Elle stood near the jersey listening to its owner's worries.
Her hands were patting the cow's body to make it accustomed to her touch.
"She has not been eating properly and is lethargic to even walk."
"What about milking?"
"She was milking much more than her normal capacity since last few days but now she is not giving any."
Elle nodded as she placed her hand near the cow's face to find it's pulse.
"Has she calved recently?"
"Yes..she gave birth to a calf a few days back"
Finally, Elle measured her temperature and her doubts were confirmed.
96°F was much lower than its normal temperature of 101.5 .
She pulled an injection and filled it with the required medicine.
Gently placing her one hand on the cow she injected the medicine.
Slowly rubbing over the spot she turned to her owner.
"Will she be fine...I am really worried... that's why I called you from the city..."
"Don't worry she will recover in 2-3 days.
Due to calving and over milking her calcium levels have dropped and she is having milk fever. It's good you called me early ,before it reached the third stage."
"Oh thank god! That's a relief!"
"I have injected her with one-third heterogeneous mixture of calcium and it's substituted. She will be back to normal in a few days."
The owner sighed and thanked her as she smiled back at him.
Her phone rang and she excused herself.
It was Ashton's driver and she wondered why he was calling her.
"Ma'am I am sorry to disturb you but Sir has forgotten his phone in your car.
He needs it urgently...can you tell me your location so that I can collect it?"
"I was on my way back..... don't worry I will give it to him."
"Are you sure Ma'am....or I can collect it...you don't need to-"
"It's completely fine for me don't worry."
"Okay Ma'am thanks"
Elle made her way back to her car to see 34 missed calls on his phone.
It was locked as expected and she decided to hurry back.
On her way back his phone kept on ringing non-stop and she thought maybe it was important.
Name Amanda showed on the screen and for a second her heart felt heavy and ached.
Why was she calling him?
Didn't she say he had rejected her?
Ignoring she kept driving and soon she reached his multi-storey office building.
Stepping in she looked up at the interiors and gulped.
Her self consciousness returning.
She just came from a place surrounded by cows to a place like this.
Her eyes trailed lower to find her shoes covered in mud, ruining the shine of Italian tiles underneath.
Her jeans had patches of mud and her plain top was too plain for a place like this.
Sighing she opens her hair, allowing them to cover her face from everyone's gaze atleast.
Placing the fringe behind her ear she slowly approached the reception office.
3 model like women and one man were sitting there.
They had phone placed near their ears and each one of them was speaking to someone else.
People looked like robots here and she felt like to be the only human here.
No one even speared her a look and she found this relaxing.
"Excuse me!"
Her scared voice failed to get the receptionists attention and she felt embarrassed looking around.
Again she tried but failed.
Finally, the boy sitting at the next reception table saw her struggles and asked her politely.
"Good evening miss Welcome to Lockwood industries..how may I help you?"
"Hi...actually I wanted to meet Ashton....can you please tell me where I can find him?"
He looked shocked for a second but soon covered it up with a smile.
All those other receptionists stilled for a second as they stared at her.
One even managed to chuckle at her question.
Did I say something amusing?She those.
"I am really sorry ma'am but do you by any chance mean Sir Ashton Lockwood?"
"Yaa...who else?"
She questioned irritated by their stupid questions.
"And who may you be?"
"I am Elle"
She wanted to say her full name but refrained.
They didn't know who she is so she guesses her being married to Ashton was not a known thing.
"Miss Elle I am sorry but Sir is busy in a meeting right now. You can wait if you want to."
"No, it's really important!! I have to meet him now only....I have his phone with me ....see"
She took out the phone from her pocket and showed it to them ,all of them looking closely to see if it really did belonged to him.
One even managed to say something in others ear as they laughed together.
Unfortunately, Elle heard her.
"I bet she is a thief!! Have you seen her clothes?"
Elle knew her t-shirt was 2 sizes bigger and her Jean washed out and faded but she didn't expect them to notice her to that extent.
The boy took hold of the phone from Elle and looked at it closely.
"It is definitely Sir Ashton's phone but I can't let you in. If you want I can hand it over to him?"
She doesn't know if she can trust him , if she looses his phone he will have her head for sure.
She looks around lost and confused.
"I... don't know.... it's okay I guess I will wait."
He smiled back and she returned ,clutching his phone back in her hands.
She felt afraid of this unknown environment and looked around to see if she can find someone she knew.
To her surprise, Ashton's phone again rang in her hands and she looked down to see some "finance head floor 2" calling.
As soon as she pressed the green button the voice on the other side spoke,sounding urgent.
"Sir the audit trail has been found. The lost funds were traced back-"
"Sorry but this is Elle"
"Who Elle? Isn't this Sir Ashton's phone!"
