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CHAPTER HUNDERED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I do miss Jared and Leah but she has to find out why she wants to be with him. I'm glad this chapter explains a lot of things. Always Writing, T. C. SARAH.
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I puffed out my stomach. I hadn't been eating well and I'd grown skinner over the weeks. The event was in a few hours and I was busy getting ready "What do you think?" The lady who'd been beating up my face turned to me, staring at her work. I smiled tightly. Her work was good but I wasn't feeling it, I wasn't feeling anything. My make-up artist turned to the lady bringing out dresses for me to try on, and I realised she'd been talking to her and not me. When I saw the array of dresses, my stomach tightened in knots. I was nervous about the whole thing, I had no idea what kinds of people I'd be meeting or whom. All Ryan had told me was that I'd be going for an event and I'd be speaking in it. Jack and I had practised a day before but I still felt like I hadn't done enough. "Your dress..." I hadn't even noticed that the make up artist was done and had left the room. My head snapped to the lady holding a gorgeous dress, surely it'd look good on me. "Let's get this
MY PROFESSOR'S LITTLE SECRET CHAPTER HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
My face contorted in anger. Sure Ryan was calling me because I’d gone missing but I didn’t feel like seeing him yet in the moment so, I did the next stupid thing I could think of. I ran back to the toilet and I locked the door behind me, sagging against the door.It was when I turned and I realised what I’d done, Jared was looking at me with questions in his eyes and my lips parted in surprise. I had somehow managed to pull him along with me to the bathroom.My heartbeat spiked up when I heard my name being called again, Ryan hadn’t seen me yet and was still looking for me. I held my breath until his voice faded into a distance.“I’m sorry.” I whispered when I saw that he was still looking at me. I stood away from the door so he could leave, it hadn’t even been my intention to drag him along.“I promised not to bump into you, I had no idea you were coming here, Aa - I was told you don’t attend functions like this.” I said, making small talk to conquer the awkwardness that had filled th
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My speech and financial analysis had been going on for about 25 minutes and I had less than 10 minutes to round off.“As the year runs to an end, we implore our clients to make a few rash decisions and get loans from us.” I joked and the crowd laughed.“But on a more serious note, think three times before you make that decision, I know what it feels like to make a mistake and want to turn back the hand of time.” My gaze found Jared’s, it took all of me to not exhale loudly into the microphone.“Problem is, you can’t.” I smiled sadly and moved my eyes away from him, anymore and I would burst into tears.“If you’re going to make a decision, make sure your CFO’s are aware, they are your best friends. We loan and you return but more than that, we expect your investments to yield a massive increase or how else do you expect us to eat?” I joked again.I had no idea I could work a crowd that good, even Jared cracked a smile. I knew because I always had him in my peripheral vision, always.“T
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I hadn’t drunk anything through the night so I was surprised to see a hallucination of Jared in his car, calling. I almost laughed at myself. The car honked again and I almost screamed.He was really there.“Are you coming?” His voice sounded gravelly low and my ass was freezing off in the light material they called a dress. I hurried into his car and shut the door closed. I almost moaned as the heat of his car turned my frozen bones into warm goo.“Thank you.” I croaked, unable to look him in the eye. I looked ahead and he started the car without saying a word.My phone flashed with a text message and I took a look at it, welcoming it as a distraction. Immediately I opened the message, I kissed my teeth.Where the hell are you?I already left sir, it was getting pretty late. I fired back. I wanted to ignore him but no matter how much I wanted it, I couldn’t ignore my boss, especially since we’d gone to the event together.I see, with your fiance, it seems. I looked behind me almost as
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Jared burst in through the door, his eyes alarmed.“Oh my God.” I screamed for an entirely different reason. His gaze ran the length of my body, worry evident in his face.“What happened?” I had my hands covering myself but I still felt exposed.“Nothing. The shower… I was expecting it to be hot.” I looked up at the shower head that I’d hurriedly turned off immediately the water hit my body.“It was cold.” Jared said in realisation.“So, you’re fine.” I wasn’t, my teeth had started to chatter again but in the way he’d meant it, I was. I nodded. He visibly relaxed and I felt somewhat warm on the inside, he was worried something had happened to me.I didn’t know what to do, I was stark naked and he was in the bathroom with me. As if reading my thoughts, he turned away quickly, muttered an apology and left me alone.Even through the cold shower, which was much needed after that encounter, my skin remained red. I quickly dressed up.“You can use the shower.” He was seated in the same posit
