“So, I was wondering,” Elijah began. “If you were free tonight. Perhaps we could go for a date?”Amara paused. That sounded like a nice idea, but she had to work extra today. So, with a heavy heart, she said. “Sorry, Eli, I can’t. I have to work extra.”Elijah visibly deflated, but tried his best no
A heavy silence descended over the room as Tobias’s words registered in her mind.“That’s not funny.” She said at last, shaking her head and taking a step back, away from him.“It’s not a joke,” He said, approaching her as she walked away. “His father, the former CEO of Sattar industries, he was inv
With that thought in mind, Amara had gathered her stuff and rushed out the door, not sparing Duncan or anyone else a glance as she did so.The drive to Elijah's home was filled with nothing but silence and a whirlwind of thoughts and feelings.She wanted answers and she hoped Elijah would give her t
The anger was slowly disappearing and hurt replaced it. “I trusted you, Elijah, opened up my heart to you, believed your words, and yet, you were keeping such a huge secret from me. Why did you hide this? How could you hide this from me?”Tears were stinging her eyes, but Amara did her best to hold
The waterworks didn’t come immediately.Thankfully, they waited till she had gotten into her car and pulled off before making an appearance, but as soon as they did, they did so with full force.A sob escaped her as tears filled her eyes and began to roll down her cheek.She was angry and hurt at th
Upon taking a few steps closer and squinting her eyes, Amara realized the person was Tobias and for some reason, this knowledge annoyed her.She approached him, her feet carrying her in long strides and her arms crossed, the frown on her face prominent.“What the fuck are you doing here?” She asked,
It was like she was experiencing a massive surge of emotion, one that caused her eyes to leak at an extremely fast rate.Tobias said nothing.He simply held her and listened to her cry. Although it caused discomfort within his entire being hearing those sounds come from her mouth and knowing fully w
“Then…should I make the pain disappear?”For some strange reason, his question brought about a weird sense of calm within her.Perhaps it was the way he had asked it, or the fact that the tone of his voice had dropped an octave, or the fact that he was slowly, but surely closing the gap between them