Chapter 14

 ANOTHER WORLD

~ROMEO APARTMENT ~

Marie pushed Romeo on the shoulders and he stopped the kiss to stare down at her.

She had her eyes closed and when she finally opened them it was to look at him straight in the eyes.

"I need to leave for work" she muttered softly as she quickly moved out of his arms heading to her room but stopped when he spoke again.

"I must have taken you by surprise with my confession and am willing to give you time to think about it. I will be leaving for a week trip and when i get back I expect to hear your answer then" 

"If it's a yes then I will make you the most happiest woman on earth but if it's a no then I won't give up. I will meddle in your affairs, be your shadow and drive you crazy with attention until you say yes to me" He added and this brought Marie starring at him again.

"I love you Marie and I won't give up on you" He vowed as she kept starring at him.

The ringing of the phone broke further conversation and Immediately Marie went into the confine of her room.

Still dazed by Romeo's confession, she sat on the bed.

Romeo loves her, she just can't believe that a man like him would be interested in her.

He had made it clear in the past that he didn't desire her and would never see her as a woman, so how on earth did he come to being in love with her? 

Her feelings for him is the same, she doesn't love him and will never will, she thought to herself but another thought came to her.

She enjoyed his kisses and whenever he was close to her, her heart races and to top it all she had her first night with him. If it had happened with another guy she would have been going crazy but since it happened with Romeo she wasn't bothered about it, she even felt relieved.

What's it about Romeo that got her feeling this way? She hates him but why does that hate feels different? Why does it feel like she's in....

"It's nothing Marie. You don't feel the same way and that's that" she said aloud to herself as she got ready for work.

She walked out of her room prepared to meet him with a frost attitude if he proved stubborn but instead of meeting Romeo like she expected it was a letter she saw.

*THE BUSINESS TRIP STARTS TODAY AND HAVE GOT TO LEAVE, I WOULD HAVE LOVE TO STAY AND TAKE CARE OF YOU BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF WITHOUT ME. LIKE I SAID, I WILL BE GONE FOR A WEEK AND I EXPECT TO HEAR YOUR ANSWER WHEN I RETURN *

Marie sighed out on reading the letter, she won't have to see him for a week which was something good.

She kept feeling good as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday went by but on Thursday she began to feel lonely, she didn't know why but the thought of going back to Romeo's empty pent house made her feel more lonely than ever.

She tried not to think about Romeo but that wasn't possible since he is the owner of Brooks international.

Every of the employees in the company talked about him which made it hard for her to keep him out of her mind.

His apartment is the only place she doesn't get to think of him, she thought as she sat on the sofa to turn on the TV while she munch on a snacks.

As soon as the TV was on she was surprised to see that it was a talk show, a talk show which had Romeo in it.

She sat listening to him answering every questions the host was asking him and for a while she was transfixed starring at his face, he must have done the talk show during his trip cause the hair style he had on was different.

"So Mr Brooks, tell us more about your love life. Are you still a playboy roving around ?" The host asked.

"My playboy days are over" he replied.

"Why? Have someone managed to capture your heart?" The Host asked again and this time Romeo stared intently at the camera before answering.

"Yes. Someone have stolen my heart and I hope that she will give me a chance to show her how much I love her"

Marie knew he was talking about her, she felt her heart constricting not because of pain but of something else.

Her heart kept pounding real hard that she had to put her hand on her chest wanting it to stop.

Turning off the TV did help the furious pounding of her heart but it didn't stop her from thinking about Romeo.

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~NEXT DAY~ AT THE OFFICE

It was lunch break and Marie was heading back to the kitchen when she was informed by the receptionist that Blake would like to see her.

The first thing that came to her mind was that Romeo was back. He and Blake had gone on the business trip so if Blake is back then Romeo will be too.

She knocked and when she heard Blake voice telling her to come in, she walked in expecting to see Romeo but it was only Blake she saw there.

"A gift for my friend wife" he said as he gave her the bouquet of flowers.

"You didn't have to" she said but her reaction showed that she liked the gesture.

"You deserve it says Romeo" Blake said and she looked up at him in confusion.

"Romeo bought those flowers. He knew you would like it and sent me to bring it all the way from Italy" Blake said as he pulled out the chair for her.

"That's kind of him" Marie muttered as she kept starring at the flowers.

"So? Are you still thinking about your answer?" Blake asked pp

"You see I know everything and when I say everything, I mean the whole thing" Blake said.

"You know that am not the real Develene but an imposter too?" She asked softly.

"Now I won't call you an imposter, I would rather call you a blessing" Blake replied

"Why?"

"Cause you changed my friend. Before he met you he was adamant on being a bachelor and he knew nothing about love but you showed up and made him fall for you hopelessly. So what's your answer gonna be? He also told me about the one week thing" Blake confessed with a smile on his face.

"I think that should be between me and Romeo. Am sorry if I sound rude right now but I think Romeo should be the one listening to my answers himself" she replied.

"Of course. It's just that I was a bit curious but as you've said Romeo should be the one listening to the reply" Blake said not in the least bit offended.

"I will take my leave then. Lunch time is over" she said quickly not wanting to talk more about Romeo.

"He loves you Marie. This is the first time have seen Romeo in love and I can tell that he really do love you keep that in mind when you give him an answer" Blake said behind her, she gave him a nod in return before leaving his office.

Marie stood in front of the rest room mirror thinking about Blake words while washing her hands.

Two girls walked into the rest room interrupting her thoughts.

They were giggling and talking about girls stuff and Marie would have left if she hadn't heard the content of their conversation.

"Isn't boss Romeo fabulous?" 

" We all know that he is and did you watch his interview last night?" 

" Of course I did but I was a bit saddened when I heard that he is in love. You know I somehow had this imagination of him dating me" 

The girls giggled together and continued with their conversation not even bothered by Marie presence.

"Do you have an idea who the girl might be?" 

"I don't but one thing am sure of is that she must be someone great to have been able to make him fall for her" 

 "A high class lady?" 

 "What else if not a high class lady? Do you think someone of great wealth like him would stoop to female of our calibre?" 

"He won't. She must at least come from a rich family like him, would have gone to a good school and would be very beautiful anything lesser than that is impossible"

" You are right! Whoever it is must be very lucky" 

Marie sighed out sadly as she watched the girls leave the rest room. 

A high class lady she definitely isn't that, growing up in the orphanage home got rid of the rich family part,a good school might be under the average and on the part of being very beautiful.... She's a average beauty she thought.

She had been rethinking things after her conversation with Blake but this just proved to her that she and Romeo aren't meant to be.

Romeo belongs to another world while she belongs in her world.

She thought as she threw the flowers in the bin. 

Marie left the rest room but she didn't get far when she ran back to the rest room to take the flowers.

The flowers did no harm and it didn't deserve to be thrown away she thought as she left the rest room still cradling it in her hand.