Chapter 76
Song recommendation . Unholy by Sam Smith and Kim Petras
The truth
Micheal's eyes was puffy and red . Itchy even
But he couldn't care less about anything right now , talkless of his eyes .
He had spent the whole of his night , digging and searching.
Honestly , he wasn't the only one feeling that way . His secretary is probably cursing him right now .
He laid curled up on the sofa , typing furiously away on the laptop . Making series of calls and picking up series of calls. Speaking in monotonous way .
None of that could matter to Micheal right now . He was tapping his foot on the cold floor , waiting for the end result .
Though he pretty much know what the result would be , he just needs to be as sure as possible and to do so . He'll need a lot of evidence to back up his claim
That was exactly what he was trying to do right now . And by look of things , he was bound for an answer , sooner rather than later
Micheal would be lying to say , he wasn't nervous . But still , his nervousness was little compared to the confusion and hurt he was feeling , he had been feeling his all this time
"Yes. Yes . Send it to me right now . "
He heard his secretary said again but he made no move to see what it was all about .
That was exactly the same sentence he had been saying since morning . Rather since yesterday
"Boss , the news is here . " The baritone voice reached him
He looked up from his own laptop from which he had been working on
"Which news ?? . " He tried to sound less anticipating and more nonchalant . But the slight tremble in his voice failed him.
Heck ! His whole body was trembling . Not with anticipation , ok maybe with little anticipation but mostly with relieve .
Even though he hasn't seen or heard the result yet
He stood up from his seat and tried everything possible not to break into a helpless run and snatch the laptop seat from the huge man whose face was grim .
He took each step with a delayed and profound patience . With each step , the earlier surety of the good result dwindled into nothingness
Leaving a fog of confusing emotion
Anger , longing
Oh damn it all to hell. Why was the distance from the sofa to the couch suddenly much more than a thousand miles ??
Since when had he became a snail ??
Since when a haughty beautiful lady had banged into what he thought to be the cold black void of his heart
. Since when she had disrupted everything, leaving a possibility to a sustaining light
And he was chasing that light . Frantically scrambling about , trying to grab it
Finally at last , he got to where the man was . The man looked up at him , suprise and fascination passed through his eyes for a second . But he knew better than to let it show
He grabbed the laptop with a feigned patience. He sat down next to the man , without saying as much as a word
He wasn't even sure he was Capable of saying anything right now
He couldn't even breathe! His throat had contracted and tangled up into knots and switch and he didn't know what to do anymore.
Who knows what to do in this type of situation? Not him obviously
He opened the laptop with shaky hand, . Once again , his secretary was suprised
Surprised to see his cold and dominant boss, his emotionless boss shaking so badly
Should he call the hospital? Was his boss having an heart attack? Was that the reason why his eyes was bulged out and his mouth wide open ?
Was that the reason why he seemed to be breathing with his eyes??
"Boss ?? " He called silently . Careful not to sound rude else something else might ensue from there . No one could predict his boss.
Especially in situation like this .
"Ahh yes . " Micheal sounded strange .
Even to himself . His voice felt spooky and strange . His eyes were watering on their own
Was anybody cutting the onion??
He took a deep breathe and attempted to open the laptop. But the damn thing won't open
What's wrong again ??
He struggled and struggled to no results
Were the God's punishing him ? What exactly had he fine to deserve this??
He fiddled with the thing , that seemed to be glued together , at least to him
Once again , his secretary was douched in Suprise . Had the sun rose in the north today?
Yes he understands that what his boss was searching for was crucial and important to him.
But to the point of turning his boss into fluffy ball?? That he couldn't even open a laptop by himself again? He doubt it
He was about to offer his help but once again his brain kicked against the idea
What if he triggered boss again ?! He was sure that he wouldn't be able to handle the result
Five minutes passed , still no results .
"Sir , would you like me to help you with it ?? " He offered his hand in a stretch towards the laptop that laid limply in his boss's hand
"Were you waiting for me to die ?? Huh ? Were you waiting for me die before you could offer to help me with it?? ." He yelled angrily at the man
His secretary gulped down air , nervous as fuck right now . He was sure that thing was about to turn out for worse
He gently collected the laptop from him and opened his with ease .

