Enola was walking and the entire hall was talking assuming who it could be. She was puzzled seeing this extravagant way of someone's arrival at her university. A couple of students bumped into her then eventually it got more crowded. She balanced herself in that crowd so that at least she got a glimpse of that honorable person. She heard students talking, equally curious as she was. She peeked through the crowd as some burly-figured tall man entered the main point of the campus hallway as everyone was making a way for him. So the awaited person is a male she thought again fixing her eyes on that way. Department heads and university authorities were guiding the path for him. Who was he actually? some trustee? a teacher she assumed for a second but none of these seemed accurate to her as no ordinary man could be this dramatic not on this campus mainly she thought.
Enola was thanking her height for being this short she was unable to see that man's face. Her curious self made another attempt and went a little further.
She finally got a glimpse of that burly figured man wrapped in a black tuxedo, immensely tall and with black ruffled hair where only his back was facing to Enola.
She was concentrating on seeing him completely. Maybe her inner voice got lucky on her when the man finally turned around and to her surprise, he directly made an eye contact with her.
Enola's life froze that very second their eyes collided. No, she did not know who he was neither they had ever met before but his cold eyes did have something for that Enola felt fear to her core. As if he knows some magic and he made her hypnotize. In a very second her surprised state turned into terror. His tough honey skin, sculptured face, not less than a Greek god and his stares are cold and intense as if he can kill someone just by looking at them. She was sweating and her body's temperature turned cold. She was shivering badly don't know why. Goosebumps formed all over her body as her head started paining all of a sudden. She was still looking at him as he slowly darted his eyes from her and left from there. Enola stood there her surroundings got blurred for a moment all those voices from the entire hall were echoing in her head, beep sounds were annoying her she thought she was going to faint but the very minute Ruth did wonder. He shook her as he saw she was standing there like a rock.
"Ena, are you fine? You are not looking well, Ena!
Ruth said a bit loudly making her snap out of her thought
"I think you should go to your home."
Enola again looked in the direction hurriedly where the man went, not listening to anything that Ruth was saying to her. She rather stopped at that moment when her mouth automatically murmured without her knowing
"Why a mere nightmare slapping reality on my face."
A heartwarming welcome to you Mr. Adler. It is a pleasure for us to work with you, I am Arthur Brail the head of the university counsel."
The head greeted him where the person was least interested in returning the gesture. Nodding his head he roamed his eyes around the entire room and then sat on the chair not caring to say or react anything in reply. There present everyone settled on their places showing their usual reaction on his behavior.
"You came unannounced so we all were very unprepared for your arrival"
"We would be glad to know all your queries about our university. We are so much prepared Mr. Adler."
"However we have prepared a file for all of the facilities, rules and regulations, and other stuffs for your better understanding"
Everyone was talking on their own, trying to get his attention who was just sitting there. Leg crossed, hand one the rest band of the chair as if was in some deep thought, his eyes were fixed outside of the window. He was least interested in joining the conversation. Seeing him completely stiff in his position they started seeing each other faces with tension laced on their faces.
"Mr. Adler, are you alright?"
He was keenly focused on the outside of the window as if the weather was too enchanting for him and he did not want to miss its single charm at all. He sensed what oddness his silence was creating in this room, the environment was getting nerve-wracking for everyone because his aura itself was a kind of havoc what reeked nothing but fear and threat. He was aware of it and messing with them in that situation was just a play for him. As the gloominess is getting crazier he decides to break his silence.
"I have my agenda to come here, clear all the wrong information students are getting on my arrival and I don't want to waste my energy and time on this silly meeting. Each one of you has done more than extra for my welcome'' he said as calmly as possible.
He opened the file that was lying on the table, roamed his eyes for a couple of seconds then chuckled in his crusty voice,
"Full of rules and regulations but the authority seems irrelevant in maintaining them'' His voice was taunting enough for them to understand the reason behind his words.
He shut the file and stood up from his seat making all of them stand too he dismissed the meeting and just stormed out of the room leaving everyone speechless. But no one was shocked by seeing his behavior, of course, it's him Damien Alder. no one dares to question him or to his behavior. With the authoritative personality he carries everyone knows staying away from him is better for saving their dear life.
"Mr. Adler wants to visit each of the departments and then the other portals, I am hoping all of your coordination here. Thank you!
His assistant said at his departure handling the situation which was getting awkward in the conference room, then left from there with no further discussion.
"Mr. Brail, I think his arrival could be harmful and threatening for us'' one of the staff said with a worried tone.
"Of course, he is Damien Adler his mere breathing can cause someone's life a living hell"
Mr. Brail just sighed saying that, left from there without saying anything more. The tension was a common thing everyone was getting in his presence.
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Tired and exhausted she finally reached her home. She is not a evening person. it brings darkness like her life adding more pain to her soul. She looked upon the muddy cloudy sky, seeing those dark clouds she smiled in her weary and mumbled just a matter of second and the sky will start crying soon.
"Ill fated evening you are, no color in your existence"
"Such a stain you are evening, even you colored the sky as your own"
"How much audacity you hold to paint the sky like an aching disaster huhhh! I hate you evening, hate you!!
She screamed as if taunting and degrading the sky. She smiled annoyingly. Some people passed her they must be thinking her as a mad drunken girl or some possessed being but she was too tired to give damn about them.
Finally reaching her home. She looked at the close door thinking what is waiting for her today. Sighing she pushed the door open and immediately bumped into someone, messy hair, was tugging his shirt carelessly, half drunk, and those visible hickeys and lipstick stain was the evidence of his purpose for being here and that boiled her being seeing her mother peeking through the glass door and bidding bye to this fucking boy!!
Now this is not definitely she is expecting at this time no! she boiled in anger eyes filled with rage. Looking her mother, repeating her mistakes or could say sin.
She greeted her teeth when that motherfucker tries to hug her. She slams her bag on him and slapped harder. Due to his drunken state he fell on the ground and caused her mother to come running to get that boy.
"Ena what are you doing, how dare you slapped him, he is your mother's guest"
Enola was fuming in her anger and seeing her mother's attempt to collect that wastage add more rage inside her head.
"GUEST! You said Mom,"
"Disgusted I am with you, this is what I am feeling right now"
She said but her mother was busy asking that drunken guy if he is alright or not.
Enola pushed her mother aside as she was also wasted she could not have the energy to stop her daughter and held him by his collar and throw him out of her house. The boy just laughed, flying a kiss to her mother and left from there. Enola shut the door and looked at her mom was struggling to get up. Then just passed out on the floor.
She was crying for her cruel fate seeing her mother got wasted completely on the floor and more worst when her father was sitting on the garden having his own garden party with liquor bottles and with their on of their maid who was practically now cursing her fate to work for her home.
She closed her eyes, brunt with all her tears she again picked up her bags and went straight to her father and smash all of those bottles at once and scream with top of her lungs. Horrified the maid got away from there as her father just stared at her then started cursing
"You piece of worthless bloom of mine what have you done"
He bent down and started collecting all the pieces from ground.
"Even your entire self can be sold with these bottles and you broke them."
Enola fell on her knee not wants to bear any pain anymore, how much she wants to disappear from this hell. The maid came running towards her and hold her.
"It's ok Enola. Let's go inside. I am taking care of all the mess here don't worry."
She made her Enola stand on her feet and take her inside of the house.