Nick was in the meeting room, it was already lunchtime but he was so busy working. Kyle had been gone for ten minutes, he was supposed to be back by now though.
Nick stared at his watch and as he saw Kyle, he let out a sigh. Kyle sauntered into the room and strolled toward Nick. Technically, he couldn't show more bravery than this. Though he knew he would probably be in trouble yet...
Squatting a little closer to his ears Kyle reported to him in a tensed tone, "Someone posted some photos of you and Mrs. Davis. They are slandering her saying she... She seduces you to..."
"What?" Nick sounded furious. Looking at everyone in the meeting room to be surprised, he wheezed and announced, "Meeting adjourned." And with that he waddled out of the room immediately, Kyle following him behind.
"Sir, I have another matter to report to you."
Nick turned around and looked at his wristwatch, "Why didn't you tell me about it before?"
"You were in a serious meeting so... I didn't dare to."
Hearing him explaining Nick called someone and asserted, "Tell them to take care of it immediately. She must be at home, I have to..."
As he turned around Kyle shortly proclaimed a little louder. "She is not in the mansion... Mrs. Davis vanished in the air."
"WHAT?"
"After hearing the news, she said she needed to go somewhere and then vanished... Vanished in the air."
"Are you kidding me? How can a grown-up woman vanish in the air?"
"..."
Nick saw how serious his secretary was! And he wouldn't possibly lie about it since he knew he would end up paying price for lying with such a thing. Disgruntled, Nick yanked his collar and looked at him with that serious face of his. "Find her before the reporters or anybody reaches to her and I will kill you." Saying so he jerked him away and strolled into the elevator.
Kyle was going to stay back at the mansion but as Mona was there, he thought nothing would happen but who knew this would happen...
Nick called her many times in a row but couldn't get in touch with her. Getting real annoyed, and furious he was about to throw his phone but he held his anger in somehow and gritted his teeth.
"F*ck! Where did she go?"
Getting out of the elevator just when he walked another step he saw her. She was standing at some inches a distance from him, panting for air.
He quickly strode towards her. Sanaya sniffed the air in her lungs in the meantime, she had been running for a while now as she had to get off her car and walk to the building. She just held it somehow to reach here and meet him.
As soon as he reached her, he was ready to ask her something but he was embraced by her. Sanaya hugged him tight and stifled her face against his shoulder. He could feel her heart beating faster against her chest and her silently crying.
He remembered Kyle telling him that someone posted some articles about them online. Thinking she was crying because of that, he gently put his hand around her waist and with the other hand, he caressed the back of her head. He placed a sweet kiss on her hair and said, "It's ok, I am here. Nobody can bully you..."
"Mr. Davis, they saw Mrs. Davis at... Near our... Building..." Kyle ran to him while reporting so. Shocked, he saw her and immediately looked away. All the other employees around there were glaring at them with wide-opened eyes. No, he was not that shocked like them though.
"Tell them to stop searching." Nick authorized so in a serious tone and kissing her forehead he let out, "Babe, go back to the mansion with Kyle. I will take care of the rests." But Sanaya was not letting him go. She was still hugging him and uttering no more words.
Nick gently placed another kiss on her backhead and told, "I will go back as soon as I'm finished. So..."
Hearing him she hugged tighter, protesting that she didn't want to let him go.
"Mr. Davis, you have a meeting in fifteen minutes," Kyle reported to him.
Nick looked at Sanaya once and then let out a sigh. "Cancel all my meetings as of today and meet with Aiden. I have an important task for you both."
As she was still hugging him like she was never letting him go, he took her in his arms and walked into the elevator. Kyle nodded his head and said, "Thank you for forgiving me, boss."
Sigh!
The elevator door was closing and everyone present on the floor burst out in gossip. "So, they are dating? Omg, Mr. Davis is no longer single... My heart, he seems to love her so much. That's so lovely to see... Is she like they are saying in the news? Yeah, she must be... I thought he likes guys? Are you sure how can it be?... Blah! Blah!"
Seeing the people rumoring Kyle puffed a little and whirled toward them. With a loud voice, he asked openly in a loud tone. "Wanna know a secret about them?"
All the females ran to him quickly as he announced that, even males were curious so they joined them a little far. Kyle, with all the seriousness, crossed his arms over his not-so-masculine chest and disclosed, "They are already married."
"What? How can it be..."
"Wait, soon you will see their wedding photos and all. Till then stay tuned...." As soon as he finished they started gossiping again. Kyle couldn't be happier. He walked towards the door at the entrance while letting out, "And let me tell you one last thing. Boss was the one chasing after her."
"Had fun announcing that with so proud?" Walking out of there he saw Aiden standing outside the car. Kyle grinned proudly and kept his hands inside his pocket. "They are so gossipy. How can they believe the articles huh? They were saying that Mrs. Davis seduced him, what rubbish! It's fake and..."
"Yeah, I gotcha. Now, get in the car. We need to teach the bad guys a lesson."
"What lesson?"
"Get in the car if you wanna know." With that Aiden got in the car and Kyle followed in.
There, Nick was shuffling towards his cabin, leaving all the employees on the floor staring at them with a jaw-dropping glare. Getting into his cabin he wanted to place her on the sofa but she did not want to let him go yet. Nick sat on the couch with her in his arms.
"Let's drink some coffee or what do you want to drink?" He asked enthusiastically but she was silent. "Babe?"
This time, she tilted her head, moving a little she looked down while keeping her arms around his neck. The tears in her eyes made her eyes swollen, he felt his heart sinking in the surf as he could think how much she might have been crying. Probably because of the articles, he thought exactly.
To calm her and comfort her he stroked her face gently and swabbing his thumb against her cheeks he gazed into her eyes. "Don't cry, your tears are precious." He caressed his finger off her face while kissing her cheeks.
"I'm sorry." He heard her saying so.
Surprised as to why she was saying sorry he asked her in confusion, "Sorry for what?"
'Sorry for every wrong deed I do. You never let me know what you were going through, I am angry because you never told me about your condition. I am sorry for not keeping my promises but hurt you many times. I don't know how to say it but can you forgive me?'
"Babe?"
"Nothing."
For some moments time passed by slowly. She was still sitting on his lap when he was caressing her hair, comforting her, and talking to someone on the call. "Ok, I will look at it."
As he cut the call, she moved a little, ready to get down on his lap but suddenly he took her in his arms again and got up, stepping towards his chair.
"You might have something important to do. I will sit on the couch and..."
"No, I want to keep you like this."
Nick was reading a mail when she was sitting on his lap and hugging him gently. He didn't let her get down and kept her with him. Time was somewhat passing slowly today than usual.
It was dark when he found her to be sleeping on his lap. He smiled and kissed her forehead. When he was about to take her back to the sofa, he felt his legs hurting. Nick bit his lower lip and somehow got up.
Putting her down on the sofa, he left a forehead kiss for her on her forehead. She was sleeping soundlessly and that was enough to make him smile... At the least, she would not think about the news.