Damien's hands on the steering wheel tightened as he stepped harder on the gas. He was driving to Katherine's house already and he was still quite furious. What right did she think she had that she would dare divert his letters? He was so pissed off that he forgot about the fact that he had been working for almost twelve hours, straight and he had been tired. He forgot about the fact that ten minutes ago he was fatigued and hungry due to the lack of sleep and what he needed at the moment was a good rest, but this revelation had made him forget about all of that. As he made a turn in the road his mind went back to Alvarez's words. If Alvarez had not made that joke he would never have guessed, and it all made so much sense. Damien hissed, anger rushing through him. All this time, Madison had been angry with him for something he had no idea about, and he thought her reaction had been unprovoked. For her to reach out to him… it had to mean something.Finally he reached Katherine's hou
up with a start. She sighed deeply, rubbing her forehead as she tried to locate her phone. Partly because it was ringing, but also because she felt terrible for probably awakening her neighbors from how loud the shrill sound was. Madison still felt a little bit sick although she was better than before, and this was the first night she was finally able to get some sleep without coughing or sneezing through the night and it had felt nice, until her freaking phone had started ringing and she hissed again.Turning over on the bed, Madison picked up her phone and sitting up on her small bed, she peered at the screen to see the caller ID. The energy she had just exerted made her groan in pain, clearly she still wasn't as healthy as she should be and she also felt groggy from awakening so suddenly.She frowned when she saw that it was an unknown number. She stared at the number on the screen trying to see if she could recognize it from somewhere, but the more she looked at the number, th
Madison exhaled slowly, raking her fingers through her hair in exhaustion. She stifled a yawn that threatened to escape her lips by covering it with her fist, and then she sighed deeply. She wasn't sure why she had awakened all of a sudden, but it didn't put her at ease. The last thing she wanted to do was think. She just wanted to have a long sleep… long enough to drown out all those thoughts, but now she couldn't go back to sleep. No matter how hard she tried to, her mind kept going back to the call with Damien. To say she was in shock would be an understatement. Madison wasn't even sure how she felt about all of it. The things he had said, the way he was acting… she didn't know what to make of it. From his apology, the things he had said to her, and for the first time since she had met him again, he had spoken to her without a trace of anger in his voice. He even seemed genuine, and to Madison, that wasn't something she could believe all of a sudden. It was still quite stran
TWO DAYS LATER As Damien clicked 'send' on his computer, he exhaled in relief, thankful that he had finally completed the document he was working on and sent it to the partner on time. Luckily, he didn't have a pounding headache anymore, but that didn't count because he had missed a full day of work. Sighing, he looked back to his computer to look at the rest of the things he had on his schedule for today, and he was almost done but that was not satisfactory. Damien did not want to go home. He had already missed one day this week due to the hangover which he shouldn't have had but did anyway, and he was still finding it very difficult to forgive himself for making that mistake again. So as atonement for that, he decided to stay at the office and work as long and hard as he needed to. It would also act as a kind of reminder for him to stop getting drunk and missing work, because he never felt comfortable doing so. Looking through everything else, he realized that he had completely
"You're still here?" Damien paused in his tracks as he sighted Alvarez standing at the exit of the office building. Damien had a late meeting which had lasted nearly three hours, and after that, he had stayed to finish up a project he had abandoned for a while now. Although he had eaten a few hours ago, he still felt quite hungry, and what he planned to do was go home and find a way to relax after eating. His bones felt cramped as well. Alvarez smiled at his best friend from the door, “Well, I'm head of security, remember? And you're the owner of this company and my boss. If you leave late, so do I.” He chuckled and Damien narrowed his eyes, laughing at the same time, "I can't tell if that was accusatory or affectionate.”Alvarez shrugged with a wink, "Whichever you want it to be. It’s up to you.”"Asshole.” Damien shot back. They both burst into laughter at the same time, and as they both walked out of the building and towards the car park, Damien looked back at his friend, “Drin
Damien folded the last of the shirts he had taken out of the closet, neatly into the small traveling bag on the bed. The time for his flight wasn't long now so he needed to get a head start. He wasn't packing a lot of things, just enough for a few days and when he was done with the shirts, his eyes skimmed through the room to check for anything else he might be missing. As he began to zip up the traveling bag, his phone vibrated in his jeans pocket. Praying silently that it wasn't work related, Damien slipped his phone out and smiled a little when he saw it was his mother calling. As long as it wasn't work, it was fine and also it had been a while since he'd heard from her. "Mother.” He greeted, zipping the bag with one hand and then carrying it to the corner of the room, "How are you doing?""Hey, honey.” She cooed from the other end, "I'm okay. I just wanted to hear from you. Are you good?"Damien flipped through the documents he had procured from his bottom drawer, his left han
KATHERINEKatherine wrinkled her nose, sighing as the airport taxi dropped her at the hotel that had been reserved for her. It wasn't the usual five-star hotel she’d have wanted, and everything looked disgusting to her, but she decided to endure it. After all, her future depended on all this she was doing, and it was only for a few days. Soon she would go back to her paradise, satisfied and fulfilled. Her men had booked this hotel because it was the closest to the town where Madison lived, and the thought of lodging at the much better hotel and then driving hours to get to this town was not appealing, so she had decided to make use of what she got. She had gotten the details of Damien's flight earlier, so she decided to take a flight ahead of him. She wanted to get here before him as it would give her time to survey the surroundings, and know exactly what she was up against. Her men had been investigating for weeks and they had come up with very useful information, but Katherine
"What the hell?” Damien yelled into his phone, his fingers clenching in anger. He couldn't believe what he was just hearing. The one thing he thoroughly despised in his life was disappointments of any kind, and now that it concerned something so important to him, he felt like combusting with fury. What nonsense?"I-I'm really sorry, sir.” Nina, his secretary, stammered from the other end, her voice breaking as she continued, "I contacted them this morning and that's when I got the info that all flights had been canceled due to some maintenance concerns by the airport, so I decided to call right away and inform you."Damien raked a finger through his hair, a hiss escaping his lips.He had planned everything already, packed everything he would need accordingly, and even cross-checked all the details of the investigation with his private investigator. He was ready to leave in two days time, and now this? He gritted his teeth in anger, "How long will this maintenance take? Have you any