looked around to get the cleaning equipment

He told her where the cleaning equipment are and she rushed over to pick them and get to work. She was expecting him to have a vacuum cleaner at home so that would save her the stress but what she met there was cleaning brushes and mops.

She muttered “What is he doing with this when he’s so rich? Rich people are truly very stingy”, picked them up and turned to leave the room when she saw him standing there with his arms folded

“Did you hear that?” she said with a fake smile

“Should I not have heard?” he returned the question and her smile disappeared before she ran past him to the room where she began to clean the room.

He sat down at the table reading a magazine while watching her work, she was sweating profusely and wondered why there was no enough ventilation in the room until she saw that all the curtains were done and the windows were shut.

“Can I lift them? This place is too hot” she requested

“Don’t touch them, I don’t want any unnecessary attention from outside and that is why they are there” he said without shifting his eyes from the magazine. “But it is so hot here” she pouted and continued her work

She was finally done by six in the evening and everywhere was sparkling clean like he wanted. He inspected the room to see that there was no speck of dust before nodding his head in confirmation.

He complimented her about how perfect the cleaning was and told her to move out so they can leave for the day. She was already famished, thanks to the work she suddenly had to do. “Just like that? Nothing to drink or even eat?” she muttered and ran to pick her bag before she gets locked up in the room alone.

He drove her back to her house where he dropped her and told her he would expecting the missing report on his table as early as possible the following morning.

“He’s just so mean, I am so hungry that I might die right now but he couldn’t even get me something to eat” she lamented and rubbed her grumbling stomach as she unlocked the door to her room

She was still taking off her clothes when the doorbell rang and she went to check who was there. “You have a delivery” the man said from the front of the door

The delivery man stretched forth a box of large pizza and fried chicken making her confused. She complained that she didn’t order anything of such and the man explained “The man that ordered it said gave this address” and she got to realize that it was her boss.

“When did he order something like this? He made me curse at him for nothing” she muttered with a broad smile and took the delivery from him

He had ordered the food for her when he was about leaving the house with her so that by the time they got to her house, the food would have been ready.

She sat down in the sitting room after showering to munch on her package and watch the TV but she was not interested in whatever was showing on her screen so she picked her phone to scroll through the net instead.

“Oh! He posted another painting today” she said with a wide smile as she marveled at the art on her screen. “Whoever this Umbra is, he is so gifted because how can one paint like this” she added and liked the post before she checked the time and saw that it was past eight but Emily was not yet back.

“Where is she? Did she go to the club again?” she said to herself and dialed her number only for her to come in

“I was about calling you, it’s unusual of you to be late without telling me” she said to her and Emily slumped on the sofa tiredly

“I worked all day at school so I am dead tired right now” Emily responded before rolling down to join her in the pizza and chicken feast

“What is the occasion? You hate to buy these things with your money” Emily questioned before digging into one of the chicken drumstick

She wanted to tell her about what transpired between her and her boss at work but kicked against it, she decided that it would be best if no one knows about the deal between the two of them.

“That’s true, I hate to buy these things with my money but then I was craving it so I just went for it” she lied to cover up

“That is exactly what I have been telling you all these while, you only live once so spend on yourself” Emily said with excitement but she only scoffed

“If I want to spend on myself then that will be over something beneficial not junks. I hate to put on weights” she countered

“You already resigned from the club so there is no reason for you to keep in shape anymore. You are free to eat as you like” Emily argued

“I want to look good in my office clothes. How will I look good if I don’t stay in shape?” she added and Emily nodded in agreement

“It is best to look good at the office” Emily agreed with a wink and Amber hit her shoulder

Emily questioned if her boss didn’t say anything about the incident on Friday and she shook her head. She explained how he told her that it was her private life and he doesn’t need to ask her anything over that. “He’s so cool and professional” Emily blushed as she pulled another slice of pizza out of the box.

