Chapter 2

Lilliane was stopped by 4 men, dressed in black who seems to be a bodyguard or an officer 'Miss Lilliane De Las Wistaria, We need you to come with us' one of the men said

Lilliane was confused and gotten frightened because of the intimidating appearance of the men 'am I in trouble?, what should I do, am I going to jail?, should I run away?, what if something bad happens to me' negative thoughts have been circling around her head

'okay' She said as her body started to panic a little, she started to fidget her fingers.

Bystander watched on what is going on, some may murmur some tried to take photos, the others just watches

The two men started to walk in front of Lilliane while the other two were at her back following her so she doesn't run away. As they walk, Some people took a video On them 'Is she a criminal?' 'she probably done something bad' 'Maybe they're filming a video' 'is she a celebrity', gossip has been circulating about the scene.

The 2 men guided her to a car, and make her go in 'Im scared' That is the only thing that Lilliane have thought ever since they appeared.

Moments later, everything seems to be silent the air was awkward.

'uhm ..i-.if it's okay to ask,.where are we going?' Lilliane asked with a shaky voice and broke the silent

'we cannot tell you in details, but as soon as we arrive our destination you will have your answers' one of the man replied with a cold yet monotoned voice

lilliane got even more frightened about what he meant, her body started to shake a bit, she couldnt stop moving because of how anxious she is.

A few hours later, they have arrived their destination. lilliane and the men in black got out of the car, Lilliane looked at the tall building, 'it looks like one of those business building'....

Lilliane took a step forward and enters the building, the company's employees looked at her and to the men in black, they stopped on what they were doing and just stared at them

'Follow me' The tallest man among them said and leads Lilliane to the last floor of the building. As they get off the elevator Lilliane looked around, there were some photographs all over the walls, the interior furniture seems to be extravagant, it feels like she's in a different world.

The man in black stopped walking and a door right in front of them seems to be giving a dark aura vibe, of course Lilliane couldn't really read the air, Lilliane just keeps on looking around fascinated with the furnitures and paintings

*Knock knock*

'President, may I come in' the man said

lilliane was startled of the sudden sound, the man and Lilliane are waiting for the respond, when all of a sudden, the door opened

Another man, who seems to be in his early 20's hair color looks like the ray of sun, eyes that looked like the ocean, he seems to be as tall as the person in black, he looks quite handsome too. 'good work' He said and looked at Lilliane 'you may now go and leave this up to me' he added

The man in black lowered his head and soon after, he leaves them

lilliane looked at the handsome man, she wanted to ask him some questions but decided not to 'sorry for the short notice, you probably got very confused why those men suddenly approached you' the man said 'oh by the way, my name is Akira Williams, I am the secretary of The president of this company'

Lilliane doesn't know how to respond she seems to be awkward and just trying to compose herself trying not to get nervous

Akira noticed that Lilliane was nervous 'oh sorry you seems to be overwhelmed about this, oh wait please do come in, sorry for keeping you out here for to long, the president is waiting for you'

'it's alright' Lilliane responded and she started to walk, trying to avoid contact with Akira, The moment she steps foot inside that room, There she saw A man Sitting on an expensive chair, wearing a nice suit but..the only thing that seems off about him is

'he's wearing some bandages around his eyes..and..he's bald?, but why is there a face on his forehead, did he perhaps tattooed it' Lilliane thought, trying not to laugh because he seems to be ridiculous.

'so You're Lilliane De Las Wistaria' the man has a nice deep yet gentle voice it seems to be good for ASMR if he can

Lilliane flinches as soon as she heard her name, confused on to why they know her

'please do take a sit and I'll explain everything to you' The man said as he leans closer to his table, resting his head on his hand, looking like he's about to interrogate Lilliane

She didn't even hesitate to sit and just looking down, scared of what this man will say

'before I'll tell you everything I would like to formally introduce myself, my name is Calyx Rainerius president and the CEO of Essesco' While Calyx Continues to talk ,Lilliane seems to be unfocused she's to nervous to listen.

