Chapter 31: The Greatest Showman

Damian couldn't control himself anymore.

“What the heck are you going to be doing in four years!?”

Elara flinched.

Tho his breathing was hard,he had to calm himself down. He couldn't afford to be careless before things fell into his lap.

He let out one long breath and held Elara's hand,his veins popping from how much he was caging himself.

“Baby I—”

“Is it too long? I'm sorry for stretching it that long,it's just that—”

Elara let huge droplets of tears leave her eyes.

She was going to play the emotional card first.

The touching words Damian had formed hung in his throat,as he watched tears leaving Elara's eyes.

She looked more pitiful than ever and he was at loss.

“Fine,” he spat through clenched teeth.

He could only pretend to agree for now,then slowly do his magic through her mind.

“Whatever you want,baby.” He hugged her.

With his head resting atop hers,he spoke.

“After school,I'd like to take you somewhere.”

Elara felt irritated but she had no other option.

She asked in a sweet voice.

“Where?”

She had planned to meet Mr Hanover after school,so this would be simply disrupting her plans.

Damian ran a hand down her hair.

“You know we've not really gone on dates recently. Maybe that's why you feel so estranged from me,I've just been really busy.”

As if her eyes were already used to it,they rolled by themselves.

“Busy with what?”

Damian didn't expect that question so the hand he was running through her hair froze.

She caught the break.

“Uhm…work.”

She snickered inaudibly.

“It's alright,Damian.”

Damian nodded.

His plan was working.

Since she was drifting away from him,he planned to take a step forward.

He'd make sure she never forgets who she belongs to.

“We are here.” The driver's voice broke the silence.

“Oh goodness!” Elara exclaimed and bolted out of the door immediately,not even sparing him a second glance.

Damian didn't expect them to reach so soon,he threw a glare at Elara's driver for ruining the atmosphere, couldn't he be tactical.

The driver saw his gaze through the mirror but pretended not to.

He knew the little miss seemed uncomfortable. Besides he had never liked Damian for any reason.

The driver finally looked at Damian through the mirror.

“Sir, please I'd ask you to alight here.”

“Excuse me?” Damian thought he heard wrong.

“How dare you!?” Damian fumed.

Did he expect him to walk all the way back to his home.

The driver scoffed secretly but continued speaking politely.

“I don't mean to disrespect you,sir. But I need to take the car for maintenance check.”

Damian was furious but he couldn't say anything.

He'd just have to tell Elara to fire this disrespectful servant.

Damian came down for the car and slammed the door shut angrily.

As he crossed the road to a coffee shop,he dialed his own driver. While making a mental note to deal with this one.

The driver watched him in disdain.

There was no maintenance to be done on the car,but since it seemed like even his little miss was no longer in favour of this one,he no longer had to tolerate.

“I'd rather carry pigs.”

Then he drove back to the estate.

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“Sir,are you sure you wouldn't rest a little?”

Vincent asked in concern as he stirred from sleep and found Cassian still wide awake.

Cassian was tapping his foot impatiently.

“No,no I can't.”

He wished he could just rip off the doors of this jet and fly back faster.

Vincent sat up.

“But sir,you haven't slept in more than twenty-four hours.”

Cassian let out an impatient sigh.

“Vincent,if you don't keep shut. I'd have to knock you out.”

Vincent immediately zipped his mouth shut.

For the umpteenth time, Cassian walked to the pulpit.

“How long till we get to Valemont?” He asked the copilot.

“Sir please, we'll arrive soon.”

The copilot was already sweaty in the air-conditioned jet.

Cassian snapped.

“Can't you fly any faster!?”

Everybody aboard jolted.

Vincent scrabbled to his side.

“Sir, please just relax a little and get a shut eye. Before you open your eyes again, we'll arrive.”

Cassian used everything in him to stop himself from actually knocking Vincent out.

Vincent knew that,so he decided to follow a different approach.

“Sir, please may I know what got you on edge,I may be able to offer a solution.”

His boss had never been like this, he'd been with him since he graduated college. Since Cassian's early days, so he knew him well enough. And he knew that for a man so calm even in the toughest times, it's only one thing that can make him like this;A woman.

He sighed and moved closer to Cassian to whisper.

“Is she upset with you?”

Cassian froze immediately and turned to him.

Bingo!

Vincent knew he hit the nail on the head.

He relaxed slightly.

“What are you getting at?” Cassian looked at him skeptically.

“If it's about a woman,it may not be as difficult as you think. You should ask me,I mean I've dated like six women in a span of four months.” Vincent said with a proud smile, finally one area he could help his boss who never let anyone know what he felt inside.

Cassian raised his brows in disbelief.

“Four months?”

When did Vincent even have the time?

Vincent successfully convinced Cassian and they walked back to sit down.

“So tell me,is it the same girl that made you ask me what an emoji is in the middle of the night?”

It sounded like a casual question but Vincent was also accusing him.