Chapter 70
The meeting .
Micheal dragged in the smoke coming from the cigarette in his hand . He was trying so hard to forget the face of the little smiley boy that he saw today .
And he is have quite a little luck in doing so . The lady's voice kept haunting him . Heck , he was feeling deja Vu since his encounter with her .
He took in another wisp of smoke .
He'd better get working .
He stood up swiftly , and placed the cigarette on the saucers . Leaving it there to extinguish itself .
His phone rang and he made no move to pick up the call . He isn't in the mood for any chit chat today .
He sat down on the sofa , with the laptop on his lap . He was currently working on some projects and he needs to be done with it before day break. It's no big deal though .
It's not like he'll be able to sleep comfortably today , he was going to keep dreaming about a boy with long black hair and an enchanting smile
His phone rang again and he let out a string of curses before picking it up
"Hello ? . " He assumed a bored look on his face and hoped that his voice had the same tone to it .
"Hello Mike . How are you ??. " The shrill voice that belonged to none other than Nancy , rang out from the cell phone . He had to move the phone from his ear to avoid having a blotched ear . She was too loud !!
"Mm . " Was his reply . He needed her to know that he has no time for chit chat .
"Aunt Alicia told me you travelled to Canada yesterday . It was a Shame though . I had something to do in Canada tommorow . We could have left together . It'll save me transport fare . " She let out a sigh , then a girly giggle that annoys the shit out of him
"Too bad . I'll hang out now . "
"Ahh wait . Which hotel are you staying in ? I'll go there too . You know everywhere is not safe this days . Especially for girls like me . So being next to you is quite safer and more advisable . "
"Bye . " He hung up on her and tossed his phone away somewhere .
She's been behaving weirdly ever since the incident that happened three years ago . In her so called attempt to comfort and console him , she had kissed him one faithful night and it took all his self control not to bang her little head on the wall over and over again until it bursted in his fingers while her blood spill out to stain the cream colored wall .
He chuckled as he remembered the that day . He pushed her out of his room with his eyes all red and blurry . Failure to do so , she would have been admitted to the hospital .
He adjusted his glasses and continue his work . It was going to be tough but nothing could be tougher than trying to concentrate when all you could see in your head is just a floating picture of a boy and his mom .
He removed his glasses , cleaned it with the tip of his clothes . He sighed again
"I miss you Emily. I know it's been so long but I miss you . " He spoke into space as memories swarmed into his head .
Those time she was always tired and worn out from all his errand , those times when she'll glare hard at him thinking he didn't notice .
When she'll grit her teeth nonstop as he was acting all mighty and dominant .
All those ! . Remembering all of those , made his heart ache . Ache so hard that he doesn't know when a lone tear streamed down his face. ..
He really did missed her .
"Where are you ?? . " He held the pen up and stared at it as if looking for the answer
You don't know what you have till it's gone . It's true
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Emily hummed a Melody that she picked somewhere , while tieing up her hair into a ponytail . She made sure to get each and every strand so that none of them would start causing a nuisance for her .
Her thought strayed away to yesterday and her heart unknowingly did flip flops in her chest . It was him .
No doubt , as the fine sculptured jaw and the black crystal orbs belonged to no one but him . His sensual plumb lips were curved in smiles as he gazed down at Ezekiel with so much admiration .
She just hope it's a one time thing ! That she wouldn't meet him again . Her heart flew out of her chest and her mouth went dry when she saw him .
There he was , in his all glorious height and his black sleek hair against the sunlight . That kept sparkling and his strong veiny arms held Zeke up to steady him .
How could fate do this to them ?? They met again ?
Then the time stop ticking when both of their eyes met and they couldn't take it off each other for a minute. Emily was the one who quickly averted her gaze and resumed crying and shouting hysterically for Zeke .
Seeing him again made him realize how much he missed him . How much her heart aches for him . Those bottled up emotion , those pent up feelings , those locked up feeling came swirling around her again .
And it's almost knocked her out of her senses . She wasn't surprised when he did not recognize her . She had changed !
Time had changed and she had Zeke now . He didn't know . Neither does he need to know about it . This was her secret .
And they .....
Her chain of thought broke , when Zeke's head came peeking from the door .
