Chapter Thirty-Five

"Jake," I said feeling weak emotionally. I couldn't imagine what he would have gone through all this while and I could understand everything he would have gone through.

"Veronica," He said almost stammering. It was like we were meeting each other once again. I remembered how we first met when I saw him so handsome and sexy at my company when Viola introduced him to me as my new worker and playboy.

The elevator was going up now with speed towards where my office was and Jake stopped the elevator.

"Jake," I said again. I could feel that amongst all other negative emotions he felt, anger would be part of it.

"You should have waited for me, you should have told me this before agreeing to marry that lunatic," Jake said.

"Dear, I am so sorry, I had no other choice, he threatened your Dad, and I couldn't bear the thought of being the reason of the death of your Dad," I said.

I was already shedding tears now. "Still, you would have told me, that was the Maina reasons w