Aki Noticed Lilliane and taps her shoulder Making Lilliane flinch and looked at Aki

Aki seems to be displeased on how Lilliane is acting 'Miss Wistaria' Calyx said with a serious tone making Lilliane to look where Calyx is 'ill be straight to the point, I would like you to remind your father to pay up the debt that You've borrowed 5 years ago' Calyx added

'debt?' confusingly said by Lilliane

Calyx sigh in disbelief 'Yes Debt, seems like your father didn't told you anything, your father borrowed five hundred thousand from us, we reminded him to pay up, messaging him, emailing him but there's no respond' Calyx stopped talking and stood up, he went to get closer to where Lilliane is, looking at her she seems to be unfocused, her eyes keeps on looking away or around, she didn't even try to hide the fact that she's uncomfortable

'Miss Wistaria Look at me' Calyx said

Lilliane immediately looked at Calyx She doesn't know where to look until the tattoo on Calyx's forehead caught her eyes 'I'm sorry' Lilliane said with a sad tone as she keeps staring at the smiling tattoo.

Akira noticed it and he snorted, almost burst laughing, but of course he remained his composure.

Calyx sighed because of what Akira did and clicked his tongue, Lilliane thought that Calyx is mad to her and started to apologize 'Im sorry' those words made calyx dumbfounded and things seems to be awkward

'What ,why are you saying sorry?' calyx said with a confused tone

Lilliane's eyes widened and looks down, she went quiet, she felt embarrassed 'i should've shut my mouth, or I shouldn't have said anything!, this is so embarrassing' she keeps thinking these thoughts.

Calyx seems to be frustrated and annoyed on Lilliane's action , he's getting impatient, he doesn't want people to ignore him, he sigh to calm himself. 'Miss Wistaria are you even listening to me?' Calyx said with an annoyed tone

Lilliane started to shake her leg, biting the skin of her finger, Akira noticed and goes to calyx and whispers

'Hey cal, I think she's to nervous to speak up, you should tone it down will you' Calyx didn't think about her being nervous at all, all he ever thought was her listening, he wanted her to answer him with no problem.

'am I that intimidating?' Calyx said, Akira blinked 'Duh' His face says it all, even if Calyx looks ridiculous he is still the CEO.

'Miss Wistaria, I'll be direct to the point if your father doesn't pay up by the next 6 months, I will have to take actions'

The moment She heard about what Calyx has said, she became worried about what he'll do, what will happen tonher dad, 'can you please give us some more time?, my father can't possibly be able to pay up t-that huge a-amount!, even if I-i help him it won't be enough!' Lilliane finally mattered up her courage to speak up and look at them directly but,

'Sorry miss Lilliane we cannot give you more time, it has been 5 years after all and that was already long enough' Calyx responded

A moment of silent Lilliane seems to be lost, scared, worried and confused all of these are news to her

suddenly, Calyx cleared his throat 'unless, there is two options you can choose' Calyx said as he went back to his sit and leaned back

Lilliane was intrigued of what those options are her eyes seems to be having hope at the same time she's not confident if it's a good one

'first option, I can give you more time..but there will be interest of 5%'

'5% is still a lot, but it can be doable...but it won't be enough' Lilliane mumbled, trying to think the possibilities

'the second option is for your father to work for me for free until he is debt free, those are your two options'

Lilliane seems to be in deep thoughts 'first option seems to be doable but the 5% interest can be a hindrance even if it's me and dad working for it' Lilliane carefully thinks this through, she breaths in and breaths out 'Sir Calyx if it's okay, give me more time to think about this, I have to speak to my father about this' she said nervously 'oh and, if you don-dont trust me...e-enough uhm' she added as she reaches out a card from her pocket and wrote down her personal info and handed it to Akira and to calyx 'This is my personal in-info' she added without knowing that they already had a background check on her,

Calyx looked at the card and looked back to Lilliane 'very well' he reaches out a business card and have it to Lilliane 'if you ever decided on what to do, do not hesitate to call' he said

Lilliane grabbed it and looked at it 'thank you Sir Rainarous' she realizes that she misspoken his name making Calyx dumfounded and Akira burst out laughing

Lilliane stood up immediately 'Im sorry Sir Rainerius I- im really sorry'

Calyx Pinches his imaginary nose bridge in disbelief 'Its alright' Miss Wistaria and Akira Williams, stop laughing, anyways you may leave' He said with a disadisfaction tone

As soon as Lilliane heard that she can leave she immediately grabbed her stuff and leaves

Moments later after Lilliane left Akira Seems to be laughing even more

'I can't believe this, when she was trying to talk to you earlier I can't help to notice she keeps staring on that forehead of yours' he said as he keeps laughing, he nearly even chocked on his own spit

'Shut up Aki, at least she looked at me while talking, she seems to be really frightened' He replied as he crosses his arms thinking