She was about to ask another question when Amber’s phone rang with Eddy as the caller. She quickly picked up the call and told Emily to have the rest of the food since she will not be coming back to the sitting room and went to her room to speak with Eddy. They talked for like five minutes before he hanged up and she proceeded to pack her bag for work when she remembered that she haven’t thanked her boss for the meal. She decided to text him instead of calling since he might be busy and it was already late.

****

Tom was coming down from his car when the text dropped in his phone “Thank you for the food sir” he read from the notification tray and closed his phone as he walked into the house before one of the maids ran to collect his bag from him

“You should wash up and come for your food” his mother, Anita said to him and he turned to his room to wash up.

He sat down at his desk and brought out the contract he signed with Amber earlier and went through it again before standing up to put it in his secret safe. He turned to leave the room when the door suddenly burst open.

“You are indeed back” Joseph, his brother said with a wide smile and he was taken aback

“When did you come back?” he blurt out in shock

“I came back this afternoon, are you not happy to see me?” Joseph said with a smirk but Tom was not pleased to see him.

Joseph have been staying in Dubai for over three years and refused to stay home after his graduation. He would always argue about how he was still small to work at the company.

“I want to enjoy my twenties a little bit because once I start working I won’t have the time for that anymore” he argued whenever their father brought up the topic of him coming back home.

He finally came home that afternoon and he didn’t even let Tom know so as to surprise him.

“You came this afternoon? How come I was not informed?” Tom questioned

“Because I wanted to surprise you. Look at how shocked you are right now” he replied with a chuckle and Tom sighed

“Do you like making a fool out of people?” Tom slammed him and he raised his eyebrows

“What do you mean by making a fool out of people?” he asked

“You said you will not be coming home anytime soon so why are you here?” Tom questioned

“Oh that? I realized that there was no fun for me anymore in Dubai because I had visited every places for the three years I was there and now that I am getting older, I should start taking my life serious you know” he responded with a wink and Tom eyed him

“Moreover, I miss this house’s food” he added as he leaned on the wall

“I can’t help but wonder whatever this art is, you have the same at your office and at home too, this things are freaking expensive and it has no meaning to me. I don’t understand why people spend tons of money just to hang them on the wall” Joseph remarked looking at the art work hung on the wall.

“Are you going to stay here forever? Won’t you go out anymore?” Tom said to make him leave

“What? Are you uncomfortable with me here? We will be spending so much time together as from now though so I think it’s better you start getting comfortable with me because I will be sticking to you like a leech” he told him and walked out of the room while leaving the door opened

“That pest” he muttered as he saw what he did

He was about to close the door when Joseph yell from the back making him jump in fear

“I got you again this time” Joseph cackled and Tom chased after him in anger

He had forgotten all about the text he received earlier so he didn’t reply her and just went to join the family for dinner. He apologized to his father for the ruckus at the company earlier when he couldn’t tender the report at the appropriate time.

“You always ruin your efforts with small mistakes and these small mistakes, if continuous can ruin one’s hard work” his father, Steve scolded

“I will make sure it doesn’t repeat itself anymore” he apologized once again

“How about the contract with Dave Lin? Have you still not been able to secure that too?” Steve asked

“I got it signed last weekend but you were not around so I couldn’t show you” he responded immediately

“You could have texted me if you got it signed, we are now a step ahead of our competitors with that now” Steve remarked and resumed his food

“You got Dave Lin to sign the contract? Wow you are really incredible Tom!” Joseph clapped

“You should complement him in times like this. Dave Lin is not an easy fish, he’s so difficult to meet and he only sign contracts physically. This is worth celebrating” Joseph added and chuckled

“You should just shut your mouth and eat before I throw you out” Steve growled at him

“This is exactly the reason why I didn’t want to come in the first place. You are making me lose my appetite already but I cannot leave this delicious food that was thoroughly, carefully and beautifully cooked by mother” he said and laughed for a bit before reaching for his cup of water.

