The Assistant(120)

My eyes widened and I pressed my ear against my room door in an attempt to extract more of the conversation.

“This is none of your business. I’ve paid you the amount we agreed to, now leave.” A lower voice responded calmly. I instantly recognised it as David’s.


The feminine whisper sounded enraged, and her voice level increased. “No! I can’t believe I played along with your stupid game in the first place! I undressed her for you, bought her new clothes to wear, told you everything she told me; all because I thought-”

“Be quiet!” David snapped. “You need to leave right now. And if you so much as think about opening your mouth to anyone about this-”

“You’re not going to get away with this,” the voice whispered back angrily. “They’re all searching for her. Adrian’s focusing on you in particular. I can’t keep quiet any longer. I want double of what you paid me. That’s the only way I’ll keep my mouth shut.”

A small gasp escaped my lips at the mention of Adrian. He was looking for me?

I heard David sigh irritably before he spoke up again. “Stay out of my business. I’ll have the money for you by tomorrow. Meet at our usual spot. Now leave; the last thing we both need is for her to wake up to find-”

I decided then that this was a good time to open the door and catch them both in the act. My door flew open, and the angry expression I summoned onto my face instantly dropped as a resilient wave of betrayal washed over me; making me stumble back in shock.

The pair of heads snapped towards me, and I watched as one head let out another irritated sigh as the other face’s eyes widened in shock at the realisation of being caught in the act.

“This is just great. You’re not getting anything. Leave,” David snapped at the woman in annoyance.

She didn’t pay attention to him as her eyes began blinking in shock. “Emily-”

I shook my head rapidly, swallowing back the thick feeling in my throat as my eyes slowly built up tears. “No.”

“Emily, I can explain-” she began again.

“Leave, Rita,” David spoke up, giving her a stern look. “She doesn’t want to speak with you, and neither do I.”

I blinked back my tears as I looked at her once more. For once in my life, I didn’t protest against his words.

Chapter Twenty-eight

The next few days flew by in a blur.

David didn’t even bother interacting with me. I had only had 3 glasses of water and a chocolate bar and even then, I wanted to throw it all up.

Rita was the mole. David’s ‘little bird.’ The feeling of betrayal was still seething through my veins as I recalled all the times that I had spoken to her about David and what Adrian or I had in mind in order to eliminate him as soon as we could.

Guilt was another thing playing at my mental state as the constant silence in my room reminded me of how I had accused Anna of helping David, and as a result, got her fired. I personally knew how hard it was to find a job after leaving Kingston Corp., and that was because I quit – god only knew how hard it was for Anna since she was actually fired from her job.

I sighed before a loud grumble defeated the silence in my room, and I blushed to myself as the hunger finally caught up to my body. I quickly scanned my room in hopes that I would find another chocolate bar lying around and groaned in annoyance when the only thing remotely close to a bar was the wrapping from two days ago.

Deciding it was time to leave the comfortable four walls of the room I was staying in, I went in search of any type of snack that would be available in the kitchen. David didn’t even think to keep a small packet of chips in these cupboards for me to snack on when I got hungry.

I looked around in annoyance to search for the hotel room phone to call room service, when I remembered he had taken that phone away as well. Letting out a frustrated sigh, my eyes landed on the tall security guard standing at the entrance of the room.

I frowned in thought before clearing my throat slightly. “Excuse me.” I spoke up in an attempt to catch his attention.

He remained staring forward, not even flinching at the sound of my voice.

My frown increased as I began making my way towards him. “Hello, is it okay if I ask you for a favour?” I asked once I was standing directly in front of him.

The guard’s eyes slid down to meet my short frame, and he raised an eyebrow in response. “That depends what it is,” he replied.

I opened my mouth to respond but the loud growl of my stomach beat me to it, making my cheeks flush in embarrassment. “I’m kind of hungry,” I mumbled once the loud growl ended.

The guard chuckled and nodded in understanding before pulling out a phone from his pocket. He dialed a few numbers before putting the rectangular device to his ear. “Send up the chef. She’s hungry.”


I smiled slightly as he slid the phone back into his pocket. “Thank you.”

“He’ll be up here in 5 minutes,” he replied swiftly.

I nodded before making my way back to the kitchen in boredom while my previous thoughts came back to my mind. Why would Rita betray me like that? They had mentioned something about money in their conversation… if Rita needed money, why didn’t she just ask Adrian?

A puffed out voice pulled me out of my phase. “I got here as fast as I could.”

“She’s in the kitchen,” I heard the guard reply before a huffing chef joined me in the small space.