“Sam, I love you!” A slightly slurred voice came over the phone.
“Dad, what’s going on? Why are you breathing so hard? Are you sick? Where are you?” A panicking Samara Wilson frantically questioned her dad. A slight chill came over her as soon as she heard her father’s voice. It was like a bad omen. During the 23 years of her life, her father, Leonard Wilson, has never been drunk. Even when he would go out to entertain guest for the Wilson Group’s sake, he always came back sober. One reason was because of his high tolerance for alcohol, the other was his love for her mother. Martha Wilson hated drunk people the most. So out of admiration and respect for her, Leonard Wilson was always sober when he came home, but tonight was different. Something didn’t feel quite right.
“Dad?”
“Don’t be so noisy..... Listen to me.....No matter what happens, ....... I will always love you girls and your mother.” Leonard Wilson uttered breathlessly. His voice was so small. It was more like a whisper than the strong warm voice that always penetrated her heart. Halfway around the world it was a cloudless night in Country A. For some people, a night like this could be considered romantic. A velvet sky that had no end and stars shining as bright as diamonds. For a lot of people, looking at this breathtaking view was a perfect way to release the busyness of the day and relax. Unfortunately, the Wilson family wasn’t lucky enough to share those sentiments. Leonard Wilson lost control over his car on his way home. The car went through a rail and fell off of a cliff.
Death is such a crazy thing. Although his body was in unbearable pain and he knew that these were his last moments, all he wanted was to hear his daughter’s voice one last time. For this reason he fought, with all the strength he had left in his body, to call the daughter that he had doted on all her life.
“Ack Ack” Leonard Wilson began to cough so violently that he spit out blood.
“What are you talking about!?! Dad! Dad!!!” Samara Wilson screamed belligerently into the phone’s speaker. A feeling of helplessness crept into her heart as she continuously cried out for her father. Samara Wilson has never been known to be impulsive. It should be noted that she has been calm and decisive since she was a young girl. She also was not stupid! She could sense something terribly wrong going on even if her father didn’t want to say it! Could anyone expect her to sit still while her most beloved father was in trouble?
She’s rushed out of the office to her car, moving at the speed of light.
“Samara....” There were so many words that Leonard Wilson wanted to say to his daughter. Countless expressions of how much he loved their family. How sorry he was that he would no longer be here to accompany his wife and daughters through life. He wanted to express everything that was deep in his heart, but his body was losing too much blood. It took a great deal of strength just to stay awake.
“Daddy, what’s going on? Talk to me please!!!” Samara was at her wits end. She was no longer the strong confident president of Wilson Group, but a frightened child who needed the protection and guidance of her father. Rushing out of her office doors, the phone disconnected as she was entering the elevator. She tried to call back five times unsuccessfully. Her mind immediately went into overdrive.
Her assistant, Lindsey Hart, was in the office when Samara received the call. Seeing her boss in such a frantic state, she could feel the urgency of the situation and immediately stepped into action. Following behind Samara Wilson, Assistant Hart had already prepared their travel documents and booked two tickets out of New York. She has been with Samara Wilson for 5 years now, since they were school girls. Of course, she knows her boss best. As soon as Assistant Lindsey Hart heard the gist of the conversation, she knew that her boss would be on the move to Country A.
“Young Miss, your phone?” Assistant Hart notified Samara that her phone was ringing. Her boss’s pitiful state put her at unease. If something really did happen to Mr. Wilson, she didn’t know how her boss would react.
Samara looked down at the ringing phone. Seeing “mom” on the screen, her heart dropped. For some reason, she didn’t want to answer. Everything in her told her not to answer, but life was full of things that you don’t want to do. With red eyes, a heart that felt like it would pound out of her chest, and trembling knees, she finally mustered up the courage to press answer.
“Mom?” There was so much hurt and despair in her voice that anyone walking by would want to hold her.
The phone slipped out of Samara’s hand.
“No!” She gasped. Her mother’s sorrowful voice was the last thing that she heard before her world went black and she fainted.
One Month Later....
All she could feel was pain. It was so intense that she thought that she was dreaming. Finally opening her eyes she realized that she was not in her room. In fact, she wasn’t even in her home!
Samara immediately sat up confused, but her movements were too quick and she fell back dizzily. “What the hell happened to me last night?”
She twisted her body off the bed and felt pain all over. Ugh. She tried to recall last night’s events, but everything was a blur. From her memory, she went to a bar near the company and had one drink. Her days have been stressful since the death of her father and she needed something to ease the pain, but she couldn’t remember anything past the one drink. She had been used to drinking because of her position in the company so she wasn’t a lightweight. One drink shouldn’t have made her feel like this. It also shouldn’t have caused her to lose her memories of the night.
Just as she was recollecting her thoughts, a door in the room opened.
“AHHH!!!” Samara was so frightened that her foot twisted in the sheets and she almost fell. Luckily she caught herself before she hit the ground!
“You! Who are you?” She yelled at the mystery man who walked out of what she was guessing was the bathroom. The man must have just gotten out of the shower because he was completely naked from the waist up and there were still water droplets in his short black hair.
Samara didn’t wait for the man’s answer. She was in a state of panic due to the sudden appearance. Her whole body turned red from embarrassment and she immediately began to head towards the exit completely ignoring the existence of the person.
“What did I do? What did I do?” She muttered helplessly to herself.
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” Mystery man finally spoke while lazily drying his hair with a towel.
Samara froze in her steps after hearing the man’s voice.
The sheet that the woman had wrapped around herself had slipped off some time ago while hastily trying to escape. Since her mind was slightly still in it’s drunken state, she didn’t notice it.
“Your clothes...” He motioned his chin towards her body causing her to look down and realize that she was naked!!!
Samara immediately turned so red that she was bleeding! If she was naked in an unknown room, did that mean that they......
Just the thought alone sent shivers down her spine. She really wanted to dig a hole to hide in right now!
The woman’s frightened appearance was a bit entertaining to him. He didn’t know why, but it made him want to tease her.
“You! Turn around and stop looking?” She glared at the man when she noticed him blatantly staring at her as if he was going to eat her alive! Could this be more embarrassing!
“Why should I turn around? I’ve already seen everything! Plus, we also need to discuss how you plan on taking responsibility for me.” He raised his eyebrow and smirked. He really had the urge to bully this little woman.
“What?!?” She finally found her clothes and slipped on her dress from last night. Watching her dress, the man’s eyes darkened and his throat began to roll.
Instead of answering the woman who was stabbing him with her eyes, he pointed to a red stain that was on the spot where she had slept.
Samara’s mouth frowned out of confusion but her eyes followed to where the man’s long finger was pointing. As soon as she saw the stain her eyes widened in disbelief. Oh s**t, did I sleep with him? Seeing the bloodstained sheets, her heart almost gave out! This is why her body was in so much pain! Was she so much of a failure to give her first time to a man she didn’t even know! Although marriage was not on her mind at the moment, she was not a casual woman. She didn’t want to give herself to anyone but her husband, let alone a man whose name she didn’t know!
“What did you do to me?!?” A deep sense of hatred surged in her heart. How could he sleep with her when she couldn’t even remember what happened last night! At this moment, she really wanted to beat him!
“Me? You were the one who took the initiative. How do you plan on compensating me?” The man seeing her angry still wanted to provoke her.
