"Gabriel I'm not sure-..." Nathalie mumbled unsure of how she should respond "I-I d-don't think that I can-...I don't know if I want to be in a relationship with you, and not only that but I also don't know if I want to work for you anymore."

"Wha-"

"No-no-no don't say anything!" She hushed him by placing her hand in front of the man's mouth. And as she did so, she had to reach up quite a bit, so automatically Nathalie fell against her boss, but instead of him pushing her away, Gabriel placed his hand on her waist and like that held her, so that his assistant could keep her hand in front of his mouth and hush him.

By his strange gestures the woman obviously felt a bit concerned, but as she saw his eyes not moving away from hers she realized that his only intention was to keep her close. In a sweet way, in a good way.

"Nathalie continue, I didn't mean to interrupt, my apologies."

"I-uhm-it's alright don't worry...I-I j-just didn't mean that I'll quit forever w-when I said I didn't want to work for you...b-but maybe I'd like to have a week off? Or two?" She looked at him with pleading eyes meanwhile he looked back at her with teary eyes.

"W-whatever you want or need Nathalie." Gabriel said trying to force a smile onto his face. "...b-but please don't leave!" The grey haired man begged "I-I promise I'll change! I-I promise!"

"Gabriel you don't need to change! That's not what I'm asking for. In fact I'd rather help you get back Emilie then date you. I just don't believe that we work, even you said it yourself that in the past we didn't work, so I doubt that we would've changed. Plus if Em is back then that way at least you'd be happy in love and I'd have my child to take care of. Everyone would be pleased!"

"B-but-...I-...m-my child-" he muttered with a broken voice he tried to hide, yet definitely couldn't. "I-...I w-want to meet him or her-"

"Well you could visit the kid every once in a while" Nathalie responded to that "or however you and Emilie would want to. Maybe you'd take him or her for the weekend and I'd have him or her for the weekdays-"

"Nathalie I-"

"Oh what sir?" She asked staring up at the totally destroyed face of her boss who looked exactly like he was when he lost his wife.
His eyes full of tears, his face looking hurt and crushed, and even his voice was shaky, making anything he said almost impossible to understand.

But Nathalie knew Gabriel so well that when he simply shrugged and shook his head, she knew that he wanted some comforting, so without a word she wrapped her arms around him and laid her head against his chest.
"Don't cry now! It's all going to be great! It will be good I promise! Don't worry."

"I-I-...I love you!" The designer whispered, holding onto his assistant so desperately as if his life would've depended on her "I really fucking love you!"

"Oh me too! I also love you, but trust me this will be better for the both of us."

"You sure? Won't you just give me one last chance."

"No Gabriel." She uttered hurting the both of them. "I can't allow myself to. And that's for the better, better for the both of us."

"Better? Nathalie I feel like I've lost my everything! God fucking damn it, I haven't felt like this since I lost Emilie!!" He shouted, scaring the woman as the designer pushed her away and was now yelling at the assistant.
"Nathalie you're hurting me! You're destroying me without even noticing!"

"Gabriel I do notice! Now calm down! You're acting like a child going through a heartbreak! Act your age! Act like an adult!"

"Well fuck I can't! Nathalie I'm trying to be fine but I can't! Y-you seriously j-just ripped my heart into pieces! Into a million pieces!"

"Okay and? What am I supposed to do? Apologize?"

"I-"

"Fuck no! I won't apologize to a man who has put me through hell for many many years just to get back his wife, I won't say sorry to a man who used me for everything that I had! I loved you, and you took advantage of that. You knew that I'd die for you, and you took advantage of that! You took advantage of my entire existence, so no I won't say sorry for breaking your heart, this is honestly the least that you deserve! A-and h-how do you even think that I feel knowing damn well that this fucking thing-child inside of me is yours?!?!"

"NATHALIE!"

"SHUT UP GABRIEL!! My child won't have a proper father all because you're a shit human being who can't do the bare minimum of treating people right! And it's not just with me! It's also Adrien! You treat your own son like dog shit! Like he is worthless!...That boy loves you...that boy wants to impress you and make you proud...yet you're just an absolute asshole who can't even say 'thank you' or 'good job'. You don't even know how many times you've made Adrien cry! I've seen that boy at his lowest and that was all because of you, his very own father who crushed him down into the absolute ground...well good job Gabriel Agreste, at least you don't disappoint one person in your life...and that's fucking Audrey Bourgeois who is just a piece of shit exactly like you! Now fuck off and leave because I quit my job! I'm no longer your assistant! I resigne!"

With that the no longer assistant of Gabriel Agreste grabbed the kitchen knife and left to her bedroom where she slammed the door shut, leaving the man in her living room absolutely broken.
His eyes filled with tears, his heart broken, shattered even, and his soul absolutely demolished.

Nothing felt right anymore, he didn't even want to go home, all Gabriel would've wanted to do was curl up into a ball and cry.
Sob his eyes out until he was no longer.
He wished to disappear, he wished to vanish.
He was too embarrassed to live.

To be continued-...

Lol bad chapter sorry 😕