Sasha looked confused. She had never thought this day would come when she would have to face the ghost of Jake Swanson again. She had gotten used to the man haunting her in her dreams and she was even close to getting used to seeing his face whenever Chris attempted to make love to her. She was fine with it, she was okay with not having to do too much or fight her demons in reality. But now they were right in her face. She had stood next to him and all she could think about was how beautiful he looked. Time apart from her did not hurt him in anyway. He had even improved more than she had imagined. Not that she wanted him to fail but the change was quite glaring and she never really loved lights blinding her eyes. "Sasha?" She heard a faint voice call out to her but all she cared about was focusing on her thoughts. She didn't want to entertain them but they were always too difficult to avoid. So she just gave in and allowed it define her mood. Thankfully, Cassidy knew her too well and
"Are you out of your bloodly mind?" Sasha yelled. "You want me to tell Chris what exactly? That the man who has haunted my dreams for years now is finally back and it's not my fault but feelings that I have tried to bury for so long are springing up? You want me to tell Chris that and you think that he won't skin me alive? I am not trying to die before my time, so no, sis. I am not telling Christopher anything!" Sasha said with a tone of finality but Cassidy was never one to back down without a fight. She didn't do it with strangers so doing it with her best friend was something that would never happen. "Are you listening to yourself as well? Do you want to continue lying to him? Do you not know that you are hurting that young man?" "What he doesn't know wouldn't kill him," Sasha said silently and Cassidy shook her head. "You have become exactly what you tried fighting all these months. What you are doing to Chris is exactly what Jake did to you." Sasha slammed her hand on the tab
"I think you should leave," Sasha said, disappointed that Cassidy wasn't having her back when she needed her most. "I am not going anywhere Sash. Come on, if I don't tell you the truth then who will? You need to know that what you are doing is so not fair to Chris and it's not even fair to you. Jake has proven time and time again that he doesn't love you but now, you have someone that truly cares about you and you just want to throw that away because of what? A married man!" "I don't want to do anything! I just want to be left alone!" Sasha felt like screaming, the thoughts in her head were too fucking loud and annoying. She needed a break from everything. "You do know that not saying a thing is also saying a thing. You need to tell Chris. You owe him that much after what you have put him through," Cassidy said and Sasha understood exactly what she meant. Chris didn't know that she continuously fantasized about Jake whenever she was with him. It was the only thing that helped her r
"Well, won't you get the door?" Sasha asked Cassidy. Immediately, Cassidy's eyes moved from the door to Sasha. She raised her eyebrow as if to ask Sasha if she was absolutely serious."Are you fucking kidding me? I am not your slave and last time I checked, this was your office not mine. So go on! Get your door!" Cassidy said and relaxed back unto her seat. Sasha was not surprised. Cassidy was, after all, a very strong woman who could never be manipulated. "What exactly is your purpose in my life?" Sasha asked as she stood up and made her way toward the door. She was partially scared that it would be Jake standing on the other side of the door. She didn't even want to think of how bad it would be if he was the one. She knew that one way or the other, Chris would find out about it. After all, her colleagues had a very funny attitude of capitalising on any information that could find about her. They hated that she was a private person and so every sentence that had her name in it becam
"Cassidy!" Sasha yelled. "What?!" She responded innocently as if she did not know what she just did. She had always been a free spirit and that was one thing Sasha wanted so badly for herself but she couldn't have it. If she was a bit like Cassidy, she would have had Jake a long time ago. She wouldn't have been a coward and waited for him to make the first move. She would have told him how he felt and ensured that they ended up together. But unfortunately, she was nothing like Cassidy and so she lost the love of her life to a rich brat. "Michael please have a seat and ignore my friend," Sasha said as she sat down. "Oh, I don't really mind. I think I like her smart comments," Michael replied with a smile on her face. "Okay then, you can talk to her when you guys are alone but for now tell me why you have come to see me.""I was in the neighborhood and I thought to drop by." Michael said innocently."Oh don't play that card with me. You are always in my neighborhood and you don't al
"Since when did you start caring about that?" Sasha asked. "Come on Michael, tell me the truth." She didn't believe the lie one bit. She knew Michael like the back of her palm and she knew that he didn't just do things unexpectedly. He was a calculated man who thought about everything before he started doing it.Michael suspected that Sasha wouldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth. They have been friends for a long time and she knew him like the back of her palm. But he had still hoped that he would be able to get the information he wanted without having to do or say much."Okay, if you must know. I am here because I saw you walk in to the cafe when Jake was still in there," Michael said and held a sober face afterwards. "Are you spying on me, Michael?" Sasha asked and Cassidy snickered. She knew exactly where it was going."Spying on you?! God no, I was in the cafe with Jake before you came in. I had just left with another friend of his and I wanted to ask Jake something.
The dinner table was not as decorative as Jake had imagined it would be. For God's sake, it was the King's. They were wealthy and very sophisticated but they didn't put that much attention into their decoration for the dinner party. Maybe, it was because of the guest they were having over. Jake wasn't really the ideal son in law. In fact, he wasn't really the ideal anything but still, to maintain their reputation, they had to pretend to love him. Jake remembered how hurt Amanda was when he told her that he would be attending a dinner at the King's mansion. She had rejected the idea strongly. But Jake was his own man, with his own cash flow, he didn't need her to tell him what to do anymore. So all she was do was talk and yet he would still go ahead and do whatever he planned on doing. And that was attending the dinner. "Good evening Mr and Mrs King," Jake greeted them with a smile on his face. Ivy couldn't take her eyes off him. She wanted to hate him so much but how could she when
"Jake, wait!" He heard a voice call him as he stepped foot out of the door. He turned around and saw Ivy heaving as she ran towards him. She was beautiful. Exceptional if he could say. She had gotten golden locs on her hair and it looked better than when she didn't attach them. Her dress complimented her body extremely well and everything she wore brought out the beauty in her that he had believed were long gone. In his heart, he felt a stiring up of feelings for her again."What do you want Ivy?" He tried to hide what he knew was very obvious. But he had to try. It would be catastrophic if she got to find out about his true feelings for her. "Look, I just want to apologize for how my parents acted over there. I know it wasn't proper at all and I apologize for it." Jake had half expected her to do that. And he knew that if she did do it, it could only mean that she had other plans in mind. "It's fine. I will be on my way now. I honestly don't want to be in a place where I am not acc