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Punish me if you want, I’d do anything.
But just don’t shut me out.
Please, baby.”
Baby?
My heart tugged at the pain in his voice and eyes, the edge in his stance.
But then I made myself remember everything.
Even though my eyes burned, I kept a stoic face.
“The only thing I would want you to do is leave me alone.
I don’t want to talk about it anymore.
So please, just leave.”
“Don’t say that.
We can talk.
Baby, please…” He halted as he looked at something behind me.
His pleading eyes suddenly turned hard as steel, his shoulders tensed, and fists clenched.
“So, this is the reason for your restlessness,” Warner said.
Looking over my shoulder, I found him standing right behind me.
His unreadable gaze set on the man down on the road whose murderous glare was drilling holes into him.
“What’s he doing here?”
he hissed in his deep Greek accent.
With his stormy grays dark with fury, his nostrils flared.
Achilles Valencian was back again.
I wanted to send Warner back inside, but instead, I held my chin high.
“That’s none of your business.”
When his fierce eyes snapped to Warner again, I felt him stepping back behind me.
Taking a deep breath, he set his flaming, preying gaze on me.
“Rosebud, if you want him to stay in one piece, tell him to leave right now.
Don’t test my patience.
You can punish me all you want, but I won’t
tolerate this.”
I gaped at him.
The nerve of this man!
“Is that a threat, Mr.Valencian?
If it is, then I’m not scared of you.”
Warner stepped forward again.
The muscle of Ace’s strong jaw ticked.
“He won’t go anywhere!
He’s my friend, so he can stay here as long as he wants.
The one who needs to go is you!
So leave, Ace!
I won’t say it twice!
Otherwise, trust me, you won’t like the outcome.”
I pointed my index finger at him.
What would I do if he didn’t leave?
I didn’t know.
I just hoped he wouldn’t barge into my house like a bull and do something rash.
With his fists clenched, eyes icy cold, he looked at Warner again.
“Don’t get in my way, Mr.Wilson.
Trust me, I’m not a person to mess with.”
This time, Warner stayed quiet.
Taking another deep breath, he turned to me.
“I’ll give you another night, Rosebud.
I want you in the office tomorrow.
And believe me, if you don’t show up—” he cast a glance towards our front door, “—even your set lines wouldn’t be able to stop me from reaching you.”
With that, he sent another warning look to Warner before getting into his car and driving away.
THIRTY-NINE: ARRESTED?
“W
hat’s wrong with him?
I don’t know how this insane man can impress you that much?”
Warner asked, baffled.
Sending him a look, I walked back to my bed and plopped down on it.
“What’s going on here, Em?
Will you tell me now?”
he queried again.
“Did you two already break up?”
“We were never together for the breakup you’re talking about.”
“Then?”
Raising his brow, he probed me to explain further.
Sighing, I told him everything.
And he listened, taking a seat beside me.
But I kept some parts from him.
Ace’s past.
Especially his being a drug addict back then.
It felt wrong to disclose his extremely personal and sore past to Warner.
Instead, I told him after Ace’s father’s death, he went into depression and pushed me away from him, taking my sister’s help.
Taking everything in, he just watched me for a moment.
“If he wanted you away from him, why is he after you now?”
“Because now he thinks he can take me back into his life,” I replied through gritted teeth.
When he was lost in drugs, he thought it was better if I was away from him.
And now that he was stable again, he wanted me back.
I wasn’t a freaking toy he could toss around.
It was my life to decide, not his.
He took my decision away from me.
The decision if I wanted to stand beside him even after knowing his secret or not.
A sharp pain shot through my chest.
How could he do this to me?
“No matter his reasons, Em, he shouldn’t have done it.
Breaking your heart like that.
How could he be so inconsiderate towards the girl he claimed to care for so much?”
Discontent flashed across his eyes as he shook his head.
I averted my gaze as a tear slipped down my cheek.
Wiping the tear away, he grabbed my hands.
“If a person causes you that much pain, let them go.
Your tears are too precious to be shed for a person who doesn’t care if you’re hurt or not.”
When I didn’t answer, he tucked a strayed lock behind my ear.
“No matter how long you guys have known each other or have feelings for each other, no one can love you more than I do, Em.
I would never hurt you like that.”
His voice came out soft.
Snatching my hands from his hold, I put some distance between us.
“Warner, please.
I think we already talked about this.”
Hearing him eliciting his feelings for me made me uncomfortable.
Hurt flashed across his eyes, but he masked it soon as he sent me a look of apology.
“I’m sorry.
I couldn’t just stop myself.”
“It’s all right.
I can understand.
But please, Warner, I don’t want any awkwardness between our friendship with these kinds of topics.”
Looking down, I twirled my bracelet.
He nodded, flashing me a sad smile.
“Don’t worry.
I’ll be careful from now on.”
I felt guilty.
But it was what it was.
Just because I’d an argument with Ace didn’t mean I’d reconsider my relationship with Warner.
I didn’t love him.
I hurt him enough.
I couldn’t do it more by pretending something that wasn’t real.
“Thank you for understanding.”
The corner of my mouth turned up into a tight-lipped smile.
He cleared his throat.
“Anyway, what are you gonna do now?
You’ll go to his office tomorrow just like he said?
Even after what happened?”
I let out a sigh.
I had the same question, but I didn’t have an answer.
I scowled
at the huge building before me.
The name OC Textiles was hung up there, as if mocking me.
I wanted to break this building along with its owner’s head!
I spit some more curses at myself for doing this.
But I had to do it.
Keeping my anger aside, I straightened and walked inside the skyscraper.
No, I definitely didn’t come here for his threat.
There were two reasons behind my taking this decision.
One, I didn’t want to look unprofessional and let my personal reasons come between me and my work.
I wouldn’t give him that much power over me.
I didn’t care if he was here or not.
And two, I’d try my best to get out of that contract of three months I had to spend here.
Yes, my reasons contradicted each other.
But it was what it was.
I’d come here for work, as it was my duty.
But I didn’t want to work here for another month and a half.
I’d ask him to terminate the freaking contract.
And he’ll have to do it.
I’ll make him.
At the lobby, the secretary flashed me her usual too friendly smile, which I didn’t reciprocate.
I wasn’t in the mood.
And the nervous flutters in my tummy and pounding heart in my chest spoiled it more.
Getting out of the elevator, as I approached my office, I halted in my tracks.
God!
What was he doing here?
Waiting for me outside my office?
But wait, I didn’t think Tobias would wait for me, too.
They seemed to be in a serious discussion.
Tobias had a hand on his shoulder while he stood there with his hands in his pockets, jaw ticking.