THE LOVE LETTER - CHAPTER 5&6
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Susie could be seen holding the menu in hand but her thoughts were somewhere else entirely.
She should never have trusted Nina, how will she get out of this one? Should she just tell him the truth? It will end with her losing her job. She could pretend to be sick and leave but it might not work too…then how can she get out of this unscathed.
She thought as she set the menu back on the table, this earn her Clifford attention.
“Isn’t the menu to your taste?” Clifford question got her out of reverie.
“No….am not that hungry” Susie reveal, her stomach too full with worry.
“Then it’s best we leave” He said, rising up.
“Hope I haven’t ruin the date” said Susie as she was led out of the restaurant.
“You haven’t. Apart from the restaurant, have prepared other places for us to go to for our date ” he said as a car park in front of them and he help her get in.
Susie couldn’t deny that she’s a bit curious about the things he planned for their date and after all, it’s been a while since she’s had fun, she might as well just enjoy today with him.
That thought soon disappeared when a while later, she was sitting at the park with him, quietly watching the passerby.
“Isn’t this relaxing? It’s fun watching people do their thing while you enjoy the fresh blown air” Clifford said beside her and she stared at him.
Is watching other people a relaxing thing? That’s what a bored person will do.
“You don’t like it, right?” Clifford asked suddenly.
“I….er…”
“You don’t have to hold back. I know am a boring man, have been told that all the time. It would be foolish of me to tell you what I have next in mind since it won’t be something you like” Clifford said, looking a bit sad.
“Everyone has a boring side,I won’t deny that am boring too but then you only have to spice it up to make it less boring. Do you mind if I take over?” Susie asked wanting to put him in a good mood once again.
“I don’t mind” Clifford said and immediately, she took hold of his hand and led him back to the car.
“Where do we go to?” Clifford asked as he began driving.
A while later, Susie finish putting on her skating shoes and stared at Clifford who was finding it hard to do his.
“Let me help you” she said as she help him with the straps.
“Is this really a good idea?” The novice Clifford asked as he watch people skate around on ice.
“It is, you are going to love it” she said and took hold of his hand once again.
Susie didn’t know why she didn’t feel shy with him, maybe it’s because beneath that cool exterior of his there’s also a shy part that is hidden away.
“I think am going to fall” Clifford said, trying hard to maintain his balance.
“You aren’t going to fall, trust me” she said, holding him and teaching him the basics.
She has often heard about the big boss, anyone working at Knight hotel knew who Clifford is.
She had first seen him on her first day at work, she had thought of him as a cold, heartless man since she has never seen him smile before but the little she’s seen of him now makes her think different.
“Now, how about you skate towards me” She said letting him go to skate some distance away from him.
“I don’t think I can” Clifford said, standing still.
“You can! Common!” Susie called out to him and slowly, he began to skate towards her.
Susie had her hand stretch out to him so he could hold onto when he got to where she was but instead, he pulled her into his arms, giving her a tight hug.
This took Susie by surprise but when she tried to pull away, she felt him whisper into her ear.
“You have no idea how beautiful you look right now ” and then he gave her a kiss on the cheek and skate off leaving her starring after him.
Is he flirting with her? Susie thought as she touched her cheek.
She spotted him in the midst of others, skating like a pro.
“Did he lie to me?” Susie murmured as she kept watching him.
A while later, they left and it wasn’t until they were in his car that she turn to him.
“You knew how to skate, right?” She asked.
“A little” he replied.
“That’s a lie. You were like a pro on the ice” she added.
“Alright. Am sorry I pretended to be a novice” Clifford apologise.
“Apology accepted though I wonder why you lied”
“Perhaps I did it to get into your arms and I loved every minute of it” he said making her cheeks go red with his flirty words.
Susie was trying to hide her blush when she notice the smile on his face, though it was brief, she wont deny that it made him look very handsome.
“Where do we go next, senorita?” He asked and once again she led the way.
“Isn’t this a bit…childish?” Clifford asked as they stood in front of a game arcade.
“What do you mean by childish….everyone comes here to have fun and we aren’t going to be an exception, your definitely going to love it” she said, pulling him in.
And just like she said, Clifford enjoyed every game they played together.
There were times that Susie won in a game and there were times that he won in a game too.
After having fun with the video games, they moved onto bowling where Clifford won Susie once again.
She was standing by the claw machine watching a guy try to win for his girl when her thought went back to Stanley.
