" Ahhhhhhhh, " she screamed with fright as her eyes darted around the room which does not obviously look like a girl's. ' what am I doing here? what happened to me?.' She quickly surveyed her body with a thumping heart and realized that her clothes were still intact with a sigh of relief.
Her thoughts wandered to last night and the only thing she could remember was drinking wine to evade her colleagues' questions. ' damn, those gossip mongers.' She ruffled her hair violently and winced in pain as the headache intensified.
" But this scent smells familiar." she frowned but quickly evade the thought as there was no way she would end up in his house. He had left the country and would probably return today.
She slowly got down from the bed and wondered if it was Jack that had brought her to his home while looking around for her bag which she couldn't find. ' But this scent.' she shook her head and convinced herself again that it was impossible.
" Argh, my clothes." She stared down at her crumpled clothes with a twisted face and wondered the kind of fit she had thrown yesterday. Her gaze darted around the room and quickly locate a door on the left side which looked like a bathroom. No, I can't go out in this clothing. ' Urgh, this is embarrassing.
She ambled toward the door and quickly turned the doorknob. She gasped in disbelief as her eyes were met with a very spacious bathroom. ' Wow, this is beautiful.' she marveled at the be glamorous devices, and her thought wandered to the bathroom she saw in Carl's office, but this one was larger.
" I hope Jack would not mind." She locked the door and walked toward the huge mirror then washed her face in the sink. After that, she quickly took a bath and opened a small cabinet where she found many packs of unused toothbrushes then picked one with a sigh of relief and quickly brushed her teeth.
All that happened in a few minutes, and she wiped herself then took some oversized clothes from the closet and went out of the room, making a mental note to quickly leave after thanking him as she had to resume work.
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Meanwhile, inside the kitchen. Carl was making some hangover soup after cooking breakfast, with a small smile on his face.
He thought about the words she had called him yesterday and chuckled. ' she had actually called me hubby.' He shook his head and turned the hot soup inside a bowl.
After he was all done, he took them to the dining table and headed upstairs to wake her up.
' hehe, I wonder if she had woke up.' He was still striding up the stairs when he suddenly heard her voice calling out and he stood still while the smile on his face instantly vanished.
" Jack, where are you!?" Clara shouted from the door with a frown and headed downstairs. But as she was walking down, her frown deepened as the house looked more familiar.' Wait, this is. . .'
Her heart started thumping wildly as she slowly descended the stairs then her eyes instantly widened and she staggered back while holding tight the railing which prevented her from falling. " Ahhhhhh," she screamed and held a hand on her chest as her heartbeat was now in chaos. ' Am I dreaming?'
Carl was standing in the middle of the stairs with a dark expression. Did she think she was in Jack's house, were they together last night, and why was she acting freely and even wore his clothes which she thought was Jack's.
" Clara! " he growled and went after the girl who had suddenly run back to the bedroom.
" Open the door!" She heard him yelled from the outside and shut her eyes tightly.
' Oh no, I'm doomed. . . what do I do ' her eyes darted around the room while looking for any possible root of escape. But what happened? Where was Jack? How did Carl find her? and when did he return?. Her thoughts wandered which made her more confused about the whole situation.
She slumped down on the floor and held both her knees while staring down at the sports pants and t-shirt she was wearing. It was actually Carl's clothes. She sniffed his scents again from the long sleeves and a sad smile appeared on her face.
From the expression on his face, she noticed that he was very angry. ' will I lose my job for real this time? But wasn't he the one that brought me here?' She tried so hard to remember the things from last night which made her headache worsen. ' Urgh,' She finally gave up and sighed then stood up while biting her lips anxiously.
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Meanwhile, Outside the door, Carl sighed and finally stopped knocking. 'What kind of relationship does she have with Jack?' He asked himself for the umpteenth time. He had intended to bring her closer to him and slowly make her fall for him, but was he hoping too much? What if she loved another person, and if that person was Jack?
His thoughts wandered to Jack and he sighed helplessly. what kind of a twist was this. How could they fall in love with one person?.
His eyes darted in the downstair's direction and he sighed again, knowing who was there as the doorbell rang continuously.
Clara opened the door slowly and peeked outside then heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that he wasn't standing there anymore. She had contemplated whether to remove the clothes but evade the thought since he'd already seen her in it and she couldn't go out in her crumpled clothes.
She slowly descended the stairs and suddenly heard a commotion downstairs.
" Where is she?!!! Where is Mira?!!! What happened to my baby!!!." Zach ran toward her with large eye bags after struggling out of his brother's grip.
' Oh no, what have I done?' Clara gasped then sighed and guessed she had spilled everything in her drunken fit last night. She looked down worriedly and bit her lips.
" Answer me! where are they!?" He yelled again with a hoarse voice and held her shoulders, which made her flinch from his outburst.