Athena Ramirez
Eros had called me that he would like for us to talk. This might be the end, It’s the last day of our stay here and I don't think I'll be able to do this, even the secretary charade I won't be able to continue it when we get back to the states. I can’t be his assistant if he can’t even respect me enough to tell me his feelings. He can’t just keep stringing me along until he’s ready to make up his mind about me.
I know he has feelings for me. Maybe not love, but certainly some sort of affection and desire for me. But the fact that he won’t tell me bothers me. It’s like he’s ashamed he has feelings for me, and I think that part hurts the worst.
I stayed up half the night, crying and looking for a new job.
I walk into my bathroom, hoping I don’t have to see him for the rest of the day. I don’t want to talk to him. I just want to get through the rest of this trip and go home. I’m so over this entire episode.
Before we came on this trip, I wanted to be with him so bad that I would have sacrificed almost anything to make it happen. I would have done whatever he asked me to so we could be together. That had been a mistake. I never should have given my heart away.
I just want the pain, the hurt, and the anger to stop.
I want it all to go away.
There’s a knock on the bedroom door, and I hold my breath, but it’s obviously not important because there isn’t another knock. There aren’t sounds of him clearing his throat or any desperate declaration of love. My breath comes out in a rush. At this point, I have to admit that there never will be.
I turn the shower on, setting it all the way to hot. I step inside and quickly suck air in through my teeth. The water is almost scalding. It stings my skin like cleansing fire. It’s a good way to burn away my feelings.
The bathroom is steamy already, and I haven’t even been in for very long. I wash my hair and then my body, trying to free myself of what I’m feeling inside. Of what I’m thinking. I stand and let the water fall over my body for a long time. I’m soaking up the heat. I know I’ll have to face him again when I get out.
Finally, when I can no longer put it off, I reach down, and turn the water off. I slide the glass door open and snag my towel off the nearby rack. The cool air sweeps across my naked, wet body, leaving goosebumps in its wake. I towel off and look for what I will wear.
It takes me almost an hour to get ready, but that’s because I’m dragging this out. I have to attend this sudden dinner regardless of how I’m feeling. I have to sit and listen to the man I love talk to me and probably rip my heart out.
When I emerge into the lounge, I see that he had already left.
I wait until the last minute to head to the address he had sent to my phone and I’m nervous. My stomach is in knots. God, why am I so nervous? .
Immediately I arrived into the restaurant my stomach twisted, with each step I took I trembled and even I was directed to the table. I reminisce all the good and bad times we had together. If today ends bad then we both will have to be done, I won't be able to work for him and won't give him the pleasure of firing me either.
I place my hand on my stomach. I still don’t understand why I’m so nervous. I smile politely at people who smile at me as I enter ,I’ll die before I let any of these people know I’m not okay.
My eyes dart around the room. I don’t see immediately I got to the table which was weird. Or did he just stand me up on a dinner that he had set up...
He wouldn't dare!
My patience was running thin and just as I was about to stand and leave someone comes up to the podium. A cute little stage I didn't notice the restaurant had It’s one of the people we met when we got here. Something that now seems so far away. A distant memory that maybe one day I won’t even remember, along with the rest of this trip.
The guy introduces Eros and the room claps, I have to catch my breath when I see him. He looks so gorgeous, so hot, so distant. It seems incredible to think that I had sex with him. I woke up next to him. My heart starts to race. I hate that I have to stare up at him for the next hour or so when I cannot have him. My eyes fill with sudden tears. I surreptitiously wipe my eyes.
He smiles at crowd before stepping up to the podium. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. For the who don’t know me, I’m Eros Ramazzotti.
“I’m so glad to be in this beautiful country, talking to you today. It’s been an honor to come here, to learn about the culture, and meet a lot of cool people. Although I mostly came for mostly the food.”
The customers started laughing, already falling for the Eros effect.
I look around at the number of people here, all watching him. wonder what it’s like to stand up there and have all of them staring at you. It’s got to be nerve-wracking. But Eros is as confident and commanding as he is in a personal meeting. Despite everything, I’m impressed.
“The reason am right here probably embarrassing myself is because I have something important to say to someone special.
Suddenly I want to Walk out of here, walk out of here and never look back. Instead, I stare at my nails, trying not to let my anger show.
“You see,” Eros continues. “I came here on a business trip, hoping to get some new clients and expand my business. What I didn’t come here for was love.”
I freeze and look up at the stage. He’s looking right at me. He found me in the dark! I’m not sure what he’s doing, but I know I’m supposed to be listening. I continue to make eye contact with him while he continues his speech.
“Today, is a momentous day for me,” he says. “Because I’m going to make an announcement to you all. I am madly in love with my assistant, Athena Ramirez. And before everyone freaks out as to why this matters, I’ll tell you why it matters. I hurt her. And I’m sorry.”
I vaguely hear gasps and muttering from the crowd, but it’s all white noise in the background. Tears sting my eyes, and I’m trying hard to hold them back. I don’t want to cry in front of all these people.
“I hurt you baby And for that I’m sorry, but I need you to know something.” He looks around the room. “I need all of you to know something infact I want the world to know that you stole my heart when I least expected it and like a coward I tried to run and fight my feelings but I don't want to run anymore..
"All the way you've shown me just how much you care and love me and I Fucking love you too and nothing will change that fact" He says
He gets off the stage and walks over to me. Whoever is running the stage lights follows him with the spotlight.
“I’m in love with you,” he says, standing in front of me with the mic still around his head. “I love you, and I want to be with you. I’m ready to take the leap if you are.”
"Accept my love"He says in front of me. I feel hundreds of eyes staring at me, but I don’t care, because the only eyes that matter in this moment are his. He gazes down at me, and there’s no more fear or uncertainty there. All I see is love. And then his perfect lips press into mine.
At first, there is stunned silence, then the crowd goes wild. Cheering, clapping and whistling.
My heart feels as if it will burst with happiness as I kiss him back and cling to him desperately. In my kiss is everything I want him to know
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