22

"I never see you like before these days," Emma said while she stood by the lake with Eric.

"I have just had so much to do these days. Been busy with work."

Emma turned to face Eric. "you're always talking about some work you do, that's taking so much of your time these days but I don't still know what it is."

"It's just here and there. If I explained, you might not really understand. It's nothing serious," Eric said.

He was tired of hiding everything about him from Emma, but there was no going back now.

She would have so many questions which he wasn't ready to answer. He loves their life together and just wanted it to remain that way.

He didn't want reality to change what they had and he was determined to keep it that way.

Emma suddenly remembered what had happened with Henry the night before and how he had confessed his feelings towards her.

She had planned to avoid him for as long as she could, even though they lived in same building.

That wasn't the case for Henry though. He was