***

Amber went back to work the next day and resumed her work like nothing had happened. Everything was still the same, just like before except the fact that she was always anxious about when he would call her in relation to their contracts.

She submitted the report to his table the first thing in the morning and was working away on her system when he called her through the intercom. She marched quickly to his office in her high waist white skirt and wine bow blouse to answer his call.

“The CEO of MG Pharmaceutical’s daughter is getting married and they requested for a special tour by one of the employees of the company to shop for the dress. Since you are a lady, you might be able to pick out something good so help them out” he instructed and she input it in her tablet

“What time is that sir?” she asked

“They will be coming over by three in the afternoon so get ready by two forty-five” he responded with his eyes glued to the book

“Noted sir” she said and turned to leave

“You should get me some coffee” he added and she left to get his coffee ready just as his phone rang

“What do you want?” he asked as he picked the call

“You always make it obvious that you don’t want to talk to me. Anyways guess where I am right now” Joseph said over the phone

“Do I look like I have time for that right now?” he slammed trying not to get angry

“I am at that restaurant, the one where we went to on your twenty-fifth birthday. They still have the killer food and guess what? They have new menus that are to die for, you should come over with me when you are free” Joseph said with a small laugh and Tom loosened his tie a bit

“You should seriously stop disturbing me, I am so busy here” he said

“Don’t worry about being too busy, I am back now so I will be helping you out in the future or will you be helping me out? Anyways time will tell. I wanted to tell you more about the restaurant but since you are busy, I will just leave you alone” Joseph and disconnected the call before he could even reply.

She brought the coffee to him and he took a sip immediately to cool his burning anger but the sugar was way too much so he spat it out with immediate effect.

“What is this nonsense? Are you planning to kill me with sugar?” he yelled at her and that made her afraid for some minute because that would be the first time he would ever yell that loud at work

“I am sorry sir, I will prepare another one” she said and picked up the cup

“Don’t bother, I will get one myself” he remarked and left the room to cool down at the café down the mall.

He was sitting at the café looking at the people passing by while calming his anger when he overheard some women talking behind him.

“Why is she staying this long in the restroom? We are not here to spend all day” One of them lamented

“She’s absolutely slow in all things and that is why she doesn’t even take the hint that we don’t like to hang out with her” the other woman remarked

“I know right! We tried so hard to make her know that we don’t want her in our circle but she kept forcing herself on us” the first one supported

“Well it’s her loss. At least when we get here, we get discounts because of her status” the second one said and they both chuckled before they saw the person they were talking about coming from the restroom

“I’m sorry, I made you wait for this long” the person said with an apologetic tone

“Well it’s not like we have anything doing so it’s fine” one of the friends replied

“Let’s go for the shopping since I am done now” the person stated and he turned to look at the familiar voice to see that it was his mom.

He quickly looked forward and stood up before they realize that he was the one and walked back to his office.

“She’s always moving out with people who have no manners” he mutter to himself in anger and walked back to the payment counter

“You see those three women there? Make sure there is no discount on whatever they buy and when asked, you should tell it’s an order from the management” he instructed and the employee bowed a bit in understanding

“You are nothing but money sucking demons” he said angrily and shut down his phone to prevent any calls from his mother.

The women finished buying and were expecting a discount as usual but the employee did exactly as he was told.

“Why is there no discount today? We are regulars here you know” one of them asked with a raised eyebrow

“I am sorry ma’am but the management that there should not be any discount as from now on” she answered politely

“Who is the management? Is it not your son? Why not give him a call?” the second woman suggested and Anita brought out her phone to call Tom but his number was switched off

“His phone is off, maybe he is in a meeting” she said to them and they rolled their eyes

“You might be able to get through to his secretary, why not call her?” the first friend suggested

“I don’t have his secretary’s number, was I supposed to have it?” she answered and they couldn’t hide their shock

“Why wouldn’t you have his secretary’s number? That is the most important thing because how will you get updates about him?” the second woman stated

“I never felt the need to get update about him though” she muttered and they shook their head

“Can we get the CEO Secretary’s number?” one of them asked turning to the lady at the counter

“I am sorry ma’am but I don’t have it. You might be able to get it at the reception though” she replied politely once again

“You all are so complicated! Let’s just pay for it and go” the second woman snapped and finally they paid for their goods without any discount which made them edgy towards her for the rest of the hangout.

