Chapter 77
Song recommendation . The way you felt by Alec Benjamin .
The truth II
Emily just couldn't shake that feeling off her. That feeling of being about to experience a changing event
It kept clawing at her . And she keep ignoring it .
The telephone on her table rang , distracting her from her thought for a minute . She picked it up and waited for the caller to say something
"Mr Gerald is here ma'am . " The voice of the receptionist downstairs sounded inside her head . Her mouth went instantly dried and her eyes widened
What was Micheal doing here??
Had she unknowingly invited him into her office Yesterday when she was drunk ,? Had she said something that suggested about meeting today ?
Perhaps he was just here to finalize the business . Perhaps he was leaving for Newland . And Emily prayed for the latter
Then she'll be at ease . Her mind would stop bugging her non-stop
"Would you like him in ma'am?? " The voice said again .
She seemed to have zoned out for a bit
"Ahh yes . Let him in . " She sounded quaky and she didn't even know why
Barely some minutes later , the door opened and her so did her heart.
He came in , wearing nothing but a crisp white shirt and a tie.
His suit was no where in sight . His hair was parted as usual and instead of the wavy style of yesterday . It was sleeked backwards revealing his daunting forehead.
He looked sharp and cold . His face was devoid of expression and Emily was racking her brain wondering where and when had things gotten wrong
When did things took a turn for the worse ??
They stood there for passing minutes , not saying anything .
"Good morning Mr Gerald . A lovely surprise to see you here . Though I must say , I wasn't expecting you here for quite sometime again . At least until we've called . " She smiled politely at him . She received nothing I return
No smile , no nothing
He stared at her , hard and long.
Emily gulped in some nervous intake of air . Her mind was confused and her head was starting to get hot .
Where they here for staring competition??

"Good morning Miss Jennie . " His face angled into a devious smirk . And his eyes glinted with unknown evil
Something was definitely wrong somehow . And her instinct kept gnawing at her but she downright ignored it . This was no time for instinct plays m
"Have a seat sir . " She pointed to the comfortable looking chair in front of her . The chair had rollers and soft leathers ensuring the comfort of whoever seats there .
Emily even had one like that for herself . A chair that seems to be offering no comfort to her right now as the man in front of her was drilling a hole inside her head with his eyes
"Would you mind telling me what wrong sir ?? Your face seems to suggest so . " She added nervously . Another gulp of air .
Her feet suddenly felt cold and numb when she stared into his black orbs . The were totally void . And they looked dark . And brooding
"That was what I came here to ask . Miss Jennie . " He said in a lazy drawl .
And offered no answer to Emily's initial question . Making Emily stare at him in Suprise
"Or shall I say Emily ? ." He raised his eyebrows at her and smirked deviously .
Cold and hot sweat broke out on her forehead today , the lips gloss seems to be much more and perhaps it was mixed with glue , because her lips suddenly became sticky .
Her clothes got stuck to her body and her head spined. 360°
He had known . He had known!
Was the words that were ringing inside Emily's head .
That explained his odd behavior and his dark and almost soulless eyes .
As ridiculous as the situation may sound , she almost wanted to laugh .
"I thought he wouldn't know . " She thought inwardly .
"I thought I could keep fooling him . " She thought again as a pang of pain hit her so hard she almost stumbled out of the chair she was sitting on.
Her bile rose in her throat at his twisted face . From pain perhaps?

"I ....can explain . " She whispered .
What does she have to say ?!
"Oh you've got a damn lot of explaining to do dearie . " His throat bobbed up and down
"Follow me . " He stood up and slammed the door without looking back .
Her throat hurts ! From trying to keep the tears in!
She took her handkerchief from the table and cleaned her face . This is not the time to cry .
At least not yet.
She's got the feeling that they were going to be plenty of tears to cry today .
And this time around , she knows her gut feeling and instinct is right .
"Finally . My cover is blown . Finally he has found me . "
She felt elated and saddened at the thought.
The game of hide and seek is over .
*
Micheal stood up angrily from the seat she offered him and stalked towards the door . It took him quite a lot of self control not to punch the wall right there .
He entered the elevator as he seethed . He could has well have horns on his head right now .
He got to the garage where his car was parked . He kept pacing around , wondering what he could do to let off the steam .
He punched the wall ,
"Damnit !! " He punched it over and over again until his hand was bleeding and cut .
She was whimpering there , she stood rooted to the spot , watching him take it out on the innocent wall.
"We'll take my car . " He spoke with clenched teeth and got into the driver seat .
She scurried and sat beside him .
How could he not have known ??
She looked everything like his Emily . Her face her nose her mouth and even her way of talking
"You did a good job in fooling me . " He whispered lowly . But she heard anyways
And he didn't care
**
She breathed a sigh of relief when they got to the enormous mansion of yesterday . She had no time to admire the ethereal beauty of the place as the hurried to follow him .
She was almost running to meet his fast and angry pace . His long legs took no break ,making her own relatively short leg suffer

