Yes, Mr Daniels.

Chapter Twenty-Three| Tension

Today I came to work a little bit earlier than I usually do. In fact, I've been sitting in front of my laptop for the past five hours staring at the door wondering if she'll be coming to work today.

I didn't understand where the fight between us began. It was frustrating that when we were finally making a breakthrough, somehow we got pulled back and further away from each other this time.

I said things I didn't mean, she probably did say things she did mean but I didn't want her to believe those things. I can't believe I called her a whore, of fuck I'm such an idiot!

The reason why I didn't agree to what Jack asked me was because I know Jack is a very competitive person and would instantly see Lia as a game, and she's more than a game to me, and I don't want to fight with anyone for her attention or for her time because she already belongs to me.

I missed her during the weekend, and my hands hurt a lot, my knuckles were bruised from all the boxing I did to release my anger. Not anger towards her but towards me instead because I'm the idiot who said stuff that I knew would hurt her.

Lia wasn't a whore, she's an angel and so precious, so kind, peaceful, beautiful, honest, caring and so much more. She isn't a disgrace but a whole blessing that I apparently managed to fuck up.

I heard her heels clicking on the floor before I saw her, excitement took over my body once her scent reached the office and all I wanted to do was reach for her and pull her into my arms.

She walked into the office and I stared at her. She looked gorgeous in her silk dress that reached mid-thigh and held onto her curves perfectly. She had pulled her hair up into a bun and she didn't look too happy to see me.

"Good morning," she said, digging through her purse.

"There's nothing good about this morning if you're not going to look at me," I responded and I could see her roll her eyes as she continued digging.

"Wedding invitation, Kiara and dad invited you," she handed me the silver envelope with gold lining, she walked away into her office still not looking at me.

She came back out of her office ten minutes later holding her tablet and looking down.

"So, today you only have one meeting at noon, and then you have to call Mr Shaw about that function he has on Friday, that's about it on my schedule," she said and switched the tablet off before walking back into her office, just to come back out again empty-handed.

I watched as she left my office looking straight ahead with her hands clenched by her sides. I groaned, pushing the papers off my desk annoyed. I just wanted her to look at me, just once and I wasn't even getting that right.

I stared at the wedding invitation that was on top of the piles of papers that were on the floor, picking it up I tore it open and read the curvy words.

You are cordially invited to Mr Rick Adams

&

Ms Kiara Robbins

Tropical Winter Wedding!

I carried on reading the invitation up to the dress code and RSVP necessities and where you can do so.

Lia came back into the office carrying my coffee in her hands and my heart warmed up seeing that she still made me my coffee even though she was angry.

"Are you going?" I asked her pointing to the invitation and she stared at it before answering.

"I have to, it's my father's wedding," she responded and I got up holding her hand before she could disappear into her office again.

"Amelia, please just look at me," I begged, lightly squeezing her hand and she tried to pull it out of my grasp but I held on tighter. "I'm really sorry for the things I said to you on Saturday, I didn't mean to and I know it was wrong of me but I really am sorry. And I'm also sorry I didn't tell Jack that you are mine and you're with me, I'm sorry."

I stared at her face and she was still looking away from me, I saw her squeeze her eyes shut and I walked closer to her just to have her move back.

"Mr Daniels, we both have work to do, now could you please let go of my hand," she said monotonously and I slowly let go of her hand and watched her disappear into her office.

I sat down on my chair and stared at her office door, drinking the soothing coffee she made me but my feet wouldn't stop kicking my desk and my hands were gripping a bit too hard on my mug.

Please let go of my hand

I got so angry thinking about how Lia asked me to stop touching her, I loved touching her and she also loved it when I touched her. Was she angry to the point where she didn't want me touching her?

My laptop chimed and I looked at a message that she had sent.

AA- Your meeting is about to begin, I already asked Keisha to prep the conference room for you.

- Come with me to the meeting?

AA- No.

Seeing her response made me angrier and I couldn't help grabbing the mug that still had some coffee in it and threw it against the wall. I also kicked down my chair and grabbed my jacket to go attend this meeting I didn't want to attend.

I managed to compose myself throughout the meeting but my mind was still on Amelia and how I would make it up to her, how I had to make it up to her.

Once the meeting ended, I made my way back into my office and I found that everything was back into its original state, the broken ceramic pieces weren't on the floor anymore and the coffee stains were wiped.

My table had been once again packed neatly and my chair sat upright. I walked to Amelia's office and knocked before I entered.

She jolted up and wiped her eyes quickly and pretended to be working. I took her hand in mine and I forced her to stand up. Sitting down on the couch she had in her office, I pulled her down to my lap and I wrapped my arms tightly around her body.

"I'm sorry, Amelia," I rocked her body and she just laid her head on my chest looking out my window.

"I'm sorry too."