As soon as Alisha found out that Antonio had flown out of the country, she put on one of her favorite red dresses with a plunging neckline and hurried to Rafael's place. It was seven in the morning. Knowing her ex-boyfriend and his workaholic nature, she was sure he would be getting ready to leave for work already, against all recommendations and warnings from the doctor.
She was bummed that her dad's men did such a poor job of getting rid of Ruhi. They did the one thing she specifically told them not to. She was sure she wouldn't have spared them for letting Ruhi live if any of them had survived.
When she heard Rafael lost his memory, she was back in the game to get him because she was sure he would obviously pick her over a plain Jane like Ruhi. It still bothered her that Ruhi was alive and might show up anytime, with fat tears rolling down her cheeks and swooping him away from her right under her nose.
To make matters worse, she found out
It was finally time to fly to San Francisco, and Ruhi was more nervous than happy after talking to her father-in-law about Rafael. His words played in her mind over and over while she was packing her bags. And yet, she had a hard time believing those words because of the kind of Rafael she saw.She thought he might have acted like a jerk a few times or was unreasonable, but mostly pampered her and treated her well. What Rafael's dad said about him was totally different."Not only his memory, but his attitude also seems to have gone back to how he was about ten years back. He was the biggest jerk of his college. He ganged up with Aaron, Eddy, and another dude you haven't met and beat up his football team captain and all his friends. He bullied every new student; the more innocent or weak someone looked, the more he harassed them. He earned many awful names, and I was ashamed of him. Not to mention the number of times he failed on the tests or the times cops came to
There was more than a twinge of awe in Antonio's voice when he saw Ruhi throwing empty threats at Rafael, and his son not minding her closenessat all. "Dad!" She freed herself from Rafael's arms and stood up, feeling awkward. "I was so worried, wondering if he threw your bags onto the lawn and pushed you out of the house. His grandma was nagging me to check on you, saying he must have choked you in a fit of anger or something. And what am I seeing here?" Rafael got annoyed and got up from the couch, standing almost a foot away from Ruhi. "Well, ask her to reschedule and attend the meeting because I'm late and not going to try again." Rafael walked into the kitchen to ask Ms. Myers to makedinner, now that he wasn't going out. "Late? She got here just a minute ago. You just don't want to attend my meetings." Ruhi looked at Antonio apologetically. His vision wasn't completely back even after two surgeries, and he had traveled
As Ruhi walked down the hallway, she marveled at the modern structures and three-dimensional wall panels, with huge office spaces and free food everywhere. She would have loved to be part of it, but she knew it won't be possible because she had to work with Rafael, not his dad. This building appeared much bigger to her than the one Rafael's company had.It was only 9.45AM when she stepped into the conference room. She wanted to set everything up and calm her nerves before everyone got in.Taking a seat close to the projector, she looked up andsaw a quote on the wall above the projector: 'What we do echoes in eternity,' with diamond and infinitypatterns under it."Beautiful, isn't it?" Laura, Rafael's PA at his dad's company, walked in with coffee and refreshments."Y-yes. This building somehow makes you feel inspired to become a workaholic." Talking to anyone but Rafael seemed to relax her a little.She was confused when Lau
Ruhi tried to resist his kiss and not give in so easily. He made a joke out of her and her presentation. She didn't even want to think about how she was going to explain this to her father-in-law.Rafael pushed hertothe wall without breaking the kiss and pinned her arms against itwhile wrapping the other hand around her waist tightly and pulling her into him. Ruhi's lips slightly parted when she felt himthrobbing between her legs. He took the opportunity to force his tongue into her mouth, claiming and devouring.Moaning against his mouth, she deepened the kiss and rubbed herself up and down his hardness.He undid the top three buttons of her blouse while tracing wet kisses down to the hollow of her neck, making her cry out his name."Fuck, you taste so good." He groaned,licking the curve of her breast.Ruhi ran her hands into his tousled chocolate brown hair and rained kisses on his forehead while letting him tease the
"Weird? What kind of weird? You mean like a psycho?" Ruhi's friend Lisa was on the other end of the phone, trying to understand Rafael's behavior."Not a psycho, but more like someone with a split personality disorder. One minute he acts so cold like he doesn't care if I choke to my death right in front of his eyes. But the next moment, he has this glint in his eyes. You know, the kind that tells you he can't live without you.""You think he's pretending to have forgotten you?""What good will it do to either of us? I don't think he can be so cruel to me.""Why don't you ask him?""And why will he tell me?""Ruhi, ask him.""Ugh! I thought you will have an answer.""I'm a school teacher, not a psychiatrist or psychologist.""Fine. I have to start work from tomorrow at his company. I will be directly reporting to him.""I can picture you rolling your eyes right now. If your office has any tall, handsome guys with a
A small smile broke across Rafael's face when he saw Ruhi walk into his office the next day. Dressed in navy blue slacks and a yellow shirt, she looked at his expression uncertainly, wondering if he was also thinking about his hands under her violet skirt. She made sure she was in control this time by not wearing a skirt. She was still recovering from the effect of a wet dream she had early in the morning where his voice was husky, thick with desire, confessing his feelings for her. Rafael wasn't thinking about her skirt, but about how much sexier she looked yesterday in his white shirt. He wasn't sure what he would have done to her if she had let him rip it off. Her cheeks turned a soft shade of pink under his hungry gaze, wondering what he was thinking about. Shaking off all unwanted thoughts, he smirked at her arrogantly and stopped her from taking a seat. "Ms. Mirambika Bakul. You aren't my wife here, but an ordinary employee like anyone else workin
"Sorry" Rafael moved away from her, scared of asking the reason for her tears and getting sucked into an emotional vortex.He called her chief bodyguard to have her car brought to the garage."How much do you remember, Rafael? Please, tell me."He remained quiet. Frustration burned through her bones wondering why he was doing this to her."This is no joke! Did you really lose your memories?"He nodded."I have a right to know if you can remember me. You have no idea how scared I was when I thought I lost you.""I don't remember you." His voice was hard and cold.Ruhi grabbed hold of his shirt. "Look me in the eye and say it again.""I don't, Ruhi."Her face fell, but his answer wasn't completely convincing to her."Well... I can feel the bonding, not always...I do, but rarely.""Like when?""When we kissed last time and then fought, you were leaving my office with messy hair and wrinkled
"Oh, thank God, it's you!" Ruhi buried her face into Rafael's chest, feeling shaky. Rafael pulled her off him and put some distance between them."What's the matter?"Ruhi looked back at the path she followed, seeing no one except a man in his fifties walking toward his car. Wiping her sweat and feeling uncertain, she mumbled inaudibly."You what? Why did you leave the office without calling Harry? I called him just in case and he's clueless about your leaving."She wondered if he seemed to be mad at her because he was worried about her.Seeing her still slightly shaking, a slight frown knitted the space between his brows. "Were you running this way? What's going on?""Um, yes... I saw someone watching me, and then he followed me when I started running.""How does he look? Did he carry a knife or something?""I... I don't know. He was wearing an oversized black jacket with his hands in the pockets. The jacket was zipped u