Chapter 41

Nathaniel typed the button of his laptop furiously, replying to some emails he had received since he had escaped from his business.

Even though he was rich, he could not run away from work, it would continue piling up. He rubbed his temple, glancing at his wristwatch from time to time to be time conscious. He hated tardiness, lateness, and undisciplinedness at work.

Everything was silent in the house, he missed his Angel, it wasn't home without her, it was just like a desert land.

He shut down his laptop, grabbed his phone, keys, and wallet from the desk. He cuffed the cufflinks of his suit as he tugged his tie down a little, unbuttoned two buttons while running his hand through his hair, disheveling it but not forgetting the two tickets he purchased early.

He couldn't wait to get the meeting done and took his Angel to the theater.

He drove down to the reserved place, met his PA at the halfway who looked like he'd been working his ass off.

"Sir, these are all the files that need to be reviewed before the meeting commenced" his PA followed his long stride inside.

Nathaniel stopped at the receptionist, and walked to her, "someone might appear here to see me… please do allow her" he smiled gently at her as she blushed.

James - the PA was shocked, his boss never begged to get work down, he ordered and workers followed.

Please, James' eyes nearly popped off.

His Angel was rubbing off him without being presented and a smile twitched on his lips," she goes by the name Angelina Hugh - my wife" the receptionist's face fell in disappointment as she mumbled an inaudible word under her breath.

He entered the glass room, scanning inside as he sat at the window side, staring at the scenes outside before he collected the files from his PA, skimming through them, flicking his finger on the desk.

"Sir…" James tried to voice out his thoughts but gulped when Nathaniel raised his hand and shook his head.

He saw his boss was in a good mood, a smile dancing on his lips what his boss rarely did back home.

"Sir…".

"Not now, James" Nathaniel raised his brow, daring him to say a word, "I'm going to fire you if I hear another word from you" Nathaniel warned him with a daunting smile while James swallowed hard and sighed out nervously.

Silence descended on both of them; only the flickering sounds of the turning files page could be heard among the silence.

His phone rang and his smile broadened, seeing the name, "speak" he ordered.

"We've found her hideout sir" the secret agent's voice shrieks from the other.

"Good job, you guys fucking make me proud" he grinned, complimented their efforts which he rarely did.

"Should we finish her off?" the man asked.

"No... No, death is fucking too easy and sweet on her" He smiled sadistically, "She fucking knows before she fucked up," he muttered, "I want her ruined, no… I need her ruined" he growled.

"Ruin her and her fake cousin, I want her to fucking come and fucking beg" he stated.

"Put her on speaker and video" he ordered.

"Hello Claire bear, nice to hear from you again" he grinned, seeing her bruised-up face and he grinned happily.

"Nathaniel…" he didn't allow her to finish her statement before hanging up.

He was going to make her life a living hell, death was too good for her rotten soul, she knew he was a sick bastard and he didn't care, that was why she ran away but she knew she can't run away from him. She would wish for death but death would come easily.

He was happy, it was the fucking news he had been waiting for. Well, she made him meet his Angel. His drugs calmed all his darkened souls down. Just the mere presence of her.

He continued to check the files when he saw a brown folder, he scrutinized his eyes on it before opening it and saw divorce paper.

"What the fuck is this?" his voice boomed out making his PA flinched in fear.

"You were the one who asked me to bring all the files" the poor man stuttered, squirmed under Nathaniel's hard gaze.

"Shut stammering like an incompetent fool and fucking answer my damn question" he growled, "Why is it here?".

The man swallowed the lump on his vocal cord, "I was trying to explain but…".

Nathaniel threw all the files on the floor in anger as the expected clients entered, slowly, glancing from raging Nathaniel to the trembling PA.

"Pack this shit and fucking burn it or bury it".

The man picked it up and walked out of the room arranging them in orders, trying to sort them out.

"I hate lateness and tardiness in business" he cut the client off, looking at his wristwatch, he was already in a sour mood before, "I can't…".

"Sir, my wife.. M".

He banged his fist on the desk, "I don't want fucking excuses, excuses ruin businesses. I can't deal with excuses . Millions of people are depending on me and a thirty-minute lateness, deterred from their income" as he was already standing up, Angelina walked in swiftly.

James carried the files out, sighing tiredly as he sorted them out and put the divorce folder in his left hand. He stood up to throw it in the trash can, he was met by someone.

"Oops, sorry," James heard a feminine voice and looked at the woman. Her face was down in guilt, he sighed, staring at the folders he had worked on early but decided to be a gentleman to the poor lady.

"No ma'am, I wasn't looking where I was going" James smiled reassuringly, picking up the folders, he was surprised to see the lady helping him. Women of her class were bratty, snobbish, and proud but the lady in front of him was different. Her grey eyes made her stand out in all. As they were picking up the files, the lady stopped, picking up the file his boss to him to discard as he opened his mouth to talk, the lady stood up abruptly, holding the paper with trembling hand as her eyes widened and looked like she was battling with herself, shaking her head vigorously at the moment. Her eyes widened in denial as her heartbeat furiously, breaking in the process.

