He kept quiet. She squeezed his arm. “Talk to me, please.” But he couldn’t. He had bottled up all these emotions inside him for so long, and he didn’t know how to bring them out. He thought he could confide in her. But how? He didn’t know how to, when even thinking about that time was choking him,
Jade stared at her laptop, not really seeing anything. Her thoughts were all on Rodrigo. Two weeks. He’d disappeared for two bloody weeks with no replies to her calls and texts. To the world, he’d gone on a business trip to Singapore, but she knew that he’d run away…from her. The last weeks had bee
“Oh shit!” Anthony’s quiet curse reached her. “What happened?” She turned to face him. “Nothing.” He quickly minimized the window he’d been peering at. She glared at him. “What are you hiding? Don’t you dare lie to me. I’m not in the mood.” “You’ve been in a foul mood ever since Rodrigo left to
He leaned back in his chair, his face devoid of any expression. “What way is that?” “Really? Do you want me to spell it out?” “Yes, Miss Doriana. Please do. Perhaps, then we can get over your temper tantrum and return to work.” His words only fueled her rage. How dare he call her rightful anger a
Three days had passed since Rodrigo had ended everything with Jade. Three days in which he hadn’t seen her even once. By now, it had been seventeen torturous days that she hadn’t slept in his bed, and he hadn’t had a full night’s sleep. Yes, he’d been counting the days since he’d left her and gone t
Two days passed, and nothing out of the ordinary happened at work...thankfully. Jade had once again ensured that she stayed away from him. She never crossed his path, and by the same random fate, he hadn’t seen her even once while he had gone to her floor. Not that he had gone on her floor to get a
“We are getting so late.” Anthony started unbuttoning his shirt. “You and I are roughly the same size. Wear my shirt. It’s not so important for me to be presentable for this meeting. You, however, have to be impeccable to win over those government officials.” Rodrigo’s eyes fell on a white polo t-s
“There is a reason you are doing this.” She slammed her hands on her hips. “Can you honestly tell me that there is nothing in your past that is pulling you away from me?” His face fell for the tiniest fraction before he masked his emotions. “Please stop trying to find excuses for me. I’m offering y