Love Worth Fighting For

81 Living together

Elena swallowed her saliva slowly, only a fool would resist the charm of a Christian Clarke. And soon Elena would be one of them, but Elena had no choice. The distance between her and Christian was too far and Elena knew it was better to be hurt now than to be trapped in the abyss of thorns that hurt her every day. The Clarke family is not an ordinary family and she is aware that she does not belong to the family.

“There are many beautiful stories about the lives of the poor and the rich that ended beautifully in the past, but not with the two of us. We don’t live in an age full of fairies who sow the seeds of love in everyone, I am quite aware of who I am, Christ... I tried, I really tried trying to accept this relationship and live it with joy because I have a rich, handsome and powerful lover. But in fact I can’t, I can’t do that. I’m too afraid of getting hurt, I’m afraid of losing my parents. They are everything to me, Christ..there is the most valuable treasure in my life that will be at stake if I continue this relationship with you. I’m sorry, but I really can’t live this all, Christ...really.”

“Elena,” Christian says quietly. “Just so you know, my mother didn’t come from a rich family like my father did. In fact, when my father got to know my mother, my mother’s status was a broken-hearted woman who had just been divorced by her husband who had an affair with her best friend, a woman she saved from the streets.”

“Jesus...” Elena screamed loudly in disbelief.

“And you know, my mother wasn’t mad at her friends. Instead, she thanked her for opening my mother’s eyes that her husband was a man she didn’t deserve to love, until my mother finally met my father, who at that time was still using the last name Muller before he used the name Clarke behind his name.” Christian resumes his speech without hesitation, telling one of the deepest secrets in his family to a woman he hasn’t even touched. Which was something he never did when he was with another woman. “And I think I’ll be repeating my mother and father’s love story with you, Elena.”

“Christ...”

“I’m not done talking, Elena.”

“But...”

“I have different feelings from you, Elena. A feeling I’ve never felt before, can’t you feel it, Elena?”

.....

Elena shook her head slowly, trying to cover up the truth that was currently asking her to speak the truth.

“I don’t feel anything, all I feel is fear. I don’t deserve to be by your side, Christ. I don’t deserve to walk parallel to you, I...”

“I’ll step back to be on your level then,” Christian interrupts quickly.

Elena almost chokes on her own saliva at Christian’s unexpected words.

“If you’re still not sure then I’ll take you back to my parents’ house in ..”

“No!”

“Why?”

“Christ... stop.”

Christian’s hand, which was trying to unbutton the blouse that Elena was using, immediately stopped

. “You promised you wouldn’t do it in this place, your office,” Elena said hoarsely, trying to suppress the desire that had provoked her since Christian kept squeezing her ass non-stop when they were talking earlier.

“How about at home tonight?”

“Christ!!”

Christian smiles, his hands slowly lifting Elena’s body from above him already so unfriendly body. Christian sits Elena down on the table, right in front of him.

“From now on, don’t ever discuss the difference in status again. Because if you do it again then I will immediately drag you to the altar and marry you right away even if you don’t like it,” Christian said, full of promise. “Remember Elena, I am a man who always keeps my promises. So don’t even break it.”

“Promise? Was that sentence you just said a promise?” Elena stares at Christian in horror.

Christian nods excitedly. “Yes, so don’t ever bait me.”

Knock...Knock...

A knock on the door made Elena panic, she hurriedly got off the table and immediately straightened her clothes. Convinced that her current makeup is already a mess, Elena then runs to Christian’s bathroom to make sure that she looks decent if she meets someone.

“Don’t go out, stay in the bathroom,” Christian says quietly to Elena who is almost in the bathroom.

“O..ok.”

Christian nods slightly with a wide smile on his face. As soon as the bathroom door closed, Christian immediately opened the door to his room which he had locked earlier. And Siena immediately appeared from behind the door, the beautiful red-haired girl was really very diligent when it came to reporting matters directly related to Christian.

“Am I disturbing you, sir?” Siena asks Christian very politely, as soon as she stops in front of Christian’s table which is still a mess after Elena used to sit before.

Christian shakes his head slowly. “No, I just finished a rather exhausting job.” Christian’s smile widens as he remembers the fun activities he had with Elena a moment ago.

Siena smiled. “I’d like to give you the report we’ve been working on this past week, sir. Please check it out.”

“Give it to me.”

