Without A Name

Chapter 9

He was an only child growing up and he studied in the states most of the time. His parents wanted him to study hard, so that one day he will be ready to take over his father's company. He said that before he moved he used to go to this bakery/library to read all his favorite books. At this point, what he said about the bakery sounded vaguely familiar. I asked him where he used to live and he said he used to live in the city I used to live in. It was the same place. I asked him... did he remember seeing an older girl at the cafe on a rainy day? He said the day before he was going to study abroad, he saw a girl crying outside the bakery he was in. 

I was shocked, he was the little boy sitting on the staircase and he looked surprised as he said I was the sad girl crying outside the bakery. We both were so shocked, he suddenly looked so nervous. He asked what happened to me and what happened back then. I told him... everything that had happened and that the bakery lady is now my mom. He looked so worried for me and seemed glad that I was doing better. Why did he care though? We barely even know each other. Wait, so his old friend is my mom?, he even confirmed it. After that, I went straight home and called mom. I told mom everything, that I knew her whole scheme to set me up with the little boy from back then, that sat on the staircase and she admitted it.

I asked why, she said that she thinks we are made for each other. She said to give him a chance at least and to try new things. I was against it at first, but I realized that he already knew everything that happened. So I said okay, because she wanted this for me and I wanted to do everything she wanted because she is the person who first gave me that warmth I've never felt before. But I guess it was time to take chances, after hiding for far too long. That same night, the unimaginable happened. A rival company was trying to take all my money trying to make me go bankrupt. I had people report to me about that company and I found out that my bullies and my "ex" worked there now. 

They planned to take me down and that is never going to happen. The whole month, we worked really hard and I stayed up countless nights to find a solution that would be able to take them down. It had been a while since I had seen him and there was nothing I could do, I was too busy. I didn't even tell him what had happened, I just didn't have time to text him or call him. But we finally did it, we were able to make the company not a threat anymore and the company barely made sales. They even begged me to not press charges for defamation and slander but they have to learn their lesson for messing with me.

I took the rest of the day off and finally called him, to see if he wanted to celebrate with me. He said sure, we met up at a barbecue place and I was so happy. He said he was happy for me and I said thank you. We drank a bit and ate some good food.  I wanted to say sorry for not talking to him and he said that he understood that something must have happened and that I was probably busy. This was a really nice evening, I was done having fun and was about to go pay. He said he would pay and we tugged for the check until we were face to face. He leaned in to kiss me. I didn't know what to do, I was a little tipsy but I didn't want it to stop. We just kissed! We just laughed after he told me he liked me, that he liked me ever since he saw me at the bakery. I was so moved, we were face to face and I just couldn't hold back anymore, I pulled him in and kissed him again.

After that night, we both went home and just talked all night. We both confirmed that after this night, we are officially dating. We told my mom and his parents about us, they were so happy for us. We started to get closer and I was going to take a leap of faith this time. After about two years of dating, and our companies were doing well, we decided that we are going to live together and he moved into my place because I had already bought this whole building. We progressed in this relationship and we've grown from our past. The first night he moved in, we both showered after moving all of his stuff and while I sat on the couch, he laid on my lap after just getting out of the shower. I played with his hair and we watched a movie to end the night.