"He smells like how he usually smells like… mmm fresh mints," Anne thought to herself in Carlos's warm embrace, smiling so cutely.
"Carlos I have a surprise for you," Anne said to Carlos as they both withdrew from the hug.
"mmm… what does my baby have for me?" Carlos grinned.
Anne reached inside her handbag and brought out a mini box containing the cookies she made for him.
"Here, I brought you some cookies," Anne said, handing him the package.
"Awww Sweetheart I'm so lucky to have you. Thank you for being so thoughtful" Carlos smiled as he opened it to eat one of the cookies. It was up to eight big cookies.
"mmm… it tastes just like you," Carlos said with his mouth full and Anne chuckled.
"Carl told me those scumbags who kidnapped you are now in jail," he said and Anne nodded. "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you… but I promise you it'll never happen again"
"you promise?" Anne said, intently staring at his brown orbs.
"I promise!" he replied emphatically "…and I want you to stay away from Carl's mom, I don't want you to get close to her for any reason," Carlos said in a serious tone.
"I understand" Anne chuckled at why Carlos was being too serious all of a sudden.
"Anne I'm being serious, she's a dangerous woman and she doesn't like you. I want you to avoid her at all costs!" Carlos said in a warning tone.
"It's okay, I'm going to stay away from her... Besides, I don't like her either" she rolled her eyes at her last statement.
"good!" Carlos responded.
"it sounds like you know Carl's mom so well," Anne said.
'you have no idea,' he said inwardly "anyways, I was leaving for the supermarket, could you please drop this in my office," he said giving her back the package.
"but I don't know your exact office. I've never been here before" she said
"It's on the 12th floor, at the left wing. My name is written on the door" Carlos said stroking her hair
"alright. I love you" she said
"I love you too my sugar plum," he said and pecked her on her cheeks.
He got into his car and drove off.
Anne got inside the company and entered the elevator with three others to the 12th floor. It wasn't difficult to find Carlos's office. She saw his name written boldly on one of the doors 'Carlos Gray' and she was certain it was her boyfriend's office.
The door was unlocked so she opened it and dropped the package on his desk. She paced around his office and admired the fine pictures on the wall. She touched the desk and she saw his name written on a slim rectangular glass to Identify he owns the office.
"Carlos Gray, …I'm so proud of my boyfriend" Anne smiled to herself
Suddenly there was a cleaner with a mop and a bucket who barged into the office and startled Anne.
"excuse me, ma'am, who are you and what are you doing in Mr. Gray's office? The cleaner rudely asked Anne because she had never seen her before.
"Oh! I'm Carlos's girlfriend and I came here to drop something off for him" Anne said confidently.
"so you're just one of his girlfriends?" The cleaner scoffed and started arranging Carlos's desk. She had seen Carlos and Linda making out in the office and she thought they were in a relationship.
"Wh-what do you mean one of his girlfriends??" Anne asked in a high-pitched voice. She was already angry at what the cleaner just said.
"I didn't say anything ma'am but you're prettier than the other one," the cleaner said as she continued cleaning the office.
Anne left Carlos's office out of rage and slammed the door closed.
"what if that woman is only making a fool out of me?" Anne said to herself. she was resting her back on Carlos's office door.
"But what if she's right?" she held her chest and felt her heart beating fast.
She turned her head to her right and she saw Carl's name written on one of the doors as 'Prosecutor Carl' and she decided to go to his office to see him.
"I should ask him questions about Carlos. I want to clear my doubts once and for all" Anne said to herself.
She was now standing at the door of Carl's office but a bit nervous to knock on the door. After so much hesitation, she gave a faint knock on the door and she immediately heard a come in from inside.
However, Carl was busy pressing his laptop when he saw Anne walk inside his office. He was more than surprised to see her in his office but he made sure not to show it on his face.
He slowly scanned her from her head to her toes, admiring how beautiful she was. The tight-fitting romper Anne was wearing did justice by showcasing her tiny curves. She looked like a real-life Barbie doll. She was just too beautiful and sexy.
Carl wasn't expecting to see Anne at all in his office. He had just seen her with Carlos through his window a while ago and now she is here in front of him.
As soon as he remembered that he has to stay away from Anne so he can forget about her and move on, his mood changed.
"Carl are you busy? I wanted to talk to you" Anne said, walking towards him.
"yes! as you can see I'm busy," Carl responded coldly as he resumed pressing his laptop without looking at her
"I just want to talk to you and I promise not to take much of your time... You told me if I'm troubled or if my heart is troubled I should reach out to you" she said.
"Well I changed my mind if you wanna talk, go talk to your boyfriend he should be the one you talk to when your heart is troubled not me," he said harshly because he was still jealous of the fact that he saw her kissing Carlos.
Anne frowned, she was pissed off at Carl's rude replies like she did something to him. "Did I offend you? well, I'm sorry if did..."
"Anne, what do you want?" Carl said interrupting her as he slammed his laptop staring at her.
"I wanna know the truth! I want to know if Carlos is seeing someone else... if he's cheating on me" she demanded and sat down on the seat opposite him. "I want the truth please"
Carl sighed
'Just a while ago she was kissing her man and now she's asking me if he's cheating on her' Carl said in his head.
He recalled swearing to Carlos he was never going to tell Anne, Carlos was cheating on her. He knew this day would come when he'll be caught in the middle of lying to Anne and protecting his best friend's relationship or telling Anne the truth and losing his best friend's trust.
"Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?" Carl asked Anne
"When I got to Carlos's office, some mean cleaner told me I'm just one of Carlos's girlfriends... and for the past weeks, I have been having my doubts about him.
He barely responds to my texts or picks up my calls, if we're together he doesn't answer his calls in front of me anymore. He's now too busy and... and whenever I feel like I'm just imagining stuff and try to be positive, then I see a clue that'll make me suspect that Carlos is cheating on me" Anne spoke her mind.
She said everything that has been bothering her for a while now and she felt relieved in sharing it with Carl.
Meanwhile, Carl who was paying very close attention to her complaints about Carlos felt sorry for her. He knew Carlos was seeing somebody else and now, Anne is suffering because of that.
"…the truth is, I really love Carlos…"
'yeah! rub it on my face that you love Carlos' Carl thought to himself, nearly rolling his eyes. He hated it whenever Anne confesses her feelings about Carlos. It hurts him on the inside.
"…but I just want to know if there's someone else In Carlos's life," Anne said nodding her head.
After hearing Anne's long speech, Carl got up from his seat and sat down on his desk close to her.
"what are you going to do if you find out that Carlos is definitely cheating on you," Carl asked
Anne took a deep breath
"I don't know if I could bear the hurt... but I'm going to break up with him," she said in a broken tone and with a sad look on her face.
Anne could tolerate anything but can't stand cheaters and liars. She'll definitely break up with Carlos and move on with her life.
However, as much as Carl hated to see Anne sad, he was on the verge of telling her the bitter truth.