Chapter 26: Chapter 26

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The best way to get you heart not broken is to pretend you don't have one

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Javier's POV

I usually know how to hide my emotions very well, I done it a lot of times. When am angry, sometimes I keep cool and pretend as if everything is fine, that usually happens with my mother, other times, I snap. When am feeling blue, unhappy and sad, I pretend to be strong especially for my father so he won't see me as a weakling. Generally, I keep my personal life and problems away from work, work is business, business is strict.

Well all that bullshit is not working now, even at work I can't seem to get my mind off Megan, am happy she's here, am happy she's happy and am not hiding it, I've heard employees gossiping about how I seem to be in good spirIt’s today. Yea am going on a date with Megan, that's big deal.

It’s not supposed to be a big deal but it is, I've gone on multiple dates in my life time, hell I've even gone to dinner with her, but this was different, I really like Megan now and I plan on letting her know, I plan on cancelling our breaking Sam's relationship deal. I also plan on letting her know that am bluey. Is that too much to take in at once?

I am nervous and the four eyes stick in front of me isn't helping at all. Here I was in my office preparing what I'll say during my date with Megan, was I gonna be cheesy or blunt? Was I going to bring in the big guns or just go low key? Then Regina informed me of a visitor who I apparently have an appointment with. I was praying for it to be brief but the 'visitor' didn't same to have the same wish with me as he opened up a briefcase stacked with files and papers.

The worst part is that he seemed nervous and his hand was shaking slightly, he was afraid of talking to me or looking me in the eye. Was i that intimidating? Would I make Megan nervous during our date?

I was barely keeping my cool, my hands were clenching and unclenching as the four eyes stick kept talking like a record player, Megan would be waiting for me now.

"Mr Altamira, would you like something to drink?”He asked me. Wait what? Is he a waitress now. "I could tell your secretary to send something in"

"How many more hours before you finish up”I blunted out, given by the papers, I'm not counting minutes.

"Umm, I would you to go through this and this and then we have this international__”he started lifting through his papers.

"How many more hours?”I snapped, this nerd is so frustrating.

"2”he blunted out, and I looked up at him surprised, "umm OK maybe 1 more hour or 1 and a half hour"

"OK so you plan on taking more than 5 minutes of my time right now?”I asked just so we are clear.

"Eh. Yes, this is a very important and crucial__”I cut him off by standing up, I wonder how I look, this suit didn't seem bad at all and Megan even said I looked sexy in it.

I smiled as I buttoned up the blazer and smoothed out the sleeves will walking out. Megan is gonna loved this steak house, It’s tasted and trusted.

"Mr Altamira”someone called just as I was about to open the door and walk out. I turned to see the four eyes stick staring at me, he looked as if he was going to cry any second now.

"Can_Can I__ can I try again tomo__ tomo”he was seriously going to cry in my office, no no, this is no crying ground, we have the lounge for that.

"See you at 8:30 tomorrow”I said, it wasn't completely his fault that things weren't going his way right now.

His face lightened up immediately, "impress me”I added before I left. Why did that sound so familiar.

I didn't see Megan waiting outside like she was before I had that hell appointment. My face squeezed up a little, I wonder where we went to, I hope she didn't forget our date.

"Regina, where's Megan?”I asked her.

"Oh Sir, she got a message and she ran off, but she said she would be right back"

A message? Did something happen? Is it her mum? I quickly entered the elevator, just as four eyes was leaving my office. I hope everything is alright. I hope Megan is OK.

"Louis? What are you doing here?”I asked as I came out of the office and saw Megan's driver. Wasn't he supposed to be driving her to whatever emergency she had?.

"Uh__”Louis said confused.

"Why aren't you with Megan?"

"Oh, she asked me not to drive her sir, she said she was going to P3 and wanted to go alone”Louis answered now understanding me.

"What the hell is P3?"

"It’s a pizza palace"

Ah was she hungry, she couldn't wait? I was taking too much time she probably couldn't stand the hunger anymore, I have to stop her, if she eats now she won't enjoy the steak as much as I want her to.

"Put in the address”I handed my phone to Louis and after he put in the address I went off. Or maybe she isn't eating, maybe she's meeting someone cox of an emergency, I won't know till I see her.

