Meanwhile ....Ethan came to an halt as soon as he parked in front of Eleanor's house, she sniffled in deeply as he turned off the ignition and faced her."Are you sure you're going to be fine?!" He asked and she nodded slowly."Ofcourse, I'll be!" She replied immediately trying to sound lively."You don't have to go through this all alone, I can stay with you much longer if you want," he offered."No that's okay, you've done enough for me today already," she replied."You don't have to worry, I'm really not going through anything and definitely not alone," she replied feeling extremely grateful, even in the midst of all these someone was still looking out for her."Thank you for bringing me home Ethan," she whispered and he smiled."Anytime," "I guess I should get going now," she said and he nodded slowly."Yeah," she opened the door and he held her back immediately, she slowly turned to look at him as her eyes met his and she held his gaze."I just wanted to say, you looked absolut
She blinked rapidly and the image got clearer."Mrs Matilda?!" She called in a whisper, Matilda was standing behind her, her hands behind her back, she was putting on a black gown, on brown sandals and a brown shawl was draped over her shoulders."Mrs Matilda," she called out again and bursted out in tears as she made to talk, she was already looking hell of vulnerable, there was no need to try and save her face again."Oh boy," Matilda whispered as she squatted to Eleanor's level and hugged her from behind, as she patted her back lovingly."I know for a fact that you're a very strong woman Eleanor, this too shall pass!" She said to her, Eleanor held on to her arms as she leaned into her an wept.Matilda felt genuinely bad for her, she had being particularly drawn to her the first time they met, Eleanor reminded her of how much of a dedicated person she was back in the day, the first time she saw her present at the Wilson Corp, it pained her heart to see her go through the same kind o
"Eleanor I'm sorry," Arthur said turning to her as they settled into his car."Sorry for what exactly?! That you let your Mom embarrass me like that without saying a word to pacify her,""Or just leaving me alone to myself after what happened?!" She retorted turning to look him , she wanted to be angry, she wanted to just tell at him, but looking at him right now all her anger seemed to melt away and she just wanted very much to run into his arms and remain there."For everything Eleanor, I'm sorry for not speaking up for you," "I'm sorry for not standing up to my mom, I feel terrible, trust me, I do!" He said to her."I actually don't have any right to be angry, you're just my boss, you shouldn't even be apologizing," she whispered placing her hands across her chest and staring out the window."Don't say that Eleanor," he whispered, his voice dripping deep emotions, he slowly placed his hands on her jaw and slowly turned her to face him."I love you," he whispered, her eyeball slowl
"Mom!" Eleanor called immediately as she stood up."You will sit back there and shut the hell up!!" She growled turning back to Eleanor, who in turn just slowly sat back on the chair."I thought you were smart! So after everything he has said and done to you, you still have the guts to open your mouth and say you love him?!" She growled angrily."Ma'am I ..." Arthur tried to say."I said shut the fuck up!" Racheal growled and her heads snapped up to look at her mom, it was the first time since she became wise enough to discern things that she heard her mother use that word."I'm talking to my daughter not you!" She gritted as she turned back to look at Eleanor."Have you forgotten the pain you went through, that fateful day at the hospital, still you choose to love that same man !" "Or you've hurriedly forgotten what happened yesterday?!""Mom please can you try to understand my ...""There's nothing to understand because it's just plain stupid!" She growled."Let me tell you now! I
Next day Saturday Morning Eleanor took in a deep sigh as she stood in front of Arthur's door, she had no idea why or how she got here, but she found herself here anyway. She place a soft knock on the door, after consecutive knock she finally heard footsteps walk up to the door, she dropped her hands and stepped backwards as she heard the door bolt unlock."Hey," she whispered immediately Arthur's face came into view, he looked a mess, and her heart ached at that."What are you doing here!" "Sure your Mom isn't going to come for my head?!" He retorted."Did you sneak out ?! Look it's best you head back home now!" He added smugly, his voice and facial expressions clearly depicting that he wasn't in the mood to talk to her."Really?! Not yet twenty four hours in a relationship and you're going to fight with me because of something my mother said!" She said, he scoffed and let go of the door knob as he walked into the house, she took it as a cue, she stepped in and slammed the door sh
"Matilda," Fred called, standing up immediately Matilda stepped downstairs."What are you doing here?!" She asked instead, slowly walking up to him and took her seat."I wanted to talk to you," he replied, his legs quivering as she took her seat again, Matilda elegantly crossed her legs, looking up at him, she couldn't help but only remember the dispisable way he stared at her twenty three years ago, as much as she tried, the image was very hard to push away."Is this about the contract?! I said I was going to get back to you!""And if you don't understand what that means, it's means at my own time!" She snapped, caring less about her rude tone, he deserved more rudeness from her than that."No it's not about that," he replied as he sat up on the chair, "I just realized that, I did a lot of bad things to you in the past and I didn't properly apologize the first time we met again," he said and a small smile slowly crossed her lips ."Why?""What for? Why are you apologizing to me now?
Following week ....Monday Morning ...."Good Morning Sir," Lydia greeted immediately Arthur walked into the office."Good morning, is Eleanor here yet?!" He asked and she shook her head negatively."She's not""Oh, here she comes," she whispered pointing towards the elevator door that just went open, his eyes followed her hands and met with Eleanor's eyes, he immediately took his eyes off her."Oh," he whispered softly as he turned around and walked towards this office."Good Morning Eleanor, are you fine?!""Is everything okay with you and sir Arthur?! You guys don't look too good?!""We saw the news," She whispered immediately Eleanor got to her desk, she exhaled deeply as she turned to look at the other staff with her side eye, they were all concentrated on her, expecting to hear juicy gist."I'm fine Lydia, thanks for asking," she replied instead."Yeah it's nothing," Lydia replied with a genuine smile, a smile that indicated that she could be comfortable around her if there was
A small knock came on Arthur's door, he paused what he was doing on his laptop as he looked up at the door."Come in," he whispered numbly, his voice devoid of any kind of strength.The door slowly went open and Eleanor slowly walked in."Oh" he whispered as he pushed his laptop further into the table and reclined in his chair."Babe," she whispered as soon as she moved closer to him."Wow!" He exhaled, as he stood up from where he was seated and walked towards the window, he peered out shortly before turning to face her, his hands across his chest."I didn't think you'd still want to be in a relationship with me," he replied."What?! Babe why would you say that!" She whispered."Because the last conversation we had didn't seem like it wasn't something you couldn't do!" He replied."Wow, you were the one who walked out on me remember?!" She retorted."Look Eleanor, I don't want to argue with you, what do you want? Why are you here?" He asked and a small smile tugged at the corner of h