Forever In My Heart

Chapter 25

⭐"The right person will make you fall in love with yourself too."⭐
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My head buried in my documents, I'm making my way back to the office. I got an e-mail from Carter asking me to take care of a new file which I had to retrieve from another department.

While I leaf nonchalantly through the pages, I knock into someone!

Ouch!!

The file scatters all over the floor.

I sigh. No need to make a fuss, especially knowing that if I had been looking where I was going, it wouldn't have happened...

Jenny, Carter's sister is facing me.

Jenny: "Oh, sorry, I didn't see you!"

She kneels down to help me pick up the scattered pages from the file.

Lexi: "My fault, I wasn't looking, it'll teach me!"

Jenny hands me the papers. She doesn't say anything more. She's acting as if she'd never seen me...

Lexi: "How are you? Are you looking for your brother?"

Jenny: "Is Ryan here?"

Lexi: "No. He had appointments in town."

She gives me a quick nod and turns to leave.

Lexi: "I can tell him you're here if you wish."

Jenny: "I have my brother's number if I need to reach him, thank you."

Ok...

The sound of her voice is curt. She's clearly being aggressive.

Lexi: "I was just trying to help..."

Honestly, I don't know what her problem is with me...

Jenny looks at me in silence. I can tell that she's holding herself back. Then she turns around and walks away without uttering another word.

But after a few steps, she stops short.  She turns around staring at me coldly.

Jenny: "I know what you're trying to do."

Lexi: "Sorry?"

Jenny: "No need to play that game with me when he's not here."

What's she talking about?

Lexi: "What are you talking about, I don't understand..."

She takes two steps in my direction and stops in front of me. She's much less impressive than her brother but her eyes are still menacing.

Jenny: "I'm used to girls of your kind getting close to the sister just to get close to the big brother..."

Lexi: "But you're wrong! There's nothing but work between your brother and me."

Yeah right! What with the episode in the elevator and the one in the jet, am I not lying to her big time...?

Jenny doesn't seem at all convinced. I know, I'm a very poor liar.

Jenny: "Don't play innocent with me... I saw how my brother was looking at you..."

Jenny's look goes from aggressive to weary.

Jenny: "I'm tired of women like you, desperate to climb the ladder of success."