*****

Amber checked the time and got ready for the arrival of the said guests coming from MG Pharmaceutical. Just as she finished touching her makeup in the restroom, a call came through from the mall that they were around and she went immediately to attend to them.

“Welcome ma’am, I am Amber and I am here to help you out as per CEO Tom’s order” she said with a small smile

“I am so sorry for requesting this and taking your time when you should be doing other things” the bride to be apologized

“You don’t have to apologize, this is part of my job too” Amber remarked

“This is my fiancé, Charles. He decided to come along with me and you can just call me Joy” she introduced

“You are both welcome” Amber said to them and stretched her hand forward

“Shall we go now?” she said and led the way.

They walked for a bit deeper into the left wing of the clothing section till they got to the bridal section. Amber pushed the door opened and waited for them to enter before she went in too and closed the door behind her.

“What exactly do you have in mind?” she asked with her hands placed neatly around her lower abdomen area

“I want something simple yet elegant and classy” Joy replied instantly

“I will get them for you right now” she said and went to handpick the gowns that was in the category she mentioned.

After ten minutes, she pushed the cloth hanger out and showed her the dresses on the hanger

“Will you try them on now?” she asked and Joy nodded

Joy started trying out the clothes in the small changing room around the corner of the room while the employees helped her out. Amber stood beside the door waiting for her to finish up when Charles dropped his cup of water on the floor.

She ran to his side to quickly help him out with cleaning of the shattered glass and spilled water since the employees were working for Joy at the moment. She bent down a bit to gather the pieces of cups after guarding her hand with wipes wrapped around it, she was halfway done when she felt a hand on her behind but it was very brief.

She thought it was a mistake and continued her work until she felt the hand groping her again and this time it was longer. She could not take it anymore and stood up to confront Charles who quickly played dumb.

“What do you think you are doing?” she asked raising her eyebrows

“What do you mean by that?” Charles remarked feigning innocence

“Apologize right now!” she demanded and Charles scoffed

“What did you just say?” he asked with an evil grin

“I said you should apologize right now!” She demanded once again and a voice stepped in

“What do you think you are doing right now?” Tom asked as he walked into the room.

Tom was passing by the bridal section as he was returning to his office when he saw Amber in arguments with Charles. He walked into the room to ask what was happening when he heard her demanding for an apology.

“I am demanding for an apology from you right now” she yelled at his face

“What is going on right now? What do you think you are doing?” he asked looking at her

“He was touching me appropriately, he was groping me” she explained

“Why would I do that? I only dropped the cup of water by mistake and she was cleaning it up before she suddenly started yelling at my face to apologize” Charles said innocently and she scoffed

“It was true that his cup shattered but while I was cleaning it up, he suddenly groped me from behind and it was twice at that” she insisted

“Is there any proof that he did that? You shouldn’t make false accusations” Tom said and her shoulder dropped in shock.

She has been working with him for close to three years and he could still think she made things like this up? She was so disappointed in him and angry at him at the same time. She closed her eyes to beat back the tears that were welling up in her eyes for a while.

