Chapter two
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A knock sounded on the door.Emilia grumbled angrily and ignored it. After a couple of persitent knocks she stood up to check who the intruder was. Peeping through the keyhole she sighed softly...her manager was on the other side and there was no way she would leave him standing there. As soon as she opened the door she turned and headed back to the couch to resume her position as he barged inside ready to give her a piece of his mind. When he faced her his expression turned from anger to one that resembled pity.
"Emilia you can't go on like this" he sat down beside her "I know you went through a very terrible experience but you have to get yourself together and move on with your life, you have to show him what he lost by doing better without him. Dont let him put you down, your a beautiful woman with a great career. Any man in his right senses would love to have you. Kelvin is an asshole for not realizing that." He tried to reassure her.
"If thats true then why did he do it. Not only that, he did it with my best friend of all people" Emilia replied breaking down in tears
"Thats why i said he is an asshole, he dosent deserve you one bit. Maybe this is just God's way of saving you from a failed marriage" he held her as she sobbed against his chest. "remember we have deadlines to meet" he continued
"I know Micheal, i know" she replied tiredly
"Just come back to work okay? We need you there" he told her as he got up to leave.
Emilia simply nodded knowing fully well that he was right. She really had to get back to work. Wallowing in self pity won't pay her bills.
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Emilia entered her office the next day and tried to smile bravely at her employees. They all depended on her for a living and she couldnt bear the mere thought of failing them. She sat down and opened her laptop, glancing through the various unfinished manuscripts she decided to work on the ones with the nearest deadline. After staring idly at the screen for almost thirty minutes, her manager came in...
"goodmorning, am glad you could make it" he smiled
Emilia just rolled her eyes "its not like you gave me any other choice"
Her manager laughed and then sobbered up "dont worry, everything's gonna be fine. You will see" he looked at her affectionately
She didnt bother replying to that. She was tired of people telling her everything was going to be fine when it clearly was'nt true.
Taking her silence as his cue to leave he headed out but not before giving her a strange look.
Emilia shook head... Was she now seeing things...was that not love she saw in his eyes... She put her face in her hands.
Maybe she misinterpreted that look.
He could'nt love her..not now..and even if he did, he was a bit too late... She turned to focus on her laptop.
Even though the first few minutes of the day hadnt been useful, she felt extremely satisfied with the work she had covered by the end of the day.
She could do this...she thought as she entered her car.
One thing she was sure of was the first place of her career in her heart. She had no plans of becoming soft again.
Thank you for reading. Chapter 3 will be posted on Wednesday.
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