WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
Chapter 18
Written by: Racheal Dennis.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
Writer’s pov ?
Japan__8:29am
Arthur checked his phone as he waited for his designated driver.
There’s an angry scowl on his face, he seemed to be expecting a call. He bite his lower lip.
“Sir, Mr Hajime’s assistant just called…” She trailed off, waiting for a reply from him.
“What did she say?” Arthur asked.
“She’s meeting us on his stead, she said Mr Hajime took an early to Africa for business”
Arthur didn’t reply, he’s attention is solely on his phone.
“Mr Smith?”
“Hmm” Arthur hummed, still not taking his attention from his phone.
“Mr Smith!” She called him firmly this time.
Arthur shoved his phone in his pocket and gave his attention to her..she cleared her throat.
“The car is here” she said.
Arthur nodded, she opened the door and he slide in…she got in the passenger seat and the car started.
“Have she sent the address yet?”
“Yes, sir”
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
“Sir, we’re here” his assistant said, turning slightly to face him from the front seat.
Arthur nodded and quickly alighted, he looked up at the building in front of him.
*LUXURY HOTEL*
He shoved his hands in his pants pockets, his assistant rushed to his side and showed him something on her phone.
“I’ll see to it later, let’s attend the meeting first” he said and they headed inside.
A waitress greeted them, immediately they entered the hotel.
“Ohay?hozaimasu, k?ky? hoteru e y?koso!…(Good morning, sir, welcome to luxury hotels)” She greeted Arthur in Japanese.
“Ohay?hozaimasu, Hajime no yoyaku wa kochira….(good morning, here for Hajime’s reservation)” he replied.
“Ry?kaishimashita, Kore….(alright, this way please!)” She said with a smile.
She led them towards a table.
There’s a lady sitting on the table, he presumed she must be Mr Hajime’s assistant.
With her back facing them.. judging from her behind, Arthur could already tell she’s a classic lady.
“Watashitachi wa koko ni imasu, s?….(we are here, sir)”
“Arigat?gozaimashita…(thank you)” Arthur replied with a polite smile.
The waitress smiled back.
“U~eit? ga sugu ni anata ni tsukae ni kimasu…(a waiter will come serve you soon)” she said and left.
Arthur quickly went in front of the lady, he pulled out a chair for himself.
The lady didn’t raised her head, she’s stirring her coffee with her head faced down… therefore not letting Arthur see her face.
“Sumimasen, okuremashita, misu….(sorry, I’m late, miss)” Arthur apologized.
“It’s fine, Mr Smith!” She replied in English.
Arthur frowned, not the fact that she could speak English..but at the fact that her voice sounded familiar.
In fact, her voice sounded too familiar..like someone’s voice he once knew.
“Excuse me, Miss, sorry if I might sound rude…but have we met before?” He asked.
“Yes, not only met…we were very close” she replied..still not raising her head.
“Huh?”
She slowly lifted her head, Arthur’s eyes grew wide and his pupils dilated in surprise.
“Arthur…long time, no see” she said.
“Victoria!” Arthur whispered.
She smiled and reached out her hand for a handshake… Arthur didn’t take it, he’s just staring at her.
“Aren’t you gonna shake my hand?” She asked.
Arthur’s eyes moved to her outstretched hand, his jaw clenched and he angrily slumped on the chair.
“Why is it you?” He grumbled.
Victoria chuckled, she withdrew her hand and picked her coffee…she took a sip.
“Why can’t it be me?” She mocked him.
Arthur’s assistant just stood and stared at them..feeling confused.
“Arthur, it’s been years.. let’s put our past behind us and move on”
Arthur scoffed loudly.
“Really?! After what? Four years?!” He asked. “Unbelievable!”
“You’re making me feel like you hate me now”
Arthur didn’t reply, he simply glared at empty space… Victoria studied his expression and sighed.
“Arthur, it wasn’t only my fault..you were at fault too!”
Arthur shut his eyes and took a deep breath.
“I don’t wanna talk about that..I’m here for business, let’s discuss business” he said.
Victoria chuckled again, he reached for his hand on the table.
“Well, I think we can discuss both.. business and us!”
He slapped her hand away and glared at her, she returned his glare with a smile.
“Business or I’ll leave!”
Just then a waiter approaches them, with a notepad and pen in his hands.
“Ohay?hozaimasu s?…Ch?mon suru junbi wa dekite imasu ka?…(good morning, sir….are you ready to order?) The waiter asked.
“?e, ch?mon shite imasen…(no, I’m not ordering)” he replied.
The waiter nodded and left. Arthur turned his gaze back to Victoria…he stared at her directly in the eyes.
“Are you ready for business?”
“Yeah, we can talk about business first…and talk about us later” she said.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
Clark’s pov ?
Las Vegas (08:20pm)
I’m speechless, utterly speechless!
Am I dreaming or something? What is she doing here?
I quickly covered my thing when I saw her, an unknown fear gripped me at once and I started stuttering.
