ETERNAL LOVE

24: MISERY

AUTHOR'S POV

EXR Enterprises,
09: 58 am

" Edwin, sir." Edwin stopped in the parking lot hearing his name from his secretary instead of being followed by her.

He turned to see her standing beside his car. " Sir, I need a day off." She asked nervously.

Edwin tilted his head in response asking the reason indirectly.

" I'll come to drop you off." She spoke lowly thinking he won't be agreed.

" Take the car." Just with that, he walked away.

Jane didn't believe her ears at first as he easily agreed. He didn't even give her time to thank him.

Not wasting a moment she grabbed the door lock of Edwin's Mercedes to open it but suddenly felt someone's presence behind her.

The voice of footsteps echoed in her head as the surrounding was silent. She gulped looking at the person in the reflection of the car's window well knowing who he is.

" Jenny." She heard him whispering in her ear.

She has been avoiding him by being around Edwin all the time who has been silently pampering her. But this time Maxwell finally got her alone.

She quickly opened the door to escape him but suddenly got pushed causing the door to lock again. She immediately faced him finding him too close for her to breathe.

" We need to talk." He said politely.

" Nothing left to talk-"

" But I have." He raised his voice cutting her words off. She slightly flinched but tried not to make it obvious. " You have to listen to me this time." He added stubbornly.

" Move or I'll call the security." She tried to sound stern.

Maxwell sighed looking at her hands clenching her uniform. " Just this once." He insisted and took a step backward, providing her some room. She was able to leave if she wanted now but she stayed.

" I can't... I don't want to bring this back. It ended long ago." She pronounced the last words above a whisper. 

" What ended? What was between us which is no more?" He asked civilly.

Jane finally looked up into his desperate eyes. Those twinkling eyes she was once mad about. " Everything... Everything ended that night. You can't act innocent." She gulped hating herself for sounding weak in front of him.

" I accept it was my fault too. I shouldn't have done that but-

" Yet you did." She cut him off in between. " You are a coward. A person like you can only love your reputation, ego, and money. Not someone else." She added bitterly and tried to walk away but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back making her back bump into the car.

" You ran away not me." He defended himself.

" YES, I RUN AWAY BECAUSE MY WHOLE FAMILY DIED THAT NIGHT." She shouted causing him to stare at her. Tears made their way down her cheeks and she didn't bother to wipe them.

" Your family?" He opened and closed his mouth but no more words came out.

Jane nodded with teary eyes. "Only Alice survived. I know I shouldn't have interfered your family gatherings but you were the only person I had...to run to when I got the news. But you were blinded by your ego. You were ashamed to say that I was your girlfriend in front of those guests. In front of your parents. I needed a hug but you insulted me in front of everyone, I remember you saying I was some random girl who is obsessed with you. They laughed at me...all of them because I was the only outcast there. Their laugh still echoes in my head, Max. You could forget that night but I can never." She cried biting her bottom lip.