Hörny Boss

Chapter 33

VERA'S POV

Hannah is such a darling, she helped me clean up the mess in my kitchen and parlor. She got me a cleaning service at her husband's agency, I had to do it since that was the only available office.

I buried myself in the job, leaving my house as early as five in the morning and returning home late in the night. I would rather let others dump their shifts on me than think about him.

For eight days, I didn't see Nathan, his door was shut and Hannah told me that his office was also locked. I thought that he must've realized that he was wasting his time, accepted his mistake, and left.

Ever since then, I haven't seen anything like lily flowers or letters in a red envelope. But it was hard to concentrate at work and sleep peacefully at night. I did well not to cry myself to sleep every night.

It's his fault! He should be blamed for pretending to care while he was only trying to satisfy himself! What does he take me for? Whatever he thinks he is, I will surely get over him and live a much happier life.

I have already spoken to a legal practitioner who would help me achieve one of my biggest dreams. That's the reason why I accepted to go through that hell in the first place, I must get my child back! That's all that matters…

Honestly, I didn't expect him to send me two times the amount we agreed upon before I signed the contract. I was shocked to see the huge sum of money he transferred to my bank account.

Out of anger, I wished I had enough money and the courage to send him back his money and stick only to the amount we agreed upon, but I couldn't.

I said to myself, I will use the money and pursue this opportunity to get back at the person who hurt me, then I will work hard and pay him back. I considered it as owing him some money.

I didn't fail to visit Dr. Halmes for advice and medical supervision because of the way I felt. I could feel my heart splitting into two every single day.

I hated myself for feeling that way. Jack was the one who started it; he turned me on, used me, and ditched me without explaining the reason for his actions.

I wouldn't have believed Monica, but what happened to the fact that he couldn't even call me or tell me that he was leaving and I should go or stay…

Stay? I refused to think in that direction. Staying with a man like Jack is the worst thing any woman would ever do. I was only concerned about Tim, or maybe that's what I thought.

It's a good thing the boy wasn't at home when I left the mansion. I wouldn't have stood while he cried, so I was grateful that he would give that trouble to his mother and later to his father and that would be their problem…family problem and no business of hers.

As I worked towards achieving that goal, I refused to be distracted by the attractive face of a man who couldn't even be compared with the most handsome American Gigolo.

It didn't work out well, but I made it till the sixteenth day. I woke up early in the morning to see him seated beside me on my bed. I couldn't even shout for help because he must've broken into my house.

I laid down in bed, not surprised at all as his thumb caressed my cheek. I opened my mouth to tell him to leave, but I said a different thing.

"You are here?"

"Yes, I am," he pecked me

"Is this a dream?"

"It's not a dream. I missed you, Vera. I feel empty without you. Tim too, the house…" his voice trailed off purposefully.