I don’t understand why…but the hotness and pain on my thing kinda increased, when I saw her again.
“You.. she…”
She smirked at me, which made the instant fear in me turned into great anger and hate.
Jasmine whispered in her ear and whispered back, then they both burst into laughter.. laughing and holding their stomachs.
*Laugh all you want now!* I growled inwardly as I glared at her.
My eyes narrowed at her, she stopped laughing and glared back at me… But Jasmine doesn’t stop laughing.
*Just pray I don’t survive this.. or else, I’ll make you suffer more than this!* I growled inwardly again.
Her eyes stared..no, glared maliciously at mine…I can feel her saying something in her mind.. something like…
*Bring it on, su¢ker!*
I clenched my jaw, gritted my teeth and let them grind against each other in anger.. well, partially from pain too.
*Don’t worry, when I get better.. I’ll make sure you won’t be able to smirk again!*
“What’s going on?” Thanatos asked me.
I glared at him response, and he turned to Jasmine.
“Baby, what’s going on? Why are you guys laughing?” He asked her.
She took a glance at me and I pleaded with her not to tell him.. she turned away from me.
“It’s nothing, darling, it’s just some inside joke” she replied him.
She and her friend burst into another fits of laughter at her words.. Thanatos just stared cluelessly.
He raised an eyebrow at me and I shook my head.. I can’t tell him about this just yet.
If I tell him now, he’ll mock me and that would hurt more
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
Jasmine’s pov ?
“Baby, what’s going on?” Thanatos asked me.
I took a glance at Clark, he’s begging me with his eyes not to disclose anything to Thanatos.
That means, Thanatos doesn’t even know about this yet.
Well, I kinda understand why Clark doesn’t wanna let him know.. being mocked and laughed at by your best friend hurts sometimes.
And in Clark’s case, it’s gonna hurt him…maybe even increase the pain he’s going through right now.
“What’s going on, baby?” Thanatos asked again.
“It’s nothing, darling, it’s just an inside joke” I replied.
Thanatos gave me a look that said, are you sure.. I simply nodded.
Adele and I exchange looks again, then burst into another fits of laughter.. but we quickly sobered up this time.
“Thana, let’s go to your apartment”
Clark said to Thanatos.. while glaring at Adele by the way, his hands are still covering his thing though.
“Let’s stay and eat something first” Thanatos replied.
My head turned towards him slowly, he’s speaking as if he told me to cook for him.
“No, I’m not hungry”
“Well, I am.. I’m starving, come on in” Thanatos said.
He grabbed Clark’s hand and wanted to drag him inside.. but Clark refused to enter.
“No! Let’s go to your apartment or I’ll go back to my hotel room!” He said.
Thanatos frowned.
“You seem to be forgetting something, you pleaded with me to bring you along”
Oh? Don’t tell me he ran away from his hotel room because of Adele.. poor thing.
“Yeah.. that was because I didn’t know I’m gonna run into madwoman here” Clark replied.
Adele growled lowly.
“Are you calling me a madwoman?!” She asked.
Clark scoffed.
“Why not ask yourself if you’re one!” He replied.
Thanatos is the only clueless one here, he doesn’t seem to understand anything.. he’s just looking at us in confusion.
“Thana let’s go to your apartment.. someone’s making me nauseous here”
“Clark, tell me what’s going on between you and the girls” Thanatos said.
Clark doesn’t reply, he simply clenched his jaw.. just then, Davis yawned loudly and I looked down at him.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I sked, even though I know the answer.
“Momma, I wanna sleep” he answered.
“Come on” I carried him in my arms and got up.
Thanatos was still trying to get Clark to speak, when I got up.
“Thanatos, maybe you should take Clark home to rest” I said.
“But I wanna eat first and… ”
I sent him a pointed glare, which shut him up immediately.
“We’ll talk about where you took Davis tomorrow”
He took a deep breath and nodded, he stepped forward and rested his forehead on Davis.. he pecked Davis’s forehead gently.
“Good night, my babies” he said.
I rolled my eyeballs.
“Good night” I replied.
Adele took a step closer to Clark and he took two steps back, his glare at Adele intensified.
“Good night, sweetheart” she said and blew Clark a kss.
Clark shuddered, he grabbed Thanatos hand.
“Let’s go, Thana!” He said.. then started limp running away.
Adele and I couldn’t contain our laughter, we broke into another long laughter..
I mean, Clark’s made me laugh too much tonight, I could felt my ribs hurting me.
“God! That was hilarious!” Adele said as we watched them headed towards Thanatos apartment.
“Yeah.. you did installed great fear in him” I replied.
If he’s wise, he wouldn’t try to offend Adele ever again.
“Let’s go in” I said.
I walked in and Adele followed, shutting the door behind her.
“Who’s he to Mr O’Briens anyway? Why are they together?” She asked.
“They’re best friends” I replied.
“Best friends?!” She exclaimed loudly.
I nodded.
“Yes, they’ve been best friends since diapers!”
Adele stopped walking and grabbed my arm, I turned to her with a frown.
