Chapter 129 - One Hundred And Twenty-nine : I Love Maya (1/2)
Nik's POV
Staying at home was depressing, I didn't have any real friends to have a drink with, just associates. I contacted Pablo, but he had to keep his pregnant wife company so he wasn't able to make it.
Left with no choice, I went to the company on a Sunday in order to bury myself in work. I didn't want to remain idle, it made me think of her a lot so I had to keep my mind busy.
I was going through a document in my office when Judy walked in. I couldn't help but feel guilty, it was obvious I was stressing my shadow guard too. Judy had to ensure my safety before going ahead to do anything he wanted.
He bowed and I nodded in acknowledgment before signaling him to take a seat.
”What about the scandal? ” I inquired of him, without taking my eyes off the document I was signing.
”Someone else took it down before I could ”
I made a mistake, the ink smeared the document the instant I paused upon hearing Judy's statement.
Realizing I was in no mood to sign further, I grabbed the documents and packed them inside a folder.
”It's my cousin, isn't it? ” I asked while pulling out a drawer from my desk and kept the folder in it.
”Yes, you're right ” Judy concurred.
A wry smile stretched my lips, was Eden doing this on purpose in order to use the girl against me in the future, or did he sincerely care for her?
If it was the latter, I would be satisfied especially now that the crazy old man was against Maya, I wonder what length my father would go just to separate us further?
But if Eden was just playing with her? He would have me to contend with. Maya was not like the other girls he fooled around with in the past, she was just different and I wanted it to remain that way.
”Are you really going to let Eden hang around her? You know that he's a sly fox ” Judy asked me with an exasperated expression.
”Eden hanging around her is a kind of a blessing in disguise ”
”What? ”
”As far as Eden has his sight on Maya, she's safe from any harm at the moment. With Gerald no longer under our control, I'm afraid he would do everything possible to get back at me.
”Tina has her own private security with her, who would probably hold their own till enforcement arrives. But Maya has nothing but her fist which isn't a guarantee when surrounded all about ”
Judy ran his hand through his ombre hair, ruffling it in the process while eyeing me.
”I seriously can't understand you at all,” he said, ” You do everything possible for a girl and in the end you let her go so easily. Yet you sit here and wallow in misery”
”I can not go head-on with my father yet, he still has the absolute power in our family. Since he can't hurt me because I am his son, I'm afraid he would take out all of his anger and frustration on Maya and I don't want that to happen…” my voice cracked at the end, it was filled with raw emotion.
”I don't want her caught in the middle of the war between father and son. I don't want her to suffer because of me, I won't be able to bear that torment for the rest of my life, knowing it's all my fault. If I ...” I faltered on purpose, what was the point of rambling this over and over again?
”Seriously, you're wasted. Isn't it obvious? ” Judy facepalmed.
”What is obvious? ” I asked, my attention was captivated.
”You're in love with her, Niklaus! Damn you! ”
I was shocked at Judy, not because he was using that tone on me but because he was now officially among those idiots muttering the same nonsense to me.
”I'm not in love with Maya, Judy. I just care way too much for her ” I clarified but I can't tell why my tone was wavering, why I felt like I was lying to myself.
”Why are you deluding yourself Niklaus? What's so hard about admitting the fact you fell in love? Your damn ego? Or your uninterrupted streak of never falling in love since Kay? Cause trust me if that's what holding you back from admitting you're in love with Maya? Then you're the worst fool on earth on earth! ” Judy spat at me with so much anger, the vein on his forehead bulged.
I couldn't talk, I was tongue-tied. This was the first time he was speaking to me in such a manner and seriousness.
”You don't understand, Love is so much deeper and complicated - ”
”Really?” He interrupted me, ”What do you know about love? ”
My eyes flashed, ” I loved Kay ”
Judy threw his back and laughed sarcastically, ”Niklaus, you f*cking married at age sixteen. You tied the knot at a period when your hormones were an all-time high, any girl that made your heart flutter then would have been the one for you! That was an infatuation you had there with Kay, not love. Why did you think you and Kay ended so horribly? ”
My chest was heaving with anger, I wanted to lunge at Judy and slam my fist up his face for slandering what I had with my late ex-wife.
But I found out I couldn't, my feet were glued to the floor while a lot of thoughts flooded my head, I would go crazy at this rate.
”Fine, let me ask you then. If it was Kay who had been in Maya's situation, would you have handed Gerald's ledger to Sakuzi in exchange for her freedom? ”