"Mom ? We're done eating . Guess you're the late one today . Mariah and I will be waiting for you downstairs !! . " He skidded off, giggling away and saying something about how his mom was a late comer .
Emily repacked her hair tightly , as if locking back all her feelings inside the hair . She put on a dangling silver earring that had a little diamond stuck in it lower part . She sprayed some perfumed and stared at her reflection in the mirror .
And nodded satisfied
Yes ! She looked mature and sophisticated.
And she smells rich.
She got downstairs and met Mariah and Zeke taking pictures. Zeke was standing on the white Ferrari and Mariah was the photographer.
"Yeah yeah good . Yeah ! Another pose . " Mariah kept repeating not knowing that Emily is already watching them .
"Yeah ! Get off my car this instant . Who told you I'm taking this car today ? Nah . I'll be taking this green one to match my outfit . Aren't I a genuis ? . " Emily twirled around in the short minty green gown that she was wearing . She had a sunglasses on and looked so cute and chic
"Mom ! Let's take this Ferrari ! " Zeke whined and Mariah pouted
"Nah . Not today . " She winked at him and went into the green car . It was a chic sports car and it cost her a few million dollars .
They entered the car and Emily put in in auto drive mode . Yes ! The car could drive itself .
"Mariah . The proposal is still pending ,? Our investors will be visiting today . I need to review it before they arrived . "
"Oh right ! I'm done with it . I'll submit it to you when we get to office . " Mariah replied .
They got to Zeke's school and she parked the car . Waiting for Zeke to get out
"Mom you didn't forget about your promise right ,? Mariah would come to pick me up today and we'll both head to your office . " Zeke reminded his mom .
Emily smiled and nodded before replying him
" Yes . How can I forget about the promise I made to my little Prince?? Mariah would pick you up later and we'll have lunch together . Bye . Love you . "
"Love you Mom . Love you Mariah . " Zeke replies Cordially and got off the car .
Emily turned on the radio and Mariah groaned .
"Not the radio please . You know I hate listening to that thing . "
Emily laughed and shrugged
"Too bad . I love listening to radio . What should we do ? . " She pretend to think for a while before saying
"How about you get off from the car instead ?? Don't you think? . "
"You're a mad person Jennie . A bad bad person. Let's keep listening till radio . Now and forever . Till thy kingdom cometh . " Mariah rolled her eyes and laughed .
Both of them ended up laughing uncontrollably, not even knowing the reason why .
They got to the office and Emily answered her staff to the best of her capability . She wasn't really a social thing .
She went to her office but not before reminding Mariah to bring in the proposal.
Few minutes later , Mariah brought I the files and she got to work .
A gasp left her mouth , her eyes widened and she broke into cold sweat .
Their core investor was the Gerald,?? Like the Gerald communication!!!
What the fvck ??
She rang the telephone on her table and had Mariah running in
"What's wrong ?? You sounded so urgent and appalled " Mariah panted like she just finished a relay race .
"What is this ?? . " She pointed to the files on her table
That statement made Mariah scratched her neck . What does she mean ??
"That's the proposal of course !. " Mariah pointed out the obvious
"The Gerald are the investor that we're expecting today ?? The Gerald ? Like those popular in business world ? " Emily asked again . Almost screaming
"Yes . Ok what's wrong ?? Cos you're already behaving weirdly . Why do you look as if you've seen a ghost ?? You've got to talk now . Or maybe talk later . We are expecting them to be here by 10 o clock . So you'd better get to checking it out and whatnot . We have no time to waste right now . " Mariah ranted off and Emily said nothing .
She just looked outside without seeing anything .
"Alright you can get going . I understand .." Emily shooed Mariah away
Emily stared outside at the window , she stood up from his seat and paced throughout the office .
This is 9 o clock !! And they'll be here soon
How can she not know about this ? She could only hope that Micheal isn't the one who is going to come .
But it seems like she'll have quite a tough luck with that . As she saw Micheal yesterday .
This is going to be harder than she thought . She prayed that Micheal wouldn't recognize her , just like he didn't yesterday .
She went back to her seat , to go through the file . She couldn't allow a mistake , no matter who their investor was !-