"It is but he forgot it...I am his wife speaking"
"Oh, I am really sorry Ma'am pardon my tone."
"No..no it's fine....can you tell me where Ashton would be ...I am sitting in the reception area waiting"
"No worries ma'am you can come up on 56th floor... Sir would be there. If anyone asks,you can take my name "Sam Montessori "
"Thank you so much, Sam....but where can I find the elevator?"
She asked confused as to where to find the directions.
"Just go straight and turn the second left. Take the golden elevator as only that one comes to this floor.
The elevators are according to even and odd floors."
"Oh thank you so much, Sam."
"Pleasure is all mine miss Lockwood. Take care"
She followed his directions to reach the golden elevator.
A guard stood in front of it giving her a questioning gaze.
"Sam Montessori.....he is expecting me."
The guard analysed her from head to toe but still nodded.
She sighed in relief as the door was opened and she entered.
Finally.
"Which floor ma'am?"
"56th"
And with this, the guard entered the number and the door closed.
Finally alone in the elevator, she sighed and looked back to see a big glass mirror overlooking the entire building.
Her eyes were jumping from tiny figures who were busy working on each floor.
Everyone had a task to complete except their tasks were not as simple as that of hers.
She for a second wondered why Ashton's name made them question her but this Sam's name didn't.
Her brain could only muster up one reply which was that Ashton's name was too big coming from her lips for others to believe her.
He was no doubt the very owner of this million dollars business.
A feeling of proudness engulfed her as she placed her fingers on her lips and smiled to herself.
The door pinged and she immediately stood straight staring at the floor.
"He is cancelling this deal! What does he think of himself that egoistic bas****!!Henry never behaved with me like this!"
The man silenced as the other man called him and motioned for her presence in the elevator as well.
The man who shouted earlier looked at her and gave her a disgusted look.
She knew who they were talking about but decided to ignore and continue to stare at the people outside the mirror.
"Sir calm down it's fine
.. no one can offer him a better price than us..he will come back to us"
Soon they left and she enjoyed the silence again.
Finally reaching his floor the door opened.
She looked around to find this floor completely contrasting to other floors.
There was pin-drop silence here as she moved further.
To her welcome, she saw a few people standing in front of a door with looks of fear evident in their eyes.
"We are going to be fired!"
"Oh please don't utter rubbish...we just mixed the presentations and that's it"
"He threw that file at the floor!"
One screamed in horror as he was peeping through the lines of the binds in the office glass.
The others also hurriedly glued their eyes to the opening to see what was going on.
"Shit! He looks very angry!"
"Sean it's your fault!! Why did you place it over there!"
"He is coming! Hurry move back!! Move back dammit!!"
Then suddenly the door opened and a booming voice was heard.
"Project Team!! Inside !! Now!!"
Elle herself froze hearing his angry voice.
She could feel what others were feeling right now.
She saw them trying to put on a brave front and enter the room.
She was already feeling bad for the poor souls who were shaking with fear.
She wanted to protect them from his fear but she knew she could herself become a victim to it.
She again waited and after a few minutes, people walked out of the room in silence.
All of them glared at her wondering what a girl like her was doing there.
When suddenly one of them stopped near her and ordered her.
"Get us few glasses of water! It was damn tense in there!"
Confused she thought of correcting him but instead couldn't find the correct words.
She found a water purifier and few glasses near the corner and went to serve them.
Filling the water in the glasses she placed the tray in front of them and they all keenly gulped the water down.
Few even asked to refill and she politely did it.
But then to her horror, one of them dashed past her clumsy self ,hitting her elbow in the process and making all the glasses come crashing down.
"For fuc* sake can't you see woman! I don't know people like you even get hired!"
Said the one who just hit her elbow.
Tears brimmed her eyes as she lowered her face in shame.
"It's fine man! You are being too harsh on her!"
Said another one of them coming to her rescue.
"Harsh? What harsh!! It is her work!! Now clean this mess you have created!! Why are standing there doing nothing!"
She didn't know what to say or do so she decided to crouch down and collect the pieces of broken glass.
Just when she was going to touch the piece of glass a voice roared making everyone to freeze there.
"What the hell is going on in here!"
The source of the sound was much more dangerous.
His eyes were fixed on only one person and disappointment was clear in them.
He was disappointed to see her here.
She looked down to continue picking the pieces when another roar echoed in the silence.
"Everyone! Out! Now!"
Within seconds the people scattered like they were running for their life.
She found herself alone to face the wrath of this beast.
"What are you doing here?"
She refused to leave work and answer him.
Truth being she couldn't even look at him after creating such a scene at his workplace.
