caring big brother

Getting into her hotel room, kaisha removed her shoes and flung her bag to different corners of the room and plopped down on the bed...

'...' there was a very heavy silence in the room as she laid on the bed and stared blankly at the top of the room..

suddenly, she let out a soft sob, then that soft sob turned into loud wails, she laid there crying for quite sometime...

this time she wasn't crying about the fact that she would likely not get the job... she was crying because her foolishness led her to do stupid things

"why did I go out to eat when I could have just ordered food from the restaurant, why did I take my time dressing up when I knew I had little time, why did I barge into someone's office like an idiot, why did I shamelessly drool over.... oh my pumpkins... aisssshhhhhh".. kaisha thought loudly as she jumped on the bed and tugged on her hair tightly..

he makeup was ruined, mascara was on her face because of her tears.. she looked pretty miserable

"I embarrassed myself".. her loud cry was heard once again...

she lay on the bed and eventually drifted to sleep..

she woke up feeling a little less worse, she took a cold shower to lessen her gloomy mood.. she proceeded to the bed after putting on her 'hello kitty' pyjamas..she picked her phone and called her dad, he picked up on the second ring..

"daddy"

"hey baby, how was the interview"

"..."

"ohh..my princess, they don't know what they've lost... they're gonna regret not employing you... just come back home, I'll make your favourites tomorrow"

"okay daddy, I love you"

"love you too, bye... don't think too much" her father hung up after the brief talk..

she called Omari and they chatted for a while

she brought out her laptop and typed on Google 'Javier Marshall' she didn't know why she did it but she did it anyway.. she felt like she could take a look at his face without interruptions

"wow, just great.... what the hell am I doing searching about an extremely hot CEO that not going to employ me because my interview was a whack"

"my darn life arghhh" kaisha fell back on the bed frustrated..

the next day, she checked out of the hotel... In the train she took out a pair of medicated round gold rimmed eyeglasses... kaisha is farsighted, suffering from hyperopia... she wears glasses only when she wants to read or when she's working on a computer... but her condition isn't severe.. just that she gets headache when she stares at screens for long without her glasses..

she scrolled on her phone looking for interesting romance online novels to read..

'the title of this one looks interesting ' she clicked on the story and read the synopsis.. with a satisfied smile on her face.. she downloaded it and added to her library..

3 hours later..

she didn't read the book through out the journey, she listened to music and slept while listening to music..

when she got down from the train with her suitcase, she yawned and stretched.. crack of bones wear audible

"my butt hurts" she dragged her suitcase, she was clad in a black hoodie and grey sweatpants... with her hair put in a messy bun, casual and pretty

************

she didn't go home straight, instead she went to her dad's restaurant for a quick bite...

"I'm back dad" kaisha informed as she stepped in the kitchen, where she saw her dad making something

"welcome Kai, I'm making your meal, take this" he handed her a hair net to prevent hair from getting into what he was cooking.. she put it on and stood by his side with an uninterested look for on her face

"I flopped the interview" kaisha started with the same look on her face

"why do you say so?"

"firstly, the interview was by 12 noon and I reached there by 12:13pm"

"wow, they were even generous enough to let you take the interview, they might employ you if your performance was nice, and I trust you"

"well I failed your trust"

"lol, what did you do"

"I barged into the office of the CEO "

"what!!!, kaisha how would you do that"

"well, in my defense, I knocked two times and waited for 5 minutes but nobody answered me" kaisha answered with a shrug

"why do you look so casual about it?"

"cause I already cried my eyes out yesterday, I feel embarrassed" she facepalmed her self

"well, I don't know how to encourage you, but there many jobs out there... you can try again"

"none of the companies I submitted my CV too called me... only this one and the other one that their pay is too low"

"anyways, your food is ready" Mr Wilhelm said, as he set the food for her on one table..

"very good, because I'm starving"...

Mr Wilhelm made a Three-course meal for his daughter, he knows she's a food lover..

the appetizer was a plate of mozzarella sticks with sauce... with BBQ pork as the main dish and strawberry rhubarb pie as the dessert..

she munched the whole meal before 20 minutes..

