Chapter 40 Knox couldn't help but admire how beautiful his ex-wife has become. Having her around felt like heaven, as he couldn't remember the last time he had felt this way. "Your office is over there. You should let me know if you need anything," He said to her, trying as much as he could to sound formal like her boss. "Thank you. Uhm... I would like to be put through things and how they are done here since it's my first time. Do I need a coach for that, or are you going to do it yourself, Sir?" She asked him, avoiding his gaze. Although she was nervous and maybe scared of looking him in the eyes, it was also one of the things she should do as an employee in the company. "Uhm... Sure... I will put you through them myself," He replied to her, and she nodded her head. "Come with me," He further said before he led her out of the office, and headed to her office. "The computer has been programmed to help you deal with some things, and here is a manual to fol
Chapter 41 "You don't look too good. Is everything fine?" Mason asked Knoxville as he slumped on the couch tiredly. His day in the office was long and exhausting, especially with what happened earlier. The thought of it was driving him nuts, but what could he do about it? After he left the office, he went straight to Mason's house for a visit. "Just get me a glass of water, Mason. I feel like I'm going to die," He mumbled as he threw his head on the couch while closing his eyes. "What happened? You don't look good," Mason asked as he stood up from the couch. "I told you to get me a glass of water, man. Is it until I faint you will do that?" He rolled his eyes angrily as he sat up on the couch. "Fine, I'll go get it for you," Mason muttered before he walked away, and came back barely two minutes later with a glass of water. "Be careful with that. You are going to choke yourself," Mason muttered as he watched his friend gulp down the content of the glass unt
Chapter 42 Waking up this morning with a slight headache, Aliyah felt her body ache so bad that she could barely get up from the bed, but knowing she just resumed work and it would be bad of her to skip it now, she decided to push everything off and get ready for work. Having her bathe and getting dressed for work took almost two hours since she was sluggish about everything, and once she was done, she finally left for downstairs where she met Tate and Carole, setting the dining table. "Here comes the queen of the house. Did you sleep well?" Tate teased her as she pulled out the chair and slumped on it. "Oh my! You don't look good. Is everything alright?" He gasped sharply as he placed his palm on her forehead. "You are burning. Should I take you to the hospital? Are you ok?" He asked her worriedly, and she slowly nodded her head even though it was written all over her that she was not fine. "I'm fine," She replied to him, and he sighed. "You don't lo
Chapter 43 Knoxville POV Sitting in his office and watching Aliyah in her office sparked this reaction in him that he couldn't help wondering what it was about. There was something that kept pulling him close to her no matter how much he tried to fight it. "Pull yourself together," He mumbled as he resumed his work, but he could only focus for seconds before he got distracted again, and found himself reclining on the chair and staring at her as if he was going to devour her. Was he just starting to notice how cute she was, or has she been this cute and he was too blind to have seen it all this while? He asked himself, but quickly dismissed the thoughts, assuring himself that he was just being delusional. The sound of the office ringing phone pulled his attention, and he picked up the phone. "Hello, Mr. Daniel. We have been waiting for you here for some time now. Are you not coming over?" His eyes narrowed when he heard the voice from the other end, as the reali
Chapter 44 A few days later... "Why is she giving me a hard time, Mason? What should I do? She hasn't loosened up a bit, so it's been hard to go close to her. What do you think I should do?" Knox whined frustratingly as he reclined on the chair. It was lunchtime, and Aliyah was out to have lunch, while Mason dropped by his office to check up on him. "Stop talking as if you don't know what you've done to her. You just have to give her some time, and she will come around," Mason replied to him, and he scoffed. "She will come around? Are you kidding me? That guy is all over her for fuck's sake. He is making life a living hell for me. What should I do? Fold my arms and watch him do this to me?" He sank his fingers inside his car and grabbed a handful of it as if he was losing his mind. Just the thought of it all was driving him nuts. "Have you realized your feelings for her?" Mason asked him, and he scoffed as he rolled his eyes. "Are you kidding me? Do you th
Chapter 45 'You love her, Knox' He tossed on the bed for the umpteenth time as the words echoed in his head, and he scoffed as he sat up on the bed, running his fingers through his hair crazily. How the fuck was this even possible? He asked himself, but didn't even bother to tell himself that it was all lies. He couldn't deny what his friend said, at least, not after how angry he was back there when he saw her with another man. "What should I do now?" He mumbled and sighed briefly. "Let's get her," He replied to himself before he made up his mind to do whatever it took him to get back now. He was going to fall in love with her, and make things right again. Waking up in the middle of the night and surfing the internet was really crazy, especially when he kept searching nonstop, how to treat a woman. 'How to get your ex-wife back' 'How to be a better man' 'How to treat a woman you have feelings for' 'I feel angry when I see her with another man. Wha
Chapter 46 "Shit!" He cursed under his breath before he stormed out of his office. "Sir, the..." Aliyah was saying, but he was already out of sight before she could finish her statement, so she pulled a puzzled look, wondering what has come over him. "What is wrong with him?" She didn't want to take even a nanosecond of her time to ask that question, but the way he took off was ridiculously strange, and she found everything funny. "Maybe he has something to take care of, who knows," She concluded and shrugged as she sat back on the chair, resuming her work. Knox walked briskly along the hallway, taking the possible route where he could bump into Nina, and fortunately, he saw her step out of the elevator just when he was about to take the other one. "Oh, you are here? Did you come to see me?" Nina stopped on her track and crossed her arms on her chest as a smirk laced up her lips, and he scoffed angrily. "What are you doing here?" He asked, trying hard n
Chapter 47 It was a Monday morning, the day that the shooting of the Orange entertainment project was scheduled to start, and Aliyah was supposed to be there early enough so the preparation could start. The sound of her blaring alarm pulled her out of her deep slumber, and she tossed on the bed tiredly before she forced her eyes open, after which she glanced at the wall clock. It was 6am, and since she had to go to the location early enough, she stood up from the bed and dragged herself into the bathroom to have her bathe, which lasted for fifteen minutes before she walked back into her room to get dressed. She got dressed in less than thirty minutes, leaving her room afterward. As she descended down the staircase minutes later, she rolled her eyes when she saw Tate in the living room. Of course, she knew he was going to be on about how gorgeous she was, and that was the last thing she wanted at the moment since she was nervous. "You are so..." "Don't even go t