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Chapter 9 reporting in!
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Wedding Dress Trauma : Lady Uchiha (sequel)
Chapter Nine : Personal Assistant
Jet black eyes fixatedly stared out of his office window, mercilessly eyeing a scarlet-head female who happened to get herself appointed as his PA by his mother's wishes and to his annoyance, Sakura's support.
Don't she at least worry about him?
A small frown was born.
Don't that pink haired woman ever fear of her husband getting stolen by some other woman?
That frown inched lower.
Woman! They are complicated creatures, Sasuke groaned in frustration.
He flinched when Karin caught him staring at her and it was since this morning when she entered and sat outside of his office.
Unexpectedly to his surprise, she made her attempt to enter his office.
"I noticed that you have been staring at me for quite a bit now, Sasuke-kun," Karin approached the Uchiha's desk, posing in her proud feminine curvatures.
"It's Mr. Uchiha, shall you be a little more formal in addressing me at the office." He rudely avoided her gazes and directed to his desktop.
"Don't avoid the fact that you did stare at me, Sasuke-kun," she toyed at him as he ignored her typing continuously. She purposefully leaned forward.
"Or maybe you are starting to like me?" throwing a seductive stare.
Annoyed, the Uchiha male slammed his palm on the table to reflect his ridicule at her sentence. He doused her silent with his irritated glare.
He already hated her for being around the office, for her to tease him...he wanted to puke.
Sasuke could not bear to tolerate her a minute longer, moreover, that she will be here every single day as his Personal Assistant. How is he going to bear all that?
Without another word, he exited his office, Karin was left alone to his resonating anger.
Uchiha Corp. Lower Offices…
By the push of a commanding button, the elevator travelled the Uchiha male to lower levels of the office building where his hardworking employees and sweetheart were at.
He was warmly greeted with formalities among the employees and so does the manager came rushing too as soon as he stepped into the office, except for one…
The empty cubicle of the far end captured his attention much. The manager skillfully traced to the direction the Uchiha male was focusing at, Sakura's desk.
"Where is she?" Sasuke uttered to the manager's understanding.
"Mrs. Uchiha happened to be in the ladies, sir…and…" the manager's hesitant drew to Sasuke's attention.
"And…?"
"I don't mean to be nosy, Mr. Uchiha but I am concerned about Mrs. Uchiha. She had been acting weirdly lately and I also noticed that she had frequent gastric pains," Sasuke listened attentively to the manager's whisper.
"She usually goes off to the ladies whenever that happens. When one of our female colleagues went to check up on her, she told them she was fine. We were rather worried about her, sir…"
The raven-haired male's brows arched into frowning to the not-too-right situation about Sakura, he decided to check up on her.
Sasuke started knocking at the ladies' while he called the pink haired female and received the silence in return, which does not prove her absence.
He repeated his calls again but to no avail of a reply.
The worry in him gradually build, he will not be easily convinced of her absence in the washroom not until he witnessed it.
Sasuke braced himself to enter, there was no one as he presumed.
He stunned when his ears caught the slightest audible sound he heard from the very end of the room. He approached.
There he found her, sat on the toilet bowl Sakura clutched her upper abdomen, eyes squinted portraying the utter pain which robbed her voice.
"SAKURA!" Sasuke quickly crouched before her, held her hand to experience her cold sweaty skin.
Pale to the colour of a sheet of paper, she could hardly express her intense pain which shot her powerless.
"Sakura, say something!" he began to panic which she always manage to get him in.
"Pain…killers…" squinting her eyes, she whispered. "Painkillers…in my purse…" her trembling finger directed. Sasuke raced to get them as he was told.
Uchiha Residence…
Shutting the door behind him, Sasuke had his retiring sigh escape. Sakura's condition earlier this afternoon had drained him, exhausted to all that panicking activity.
She remained stubborn in her refusal to consult any doctor, his convinces does require more training when it comes down to her.
She chose to consume those disgusting painkillers and hit for the bed.
"How is she?" Mikoto asked whisperingly. Sasuke felt his head started to ache due to all that worry.
"She slept."
"Stubborn isn't she. Why don't we call the doctor over," said Mikoto, her son sighed again.
"No, that is not necessary."
"She acts like a child sometimes and you are spoiling her much, Sasuke. How do you expect her to assist you in the future years?" Mikoto controlled her fury that toned in her voice.
"Mother…"
"As your mother, I have the duty to advice my son even after he is married. And how do you expect me to fully retire as a mother and leave you to the incapable hands of her?" there goes a mother's rants again.
It is irritating but she is his mother after all.
Sasuke remained his silence.
"And have you informed her about the upcoming ball?"
"Not yet. I'll tell her after she is better."
"Then I guess there is no need for that," Mikoto's unexpected phrase struck Sasuke astonished.