" I really needed this" she caressed her slightly bulged belly

"go home and rest, we'll talk when I get back"

"byeee" she dragged her suitcase out and skipped happily to her house

******

In the CEO's office of Marshall group, Javier stood facing his huge transparent window, he sipped on a piping hot coffee.. a frown appeared on his handsome face almost immediately, he went to the bathroom in his office and spat out the coffee in his mouth.. he took water from his water dispenser and downed the whole glass..

apparently the coffee was too sweet, he didn't have a sweet tooth instead he was a fan of strong coffee..

walking out of the adjoined room, he remembered something and slight anger flashed across his face..

taking out his phone, he searched for a particular contact and called the person... the person picked almost immediately

"good morning sir"

"it's about to be a bad morning for you"

"I'm sorry sir, I've gotten it ready but I didn't remember to bring it"

"today is Tuesday"

"yes sir"

"I'm giving you 20 minutes to see me in my office"

"O..." Javier hung up before the person on the other line could reply

16 minutes later..

knock knock

"come in, Javier didn't waste time in answering because he knew, what the person has to say was important.

"good morning again sir"

"put on the desk and leave" Javier replied before looking up from his computer..

"have nice day sir"

"get out and thank your stars"

"I'm very sorry"

.....

he looked at the pictures on the file, the file was about his little sister Janelle..

since when Tristan told him about the coffee date he had been thinking about different possibility..

she was his baby even though she's grown... Janelle was a twin, she had a twin brother... but Javier didn't care who Jason went on a date with.. he didn't care, but when it comes to his little princess, he'd do anything..

but the pictures he was seeing was making him want to find the boy and beat him to a pulp..

he picked up his phone and called someone again

"good morning mom" Javier greeted his mom curtly with softness in his voice

"hey Javi, how are you doing, you don't want to come home to see your old mom"

"I'm doing great mom, and I've been really busy, but I'll make out time.. anyways is Janelle at home?"

"yeah, she didn't go to school today"

"why?"

"she's having period cramps"

"tell her to come to my office now, I need to talk to her"

"okay, bye son... have a lovely day, I love you"

"bye mom"

he called one of his secretaries in

"get someone to get me the best chocolates and biscuits for me... and also, get me ice cream in the next 30 minutes

******

he was typing something on his keyboard when he heard the door open loudly, he looked up and saw his sister

"hii Javi" Janelle greeted with her tiny voice... but instead of sounding vibrant and mischievous, it sounded pale and tired..

she plopped on one couch and curled like a cat..

"princess, I got something for you"

"brother, my stomach hurts" she said in a low voice

"sorry princess, I got you ice cream, would you like to have it?"

"mmhmm" she nodded slowly

he got her a big plate of vanilla ice cream

he passed it to her and sat on the couch opposite her, he looked at her with a soft gaze as she ate the ice cream.. suddenly he didn't have the heart to sound strict and stern as he asked her questions..

"Janelle"

"mmm?"

"I want to ask u a question, you just have to answer me honestly, okay?"

"okay"

"did you go to a coffee shop with a boy last week"

"yes" she answered honestly and looked down guiltily

"why?"

"he's my crush and classmate in school, Kimberly told me to ask him out on a coffee date and tell him I like him" she told him as her eyes started well up quickly...

"so??.. what did he say?"

"he said he was just being nice to me because my brother was the CEO of Marshall group and his brother wanted to sign a contract with you..."after she said that, she sobbed loudly... crying with snot coming out from her nose..

seeing her cry made Javier feel a sting in his chest, no one was supposed to make his princess cry..

he got up from his seat and went to hers... with her head on his chest, he parted her back slowly, till she calmed down, consoling her sweetly

after the crying session, he went back to his office chair to resume work, while Janelle was still on the couch eating her ice cream and scrolling through her phone..

Javier raised his eyes to look at her, that was when he saw what she was wearing..

"Janelle, did you wear that short from your house to my office, don't you know it's short?? you're showing your skin... don't you know they're perverted men out there that gets turned on by any thing even little kids like you"

"sorry, I won't wear it out again and I'm not a little kid, I'm 17... I'm a grown woman"

"you can go home now, there's a package on my bed, take it when you're leaving...I have a meeting...bye"

"I'll stay for a while, bye brother

.. I love when you get me packages" she gave him a peck on his cheeks and ran to the adjoined room to check what he got for her..

***

on his way to the board room, he called

Jason

"brother" Jason picked almost immediately

"you know Jason, you're doing a really bad job taking care of your sister in school"

"what do you mean brother?"

"do you know that Janelle got dumped by one goofy ass classmate of hers"

"woww, when"Jason asked with a small chuckle

"you think it's funny?"

"no no brother, I only coughed"

"step up your game in protecting your sister, if I see her cry again... I'll shave your hair"

with that he hung up