The cloud got dark and rain started falling in little drops that increased gradually, Megan can get wet, she might fall ill. I increased the speed and I reached the pizza palace in no time. By now the rain was pouring down heavily. I didn't hate the rain but I didn't like getting beaten by it either especially when I was wearing one of my favourite suit.

I came out of the car, and put my hands above my head, getting ready to run through and into the pizza palace, then I saw it, red heels. This was what Megan wore today, I know that because I practically swooned over her today. I removed my hands from my head with a smile ready to shout her name. But I stopped.

The smile fell off my face, my jaw clenched and my fist folded up, she was Samuel. Did she leave our date to come see Samuel? He was the one who texted her, was there an emergency? This he come to deliver bad news. I prepared myself to confront them, Samuel wasn't allowed to see her, my Megan.

I took a step further but then Megan's hand flew to his neck as she hugged him and he hugged her back, looking all cozy not minding the rain. I felt as if I had just received a blow in the guts, my stomach knotted up as I stood there watching them hug each other, the rain pouring down on me, on my suit. I didn't care, I felt so numb right now. How could this be? I actually thought I could win her over, I actually thought I could steal her heart. I thought I would make her forget Samuel. They broke the hug and I got back into the car.

Who was I kidding, I can't compete with a childhood love. Samuel would always be 'it' for Megan. Just because I was head over heels for her doesn't mean she has to feel the same way. I would just continue to be 'the kind boss' to her.

This is probably the part where girls cry. I felt so bad, finally I know what rejection feels like, It’s not a good feeling at all, it heart breaking. I didn't bother looking back at them as I speed by, I wanted to drive close to them and splash them water, but I couldn't, Megan could get sick.

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"Mr Altamira, you PM isn't here yet, is there anything I can help you with”a short hair blond girl asked as I headed towards my room.

"No”I answered my voice tight, I didn't want to see anybody.

"I can help you with any thing sir, am also a masseuse”she said flirtatiously refusing to leave my side.

I snapped my head to look at her, she was petite with a nice figure, her blond hair barely reaching her shoulders, her chest jutting up exposing more than enough cleavage and her lips looking seductively plum with red lipstick. Not bad, Megan hugged Samuel right, It’s only right I do same.

I grabbed her hips and pulled her to me.

She giggled biting her lower lip, "Feisty and quick aren't we?"

I lowered my head to kiss her, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, her lips suddenly looked very unpleasant like an over riped tomato.

"What's your name?”I asked still holding her close to me.

"I can be anything you want, but people call me Miranda”she said

I let go of her hips and she gave me a shocked expression, "well Miranda, you are fired!"

I heard gasp and I turned to see the head manager, Conner I think.

"I don't want to see anyone, is that understood!”She nodded. I looked around and saw other maids and workers.

"I said, IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?”I yelled punching my fist to the wall.

"Yes Sir”said the thoroughly spooked workers and maid.

I resigned to my room and after turning the whole place upside down in an anger fit, I called Clyde but he didn't pick up, why didn't he pick up? At a time like this. Ah he was probably in Paris enjoying his honeymoon, I shouldn't disturb him with my problems.

"I didn't like Samuel, I love Megan”I continued murmuring this myself as my eyes closed shut.

Megan's POV

"Come on Conner, am his PM”I whined, and we are supposed to be on our way to a date right now.

"He fired Miranda”Conner stated still not letting me through.

"Really?”I asked a bit surprised, pretty boy was in a pretty good mood today, I shrugged, "she probably did something horrible, she is a slut and we all knew it”I just hope she wasn't flirting with him else I might just wring someone's neck.

Conner shook her head, "he is very upset Meg, he made it clear that he didn't want to see anybody, crystal clear"

"Why?”I was super confused and worried right now, he didn't seem upset in the office what happened within this 20 minutes that I was away.

"I should be asking you, you're with him 24 hours, what happened”Conner asked.

"I don't know, I really don't know”I said as my eyes landed on an indention on the wall, it looked like someone's fist. "Maybe I could calm him down"

She shook her head again, “Not today, not at the risk of our jobs, just go home Meg, you are wet already "

I signed looking at my sightly drenched body, so no date then. Ha so much for a happy night.

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