When We Were Perfect - Chapter 125

O God, you made me capable of bearing pain

You have made the storm itself the shore of this boat of mine

Collecting the restlessness of the whole world,

When nothing else could be made with it, you made my heart

O my companion

Without you,

A traveller won’t be able to see the way

O my companion, without you

My shore is unclear

My destiny is blurred without you, my beloved………

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One week later,

“What is the current status?” Daniel asked, flashing open the files given to him. Asher and Silas standing in front of his desk with rather pleasing expressions, though tiredness was visible on all three faces.

“We have been successful in getting eighty percent of the investors to withdraw their projects and shares. Some of them agreed on the price we offered and some a bit more than that!” Silas informed showing him the signed documents from the investors.

“What about the remaining twenty percent!”

“I am going to meet them personally today Mr Saritas, hopefully, they wouldn’t be able to reject us!” Asher stated in a confident tone.

“He is already on the verge of bankruptcy, do we really need the remaining twenty percent!” Silas asked, dipping his brows.

Daniel closed the file in his hand before looking at him with an adamant face.

“He is still strong as long as he has a penny still invested in stocks because we don’t know what a person could do even if he has a bit of strength left in him. ” He surmised his mind, one cannot claim himself a winner until he has eradicated his enemy completely.

Silas nodded his head in understanding,

“Alright, we are working on it,”

“I need the report by the end of this evening, you guys can return to work!”

Asher nodded and collecting his files walked out of his office. Daniel sighed, logging in to his laptop. He could feel a concerned gaze on him,

“Don’t worry Daniel, we will get that bastard and avenge Ayla’s death!” Determination and hurt laced in his tone, Ayla wasn’t just there any friend but their sister the first person who befriended them despite the rude words of the people.

“God willing Silas,” Daniel said, giving a small smile.

“How is Amy?” He asked, crossing his arms.

“Dejected and defeated, she tries to act strong but I know the turmoil she is suffering from. You know what stages she went through to fight this case!” He replied leaning back in his chair,

“Everything will be alright!” Silas patted his shoulder giving an empathetic smile before walking out.

The last week has been hell for Amy and Daniel was the witness of it, at times he would wake up to an empty bed with Amy sitting on the window sill staring outside. He would take her to bed where she would sob to sleep clinging to him and the thing would continue. The only time she would be truly smiling was with Ozan, she even stopped visiting her office two days back saying that it shows how senseless she is.

No matter how many times Daniel, Nadia and even Silas comforted her that it wasn’t her fault but she instilled that in her mind and it was now understood that her situation couldn’t be helped unless the whole court and Gonsalez thing were in her favour.

It pained him to see her like that, he knew more than anything what being helpless felt like. Just when he thought life was finally settling, it unsettled again.

Why couldn’t just life give them a breather, let them leave in peace, in happiness they so desperately needed.

Daniel exhaled, shrugging off his coat and loosening his tie.

……

“Did you get any information on Kevin?” Amy asked, parking the car outside Daniel’s office.

“Yeah, I heard that he is back. Can you come to the office tomorrow so that we can discuss it?” Talia’s voice reached through her phone.

“Okay, I will Talia. Bye,” She said, hanging up and getting out of her car. Opening the back door with a smile, she took out the lunch and grabbed Ozan’s hand who was like always jumping to meet his father. This time she couldn’t blame him, Daniel had been really busy the entire week and it was adding another guilt to her bucket list seeing him working like that for her.

Reaching his floor, she was greeted by the familiar face of Nadia who walked out of Daniel’s office. Seeing her, she smiled

“Amy, Ozan. Good seeing you guys here” Nadia said, picking up Ozan.

“How is this little man here?” She asked softly, pinching his cheeks.

“Fine!” Ozan replied cutely, earning a kiss on his nose.

Amy’s gaze shifted from them towards the small glass aperture beside the office door showing a complete view of her husband deep in thought reading some document. The sleeves folded to his forearms, his tie loosened on his shirt with its first two buttons unbuttoned showing his skin.

“You are one lucky woman Amy, I feel intimidated by this fact sometimes,”  She turned her head to see Nadia looking at her with a smile. Ozan now standing near the glass wall admiring the view of the city from the fortieth floor.

Amy dipped her brows in confusion not quite understanding the meaning behind her words.

Seeing her confusion, Nadia pointed towards Daniel.

“He nearly risked his fortune for this matter, postponing every meeting and work just to focus on this alone. Not commonly you such people ready to sacrifice their everything for their loved ones but Daniel Saritas is an exception”

The breath seemed to clog in her throat as everything around felt unbearable and suffocating. All the fog surrounding her feelings started to disappear as if making a way for her to him, her heart begging her to run to him and blurt out that she loves him, yes she does.. It was clear as a light, she wanted the world to know that heart belonged to the one person who brought never-ending ripples of joy, love, smiles and happiness in her life when in return she only gave him pain and tears.