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"After exams, why don't we go on a trip together?" Loveth said as she turned away from her books.
"A trip? I don't know about stuffs like that" Sonya said and turn to face her.
"How could not, didn't you go to any in your days as an undergraduate?" Evelyn chip in.
"It's doesn't matter if you know about it or not, you can just take this time to widen your knowledge and have fun" Loveth said then she blushed.
"And also you can invite your cousin to join us." Evelyn smiled. "You should have just said that you have a crush on her cousin and you want to go on a trip with him" she said.
"Since you agree, then you should probably tell him now and we can start planning and preparing" she said all excited.
"I don't remember saying yes yet and also I don't know his schedule yet. And also exam has not even started yet" Sonya said and face her book not interested in their conversation.
"Boring lady, I just wonder why your brother likes her" Loveth said to Evelyn" As Sonya heard loveth's word, her mind went back to Simon's word.
"She wondered what make her fall for him. It's her first time dealing with a guy. She wanted to consider his word and have a rethink about it.
"No, no matter what it is, she knows for sure that she really likes him. Whether it's Maxwell or handsome man" she thought and continue to read.
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Sonya woke up earlier than usual, she wonder why she keep feeling unease. She has no exam that day and she actually plan to sleep in. But she keep feeling disturb. She headed to the bathroom to ease herself then she saw her period.
"This is not good" she thought. She has to go the office that day and because Maxwell will be meeting with the CEO of B&B company, which is her dad, she has asked Maxwell that he should allow her to be the one who will be present for the meeting instead of Amy and she doesn't not want to miss this opportunity. She hope that it's won't be like other times but she knows her period. The first day is always bad. She decide to take her bath instead of going back to bed and then she took some drug and went to prepare something to eat. Then she did a little cleaning. She has not yet starts to have any pain yet so it was still okay to work. She check the time and it was almost right. She quickly went outside and board a cab to work. She arrive and first went to meet with Charles to return a note, then she made to the top floor. She saw Amy already at her table doing some work.
"Good morning, you are here early" she greeted.
"Morning, you are also here early. I thought you were writing exams" she answered.
"Yes, I don't have any paper till next tomorrow" she said and also sat down.
"The CEO is not here yet" she said directing the question to no one in particular.
"No, he's not. Don't you know that he went to attend to some business in another state. He will back today and am not sure if he will come to the office today at all" Amy answered.
"But shouldn't you know that?, I thought you were in a relationship with him" she added.
"He didn't inform her about it. He only told him about the meeting with B&B company and that was all. She remove her phone from the bag to send a message to him.
Since she the day she left with Simon, she has only spoken to him once and she is also writing exams, so she doesn't really pay any attention at all.
"Where are you?" She first type then deleted it.
"I heard you won't be coming to the office today" she type again and deleted. Then she put her phone away Since he is not around, Michael also must have went with him. So it's just her and Amy to take care of other matters.After more than four hours, Sonya felt the pain in her tummy increase. She could no longer concentrate on her work. She pick her phone and stood up and went to get some warm water to drink. She got there and quickly took some warm water but the pain didn't reduce at all, instead she felt more pain.
"If she has known that she will see her period this soon, she wouldn't have had that chocolate yesterday.
"Since she begin her exam, she has been eating a lot of chocolates and junks to keep herself awake. Even though it does not really work. She bend down and held her stomach. She wanted to call Amy, but doesn't want to disturb her so she decided to call Charles instead since he Is just some floor away. After some minutes, Charles entered and saw her still bending down. He move closer to her and held her up.
"what's wrong?" he asked. Sonya touch her stomach and made a face to explain to him. Charles has seen her in pain like this on her period so he easily understands. When it's happened in his presence, she had told him that she will feel better when someone rub her back down to her waist.. He thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate for him to do it but seeing her in so much pain, he shrugged it off and help her to rub her back without pulling her cloth up. Sonya was so much in pain. She always had pain before but she felt this is worse. She felt like crying and didn't know want tears starts falling from her face.
Maxwell got back and he remembered that he has a meeting to attend with Sonya. He has canceled the meeting before but he doesn't know where she got the information and he really wanted to do something for her regarding her father. He put across a call to her desk but no one picked up at first. Then later, Amy picked up and informed him that she just stepped out.
"Let's go to the office" he said to Michael immediately he dropped the call. Michael wanted to protest but decided against it.
"And also contact B&B that I have time to meet with their CEO today, two hours from now" he further instructed.
"why? You said you don't like their proposal" he said. Maxwell did not answer and face the other side. Michael pick his phone and quickly contact them.
They arrive at the company, Maxwell got down while Michael park the car. They both head straight to his office. He got to Amy and Sonya's office and Sonya was no where in sight.
"Where is she?" Amy quickly stand up when she heard his voice. "Sorry, I didn't hear you come in. She is not back from..." She said and trailed off. She was so busy and didn't realize that Sonya was not back since.
"I think she went to get some coffee but she's still not back. I will go check on her" she said and made to leave. Maxwell stopped her and ask her to continue her work then he went towards the direction where Sonya is. He got there and saw Charles with her, the way he met them look so ambiguous that he move nearer slowly. "What's going on?" He asked. Charles quickly move away from her immediately he heard his voice.
"Nothing... She is not feeling too well so am just helping to relieve her pains" He explained. He did not know the exact relationship between them but he knows that the guy she told him about is him. Maxwell noticed that she looked terrible. He ignored Charles and quickly went over to her. He pick her up in a bridal style and walk away. Amy and Michael saw him carrying her and were a bit surprised.
"Get the nurse and ask her to come here very fast" he said and enter his office. He proceeded to the inner room and quickly put her on the bed.
"You are back, I thought you were not coming to the office today" she said as she open her eyes slightly.
"What's wrong? Where are you feeling discomfort?" He said instead.
"It's just a normal girl's thing, there is no need for a nurse" she said and felt a sharp pain and yelled a little.
"What girl thing is it for another man to touch your body?" Sonya sat up slowly
"What are you talking about?, What man is touching my body?" "That guy I saw with you just now"
"you mean Charles, he was just helping me" she replied.
"What on Earth is he helping you with by rubbing your body. Is not like he's your lover or something. The way I met you both, one would think you are displaying your love" he said feeling very jealous.
"What are you saying? Why would you think I like him? He is just a very close friend of mine"
"exactly what i don't like. What friendship is there between a guy and a girl" he restored.
"I have menstrual cramps and he was just helping me to reduce the pain" she yelled.
"by touching your body?"
"Yes, by touching my body" Maxwell saw that the matter was beginning to get out of hand so he kept quiet. He actually did not want to talk to her like that but seeing the way Charles held her made him really angry.
"Menstrual cramps? He didn't really know how it is, but he has witness Evelyn during hers and it was not bad like hers.
"Is your pain always like this?" He asked.
"Not really, but today just feels worse" she replied. She felt another pain and held his cloth. She close her eyes and waited for the pain to subdue. Maxwell did not really know about stuffs like this so he just rub his hand on hers.
"You really don't need to see the doctor?" He asked concerned. "Are you kidding me, who sees a doctor for menstrual pain" she said. Maxwell pick his phone and quickly message Evelyn and waited for her reply. Any knock on the door
"the nurse is here" she said at the door.
"Send her back" Maxwell answered.