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At least he didn’t deny.
“Then when?”
He opened his mouth when a knock landed on the door.
I jumped off his lap as Carter poked his head through the door.
His eyes widened, seeing my flushed cheeks and Ace’s murderous glare.
“You better have a valid reason for the interruption, Carter.”
His secretary visibly gulped.
“Y-yes, boss.
I’ve got the reports on—” taking a glance at me, he stopped, “—project CA.”
Ace stood as soon as Carter mentioned the project.
The ambience around us veiled itself into staid.
Project CA?
It must be something really important.
Noticing Carter’s hesitance of talking openly due to my presence, I cleared my throat, glancing at Ace.
“I gotta go now.
I’ll see you later.”
When I turned to go, he grabbed my hand for the third time.
Pulling me closer, he left a peck on my forehead.
“We’ll talk soon.”
Staring at his gray pools, I nodded, and walked out of the room, giving Carter an awkward smile.
God, I don’t know what he might be thinking catching us in that position!
But I was more frustrated than I was embarrassed.
Ace was just about to tell me when he was going to unravel the past before me.
But Carter ruined it all.
The nagging desperation to know the truth vexed me.
I had to know everything before making a decision, but I was falling weak.
I was finding myself giving up every time he was around.
One look at his stormy gaze, and I was that fifteen-year-old Emerald again.
How long can I resist?
Not for long.
I have to talk to Warner.
And just as I thought of him, my phone rang.
His name flashed on the screen.
“Hey!”
I tried to smile, but failed miserably.
Nervousness and guilt swirled inside me at once.
Nervous because I had no idea what to tell him.
And guilt because I didn’t want to hurt him.
But I had no choice.
It was for the well-being of both of us.
“Hi!
I’m so sorry I couldn’t pick your calls.
I was in a meeting.
And when I finally got some time and called you, you didn’t answer.”
“Yeah, I was… uh, a little busy,” I lied, clenching my fist.
“No problem.
By the way, I called to inform you I might not be able to attend Tess’s wedding.
I don’t know what’s up my boss’s ass.
He just hates the word ‘leave.’
I don’t think he’ll allow me to attend the wedding.
It’s too much work here,” he complained.
“What?
But you can’t miss Tess’s wedding!”
He had to come.
Otherwise, how would I confront him?
I couldn’t keep it in for that long.
This guilt will kill me.
“I’ll try my best, Em.
But I can’t guarantee anything.”
I took a deep breath.
“Warner, listen to me.
I need to see you.
I—“
“I know, I miss you too!
But—“
“We need to talk.
It’s really important.”
I cut him off.
He went quiet.
“I-I’ve something to tell you.
I can’t tell you on the phone.
I need to talk to you in person.”
Silence.
Just when I thought the line went dead, he spoke up.”It’s about Achilles, isn’t it?”
A gasp slipped through my lips.
How did he know?
“H-how…”
A humorless chuckle reverberated through the phone.
“Isn’t it obvious?
Whenever he’s around, your eyes only stay to him, even if your boyfriend is standing right next to you.
You think I didn’t notice at that party and racetrack?”
He scoffed.
“And now that you work for him, I should’ve seen that coming.
But I was too foolish to think of trusting you.”
Biting my lip, I looked down.
Shame and guilt burned my vision.
“It’s not what you think.
I didn’t—“
“How could you do this to me, Em?
You’re ready to leave me now that you found your lost love?
You forgot how I was there for you when no one was?”
His voice croaked.
“How do you know he’s the one I loved?”
He laughed.
“You’re always uncomfortable around him and the look in your eyes whenever you look at him, it says it all.
Childhood love, a family friend.
Now it all makes sense.
He’s the family friend who broke your heart seven years ago, isn’t he?”
I gulped the lump in my throat.
“Warner, please.
Listen to me.
I tried my best—“
He again cut me off.
“That’s the point.
You tried your best to manage to look happy with me.
But you never were, were you?
You were always in love with him.
No matter how much I loved you, you never reciprocated my feelings.
Because you never loved me, you never even tried to.”
“Warner—“
“This is not done, Em.
You shouldn’t have played with my feelings like that!”
Then the line went dead.
I stared at the phone as a lone tear fell down my cheek.
I just did what I was afraid of.
Hurt one of my best friends.
The person who always supported me in everything.
I didn’t think he could ever forgive me.
I felt like the worst person in the entire world.
Wiping my tears, I tried to call him again, but it went unanswered.
And the next time, it was unreachable.
Deciding to give him some time, I let out a breath and walked away.
I didn’t know what I’d tell him once he was calmer.
But I had to sort it out.
Convincing him wouldn’t be easy, but I didn’t want to lose a friend like him forever.
Maybe I should just go meet him myself?
I didn’t think he’d come here after our conversation.
And I didn’t want him to confront Ace.
That’s what I feared right now.
A possessive man and a hurt ex-boyfriend’s face off wouldn’t be good.
It’d be a chaos.
When I went
to collect some files from my office I needed to take home along to work on them, I found Matt on my way out.
With a heavy carton in one hand and another small white box in the other, he struggled to walk out of the elevator.
His ruffled blond hair and the perspiration on his forehead announced his misery.
“Matt?
What’s all this?
Where are you going with these boxes?”
He huffed.
“To my new office.”
“Why?
Are you shifting?”
“Yeah, after whatever Liza did, she got terminated immediately.
And now the boss wants me to take Liza’s place.
I’m happy he showed such trust in me, but damn!
My job was much easier than the secretary’s job.”
He shook his head.
I remembered how Liza didn’t even get a minute to take a break most of the time.
She was best at her job, but unfortunately, everything got ruined.
“Yeah, I understand.
But hey, look at the positive side.
Your salary would now be doubled.”
I winked at him.
Even though I was joking with Matt, the talk with Ace and Warner lingered in the back of my mind.
I mentally shook my head.