Micah heard her reply and didn’t say anything, he just kept silent.
“Do you know what it means to grow myrtle trees together?” Micah laid back and asked.
“Something about eternal lovers?” Eryna replied.
“Hmm…” he nodded, “ Then why did you plant it beside Ayden’s?” He asked in a tone that made it sound like he was hurt.
“Pfft…” Eryna cracked into laughter, “are you jealous?” Eryna jumped up of the bean bag and landed beside the bedding,
“Who said I was jealous?” Micah pulled away a bit and turned around,
“God!! If only I could solve this problem,” Eryna chuckled, “ but don’t worry about your brother too much, I am not trying to make him fall for me,”
Eryna thought that Micah was being defensive because he felt like Eryna was trying to fool Ayden for money, and he was spying on them to get some solid proof, so she tried to calm him.
“But what if I tell you he has already fallen for you?” Micah blurred out truthfully and waited for Eryna’s expressions to change but to his surprise, nothing happened.
“Trust me, it’s all a big confusion,” Eryna replied meaningfully.
“Sometimes you make me wonder…” Micah had opened up to her, their relationship had never been a friendly one, but it seemed as if the enemies had no one else to rely on rather than each other, they didn’t love each other but they didn’t hate each other too.
“Me too partner, Me too,” Eryna stared at the starry sky with twinkling eyes.
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The next day Ayden packed up and left, Ryder had transferred him off to another city. He was reluctant at first but suddenly he decided to go, Micah wasn’t too surprised to see him leave, and just like that, a few weeks passed without any major problems. Eryna kept on going to work and this time she had a great idea, whenever she was unable to do her work, she would simply forward it to Renya and she would willingly do it for her. The days went by silently and then one day Grayson Scott walked into the Luis Company's building holding onto a bouquet of white flowers. He was wearing formal clothes,
He took the elevator to the top floor where Micah’s office was located.
“Master, Mr. Scott is here to meet you,” His assistant told him.
“What is with this guy? Why does he keep on bugging me?” Micah muttered and gestured to the assistant to bring him in. He breathed out heavily and sat back while his eyes rested on the door. He was waiting for Taylor to walk in but to his surprise, it was Grayson that came in,
“What a surprise! Look who is here to meet me,” Micah spoke sarcastically, “ Did you bring me the flowers?” Micah asked in a taunting tone.
“Neither the flowers nor I am here to meet you,” Grayson replied with his stoic expression.
“That’s disappointing,” Micha replied.“So who ARe you here for?”
“I am here to take Renya away,” Grayson stated.
Micah got rigid when he heard those words.
“You have no authority to do that-she is legally my wife,” Micah got defensive.
“That is why I came here, I wanted to tell you that I am taking Renya away for a while, I will bring her back,” Grayson elaborated in his previous sentence in which Micah lessened his hostility.
“So are these for Renya?” Micah asked in a deep voice,
“You call her your wife and yet you don’t know that she is allergic to flowers?” Grayson taunted him, “they are not for Renya, they are for someone special,” Grayson completed, “now that could you call Renya for me?”
Grayson took a seat and stared at the flowers for a long time, until the door opened and Eryna walked in, at first she noticed Micah but the second her eyes met Grayson, her lips stretched into a broad smile.
“Brother!?” Eryna spoke with a surprised voice.
She was about to hug him tightly but suddenly she stopped.
‘Control yourself, he doesn’t know that you are Eryna,’ Eryna was very close to Grayson unlike Renya who was always scared of him, Grayson treated her nicely but they didn’t share the bond that Grayson and Eryna had,
“Do you remember what day it is?” Grayson asked.
“How can I forget,” Eryna mumbled, ‘How can I forget the day when I lost everything,’ Today was her wedding anniversary and her death anniversary. She had lost her husband today,
Micah was puzzled but he didn’t want to interrupt them, Grayson left along with Eryna, She didn’t speak to him, because Renya was never a talkative person. Eryna could act around like Renya in front of anyone but Grayson was different,
“I am sorry I didn’t come to meet you before this, I was busy with office work and I barely had time for anything,” Grayson explained to her so she wouldn’t think that he had abandoned her.
‘I know, you don’t have to tell me that,’ Eryna thought as she glanced at the flower bouquet.
‘You even bought my favorite flowers,’ Eryna felt like tears were about to slip out of her eyes.
She controlled her tears, they drove for a long time until they reached her flower path. Grayson walked alongside Eryna and looked at those blooming flowers with tender gaze,
“It’s been four years now, Four years that Eryna has left us, but there hasn’t been a single day that I felt like she has left my side,” Grayson spoke in a sorrowful voice. He walked closer to the oak tree and stood beside Eryna’s grave.
“How have you been my Wildflower?” He whispered gently,
“Did you miss me?—“ He crouched beside the grave and placed the flower on the grave.
“Look Renya is here too... You wanna know something funny?” Grayson looked around at Eryna, his eyes were red because of the tears that were forming in them, “ Tell her,” Grayson asked Eryna,
“Okay, I will tell her...Our Renya is a married woman now, she looked beautiful in the bride’s dress...unlike you,” His voice broke, he took a long breath before continuing. “ She looked like a princess, In the white gown-“ the tears he had kept in fell onto the grass… “Everything was perfect, it’s just you weren’t there,”
Grayson clenched the grass beside the grave tightly and sobbed bitterly.
“They say the pain of losing someone dear to you ends with time...but why? Why does it keep on getting more and more painful as time goes by!!”
Grayson shouted at the end.
Tears rolled down Eryna’s eyes uncontrollably, she had no idea how much the people she had left behind had suffered because of her, she wanted to run up to Grayson and hug him tightly and tell him that she is right here,
“I hope you are happy now, I hope you are at peace now,” Grayson mumbled. He sat in that position for very long, he slowly got up and walked and took a few steps away from the grave, he didn’t look at Eryna because he was clearing off his tears.
“Brother! You were right,” Grayson heard Erynaks voice.
“What?” He turned around slowly to see Eryna standing beside her grave holding the white flower bouquet.
“You were right, I have never left your side, I was always there,” she repeated.
“You asked how I was! You asked how was your Wildflower, let me tell you I have been well, I have been very well and I have missed you so much!!” Eryna Shiite dour and her voice echoed.
“What are you talking about? Put that bouquet away, you will get sick,” Grayson walked in closer to her to pull out the flower from her hand but he held them tightly.
“No! Why are you taking them away from me, you brought them for me right?” She replied,
“Stop joking, you will get sick, I know how much you hate the hospital so get them away from your hands,” he persisted.
“You know it more than anyone that if I was Renya I would have long been unconscious,” Eryna spoke.
“I want to believe it so bad-I what to believe that the person before me is Eryna,” Grayson trembled as he spoke.
“Brother, please believe that, please believe whatever she said right now,” Grayson heard another identical voice from the back that made him tremble.
He looked around to see Rneya standing beside a small child,
“Mommy!! You are back,” he ran over to Eryna with excitement.
“This—this is,” Grayson was left speechless and he uncontrollably hugged Eryna tightly.
“You are alive!!”