“I don’t have any CCTV to prove it here” she said with her head down

“I sincerely want you to prove it now, I feel wronged for being accused of something I didn’t do” Charles remarked and she could not believe her ears

“I am sorry for the misunderstanding caused, I hope you will let it go quietly” Tom apologized to him but he slammed his hand on the sofa’s arm

“Why should I let it go quietly when she’s accusing me of sexually harassing her! Do you know me? Do you know how great I am? Were you trying to squeeze money out of me by making up some foolish stories like this? I can file a petition against this company and that will be over for you all and even your boss standing here” Charles threatened and she couldn’t even speak because she was rendered speechless by his sudden boldness

“Once again we are sorry, CEO Charles” Tom apologized

“I don’t want your own apology, I want her to apologize since she was the one that accused me” Charles remarked and that was the end of the drama for Amber

“I will never apologize since you are the one that was in the wrong. You groped me and still want me to apologize to you?” she stated with pain mixed with anger

“As from tomorrow, don’t come to work anymore Miss Amber” Tom commanded and bowed in apology to Charles when a text dropped on Amber’s phone

“You should balance up for this week or we will stop the treatment” the nurse from the hospital texted her and she sighed

Everything in her wanted her to slap him and walk out of the company too but her piling debts would not just allow her to do anything. She bent her head forward towards Charles and apologized

“I am sorry for accusing you wrongly” she said and they wondered why she changed her mind

“I guess you losing your job brought you back to your senses” Charles chuckled and rested his back on the sofa

“I don’t want an half-ass apology like this, you should apologize properly by going on your knees” Charles declared and Tom turned to face him, surprised at his request

“I know something happened between you two but going on her knees will be too extreme” Tom said and Charles picked up his phone

“With one phone call I can make all your stocks become dust in an instant. Do you still think you can risk it because of one employee?” Charles said with a smirk and Tom didn’t know what to do

He was still thinking of ways to handle it when Amber went on her knees and apologized to Charles. She knelt down in front of him while trying to hold back her tears.

“I am sorry for accusing you wrongly once again” she apologized with her head bowed

“You will make me the bad person at this rate” Charles said and motioned for her to stand up but she could not find the strength to do that.

Tom walked to her side and helped her up but she flung his hand away and glared at him for a bit before managing to stand up on her own and stomped out of the room. Joy came out after trying out the clothes and picked the one she liked.

“You can send that to my house” she said to the employee that followed her in and they bowed to her before leaving the room with the clothes she picked

“How was it? Did you find the one you like?” Charles asked with a smile

“They were all so beautiful that I wanted to pick all but I had to restrain myself” she answered with a smile

“Where is Secretary Amber?” she asked looking around

“She went to take care of an urgent matter” Tom quickly covered up for her

“That’s sad, I wanted to thank her for her help” she pouted

“You can do that next time. Let’s go now because I have a meeting in the next thirty minutes” Charles said standing up and they left the room.

Tom escorted them to the car and bid them goodbye before returning to his office where he saw that she was absent from her seat.

She had gone to the restroom to bawl her eyes out because she couldn’t bottle up the pain and embarrassment inside anymore. She felt so wronged that she was the victim and she was the one that also apologized. The more she thought about, the more her anger rose and she felt like kicking them both in the face.

She finally finished crying and fixed her makeup before going back to the office. She entered the office and locked eyes with Tom through the window blinds and glared at him for some seconds before marching to her seat.

Not more than two minutes, he called her to his office and requested for a file. She brought it to him and handed it over to him when he addressed her.

“If you don’t know when to draw the line between being professional and stubborn, you might end up losing all you have” he said flipping through the pages

She wanted to argue but stopped since it was a futile effort and the damage was done already so she just turned to take her leave while he continued his work.

She finished up for the day and went to the hospital to settle the bill and also see her mother who was admitted there. She pulled the door opened to see her staring into the bright lights coming from the city’s buildings.