"Just leave this sh** and Fu**** answer me ! What you are doing here?"
She stood up looking at him with her teary eyes.
But his expression didn't soften watching the moisture in them.
"Why were you serving them! Are you a maid here! And why the hell are you dressed like that!"
"I....they asked me for water.....I just..."
"So what! Can't you say I am not a maid here! Put your mouth to some fuc*** use Elle don't just go nodding your head to every damn thing!"
More tears flood out as his harsh words showed her the reality.
He was right.
She should have dressed well.
She should have told them that she was not a worker here.
But then little could he understand that for her no work was big or small.
"I.... it's...alright....I am fine!"
"It's not only about you! What will they think if afterwards, they come to know that you are my wife! They will laugh at my backs and make it a joke!"
She was taken back by his words.
He cared so much about his reputation ?
Did nothing else mattered to him?
With the little courage left in her, she asked the very question she was dying to ask him since the day she got married him.
"Are....are you ashamed of me?"
Her innocent question made his anger evaporate in thin air.
Was he ashamed of her?
The very question made him freeze for a second.
And she found acceptance in his silence.
His lack of response had made her believe what everyone has ever said to her.
Ugly, disgrace,bi*chy, unworthy and what not.
Placing his phone on a table she whispered the words through broken sobs.
"I....I just..t came to give th..is"
With this, she turned to leave and made her way to the elevator.
Regret filled his insides as he saw her returning in silence.
"Wait Elle listen.....!"
But she was not listening.
His silence has told her all.
She entered the elevator and pressed the button frantically when he places his hand in the center. Making the sensors to open the door for him and close behind him.
"Elle it is not about being ashamed but you should know how to look appropriate. You carry my name with you and people judge others by seeing the clothes they wear and purses they carry."
He cupped her face in his hands and wiped her tears with his thumb.
"Elle"
He whispered again but she was not willing to open her eyes.
"I can't...pl...ease....let me be....I can't be like them... it's...better..if you don't tell them I am..your wife...."
"When the ...door opens.....you go...first...I will come out later...."
"Any you think I will listen to you because....?"
He asked with a smirk plastered on his face and one eyebrow raised in surprise.
Next, they know the lift was going to reach the ground floor already and she tried to move away from him.
Placing both his hands on her sides he had entrapped her and the fear of people seeing them was evident in her innocent brown orbs.
"In a hurry wifey?"
She pushed his arms but he is much stronger.
"Please....they will see us!!"
"Didn't you ask me if I was ashamed of you...well let this be your answer."
With this, he moved towards her lips but decided to change his route suddenly.
Placing gentle kisses on her jawline he started showering her neck with small pecs making her legs to feel jelly all of a sudden.
"Please...no....please....Ashton.. someone will see.....I beg you to-"
With this, he slammed his fist on a button and the lift came to an emergency stop in the middle.
She looked wide-eyed at him through those red lights now blinking inside the lift.
The lift has stopped one floor above and the glass wall of the elevator showed the hall below.
"How..... could....you.....?"
But she couldn't continue as he placed his territorial claim on her by gently biting her neck and she moaned with pleasure.
His one hand grabbed onto her waist to stop her shaking legs from falling while the other deepened his access by holding onto her neck.
Pulling her towards the glass wall ,her hands were placed on the glass and he continued to place kisses on her neck from behind.
She could see the people down through the glass and the fear of them seeing her in such a heated session with Ashton embarrassed her.
"Ash-"
Her words were lost as his lips moved to her earlobe and he placed a kiss behind her ear.
The assault on her sensitive spot shook her very core and she had to place her hands on the glass firmly to stop herself from falling.
"This is my territory dear wifey....I can do whatever I want here."
His hand on her waist pulled her towards his chest as he found her shivering and shaking from merely his touch.
"Don't you ever say that I am ashamed of you my ugly duckling... Or next time I won't mind claiming you in front of everyone to the extent of you begging me to continue."
His breath on her ears and the meaning of his words made her an emotional mess.
These new feelings she never experienced before were much more powerful than what she had expected from reading in those romantic novels.
It was controlling her like a drug and she liked getting addicted to it.
"Do you understand?"
She nodded but he wanted something else.
Pulling up her chin with his index fixer he forced her to look into his eyes and reply.
"Y...e..s....I...un.... understand"
He smiled at her inability to reply just because of a small heated session.
One look at her flushed face and he knew he was successful in fixing his wife's broken state.
"Was it a cow today?"
He asks and she looked shocked by how he knew it.
"You smell of a Cowpen"
He said and she turned red in embarrassment.
He laughed at her reaction and she couldn't help wonder how beautiful his rarest of rare smile was.
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