I
The time seemed to freeze and the world stopped moving. All Atty. Yhera could feel was Seigfred’s beating heart and his lips that tried to let her forget the pains she was in when he was found missing.
“Seigfred, let’s go home,” she murmured after he released her from his kisses.
Seigfred nodded. “Yes, Sweetheart, we will go home now.” And then Seigfred looked at Doctor Pol and Shandall.
“Dr. Pol and Ms. Shandall, I owe both of you big time. I know thank you both would not be enough. Please let me know how I could repay you,” Seigfred said smiling at the two while holding Atty, Yhera’s hand.
“You are welcome Mr. Seigfred, your sincere thank you is enough,” Dr. Pol said in his usual gentle tone.
Looking at Dr. Pol, Atty. Yhera suddenly remembered Sarah, her best friend. A naughty thought came into her mind.
“You are such a nice Doctor, I am thinking to add the most needed types of equipment in your Clinic and medicines too so that folks on this island and nearby ones would willingly give a monthly supply of medicines; that is if I would not offend you Doctor Pol,” Seigfred looked at Dr. Pol with a sincere smile.
Dr. Pol’s smile grew wide. “Mr. Seigfred, it will mean so much to me. That is my next dream, which I know would still take time to be realized but here you are offering to fulfill it. So, Mr. Seigfred, I will not be offended rather I would be so thankful because this island and nearby islands are far from the main city hospital, and having a clinic that could readily cater to their medical needs would be very beneficial to them.”
“Then it will be done Dr. Pol,” Seigfred said with full of enthusiasm in his voice. “Ms. Shandall?” he said looking at Shandall this time.
“Oh, I’m fine Mr. Seigfred but, wait a moment, I will get something,” Shandall replied and got out of the room.
After a moment she returned with a pocketbook in her hand. “Mr. Seigfred, this is an English Romantic Suspense Thriller story that I recently wrote, maybe you can try reading it when you have it during your spare time. Its book launch would be two weeks from now, so I hope you and Atty. Yhera could come and be my special guest.” Shandall said inviting Seigfred and Atty. Yhera.
Seigfred smiled and reached for the book, “Wow, so you are a writer Ms. Shandall?”
“Yes, a frustrated bestseller novelist,” she replied with a little bit of laughter.
“We will surely come to your book launching and book signing Ms. Shandall, right, Sweetheart?” Seigfred smilingly looked at his fiancee, who smiled back and nodded.
“Of course. We will be there Ms. Shandall,” Atty. Yhera said and looked at Shandall.
“Thank you Atty. Yhera. See you both soon again.”
II
The recent rescue of Seigfred became a piece of hot news that circulated on most social media platforms. Wrong thoughts about him being one of the suspects in the death of Rhoda disappeared in everyone’s mind. They knew he was innocent.
It was as if a new life for both Seigfred and Atty. Yhera. They both returned to work and set aside the pains they went through. They tried to catch up for those lost days that Seigfred was missing.
Seigfred’s staff were all in tears when they saw their CEO once again walked going to his office in his usual smiling aura as if nothing horrendous things happened to him days ago.
“Sweetheart, I will pick you up tonight in your office, alright?” Seigfred sent this message to Atty. Yhera whose face suddenly lighted up upon reading it, despite tonnes of cases to attend to under her team’s responsibility.
“Yeah Sweetheart. I will wait for you… excitedly,” she replied to him with a grin on her lips.
Seigfred smiled when he saw Atty. Yhera’s reply. Tonight, he has a plan; he has something in his mind that will make her never forget this day. He planned a day after he was rescued.
“You must really be excited Sweetheart … for tonight,” he messages her back with his lips twisting into a mischievous smile.
Atty. Yhera suddenly laughed when she received Seigfred’s message. “Ohh, I will be very excited then, Sweetheart,” she replied putting an emoji at the end of the message.
When Seigfred arrived at Atty. Yhera’s firm, she was already done turning off her computer. She has taken some care also in putting on some lipstick and light makeup.
“You seemed so ready for me Sweetheart,” Seigfred teased her when he noticed her light makeup and lipstick.
“You said I should be ready so I did.” She teased him back and they walked out of the office both with waves of laughter.
“Where are we going, Sweetheart?” Atty. Yhera asked with a hint of excitement.
“In a place where you will be mine forever,” Seigfred replied grinning.