"What is it? Why are you apologizing?"He asked, hoping that whatever it is would not make him lose her as an assistant, he liked her too much to lose her."The results of the Congress, it came in from the department of mining and mitigation this morning, I don't think it's in our favor,"She revealed and he realized she might not have looked so down because of what was going on with Caleb and her, neither was she thinking of quitting, he looked at the file she was carrying."Is that it?""Yes sir, it got in as I entered the office,""But I thought it was till evening,""I know that's why I feel it didn't go as planned,"She said handing him the file, he opened and flipped to the end, a deep frown taken over him as he read the rejection, that wasn't the part that made him make, no, it was the reason for the rejection that got him all angry, he should have known those old fools will pull a stunt like this, they always mess up and always try to justify what they do, what? They don't th
Nicole told herself not to listen to what he was saying, not to give herself false hope, he didn't really miss her, he was lying."You had too much to drink Rafael, stop talking already,""How could you just leave me like that? You don't call, you don't do anything, do you really hate me now Nicole? Is that it?"Rafael asked, Nicole knew he was drunk and talking like this due to the influence of alcohol."Just sleep it off Rafael, you will be fine in the morning, you are at home right?""Home? Where is home? I don't have a home anymore Nicole, you left me,""I didn't leave you Rafael, you are the one who broke things off with me remember? You are the one who asked for a divorce, who brought the papers and who signed it first,""Come back to me Nicole,""Rafael, stop it, just stop okay, you are not being fair to me right now, you are just thinking about yourself Rafael and it's not fair, you might wake up tomorrow with no knowledge of this but I have to carry on with the false hope I a
"Rafael, stop,"She said when he kept advancing towards her but he didn't stop until she had her back against the wall."What should I stop Nicole? You are my wife remember?""No, not anymore,""Says who?""Says the divorce papers we both signed,"She replied trying to push him off but he didn't budge, he just stood there placed his hand under her chin, and lifted it until she was looking into his eyes."Can't you just look past all that and be with me tonight? I miss you so much Nicole, can't you just be mine for tonight?"He asked staggering, informing her that he wasn't talking in his right senses, he was drunk and if she let him have his way with her she might regret it in the morning but his eyes, they held so much loneliness and sorrow that she couldn't turn away even when her brain screamed for her to, her heart couldn't agree, she watched him lower his head, waited for his lips to meet hers and melted into his familiar touch, she thought months away would make her forget how h
Rafael woke up the next morning with a banging headache, he looked around the room, it was nice and clean, he got off the bed holding his head, trying to remember the events of last night, all he could remember was him getting himself so drunk and then calling Nicole, God the things he said to her made his head spin, what made it even worst was the fact that after all those things, she still hung up and told him to sleep it off, she really hates him."You are finally up,"Josie said entering his room, she was on an apron, he didn't remember calling her, how did she get here? She didn't know where he lived either, maybe he called her, he couldn't remember anything from last night except talking to Nicole."Josie, hi, did I call you?""Huh, no you didn't, Caleb did, he said you drank too much last night and was drunk calling him, he is out of town as you may already know and he asked me to check up on you this morning, he was the one that gave me your address, I didn't even know you can
"Don't tell me I left the door open,""Huh, oh, yeah, you did, the door was unlocked when I came in, maybe you took a cab home because your car isn't in the yard and also why didn't you take your bodyguard and driver if you knew you were going to get so drunk?'She asked him in a voice that sounded like she was scolding him."I told them to go home, I never intended to get that drunk, one thing leads to the other and well, I couldn't stop myself,""At least next time get a drinking buddy that you will not overdo things or better still drink at home, you are not just anyone Rafael, you are a freaking rich man and anything can be done to you in your vulnerable state and you will wake up in the morning to the consequences and not remembering most of your actions,""I will, I am sorry I brought you out of your house so early,""No, it's fine, I am happy that I can help,"She said, they sat in silence for a while until he got up and went back into his room to get what he needed for work, h
Nicole waited for Rafael to call her for the next one week, but he didn't call her, nothing, it was as if nothing happened between them that night, after one week of no call, she decided to call him, not like she wanted to do anything much, she just wanted to figure out if he remembered and pretended as if nothing happened or if he didn't remember at all, she sat on her bed in her room holding her phone, if he hasn't changed, he would be home from work already and this was the right time to call, she dialed his number, and waited patiently for him to pick up, if he doesn't pick the first time, she didn't know if she will call him again, thankfully, he picked up."Hello? Rafael?"She called but there was no reply."Rafael, it's Nicole, I wanted to check if you are fine, I am sorry I left before you woke up, that day,"She said, she said those words because she wanted to find out if he remembered what happened."This is not Rafael, this is his girlfriend Josie, why are you calling my ma
"I am telling you that you are the one Rafael met first, I am talking about the Jones party, I told you to go with me remember? I left early, well that was where Rafael and I supposedly met but I thought he come earlier but then I found out that it was you he met,""But I don't remember meeting him,""That's because you guys didn't talk and well when we met again, he already had his eyes on me and just approached me,""Oh, but we don't have to talk about that Natalie, it's all in the past,"Nicole said, there was no use passing blame or bringing up the past, she just wanted them to be okay again."I know, I just, I am sorry Nicole, for everything, I was so blinded by jealousy, I came back home, I didn't want the life you had Nicole but everything was going so wrong for me, mom and dad blaming me for running away and for forcing my life down your throat, I was dealing with so much depression and then you were so happy and didn't look at me, I just felt left out and made the worst mista
"Yes we will Nicole, I missed you so much too,"She said."You can tell me about your adventures while you were away tomorrow, I need to sleep, I have a meeting with Gavin tomorrow,"Nicole said with a yawn, she wanted to stay up all night talking to her sister but she knew she needed sleep to be able to function well the next day, Aron's Exhibition which had been moved to January would be her first major event at her gallery, she was going to tell him he could use it tomorrow, they were meeting for lunch, what more Grace would be around the day after tomorrow, she would be spending Christmas at her house and she wanted her to meet Natalie, she already knew Christmas would be fun and she couldn't wait to start the new year, she went to sleep smiling."Good morning Natalie,"Nicole greeted her sister the next morning when she woke up, she checked the time, and surprisingly, she slept past her alarm and didn't even notice, she still had time so there was no need to panic."Hey, I wanted