Chapter 9: Phantom pains
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Amy was still in the office doing some late work when she started getting hiccups, Tate looked at her like he wanted to kill her, he was in his work mode and he needed complete silence when he is working…
“Could you please stop that?” said Tate.
Amy rolled her eyes, “yes sir I will wave my magical wand and stop getting hiccups.” she said, Tate looked up at the ceiling.
It was Amy’s first day at work but he never wanted to see her again. When he agreed he just thought that he was going to be bossing her around but nooo, she seems to have it all figured out that he didn’t even teach her anything at all…
“You know what? Never mind, I am going to have dinner.” he said standing up and packing up his things.
“Are you coming? We do have to do that courtship thing and I just tolerated you for 10 hours, I think I can tolerate you for another hour and a half.” said Tate…
Amy just smiled at his words, it was obvious that he was pissed off at her but she actually enjoyed Tate’s company because when they are together they don’t have to say anything to one another…
In her previous life, she found it annoying and hurtful, she thought that he didn’t like her and when she asked him the question he would answer with a simple yes or no but now she treasured his silence…
When she is with him she can organise her thoughts, “yeah we do have to do that, I hate my grandmother for this” she said packing her things and joining him…
They left his office and went to the elevator, they didn’t say a word to each other but they all just looked at their phones…
Amy’s hiccups kept getting worse and it earned her a few glares from Tate, they got into Tate’s car and went to have dinner, it was past 21:30 pm so there weren’t a lot of people in the restaurant…
They sat down and ordered their food, the moment Amy took a few bites Tate noticed that her hiccups were gone, she ordered a burger and she wasn’t eating it in a fancy way…
One could tell that she was really hungry because she kept stuffing her face, which serves her right for not having lunch but it didn’t matter how hungry she was she couldn’t sit next to Charles and have lunch with him…
Tate stopped eating and looked at Amy, when she looked up he thought that she was going to feel embarrassed and stop eating like a pig but what she said next surprised him…
“Are you going to eat that?” she asked him pointing at his plate, he looked at his plate then back at her, and shook his head…
She took some of the food on his plate and started eating, she looked up and found him looking at her, “what? Haven’t you seen a girl eat before?” she asked him.
Tate smiled, “I have but not one that eats like that.” he said pointing at her…
“Well want to know something? Harley my cousin every time she goes out on a date, has some food first so that her date doesn’t think that she eats too much… I don’t know why she does it, but she does, I am going to be the co-CEO of a multinational company, I can afford to buy all the food in the world so why should I not eat and be full?
Anyways I have seen the girls you go out, they don’t look healthy at all” she said but she didn’t notice Tate’s amused smile… this is the longest she has ever spoken with him, all day all the answers he got were just a few nods there and a few gestures here and seeing her talk like that was a sight for sore eyes…
Amy realised that she talked too much and shut her mouth but it was already to late because Tate had this smirk on his face, “please take me home” she said and Tate just nodded…
On the way home, Amy didn’t say anything at all, then she started feeling this pain in her stomach like something just pierced her skin, the pain kept getting worse and worse but there was no way she was going to scream in pain right in front of Tate…
She was never going to cry or show any pain in front of a man ever again especially one of the Anderson brothers, Tate could see that something was wrong with Amy because she was sweating…
“Hey are you okay.” he asked her and Amy just nodded, she didn’t trust that if she opened he mouth she might scream in pain, Tate clearly didn’t believe her at all because something was up with her…
They arrived at the Wilson mansion and Tate’s driver parked at the driveway, Amy opened the door and was about to get off when the pain got a little too intense, she couldn’t help the scream that escaped her lips…
Tate quickly went to her side, she looked up at him trying to control herself, she made a promise that she wont be weak ever again and here she was, her scream was only a moment of weakness…
“Are you okay?” Tate asked her, “yeah, period cramps.” she said, and Tate nodded helping her get off the car and taking her inside, everyone was already asleep at the time…
“you can leave me here.” said Amy when she was finally inside the house, some of the workers were up so they went to help her, Tate reluctantly let go of her, but he wasn’t satisfied with her explanation, there was something that she didn’t tell him…
When Amy’s pain subsided, she called Emily, “do you believe is resurrection or reincarnation?” asked Amy.
“No I don’t but there are people who do, don’t tell me that you are becoming one of those geeks who believe that they have been reincarnated.” said Emily joking…
“What geeks?” Amy asked clearly interested, she was getting hit by unimaginable pain where Charles shot her, and she hasn’t had time to process the fact that she was now back into the past...
“They are all over the internet, its like a support group of a kind.” said Emily but then Amy suddenly hanged up, if there are more people like her then they might offer answers… the entire night she was scanning through the internet reading stories but more importantly she got the answers to the question…
what has been happening to her is called phantom pains, It is a medical term used when a person gets a body part amputated, they feel like it is still there and they even experience pain but in her case, it was the opposite…
She died feeling this pain that is now a part of her, some were even saying that the pain never really goes away and you eventually get used to it, it becomes a part of you…
Amy had to admit that the pain was too intense but it reminded her of something very important, it reminded her of the night she vowed to make Charles pay and she was going to do it even if it means pretending to fall for Charles…
Hell, she was going to make everyone believe that she is head over heels in love, this phantom pain shouldn’t go away because they will remind her of what she went through and Charles and Harley’s betrayal…
It is true that sometimes all we need is a wake up call and this pain was hers, from now on all hell will break loose…
The next day Tate also found Amy in the office, looking at her face he could tell that she didn’t get much sleep plus she had a large cup of coffee, “good morning.” she said without looking up…
“MorningM” Tate said back, he kept looking at her wanting to know if she felt better but he didn’t know how to ask her that, she was looking at her computer screen all serious and focused…
He planned to ask her out for lunch that way maybe he will be able to ask her when she is not in her boss mode, it was lunchtime when Charles came knocking at their door again…
Tate knew that Charles was planning on asking Amy out for lunch but from what he observed in these couple of days Amy can't stand Charles and there was no way in hell she was going to say to have lunch with him…
“Hello brother and hello Amy.” said Charles, Tate only looked at Charles with a smirk.
“hello little brother and what brings you here???” asked Tate, Amy looked up at Charles but both brothers couldn’t tell what she was thinking…
“I came to ask Amy out for lunch.” said Charles and Amy nodded.
“Yeah of course, I am starving.” she said standing up and leaving… she left a surprised Tate sitting there wondering what the hell just happened…
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