"I think I found her." Noah said in a low voice as his eyes shined with tears.
Darius sat up straight after hearing him. He got serious after hearing Noah. That sentence itself explained a lot about what Noah was going through. Darius kept his hand on Noah's shoulder and brought him in for a much needed brotherly hug. Noah didn't stop and simply hugged him back.
Noah, the eligible bachelor who is known for his reputation with the woman wasn't like this forever. He was a complete lovesick puppy a few years ago. He was head over heel in love with a girl. His day started with her thoughts and ended there only. She knew everything single thing about him, including about Darius and his life as Noah always used to share everything with her. Because he trusted her with everything, even with his life. She was like an angel in his life who sorted every single problem of his life with a blink of her eyes.
But something happened, t
"Lena! Are you okay?" Anastasia rushed toward Lena as soon as she was freed from the clutch of the man. She hugged Selena tightly and Selena hugged her back.The happening shook Selena the most and she needed Anastasia to comfort her at this moment. Anastasia broke the hug and started to check Selena for any kind of possible harm."Did he hurt you? Are you okay? Take deep breaths, Lena. I am here." Anastasia said while caressing her face soothingly to calm Selena down. Selena became normal soon but she was feeling disgusted as she remembered that man's filthy touch on her."I.. I am fine, Ana… are.. are you okay?" This time Selena asked in a worried tone while checking her too."Oh, I am fine! Wait a minute for me! I will just teach those bastards a lesson by kicking them where the sun doesn't shine. I swear!" Anastasia cursed to herself and abruptly turned around, ready to teach them 'a less
"Wait a minute! What are we doing here?! In your office?! Where are Noah and Selena? Where are they going?!" Anastasia exclaimed but kept following Darius. He was still holding her wrist while they kept walking outside the garage where they just parked their car."How much do you talk?!" Darius exclaimed back in irritation as from the time they walked out of the pub and till they reached here, she kept talking continuously."Well, how much can you hear?!" She retorted back as she was irritated too because he wasn't answering any of her questions."Well, I can't hear more than that because definitely I have reached my limit. So, can you shut up now?!" He snapped at her."Well, I definitely can talk more than that! So, how about you shut up now?" She snapped back and that was the last nail on the coffin.Darius had enough. Before Anastasia could figure out what's happening, Darius li
FLASHBACK "Why did you call me here, sir?" She asked in a meek tone while looking down. She has been looking at her shoes from the time she entered his office a while ago. Darius looked at her from top to head. She was wearing a really simple and baggy office dress. She kept her hair in a neat bun making her look like an aged woman while she was just twenty two years old. She was nervous and he can say that from her rigid posture. "Why? Can't the boss call his mere intern to his office?" He asked as he looked at her from his chair. He was sitting in a relaxing way on the chair as he was enjoying whatever was happening. "That's surprising, sir. I am just a MERE intern." She said while stressing on the 'mere'. She was still looking down. Darius raised his eyebrows at her. So, apart from purring, the kitten knows how to meow too? He smir
"Nothing much happened, Ana." Selena said while looking away from Anastasia with a confused look on her face. "Wait, wait, wait. Nothing much happened but a little much happened, right? And I want to know that." Anastasia said with stubbornness, not ready to hear any other word than what she wants to know. Selena sighed at her stubbornness. "Well, after you and Mr Henderson walked away, more like he dragged you away to somewhere, I was left with Mr Henderson's friend, Noah Weber." Selena started saying but for some reason she looked really confused. "Yeah? I also saw him beating that man like a beast for you. It looked like he was going to murder him. How did you stop him?" Anastasia asked in confusion. "I… I.. don't know. I thought he wasn't going to stop until he killed that man but the moment I kept my hand on his shoulder, he stopped fighting that moment, just like that.
"Uhh… No talking back, always keeping control of my big mouth, never being late, no disrespecting the boss, always doing all the work on time, no wasting time, always abiding by every command of the boss, completing all the work before leaving and.. and.. I don't remember the rest because you have a lot… requirements, more like tantrums." Anastasia said while looking away from him. She was still breathing hard as he had captivated her by putting his hands at both sides of her head on the wall. Darius kept looking at her nervous state. He clearly affected her and deep down in his heart he liked it. He smirked at her state and kept standing in the same position. "Look me in the eyes while I am talking is one of the rules too." He said in a husky voice, near her left ear. His breath fanned her skin on the neck and she took a sharp breath. She didn't know what was happening to her, why was she feeling so. S
"Hey, there girly! Had your lunch?" Selena asked over the phone in a cheerful tone.Anastasia let out a sigh after hearing her question after giving the pile of files in front of her."Hi, Lena. No, I didn't have my lunch yet. What about you?" She asked while closing the file she was working on and leaned back on her chair and let out a sigh.She is really tired. She doesn't remember working so hard in her life. She never thought that it would be her life when she had her fashion designing degree in her hand. From morning, she has been calling people and finalising the previous meetings, attended two meetings, has run errands from this floor to that floor for taking signs or delivering important files, made several appointments, had gone through several files and still going through them. At this point of time, she was completely drained as she didn't have her breakfast today. She also didn't take the elevator inst
"Hello, how are you?" A cheerful voice came from the other side of the phone. Darius let out a sigh while massaging the temple of his forehead with closed eyes. The past memories have given him a headache. Usually those memories give him heartache but the past and present together are giving him a headache. He was deep in the thoughts of the past when his phone rang and he was brought back to the present. He picked up without looking in the caller ID. If he knew it was her, he wouldn't have picked up the call. "Darius? Are you there?" The caller asked in an unsure tone from the other side of the phone. "Yes, Diana. I am here. I am fine. How are you?" He said in a monotonous tone and regretted it immediately as the caller, his elder sister who is also a psychiatrist, can catch his lie in a second after hearing his tone. "What's wrong, Darius? You
"She completed buying the lunch by twelve-fifteen and I had ordered her for lunch at twelve three." He read out loud. He looked at the details some more. "She had ordered the food on her way to save time! And by the time she was done clearing the bill, she still had seven minutes to return and shut my mouth." He said in confusion. So, she was determined to fulfil his order. Then what happened in between? He couldn't imagine anything further as it has started to give him a headache. He is so frustrated right now because of how he is feeling. It's been the same ever since this particular Anastasia Samuel entered his life a few weeks ago. He has always been like this since then, anxious. And she is the sole reason for this. "Maybe it was a wrong decision after all. I shouldn't have agreed with Noah and hired her as my personal secretary. It's the first day of her work and look at what a mess