I saw him pause in his steps, and I trembled even more. I stole a look at Dave, and he nodded his head at me, encouraging me to go on.“Dad… I am…” I wanted to apologize to him. I had been so rude by refusing to talk to him, right? But his expression made me nervous.I could not tell what was going through his mind. All I knew was that he looked something between shocked and scared. His gaze was focused on me as he took a step towards me.“What did you call me?“ He asked, his voice trembling. I even thought that he was mad at me. Could it be that Dave was lying to me?“I am sorry. I should not have given you the cold shoulder…” I decided to go on with what I had planned in my head.But the man stopped beside me on the table and looked at me. “Can you call me that again?“ He asked. He sounded like someone who was begging. And my heart ached for him. He was childless from the beginning. He must have longed to have a child.Even though I felt embarrassed, I looked back at him and opened
I could hear other students laugh, and it angered me more. I went and sat on a bench near the gate. I just wanted some peace of mind.However, I creased my brows when I saw Dan and Emah running towards me. “You… you guys should not have left the class…”Did they leave the class to come and keep me company? They were looking for trouble for themselves!But Emah rolled her eyes at me. “What class? The professor could not bear to continue teaching when his favourite student had left the class. He called it off!“I looked at them in shock. “What is wrong with him? He is doing everything on purpose. He wants to create a misunderstanding between him and me,” I stomped my feet. I felt like crying!“Are you okay?“ Emah asked in confusion when she looked at me. “Is something happening between you and him?“I wanted to speak, but Dave held my hand. “He is trying to woo you, right?“ He asked. I was a bit surprised that he would go that straight to the point.But I could not hide it from them. I
…Dave walked into Zack's study room and took a seat. “Did something big happen?“ He asked as he took a seat. It had been long since he came to the study to talk to this man. But it was obvious that Zack would never call him if there wasn't anything serious.Zack pursed his lips. “Something like? The only big thing that happened is that I have a daughter now and she is not mad at me anymore,” he said, a smile on his lips.Dave sighed. “Looks like I am finally being abandoned! Ooops! That hurts!“ He said as he rubbed his chest.For the last more than twenty years, he had been the only child that this man had. Their relationship had been so good, more than that of just a son and a dad. But now that Zack had a child of his own, his blood, Dave felt so happy for him. He was also happy that he had a little sister for himself.Zack burst out laughing. “You have been happy recently. I don't see that pouty son anymore. You are even capable of making a joke now…”He was really happy about tha
With the way she spoke, I knew that she was up to no good. 'Huh!' I wanted to laugh at myself. How could she be up to any good when she had tied me up like that?If she wanted to talk to me in the right way, she would have invited me to the house. I knew that she wanted to threaten me and force me into doing anything.“Why did you kidnap me? I thought we ended everything between us!“ I said, trying to act courageous. But I was afraid, too afraid for my life.Mom chuckled. “Wow!“ She clapped her hands. “You have not only gained some weight, but you have some stupid courage now. They must have treated you so well…”I swallowed hard. I knew that she would never regret losing me. But, why did she kidnap me today?“If you kidnapped me so that you would force me to go back home with you, then I am sorry. I am not coming with you,” I said. But mom chuckled again. “I don't want to bring you home with me,” she said, her voice calm. “Instead, I want to follow you home…”Her words struck me wit
I don't know how I held on until I reached home. It was dark outside, and with every step I took towards the house, I felt like there were people watching me.I sighed when I finally reached the door and pushed it open. And even though I was shocked to see Dave with his jacket, I did not care about anything else. All I knew was that I wanted to jump into his embrace. He was the only person I wanted to see now.“Brother…” I cried and jumped into his embrace, ignoring the pain that I felt in my arm.Dave seemed frozen for a while before pulling away and looking at my face that was covered in tears. “What happened?“ He asked as he pulled me up to his room.Could I tell him what had happened? No! I was not going to do it. Sofia would hurt us if I tried.I shook my head at him, just letting my tears fall down freely. “Brother, I am scared.“ That was all I managed to say.Dave sighed and tried wiping away my tears. “Mia, how will I believe that you are okay when you are crying like this? D
I nodded in understanding before running to his arms. I was still trembling from the fear before. I was also shocked that those people would dare come to Dave's room.I held his hand and looked up into his eyes. “Brother… this is your room. I thought I was really going to be safe here. But… they were here…”I did not know that mom would actually go to that extent just to get what she wanted. Wasn't she afraid that she was going to raise an alarm by trying to send his men to Dave's room?Dave seemed silent for a second. “What do those men want? They attacked you yesterday, right?“ He asked.I froze, remembering that I was not supposed to disclose anything to him. I quickly shook my head at him. “I don't know… they just wanted to harm me…”Dave stared at me for a while before he sighed. “Do you remember what they look like?“ He asked again. This… I didn't think there was any reason for hiding that from him. “Scary! They are big… scary. One has a mark above the eye. They wore black clot
When we got to the company, Dave held my hand and pulled me towards the elevator. I was a bit surprised when I saw how people were looking at us.“Brother…” I called in a whisper as I ran to catch up with his long steps. “Why are they looking at us like that?“Dave intentionally slowed down. He must have realized that he was pulling me so fast. “Just ignore them,” he said, his voice still calm.In his office, I sat on the sofa at the side as he worked. But every time he stood up to go somewhere, I wanted to tag along.“Tsk tsk,” Dave chuckled when I stood up again to run after him. “I am just going to the washroom. Do you want to join me?“ He asked.I blushed. “Oh,” I said and smiled awkwardly. “Go! Go! I will wait here,” I said, and went back to watching a movie on his laptop on the seat.I heard him sigh before he left. But when he came back, he sat on the sofa beside me. I looked up at him with a smile.“Where is your phone?“ He asked calmly. I did not think too much. I just pushed
George looked around him carefully before he spoke. “Sofia… I am scared that Dave must have found out something,” he whispered.There was some silence from the other side of the call as the person contemplated something. “I thought the same. That stupid daughter of mine risked everything to inform him. The bug on her phone has been destroyed…”George trembled a little. “He has just told me that we had a mole. He asked me to resign if I didn't get him by evening,” he said. Dave's cold voice as he spoke to him had made him almost expose himself.The woman sighed. “George, you are clever enough to know what to do. Find someone as a scapegoat. Just be careful for the time being. They can never suspect their head of security.“George nodded, sighing in relief. “I know what to do. The CCTV footage was permanently deleted. I am sure he won't find a thing…”So what if Dave had decided to try retrieving the cameras by himself? He was never going to get a thing!Little did he know there was a s