"Sir would you like a cup of tea?" Stefan asked Noah while coming out of the meeting room along side of him.
"No, just inform chauffeur to prepare a car outside office and also apprise him about I'll be the one to drive."
Noah passed the orders to Stefan while taking his glasses off and striding in direction of his cabin. Getting in, he slumped in his chair with a loud thud and loosening his tie, he had a whole glass of water for himself.
And after checking all the documents he have saved properly, he walked out of cabin and when out of the building, in the direction of his Bugatti Veyron.
Taking car keys from chauffeur, he sat on the driving seat and pushed the button start it and engine immediately purred into action.
Traveling on wheels, he went directly in the direction of de l'art Gallery, as the crow flies and once there he entered it in double the quick time straight away to the director's office and bragged in without troubling to get his permission or even knock over the door.
Director was sitting in his foot and with a knee to buttress himself, holding Ella's hand, a girl who also works at the gallery. But noticing unfastening of the door's latch and someone setting foot in, got his blood boil but finding Noah giving them boring look he got up abruptly from the floor and told Ella "Wait outside for me to ask for you." Getting back in his seat, adjusting his shirt to make himself presentable enough in this embarrassing moment, he passed a big grin to Noah and spoke "Sir please make yourself comfortable and tell me what brought you here?"
Noah gave a disgusting look to him and thought 'Who knows what all deeds they both have done in these dirty chairs.'
"I am good. Coming straight to the point, I am taking Sophia with me. She will have an early off today."
And after issuing his intentions out loud, he turned his back to the director to stroll in the direction of exit when he heard from behind "But sir, she didn't turn up today." Returning his gaze back to director's face, Noah asked in a thunderous voice "What reason?"
"Sir she didn't enlighten about the topic. She have had taken less numbers of days off for herself and in her past records whenever she had had one she always informed the gallery either one day before by herself or the same day by any other mean. But her way of behaving is quite increduliting for me myself."
"Mmm."
Not wanting to waste anymore energy on that man, Noah giving a short and straight reply went out to his car as straight as an arrow and sitting in, he immediately drove in the direction of the café where she works.
It was a quarter to four and there was almost an hour and a half time left for her arrival to the shop. He remained in the car and spent his time by working on his laptop in the car and at times smoking to relax his nerves down.
When it was almost quarter past 6 and still there was no sign of her yet, he became impatient.
He felt like an idiot for not to ask for her number even after meeting her these many times, but again he is not the type to have long conversations over phone or to chat for hours, whenever he needed or felt like he simply paid astounding visits where she works but today she is not here. And this vary fact was causing an unknown kind of pressure and adversity over some part of his brain.
He got out of his car and looking at the direction of café, he stretched his muscles that became sore because of long sitting and continue work, and as might be expected, without a stress reliever his brain has blocked, but from the day he made the acquaintance of Sophia, it's like he is no longer in need of any stress reliever.
The relief and calmness like an endless sea she provides can't be given to him by any other person on this planet.
He walked in the direction of the café and gaining access, he asked manager sitting there.
"Hey, why Sophia didn't turn up?" He enquired in an agitated tone.
"Sir I am sorry but I am not aware of the fact-"
"Did she called or something? Did she inform the reason of not able to attend today's work at the shop?" He questioned again without letting him complete himself.
"No sir, she didn't and this is the first time she did so."
He again heard the similar statement that he did at the gallery.
"Yesterday's night, she went after her shift ended?" He enquired again getting ill at ease this time around.
"Yes sir. But Joseph is also absent today from the café and yesterday he took off early and I noticed him following Sophia after her shift ended. But they were friends so I didn't give it a thought, but now it feels strange when both of them are absent without informing."
Hearing all this Noah's eyes twitched in anger and heart thumped with unknown terror. "Were friends?"
"Yes sir, Sophia ended it as Joseph wanted to take it further." This time he spoke in a low voice.
"Why didn't you follow him?" Aggravation was taking it's best form in Noah.
"Sir my shift didn't end by then."
"Fine."
Saying so, he came out of the café and went straight to his car and sat in it closing the door with a loud thump.
Sitting there he leaned over the seat post, took his tie off and opened a few of his shirt's buttons and folded his sleeves to let him breath properly.
Anxiety and trepidation was taking best of it's configuration over his mind for some unknown reason, which he never experienced for any other being.
He was not able to accompany her yesterday on her way from cafe to her apartment, because of all the work that had compiled over his desk to be reviewed by him.
And she has been missing now for the whole day after being followed by that son of bitch and onto the bargain, he don't even have her phone number so as to call her to ask her whereabouts and if everything is fine.
Now only two places are left to be looked for high and low. First is her own apartment where she lives and second and last her friend's home where she sometimes spends night. It is much easier to search for her at her friend's place than at her's because what excuse will he give to her if she is actually at her home.
But brushing all these thoughts aside, he thought first things first, he have to find her.
Without further ado, he drove to her building's lane direction and within two minutes he was there, in front of the building where she leaves. Getting out off the car, he went bear down towards lift without bothering to park his car properly and pressed it's button impatiently like a maniac for several times.
Once lift arrived and opened with a 'ding', he got in and pressed the floor number. Once on her floor he searched for her apartment number and he finally found it. And as he saw it, it was locked from inside and this lessened his stress to a large extent. She is at home, but if she is home why doesn't she informed about her absence at the gallery and at the café.
