The trouble of falling in Love

Present Time: We meet again

Beep beep my alarm sounds off, I open my eyes and I see the rays of sunlight shine through my window, I was expecting a little rain but I guess the forecast was wrong again, I turn my alarm off  and I see it's almost ten o'clock in the morning, I quickly get up from my bed, Im still wearing the same clothes as I did yesterday, quickly and without choosing wisely I gather some clothes and head straight to my bathroom to take a shower, as I stand near the mirror I notice my make up is still untouched except for the mascara which is all around my red puffy eyes, I guess you could really tell I was crying all night, the reason my worst nightmare Daniel RuthFord the boy who broke my heart so long ago is back and now he is a man a handsome and very successful man and now my ex-boss, funny how life works sometimes, I was in my office putting a project together for the new community center that we were about to open soon when I saw him walking by hand in hand with a beautiful blonde "Lainey do you know who that is?" Doris one of my co-workers asked me "No I have no clue" was my response, pretending not to notice all the commotion his presence had caused all around the place I decided to grab my presentation binders and I headed out, Doris followed behind me "That my dear is Daniel, Daniel RuthFord one of the most chased and popular bachelors right now and our boss of course" ahhh that's the only thing that kept me awake at night for a whole month when I found out Daniel was buying the law firm I was currently working for "Thanks for the four one one Doris but I don't think Mr. RuthFord is single any longer so just be careful and be professional I would hate to see you loose your job for being so imprudent" it sounded harsh but it was the truth Doris was a flirt and she always got in lots of trouble for it "Jeezzz don't need to be so rude about it, what's gotten into you today its something bothering you? Is little Samuel okay?" Great just what I needed right now bring Samuel into the conversation if my nerves were a wreck right now they just gotten even worse "No Doris Samuel is fine, I'm just stressed out about the project and meeting our new staff and the new owner by the way I don't want you to give information about me to anyone please especially Mr. RuthFord promise me you won't" without any more questions she just shook her head "I promise but I want to talk later maybe we grab a cup of coffee tonight" she said with a sly smile "Sure but right now we need to head out and start organizing the meeting for today" we both left the room and headed towards our meeting office, I was setting the projection screen plugging all the cables in when I heard the door open and his smell his delicious masculine smell that I remembered so well invaded the room, i wasn't sure it was him but then I heard his voice "Good morning ladies, excuse me but I seem to be lost can one of you direct me to the main office please" I turned around in slow motion and that's when the world stopped spinning around, the birds stopped singing and all the pain and sad memories came flashing back in those seconds as our eyes met again one more time, he froze in place he looked handsomely pale I couldn't speak or move, his eyes were full of confusion anger something I can't quite describe I was feeling like a lamb caught in a lions den waiting to be ripped apart "I can show you the way to the office Mr. RuthFord" Doris spoke making us break eye contact, I suddenly remembered where we were and I quickly turned around and kept setting up the projector for the meeting "This way Sir" I heard Doris say but I didn't hear any movement after that "Thank you Mrs. I'm sorry what's your name?" He asked "Doris Sir my name is Doris Callahan" was her answer she sounded nervous and I knew she had witness the tension between Daniel and I and I would have to endure her questioning all night "Thank you Ms. Callahan after you" he said and I heard the door close, my legs were shaking and my hands were sweating, I sat in a chair and took a deep breath how was I going to be able to get through the day with him there and the worst part I didn't like the way he was looking at me like he despised my presence. Later on that day after the meeting was over I was gathering my laptop and my books it was already seven o'clock and I had to head home, Samuel was with my mother and I couldn't leave him with her too long, I was locking the door to my office when all of the sudden I felt his presence behind me, I was scared to turn around my hands were shaking but I gathered the little courage I had left and I finally turned around, he was standing there just looking at me "So we meet again Lainey Roberts" the expression on his face when he said my name meant he wasn't happy to see me again "Mr. RuthFord indeed we meet again after all this time, I was just about to leave, is there anything I can help you with?" I stood up keeping my head high and tried to sound brave and serious even though I was dying on the inside "Actually Ms. Roberts there is a serious matter that needs to be address immediately and it concerns you and your employment with my Grandfathers firm" I knew it he was going to fire me "Do you mind if we continue this conversation in my office please I don't think discussing my business in front of the other associates is professional" I said and he just chuckled "Lainey Roberts I don't think that is such a good idea, I still remember what happened the last time we were alone in a room together and just warning you I'm an engaged man I won't be seduced by your charms" he said looking at me from head to toe "Although I have to say you look a little pale you seemed to have lost all that glow that made you look beautiful and innocent back then when we met, anyways my grandfather will be here tomorrow to address your continuous employment with this firm if I were you I would start looking for another job I don't think my grandfather likes you very much" every word that came out of his mouth was full of venom I wanted to cry and scream at him and call him all kinds of names but I had to be strong even though I was breaking down in silence my heart was shattered I couldn't believe I had been in love with a monster all these years and the worst part of it all I didn't know what I ever did to deserve this kind of treatment from him when he was the one that left me, but despite all of this mixed feelings i managed to put a straight front I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry "I must thank you Mr. RuthFord for your kind words towards me but trust me when I tell you I'm already taken but despite that fact I would rather die a thousand times before I even think about making a move on you, but please tell your grandfather on my behalf that there is no need for him to come all this way to fire me because I quit, now if you excuse me I have to go, don't worry I will come clean my office first thing in the morning good night sir" if I thought my speech affected him I was wrong he was smiling so evilly at me, that I just turned around and walked out of that office as soon as I could.  It was raining outside I could barely move my legs I was walking towards my car and I felt like I wasn't going to make it, as soon as I got in the tears started spilling out from my eyes the hole in my heart was big the pain was unbearable but somehow I managed to drive and I made it home where my Samuel was waiting for me, my only consolation in the storm my baby the love of my life, they say that sometimes love comes unexpectedly and it's true Samuel came into my life when everything was dark it was because of him that I fought for my life that I never gave up.

Now here I am about to go inside that office one last time and show everyone how strong I can truly be!!!

Authors note
Guys I just want to thank all of you for your amazing support I haven't had the time to write in so long but here I am again with a new chapter hope you guys like it !!!