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Jared said nothing so I continued speaking. It’d probably be the only chance I’d ever get to tell him how I really felt.“I’m sorry.” I repeated.“Why are you sorry?” I sniffled.“I am sorry for everything that happened between us. I know we can never be together, not just because of what happened but because you deserve better, better than someone who has more problems than an average person should.”“Over the weeks, I’ve come to realise that whatever happened, while devastatingly terrible, was good as an eye-opener. Imagine getting married to me.” I chuckled and wiped my face.“If I’m being honest, I’m not sure what happened. I loved you and I wanted to be with you but I didn’t think I could handle how much that would mean and I started to withdraw. I never would’ve cheated on you because I didn’t feel that way towards Ryan, but I couldn’t pretend that I wasn’t somewhat drawn to him, maybe because we had a similar background and we could relate well.”“All my life, I’ve been around
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I closed my eyes and opened them again, I wasn't seeing double."What?" I'd completely forgotten he was in the same room as me, that was how silent he was."Something isn't right about this..." I hadn't expected him to be interested but he turned around and stood behind me.I could feel the heat of his body and that of his breath against my neck, despite the cold and I squirmed in my seat."This is supposed to be our annual report, it was attached to a number of files here, but this isn't the report I handled for the event or what I've been handling for the past one week. This is different.""How do you mean?" Goosebumps erupted on my skin, Jared had moved closer and his hands were spread behind my back.I quickly pulled up the records I had from the system and I actually wasn't hallucinating the figures."That doesn't seem right." I looked up at him and there was a frown on his face. He was right though."There's a bunch of zeros missing." He glanced down at me and I looked away hurr
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Monday at work, I avoided Ryan like a plague. If he was coming one way, I would go the other way. Judy was back at work too and I couldn’t help but feel her eyes on me every once in a while.‘Hey mama.’ I smiled at Aly’s text.‘Hey. How are you?’ I texted back.‘Aarav’s mum is driving me nuts.’ I giggled.Apparently, Aarav’s mother was staying for a few days at their place because she had things to do in the states and it just seemed more economical to stay with them.I rolled my eyes at that when Aly told me. She could damn well afford wherever the hell she wanted to stay, she just wanted to see her son really. She would wake up earlier than they did and she made more than enough noise to keep them groggy every morning.‘Sorry. When is she supposed to leave though?’ I looked at my screen briefly and minimised the tabs I’d kept open and hibernated my system.I excused myself from the office for my coffee break, almost bumping into Lilian, another coworker of mine who seemed not to li
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MY PROFESSOR'S LITTLE SECRET Author's Note
Jared and Leah did become friends again but their interests lay somewhere else. They realised they were made for bigger things and they would do that outside the cave they once existed as lovers and even if something were to happen between them, it would take more time than expected for it to happen. Aly, Aarav, Jared, Jack and Leah remained friends but things would change over time. Work, family, life and ambition would force that circle to expand to others too. You may imagine that Leah and Jared ended up together or not. You are the author of that story, a work of fiction is a work of fiction. Author’s Note (I hope this doesn’t come off as offensive): I’ve seen some comments about therapy seeming like a bad thing. Therapy is not weakness, it is an admittance that you need help you may not be able to provide yourself. Mental health issues are not a joke and deserve audience. Some of us have been through traumatic experiences, loss of loved ones, accidents, bullying, harassmen
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THIRD PERSON'S POVLeah looked different. There was something about her, like a light that surrounded her and her eyes looked burdenless. Maybe it was the Norway air, but she seemed ... better. Both she and Jared did."Mr Deric?" The secretary had her head cocked to the side, wondering why her guest was awe-struck, standing in the doorway."Sorry." Jared shook his head and walked in. Leah had a smile on her face as she watched him walk in. She recognised that air of confidence that usually surrounded him and couldn't stop watching him.Her attention was called by the men that surrounded her, as she spoke, she seemed to put everyone in a trance. Jared didn't hear a word she said, only observing how comfortable and right at home she felt."I have called this meeting here today because of a different kind of alliance about to be brokered between Norway and the US. Miss Leah Thomas has come as a financial representative of the BridgeStone Foundation, a company spearheaded by the governmen
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Jared’s POVLetting Leah go was one of the hardest things I had ever had to do but I did it for her and myself. I was wrong to assume she’d come running back to my arms because I saved her. I smiled wryly to myself.I hadn’t seen her in quite a long while and our paths never crossed again. Aly was beyond pissed that she tried to leave without telling her but she quickly forgave her when she saw her condition. They talked all the time too and that was why I knew what she was up to most of the time.“Do you regret it?” I looked at the lady before me, she was seated behind her desk, peering down at me with curiosity. “What?” I’d zoned out for a minute and didn’t hear her.“Do you regret it? Letting her go.” I inhaled sharply. I’d been coming here for months. When Aarav asked me why I thought I needed a therapist, my reply was ‘who doesn’t?’“Not really. It was her decision but I got to understand much later. It would have been selfish of me to ask her to stay when she needed to go.” I f
