Miss CEO's Bodyguard
By Yusriani Putri
Date: January 8, 2024
Ch. 2323


Henry was pensive on a park bench in Louisa's backyard. It's been three hours, and he hasn't even done anything or even left there. Henry lowered his head to look at the interlocked fingers of his hands. There was a line of worry on his face that he could neither speak nor express. In those three hours, Louisa didn't even say anything to him. Since getting into the car, even though Henry had asked and insisted, Louisa was just silent and pensive.

Soon, Henry crose from his seat. He lifted his head and stared blankly. "It can't go on like this. I have to do something... I can't just sit back and wait. After all, Louisa couldn't face all this alone. She owns me."

Henry walked into Louisa's room which was on the second floor. Henry was silent, when he realized that the door to Louisa's room was not closed tightly. There was a small gap open there. Henry leaned closer and tried to stay still. Henry, who was peeking in the small gap, suddenly gasped when he heard sobs coming from inside Louisa's room. This he had never known before. Louisa was crying... Henry's mind spoke as if he couldn't believe it with his ears. Henry himself began to focus his eyes there.

“I'm sorry, Dad... Mom... I feel so lost today. I... I don't know what I can do after this. I don't know how to get out of George Tomkins' circle. He wanted to curb my whole life. Even though I've tried legal things, he can always do illegal things to against me. Then what should I do now?” Louisa was heard muttering.

Henry saw Louisa who was sitting with her back facing the balcony of her room, sitting on the bed with her legs raised, and Louisa who was hugging her knees, burying her head there. Henry clenched his right palm. Louisa's body seemed to be shaking, from crying. "And then, today he asked me to leave Henry..."

Henry rolled his eyes. Louisa was silent for a moment, and started to raise her head and then wiped the tears that ran down her face roughly using her right palm there. "But I will never do that. I will never leave him. I would never do that... because I can't. I can't leave his side, because I love him so much. I love Henry. If I just left him, it would hurt not only Henry, but myself too… Dad, Mom, I love Henry Stiles. I fell in love with him...”

Henry immediately began to back away and away from the door of Louisa's room there. His eyes moved wildly, before finally walking away from Louisa's house. His face looks hard with his palms tightly clenched. His eyes were burning and smoldering from the emotions he was holding back in his heart. Henry got into the car and immediately left Louisa's house.

***

Louisa woke up quickly from her sleep. She fell asleep while drowning in her sadness and tears earlier. Louisa sat on the bed, then fell silent, glanced at the alarm clock on the table, and showed two in the morning. Louisa straightened her messy hair and rubbed her face, before getting up from the bed. Louisa walked slowly out of her room and realized that her house was still brightly lit. "Where's Henry? Why didn't he turn off the light?" She muttered.

Louisa walked down to Henry's room which was on the first floor. Opened the door to the room and found no one. "Henry?" Louisa started calling out Henry's name. Louisa closed the door again, then walked quickly to the kitchen. Confusion as well as anxiety that became one instantly hit Louisa at this time.

"Henry?" Louisa was silent in the kitchen, no one was there. Except for a white box with a piece of orange paper on it which is on the dining table. Louisa frowned, and began to approach the dining table. Take the small piece of paper and start reading it. 'I have to go for three days to Hampstead, on a family business. I wanted to tell you, but I saw that you were already asleep, so I didn't have the heart to wake you up and tell you this. Louisa, I love you. Wait for me to come back in three days... I'll get back to you soon. Don't forget to open the box...'

Louisa smiled a little and started to open the white box that was there. Inside was a chocolate cake inside a plastic mica with a small red ribbon on the outside and a white hoodie on the bottom of the mica cake. Louisa took the two out and placed them on the dining table. Louisa took the chocolate cake to the kitchen and put it in the refrigerator. At least she could eat it in the morning. After that, Louisa walked while carrying the white hoodie in her arms towards the room. When she arrived at the room, Louisa lay on the bed hugging the hoodie that Henry had given her quite tightly.

"I will definitely miss you so much, Henry." She muttered softly before finally falling back into her deep sleep once again.

***

“I want you all to know that after this fire at the Tomkins House data center, we need to do a lot more work. I also want you to work well together. I know doing all the work that was already done one more time would be tiring and boring, but I promise after that, I'll give you all the appropriate rewards.”

Louisa gave a small smile when she already finished speaking there. And all the employees who were in the big meeting together were immediately excited to feel happy. Louisa herself never thought, after so many years of behaving and now that she has started to open up little by little, everyone still cares and respects her so much. “Alright, you guys can get to work now. After that, you can immediately bring the results of your work to my office. And I'll check it out for myself later. Before that, please take your lunch time,” continued Louisa as she walked away from the meeting room.

Louisa walked slowly out of the main building of Tomkins House and towards the data building which was still under repair there. Louisa looked closely at the building. Many construction workers are working on the necessary repairs. Louisa sighed before starting to walk closer to the construction foreman who was standing outside the data building to give directions to the workers. While the foreman who saw Louisa's arrival, immediately approached her. "Miss Louisa, you are here?" He asked and tried to make a small talk with her.

Louisa nodded her head with a faint motion. “Yeah, I just want to see the progress of the repair of this data building. Is everything going well?”

The foreman smiled slightly and nodded his head. "Of course, Miss. Everything is alright. No problem at all. We do what you want and you told us to do. Look."

Louisa looked back at the workers there. Yes, they fixed the building. Louisa had asked the foreman early on, that she wanted the building to have the same shape as before. She decided that she didn't want to change the shape of the data building. After all Tomkins House is full memory of her parents in back time. She didn't want those memories to turn into something else and gone. “Okay, I'm just stopping by for a bit. Thank you so much and you guys all can continue this work, so that it can be finished quickly," said Louisa as she said goodbye to leave.

Louisa turned and walked towards the parking lot, where her car was. Today she drives herself alone. It had been three days since Henry had gone to Hampstead, and not a single message had arrived on her cell phone. She was so worried of course. It's just that every time Louisa tries to reach Henry and the line ends up in the voice mailbox. That means Henry's cell phone has been inactive for three days. Louisa felt annoyed and furious, just didn't know what to do. Louisa started her car slowly towards one of the closest restaurants at Tomkins House. As soon as she arrived, Louisa immediately parked the car and entered the restaurant.

Louisa ordered food and drinks, but her mind kept wandering to Henry. I don't know what happened to Henry. He promised to call me, but it's been three days and there hasn't been a single message or call for him from Henry. Louisa thought. But when it started to spend about an hour there, Louisa was immediately surprised when she saw Henry who was opposite the restaurant was.

A wide smile appeared on Louisa's lips, she rushed to pay for the order she had eaten and left the restaurant. But Louisa's steps stopped when she saw Henry met Jane there. They seemed to be conversing, but Henry's stern expression made Louisa wonder. As for Jane herself, she had stretched out her hands to grab Henry, but Henry kept trying to dodge.

Louisa couldn't stand it anymore when she saw all these things, and her body turned cold when she saw Jane who managed to hug Henry tightly there.

What really happened between them? Louisa's mind was wondering with feelings of anxiety, suspicion and doubt.



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