Her heels clicking on the tiles ground, he was flabbergasted when the lady opened the door to the meeting room.

Who the heck is this woman, he thought, quickly following the woman to save her from his boss's wrath.

She released the door making it sound bang around the glass room, his boss glanced up and his face morphed to surprise but the unexpected happened when the lady's palm hit his boss's face, eliciting murmurs and gasps from people.

Who is this woman, he wondered, her face looked familiar but he didn't know where she'd seen her.

"How dare you play with me" the woman's voice trembling.. crying, hitting him on his chest while his boss looked lost, he didn't understand.

His boss didn't have any flings, he only had one ex and a replacement wife… so who was this woman?... A distance relative that he didn't know?.

"What's wrong love,".

Love, the word rang in his head… his boss' voice was so soft and velvety… what the heck is happening, who changed his boss?.

The words only made the woman glare at him, the PA was curious to know about the woman but he kept it in and talked to the client before giving the couple privacy.

Nathaniel was still mad about the divorce letter. How could his PA bring the divorce paper?. He was surprised when Angelina entered, the anger he was feeling earlier had passed away, he stood up to hug her but was met with a hard slap.

Nathaniel stood rooted, he didn't understand, his cheek still sting but that wasn't what was in his mind.

She had hurt herself, he hell knew that she hit him hard to feel the pain but her hand would have been hurt also...

What had happened? he thought but when she screamed and pushed the paper on his face, he knew he'd fucked up.

Fuck!.

James, fucking James didn't burn this damn thing, his jaw tightened, "It's not what you think," he swallowed.

Fuck, he squirmed under her hard gaze. Her eyes were blazing with fury as sadness flashed through them.

"It is now what?" she laughed sarcastically, wiping the tears from her face harshly.

Tears, he hated the tears. Part of his soul was breaking with the tears that were escaping her eyes. He hurt her. He made her cry. His foolish mistake... He deserved to be buried alive, he thought.

"Angelina…" He called softly, his voice was low.

"I hate you!" he heard her say, stepping back from him backwardly.

His face crumbled, the steps she was taking away from him made his heartbreak. His heart beating heavily as his stomach churned, a sting from his heart tore.

I hate you!.

Hate.

You.

The three words rang in his head like a mantra, he wanted to scream out to the world. He was just knowing what heartbreak felt like...

Nathaniel took some steps closer but she threw her heels at him, making him stop on his track then her statement gave him hope, "I don't hate you, I just hate myself for falling in love with you".

Hate.

Hate.

Hate.

No…

Love.

Love.

Love.

The pitter-patter of the rain was hitting the ground furiously as Nathaniel ran out with her heels in his hand, shouting Angelina's name in the rain.

He saw her running at his peripheral sight and he ran to her, holding her hand from behind making her stop on her track as he turned her around and wrapped his arms around her body, pulling her closer to him as rain fell on them under the dark sky.

"Leave me alone!" her voice was hoarse and was hardly audible, "Don't touch me" she thrashed in his embrace but he didn't budge. He needed to have her calm and explained to her.

"Sorry" he murmured, hugging her tighter, "It's not what you think," he blinked his eyes continuously from the water cascading down his eyes.

"Get away from me, I'm angry" Angelina's voice was muffled.

*I'm sorry Angel".

"Leave me alone!" he hugged her, pulling her in a tight hug as she continued to thrashing in his embrace but didn't allow her until she calmed down

"It's not what you think" he began, "I had it done before I met you, I've told him to prepare the letter but I didn't know he brought it" he explained, seeing her body relaxing on his chest.

"I love you" he whispered while Angelina raised her neck to look at him, stunned and shocked.

He loved her!. Maybe she imagined or her ears were hearing things, she concluded.

They stared at each other, eyes bore to one another, and emotions swirled in both eyes, "I love you since the moment I saw you in our family wedding gown. It might sound silly or unbelievable but I've loved you since the beginning" he kissed her forehead for a fleeting moment then looked at her again with intensity, "I love everything about you, from your eyes to your nose, to your attitude, dressing and everything" then he kissed her both eyes, trailing the kisses to her nose, pecking it thrice while Angelina giggled. "You are the light to my darkness, beauty to my beast, angel to my devil, and home to my traveler" he kissed the side of her cheek. "If loving you is a crime then I'm ready to have a lifetime sentence in jail" he kissed the other side of her cheek. "You are mine and I'm yours wholly without no doubt, you've me wrapped around your fingers" Jr kissed her jaw. "And upon all, I love you for being you" and he hurled her up, making her instinctively wrap her legs around his waist, smiling.

"I love you too" Angelina whispered back and then, he eloped his mouth on hers, kissing her damn hard.

And the spider has his prey woven wrapped in his web.

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