SEVEN DAYS

Epilogue ♣ Love Is Sacrifice (The Retreat)

RAVEN'S POV

It's been three weeks now. Three successful weeks of dating Mikahail Constantinovich. I was currently at the Retreat. Today was the first day of the retreat. And I was supposed to be giving a presentation to the major stakeholders of Standford bank all over the world in a few minutes time.

We'd thought of countless ways to make it work. After his work, Mick would come pick me up from mine, and I'd spend a few hours with him, before he went to drop me off at home. I finally did a proper introduction between him and my best friend, Charlotte.

Then sometimes, at my lunch break, I'd use the company's helicopter and fly all the way to his company miles away just to get a kiss from him, or to share lunch with him. And then sometimes, he'd be the one to fly over.

Then one day of the weekend, I would sleep over at his house. Those were the best of days.

I don't regret my decision to love him, not that it was much of my choice anyway. My heart didn't stand a chance in the face of raw, primal seduction served on the hot sexy body of Mikhail Constantinovich. The fact that I wanted him was no longer a secret for closed doors. It was frankly obvious in every thing I did. The way I looked at him, the way I stopped looking at all whenever he touched me...I'd become an instrument of yearning and sexual desires and only Mikhail could get the inspirations to play the strings, and by god he did play them and made songs out of me. Daily, nightly, I sung his name, moaned it, screamed it, reverred in it, like I knew no other. Like I couldn't get another.

"They're ready for you now, Raven" the bank manager of another branch, came outside to inform me, putting an end to my line of thoughts.

"Thank you" I muttered, and gathering my things, I went in. They were all seated already. Old men, some middle aged, with stoic faces, ready to pass judgment. I struggled to remain calm and not be jittery, so I could give a good presentation. But I was shocked to discover that the CEO of all Standford banks in the world, Mr. Belsta Nombani was not seated at the head of the table. Didn't he come for the retreat? That was impossible, seeing he's the one who brought up the idea of bank retreats in the first place.

Never mind, I went to the front, my presentation slide already prepared. As I was about to start my presentation, the doors suddenly burst open, and Mikhail of all persons, walked in. My heart began beating faster, for the simple joy of seeing him again. Mikhail.... What was he doing here? Why was he here?

"Sorry gentlemen. Sorry I'm late. I'm the new CEO of Standford Banks worldwide. Please Mrs. Edens, don't let me stop you, begin your presentation" he said, as he went to seat at the head of the table. The empty seat. His eyes twinkling with mischief

Nothing could have concealed the shock on my face. Like, how's this even possible? How do you buy a CEO out of his own company? Shaking my head, all I can do is smile, and then begin my presentation, with tears welling in my eyes. I don't even know why I was trying to cry in the first place. But I did know however, that everything was going to be okay now. I just knew it. I was going to be fine. We were going to be fine — Mikhail and I. When we get home, I'm definitely going to ask Mikhail how he did it. How he could buy a CEO out of his own company. The amount of money he'd have spent alone... And it's so heart touching because he did it all because of me. Otherwise without me, he had no business with Stanford Bank. Heck, he didn't even bank with them at all, to start with. But just because I'd told him how important today was to me and how scared I was about it, he'd instantly gotten himself involved. I guess it also may have had something to do with the fact that he was probably feeling slightly guilty for keeping me from preparing for this conference for seven whole days. But that still doesn't change the fact that by him doing this, he's starting to slowly ingrate himself into my life. Making himself a part of a major aspect of my life. And I truly loved him all the more for it. I couldn't wait to experience years and years of happiness, love and laughter with him, starting from today.

Without cajoling me into Seven days Of Sin, I wonder if our paths would ever have crossed. I was glad he did what he did. Now, we were going to experience love as no one ever had. The type that was penned down simply for the everlasting beautifulness of it.

For every day of those Seven days I'd spent with him, I would love him seven times more, seven times harder. Yes, this was a lifelong commitment of love. This was a lifelong commitment for "Forever"

♣AUTHOR'S NOTE♣

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so I was able to drop another chapter of SEVEN DAYS OF SIN (SDOS)

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