Michael felt nervous the entire day but he knew Ariana was not a difficult person so she will understand his explanation.
In the evening he made a phone call to verify if she was ready to go home. Ariana would wait on him in the evenings and when he is working late he would have the driver bring her home alone if she did not anything else to do.
He lived in a secluded area and taxi cabs are not allowed in so she would have to walk up hill for a long time before she can get to the house. Therefore, he always tried to prepare transportation for her. He might have to buy her a car soon but she doesn’t want to drive so he could only get a driver for her.
“Hello.” Ariana did not answer the phone with any grievance. She answered with the same tone she normally has. Michael felt relieved at first and then later felt an explicit pain in his heart. If her attitude is like this, then it means that she doesn’t care if he was with another woman.
But that can’t be right, thinking back to this afternoon she was really angry and jealous. Her emotions were obvious so why did she get so normal just after few hours. Well there is nothing between him and Samantha so it shouldn’t be so hard to resolved, he thought.
Little did he knew that this was just the beginning.
Ariana was still a little upset about what happened today but she is trying not to make a fuss about it. She knew it was just a contract and she didn’t expect him to be faithful to her. How can she ask the richest man of Westron City to love her wholeheartedly?
It is just a pity that over the past three weeks she had bound herself to him thinking their relationship might work. She even forgot about the main purpose, her mother. She hardly remember how her mother looks anymore and her father had destroyed all her photos.
Ariana pushed her emotions to the back of her mind and answered with a smile. Michael came from the other line, “Honey, are you done with your work?”
She felt bitter in her heart to hear his gentle voice. Just a few hours ago he was calling another woman by her nickname, “In the next five minutes I will be through. You can wait for me in the parking lot. I will be there soon.”
“Okay, I am my way there.” Michael walked out of his office and heading to the elevator to go to the underground parking lot.
They said few more words and hung up. As soon as Michael got off the phone he turned to Alex, “I haven’t dealt with you as yet.”
Alex tremble because he knew it won’t be anything good. “I did not expect her to suddenly open the door.”
“It seems like you are not competent anymore for this position. You can’t even handle a little woman.” Michael couldn’t help but vent his dissatisfaction on Alex. He knew Alex was innocent but he couldn’t help it.
“With all due respect sir, I tried stopping her. I did not expect that Miss Miller would be seated in y…” Alex did not get to complete his sentence. He was rudely interrupted by Michael, “Shut up and I don’t want to hear you mentioned it anymore. Now I have a little woman to coax and a very stubborn one at it too.” When did he get so bold talking back to him?
Alex lowered his head and said nothing more. He felt really wronged and it was The President that made a mistake. Why was he the one to be blamed? He knew that his wife is in the company but he still allowed Miss Miller to occupy his lap. Miss Fearon had all right to be mad at him. Alex could only curse Michael through his thoughts.
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