Chapter 7
Quinn
“Quion, are you leaving already! Wait a minute?” Veronica walked briskly to meet up my pace.
“What is it this time” Lasked, finally coming to a halt.
going to have breakfast with me before you leave? She asked leaning towards me with a dry smile that pissed me off the more
you going to
“I have work piled up at the office, I can’t afford to waste any minute rating breakfast,” I replied coldly, I wanted to get her off my tail.
“What’s the matter? You’ve been distam lately, you promised to take me to the snake house for dinner yesterday but you came back so late and when I tried to talk to you, you saved me off. Is something the matter? Is it something I did or said? She asked again, prolonging the obvious.
“Why don’t we talk about things when I return from work today huh? I have some important clients waiting for me at the office. I said and made to leave but she held me back by my hand.
“You said you had a pile of work a few minutes ago and now, you have clients waiting for you at the office. You’re
“I don’t have time for this Veronica, see you later. I cut her off and walked away.
“Good morning sir. Mr. Roberts asked for a meeting with you today to finalize the deal, Fleur informed me the minute I got into the car.
“Hhmm,” I replied with a nod and buried myself in my
in my device screen.
Mr. Roberts was one of the biggest clients I ever had and he was coming to finalise a deal worth billions with me today and I wasn’t excited about it or anything che,
Nothing felt interesting or exciting since Ana left my life but I wasn’t going to admit that to anyone but myself.
Ficur cleared his throat loudly, making me shift my gaze from my phone to the rearview mirror in the car, he glanced back at me; a knowing glance and I looked away immediately.
Apart from myself, I think Fleur also knew the reason for my indifference towards everything but he’s never spoken to me about it and I wanted it To remain that way
Mr. Roberts was escorted to my office by Fleur while I was doing some paperwork and I could tell that I wasn’t myself throughout the meeting with
him
My mind was
filled with
something else and I always cut him off while he spoke with a “what?” “Hu
Fleur had signaled to me to keep to myself and not make us lose an important client.
After everything was concluded, Fleur came to my office and looking at the expression he wore on his face, I knew that I was about to listen to a Jong woolding
“What’s
f going on man?” He asked after shutting the door behind him:
“You’ve lou yourself, I’ve been watching you for some time now and you’re like a shadow of yourself. What’s the matter?” He asked with concern but Ilised any gaer on my laptop in an attempt to ignor him.
You need to speak up Quinn, something is wrong and we need to deal with it or you’ll slowly lose yourself to whatever it is” He said again, closing the lad of my des
There is noding to talk about Fleur, just get back to work and do your job” I replied curtly, hoping that it would make him give up on pestering me about my berliavait but I should haver known better.
“There is a lot to talk about Quinn, this discussion between both of us is lang overdue and I’m not leaving until we talk about it. I know, it’s
chat You’ve lost yourself because of hire absence right
questions dug oles in my heart.
(hot my astutant, he was also my friend Har knew everything that had transpired between Anastasia and me so how couhl i
rgoing crazy because I don’t even know where she is or if she has moved o
It was going to be the worst codiariastment of my life and I was really for a painful ‘I told you so from him so I kept my thoughts to myself and
Chapter 2
ou ignoring me. Quinn? You are bad at pretending. I’m sure every one of your staff has also discovered that it’s because of your divorce you’ve
ingaloot Fleur said and I knew I had to say something or he wouldn’t stop pestering me.
731 % not my ex–wife Fleur, it’s something else.” I lied but he caught onto it
So you still can’t call her name even after three years have passed and you want me to believe that she’s not the reason why you’re acting off!” rpendsted and I got up from my chair.
ew I couldn’t take his words much longer or I was going to explode.
earth does a man learn how to bag like a woman?
Fleur mouth held razors that tore into my mind and if I don’t leave sooner, I’ll be forced to tell him how I felt– how she made n
me feel.
For
you talk too much Fleur,” I remarked as I tried to walk out of the office but he wedged me with his body and spoke in a hushed tone.
for someone who needs help, you have a bad habit of not talking at all, Fleur replied and I let out a deep sigh.
address, she just returned from Los Angeles yesterday and she’s holding a housewarming party in their compound this evening. netvätta Mira sent an invitation to you specifically and I think you should go. See her once and for all and ease your mind” Fleur’s words struck direcords in my heart and I felt anxiety rising within me.
“I asked with a soft tone.
hark and I suggest you see her and end this madness once and for all,” Fleur said and walked out of my office before me.
address written on the piece of paper and I smiled, subconsciously. For the first time in a long while.
