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
“Stop pacing,” Anthony muttered. “You’re giving me a headache.” “Don’t look at me then,” Jade retorted. She was angry, upset, and so hurt. Her heart felt like it had cracked into a thousand pieces. It was late evening, and Anthony had refused to let her be alone. He’d insisted on taking her home a
Jade looked beyond Jule to Shane, who was waiting behind him. Her heart swelled on seeing her friend. Shane came closer and kissed Jade’s cheek. “Jule’s filled me in on what’s going with you,” Shane said. “Frankly, I’m rather upset you didn’t tell me or Rhea anything.” “Actually…” Jade began, but
Sighing, he took a seat on the armchair. “They used to be very close friends with my younger brother and his wife. They were an absolute and utter bad influence on them. They moved to Jakarta soon after Alex and Amber passed away. We haven’t met them in years.” “But why would Rodrigo behave so diff
Tiana wiped a tear. Tony held his wife’s hand. “Rodrigo came to live with us in Mumbai after they passed away. That was when we told Roy and Rodrigo their truth. Roy had always been the naughty one, the loud one. He accepted Rodrigo in his life, and to be honest, he wasn’t that impacted to learn th
The day count had reached twenty-four. It had been twenty-four long, lonely days since he’d first told Jade that they were finished. Rodrigo looked at the vacant seat in the conference room, a seat that should have been occupied by her but was not. He was in a regular update meeting with the FF team