Zach didn't even hire an assisstant after me. So much work was piled up for me. It took me 2 extra hours from my regular hours to complete all shit.

I didn't see him after our first encounter in his office. He didn't call me for anything and I ,too, didn't come out of my office, not even at lunch time.

I glanced at the clock amd It was showing 8pm. My stomach growled reminding that I missed my lunch and didn't eat much in breakfast. I didn't know how I was still alive.

I picked my bag and iphone and locked the door of my office. The lights of his office were on indicating that he was still there.

I dragged my exhausted body towards his office to inform him that I was going home. I opened his door slowly and looked inside. He was sitting on his chair looking tired and exhausted. His eyes were closed with his head fallen backward on the chair.

The bags under his eyes and 5 o' clock shadow was making him look older than his age.

After staring at him for whole two minutes , I knocked the door. he instantly sat straight, rubbing his eyes and slowly saying "Yes?"

When he looked up and realized that It was me, confusion masked his expression. He glanced at his rolex and then at me.

"What are you doing here? Its 8"

Something broke in my heart, the way he said that. As if he didn't want to see me.

My blood started to boil.

"I was completing that two weeks piled up work", I spat.

Then he realized that his tone was harsh.

"I am sorry I didn't mean to-", he sighed and stood up.

"Let me drop you at home. It's very late"

"No ,I can go myself", I declined his offer.

I banged the door on my way, not missing the pool of emotions running through his eyes. Rejection, Annoyance, Hurt.

I didn't want that Zach. I didn't want that 'hopeless' and 'tired from life' Zach. I wanted my Zach back. In fact, I wanted that Emily back. I wanted our carefree relationship back. I hated that awkwardness and strangeness.

Just one storm destroyed everything. Was our relationship that weak? No Emily No! We are the one making it complicated.

I exited the building with heavy heart. It was so dark and quite outside. I was standing there for half an hour but not even a single taxi passed by. I sat there on the pavement. My legs started to hurt and my thin knee-length dress was doing no good in this cold night.

I heard a roar of the car and looked up. It stopped infront of me. Recognising that very familiar car, I looked other way, ignoring him.

He beeped the horn to get my attention but I still ignored him.

At last, he called my name.

"Emily!"

I didn't reply.

"Emily!", He shouted.

"What?!", I shouted back at last looking his way.

"Get in the car!", He was still shouting and that was boiling my blood.

"Go away!"

"You will catch the cold", he tried to say politely but I could hear the annoyance in his voice.

I ignored him and started playing with the phone in my hand.

After a minute, I heard the sound of door opening and closing.I tried my best not to look his way. He came with quick long steps.

"It's too cold out here Come on. Why you have to be always whiny like a five year old kid?!

I looked up to glare him but my glare instantly fell down when I saw him shivering. He was wearing just a thin white shirt. His jacket must be in car. His cheeks and nose were turning red and God he was looking cute. Hah! Did I just said cute?

I was sure that my cheeks were resembling him or even worse as I was sitting here for half an hour.

I took pity on his shivering figure but mostly on myself and thought to go with him.

With out a word ,I followed him to the car. He opened the front door for me and I got into the car. He jumped in the driver's seat and roared the car.

No one tried to start a conversation. The silence around us was suffocating me. There were so many questions to be answered. There were so many reasons to be given. There were so many things to be cleared up. But none of us was daring to ask that questions , none of us was daring to ask reasons, none of us daring to clear up everything.

He turned opposite to where my house was.

"My house is that way", I pointed to the right.

"I know", he simply said

"Where are we going?", I asked folding my arms over my chest.

"I know you have missed your lunch and you are starving. So we are going to a restaurant", he said simply not even looking my way.

"Stop the car", I gritted my teeth.

He looked at me in confusion.

" Why?"

"I am not going anywhere with you"

"But-", he tried to reason but I interjected him.

" I said stop the car!!", I shouted.

He applied brakes and I jolted forward.

"What happened? We are just going for a dinner", I could see the annoyance etched on his face.

"Why don't you understand Zach! I have moved on. I have a boyfriend now. I can't be with you now.It's over Zach. Everything is over. Stop that crap and accept it", my voice rising at end , venting out all pent up emotions.

He smiled sadly."Emily! You can fool yourself but not me. I can see that clearly", he paused looking into my eyes as if he could peeked into my soul "I can still see there love for me. Your eyes are the windows to your soul. You still love me. I know you have forgiven me a long time ago."

He touched my cheeks grazing his fingers along my skin and I sucked a breath. "I know your heart still beats faster just with my slight touch"

"The thing I don't understand is Why you are avoiding me? Why you are avoiding me when your heart still beats for me ! when your body still wants me! when your soul can't live without me!? WHY?! "

I was quite , tears choking in my throat. The silence around us was suffocating , making me to puke and run away. The tears started running down my eyes. The truth was I didn't even know the answer to this 'Why?'

I opened the door and stepped out. I was really a coward , trying to run and not wanting to face the truth.

" Emily?",he came out too.

"Go away Zach", my throat was hurting from so much emotions choked there."Go away from my life. Who said I still care for you? Who said I can't live without you? The truth is I HATE YOU! Zach I hate you so much for making me so vulnerable and weak ", By now my tears were running down like a water fall.

"W-What you want Emily? Tell me clearly today what you want?", his own voice was choking. I could see the hurt in his eyes.

"I want you to go away.I want to forget US. I want to forget that I even met you.And you are making it impossible. Just go away from my life!"

He looked straight into my eyes , with an emotionless face. "O-Okay. If that what makes you happy then O-Okay"

My heart tightened in my chest.

"But just give me my heart back", he said pleadingly.

Something broke inside me. Suddenly, my heart started feeling heavy inside my chest. I turned around and left. I left leaving my life behind me. I left leaving my heart behind me.The knots around my heart was tightening. Suddenly, It felt hard to breath.

As the distance between us was increasing, I was realizing that I was going away from his life for good.

Didn't I want that? Then Why It felt bad? I should be happy. He was right I didn't know myself what I wanted. I thought running away from life was a solution. I was such a coward.

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