There’s an h©rrific expression on her face, she looked as if she just saw a ghost.
“What’s wrong?” I asked
I adjusted Davis in my arms, he’s already fallen asleep on my shoulder.
“You said they’re best friends?”
“Yeah”
“It’s over.. I’m dead!”
My frown deepens.
“Why?”
She stayed silent for a few minutes, her mouth was also slightly open.
“What if his revenge is to make me lose my job for real this time?” She said.
I almost laughed at her expression.. she looked so panicked and I can see her hands shaking slightly.
“Oh? You’re scared now? Weren’t you glaring at Clark a few minutes ago?”
“Yeah.. that was before I knew he’s your husband’s best friend!”
I smacked her head lightly.
“He’s not my husband” I corrected her.
“Whatever, but what if convince Mr O’Briens to fire me from the restaurant?”
She’s being dramatic now, Clark isn’t that shallow. I left her there and headed towards Davis’s room.. she rushed after me.
“Jas, please help me, don’t let Mr O’Briens fire me… that’s how that jackass is planning on getting his revenge right now”
“You won’t get fired”
“Huh?”
We stopped at Davis’s door, she helped me opened the door and we entered the room.
She quickly dust the bedsheets, as if there are dust on it.. she does this every time she wanna sleep, it’s her habit.
“Clark might be planning a revenge, but he won’t use your job” I said as I laid Davis down.
“Why do you say that?” She asked.
She took Davis backpack and dropped it on the bedside table, while I removed his shoes.. then pulled the blanket over him.
“He knows Thanatos won’t fire any of his staffs for personal grudges” I explained.
“Oh” she took a deep breath and sighed.
“Don’t worry, even if he succeeded in convincing Thanatos to fire you.. just a word from me will save your job”
She smiled..
I can use my advantage of being his baby’s mama to save my friend’s job.. there’s nothing wrong in that, right?
“Wow! That’s great.. thanks, Jas”
“It’s nothing” I waved it off.
My stomach growled quietly, I suddenly remembered I already cooked dinner but haven’t eaten yet.. so I rushed out.
“You’re sleeping over tonight, right?”
“Yeah” she replied.
I wonder if this is even considered a sleep over.. we’re next door neighbors.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
Thanatos pov ?
Immediately we stepped in my apartment, Clark ripped off the to wel and fell on a sofa.. he breath in relief as he fanned it.
I frowned, when I saw how swelled his thing has become.
“What happened to you, man?” I asked him.
“You don’t have to know that” he replied.
I studied it closely and noticed a thread sticking out.. I held it and pulled it.
He yelled in pain and slapped my hand away, he threw me a glare.
“Who did this to you?” I growled lowly.
“A mad woman” he replied.
A mad woman? Who can be as bold as this? I reached forward to remove the thread.. but he moved away.
“What are you doing?” He asked.
“The thread.. you’re in so much pain because the thread is still there.. I should untie it” I told him.
“No, it’s gonna hurt” he said.
“Yeah… It’s gonna hurt a little bit, but we must remove it… if you still want your thing to produce offsprings for you”
He stayed silent and thought about it.. I know he’s grieving the pain he’s gonna feel.
“Fine, you can remove it”
I nodded and reached for it again, he moved it away again and I glared at him.
“Be gentle… please” he said.
“I will try my best” I told him.
“Ok… You cab start”
He shut his eyes and folded his lower lip in his mouth, he turned his head away from me.
I held his thing gently, but he still hissed in pain.
“Sorry, you have to bear it” I said.
I tried as best as I could to gently untie the thread, Clark yelled and tossed around in pain as I started untying it.
Fortunately, it was only wrapped very tight around his thing… It wasn’t tied.
So, it was a little bit easy to unwrap it.. his screams died down immediately I unwrapped the thread.
He took deep breaths to calm down.
“How are you feeling now?” I asked him.
“A lot better” he replied.
“Is your thing still as painful as before?”
He shook his head, I sighed and stared at the thread in my hand.. I winced, I can’t imagine someone doing this to me.
“I’ll be right back, wanna go wash my hands”
I got up and rushed to the bathroom… I turned to tap on and washed my hands, my phone started ringing when I was drying my hands.
I reached for it and saw my assistant’s name flashing on the screen.. I swiped right and answered her call.
“Joy?”
“Good evening, Mr O’Briens” she greeted me.
I replied with a hum and waited for her to continue.
“Sir, something’s wrong at the company…it needs your urgent attention, sir” she said.
“Which of the companies… Mine or my dad’s?”
“Your company, sir… O’Brien’s technical groups” she replied.
I could hear sound of cars honking, she must have just left the office and heading home.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s the robots we’re about introducing to the market”
“What about them?”
She paused and sighed.
“Our rival just put it on sale, it’s an upgraded version too”
I frowned at once.. how is that possible?
“Make arrangements, call for a meeting with the team tomorrow… I’ll be in Chicago at noon!”
“Yes, sir”
WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 11 – 20
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