The got to where Emily assumed was the living room and yes she couldn't help but to be jaw dropped
This place look like heaven
It looked so little to where Someone was living
She was still shaking from the shock and suprise of his allegations or rather his shocking discovery .
He disappeared into somewhere and came back with a mug of hot something
He handed it to her with his blank face
"Here . It'll calm your nerves . " He handed the hot mug to her and sat opposite of hers
She murmured her muffled thanks and sipped the hot coffee .
It was sweet and she tempted to spat it out for a second . Until it occurred to her that she isn't in any position to say anything
"Now will you talk ? Or should I keep asking you ?? " The pained expression on his face broke her heart and the disappointment that lurked behind his face unnerved her
"It's a long story . "
"Of course it should be . " He smiled cynically . His rude and cynical words weren't helping in a bit
"Look ,I didn't mean for any of this to happen . " She begin slowly . Putting down the cup to gaze into his cold and distant eyes
"Like hell you didn't! . " He spat out furiously and stood up .
"Do you know how worried and confused I was ?? " He laughed bitterly
"Do you how many sleepless nights I had ?? Do you know how I had turned the whole country upside down looking for you ?? . You obviously don't . " The sharp tinge in his words stabbed her but he wasn't done yet .
He wasn't done with her yet
"I turned the whole country over looking for my wife !! Who was nowhere to be found barely a week to our marriage ! I lost my sanity and everything close to it! " He stopped and glanced at her sharply
She was crying now . Sobbing and weeping . She held her hand to her chest and was wailing hysterically
"I locked myself into a room , crying myself to stupor. Drinking and smoking like mad . Smoking weed at home . " He chuckled humorlessly . And made a sound that sounded like a scoff .?
She didn't know .
"Mom was beyond petrified . We had to cancel our marriage and things went upside down . Our stock plummeted as people begin to spread horrible rumor around . "
"Micheal I can...."
He lifted his finger up to silence her and resumed his lament
"Ahh poor Hana . She almost had an heart attack . She was in and out of hospital for days . Asking for Emily at every chance she gets . Mera was distraught and sad . She looked like a ghost . She ate nothing for days and the police station became her home. " He was now pacing about .
Emily could clearly point out the emotion in his voice . He wasn't angry again
His anger had faded off and he was hurt and sad and heart broken .
Emily was feeling bad all over again
"Do I need to mention mom ? Mom tried to be there for all of us , while secretly nursing her own sadness . She would cry nonstop in the dining room when everyone had retired ".
He sat down again and Emily wasn't suprised to see tears streaming down his eyes.
What suprised her was how he was bating his heart out in the open for her .
" I thought ... I thought .." his voice caught in his throat as he let out a silent sob
"I thought I had lost you forever! That I was never .. gonna see you again. The first year had been filled with denial and dismissal but still o didn't stop searching . " He looked at her softly
They both say there for minute? Or hours?? She didn't know .
She had lost track of time as the overwhelming sadness and regret had enveloped her in a cloak . Self regret and blame filled her throughly .
I shouldn't have done that . I should have called .
The voices filled her head and she weep some more .
She felt a strong arm around her shoulder , hugging her and saying nothing .
Letting her pour all of her hear out .
Micheal hugged her to himself , offering her the warmth she needed and the assurance he needs .
She was here now . She is here now .
He kept repeating to himself as he was still finding it hard to believe .
His search of three years is finally over and it wasn't in vain
He could wait .
Ten years . Twenty years .
Till she was ready to tell him