0 Celsius: To thaw a frozen heart novel Chapter 23

I didn't wanted anyone to see me in such a vulnerable state...so here I was crying my heart out inside the washroom cubicle...placing my hands on my mouth to silence my breaking sobs.

I know it has been long

I should accept the fact that he has moved on in life with Andrea

But I just can't.

I cannot see him finding comfort in someone else's arms

I just cannot see his smile at her like he used to smile at me.

Oh god please give me strength..

Strength to repent for my mistakes before breaking down.

Cleaning my face and washing away all tears and sadness I made my way out of the washroom like nothing happened.

But what I saw was completely unexpected.

Gone was the wave of happiness. Instead everyone looked tensed with their eyes fixed on the led screen.

The news was enough to shake the very floor under my feat

"....the breaking news of the minute is that in the latest Business rivalry we have MM industries as the leader...the shares were reported to be 20% up within one trading day. Reaching it’s 52 week high...the opening bid was the highest in 12 weeks and we all can guess the reason behind it.....yes you are guessing right ..they have won the patent infringement case from AR industries ....clearing it's name in the 10 year long case...this victory is evident in the shares...investors have again gained confidence in MM after they managed to get 80 million $ compensation from none other than AR industries.....Mr Alessandro Romano suffered the greatest loss of the decade with investors drawing out their money and shares reaching their lowest....."

That was enough to make me take a step back and find where Alessandro was..

He must be devastated!!

He needs to be strong at this point...

I need to make sure he is alright...

I frantically searched for him

There he was sitting in his office with eyes fixed on a stationary point lost in his own thoughts...

Before I could open the door a guard stopped me .

"Sorry ma'am sir has ordered....no one is allowed to enter right now..."

I nodded and he returned...placing my hands on the glass wall overlooking his office....I kept staring at him...

He looked so lost and vulnerable...

I hope I could help him...

Suddenly his lost eyes met mine through the glass and I stepped back.

Before I know he moved out of the office grabbed my wrist painfully and dragged me along

"Andr-"

He didn't let me complete...instead I was pushed harshly inside the elevator with him behind me.

As soon as the door dinged closed both my wrists were grabbed harshly and my head was slammed on the elevator wall.

A throbbing pain entered my skull and for a second my vision became hazy.

His cold red eyes never looked so dangerous before