I will Love You Forever - Chapter 98

The secretary left to get the people Gerard was supposed to be meeting. He walked up to me and sat on the couch where I was seated.

“You have a meeting to attend to. How about I just step out?” I asked knowing full well that I would be uncomfortable staying in the office while they discuss business matters.

“No, you don’t have to. But if it makes you uncomfortable, you can always use my room,” he suggested.

I looked over to the place he was talking about and blinked twice. “You have a room in your office?” I asked surprised and he nodded.

I looked in the direction and nodded subconsciously. I wanted to know what the room looked like and staying there would be better than roaming around after all.

“Okay, I’ll just go for a while, take your time,” I responded indicating that he didn’t have to rush the meeting because of me.

He nodded and walked me to the room. When we got to the door, he opened it for me and I sighed seeing how dark it was.

He switched on the light and kissed my forehead. “This won’t take long,” he assured and I nodded.

After Gerard had gone, I walked into the room. The vibe the room exuded was as expected of Gerard. There was no colour and most of the things in the room were either black, white or grey.

I sighed and walked to the bookshelf there. There were so many books that I didn’t even know which to carry.

I saw a book titled Dracula and picked it up. Surely it was going to be interesting and that was all I needed now.

There was a king-sized bed in the room and I wondered how I would look if I laid on it. I’d probably look like a pin in the ocean.

I walked to the bed and sat to read the book. It didn’t take five minutes before I laid on the bed to continue reading.

I read the book to page twenty and that was when I had to eventually respond to nature’s call.

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Gerard tried his best to make the meeting as quick as possible but there was so much to talk about and issues to handle.

Immediately after their meeting, Gerard walked to the room and opened the door only to find Ayla sleeping on the bed.

She looked even more beautiful with her hair scattered and so vulnerable when she was asleep.

Slowly, he walked to her and sat by her side. There was no way he could wake her so he decided to sleep by her side.

He walked to the other side of the bed and slept by her back, holding her waist. This act of his woke her a little.

“Um… You’re done?” she adjusted her body moving closer to him and asked still half asleep and holding on to his hand that was around her waist.

“Um,” he responded not intending to stand from where he laid.

“Let’s just sleep for a few more minutes.” Ayla requested and Gerard snuggled in her nape.

“Um.” was his short response before closing his eyes and taking a quick nap.

They unexpectedly slept for a longer time and didn’t even bother to have lunch.

Gerard was the first to wake up and check the wristwatch on his wrist. The time was already past two o’clock.

He got out of bed and went back to his office to make a quick call to the secretary.

“Good afternoon Sir.” she greeted.

“Bring some food from Wesley.” he requested and didn’t wait for her response before ending the call.

Wesley was a hotel very close to Gerard’s company and he was a major investor in the hotel.

He say on his chair exhausted and massaged his temples. The company is having a hard time with a rival that just arrived from Japan two years ago. But Gerard wasn’t too worried about this because he knew that he would be able to overcome it.

He waited for a while and finally, the secretary arrived with the food. She came with so much that Gerard was confused for a second.

He looked up at her quizzically and she responded, “You didn’t make a specific request.” she explained and Gerard sighed.

She turned to leave but he stopped her. “Take the peanut butter cookies away.” she took it and he had something more to say.

“Set a meeting with the board of directors on Monday.”

She wrote it down and nodded as he spoke.

“That would be all.”

She left with the peanut cookies and Gerard took the food from the take and walked to the room where Ayla was sleeping.

The door cracked but before he could enter, someone pushed the door back closing it.

Gerard was confused why Ayla would close the door on him and decided to knock.

“Just a minute.” a voice came from inside the room and Gerard wondered what was happening.

The door opened once more and Ayla greeted him with an anxious smile. “Hi.”

She greeted and his brow raised as he walked into the room. He didn’t say anything by she knew that he wanted to ask what happened.

“Oh um… I opened the curtains to see the view from outside and I had to close them before you came in.” Ayla explained and Gerard nodded.

He wondered what would have happened if only he walked in with his body revealed to the sun. He wondered how terrified she would have been if he changed into a tree.

She smiled and took the food from his hand then took it to the table. They both sat to eat and Ayla could not help but subsequently look at Gerard. She wanted to know the reason for his flare for the sun but she knew he wouldn’t tell her so she didn’t bother.

“There, shall we?” she asked and he nodded. Just as they were about to start eating, she excused herself to wash her hands.

After Ayla was done washing he hands, she casually walked into the room again but when she looked up, she saw a ray of sunlight falling on Gerard’s head.

Her eyes widened and she immediately rushed to the curtain to adjust it but that only made it worse as the entire curtain fell to the ground.

Gerard’s eyes widened and so did Ayla’s.

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I was just returning from walking my hands when I saw a ray of light falling on Gerard’s head.

“Oh no… What do I do?” I wondered and Gerard turned to look at me when he heard what I said.

“What?” he asked but I didn’t respond and just ran to the curtain and pointed at the opening.

Gerard’s eyes widened but before he could move from where he stood, I reached for the curtain and tried to adjust it but it only became worse, the entire curtain fell to the ground.

My eyes widened and I turned to look at Gerard but he wasn’t there anymore. I blinked twice wondering where he could have gone but I heard the sound of the bathroom open and close.

I sighed in relief but I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be relieved or worried.

I rushed to the bathroom and knocked on the door but I didn’t get any response except groans which made me worry.

I knocked on the door earnestly but the groans only got louder and when I tried to open the door, it was locked from the inside.

I got worried hearing the sounds of things breaking and was worried that he was in danger.

“Gerard, open the door,” I begged earnestly as I banged the door and call out for help but there was no one on this floor and I was sure that no one would hear because the floor was made with marbles and they were soundproof.

“Gerard please open the door I didn’t do it intentionally.” he didn’t respond but his groans only grew louder and soon, they became roars.

I was frightened and had to breakdown the door. I searched the room, left with no other option, I took a metal chair and hit the door until there were blisters on my hand.

All my efforts were of no use. I used anything I could find and never gave up. I kept trying to break it down but when I couldn’t, I was about to call emergency services but I got a call from Madison instead. I told her what happened and she assured that she would be there in no time and asked me not to call the emergency services.

I continued hitting the door and finally, it opened. My eyes widened when I saw the creature in front of me.

I wanted to scream but I couldn’t and I wanted to run but my legs were rooted to the floor, I was too shocked to do anything.

The creature turned to me with its eyes as red as blood and its claws as long as knives.. It was too horrendous for me to comprehend and when I saw its eyes, I knew I was done for.