Chapter 453 Picked Me Up From Work
He told me that he wanted to come after me after Michael took me away. Unfortunately, his car was too slow, and the latter left him in the dust. That was why he didn’t know where I was.
Nicholas’ eyes shone with disappointment when he said those words. He dropped by my office that early in the morning to wait for me and have that conversation. To my surprise, he wasn’t there to tell me to keep my professional and personal life apart. Instead, he was there because he had feelings for me.
The way he redirected the conversation and talked about something personal… I shifted my gaze awkwardly to look elsewhere. Thing was, I knew how he felt about me, but there was nothing I could do about it.
I’ve already made things clear in the past, so I didn’t want to dwell on that topic again.
“I understand. I don’t want to talk about personal matters, though. We’re at work, and our jobs are the most important thing right now. I will, however, promise you it wouldn’t matter what happens between Michael and me. My loyalty to the company is absolute, and I won’t do anything to hurt you or the company.”
That was the only promise I could offer. If he wanted me to love him back… Well, that would be impossible.
He knew what I meant, and he frowned. The silver lining was that he didn’t keep that conversation going, so I sighed a long breath of relief.
“Okay, then we won’t talk about this at work. Let’s discuss the matter some other time. Still, I pray you’d keep my previous words in mind because I do not wish for the same thing to happen again.”
He shifted his gaze from me and sounded calm when he said those words, but the fact he was warning me was clear as day.
“Understood.”
I replied nonchalantly, before shutting up entirely.
I couldn’t make that promise firmly because I didn’t know if I could cut all ties with Michael right away. That morning, I agreed to Michael’s terms, and I couldn’t back out of it anymore.
Nicholas left my officer soon after. I sat there all alone and was both confused and irritated. There was no way to focus on work at all.
I basically spent the rest of the day sitting behind my desk and daydreaming. All I could think about was the drama in my life, so not much work was done.
When it was finally time to clock off, I packed my bags. There was no way I’d stay for a second longer. As soon as I finished putting everything away, I left the place.
It was only natural that it was peak hour because many employees were leaving their workstations at the same time.
I had just left the building when a black Ferrari made its way to me and stopped in my path.
Seeing that prompted me to frown in frustration. I wanted to circle around and walk away, but when the windows rolled down, I saw a familiar face looking at me.
My frustration maxed out upon seeing Michael there. His phone call was the reason I still couldn’t clear the misunderstanding with Nicholas, who still had no idea what really happened.
The mere thought of how Michael was deliberately driving a wedge between Nicholas and me had me fuming. This man is the reason I am in such a bad mood today.
Worse still, everyone in the company knew that Michael was our main competitor. Who knows what the others would think if they saw him at the company’s entrance and talking to me?
Nicholas’ misunderstanding was bad enough as it was. If Michael further made things worse… I will never be able to clear my good name.
If anything were to happen to the company’s administration, everyone will surely suspect me. That was definitely something I didn’t want to happen.
Hence, I acted as though I didn’t even know him. I circled around and continued walking down the path, but he pressed the horn at me.
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