Chapter 13 (Mate)

I knew I was losing this job, but I did not want to tell him the real reason and make other people lose their job too. And most importantly they were all permanent employees.

“Not speaking?”

“I am sorry.” I said trying to hide my inner tensed self. “I wanted to meet you personally so I came here,” I regretted the second I said those words.

“You came to meet me in person?”

I subconsciously nodded. “And what part of you told you that I’d be in the closet and not on my chair? That is if I was present in the office to begin with.”

“No actually, I was here in the office and then I heard footsteps and again I was scared to face you so I hid there,” it wasn’t a lie.

“I see,” he went and sat on his chair across the wide table, rested his back and folded his leg. Way to give that dominating vibe. “So?”

I blankly looked at him.

“Why did you want to meet me?”

Think Zayla. Think. “I wanted to…” my mind was not working.

“Go on.”

“I wanted to…”

“You wanted to what?”

“I wanted to…”

“Say it or get th