- Blaze -

It was almost time to leave work and I still hadn't had a proper talk with her. I didn't understand what was happening my simple question this morning had seemed to upset her. Her behavior was bizarre, as her movements and her way of speaking.

Did I say something to offend her? I think I didn't yet with Eleonora I came to the conclusion that I really don't know anything she is a peculiarly unique and intriguing person. She is not easy to deal with it, and much less to comprehend or talk to.

I was constantly asking Connor to know her where about, but no one from her department ceased to tell us the truth, they were all loyal employers, to her only...

I hadn't had done much today as my mind kept being disturbed and easily distracted, my thoughts vanished when the phone rang. I picked up hearing Connor from the other side "Good afternoon sir. Mrs.Maxwell just arrived at her office" he notified me, making me jump out of my seat and quickly get out of my office startling Connor on his desk.

"Sir?! Do you need anything? " He said taken by surprise

"No, I am going downstairs"

" Do you want me to notify the floor which you're going to?" he asked

"No! No, don't do that" I stated quickly walking to the elevator and tapping the marketing floor button

Once on the floor I was immediately greeted by Miles and his smirk. "Hey boss" his eyes dared at me I couldn't understand if he was flirting or teasing. "She is having a meeting" he stated after

"A meeting?" I asked myself

"You can go when she finishes" he said now taking his attention to a magazine near him "but if you miss her a lot you can just walk in " he teased "she would probably kill you though" he whispered to his magazine

A meeting? She doesn't have meetings today, I know that because I know everything that goes on in my company and she clearly has no meetings today.

I decided to walk near the her office, receiving a dozens of looks and whispering gossips from my workers of the marketing department. I guess it is a good gossip, I never went to any department but mine, if people wanted to see me they would have to meet me upstairs in my office. I rarely,went to other floors... And now I found myself coming a lot to this specific one. That must have caused some gossip between the workers, having the Chief Executive of this floor as my wife feeds their gossip even more.

"Oh, Mr.Maxwell? Do you need anything?" A blonde girl asked me, I recognized her face, she was Jennifer, Eleonora's assistant and also friend.

"No. I'm just waiting for the meeting to end" I said looking at the foggy windows from Eleonora's office

"Oh" she said in realisation "Is it scheduled or do you want me to notify her?" Seems like everyone has noted that I only work around here, well they are not wrong...

"I just want to talk with my wife" I stated, her eyebrows widen accompanied by a sound of realisation. Her expression changed into a soft smile

"Alright. Well it must be ending shortly" she advised me. She was right, I waited 5 minutes and her office door opened, she was opening the for with a smile on her face.

"I try my best" she said to someone inside her office, I carefully searched inside trying to see who she was talking too but I couldn't. While I was distracted with finding her mysterious sudden meeting partner she noticed my presence.

"What are you doing here?" she questioned emphasizing the 'you', as if this scenario was not common. "Shouldn't you be working?" she asked...that's a bit of hypocrisy.

"Shouldn't you?" I asked with a raised eyebrow

"I am" she simply said

"You are? What did you do this whole day? This job comes with responsibilities, you're not in your small business anymore you have to meet your obligations and commitments..." I declared not too loud to not create more gossips 

I saw her face changing from surprised to angry, as she was about to answer

"And she does it very well" I heard a recognizable voice. I frowned hearing that voice and watched the elder women leave her office " You've got here a business woman, she is smart and she just made a contract that you could never" Mrs.Borris said while tapping my chest.

I looked at Eleonora hoping to find answers "I see why you married her. Now-" she paused making me take a look at her, she had a cranky face, clearly angry her wrinkles marked her face more, she pointed her small finger in direction to my face " I didn't teach to speak to a woman like that... I think we need to have a talk" Agatha said "Have a good day" she smiled at Eleonora not directing her eyes even once at me, she didn't said her goodbyes to me! Me! Mrs.Borris had a profound paternal love for me, she treated me like a grandson, she was someone important in my life, not only she was a great business partner she was also someone to rely on, and I had few people to rely on.

Now this woman had managed to completely turn Mrs.Borris, one ally of mine, against me.

I watched the old woman walk away and once far I frowned at Eleonora while she kept a mischievous smirk, she walked in to her office and I quickly followed her not letting her closed the door.

"You don't knock either? What a hypocrite" she said sitting in her chair while placing few papers on a dossier.

"What was all this about?" I asked confused pointing at the door and mentioning Mrs. Boris's appearance

" I proposed Mrs.Boris a deal"

"A deal?"

"What is it with you?" she questioned looking at me fiercely "asking what I do? That's not very much of you? You're acting weird"

I gulped at her words and furrowed my eyebrows together also questioning myself... Why was I acting this odd?
" I am not, you simply vanished of your work"

" and?" she questioned raising one eyebrow "I did it other times...that doesn't explain your weirdness"

"You're the one acting weird" I defended myself recalling her actions early this morning

"Me?" she said with a laugh "don't gaslight me!"

"I am not. You were all weird this morning."

"You asked me to go with you!" she complained pointing at me

"What?" I asked intrigued

" This morning you asked me to go with you to work"

"I was being nice" I defended myself while borrowing my eyebrows at her words, was she uncomfortable die to my simple act of kindness

" You don't do nice. That's why it freaked me out" she explained

"You acted weird because I was being nice? What is your problem?" I asked curious, we were fighting over something so careless and stupid, I knew that yet I couldn't stop this foolish discussion. I felt eager to continue to talk with her and also...win this I guess if there was even something to win here.

"Act like you used to" she begged while rubbing her head with her fingers

"It was a just a simple question" I commented not understanding her problem

"Why do you wanted to know where I have been all day?" she questioned, I looked down wondering the same thing hoping to find an answer... why was I so eager to know where she was today?

"I guess I wanted to know if I was at fault" I blurt out recalling Miles conversation with me, he did say it was my fault. She rolled her eyes while exhaling. "Miles said-"

"Yeah I know he says a lot of things. Why did you care about it?" She questioned, her pure brown eyes looking at me. It wasn't hard to decipher that our complexity and behaviour has changed due to tonight events, I was at my lowest, weak and vulnerable and she saw me like that. I didn't like it at all, I felt like I could be ridicularized at any point, maybe I was being nice to her as a way of thanking her or even as a forgetful hideout, that's what I wish I could do...forget, make her and I forget last night events.

This talk will prolong forever and I don't really have the tools to answer her questions or even win, I should forget and not talk about it more, maybe that way she will too end up forgetting it. "I did not. Let's forget about it. I will not disturb you anymore..." I said walking to the door "Congratulations on the deal" with that I left her in her office and I promised myself to never be this weak again.

I should contain myself, be logic and rational. There's someone in that house too, I need to be careful with what I do and how I appear to be.

Showing to be vulnerable to anyone makes my skin irritated and my stomach in a twirl. I will not fall again on the same error, this disease within me that had quickly grown inside me over the years, will have to disappear for the next 3 years of marriage. I will do everything I can to mute it, it's not because of her... it's because of me. Life has showed me what it feels like to be vulnerable in front of someone and how that person may break you in the future, I will not make the same mistake again. I will not.

I refuse to.