“Boss, we have arrived,” Kim said as he stepped on the break. The car stopped just a few meters away from the main gate of the university. Michael, who was going through important stuff on his tablet, turned off the device when he heard Kim's voice.
Keeping aside the tablet, Michael sighed. Although he decided to visit Elaine after running away from her without giving any information, he was nowhere. He had made up his mind but now that 5hee time had come, he had no idea what he should do.
What if Elaine did not want to meet him? What if she was still angry at him? What is she did not talk to him? Many questions of what-ifs ran inside his mind in that short period. He had always been a decisive man, but now he was faltering in his convictions.
He looked at the files and documents he had brought with him to, meet Elaine. He was okay being hated by her…or so he had thought. But now, he was not sure if he was going to be able to accept the hate from the wo
Elaine looked at Michale with a bit of doubt on her face. Nevertheless, she took the file and held on to it. However, her eyes never left his face. She wanted to know what was going on in his mind at this very moment.After not appearing before her for weeks, after ghosting her and ignoring her calls, he had the balls to come and meet her…and it was even without a piece of prior information. Was he finally trying to apologize to it? Was he trying to compensate her or take some action for it? Was he feeling guilty? All sorts of questions emerged in her head. The more she thought about it, the more she felt her thoughts running wilder than ever. “Michael, if it is about the last time then…” She could not even finish her sentence. Before she could say one more word, Michael cut her off. “It is not about that,” Michale spoke, his voice heavy, soft, and low as a mid-summer breeze. “I will never apologize about that.” Michael lifted his hand. Elaine watc
No matter how much impressed Elaine was by the decoration of the place, she held her excitement back. There were other important things to be said. “Why are we here?” She asked. “This is the place where everything started and everything connected,” Michael said seriously. “Everything fell into their palace here.” “What do you mean by that?” Elaine asked. “What do you mean by everything started here?” Elaine’s eyelids twitched as she tried to make sense of what was being said to her. Michael placed his hand on her shoulder.“Elaine, we are very near to your village,” He said. “Your village Elaine,” he repeated as he emphasized on his words. He did not want to say more, after all, he wanted her to understand everything by herself. “SInce it was dark outside, I am sure you did not notice the route you have taken,” Michale said for the obvious reason. “But that's not the main point,” he sighed. “We are in your v
“Yes, you are correct,” Michael said. He had been waiting all this time to tell this to her. After thorough and painful procedures to find the whereabouts of the girl that he had saved two years ago, he found that Elaine was indeed that girl. Hearing the confirmation from her own mouth strengthed his doubt and now it turned into reality. Elaine was speechless as she stared at Michael. She had not thought that Michael would be the one who had saved her from the grasp of death. “The girl I helped back then, that was you,” Michael spoke once more as he clasped his hand around her tiny shaking hands. Elaine felt the warmth of the bog palm on the back of her hand. When she was vulnerable, it was Michael who had helped her. She had owed him a debt…unknowingly. However, when she saved him back then, her debt had been repaid…that too unknowingly. It was as if karma really went round and round. A smile of relief appeared on her lips. “Tha
That whole day, Elaine and Michale spent it visiting the accident site, the grandparents, and also her high school. Since she had finally returned here after so long, she wanted to go and see everything before returning back. After normal breakfast and some warm tea, she and Michael took the car to drive to the house of her grandparents first. It was going to be a surprise visit, hence she was more than excited about this. “Well, are they the ones who came to visit you when you were hospitalized?” Michale asked as they drove on the silent road. As it was a village road, there was less traffic and fewer people on the road. However, once in a while, animals like goats and cows managed to cross their path. “Yes,” Elaine nodded in confirmation. She brightened up at the mention of the two elderly people and could not help but smile. She missed them a lot. “After my parents died, I went into depression,” Elaine said as she looked outside the window. She was a kid back
It was the day after they had gone drinking in the bar. Michael rubbed his eyes as he got up on yhr bed.He stiffened when he realized something was wrong. “Elaine!” Michael called out her name when he found out that she was not beside him anymore.The space beside him on the bed was as empty and as cold as ice. The warmth that he had experienced the night before was nowhere to be found.He was half asleep and started to touch around the bed sheet to see if she had gone a little further but no matter how much he rummaged through the place there was not a sign of the girl that he was looking for.His heart collapsed all of a sudden when he realized that Elaine was indeed not beside him anymore.The bed was indeed empty and cold, but his heartfelt much colder as if he was struck by a sharp icicle from Antarctica.Without wasting a moment, he jumped right out of the bed without even caring about the fact that it was mid-winter and the temperature was f
“Are you done yet?” Michael asked as he looked at his watch. After breakfast, he and Elaine had planned to go on a date. Technically, it was going to be their first date outside of the work they did together. ‘Can it be considered a date?’ Michael was not so sure. After the little intimate interaction they had on his villa, both of them had been silent about it. He knew Elaine had a bit positive feelings about him, which to his pleasure was a surprise. However, with the matter of her parents in their hands, he did not want to press her about it. But, now that they had confessed and even k-kissed, he decided it was the right time for the date he had always wanted to take her to. That was the reason why he was impatient as he waited for Elaine to dress up. Right at the moment, he heard the door open. “Talk of the devil,” a smile spread on his lips. He turned to look at the door. Elaine emerged from the main door, a bit breathless. “I am
"This..." Elaine could not help but be surprised at this."You like it?" Michael asked, a bit nervous and a bit confident about this. He did not know what to choose for the date, so he ended up choosing this place instead. "I am not good at dates and kinds of stuff, I have never done it before," Michael immediately added. He looked a bit flustered as he spoke. "Still...I hope I did my best," he showed a smile full of sincerity and affection. That look in his eyes was more than enough to have her melt like wax. "Michael..."Elaine called him out feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the emotions that were welling up inside her heart. Even if he had taken her to a museum, she would have loved it either way. However, looking at the beautiful sea in front of her, she was really impressed. He managed to exceed her expectation...like always. "Like it?" Elaine gasped, a bit breathless. "I love it!" She giggled as she clasped her hands to her mouth. She
“Why do you look this happy all the time now a days?” Yuri looked at Elaine who was happily humming a song as she watered the plant in the balcony. “Hmm..” Elaine asked him as she felt there was something wrong with the way she said it. “Oh no I mean…” Yuri scratched the back of his head as he tried to rephrase what he just said. “I mean it is fine that you are looking happy now a days and all but I am asking the reason.” Yuri wanted to be sure that this girl had not got herself in to a troublesome situation like last time. “Oh no, it’s nothing. I am just happy.” Elaine gave a cheerful smile as she looked at the man standing on the door. “Why? Can’t I look happy?” She pouted slightly as she looked at Yuri who was almost about to break out in to sweat. Looking at him get anxious was hilarious to look at. “That was not what I uhh..”his voice trailed off while trying to make her understand that his intention were clear and pure with not even a bit of moc