Chapter 21: Doubt Part 2

A few days passed when Athena and I have a date. Now, we went back to our job too. Meanwhile, there is something that exist on my mind of the time when I visited her every lunchtime.

Later, my secretary called me in the telephone and she said that I had food delivery at the guardhouse. I asked where it came from but she didn't know. After that, I got up and left the office for awhile to the delievery. I was walking outside the office when I heard my phone rang.

"Hello, mi cielo." My quick response.

"Is it there already?" She asked but I frowned a little because of the confusion." The food I delievered there. e were busy so I ordered some foods just for you." I smiled while walking down the building.

"Yeah, it's here and I'll just take it from the guard." There such a glad reply to her.

"Alright. I need to put down this phone now and it was already lunch time. We'll talk later. I love you." Her tender voice made me blushing.

"I love you, too." Whispering it that can catch an attention to my employees.

I left the guardhouse immediately after I took the meal. My stomach is really growling.

Still, we are having time to be together even in just through cellphone during our breaktime and after office hours. Sending her meal often same as hers that we are usually do to make yet sweet.

It's been a month when we are not seeing to each other is bothering me now. I can't help but we need to prioritize this job. We both understand that.

I was driving now towards their mansion to surprise Athena. It popped my mind the day we went to a beach and spent happily together so I am planning to go with her there. As currently walking inside their house, I observed how much she was busy doing her works.

It seems like she didn't notice my presence so I tried to call her atttention. She startled when already see me.

"Greige." She stated with a shock on her face rather than in a just suprised. "You didn't even text me that you will come."

She uttered like she didn't want to see me. The reason I looked at her in a wonder.

"I want to surprise you, Athena. And here." Then I showed to her the beef stake I bought earlier which is one of our fave dish. However, the reaction of her is different that appears like she doesn't want me here.

Athena diverted into the food held by my hand and asked, "What's that?" I just told it earlier but she forgot that easily. Oh come on Athena, what's happening to you?

"Beef stake, our favorite dish. I mentioned it awhile ago."

Serving the food in the table while waiting for her to response again.

"You really surprised me because I didn't expect you to come here since it was your first time." Perplexion on mind is the reason that my forehead frowned. *My first time?*

"Actually, it is not my first time to be here with you." I stated while she nodded and fixed our things scattered on the table. I didn't anymore heard her speaking. A few seconds have passed, I broke the silence between us.

*What happened to her? She has an amnesia and some our memories have forgotten?*

"Are you really sure didn't remember that?" Trying to confront to assure that her some of the memories have not lost.

She is not staring to me and keep rolling her eyes around without saying any words.

. "You forgot?" I repeated. She shook her head but not convincing. I think she just lied and want to know about it.

"You just went to Korea and forgot some of our memories? Are you meet an accident there?" Continued intriguing her because I wanted to know the truth behind lies.

"No. It's not just that." She answered but seemed nervous on her face. She is bewildering for what she has to say.

Instead arguing, I invited her to eat our lunch first because my stomach is now growling. We just eat silently after the argument. No one can talk so I have to finish eating before I broke the silence between us. I saw her on my peripheral vision that seems she was uneasy.

I am starting to doubt about Athena because of her strange actions. She is hiding something that I don't know. Thinking about her this time, I felt that she was pretending to be my girlfriend. The way she speak and act looks that was not supposed the real Athena.

After eating our lunch, decided to go back to my office. I don't want to talk her right now since my instincts tell something bad.

"I have to go now whereas there are many things needed to accomplish." Lying to her with my cold expression.

She startled and stopped eating temporarily as she saw me already walking away from her. "Why so early? We have not yet talking so well, isn't?" She called on about my leaving.

"Like I said earlier I have many tasks to do. Maybe, tomorrow?" Trying to convince her and finally she agreed.

"Ok I see you tomorrow." I saw her sad face but I keep myself to proceed outside the mansion and go back to my office.

The next day as my promise I invited Athena to go shopping instead for making up from what we had yesterday. After that, we went home and unexpectedly met her parents.

"Greige and our daughter are already here." Uncle said as he was the first appeared on the mansion followed by Auntie.

"Hello Mom and Dad. Oh, I am sorry that I didn't tell you about our date." Athena apologized then I brought the things inside. Returning back and finally we kissed her parents as a sign of respect.

"You're supposed to have a lot of tasks to do in the office, Terylene told us." Her mom commented. Athena turned to me and to her parents.

"Don't worry Mom and Dad. I will take care of it after this." Convincing her parents as she staring at me. "Greige invited me to come out so why would I refuse? Besides, this is just an only time to be with him again." She is really good of taming her parents. Unbelievable.

Her father sighed and only stroke his head. "Ok, my precious daughter." Uncle smiled as he agreed of their daughter said.

"Should be thankful that Dad and I were love you." Auntie stated as she leaned to Athena.

"Do you wanna join us to eat lunch, Greige?" Her mother invited but I resist.

"No, thanks because still I have to do at 11:00 AM." I replied.

"Mi cielo, what don't you eat with us on lunch. I think you must do it later. I can't allow you to do your job with an empty stomach." Athena that really persuading me to stay with her again.

"Thena is right. You must not allowed yourself to work without eating your meal. It will make you weak after." Auntie agreed on what her daughter said.

"Don't say no, Greige. Food is already served." Persuading me by her father as he let me in to their kitchen.

They seems like pretending that they want me for their daughter. I know from the start that Athena's parents hate me for not knowing the reason why. Thinking that I already capable to be her husband and father of our children is a proof that I deserved to be their daughter.

However, there's something on their stares that really make me curious particularly to Athena. All this time, she is now hiding a secret and pretending that just nothing. There has something on her behavior that she is like the way before.

Confusion on my mind striken me. I don't know if I trust her this much. My instincts said that should not because once I fully gave it to her, it will ruin. However, my heart told me to trust my girlfriend because that was love.

After eating our lunch, I have already waved a goodbye to them especially to her.

"I should go home." Then Athena suddenly kissed me on my cheek and her parents said goodbye to me too.

"Be careful in driving, mi cielo." She reminded me with a smile.

"I'm leaving." As I go ahead out of the mansion until I reached my car and started the engine.