All Chapters of I Never Hated You : Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

“ Good morning Mr Mali”, I said to Hakim as I walked into his office. Seeing him these days didn't trigger my emotions as it did during the first few days of realizing that he was my boss, and coupled with the fact that I was in a situationship with Basil, I couldn't care less about him. “ I was told that you asked to see me”, I didn't know why, but I avoided his eyes, I avoided looking into them, and instead, I just stared at his face, from his lips to his forehead, to his nose, to his ears, anywhere apart from those green eyes. “ Yes, Dante. Take a seat”, he said and I sat on the armchair opposite to his. “ I have taken into account of the fact that you've made massive progress this past month and improved the office of the criminal department here in our firm. I want to thank you for that and then inform you of a new development”, he spoke eloquently, firmly, formally in fact, unlike the Hakim that I had encountered the other night during the firm's dinner night out. I had

We sat at the coffee shop just outside the firm's building, feeling awkwardly uncomfortable. Even though the sun was already in the centre of the sky, we had both ordered coffee. He ordered a black coffee, while I went for a creamy latte, and within a few seconds, our orders were staring right back at us in the face, but neither one of us spoke nor made an attempt to drink the coffee. “ Long time no see”, he said after what seemed like eternity. “ Yeah, long time no see”, I said, fidgeting. “ Um…………. How have you been?”, he asked, taking a sip of his cup of coffee. I nodded, “ I have been doing well, like, moderately well. How about you?” I took my own sip, and even though it burned my tongue, I didn't flinch, “ how have you been doing?” “ Well, I could liken my situation to yours. I have been doing well”, he tilted his head and looked me straight in the eye, and I looked away on impulse, feeling uncomfortable to meet his eyes. I had betrayed those eyes. Not only t