Chapter 7：seven

It was already 11am.

The pent house was empty and I had no idea what to do. Did Lexus go to work? I took a tour of the house, everywhere except his room, and even though it scares me to go in his room and find him there, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to check it out anyway.

I wanted to take a look at how different a used room looked so I peeked through the door, darting my eyes in every direction yet only disappointment came to me.

Lexus wasn't in his room, which means he left for work or something, but that's not why I was disappointed.

I slightly pushed open the door and looked around the room that looked like a guest room. The room was big with a bed, a wardrobe, a chair in the corner with some kind of a gadget on it, plain white painted wall, black curtains and nothing. Even the bed was un-used. Maybe he made it after getting up? But this all made me feel so uncomfortable, even the kids at the orphanage had stuff to keep but this man, he was colorless.

I went to the bathroom, the only place in the house that made me feel better since it had stuff a normal bathroom should.

My stomach growled. I hadn't eaten anything since the time I was auctioned. I went down to the kitchen and opened the fridge only to find it empty. Other than water bottles, there was nothing. No raw material, no fruits or veggies, nothing.

And he asked me if I could cook. I snorted. Cook what? Water? I checked the cabinets. Some utensils were there but nothing to eat. Does this man not eat? Maybe he's not human.

...

That would make so much sense! But if he's not human what is he? Even his room isn't of a person's-?! Suddenly something hit me.

I ran back up to his room, to the chair in the corner and picked up the gadget. I couldn't believe it, he left it here, he actually left it here!! I put my fingers on my collar and smiled out of disbelief.

He left the controller to my collar here. If he doesn't have this, he can't hurt me. I held onto the gadget tightly, took a few breaths and ran out of the penthouse. There was a small corridor that lead to the elevator, I got in, my heart beat accelerated as I thought about escaping.

The elevator only lead to one floor, the one below this one. Weird. But who cares? I pressed the button and arrived at the 20th floor. The floor was carpeted in a dull shade of blue and was rather quite. It seemed like there was an office here but I couldn't find any person.

I gulped. I should look for the other elevator and get to the ground floor. I fast walked ahead and paused when I saw a tinted glass office. The door was open and the voice of the person inside made me freeze.

"Is this your final proposal?" Lexus asked someone.

"Y-yes sir." A girl replied.

The next moment a file came flying out through the door, it slid against the floor and stopped as the pages inside came out making a mess everywhere.

"You're fired." Lexus said.

"No. No. No. Mr. Xander please no-" she paused for a moment and I couldn't tell why, "I'll make a new one-"

"I said. You're fired." The calmness in Lexus's voice could kill. It was so cold and deadly I wondered how the girl inside was coping up. Moments later a lady stepped out closing the door behind her, with tears in her eyes she noticed me and noticed my appearance. A simple dress with no shoes. She looked at me strangely but before she could muster up any energy to ask anything I ran past her.

At the end of the hallway I found an elevator. This one lead all the way down to the ground floor. Without wasting any time I pressed the button and tapped my right foot in anxiety. A few people got on and off on my way, mostly didn't even notice my a bit off appearance but those who did chose to ignore.

I was at the ground floor in four minutes and as I ran out in the lobby I was beyond happy, maybe I wasn't happy, I actually couldn't describe the feeling, it was a mix of so many feelings altogether.

I noticed the big sign labeled on the counter wall,'Xander corp'. Ah! Xander corp.!! one of the biggest corporations of the country! No wonder he had so much money to spend. I noticed the exit and ran out. I could feel something strange but I ignored it, I was getting out of here. Just as soon as I stepped into the back parking lot.

A current passed through all my body. So suddenly and so sharply, I fell to the ground. It wasn't something that would harm me but it definitely pushed me to unconsciousness.