What she will give to be out on a date with him.
“What are you thinking of?” Asked Clifford as he gave her a can of soda to drink.
“Nothing” she denied quickly.
“Does that interest you?” He asked starring at the claw machine.
“If I get you one of that then you promise to grant me something” he said not giving her a chance to reply.
He went towards the claw machine and tried to pick out a doll for her, it was on his fifth trial that he successfully got out a teddy.
During the whole time, Susie kept watching him, seeing his smile several times have got her adding him as one of the most handsome in her list.
“It looks cute, just like you” She said, starring at the Teddy then at him.
“Don’t forget you promise to grant me something once I win” he reminded.
“I…fine then, what do you want me to grant you?”
“A kiss”
Immediately he said that, her hand went to her mouth, covering it.
“Don’t you think it’s too soon ?” She asked.
“Let’s just say that am impatient, you wouldn’t mind us having our first kiss on the first day, you’ve been in love with me for a long time ”
“I….we don’t really have to share our first kiss now…we can do that when we get to know each other more” Susie lied knowing full well that after today, she won’t be seeing him again.
“You promised to grant me anything I want” he said, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her against him.
He began leaning towards her with his eyes closed. Susie frantically thought of what to do since it will be more unfair to him if she let him kiss her.
A thought occured to her and quickly she put the teddy in front him, making his lips connect with the teddy.
“Kiss the teddy instead” she said and took off.
Clifford watch her run off and a smile tilt his lips even as he said.
“She’s cute”
Unknown to them both, a guy who turns out to be reporter was busy taking pictures of them.
And his last snap was that of Clifford, smiling.
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^^ KNIGHT HOTEL ^^
Kate got back to the lounge to see some staff starring at a poster while murmuring words to each other.
“What’s going on?” Kate asked.
“It’s a poster for the sixteenth anniversary of Knight hotel. It says here that a lot of important figure will be attending” one of them told her.
“Is that why you are happy? From what I heard, not everyone will get to attend the anniversary” Kate said.
“But why?” A girl asked.
“For the other department things are different and all of them can attend but when it comes to our department, we are meant to work our butts off that day. So stop kidding yourself that you will have the time to meet someone important, people like us are always used by those from the higher up, keep that in mind” she said to them, ruining their perfect mood.
She was on her way out when she turn to stare at the poster while thinking of Susie.
A smile lit her face as she thought of a plan.
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^^ NEXT DAY ~ MORNING ^^
Susie open her eyes as soon as her alarm began to ring.
She sat up thinking about her date with her boss yesterday.
If someone had told her that she will be going out on a date with the big boss himself, she would have denied it.
All she had wanted was to let her feelings known to Stanley but instead it had gotten to Clifford and his sister seems to make things worse by forcing her to go on a date with him.
She wouldn’t deny that she enjoyed every bit of it but she didn’t like the deception which is why she ended things last night and that was by running away.
After the game arcade, they went to a restaurant to have dinner and it was then she slip out through the back door and left before he notice.
Since she’s working on the first floor and in the most lowliest of all department, she won’t ever run into him.
What would a big boss be looking for in the cleaning quarters…she thought as her phone began to ring.
She recognized the number as Nina and chose to ignore it.
Her door open at once and a limping Martha walk into the room, her phone in hand.
“You won’t believe what I just saw on the net” Martha said as she gave her phone to Susie.
“Is this me?” Susie cried out, starring at a picture of herself in Clifford arms.
It had been when he asked for a kiss, though they didn’t kiss but the picture alone told a lot of fake stories and the most luckiest part of all is that her face is blurred.
★ WHO COULD THIS LADY BE? SHE SEEM TO HAVE CHARMED HER WAY INTO THE HEART OF THE RICH TYCOON, CLIFFORD KNIGHT. WILL SHE END UP BEING OUR MODERN DAY CINDERELLA? ★
“A lot of people have seen this, What are you going to do?” Martha asked and at that moment the door bell rang.
Susie went downstairs, opening the door to find Nina and an elderly lady there.
“Hello Susie” Nina greeted.
“Is she the girl that have made wonders in the life of Clifford?” Granny Crystal asked and Nina gave a nod from behind.
“This is Susie, granny and Susie this is my granny, Crystal” Nina introduce.
“Good morning” Susie greeted.
“I will get straight to the point. What do I have to do to get you to be with my grandson?” Crystal asked, taking her by surprise…..
➳ TBC ➳💙🤍🧡