Chapter 171 - Growing Desires (1/2)

|Eshan|

The human mind brilliantly plays the loop of 'what if's' when you're already playing down. I did not want to be stuck in that. When one had control over our brain? As I gazed more at the woman in the painting, I could not stop my brain from wandering into a vicious and painful cycle of imagining the different scenarios.

They circled from her father to how would have her life turned out if not for that monster. What if, we would have met earlier? Wouldn't it have been great if I had her by my side in those days?

My mind could not stop projecting those ideas, and as the thoughts grew larger my heart turned heavier. I exhaled loudly, holding my head in hands. I should have never let Rey in the office. My mood was ruined. My desire of staying and working in the office was ruined. All I wanted to do was to run back to my home, where I would not have to worry about anything.

I gathered my distressed senses together. I made my decision. For all I knew, I was not going to be able to work, then what was the point of wasting my time in the office? I would rather be with Innaya, holding her soft, warm body and burying my head in her those dark, silky, smooth hair. Thinking about Innaya, and how I would spend my time with her in my arms, made me straighten up. I looked forward to holding her in my arms.

Maybe, I could steal a couple of kisses from her to calm down my estranged nerves. I would have to be careful though. Unconsciously I raised my fingers to the corners of my lips. I smiled when I recalled how she had bitten like a kitten when I had lost control. I needed to make sure this time to not hurt her.

With all these thoughts replacing my earlier depressing one, my spirits were lifted greatly. I had not forgotten about the negative memories. The only difference was, I could push them at the back of my mind.

I left the room after glancing for the last time in those beautiful eyes of my wife.

***

I directly took my personal lift for the bas.e.m.e.nt. Leaving as early as I could, was the only thought on my mind. Parth was bewildered when I announced I was leaving. The poor fellow did not know how to stop me from the board meeting. In the end, I asked him to do with the video call.

With Innaya being around me, I could make any number of video calls or any amount of work. The only requirement was Innaya's presence. I would not be able to work with a troubled heart, then what was the point of wasting everybody's time and effort?

Instead, it would be better, if I worked from home for a while. In that way, people would not have to see my angered self, trying to snap at them as if they committed a grave sin. Working that way would ensure the peacefulness in my company. If the boss was happy, employees would be in a better mood as well.

The lift reached the bas.e.m.e.nt. When the door opened, and I walked ahead, my mood dampened once again.

My eyes narrowed down dangerously when I saw the figure leaning against my car. There goes my entire slightly better mood in the drainage. Could this guy, not leave me alone for a once? I had enough of the headache he brought with his visit every time. Wasn't the scene created upstairs enough? That he stood there, waiting for me so that he could cause another ruckus?

”Would you only understand when you are beaten up?” I snarled.

Rey flinched visibly. My heart softened for a moment, catching the glimpse of a little boy who couldn't handle scolding in childhood. He would hide behind me, saying his big brother was best.

I sighed. Any desire to strangle him flew out of the window watching him trying hard to say something, yet failing miserably.

”Sorry. I didn't know about her,” he confessed in a timid voice.

”But, you know how to trail and threaten me?” Though my heart did soften for a bit, the anger surged back as I recalled those photos he used to threaten me.

I could not overlook that matter so easily.

”Those shares belong to me,” he replied stubbornly, trying to justify his actions. He had no arrogance of that day when he had barged inside my cabin, fully drunk. I preferred the current sober look on his face. His words made my blood boil. 'Belongs to him?' What a joke!

”What qualification do you have to claim that? Did you work for it?

What's your contribution to it? Do you think we're liable to provide you just because you're related by blood to us? Grow up!” I sternly reprimanded him before I got into the driver's seat.

Rey's face turned pale. His lips moved a couple of times but no sound came. Without waiting for him to waste my time, turning on the ignition I drove the car away. In the rearview mirror, I watched his tall figure in a pink hoodie and black pants growing smaller and smaller.

That alone, lonely figure of his brought back strange helplessness in my heart. Why was I having this sort of emotion for him? Hadn't I decided to not partake in the internal struggle of my family? I sighed, shaking my head to shove away those thoughts. I would need to figure out the way to solve the growing knot in my heart.

Putting Carl on Rey's case again was the only option I could think for now. My other plan of having him in the company with four percentages of shares on his name was already in the action.

Though those shares were in his hand, but in reality that was not the case. How could I give him shares so easily from my company? It was my company. No one could mess with my hard work, not even my family.