“Isn’t this night so beautiful? There is moonlight also” her mother said to her as she turned to look at her

“I know right. They are shining so bright with nothing being able to restrict them, I hope I can shine like them someday because I am so jealous of them right now” she poured out

“Did something happen at work? You look so down and your voice is sad too” her mother asked as she came nearer to her

“Well there is never a smooth day at work. I am just tired that is why my voice is like this” she told her mother

“If you are holding on because of me and being disrespected then you should quit. You shouldn’t go through hard times because of me” her mother advised and she chuckled

“Who is being disrespected? Your daughter is the secretary of the CEO! I am one of the high ranking employee in the company so you should be proud because it is a bragging right” she stated and they both laughed

“I just feel bad seeing you put all your money into my hospital bills, you should be doing other things with your money” her mother muttered with a sad voice

“That is why you should get better soon so we can many things together. I have a long list of what to do with you” she said, helping her to adjust her scarf around her neck

“I promise to then” her mother said firmly and they both hugged each other.

Her mother have been suffering from kidney disease for the past six months and the dialysis treatment have been consuming a lot on her paycheck but she was not complaining as long as her mother is able to hold on till they find a donor.

She sat by her mother’s side as they played their favorite song, Winter Bear by V while enjoying the scenery of the night.

“Imagine your face say hello to me, then all the bad days are nothing to me. That line is really comforting” she muttered and quickly clean the tears dropping from her eyes before her mother sees it and get worried.

She finally bid goodbye and left the hospital when a car pulled up and it turned out to be Eddy

“Hello beautiful lady? Are you going somewhere? Do you want to go on a ride with me?” Eddy shouted with a wave and she burst into a broad smile

“I guess I will not be sleeping angry this night” she said to herself as she ran to enter the car

“I have been dialing your number all day but you didn’t pick up so I went to check you out at the office and I was told you left already. I figured out that this will be the place you are then” he said as soon as she got into the car

“You really know everything about me” she remarked fixing her seatbelt

“Of course, it’s been more than two years” he said proudly

“Since I am here, should I just greet her? It’s been a while I came here” he suggested

“It’s way past visitation time and she’s resting too so we can come back another time” she responded and he nodded in agreement before igniting the car and zoomed off.

He parked the car at a distance so they could walk a little bit to her house and discuss things

“How is work going? You seems to be busy these days” she asked holding his hand

“There have been so many requests coming in these days so it’s natural to be busy” he responded holding unto her hand in return

“How about you? How is work?” he asked looking at her and she lost all expression on her face because she was not sure whether to tell him what was going on at work or not.

Knowing his temper, he might make the incident bigger than usual if she reveals what Charles did to her and also if she tells him about the contract, he might misunderstand so she shook her head and kicked against it.

“Everything is going on well at work” she lied and he nodded

“You are a professional at what you do after all” he remarked

“I stopped working at the club. I won’t do that anymore” she told him and he stood still for a while

“Although I really didn’t like the idea of you being a stripper at a club, I was able to understand since it was because of your financial status and since I didn’t have much to offer from my end, I couldn’t stop you. Will it be too selfish of me to say that I am happy you quitted?” he carefully stated and she smiled

“No, you are not selfish at all. Thank you for your support all these while, thank you for the understanding too. I think life pitied me a little and made my love life a good one at least” she remarked and he drew her closer to himself

“Life doesn’t have a choice but to be fair to us in one aspect or the other. Let’s enjoy this fairness till the end” he commented and leaned in for a kiss.

It was slightly getting deeper when they heard someone cough from behind and they turned to see Emily standing there

“Should I just leave the house for both of you tonight? You seems to want to burn in the moment” Emily remarked and they laughed

“You should have a good night sweetheart” Eddy said to her and waved her bye before leaving for his car while she entered with Emily

“You are one fearless lady” Emily teased her as they went inside the room.

She thought about everything that happened that day while showering but after letting water flow through her hair into her head and wash away everything, she was refreshed.

She scrolled through her favorite artist’s posts and wondered why he haven’t updated any painting for quite some time

“I wish Umbra can upload something nice soon” she sighed before throwing her bed to her side

“At least, there is peace at this side of my life” she muttered as she stepped out of the shower and went to bed.