At the Hotel.

The construction work had already started And very few staff members were working in the hotel.

After lunchtime, someone knocked at Lisa’s office door. “Come in,” Lisa said without looking up.

The door opened and she smelled the strong scent of roses. She looked up and froze looking at the man in front of her.

The man was wearing black jeans, a shirt and a coat with a hat on his head. His figure looked different. His bulgy stomach was not there anymore. There was no chubbiness on his face either. Looked like he had joined the gym. The man was looking at her shocked face and a smile appeared on his face.

“Heard you have been promoted. Just wanted to congratulate you.” The man said, putting the bouquet on the table and sitting on the chair in front of her.

“Thank you for your kindness, now leave,” Lisa said indifferently.

Looking at her cold attitude. The man became furious and said angrily, “It’s been a month since I saw you last time. Why are you so cold to me? I have joined a gym to work on my body so that you can get attracted to me but you... you didn’t say anything at all. Can’t you see my efforts for you? Am I that bad? Huh..?”

Lisa frowned and said calmly, "Ted it's not like that. You are a good person I don't know but I just can't get attracted to you. I and Tom have always treated you like our child. How could I be able to think of you that way and besides what about Mary, huh..? Think about your wife and daughters..."

"First of all, I am older than you. So, how could you still think of me as a child? Second, I have already talked to Mary, she has no problem with our marriage." Ted said in a serious tone.

"Whatever you say. I am never going to marry you. Forget about it." Lisa sneered, her hands folded on her chest.

Ted saw her strong appearance and knew that she is doing this because she has promoted to, Silly woman. No matter How much money she earns, she is never going to win against his power. Ted stood up and said arrogantly, "Don't think by being a Manager you can win your son's custody. You can't win against me. Lisa."

"Let the judge decide it, Ted." With that saying, Lisa stood up and opened the door for Ted to leave. Just when Ted was walking out Lisa called him and said, "And uh... next time don't use my son to force me. It would be better if you keep him away from this."

Ted looked at her up and down with a deep gaze and said, "You're beautiful Lisa. I will wait for you to accept my offer." And then he left.

Lisa rolled her eyes and closed the door. She thought to herself. How did he know about my promotion? Then only one person came to her mind "Simon”

I really need an assistant manager to inform me before people arrived at my office. With that thought, she picked up the telephone and called the HR Department. Soon a lady answered the call, "Hello HR Department."

"Hello, Mia..! It's me Lisa Mathew, General Manager. Can you please ask Emma to give an advertisement for the assistant manager's post?" Lisa said.

“Okay, Ms Mathew," Mia replied politely.

"Thank you, Mia, that's all."

"Have a good day then."

"You too."

Before Lisa left the hotel she handed the big bouquet of roses to Anna. Anna asked surprisingly, "Who sent you this?"

Lisa didn't want anyone to misunderstand her relationship with Ted so she lied, "It was sent by my dad."

Anna frowned and said disappointedly, "I thought, it was your boyfriend."

Lisa rolled her eyes and said while walking out "You think too much."

"Thanks by the way", Anna said from behind.

Anna put the bouquet on the front desk. After a while, Augustus came out of the elevator, Lester following him behind. Augustus saw the big red roses bouquet and stopped in front of the desk.

"Who put this bouquet here?" He asked angrily.

Anna looked up frightened and explained, "It was sent to Miss Lisa from her father."

Augustus frowned looking at the bouquet and left without saying anything.

...

The next day, as Lisa came to the office. Someone was already waiting for her inside the office. She looked at the figure sitting on the chair and asked surprisingly. "Am I in the wrong office?"

The man turned around and looked at Lisa. "Umm... No, you're not." He replied standing up embarrassingly.

Lisa looked at his embarrassed look and said, "Gotcha..!" Both then chuckled together. Lisa sat in her seat and asked, "So, what's the matter? Why are you here Cristian.?"

Cristian looked tense and kept rubbing his fingers, "Well, I need a favour." He finally said those words.

"Okay. Go on" Lisa said.

"One friend of mine needed a job. I heard you're looking for an Assistant Manager. Umm... So .. actually .." he hesitated and ran his fingers into his hair.

"So you want me to hire her. Right?" Lisa saw his hesitation and interrupted him.

"Yup, yes like if you feel like you know after interviewing her. It's totally up to you. I am just suggesting her as a friend." He explained.

"Okay then." Lisa smiled and said.

"Okay. Really? Huh... Well, she is outside. Should I send her now?" Cristian asked surprisingly.

Lisa nodded. Cristian got up happily and went outside. After a while, there was a knock on the door. Lisa said, "come in"

A beautiful young lady entered the office, greeting her politely. After interviewing her for 20 minutes, Lisa got satisfied and hired her immediately.

After sending her, Lisa felt relieved and again felt grateful to Cristian. Hence she is new here, only Cristian had treated her nicely just like a friend. She didn't make any friends before except Sasha but now she feels she can count Cristian as a friend, too. Well, now she and her son both have two friends. What a coincidence.!

At this thought, she remembered the day she spent with her son and laughed wholeheartedly at his cute actions.

...

The next day, Lisa was jogging at the park. Just then her phone rang. She stopped and looked at her phone and a flash of worry and panic appeared on her face.

She answered the phone with shaking hands, "Hello."

"Miss Lisa Mathew." A lady asked.

"Yes," Lisa answered.

"Your father again tried to commit suicide, we have admitted him to Holy Spirit Hospital please come immediately."

"Yes," Lisa said. Her voice was hoarse and then she fell to the ground and tears started falling from her eyes.

Augustus was as usual, following Lisa while jogging. When she suddenly stopped and answered the call with shaking hands. He was thinking why her behaviour suddenly changed after this call just then she fell to the ground holding her phone tightly.

Augustus rushed towards her and crouched down opposite her. She seemed to be numb all of a sudden, and her eyes were empty, blankly looking at her phone. There was even no sound when she cried, but only tears kept falling from her eyes.

By looking at her like this, Augustus only felt that his heart had been ripped out of his chest. He touched her shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Are you ok.?"

Lisa, who was lost, looked up and saw deep blue eyes looking at her with concern and didn't say anything. When seeing that she didn't speak, Augustus called her name. "Lisa"

When Lisa heard her name. She immediately came back to her senses and realized she needed to reach the hospital as fast as possible. She stood up and rushed towards the road to take a taxi. Augustus followed her quietly. She was not in her senses and tried to cross the road at the green light.

Augustus saw her trying to cross the road impatiently. He pulled her back and said angrily, " Are you blind? It's a green light."

Lisa looked at him, tears still falling.

Augustus held her face and asked softly, "What's wrong? Where are you going.?"

"Holy Spirit Hospital. Take me there please." Lisa said in a trembling tone.

"Okay," Augustus replied. Then, he called Lester and within a few minutes, Lester brought him a car. Lester handed him the key and left.

Augustus then opened the door to the passenger seat and let her get in. Lisa got in the car and sat down. He bent down, pulled out the seat belt, and buckled it for her. When he got up, his face brushed gently against her pink lips.

It was as if he had touched electricity. He could only feel the heat on his face, and his heartbeat as it would jump out of his throat. However, Lisa didn't change her expression. She was still lost in her thoughts.

Augustus closed the door and sat on the driving seat. He started the car and set GPS for Holy Spirit Hospital.

He looked at Lisa from the corner of his eyes. She was wearing track pants and a sleeveless top. He thought of something and reached into the backseat and handed Lisa his hoodie.

"Wear it. Your clothes are not appropriate for the hospital." He said while looking straight on the road.

Lisa looked down at herself and realized he's right. She took a hoodie, wore it, and said, "Thank you."