The tall man"s figure entered into the office. Today had been a victorious day for him, he loosened his tie and sat down on his office chair. The office door suddenly opened and someone came in. "How was your date?" asked the curious man who walked in.
"What? Are jealous Tony?" Skylar let out a smile on his lips.
"No,"
"She is fearless, I think she would be the perfect woman to be my wife." Skylar was a.n.a.lysing Tony"s face to grasp any sort of emotion.
"She has always been that way. " a smile could be seen on Tony"s face while he reminensed the memories he had with Miray.
"Tony, remember who you are married to."
"Yes I do, but you might want to think again about marrying her... Wouldn"t that mean I have slept with both your mother and wife?...."
Silence came between them, one could tell the tension between the two was intense. Tony had married Skylar"s mother after his father pa.s.sed away. He was always against the idea of his mother getting a younger lover but her happiness mattered the most. Tony had been helpful recently, with the opening of the new branch since he had lived in the country a few years back. That was the only reason Skylar could tolerate his presence, otherwise the two never talked.
"Once I make her mine, no trace of you will be seen on her... I am sure you won"t go against our marriage since you already love your daughter in law, Father." The room"s temperature dropped because of the coldness the two men were emitting.
Tony gritted his teeth in anger, "don"t think she is that easy!! The only reason I left her was because she needed to be with someone deserving her love. That person can"t be you."
Skylar smiled, seeing Tony getting angry was too satisfying for him, "Will see.. "
Tony walked out and banged the office door showing his anger. "This is my fault, I shouldn"t have told them I knew her. I have to stop this beast from getting her." He took out his phone to make a phone call.
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It was him. The man she had spent two hours dining with. Miray rushed out of the ladies room with a lot of anger piling up in her. She looked around and no one was in sight. She grabbed her bag hoping to catch him outside when someone stopped her.
"Miss!! Wait up!" Miray turned around and it was one of the waiters.
"He left these for you " , the waiter smiled and showed his lovely cheeks that made him look younger.
"Oh... Thank you," for some reason Miray was polite towards that young fellow. It was a note and a little box that Skylar had left for her.
"Miray, what you seek is seeking you.. I am waiting for my reply :)"
Everything was just too much for her to process. After entering her car, she started to shiver. Miray"s therapist told her that the reason behind her shiver was because of holding in too much emotions that her body was beginning to react. Most of the times, something like this would happen, Miray would go for a jog or do some sport activity in order to stabilize herself. She sat down in her car for fifteen minutes trying to calm down, when Joe suddenly called.
"h.e.l.lo Mimi, did you go through what I sent you?"
"Y..ess..I di...d," Miray was trying her best to hold it together.
Their was a long pause between them, "jo...o..ee?", Miray called out.
"Miray, stay there, I am coming.."
"O..kk", Miray did not want to keep the conversation going, she was trying to focus on stabilizing herself.
15 minutes later a black SUV car came to the parking area where Miray"s car was. Two men wearing black suits stepped out. One of them got Miray out of her car to the backseat of the SUV car. Joe was in the backseat and he helped to get Miray into the car. He wrapped her in his arms holding her close to him, Miray could smell his cigarette scent. At that moment, she was still shivering.
"For ho..w loo..ng have you kn...own?..."
"Ssssh, be quite.. I will get you home right away. Fred will get your car, since you can"t drive now..."
Miray was trying to figure out how Joe had known something she had kept from everybody else, including her family.
"Noo, taa..kee, me to ai..rr..port A.... I am going to vi...sii..t Hazel."
"Oh, you need to get some fresh air... Show me your ticket," .. Miray got her phone and showed him the ticket Nene had sent to her earlier.
Miray used to fly to city L, three or four times a month. Her best friend Hazel was her biggest anchor. After spending time with her best friend, she would feel refueled and ready to fight again.
"Joo..ee, thaa...nnnkk you", Miray was grateful.
The drive to airport A took them two hours. It must have been the warmth and security she felt from Joe"s arms that made her feel relaxed enough to sleep. Miray had always considered Joe as a father, not only because he was 20 years older than her but because of the protection he had always provided to her. When they reached the airport, there was still two hours to her flight and Joe allowed her to continue sleeping in his arms.
Holding Miray like that made Joe remember the first time they met. She was always smiling back then, her life was colourful. "It must have been that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Tony." Joe remembered how bitter Miray became the moment Tony left. That was the time she started to work harder while being distant with everyone else and Joe decided to be her mentor for that was the only way he could continue to keep her close. Without her knowing it, she had become dependent on him till now. That was all he wanted, to be close to her....Please go to to read the latest chapters for free