His Despair by S. N. Nina Arthur (e textbook reader txt) 📕

Davina’s POV:- 

I was sitting in the garden and watching the water fountain, as all the things happened between me and Arthur flashed in front of my eyes. A sigh escaped my lips as today’s events ran into my mind. 

He’s so confusing. 

 Day went on as I simply sat there, watching the way water flowing down the water fountain. I have nothing to do, Coop was not allowing me to do anything and kept on repeating that goddamn line all the time,

“Mr. Spencer told me not to let you do any kind of work,”

Gosh! I hate that statement, what does he want me to do, sit alone, doing nothing in this huge mansion. I just miss my job and my office; I wish I could go back and do my work as usual; I think I need to talk to Arthur about it!

What if he doesn’t agree? My subconscious questioned,

Still, I have to ask him and should convince him! I replied back.

I sighed while noticing the sun going down, I stood up and walked back inside the mansion. As I stepped inside the living room, I saw coop walking up to me, “Miss Ellis,” he called and stood in front of me.

“Mr. Spencer wants you to get ready,” he said and glanced at his wristwatch, “He will be here in a few minutes,” he added. I nodded my head at him and walked straight to my room. I pushed the door in and walked inside, a dress and jewellery box and shoe bag was placed on my bed.

I walked towards my bed and glanced at the things placed neatly on my bed, while a sigh escaped from my lips I turned around and strolled straight towards the bathroom and had a hot shower. I took a white fluffy towel and wrapped around my body, walking out of the bathroom, I grabbed the dress. 

After cleaning my body, I wore the dress and looked at my reflection, it was a green lace, see-through, short dress which reached my thighs. As the cloth-covered my chest perfectly, my stomach and belly button were clearly visible from the see-through cloth, I turned around and gazed at the see-through backside which reached my waist and made my entire back clearly visible from the fabric. 

It fitted my body perfectly, showing off my curves at the right places, a smile formed on my lips as I took in my reflection. I dried my hair and straightened it, I applied natural makeup, green Smokey eyes and red lipstick which looked perfect for my dress. I opened the jewelry box and gasped when my eyes landed on the necklace, it was a beautiful necklace with a crystal silver pendant paired with stud earrings. 

I wore the jewelry and walked towards my bed, as I reached out for the bag my bedroom door was kicked open. I gasped and stepped back, Arthur was walking in dressed in a black suit and when his eyes landed on me, he stopped. I watched his eyes moving from my face to my dress, slowly taking my appearance in. 

I gulped hard in anticipation and tried to control myself, his blue/ green eyes held something which I didn’t get. He stepped ahead while moving his eyes back to mine, my heart was beating rapidly against my ribcage as silence filled my room. 

“Ready?” he asked while looking straight into my eyes, 

“Y-yes,” I stuttered, nodding my head, without saying anything he turned around and walked out of my room. 

I released a breath and pulled the shoes out of the bag; it was a beige high heel. I quickly wore them and grabbed my purse While walking out of the room. I reached the stairs and walked down, I felt someone’s gaze on me as I stepped down which made me look at their direction. 

I swallowed hard as his blue/green eyes followed my every step, this feeling I’m having right now is different, and I can’t understand it. As I stood in front of him, his eyes roamed on my face and I stood there watching him while swallowing hard. As usual, he was looking handsome and attractive in this suit. 

Handsome and attractive? So, you find him handsome and attractive! My subconscious mocked. 

What! N-no! I answered back.

I looked away from Arthur and nervously pushed a strand of my hair away from my face while glancing at him, his eyes followed my action and there was a sudden flicker of some kind of emotion, something in his eyes which made me stare at him in confusion. 

What was that?

I noticed the corner of his lips moving upwards while he turned around and placed his hands into his pants pockets. I quietly followed him behind, glancing at his face in confusion. 

Did he just smile at my action? I might have looked stupid doing that? Oh god! 

As we walked out of the mansion, one of his drivers opened the car door for me and I climbed inside. I watched Arthur walk around the car and stepped inside the driver seat, I immediately looked away as his eyes caught mine. 

What are you doing Davina? Don’t embarrass yourself in front of him, idiot. My inner self yelled at me. 

He drove us out of the mansion and now we are stuck in traffic, I was looking out of the window and a young couple caught my attention. The girl was holding the guy’s hand while looking at him lovingly, it was as if for her the whole world around them was invisible and he was the only one present. The way they were holding each other pulled me back to my past….

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Past  

“I missed you,” he held my face in his hands while perking on my lips, 

“I missed you, too,” I replied, smiling at him, he pulled me close to his chest while wrapping his arms around my waist. 

For Christmas, I went back home and celebrated with my family. No one in my family still knows about Allen and I decided to keep it a secret for a while since I know how my father will react if I tell him everything. I missed Allen a lot during my stay at home, I tried to call him numerous times but my sister made it hard. She never left my side and stayed with me all the time.