"Hello, how are you?" A cheerful voice came from the other side of the phone.
Darius let out a sigh while massaging the temple of his forehead with closed eyes. The past memories have given him a headache. Usually those memories give him heartache but the past and present together are giving him a headache.
He was deep in the thoughts of the past when his phone rang and he was brought back to the present. He picked up without looking in the caller ID. If he knew it was her, he wouldn't have picked up the call.
"Darius? Are you there?" The caller asked in an unsure tone from the other side of the phone.
"Yes, Diana. I am here. I am fine. How are you?" He said in a monotonous tone and regretted it immediately as the caller, his elder sister who is also a psychiatrist, can catch his lie in a second after hearing his tone.
"What's wrong, Darius? You
"She completed buying the lunch by twelve-fifteen and I had ordered her for lunch at twelve three." He read out loud. He looked at the details some more. "She had ordered the food on her way to save time! And by the time she was done clearing the bill, she still had seven minutes to return and shut my mouth." He said in confusion. So, she was determined to fulfil his order. Then what happened in between? He couldn't imagine anything further as it has started to give him a headache. He is so frustrated right now because of how he is feeling. It's been the same ever since this particular Anastasia Samuel entered his life a few weeks ago. He has always been like this since then, anxious. And she is the sole reason for this. "Maybe it was a wrong decision after all. I shouldn't have agreed with Noah and hired her as my personal secretary. It's the first day of her work and look at what a mess
"How is she, doctor?" Darius asked as soon as the female doctor came out of the bedroom. She smiled at him after silently closing the door behind her. "She is alright now, Mr Henderson. You did good by cleaning the wounds beforehand. I have bandaged them properly. I have given her an injection and she is sleeping right now." She said with a small smile and they both started to walk toward the living room. Darius looked at the doctor with a small frown when he noticed the hesitation on her face. "What's wrong, doctor? Any problem? Is there anything to be worried about?" He asked. Anxiousness was clear in his tone. They both stopped walking and stood facing each other. The doctor cleared her throat and looked up at him with a worried look on her face. "Well, yes, Mr Henderson, I think there might be something to b
"I… I.. I don't know, Darius! I don't know anything! I don't know what you are talking about! They… they… can't do this to us. They can't!" Noah shook his head violently as his heart started ache painfully.He may look strong from the outside but he is a really soft nature man from the inside and his unconditional love for the girl has made him weak. But it's not a bad kind of weakness.Weakness in love is considered the most powerful weapon in reality and Noah believes in that and that's why he allows himself to get weak everyday and fall in love some more everyday.But on the other hand, Darius doesn't think like this. Because he always thinks using his mind instead of heart. Because for the most of the time in his life, he never knew that he had a heart, until she came into his life like a bright light who had just started to shape his heart and teach him how to use it. But before she could do it completely, she
FLASHBACK"Where have you been?!" He shouted in anger while looking down at her nervous figure.She kept her head down. Her long beautiful hair was hiding her face from him. She was clutching her right arm using her left hand while looking down at her shoes. He thought that she was showing her submission and defeat by doing that. She was wearing a long and loose black hoodie in the heat.'What a loser!' He thought while snickering down loudly at her which made her flinch but she kept her head down."I have asked you a question! Where have you been for the last six hours?! And whose permission did you take before leaving?!" He growled at her loudly and she crouched some more in the position she was in."I am sorry." He heard her meek apology which seemed to anger him more as he got a hold of the vase which was placed on a small cupboard and threw it ahead. It missed her head b
"Anastasia!" Darius shrieked out loudly and looked around in confusion.It was morning already. Morning sunlight has already entered the whole room and made it bright. He looked at the wall clock and saw it was half past eight.Today is going to be a sunny day, he thought and was going to stretch his muscles. The moment he raised his hands to stress them, his arms, neck and back made weird sounds, indicating how sore they were. He groaned loudly at that and looked around in confusion to find the cause of his tensed muscles.His eyes widened when he found himself sitting on one of the stools of the bar. He slept the whole night in this stool?! He looked confused for a second before everything from yesterday rushed to him in a flash and he got up from the seat while cursing loudly."Oh, shit!" He said and walked toward his bedroom to check up on Anastasia who was the only reason for him to have tense
"What about this bruise on my cheek. It looks like a slap mark." She said in confusion.Now he didn't know how to answer her. She clearly doesn't remember what happened and he doesn't know what happened. But he was sure that the mark was from a slap. But he can't let her know that, without knowing her state of mind.What a troublesome situation it was! The girl in front of him is the main trouble!"Oh, my god! Don't tell me your evil ex secretary slapped me and I fell down, losing my consciousness and breaking some bones?" She exclaimed dramatically, making him confused."My evil ex secretary?! Where did she come from in this conversation?" He asked in astonishment."Well, you can't blame me for thinking that she was responsible for this. She seemed pretty obsessed with you and the title of being your secretary." Anastasia said with a roll of her eyes.
"But it was your first day of office!" Selena exclaimed in confusion."Ye...ah! I know! But… but his secretary was gone in the middle of the month, right? And it's my duty to accompany him in all his business trips like a responsible secretary. Shouldn't I? You tell me what you would have done if your boss would have called you at the middle of night for a business trip?" Anastasia asked her in a hurried tone, a small try of keeping Selena's head off of the 'sudden business trip'.Selena called her just after she and Darius finished having breakfast. They have been talking for almost half an hour and their conversation didn't move from her sudden business trip even for a second. Selena was doubtful of this. But more likely she was worried for Anastasia. Anastasia has never stayed away from her and she gets nightmares almost every night nowadays. So, she was worried of what's going to happen if she gets one in this one week.
"What happened? Why did you call me here so urgently?" Darius asked with a frown as soon as he entered the room.Noah was talking with someone on the phone and so he kept quiet and waited for him to finish the call. He walked toward the table and leaned back on it and heard Noah's conversation. Noah seemed tensed and frustrated for some reason which indicates that whatever happened is something very serious. So, he mentally prepared himself for the worst."What do you mean by you don't have any idea?! Are you kidding me, huh? Leave the job if you are so incapable of doing this! Get that?!" Noah shouted at the person over the phone. He waited for a moment to let the opposite person say something which seemed to frustrate him even more as his eyes turned almost black in anger as he gritted his teeth. "You even dare to say that?! I will make sure you lose your job, you idiot! I was informed about it two days later! Two goddamn days later! N