"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

-J.R.R. Tolkien

Aiden's pov.

She was right here, in my arms but I couldn't do anything more than just stare at her. The shock on her face was mixed with confusion and fear.

I felt like I would lose her if I let her go now. She didn't move neither did I. Before I could say anything she looks away and stands up to her feet.

She doesn't look at me and picks up the file that fell off her hand. She's been ignoring me even when I tried talking to her after our meeting on Wednesday.

I decided that I'm not going to let go of her again. She doesn't speak and walks up to her desk.

"What are you doing here? I thought we have a meeting at twelve o'clock," she says, facing her back towards me.

I retained my posture and began to speak, "I-I need to talk to you."

She stiffens, still looking at the wall. She's the only person who can ever make me feel nervous.

"About what?" She asks me.

She would probably kick me out if I told her why I was here. It's better to lie first, "About the project."

I could see her relax and sigh before turning around to look at me. Her eyes were glassy and created a barrier between her emotions and me. It was more like the look she had on her face when I first met her in high school.

"Take a seat," she says and I walk up to the seat opposite to hers. I tried looking at her in the eye but she looked away and I know that she's hiding something.

"These are some of my designs and we could pick a few from these while I make new ones," she starts explaining and I shift my focus to her designs.

These designs are the best I've ever seen. The detailing is perfect and there's no way a person can ignore these beautiful pieces.

I look at her and she doesn't make eye contact. She continues to look into her creations so that she could show me more. How do I talk to her when she doesn't even look at me?

She hands me few more designs and I take a look at them. I'm already in love with her work and she never failed to mesmerise me. She looks up at the same time as I do but she looks away quickly making me sigh a little.

Why is she shutting me out?

You did this to yourself.

Aha that's true.

"Bree," I call her and it felt different when her name slipped out of my mouth 'cause I wasn't ready to talk to her but now it seems too late. She slowly lifts her gaze to mine and it felt like very thing around me stopped.

"What is it?" She asks me and looks away to look at the project layout.

You can do this.

I keep telling myself and take a deep breath before speaking, "What happened after I left?"

This was the only question I didn't stop asking ever since I saw her again. She stays frozen in her place and doesn't look at me. This was just another person confirming that something has happened.

She finally looks at me with a blank look and says, "Nothing that you would want to know."

Her voice was stern as if she wanted to sound stronger and it was definitely heart breaking. It was just awkward silence between us now.

Just say it before its too late.

"I-I want you back," I just say it looking at her eyes. For a second it felt like I could just read her mind and she wanted to come back to me but she immediately gave me a cold look.

"What do you think I am? 'Cause I definitely don't look like a human with feelings to you," she asks me with a piercing look. This was a bad idea. I should've waited for a few days.

"Do I look like a fucking toy for you to play with?" She hisses through her teeth and I'm a loss of words. Her outburst isn't expected or rather I didn't know what to expect.

"The world doesn't revolve around you Aiden and I'm not coming back to you. You were the one who left and everything was your choice but you don't get to chose this time. God knows how I even ended up trusting you," every word she said felt like being stabbed in the heart.

She's right but does it mean that I should give up?

Absolutely not.

I stand up from my seat, looking at her. I knew the look on her face and it clearly shows that she's doing this against her will.

"What if I say that I lied when I left you?" I ask her softly, scared of how she would react. It was the situation I dreaded all these years but I'm not backing off when it's about losing her again. My silence can't be the reason to end both of us.

She looks up at me and it was clear that she was at a loss of words. She looks devastated, broken and lost. I was the biggest asshole to leave her and I know that there no going back but when I look at how fragile she is, I can see a future with her.

I don't know if I can gain her trust right now but I'm ready to fight for her if she doesn't. She had a stern look covering her face and I know what's coming. She stands up and we are only about two feet away.

"Aiden listen to me," she hisses looking at me right in the eye.

"We're here for nothing but bussines and nothing else matters to me. If you think I'm coming back to you then you're being delusional. I don't want to let my shitty past with you ruin this project. Just six months and I can't wait to get away from you 'cause I'm definitely not interested in wasting time for you."

Shitty past?

Did I have a say here?

Doesn't look like I do.

"What if I say that my feelings towards you is something more than just liking you?" I ask her.

"You're crossing your fucking limits Aiden. Last time I remember it was just attraction and lust between us and it ended right there. And it wasn't me, it was you who made it all about lust and I felt like I was a fucking whore to you all along when you left me," she's making me feel guilty and there's nothing wrong with that 'cause she was right.

"I want you to leave now Aiden," she sounded like she could break down any moment.

Way to go Aiden! You're making her cry now.

"I said leave," her voice is stronger and she sounded angry. I lean in till I was close enough to her ear.

"I'm not letting go of you this time, baby doll." With that I walk out of the office.

She would be wondering how shameless I am but she definitely knows where this is leading to. I know where to go next. What happened back there just made my feeling stronger and the hope of having her back has now turned into belief.

I have someone who might give me some lead with this and I'm going to meet him tomorrow.

Jackson.

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So what do you guys think? I know the chapter was damn short but I guess it was worth it. I hope the chapter was worth the wait. I'm sorry for the delay.

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