Chapter 27
Someone was calling out her name; nudging her to wake up. But she decided to ignore the intruding voice and the touch on her shoulder. Right when she thought the person had given up, she jolted up to a loud call for her name, almost as if her mother was the one yelling her name.
"REGINA! Wake up!" the voice continued once more.
Regina opened her eyes, and looked around the room. She noticed something sitting on the table by the sofa she was sitting up on at the moment.
"You made lasagna?" Regina wondered, trying very hard to keep her eyes open.
It didn't go unnoticed by Belle, who now felt sorry for waking her up so abruptly "I am sorry, I know you are still tired and sleepy but I also think you should eat something too."
"Let me wash up first, because if I don't I might fall asleep again" Regina emphasized with a yawn. Belle instructed Regina on where the bathroom was and was waiting for her friend to come back so they could eat.
It was the middle of the day now and there was still time left for Katherine to be back from her work.
Ding! Belle heard her phone ring letting her know she had received a text message from someone. She reached for her phone that was on the table and noticed that she it was Ruben who had messaged her.
Ruben: Hi Belle!
Ruben: I just wanted to say hi and know how your day was going?!
Belle smiled at that, it had only been few hours since they saw each other. She didn't know how to feel about this new development in their relationship.
Belle: Hello to you as well, Ruben. I'm doing well; I was just about to have lunch with my friend. How about yourself?
Ruben: I am you know the usual, stuck at the office. Hahaha. I am glad you are having a good day. I can't wait to see you tomorrow.
Belle felt herself blush at the last comment, it wasn't like they didn't do that already but only this time it will be different because of the way their relationship was changing. Belle was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't notice Regina come back to the room and sit beside her. Belle was still staring at her screen lost in thought.
"UHM…Belle is everything alright? Did something happen?" Regina asked pointing at the phone in Belle's hands.
Belle got out of her stupor at Regina's questions and quickly typed a "I can't wait either" text back to Ruben and said bye.
She then gave Regina her full attention who was still waiting for a response "Um..no nothings wrong. It was one of my colleagues texting me to know about how my day off was going."
Regina noticed the way Belle smiled so brightly at the mention of this colleague but decided not to pry into her personal matters.
"Alright, I guess we should eat then, I am definitely starving after that long flight"
"I guessed as much" Belle said, laughing out loud.
After they finished eating, Regina insisted on doing the dishes while Belle waited for her to be done back in the living room. It wasn't decided what they wanted to do next. After few minutes later came Regina from the kitchen and sat back in her seat.
Belle decided to speak first. "Um..Regina, we don't have to do anything today, you can start unpacking your stuff tomorrow and today you can rest up."
"Or we can talk about things and catch up with each others lives." Regina suggested otherwise.
Belle just smiled and hummed an agreement. So they decided to spend the rest of the day chatting and catching up with each other after three years of separation.
At Emmett's office room….
"Mom, Dad why did you guys bothered to come all the way here? You should have called me and I would have come over right away" Emmett said as looked his parents sitting right in front of him. They had come in a few minutes ago without letting Emmett know that they were coming over to the office to see him.
Mary Margaret just smiled a sweet smile at her son. She knew he didn't like to see his parents be bothered for little things that he can do for them himself.
"I wanted to see my son, so here I am besides I know you are always busy with something all the time so we took it in our own hands to come see you"
"Your mother's right Emmett. I advised you to work from home; it won't be difficult to manage from there either. I hope you have given a thought to that idea" David questioned him.
Emmett sighed and cursed Ruben in his mind. "I have dad. I am just waiting for Ruben to hire me a secretary that could work with me at our home. I was thinking maybe I could set up my home work place completely in our old place behind the mansion that way I can rent out a room to my secretary".
David and Mary just stared at their son with open mouth, they didn't know if any girl would just agree to live with their boss under the same roof. Not mention the controversy it will cause for the reputation of the company if something goes wrong.
"Are you even listening to what you are suggesting, Em? Have you lost your mind?!" David almost shouted at his son, trying very hard to keep his anger in control. Mary just grabbed his hand and held it with both of her hands to calm David down.
As for Emmett, he was so confused as to what got his father so angry at him, then he went over what he said few minutes and realized how inappropriate it must have sounded to them.
He panicked and started to explain it was not what he meant to make sound like. "I didn't intend for it to sound so unbecoming, please forgive my foolishness, father" he glanced back at his parents and saw his father was waiting for him to actually explain what he meant by that statement.
"As I was trying to say, what I meant was that if I am to work from home, I need a secretary that can also work from my place. So for that I found it very simple that the said secretary will also have to live with me and I promise you it will only be professional, she/he will have the bottom part of that old house, and I could take the top part, we will both have our own separate rooms, of course a portion from their salary will be taken for to provide her/him with other utilities like food, water etc. But she/he will be responsible for their own personal expenses. I hope you understand what I was trying to imply here" Emmett clarified; still nervous for making his parents doubt his intentions.
Mary let out a sight of relief, she was scared that David would end saying something to their son he will later regret and she was glad it didn't come to that.
"Your father is just trying to be cautious. As we all should be because this situation will be a delicate one. If anything were to go wrong it will only have dire consequences for the company and our family, Em" Mary tried to explain their uncertainty.
Emmett looked at them and understood it was not going to be easy to have his parents back him up for this particular adjustment, but he had no other options.
"I promise you mom and dad, I will not disappoint you" He looked at them with confidence, he needed them to see that he was ready to take any criticism if it ever came to that.
"I wouldn't be in this predicament, if I had Ruben working with me from home but that can't be since I need someone to manage the office and the employees here while I work out our major company deals from home" Emmett finished. His parents looked at him and accepted that their son will work his hardest to manage everything, besides they will be there for him if he finds himself in any trouble.
David finally decides to speak up. "I understand son, but I would still like to warn and ask you to be cautious of your every decision and step".
"I will, Dad" Emmett assured him. David and Mary both got up and decided to leave.
"I will see you guys soon, it was nice of you both to visit me at work" Emmett said as he walked his parents to the door.
After his parents left Emmett was left with his thoughts and mostly the thoughts about what had transpired few minutes ago.
"What the hell is taking Ruben so long to find someone?!" Emmett shouted to the quite office now. "I have to talk to him seriously about this matter tonight for sure!" Emmett decided to himself before returning back to his work. He will deal with this with Ruben, only he can help him for now.
Again guys very sorry for the late update.