"So ? You deliberately tightened the thing to a fault right ?? So that you could seem like the hero while I , the imbecile? " He glared at the man
He simply stared at his boss. All words of apology eluded him as his suprise was much more evident
When had his boss , a whole Micheal Gerald turned this petty ??
Maybe he was always petty ! Maybe he was the one who didn't notice
And he couldn't help but think that pettiness suit his boss so well . Perhaps he had always been petty , disguising it as dominant
Micheal stared at the tiny letters on the laptop , so hard until the letters started to merge into some readable words .
His heart did some summersaults in his chest . From excitement !
Finally ! Finally! Finally!
His days of futile searching was finally over ! He had found her at last!
His night of silent weeping was over ! His days of utter darkness and bloodlust was over !
He had finally found her
Then suddenly the emotion of excitement slowly fade into that of anger . And hurt .
Angry and hurt at her actions at him
He had spent the whole of the years searching for her , hurting and silently bleeding his heart over .
And she was right here in Canada, building her empire . Building her turf
Then the initial anger passed away I, leaving nothing but uneasiness and uncertainty .
What if she had left him because she was no longer interested in him and that was why she had left him ?
What if she had eloped with another man to start a new life with the money that he gave her??
"Boss ? Sir ? " His secretary's voice reached him and he scowled.
"What is it ?? " He practically growled the words out at him
"You might want to take this. " He silently handed him his phone that was ringing .
So he had disturbed him because of a damn useless call ?
Before he could begin to unleash his scolding at him. The phone vibrated in his hand again
He looked over at him with a look that said " I'm still coming for you . " Before he turned over to pick up the call
His face scrunched up into that of disgust and irritation . What else did she want right now ,??
"Hello Mike ! " Her shrill voice sounded from the phone
He simply said nothing and planned to make her as uncomfortable as ever ..as much as she would make herself
"Guess what ?? " The caller from the other side said . He said nothing .
Yes , once again his way if making her uncomfortable . And from the looks of things he was having a little to no luck in doing that.
Because she seemed not to have noticed his silence , or maybe she did notice his silence and chose not to make anything out of it
"I'm in Canada right now !! . " She squealed in what he assumed in a delighted manner
"So ?? . " Was the only word he said in reply to all her annoying chatter
"So ?? . " She resounded his question sounding offended for a bit .
He'll be damned if she isn't feeling more than offended by the time this call would be over .
"I thought you'll at least be excited to see me again. " She whined in that God damned manner again !
That was what he hated about her . Ok maybe that and many more .
"Get over with whatever you have to say . " He growled at her and fought the urge not to just press the red button and end the call for good .
Maybe block her number and toss his phone somewhere for good .
" Anyways I'm still at the airport . " She replied . Sullenly this time
That was still good if all she's feeling at this rate is sullen .
He was almost admiring her patience as he lacked too much in that aspect . Patience his ass
"So ?? " He replied again . Hoping to spite her into saying something . So that he could just pounce on that excuse and made her leave him alone
"I was thinking maybe you could just m...you know ?? " She laughed a little . And his skin itched .
He was even having an allergic reaction to her silly laugh
"Maybe you could just pick me up . " She added . She sounded experated . Irritated even
Good . That was just what he was hoping for and more
"Now you'll listen and listen carefully "
"But ..." She started to say
"And you'll keep quiet when I'm talking . " He bellowed angrily . He could envision her shaking .
Good !
"Now you'll board a cab or Uber or something and go straight to a hotel . And you won't call me throughout the whole year again . " "
"What... What do you mean ?? " She was obviously scared now
"Exactly what you heard . Now board a cab, go to a hotel . You can rot in a hell for all I care " He pressed the red button feeling satisfied .
It felt good putting her in her place . Nancy had been getting under his skin , breathing there and making him go insane with the need to fling her somewhere where she'll never be heard from again .
Although his clapback was a bit weak , compared to what he had in mind . It would still have to do for now
Then his mind went back to the matter at hand
"Here I come Emily . " He murmured
Yes , finally the game has to stop
This game of hide and seek is finally over