Finding Her Smile

Intentions

It was already evening and he was still sitting in his office thinking of what happened. "She is mine and will always remain mine", He said as he grabbed her file... desperately searching for answers... that's when his eyes fell on her mother's name "Ms.Elizabeth Walter"...A sense of relief spread through him making him feel a little lighter. But how come her mother is not bearing her husbands name? As long as he knew they were together. But he was glad, so very glad that he understood the reason behind Emily's surname and felt an utter satisfaction deep in his heart as he rested his head on his posh black leather chair and let his mind wander. "She was still his and he will fight for it" his heart said. "She is still 'Mrs.Emily Stamford' and she will always be and he will make sure of it. He will never let anything to take it away from him, not after 6 years. Not after knowing that she didn't attempt to marry again. Not after knowing that he will never be happy without her... Now after knowing that only she could complete him, after knowing only she holds the key to his heart and only she can hurt him so much. And surely not after knowing that they were still married." He said as his fist hit hard on the table.

There were days when he felt that every official mail was a divorce notice telling him that there Vegas marriage was a mistake but it never came. And little by little... later he became very busy trying to revive his lost business... soon he was engrossed in his office making sure that he had no time to breathe... eventually that helped him overcome Emily, at least till today.

As his eyes fell on picture of his family his heart turned cold "First comes revenge... may be I can grow out of this love once she has paid for her actions. Actions that not just broke him but his whole family. Why did she have to do that? What was her intention for coming back? I will first figure that out... I will make sure I figure out that first..." His mind made up.

He had to update the contract, he is going to make her pay and she will pay more than she did. She would have probably come here, thinking that she can fool around my dad once again and that's just not going to happen. She will have no access to anything confidential. He took her contract again and read through it. That's when he had his other surprise, she was just going to stay through three seasons of fashion shows and then she will be gone, his time had already started ticking and he has to act soon.

Emily's time was ticking, she has to finish what she has started... she has got less than a month to showcase the winter collection and it is going to happen during June. It's supposed to be summer everywhere and here in Auckland it's winter she hissed. Something inside her scared her to the core... The very factor that she has to outdo all the collections she has ever done and even more. Only then she can achieve what she was meant to do.

The portfolios they had done till today looked good, but it somehow lacked an appeal, it needs fire they have to make a statement at the same time blend. God help me... she started looking through the previous years fashion show displays. Her eye fell on flame fashion collections most raved about designs which are still considered the best and almost adorned most red carpets. Their reviews were hard to beat. Her guilty heart was amazed at the designs, how was she ever going to beat them... Her heart started banging as if they wanted to just jump out and finish her life. She has a promise to fulfil, a mistake to correct and along with these she had to keep away from Mr Ethan Stamford her major distraction.

"Emily" a voice called from the door. The voice sent shivers across her body... she could even feel goosebumps on her arms she soon smoothed them as she bottled up her bubbled up anger " How dare he call me Emily ?", she murmered looking up to the place where the sound came from. She made sure she closed the Web page before she proceeded further.

There he was standing tall next to the door, it looked liked he had been standing for a long time. His hands were folded one leg resting against the wall the other on the floor leaning on the wall. He was a sight to behold. His lean long legs, his broad shoulders looked so handsome but yet so full of authority. His face looked so sculpted, his deep blue eyes were kind of piercing into her, but still beyond it she could see something, something behind those eyes.

Emily was a vision to watch, her beautiful deep green eyes hidden behind the specs she was wearing, her face was resting on her hands, she was seriously looking at the screen and was so lost in the work. He wanted to just hold her beautiful heart shaped face and kiss her again.

"Has anyone taught you to knock? And please call me Ms. Walter" She asked politely as she stood up controlling the anger bursting inside her making him come back to his senses. "It's my office and I ask no one" he answered trying to match her politeness but his under lying anger and authority was quite evident. How dare she ask me to call her by her sur name and act like a stranger to me?

"I want you to sign these contracts, we are going to let go off Natalie she is going to join another office. I ll want you to assist me in our upcoming projects. I think that will make it more comfortable to work around and moreover we don't have time to hire an assistant now. Of course there will be a 30% hike in your salary " Ethan told her hiding all his emotions from her. "I will think about it." Emily responded totally getting on his nerves. But he has to get her signature at any cost. "Please Emily I know you are a great designer and you will be here just for a year but please consider it, it will really help the company" Saying this he left the contract on the table and left.

I have no boy friend, no friends and nothing more than this office! What is the big deal, I ll surely need more time in designing I can't waste time in assisting him... but being with him will surely make me understand his vision for his company better, he might even be of help... as the thoughts rolled she took her pen and signed the contract finally making up her mind. But his voice had done something to her... though she had made sure not to show up her emotions to him... His voice was already rekindling something inside her that she thought she had lost... "her heart".

"Emily" She heard the voice again she looked around but found no one. Why was his voice still reverberating in her ears? why did it sound so familiar? That voice was causing that pain in her heart that she couldn't bear, the pain she had forgotten so long. She gripped her heart with her right hand trying to balance on her legs. She could feel the tears running on her face but couldn't reach it. Her other hand was holding the table for balance... trying to stand seemed like lot of effort as she finally popped into the chair close by.

"No this voice is not going to take hold of me nor the kind of love that left me when I needed it the most". But she was still searching for him, still holding hope for him and she still loved him. She wanted him to just come back from thin air and tell her sorry and take her in his arms. "Oh how much can I love him?"... she thought, as she pulled out the key chain he had gifted, it looked like a book with glasses on it... with the following words engraved "To the lovely Nerd that I love so much - Nathan"

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