"Allura! The meeting is starting in 48 seconds!" Coran exclaimed loudly down the mobile.
"Yes I know Coran, I'm almost there" Allura ended the call and shoved the phone in her pocket before her trusted adviser could say anything else. As her cab pulled up along the path she hastily shouted a rushed "Thank you!" at the driver before throwing a few notes at him that were probably worth at least twice what she owed him. Not that she couldn't afford it of course. Being fairly rich was one of the upsides of inheriting a multi-million dollar technology company from her father.
Allura ran down the street as fast as she could towards the Altea Incorporated head offices. She quickly scanned her key card on the lock and was about race upstairs when she tripped and went flying forward. She dropped all her papers as she held out her hands to protect herself when she felt a strong hand wrap around her waist, catching her before she fell. She grabbed hold of him quickly to steady herself as caught her breathe. She turned her head to look at the hand's owner and found herself face to face with a handsome young security guard with wide shoulders and a strong jaw with concern written all over his face. However it was his eyes that captured her the most, The dark opals conveyed an obviously kind soul yet underneath she could feel the presence of a wild animal that would never rest, as though it was expecting a fight at any moment.
"Are you alright?" He asked bringing her back to reality.
"Yes, thank you" She replied smoothing out her suit as he helped her to her feet. She brushed back some of white curls that had been released form her bun as she tripped. She cursed when she clipped them back to show her papers scattered all over the floor. Groaning she quickly knelt down to pick them up.
"Here let me help" The guard said gathering some up before placing them in her arms.
"Thank you" Allura breathed gratefully as she secured the papers in her arms. " I can't imagine what I'd have done if I'd turned up to-"
She looked suddenly at the clock and gasped when she saw how late she was for her meeting.
"Sorry! Thanks again!" She called over her shoulder at the slightly confused guard as she sped off up the stairs towards the meeting. She burst into the room gasping for breathe and interrupting whatever Coran was doing that involved interpretive dance.
"Sorry I'm late" She said breathlessly as she sat down at the head of the board table. "Now let us talk about our latest development in quintessence….."
As the meeting went on she pushed the kind guard with the haunted eyes out of her mind as she focused on their newest project for a clean renewable energy source quintessence.
Neither she or the guard released it then but that little moment would change both their lives forever…