Getting Temptations

Episode 16

Clara moved closer to Ben.

Her heart skipped several beat as she walked closer to him.
‘is he dead?’
she asked herself.

She bent down and shook him, hoping he would stir but rather, he remained still and motionless.
Fear immediately crept in.

Her hands were shaky as she held his hands.

She stood up pondering on what to do.
‘should i leave him like this? Or i take him to the hospital’
was the two options, she weighed in her mind.

She decided and chose the latter but unfortunately, she couldn’t carry him all alone.

She stood numb, staring hard at his lips.

She felt like sU-Cking his succulent lips.

But she couldn’t coz his face was messy and he was badly injured.

But nevertheless, she felt an inner urge to go ahead regardless of his condition.

She bent down, ready to devour the lips but the creaking sound of the door stopped her.

She immediately looked back and saw a lady walk-in.

She quickly rose to her feet shaking. She thanked her stars for not kissing him yet.

The lady, who was Ben’s secretary was surprised to see clara.

She’d seen clara kneeling down almost kissing him but dosen’t know what she was doing.
how would they be in such a awkward position.

But who is the lady?

Faith asked herself, she hadn’t seen the lady anywhere around ben before. who knows, if it’s a friend who was trying to console him for the loss.

She walked closer and it all makes sense to her.

Ben was down on the floor stock-still or maybe dead.

She gazed at clara with a questioned look.

Clara knew what would be going through her mind that moment.

But she kept mute.

Faith was annoyed with the awkward silence, she’d hoped, the lady would talk but the reverse was the case.
“what’s happening here?”
faith voiced out with confusion written on her face.

Clara looked at her with a stern look, she felt like giving her a resounding slap but she held herself not to act out of rage.
“who are you?”
clara calmly asked.
“i’m faith, from gunners company.”
clara quickly recognized her as his secretary.
“oh! Faith, its you?”
“yes, its me, what’s wrong here?”
faith asked looking at her with ‘do i know you’ expression.
“i just came in now, and i met him like this”
clara said pointing to ben.

Faith gave her a suspicious look, how could she say, she met him like this.
“you met him this way?”
faith asked bewildered.
“yes this way”
clara replied non-challantly.

Faith bent down and observed ben’s condition.

His face was a bloddy mess, his condition wasn’t critical but he sustained some facial injuries.

She looked back at clara with ‘i don’t trust you’ expression.
She’d seen her kneeling over him in an awkward position.

But a question popped up in her mind.

How could she have met him this way and still leave him like that?

She would have taken her to the hospital if truly, she met him this way?
“lets take her to the hospital”
Faith said looking up at her while clara only nodded in reply.

Faith had so much passion and care for others.

She could sacrifice anything.

She was blessed with such a good heart.

She only came there to deliver the letter to ben and vacate the building immediately.
but she was eventually stocked up.

She just can’t leave ben in such a way like that.

And she never trust the lady standing a bit.

She just felt the urge to help him.

She lifts ben up to his feet and backed him, seeing that clara didn’t give a helping hand.

Clara stood and watched in awe as faith carried ben with extra ordinary power.

Faith struggled to walk as it was an arduous task carrying a man on her back.

Clara thought, she was forming brian shaw, the strongest man in the world.

So she stood watching her struggling with him.

Faith was surprised as the lady never came to her aid.

She staggered as his weight became heavier but she kept on walking.

She reached the door but couldn’t open it, as she had used her two hands to hold him.

She waited thinking clara would come and help her out this time but she was proved as clara never moved an inch.

She gave up all hope and tried using a hand to open the door.

Her legs were already weaken and her hands shaky.

She couldn’t withstand it anymore as her leg suddenly gave way and they both fell down with a loud thud.
‘Gbim!’

Clara couldn’t help but laugh, she kept on laughing.

Faith wondered what could have made her laugh.

She peeked at her as she la!d on the floor wincing in pains.

She fumed with rage as she saw her sitting down laughing hysterically.