𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 ✓ (𝟷𝟾+)

The Beginning

Roger 

It must be her. Babydoll. It felt like her. Suddenly all of it made sense. Like missing pieces of a puzzle, everything was falling in place. All this while, right in front of my eyes and yet, I never knew. I never bothered to even look. 

How could I have been so stupid? How was I not able to see who she really was?

Does she know who I was? Or was she too unaware about her Master. A part of me longed for her to be unaware, to be in the dark about my identity. I wanted to see her reaction when she would be told. Another part, the one which ached for her longed to talk to her, wanted to hear her sweet soul soothing voice.

Desperate to find the truth about her knowledge on me, I rummaged through the company documents. The folders placed on my desk weren't helping so I had to call for more information. Once her call logs arrived, everything became clear.

It was her. Arin Rafferty. Oswald heiress. She was the one who spoke to me. My phone number reflected against her name was the confirmation that I needed. She resigned when she came to know about her new status. Dates matched. Everything matched. But nothing conveyed if she knew about me. 

Maybe not. Ignorance was bliss. 

Arin's call center resignation still probed me. The dates yet again served the answer. She might have considered the repercussions on her reputation if the information of what she did leaked. Or maybe she wanted to try something new with her life. Whatever it was, I wanted to find out more. Always assuming the day her identity would be revealed, her hold over me would fade was only a dream. With the knowledge of her name, her hold over me only grew stronger. 

I leaned back into my chair, tossing my legs up on the table and dialing the person whose coupe news was too dramatic to be heard before. But with the turn of the night, I guess a little drama wouldn't have hurt. 

The ringing stopped and the Xavier answered. "So you are finally free.. huh. What was your meeting?" Xavier enquired. I had lied to him about it to end his call. 

"Meeting was cancelled. So tell me what you were saying earlier," From the sounds in his background, it seemed like he fell back into his bed or a chair. Huffed air hit speakers.

"Where do I begin," he said, channeling his usual self centered aura.

"Generally everyone start at the beginning. But I leave it at your discretion.." He chuckled at my words. 

My gaze fell on the employee list with Arin's name on it. Still unable to believe it was her, I held it in my hand. Like if this was a mirage, it would fade away. Every doubt of mine remained unanswered, every question still lingering. 

Xavier's voice pulled me back. "So I was saying that you would merge with Oswald no matter what. Right?" I hummed my reply and listened to him carefully. He is taking something serious here. In all my time with Xavier, I have never heard him talk so serious. "I was just thinking, what if you could boost your business while being merged."

I didn't understand what he wanted to say; not that I ever did. But this time I genuinely care about his so called plan. Call it my need for distraction but I wanted Xavier to reach his point sooner. But the man choose the wrong time to run around in circles.

Annoyed, I leaned my head back into the headrest and uncreased my furrowed brows. "I am not one of your girlfriends to wait while you go around the world with your topics, Xavier. Please, can you get to the point?"

Xavier was unconcerned about my impatience. I considered myself to be an average when it came to the virtues of patience. But today, one specific name was stuck in my head and drained all my concentration over it. Everything else was just a haze. Only her name shone bright.