Siena immediately held out the document in her hand to Christian, as she got closer to Christian, Siena’s sense of smell caught the scent of a woman’s perfume left on Christian’s body and the scent was not very foreign to her. Instantly suspicion and curiosity immediately welled up in Siena, the girl even immediately looked around Christian’s room trying to satisfy her curiosity.

“Ten minutes, give me ten minutes. I’ll check it out, if you want you can come back or..”

“I’ll stay here, waiting for you to finish, sir.”

Christian smiles. “Ok, please have a seat then.”

As if she had been waiting for those words to leave Christian’s lips from the moment she entered the room, Siena immediately sat down in the chair in front of Christian. Christian, who actually directed Siena to sit on the sofa, was quite surprised to see one of his finance staff choose to sit across from him, sitting in the chair that Elena used to sit in when she was discussing work with him.

In his heart Christian also intends to replace the chair with a new chair, a special chair for Elena that Christian will order as soon as possible.

Remembering that Elena is currently in the bathroom, Christian returns to focus on the documents that Siena has just given him. Because Elena had previously discussed the proposal that was being submitted by the finance party for the payment of advertising costs during the promotion period for the launch of the new jewelry collection from the Clarke house of Jewel, Christian did not get into trouble at all. In less time, Christian had finished checking everything. Without hesitation, Christian then inscribed his signature on the paper that Siena made an hour ago.

“Ok, I’ve finished checking and giving my signature. You can proceed to another section so that the payment can be processed immediately,” Christian said quietly as he handed the paper in his hand to Siena.

Siena immediately grabbed the precious paper immediately. “Thank you, sir.”

“Thanks for the hard work, Siena.”

Siena’s eyes lit up instantly. “Y..you know my name, sir?”

“Of course I know, you were one of the staff who got the best staff award last year, right?”

Siena nodded quickly. “Yes, and at that time you yourself gave me the trophy and certificate, sir.”

“That’s why I remember you, thank you again Siena. Clarke Enterprise is lucky to have staff like you,” Christian says back sincerely without any meaning.

But Siena misinterprets Christian’s words, instantly Siena’s obsession with Christian becomes even bigger. With a flowery heart, Siena then left Christian’s room to return to her division on the tenth floor. After confirming that Siena is really gone, Christian locks the door again. Elena is such a shy and very careful girl, which is why Christian wants to go through the same thing.

“Elena, come out,” Christian says softly.

Slowly, the sound of the lock being opened, Elena’s face appeared to appear timidly from behind the door that she was still holding firmly. “Who’s coming? Why is it taking so long?”

Christian smiles. “Financial staff, she has a report I need to sign.”

Elana raised an eyebrow. “Finance clerk, is she Siena? Best staff in the office last year?”

“You know her?” Christian asks in amazement.

Elena takes a deep breath, wanting her to say whatever Siena and her friends had told her four weeks ago while Christian was away. But knowing that her actions were not good, Elena buried the incident deep.

“I don’t know her closely, I’ve only interacted with her a few times when I received a report from the finance department that she brought for you when you were away without a word four weeks ago,” Elena replied quietly as she walked out of the bathroom to the refrigerator, continuing to interact with her. Christian makes her thirsty fast. Especially after their previous activities a while ago.

Christian takes a deep breath, he can smell the slight change in Elena. Without closing the bathroom door which is still open, Christian catches up with Elena and immediately hugs her from behind tightly.

“The only staff in this office I like are you, Elena,” Christian whispers hoarsely at the back of Elena’s open neck after he brushes Elena’s hair aside.

The bottle of mineral water in Elena’s hand almost fell when Christian spoke like that, Elena who had just drank half a bottle of water again finished the rest. Thirst immediately whacked him as soon as Christian spoke like that.

“I know you’re jealous, Elena,” Christian teases again. “Don’t worry Elena, you’re the only one for me.”

“Christ...”

Christian quickly turns Elena to face him. “Move in and live with me, Elena.”

“Christ...”

“I’m serious, do I need to talk to your mom and dad?”

Elena shook her head in panic. “We’ve only just met each other, Christ. Isn’t it too soon if you want me to move in and live with you?”

“The sooner the better for both of us,” Christian replies quickly. “I’m not a saint who can hold myself back too long, Elena. I need you.”

Being pushed repeatedly by Christian almost made Elena’s stance waver.

“Elena...”

“Give me some time, Christ,” Elena said hoarsely. “Give me some time to think.”

“Two days...”

“Christ.”

Christian clenched his jaw. “Okay, one week....”

“Fine! Ten days, I’ll give you ten days. Agree or not, I’ll still force you to move into my house!”