The Arranged Deal✅ |COMPLETED|

Dead?

I'd lost the count of days since she left. I didn't know that I was this dependant on her. The moment I laid my eyes on her, I'd hated her independence. I couldn't digest how a woman could be so powerful. Graceful and enchanting at the same time. How she didn't stare at me without anything but pure profession. How my darkness couldn't intimidate her. How she could snap back at me. I was left utterly insecure and restless. When I'd finally settled on the fact that she was just another fake woman, drugging me and my family, she had to come up with fainting. I still remember how angry I'd been when she'd kicked me. When I saw her faint, I decided to leave her there and walk out. I actually did. It was Rick who scolded me and took her to hospital, dragging me with him after he saw that I couldn't help checking the elevator on my floor. I was just angry why she was so stupid but then at the same time I wanted to shake her violently and ask how she could be so careless.
I still remember how Mitchell had screamed to get me shot and I ran as I feared that his people might blindly fire anyone and she could be hurt. I was angry at her for calling bad names to Marie but still I couldn't understand the strange pang of uneasiness throbbing inside me on the sight of her lying lifeless on the floor. I'd acted like a total zombie those days. And on the trip when I secretly followed her, she had to call her friend. That was the first time I felt that feeling.

I was dissatisfied because he could talk to her and I couldn't. It was not like I had any right over her then but still it made me vaguely enraged to see her with him. Do I deserve to ever have any rights over her?

I found myself unable to understand her smile when she bit half of the gummy bear and handed me the other half. She looked so peaceful. Even when she had been kidnapped. I was surprised when I had jumped out of the building with her. I even inquired if she was being rude due to our argument, the fact that I didn't find her earlier or she was trying to save me. She looked so nice when she flared with anger after our trip. And how authoritative she was there with Mitchell and her gang members. I never liked the kind of things if someone asked me how I was. If I needed anything. She never did that but always took care. Never did stupid immature things. Might be she spoke all those out but still. Her actions portrayed that she is mature.

Her little smile everyday after I started noticing made me bizarrely relax. Like everything is fine. Her voice smooth and sweet. Even if not addressed to me. How cute she looks when she gets frustrated, practicing the simple basics of anger management. Seriousness towards work. I don't mind her doing silly things. They look so good.

Her absence has taken a serious toll on me. I could just not fathom how I'd lived so long without such a relax in my life. And nowadays that relax was snatched away from me. For the first time in my life, I needed someone. Someone so desperately. I never wanted anyone that way. I always used to tell myself. 'You don't need anyone. You can do it.' And suddenly this woman made it change. I don't just want her. I need her. Need her like the air which keeps me alive.

I'd called her several times. No. Several hundred times. The thing that provided me comfort during the first few calls was her voice in the voicemail however the content was barbarous. But since I texted her some messages, her phone kept being switched off.

I parked my car as I rushed up my building.
"Good morning sir." I finally stopped by an employee after nodding at several greetings.

"Any information?"
"Sir the credit card was found to be used last night but it was used by Llandon Wright. I texted you that. Other than that, nothing. She finally confessed last night. Everything's almost done. I don't think she'll be a problem anymore." He replied curtly.
"Good. Work on that." I told him.
"Sir I know this is highly unprofessional but people just keep disturbing with all the gossips. They talk about.." He looked away.
"Speak.."
"That you look odd." He said gulping.
"Ask them to mind their businesses. And I'm sure it doesn't concern my looks. I hope the task remains a secret." He nodded.