Akira wipes away his tears from laughing to hard 'well obviously have you seen yourself??? We can't even see your face and you're bald! Besides, the way you use your tone to her was very serious as if she actually done something bad' Akira said

Calyx Sigh and looked at the card that Lilliane gave, He grabbed it once again 'whatever, that's just how I speak okay?, can't blame me for having this kind of tone'

Akira scoff at his statement, he titls his head and leaned against the wall 'by the way I'm actually curious, why did you wait for so long to like I don't know look for the Wistaria family to pay up their debt?, usually you'll threatened the people who borrowed some money if they didn't pay in time, I mean like you've given enough time for the other people to pay off their debt but what did they do?, they also didn't respond, you gave them a lot of time to pay up but they didn't!, so why don't you do the same for this family?' he asked

Calyx puts the card to the table and leaned back on his chair, looking at the ceiling 'well remember that video from like 5 years ago?, in the hospital?' He responded

Akira frowns thinking what he meant and he somewhat remembered about that video on UTube before, he snapped his finger and points 'oh that video where that crazy guy was physically abusing that woman and calling her a bitch , what about it?'

'well, I actually met that Crazy Guy' Calyx said as he quoted the word 'Crazy'

Akira seems to be surprised and this is news to him 'wait you met him? Since when?' akira said with a shocking tone

'probably around 5 years ago, when that video got posted, I was on break on the other building and went to look around to check on my workers if everything was okay, and there I saw That 'Crazy' Man' Calyx replied he seems to be serious when he was talking about the man

'oh now I'm intrigued, so what was he actually crazy? Did he hit the female staff?' Akira seemed to be genuinely curious

Calyx Shook his head 'No quite opposite actually, he was desperate trying to ask for help, he probably saw the ads about my other business in borrowing money, at first I thought he was actually a crazy man but the more I looked at him he reminded me of well'

Calyx paused for a moment but soon afterwards He told the story about the man who was actually the Wistaria Family, Lilliane's father was only desperate because he wanted to file a lawsuit against his ex wife because of how she treated his daughter,he wanted to win against his ex wife and also to pay up the hospital fee of his beloved daughter, and to make his daughter live. Comfortable life in a comfortable home.

The more Akira heard the story the more he felt bad for Lilliane's father, since he was seen as a cruel man in the social media life hence to why the staff thought he was a dangerous man 'so that's why you gave them time to pay up but it's been 5 years since then, why did you start looking for them now?'

Calyx seems to not answer on Akira's question and he seems to be silence

Akira sigh and said 'dont tell me 'you forgo-'

Calyx suddenly stood up and unties his necktie 'yes I did forgot about it but that is o nly because I misplaced the contract we made 5 years ago and I just found it a couple of weeks ago'

This is when Akira and Calyx realizes that the possible reason of why Lilliane's father didn't answer the emails and messages was because of the sudden reminders about his debt been flooding his emails that he thinks it was a scam.

'Anyways I'll be going somewhere, message or call me when something happens' Calyx said and left his office

Afterwards It was turning night time Lilliane arrived at home having dinner with her father, talking about what had happened earlier

'dad! Who does he think he is! Especially those 4 men! Towering over me! They could've approached me normally!' Lilliane said as she rants on her dad

Her dad tried to calm her down 'Calm down Lilliane, it's my fault for not responding to their emails, if I knew it was them I could've'

Lilliane interrupted her father 'Dad! It wasn't your fault! It's them!, why just now?!, it's just so unfair!' Lilliane struggle to think straight but she tries to calm down 'anyways dad, you don't have to worry about this, since I'm not really working and..I'm barely making money to my small business, I will be the one who's going to take that job' Lilliane said confidentially

Her father chocked on his water and was surprised on her statement, he doesn't want her to do the work but at the same time, maybe it's for the best he can still work and earn money for the family while her daughter works for free while still running her small business, maybe this is a good opportunity to have experiences

'even if I say no, you will just going to do it anyways, alright, but please, if anything happens tell me alright?' he said with a worry

Lilliane smiled 'dont worry dad I got this!' Lilliane responded trying to reassure her dad

After dinner and when they finished cleaning up, at Lilliane's bedroom

' the moment Lilliane is alone on her bed she immediately overthink

'What was I thinking?! Can I actually do this!?, what if I make a mistake and they don't like me!?, what should I do!, I don't think I can do this after all' with this she couldn't sleep well

The next day

Lilliane finally decided but...one thing he needs to do, if she will either call or text the phone number.

What happens next, will Lilliane takes a phone call or text