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I waited for him to clear his bed and offer me a seat before I sat. I shook my head internally. How did it get to this? I asked myself.‘You did it.’ I exhaled loudly and watched him perch himself on his work chair. He turned to me and rose his brows as if to say ‘what did you want to talk about?’ I cleared my throat and rubbed my clammy hands against my gown. I’d resorted to wearing gowns due to the fact that it was less constricting than most and easier to pull off, I just had to undo the zip and let the dress fall to my legs.“Yeah… uhm…” He continued looking at me and I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I found interest in the bedsheet. It was a fine looking colour, regal and plush looking. It felt so soft to touch, almost like you’d sink into it and be enveloped in a word of threads and fabrics.“Leah?” I hitched a breath when I heard his voice. No matter how many years I’d known him, no matter how many times he called me, I’d always feel the fluttering in my stomach whenever my name l
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“I injured my spleen, not my legs. I can walk for myself.” I smacked Jack’s hands away from me. “It’s so you don’t try to run away again.” I rolled my eyes at him even though I felt a stabbing pain in my chest.“Pretty sure I can’t move past this house without falling over.” I’d been recuperating for the past week and Jack was coming over once in a while to check on me. Let’s just say he is more overbearing than most, and I thought Jared was worse.Speaking of Jared, he’d been avoiding me. The only reason I was sure he was even around the house was the fact that food and my pills were always made available. The pills I took made me drowsy for most of the day, so I spent most of it sleeping.“Have you seen Jared today?” I asked Jack as I swallowed my pills and washed them down with water.“Nope.” Jack said and turned the T.V on. If I was being honest, I feared speaking to him. No doubt, my accident had changed the dynamics of our relationship and I wasn’t sure if it had become worse o
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Most of the time, situations arise, things happen and we are inclined to judge of the situation. It is easier that way because, sometimes, it makes us feel better about ourselves.When the tides turn and we become recipients of judgment, we understand the situation better. It takes a human to realise his mistake, but it takes a humble human to admit it. How many times have we judged a situation wrongly and admitted our error?We’re all guilty of hurting someone, friend, foe, lover… not intentionally but we seek forgiveness. Forgiveness isn’t just feeling sorry, it’s also a way of cleansing our souls, freeing ourselves from the guilt.Jared never told Leah that he forgave her and she couldn’t forgive herself, she couldn't free herself from the guilt.***JARED’S POV “What’s going on?” I asked the doctor who’d just come out of the operating room Leah had been moved to. 14 hours was the longest time I’d had to wait for a report from a doctor and the expression on his face wasn’t looking
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I ran my fingers through my hair, walking to and fro like a sojourner who had lost his compass, I’d probably lost mine. The ambulance had arrived shortly after but the Leah was already… I shook my head. ‘No, she can’t be.’ I couldn’t focus on any other thing than the fact that there were many doctors running with Leah’s gurney, one was on top of her, doing chest compressions. The sweat beaded on the doctor’s face told me they’d been doing it since she was in the ambulance.I was slowly losing my mind and Aarav wasn’t here. He was busy trying to sort everything out while I went with Leah. I didn’t want to leave her side, if only I could have followed her into the OR.“She has lost too much blood, especially with the damage to her spleen and hypothermia already seeped in…” I didn’t want to know all the negatives, I didn’t want to know what was wrong.“Can someone tell me, is she going to be okay?” I yelled at the people who had brought Leah in, who seemed to be conversing with a doctor
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JARED’S POV“What are you going to do?” I flipped the documents that Leah had sent. I hadn’t had the chance to look at it because I didn’t want to, not initially. Anything involving her work place kind of pissed me off but when I finally did, I could stop the fear that ran through my bones that Leah could be in danger because of it and I needed to act fast.I looked up at Aarav whose facial expression mirrored mine. He too was very conflicted and while he trusted Leah, it would be a big move to change banks, disastrous if it was the wrong move. We had been using Marque and Co. for so long and the previous leadership had proved capable of handling our assets.This new guy, this Ryan Fisher, from the moment I first saw him, I knew something wasn’t right with him. What Leah had sent hadn’t pointed to him as the culprit but with just enough evidence to let us know that something shady was going on and we needed to act fast or we’d lose more than just money.“We should involve the cops.” I
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I felt a kick to my head and I groaned, my head feeling like it was split open. I blinked my eyes to get accustomed to the light before trying to sit up, something I found difficult and almost impossible to do.I tried to move my body and realised I was bound hand and feet. This slowly entered my consciousness and my drug-induced haze cleared up, I was face to face with a horrid looking mask and I scrambled backwards, bumping into something that felt horribly cold to my skin, metal.The person in front of me moved back, giving me room to at least breathe.“What the hell is going on?” I looked around to see not one, like I had imagined, but four people, armed with guns. My heart started to beat faster than normal at gauging my situation and my throat felt dry. It was dark outside and I realised I must’ve been asleep for hours.I was going to miss my flight, if I even made it out alive in the first place. No one replied me and I couldn’t even make out anything with the ridiculous outfit
