“So why are we here Sophia?” He said relaxing in his chair. “What are we talking about?”
I suddenly became nervous. It was time to tell him the whole gospel truth. From Genesis to Revelations.
“Ok… in order for everything to make sense I have to start from the beginning. It might take a while.” I looked at him obscurely.
“I’m all ears.” He said calmly.
He looked so handsome, I just wanted to skip the talk and lock lips with him instantly.
But that might scare him off like the other time…
“Well, I want to start from when I started working for you.” His eyes shot wide open. “I know that was a while ago but it all ties together I promise.”
“It’s okay. Go ahead. I want to hear this.” He folded his arms.
“Okay. So the very first time I saw you, I thought you were um… very handsome.” I said and he smiled arrogantly.
“When I became your PA, I had a crush on you from day one but I kept it a secret. You didn’t even notice me at the time because I was young and unattractive.” He frowned when I said that but he didn’t say anything.
“I went on crushing on you for years. Phoebe knew about it and one day she dared me to grab your attention just to see what will happen. So I dressed up more than I ever would, but it didn’t work.”
“It did.”
“What?”
“I remember that day perfectly well. I spilled coffee all over my desk because of you.” He said.
“Really, that was because of me?” I asked and he nodded. I was stunned.
“Oh, that’s explains why you began to flirt with me afterwards. I thought it came from nowhere. Anyway… um, lets fast forward to when we had our first kiss in London. I was extremely happy because it was everything I’d ever wanted. But then, logic kicked in. I had seen you with so many girls in the past and I thought you were never able to commit to one person. Let alone ME. And I didn’t want to sabotage my work for a brief relationship with you so I had to end it there. I used ‘hating you’ as a defense mechanism in order to resist you but you kept on coming on to me.”
“When the accident at the bank happened, I was scared. Scared of loosing you. I decided to drop the act and be with you. That’s why I did what I did the night you got discharged from the hospital. I wanted to tell you that I had feelings for you but I didn’t know how to say it. My intentions were only to kiss you but things went out of hand and we ended up doing a lot more than I planned.”
“And then you stabbed me.”
“It was an accident.” I laughed. “I didn’t mean to.”
“I know Sophia. Besides that, I really enjoyed the encounter.” He teased.
“Um…” I cleared my throat and ignored his comment. But I’m sure it looked like I suddenly applied red hot blush makeup on my cheeks. “That night when I got home I was happy. I day dreamt about our next encounter because according to you, we were going to ‘finish what we started’… whatever that mean. That was until I got a text message from someone.”
I pulled out my phone and opened the message which I still had up till this day. I showed him the pictures I had received in the message.
“What the fuck?” He frowned. “Who sent these to you?”
“Charlene, your ex-girlfriend.”
“That fucking-” He refrained himself from cursing any further.
“At the time I didn’t know who it was. I thought I was a random girl that you were hooking up with right after I kissed you because it was the same day.”
“I’m so sorry Sophia. Let me explain. She had spare keys to my apartment. I got home and found her there. I told her I wanted nothing to do with her and that I only want you. She broke down crying and I consoled her. It’s not what it looks like we’re doing in the picture. I didn’t even know she had a secret camera taking pictures!”
“It’s okay Adam. Don’t be upset because I’m over it now. At the same time my mum called me with the bad news about my dads stroke. I had to leave New York the next morning.”
“The reason for my hostility towards you throughout your first time in Virginia and in Michigan was because of the pictures. I hated you so much because of them. I’m sorry for all the times that I slapped you and I’m sorry for almost killing you in the pool. I should never have done that. What if you couldn’t swim?”
“Apology accepted.” He said.
“When you went out that night, I was still angry with you. And I was still bothered about the pictures. I decided to call the girl, find out who she really was, and confront her if the pictures were real or fake. When I dialed, it went to voicemail and that was when I found out it was Charlene.”
“I knew you stopped liking Charlene way before the accident so I began to doubt the legitimacy of the pictures. I wanted to find out directly from you so I waited all night for you to return, only for two bodyguards to bring you home by 3am in the morning. You were so drunk and your clothes were tattered with cigarette burns. You were out all night placing bets on me. I didn’t know that my actions had such an effect on you. I’m so sorry. Also, in your drunken state you were talking to me and being very honest about some certain things.”
“Oh really? Like what?”
“Um… just weird stuff.”
Like how much bigger my boobs have gotten since I was a teenager.
“I want to know. Did I say anything stupid?”
“No actually. I asked you a few questions and you answered me quite well. Firstly I asked happened between you and Charlene and you told me the same thing that you just did. But you phrased it differently because you were drunk. And then you told me you were in love with me before you fell asleep.”
“You really took advantage of me. You could have asked me all the passwords to my account and I would have given them to you.” He said.
“I know and I’m sorry. I should have had the conversation with you when you were sober. But the next day when you woke up, you didn’t want to talk to me. You treated me badly and I almost cried, because I woke up with the intention to tell you about my feelings for you.”
“I’m sorry Sophia. I had made a decision to stop chasing you and forget about you.” He said.
“I’m guessing that’s why you rejected me the night we got back, after I kissed you in my apartment.”
“I was only trying to realize my decision.”
“But you completely disappeared from my life. Why didn’t you at least call or text? Or rather send a professional email?”
“I- I wanted to see how long I could do without you. I wanted to prove to myself that I didn’t need you.”
“Well, it worked. You went away for a really long time.”
“No Sophia. It didn’t work. I was thinking about you all the time when I was away. There were no other women.” He said and I breathed a sigh of relief.
“But I was hurt during that period. I thought you hated me. I thought you never wanted to see me again. I thought I would make it easier for you by resigning.”
“That was the worst decision you made Sophia. I needed you.”