Gray’s POV
“Why do you have to leave me, Deanara?”
She tried to pull her hand away but I was too strong so I was able to grab her close to me. She bumped into my chest and stood there frozen. I could feel the warmth of her breathe close to mine. I closed my fist and stopped myself from hugging her but I failed...I hugged her until I realized what I had done.
“I’m sorry…” That’s all she said and ran away from me. She ran again.
I heaved. Fuck!
I calmed myself as I called my secretary to prepare my extra shirt as I rode the elevator going to our floor. It then occurred to me, what is she doing here? Ah, she must be meeting Ethan. So, the meeting was for her and Ethan? Is that it?
“I need to confirm something,” I hurriedly said to my secretary as soon as I reached her table outside my office. “What’s the meeting at this hour?”
I checked my watch and there’s only ten minutes before the meeting will start.
“It’s about a project in Cebu with a team from Spain.” My secretary simply said.
“What’s the name of the architect of the project?” I asked.
She looked into her files and all my questions were answered when she said, “Deanara Samaniego.”
Holy crap! Why didn't I think about it?
She came from a family of architects and she told me about it before. It just never occurred to me that it would be her family. She never even told me that she was the daughter of a billionaire. Their company is freaking the biggest company in the whole world. Why haven't I thought about this?
Ethan knew it.
Did she know that she would be seeing me?
Did they plan this?
Damn! Why is destiny like this? Why did I deserve this? How am I even going to focus on work when I get to see her everyday? How can I control myself? Seeing her a while ago made me lose my mind already, what more if I am going to be with her?
“Sir Gray, there are already…”
“Yeah.” I cut her and proceeded to the conference room.
I inhaled and exhaled upon opening the door. Deanara was already in front speaking and she stopped upon seeing me.
“Sorry. I am late.” I said before sitting on my seat.
She nodded at me and smiled a bit.
“Sorry. I started early. I don’t want to waste time.” She said before proceeding again. However, I would do everything to get her attention again even if it means pissing her off.
“Are you saying that I wasted your time waiting?” I raised an eyebrow. “I am only ten minutes late.”
“You are still late, Mr. Elizalde.” She argued.
“Mr. Elizalde?” I grinned. “What happened to babe, babe?” I teased her and I saw how she was controlling herself not to burst in front of everyone. Good thing, Ethan wasn’t here. I probably would have received a punch from him.
“I will continue to present the plan…” She said after a while, removing her gaze away from me.
I leaned on my swivel chair and slowly moved while staring at her. She’s still the same girl. She still loves to wear white on top of everything. I bet she still hates heels as she is wearing sneakers in her navy green corporate attire.
She’s still simple yet classy. I missed those beautiful places. I missed the warmth of her lips and everything about her. Fuck this feeling! I want to steal her from Ethan. After all, she was mine first.
How nice would it be for Ethan to feel what he made me feel?
Deanara fell in love with me and I could just make her fall for me again. That wouldn’t be too hard especially since she was so head over heels on me before. I couldn’t even believe she fell in love with Ethan. What did Ethan do? Tsk.
I made up my mind just by looking at her. I will not lose to Ethan. I will make sure to make him feel what he made me feel. I guess he already felt that when Vivian left. Let him feel it the second time around.
“Did you already schedule the flight?” I heard her ask the team that would be going with us in Cebu and will stay there until the project ends. “May I know so I can also schedule m--”
“There’s no need for that, Ms. Samaniego.” I cut her.
The whole team looked at us and I know that their stares are already questioning our relationship with others. Who cares? They should stop minding other people’s businesses, especially my business with the love of my life.
Deanara looked at me confused and I just smiled at him.
“I will fly with you.”
Her jaw slightly dropped. Why do I feel like it’s easy for me to steal her away from Ethan? I’ll have a year to do that since we will be working for a year. I will make sure I’ll get her.
“There’s no need to do that. I can--”
“I insist, Ms. Samaniego. I don’t want to give you some inconvenience and scheduling a flight would be a waste of your time. I don’t need you to wait so I will fly with you.”
“Fly with me means... “ She lifted her brows and eventually laughed when she realized. Now, she started teasing me when she smirked.
“Okay. I will forward to fly with you, Capt. Elizalde.”
I chuckled as I told her my plan.
“I look forward to making you fall in love with me again, Ms. Samaniego.”