All his questions can be answered at once by the person in the apartment, but what will he fill in to her questions when she will ask him back about how does he found where does she lives? He can't tell her that he had been tailing her from the moment he found her again or even he asked someone to get her every single detail which leads him to her.
After debating for good twenty to thirty minutes on whether he should press the bell or not, he finally came to the conclusion to do so. He pressed once, no answer came.
He pressed it for the second time and again nothing came and his anxiety level shot high up to touch the skies.
For the third time he pressed it like a madman continuously. He was about to break the door shot open when he heard knobs turning and twisting and door getting unlocked from in and it opened and he was horrified at what he saw.
Sophia was still in her yesterday's attire, off white loose top and fitted pair of denim and her forehead was covered with sweat, her hairs loose open and eyes shot blood
red.
With trembles in her voice she managed to finally utter "Sir?"
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"Sophia" Came out of Noah's mouth in a low softest voice he ever talked anyone with.
"Sir, what brought you here?" Sophia asked Noah with bewilderment written all over her face which seemed as white as sheets.
"Sophia what's wrong with you?" Saying so, Noah placed his palm over Sophia's
forehead only to find her body's temperature burning her up.
"I am alright sir. Just a little feverishness and nothing else." She spoke trying to pull out
her light dimpled smile.
"Come with me." He instructed her only to get refused by her.
"Where? Sorry sir I can't, I don't want to."
Sophia didn't wanted to get involved anymore with this man, she already have heard herself as a gold digger and his bed warmer. She doesn't want to attract anymore of people's attention which would do nothing good to her but only lead image her to tarnish.
"Sophia we are going to the hospital at once, no more discussions." Noah spoke this time around in a displeased tone, pissed off seeing her condition.
"I am not going anywhere."
Sophia rejected him once again stubbornly. And with every passing second it was becoming more and more difficult for her to remain standing on her foot. Sighing he spoke this time in a soft tone "Okay than at least let me in? So I can help you out."
Ignoring his requests Sophia asked him "How did you discover where I live?"
Her question was his fear which he wanted to avoid or else he will be caught but
anyhow he decided to lie her like he always did.
"I asked for your address from the director."
She murmured "I didn't knew they just provide address casually to anyone."
"Well when you are their one of the biggest client, they do."
"You went there? Why?" she questioned him again.
"To take you with me."
"To?"
"To a beautiful date. But you already have created a blunder here."
With every passing second Sophia's mind was turning more hazy and misty became a lot more difficult for her to register what so ever he was saying to her.
it
He again made a request "Please Sophia let me in, you are not in a good condition."
"I won't. I am no gold digger."
Second statement she said so lowly that he didn't even got what she was saying and he spoke again
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"What? I didn't got you."
This time around Sophia didn't answered him, instead kept on looking at his face with
a fixed gaze.
"Sophia?"
He spoke again
"Sophia are you alright? Please darling let me in."
He tried his best to wheedle her and this time around he didn't want to get in for his benefits or lust but his concerns were real for the person standing in front of him.
Let the girl alone, this is the first time he is caring about anyone. "Sophia?"
She again didn't responded in fact she stood rooted to her spot, eyes on him and blank expressions and this frightened Noah conspicuously and before he could say anything black dots became more clear shrouding Sophia's eyes leading her to faint. "Sophia." Noah shouting her name held her arms before she could fall on the ground and in an instant wrapped his arms completely around her so as to protect her. "Sophia" He tried to wake her up by calling her name and tapping continuously on her cheeks but to no avail.
Sighing he lifted her up in bridal style in his arms and got in her apartment, once in he walked in the direction of her bedroom not before closing the door behind him.
It was not difficult for him to search for the bedroom as she lives in one bedroom- kitchen apartment.
Reaching there he placed her on her bed and removed the strands of hairs falling over
her face and his eyes still fixed on her still beautiful face took his phone out and dialed Stefan who at once received his call.
"What all things are left in my schedule to be covered up by today?"
Stefan like a parrot narrated it all to him only to receive a shocking reply " Hmm, cancel
it all and shift everything today's left schedule and tomorrow's work to day after tomorrow."
"Sir?" Stefan was in dilemma on how is he going to manage so and what is Noah going
to do? Stretch the day like a rubber band? What caused a workaholic man like Noah to reschedule his work which he always considered as his priority?
"Also send a doctor to address I am sending and Stefan I want the best one."
Low growl in his voice didn't go unnoticed by Stefan and was enough to bring him out
of his thoughts.
"Sir."
And Noah hanged up the call and went undeviating to kitchen to get bowl of cold
water and a towel to give cold towel rub to Sophia meanwhile doctor is on its way, but not before he had tugged her in blanket.
He came back to the room holding bowl of water and towel and sat beside her and immersing towel in cold water and squeezing extra water out of it, he placed it on her forehead, leaving it there and did the same thing with the other towel.
Once her temperature was little under control, he went back to the kitchen to place the
bowl and towel and coming back to the room he sat on the bed just beside her and brushed his fingers from her forehead traveling down to her chin and stopped right there and spoke in a low dark voice leaning causing his lips to be just few inches away from her's balancing himself with the help of the other hand.
"What are you doing to me sweetness? I suggest you to stop; you won't like the end
results."