I'm always ready.
I'm always ready.
"Let me be! Let me be all of you!" Mabel yelled as she flailed wildly in their arms to get away from their grip.
"You think you are so special because you own a stupid mall? You think you are better than everyone just because you were lucky to be born into a rich family? You are going to die a single and lonely soul. No one is going to like you."
Chloe laughed dryly from the side. "Then go own a mall you floozy, but I don't see that happening because you are going to rot in jail! And just so you know... I don't care whether or not people like you like me because I like myself a lot and do not like any of you." Chloe clapped back as she waved her off.
The crazy lady continued to scream and cuss loudly as the men pulled her away.
"You guys should be careful. The lady weighs a lot." Jeremy said as he watched the men struggle to contain her erratic movement.
"Shut the hell up you bastard! I weigh less than 50 Kilogram" She spat at him angrily as they dragged her away.
The scene would have been funny to Chloe if she wasn't scared and annoyed at the same time.
The manager remained there even after they dragged the lady away. He kept looking at Chloe fearfully. He knew things were not going to go well for him. Although he was far older than her, she was still the boss after all.
"I... am sorry." He said as his knees buckled and met the floor.
She sighed angrily before using her hand to brush her loose hair backwards.
"You and the head of security should leave your resignation letter with my assistant first thing in the morning." She said before reaching for her car keys inside her bag.
Jeremy wasn't surprised to see her behave that way. He knew the kind of person she was and had heard the other staffs talk about how she hated it when people didn't handle their jobs properly. This was just a reminder of what he was getting himself into.
"I'm sorry." The manager begged on his knees with his hands pressed together.
"You are sorry? You are sorry!?" She asked angrily.
"I was almost killed by that crazy witch right here!" She said in a raised voice filled with anger.
"She no longer works here and not only did she have an access into this building, she could come over to the VIP lot without being detected at all and you tell me you are sorry? She almost stabbed me with her knife!" Her voice was raised in hysteria.
"Do you know the minutes I spent with that crazy lady in here? And the security team didn't appear here until the tenth minute which means they took note of the incident going down here in the seventh minute and you are telling me you are sorry? You know what? Also tell all the people in charge of security tonight to leave their resignation letters. All of them! Now get lost before I get mad." Chloe said impatiently with her voice still shaking.
He knew waiting there was going to make her even more pissed so he quickly scurried away.
Immediately he left, Chloe's eyes began to blink uncontrollably. She placed her arm on the car and buried her head there as she tried to steady herself and her emotions.
Jeremy took note of her whole body shaking. She was obviously scared but always acted tough. He thought as he watched from the side sadly.
"Thank you... again." Chloe said turning to look at him.
"Just how many enemies do you have?" He asked her curiously. He had been offering to help her deal with one and here was another.
"You want to become one? It's pretty easy." She said eyeing him and tried to open the door with the key but she couldn't manage it because her hands were still shaking.
"If you have a lot of enemies, you should at least have a form of protection." He lectured before taking close steps towards her.
"I do have a form of protection with me and was about to use it when you came." She said to him in a firm voice.
"Really? What do you have?" He asked curiously. Was it a gun perhaps? Or a knife?
Chloe dipped her hand into her bag and took out a pepper spray showing it to him.
"Here. I'm always ready." She said with her chin up.
"I didn't see how ready you were ealier. She would have hurt you real bad." He said to her.
"I'm glad I came here in time." He said looking intently at her face.
"Why are you coming closer to me?" She asked with a frown when she noticed he was now awfully close to her and was looking at her face with so much interest.
"This!" He said before taking her car keys from her.
"I'll drive you home." He offered.
"I can do that myself." She said and tried to take it back from him but he raised his hands reminding her how much taller than her he was.
"You haven't still recovered from the shock. Its safer if I drive."
Chloe eyed him suspiciously before asking.. "What were you doing here anyway? You obviously do not own a car and not in the VIP section even if you do." Was he by chance stalking her?
"I came to directly ask you for your email address since I wasn't sure you'd take my calls if I called to ask you for it. And I'm glad I came for you." He said with a proud smile.
He had been shocked to the bones when he noticed someone attacking Chloe. He didn't want to imagine what would have happened to her if he had gone there a minute late.
She sighed before asking in resignation.. "Do you have a driver's license?"
With a small smile, he answered. "Sure."