Alone

Chapter 41: Alone

Mia was calling…

Kevin wasn't able to react for quite sometime, it was as if he was stunned by the sudden phone call.

'She really knows when I'm alone' that made a more conviction into Kevin's mind that he needs to be with Mia, that she is the only one who can light up his pretty gloomy world.

He was about to pick it up when the phone call stopped. Looking at the screen of his phone he was silently wishing that she would call again, but instead of a phone call, a text message was sent instead.

"Mr. Grant, I am also going with the decision that my group have made earlier today, they have notified me of the situation and this is my decision after hearing what happened earlier today"

Kevin lost all of his energy and his face became pale. Mia was also abandoning him.

"I am cutting all of my ties with Viewbay and especially to you Mr. Grant. I hope that we don't have to include the law when it comes to this. My decision is final and I really hope that you will respect our decision to part ways with you"

He can't believe the word that he was reading. It was as if it was a different person posing as his Mia.

Kevin decided to dial her number when he received again another message.

"I don't know what have happened to you, that you decided to betray us. This is not what you have promised us when you approached us 7 years ago. You said that you will help us make our dreams come true together, but instead you took us apart, I don't hate you for doing that to us, but I can say with outmost sincerity that I regret the day I met you."

After reading the last words that Mia sent to him, he can hear something breaking inside of him.

Since the moment that he have accepted that he is indeed in love with her, he have built a dream, including her to all of his plans, Kevin just can't let this to happen, he started to call Mia,

The other line just kept on ringing.

"The subscriber cannot be reached—"

Then he dialed again

And again

Kevin kept on dialing her number until he received a text message from Mia again.

"We don't have anything to talk about, please stop calling me Mr. Grant"

"Mr. Grant, Mr. Grant, Mr. Grant, enough with the Mr. Grant!" he then yelled at the screen of his phone.

He tossed his phone over to the couch and he pulled his hair in frustration.

"It's Kevin! My name is Kevin not Mr. Grant" he yelled again before picking his phone.

"Toot toot toot"

Mia had turn off her phone. Kevin can only sit down on the coach looking defeated.

It was a clear message that Mia doesn't want to talk to him anymore. He tried to cheer himself up by saying that it will be a temporary thing that things will be back to normal, which Mia will once again look for him.

All is good until again in his head when Argon entered his home, together with a brown envelope.

"Kevin"

He just kept his silence.

"These are the request for termination of contract" then he handed over the brown envelope "You just need to sign them"

Kevin looked at his brother's face.

The disappointment was clear and evident. He also knew that Argon wants to say something but for some reason his holding back.

"Just tell me what you want to say" thou he said it, he's also nervous about what his younger brother will tell him.

"You're stupid" then Argon also sat down beside him and sighed, "you lost sight to what's important to you and now you are losing everything"

'I'm losing everything? No this is just a set back' he wanted to response but he chose to listen to what Argon has to say.

"You forced someone to love you by pushing everyone that she loves, you mistook her kindness for something else and now you drown yourself in fantasy that she also loves you?"

"She will choose me," he said with conviction.

"No she won't, she called me after talking to Ysa about what happened today" she called another person first?

"What time?"

"As soon as we left you in Ysa's office"

That was a strong indication that Mia wasn't calling him to listen to his side but to relay her decision that Kevin defies to believe.

"Kevin, she doesn't love you, you just drown yourself in the thought that she could love you"

His resolve was starting to crumble, little by little, the lie that he have told himself is starting to disappear making him realize the things that he was doing all along.

"You are the very reason why Mia lost her ability to smile, why she have to suffer all this year. You are the first to betray her trust, sold her out. And your reason was keeping her away from Terrence and protecting this company?" Argon is starting to lose his temper, not because of what happened today but he also realized that he should have done this a long time ago.

"You don't understand"

"What I don't understand is why do you keep on making yourself believe that what you did is fine and justifiable"

"I" Kevin can't even finish his sentence for he is also starting to question his decisions.

"I think it will be better for you to seek out professional help, you can't even make sense of your actions" Argon then pulled out a white envelope from his breast pocket.

"My resignation" then he handed it over to his brother and look at him with pity, but he have already decided that it's time that he makes a decision that he won't regret.

"Effective immediately" Argon then stood up and waited for Kevin to response to him but instead he looked at the envelope and opened it, Argon can only look away in frustration.

Kevin read the names in signatory on the paper.

Her name was there with a signature.

"It was prepared by Mia herself. Ysa told me that she have that document years before, but she wanted to give you a chance to change, but sadly you didn't"

Then another silence envelope the two, it was heavy and sharp. Both of them are having a hard time right now,

Argon then decided to be steadfast in his decision.

He might be his own blood but he's done considering his brother, Kevin needs to wake up from his fantasy.

Right then, Argon decided to leave his brother alone, instead of saying goodbye, he just hold his shoulders and left without a single word.

As soon as the front door closes, Kevin then cried like a little child.

He now realized what he has done and he is aware that it is too late and that he lost everything important to him.

Without a choice, he signed the request for contract termination in front of him.