"Pardon me, mother. How am I supposed to go without—"
"You have your PA, what is there to worry?" confidently Mikoto referred to Karin.
She must have laid her plans to insert that scarlet female into the scene right from the beginning. Sakura's coincident indisposition had created the golden opportunity for it.
"Mother! Sakura is—"
"Is incompetent! She is not ready to attend balls of such importance. She had done much damage already," Mikoto's eyes gleamed with an incomparable seriousness.
"Your father will be returning soon and he wished to attend that ball too. Do not disgrace him." She paced away.
Sasuke was defenseless against to all his mother had spoken with him. She began to detest his wife who she brand Sakura as the 'Uchiha's greatest laugh' and tend to direct her finger at his 'mistake'.
He sighed miserably.
Yamanaka Flowers…
Serving Osmanthus flower teas Ino had skillfully brewed from her favourite tea set, Sakura gently sipped the hot liquid.
Refreshing, came to mind. It enables her to clear her worries for that second.
Sakura decided to hop over to Ino's than staying at the mansion, Sasuke insisted that she'd take another day off to Sakura's disagreement.
There was no helping it when he demands her to and she had listen to him this once.
"Ahh! Wonderful," Ino praised to the deliciousness. "Simply divine!" she carefully sipped again.
SLAM!
"IIIIINNNNNOOOOO!"
The Yamanaka blonde yelp to the burning liquid that struck her tongue.
A brunette.
Two bundled hair on each side, very Chinese, Sakura thought to herself.
The female waltzed into the store with the merry side of her and she was loud.
"Ten Ten! How many times I've told you to be careful with my Swiss bells!" ahem, cow bells to be exact, Ino angrily stammered.
"Haha. Sorry about that, but it's alright I got you souvenirs you'd like!" Ten Ten bought the blonde a whole bag of cow be—Swiss bells of various sizes and shapes to Ino's delight.
"You are the best, Ten. Thank you!" wow, that was some quick switch of character…
"Ah, it's nothing. I just happen to tag along with my boyfriend to Switzerland. I went shopping while he was busy at work," in that merry tone, Ten Ten light-heartedly spoke.
"Hmm? You are…Haruno Sakura, right?" she stared at the pink haired female whom she ignored till now.
"Yes, and you are…?"
"It's me, Ten Ten! Remember the girl who sat two seats behind you during high school!" Sakura's jaw hung to her recall.
"You mean you're the tomboy—Opps, sorry…"
High school. How many years has it been.
Sakura did not recognize her classmate when she was nothing compared to the tomboy she met during high school.
Currently, she is what people call feminine.
No more boy cuts but long bundled hair and her figures were…excellent. Sakura also remembered that Ten Ten was easily compared to a broom stick during school.
The brunette is beautiful…compared to her.
The trio chatted, indulging into conversations in the past during teenager years and other common topics in getting to know more in one another.
"Haha. Old times," Ten Ten laughed. "Oh yeah before I forget Ino, I want some flowers for my bath. You know me, I just love the natural scent rather than getting soaked in stinking perfume!"
"Sure. Going somewhere?" Ino started to prepare them for the brunette.
"Yup! I will be attending an afternoon ball tomorrow."
The brunette's casual information struck both Sakura and Ino into attention.
Sakura was curious about the same ballroom party that she was supposed to be going and to Ino's curiosity of not being informed.
And Sakura's sullen expression spoke for itself, informing Ino of bad news she kept away.
"Sakura, you told me nothing about a ballroom party…" the blonde asked directly.
"Huh? You are attending the ball too, Sakura? Boy, you must be some big wig!"
"She IS, Ten. She is the Uchiha Sasuke's wife!" the brunette was dumbfounded. "Are you living in the woods, even people from the country side knows."
"Seriously I don't but now I do," retained in a jolly voice. "Then you must have met my boyfriend, Hyuuga Neji."
"Hyuuga Neji…?" Sakura wore a perplexed facial expression.
"She has no idea who your sweetheart is Ten, Sakura's only married not too long ago. She needs time to adapt around, speaking about big wigs such as Neji," Ino spoke with busy hands.
"That's alright, you'll get to meet him tomorrow. Hurray for me, I tend to get bored at ballroom parties but not anymore!" Ten Ten cuddled Sakura, she certainly had a warm attitude towards people. "This is going to be fun!"
"Sorry to burst your bubble, Ten Ten but…I won't be attending tomorrow's event," Sakura spoke dull.
"What? Why?!" the brunette made a puppy face, disappointed. Sakura had her mouth sealed.
This is not good…Ino swear to pry her secrets open.
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Reply to review ( received earlier ):
Thanks for the review. Will try to do a better job in organizing the story, I will need a few scenes to get the story flowing so that it will link to future happenings. Anyway, thanks for the advice.
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