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Chapter 15

Author: Nellie Downs
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Juliano's POV

Few days later, I was prepared for the day's work. The gatekeeper was by the gate, ready to open up. I was stepping out of the mansion and the guard collected my briefcase and bowed. I was heading straight to the car as the guard opened the door waiting for me to step in.

I was hearing a familiar voice arguing with the gatekeeper, “Let me in, let me in”. Who might that be?. Then, I looked up and saw Aver. She rushed to me wrapping her hands on my arm “Juliano, I'm sorry. Please forgive me. ..

“Too late to say I love you”. I shook my head. The ache returns like a wave crashing on a forgotten shore.

I ordered the female workers to hold her back as I entered the car. The tires squealed as the driver pulled through the gate.

“She must not enter this compound again”, I said to all the workers present at the scene.

On my way to the office, I whirls the side glass down as fresh air hits my nostrils and I breathe as I

closed my eyes for seconds ,enjoying the moment. It really helped in channeling my rage. I've been through a lot of dramas in the past few days.

Was that a coincidence?.

I want to chuck it up to coincidence, but there’s no such thing as a coincidence.

Coincidence is an excuse weak people use when reality hits them in the face.

Why is the time so accurate?

The clock rotated for a few hours as I sat behind my desk sipping my coffee as I worked on my laptop.

There was a knock on the door and the person opened. It was Aver.

Everything about her screamed intention- from her short red dress revealing half of her breast, the heavy makeup and bold lipstick. She looked entirely different from when she came to the mansion this morning. I wished she didn't waste her time doing so, wasted effort.

She stepped in confidently, her heels clicking against the marble floor. Walking over to my desk, she leans in with a hand on the table making me inhale her scent, acting really prepared.

“Get your filthy hands off my table”. I wondered who allowed her in.

They still regarded her as my fiancée here.

“I can’t believe you're pushing me away after everything we shared”, her hand resting on the table and the other one the arm of the chair.

I didn't spare her much glance with her seductive look

“I can't believe you cheated on me all those while”, the memories played in my head as I clenched my fist

“What a waste, you could have tried all those seductive moves before it all went wrong”. She sniffles, her eyes welling up with tears.

“It's the devil's work. It wasn’t intentional” she said, a drop of tear falls from her eye as she blinks

“Making a fool of me for years wasn't intentional?”.

She sniffed and pretended to search her purse for a handkerchief. She deliberately let her purse fall as she bent down in a seductive move.

“Don't try to fake it. I won't fall for those tears anymore”, she bit her lips being caught in her own action. I used to hate seeing her cry. Not anymore. It's all a pretense.

I laughed, punching some digits in the intercom as I contacted the security “Report to my office with immediate effect. There's an unwanted person in my office, I need you to come lead her out”, I said calmly so that it wouldn't raise a false alarm.

I dropped the receiver and glanced at her.

“It's so obvious you came here to seduce me. Who seduces the man she cheated on. You don’t have to be so cheap..”

“I wasn't in my right senses then. I'm sorry”, looking down her feet in fake remorse.

“Well, I pray you get your senses back. Good day.

Now, get out of my office”

The securities entered the office and she turned her back to follow them

“One more thing, I don't want to see you. I don't go back on my words ”, she looked back. I settled back in my chair.

She made a complete fool of herself. She shouldn't have suggested this.

Feeling of relief flashed through me when the day was finally over. So much drama within 24 hours.

I was in my study room watching the fireplace, it was becoming blurry when my phone buzzed, bringing me out of the different world I was in.

The number was registered as unknown, it must be an emergency. I picked up with the intention of knowing what was going on. I checked the time and it was around 2am.

“Hello”, I answered

“Is this Mr Juliano?”, the unknown voice asked

“Who am I talking to”, running out of patience

Hello, is this Mr Juliano, the person on the other line said again.

“Yes”

“This is Rome American Hospital, Miss Aver was rushed to the emergency department on attempted suicide and drug overdose.”

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