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"You look happy, I don't think you got in trouble" Lana said to juliet in the coffee break room... a smile appeared on Juliet's face and she nodded... "it must be great news then" Lana pressed and juliet nodded. Sonia had told her just before she left her office that she shouldn't let anyone know yet about the promotion... "Yes the project is going really well, she just commended my work" Juliet said to lana who nodded but she still looked like she had a lot of questions which juliet wasn't ready to talk about Juliet finally took out her phone from her pocket, which had been on silent mode the whole time, so she could act like she was receiving a call and scurry away but She saw several missed calls from Alex and was sad that she missed his calls... there was also a message from him [YOU MUST BE BUSY, I HAVE A MEETING IN A FEW MINUTES I WILL CALL YOU WHEN I'M DONE] She checked the time and saw that it had been more than an hour since he called... she quickly went to her desk and picked up her bag and jacket... "Are you leaving already?" Lana asked, and juliet nodded, "Okay see you later. " Juliet started to call him back as she came down the stairs but got no response... maybe he was still in a meeting... it was so hard to get hold of him at times... juliet was counting the days till he returned... As she walked past the park they used to sit at, a sad smile appeared on her face... He would have been waiting for her here or at the bus stop and would walk her home even though she refused... Strangely, she never felt any cause for alarm when she was with him... "I miss you too," Juliet muttered as she opened her front door and walked intonher empty house... she walked to her bedroom and laid on her bed. Sleep seemed to be her only escape from reality, and it made time pass faster for her... Juliet eyes flew open immediately when she heard her phone ring... she had fallen asleep, but her phone ringing was enough to jerk her awake... a smile appeared on her face immediately she was the caller's ID... it was Alex, several hours had passed since she last heard from him... she had tried to call him once but his phone was switched off... "Hey, did I wake you?" Alex said as soon as she answered the call... "Not really, I wasn't in a deep sleep... are you done with your meeting... sorry I missed your call. I was in a meeting too, " Juliet said, and Alex sighed deeply... "You don't have to be, I missed your call too... I just got back to my hotel room... I have to go soon, " He said, and silence reigned between the two of them after... "Did you have dinner yet?" Alex broke the silence... "Yes, I did and lunch too," Juliet lied... she had skipped lunch and slept off when she got home, so she only had breakfast... she didn't want him to worry, so she lied... "What about you?" "I'm about to have dinner," Alex answered... "Then I should leave you to it then," Juliet said but didn't get a response. Instead, her phone started to ring... she brought the phone away from her ear and saw that Alex was trying to change the voice call to a video call... Juliet immediately tried to make her hair better because she was sure it was dishevelled... she cleared her throat before she answered the video call... "Hi," She said as soon as she saw his face... he looked tired, like he had not been getting a lot of sleep... Has he been overworking himself... she hoped Not.. "Hey." A smile appeared on Alex's face immediately he saw her... she had immediately brightened up his mood... "I feel much better now that I've seen your face," Alex said, and a smile appeared on Juliet's face... she really did miss him a lot... He was about to say something else to juliet, but a knock on his room door interrupted them... Alex turned to look behind him and back at her... he sighed deeply. "I will call you tomorrow, I promise," Alex said, and she nodded... he ended the call after, and she laid back down on his bed... why wouldn't they let him rest... it was night already... if he had a busy day, then he should rest when he was done... Also, she noticed the room... was what a suite room... Juliet didn't pay much attention to his surroundings at first, but when he had looked back at his room door... she bad gotten a glimpse of the room... Maybe his company was really generous because it wasn't just any suite room... it looked really big... she wasn't sure about the exact size... wondering about that also made juliet start thinking about things... The cars he drove... mostly her attention was on him, so she never placed her mind on something else... "He drove different cars," She muttered... He rarely drove the same cars twice anytime he came to see her... And his cars were just ordinary cars... The last time he drove a BMW... and then a Porshe... why was she just noticing... Was that probably his company car... Juliet got up from her bed and started to pace around Her room. which company would let their employee drive around in such expensive cars or did he work for a car dealship... even though he did, it was really weird, unless, of course, he owned the cars... Juliet gave her head a little shake. "I shouldn't overthink things," She muttered... when he returned, she would try to ask him about it... she has tried to ask about it before, but he had been vague about it, like he was trying to hide something from her... Juliet stopped pacing around and took a seat on her bed... She picked up her phone and then dropped it... Everything was really weird to her... Who was he really