Chapter 5

She suddenly recalled all she went through with those men and she started to panic. She pushed him hard away from her, she was feeling breathless and was sweating.

"What's wrong Joy? What happened? Talk to me please!"

"Please leave me!" She screamed at him.

He tried to get close to her trying to comfort her and he saw hatered in her eyes as well as fear.

"Please don't come close to me" she pleaded as she was taking steps back. 

"Am sorry I'll leave ." He said while walking out of the room. This incident made him think back on why she was raped, he couldn't bring himself to ask her what exactly happened but he thought it was about time they talked about it. He decided to talk to her in the morning when she has calm down.

Joy on the other hand was pacing back and forth in her room. Why did this have to happen to her? She decided to take a cold bathe to calm herself down. When she was done, she lay on her bed looking up the ceiling thinking of what to do next, she was so rude towards Taylor, she felt bad for how she treated him but she couldn't control herself and she blamed her father for making her hate men.

"Should I tell him what happened? Will he judge me? How will he react? What if he doesn't understand?" She kept talking to herself as she got out of bed and started walking back and forth again.

"But I need him to have my identity changed so that I have time to establish myself. What to tell him....what to tell him...whaaaaaat!" She finally decided to sleep to calm herself more.

She was up early in the morning and took a bathe still not decided on whether or not she should tell Taylor what happened to her. She heard a knock on her door and started to panic, " come in" she said in a low trembling voice. She came down when she saw the sweet Linda come in smiling as always.

"Good morning madam, breakfast is ready. Please come down to eat" she said .

"Thank you Linda" she said with a faint smile. Now she was really panicking, what if Taylor is there at the table? What will she say to him? She finally went downstairs and found Taylor at the table as she thought. Now she was feeling uneasy , she sat as far away from him as she could and avoided eye contact.

"Good morning Joy, how are you feeling today?" He said while smiling at her like nothing happened the previous night.

" Good morning." She said while looking down. They had a quiet breakfast and Taylor finally broke the silence once they finished eating.

" Do you mind taking a walk with me in the garden?" She simply nodded and followed him out.

They walked to a beautiful garden in the backyard , she was admiring the view and appreciating the beautiful flower scents.

"Joy you don't need to be afraid of me, know that am here for you. Please talk to me."

She took a deep breath and looked at him, "How did you find me Taylor?"

He told her everything that happened the day he found her without leaving any details out.

She was quiet and in deep thought, "what exactly happened to you Joy?"

She again started to panic, he noticed and tried to calm her down by patting her on the shoulder and she moved away from him.

"Please don't touch me Taylor." 

"Okay" he simply stated and moved a little away from her giving her some space. He felt his chest tighten being rejected by her.

"I will tell you when the time is right, am not comfortable talking about it yet. Please try to understand." She said while looking away from him.

"Sure." He said and started walking quietly.

"I need your help though." She said this time looking at him. He smiled with excitement as he looked at her.

"Of course, anything you want." He said with an assuring face.

"My real name is Amber Garcia, I know you are a very powerful man and can easily find out about me, but please don't do that. Let me figure things out on my own. Please promise you won't look me up" she looked him straight in the eyes wanting to see his reaction to the little truth she has unleashed. He looked calm and thought for a while then responded.

"I promise I won't look you up.... Joy, you can trust me, I won't hurt you I promise." 

"Trust is earned Taylor, once I trusted a man so much and he took that trust and broke it into very small pieces, so don't talk to me about trust." She said bitterly.

He understood her pain somehow and decided to build that trust, he was going to earn it no matter what.

"You said you needed my help.?" He phrased it like a question.

"Oh yes, I want to change my identity. Can you help?"

"Of course, is that all?" 

"Yes, for now that's all." She said.

They spent the whole day mostly in the garden chatting, Taylor did most of the talking. He told her about his family back in Asia and about his parents and his childhood.

"I have one brother Xu who can be trying at times, but he is a good brother am sure you will get along. Just don't be too offended by him. He talks a lot and doesn't seem to ever tire from it." He explained.

"Hehehe he sounds lovely Taylor." Joy laughed , then she thought about her sister Maria, they didn't have any relationship, they barely spoke and Maria hated her. She wished her sister would care a little about her, but it never happened. 

"My father is the sweetest man, he is all about family values and my mother is a little reserved and more into our businesses. I am sure you will love them."

She suddenly felt sad again listening to him talk about a family she wished she had. She gave him a sad smile

"That's wonderful Taylor, i can't wait to meet them.... I wish I had such a family." She said sadly and looked away.

"They too are your family now... You are not alone anymore." He said with a sweet smile she smiled back.

"Okay enough about the emotional things ,let's talk about business" he chuckled and so did she.

They continued chatting about his business and the day went by quickly.