Tied....Their protector

Take it back

~~~~GARRETT'S POV~~~~

Right when I slammed the door I knew that I was in the wrong.

I turned around to face the door, my hand on the handle to open it and go in there apologizing, but I couldn't move.

Frozen there, the image of her face when I yelled at her, when I told her to try harder; it makes my heart hurt to know that I just hurt her again.

I want to take it back. Yelling at her, slapping her that time, sleeping with other woman, pushing her away.....I want to take it all back and start over.

My phone buzzes in my pocket, pulling it out I look at the caller ID, James.

"Hello?"

"Where the heck are you? The meeting is about to start." He says in a heavy whisper.

"I don't know if I'll be able to make it. I need to make sure Phi is ok." I say back about to knock on the door, but Bryce walks up.

"Go on. I hear your rant this morning, you can apologize to her after." He says lean against he way like me.

I look at him for a long moment, I don't know if I should leave her. Well obviously I shouldn't, but this meeting is important for my business.

Though my business doesn't come before my family.

Ever.

My father taught me that, once he had a huge company that everyone wanted to be apart of, which he had one of the largest ones right in his hand; but the day of the meeting we were going to go for a family picnic down by the river. My father told the people that he wouldn't be able to make it, because he was going to teach me how to fish.

I know how to fish now and I'll never forget my father being there to teach me how to do it.

Family comes before business.

"Go Garrett. You need a break, from the looks of the bags under your eyes." A small sting hits my heart as I walk away from the door.

"I'll be there in 5." I tell James over the phone.

"You sure? I totally understand if you stay, I mean she is your tie and with what just happened...." He trails off.

"I'll be there in 5." I say again, but I plan to hurry this whole thing.

I need to get back here and apologize.

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An hour into the meeting......

I'm so done.

We have been sitting here going in circles for almost an hour and a half now.

I've been getting this uneasy feeling in my stomach and I know it's because of what happened this morning.

I close my eyes and pinch the bridge of my nose, the image of Phi's face pops into my head of when I asked her to sleep in our.....I guess sense I pushed her away and slept with other woman it became just my bed again.

"Phi will you sleep in our bed again?" I ask standing behind on the other side of the bed with a pillow tucked under my chin as I shimmy a clean pillow case back on.

Her eyes widen and I can feel the uneasiness rolling off of her. She glances at the bed and her eyes cloud with memories; while she's spaced out I walk over to her and when I touch her skin a shock goes through me, not a electric shock. A pained one.

"Baby. I'm here." I whisper to her as i wrap my arms around her waist and hold her against me tightly.

She snaps out of it and puts her hands on mine, but the feeling of pain and worry still glows off of her as if she was a glow stick.