Chapter 6 – Something I have never felt before.
Aaron Sanders
POV
“Hey, do you need anything before I leave?” Amelia Hudson my new swanky assistant asks walking into my office.
I look up from my mountain of paperwork. I look at the time on my watch, damn it was six p.m. already. How did the time get away from me? I was swamped I haven’t even had lunch today. I never even moved from my desk, other than to relieve my bladder.
“Sorry I am swamped. Urh, no you can leave thanks Miss Hudson” I say with a polite smile.
We went the entire day ignoring what happened last night, and I have been pretty busy the entire, hell I don’t even know if I ate.
“It’s okay.” She says with a smile. “Do you mind?” she asks pointing to the chair
I nod, reaching my arm out gesturing it was okay for her to sit, she walks further into my office. She sits on the chair in front of my desk.
“I- urh, I wanted to apologize for last night. I was out of line, Layla my dog, she was a gift from my father, and it was the only thing I got from him.” she says
God, I did not know her dad was dead. Now I feel like an a*s for even dreaming about sleeping with her after Benny got his action and I wanted mine as well.
“I’m sorry for your loss” I say
She shakes her head but does not say anything.
“I-I. I am sorry for the way I blew up on you. Layla has been there for me in my darkest days, and we came out stronger together.” she says with tears in her eyes and all I saw was pain in her eyes.
All I wanted to was to wrap this woman in my arms and take all her pain away. I had no idea who this woman was, but she made me want her more than just sexually. I have never felt anything like this before. I am used to woman throwing themselves at me all the time, she flirts but she is never openly flirted with me.
“It’s okay. I understand when my dad I was lost I did a bunch of terrible things and one day I did the worst thing I could possibly do, and I cost someone their life. I-I got Benny from a shelter the week after she died. I-I know how much your dog means to you I really do. I am sorry for what Benny did” I say honestly
I did not know the exact date she died; I do not even know the girl’s name. tried to look her up but it is like no one wanted her to be found, every single one of her files were erased as though she never existed. The girl deserved more than that. She deserves to be up on the school posters and warning children about bullying and all the things she endured because I was having a dreadful day.
Brianna was the meanest b***h to any girl who liked me and tried to confess to me. I did not even see her with me that day. I remember it like it was yesterday.
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FLASHBACK
” You sure you want to be here today?” My best friend Khai asks as we walk into the school.
I nod “of course. We have a month left, I’m okay Khai don’t worry about me” I say
My father passed on last night, my mother and sister has not stopped crying as the man of the house I had to stay strong for them and that meant not to shed a tear in front of anyone not even my loved ones. My father had been amazing, but his death meant I had to give up my dream of being a racer, I could not be one when my family now depended on me.
He does not speak again until we get over to the rest of our friends actually not my friends but the football team.
We greet them. No one knows about my father’s death, and no one will know until I graduate from college.
“Urh Aaron, can I talk to you for a second?” I hear a small voice say from behind me say.
I turn to the cute little chubby girl. I nod at the boys to leave us. I look into her eyes and something about her eyes drew me. The boys leave us, and she plays with her fingers before taking a deep breath. I have never seen her before; she has to be a freshman.
“Urh, Aaron. I-I really like you and I, I…” I cut her off. She could not like me. I was not going to let her like me. She had to hate me. I could not have her close to me not when I had to take care of my family and run a company. The guilt of my father’s death sitting on my shoulders I was never going to be good enough. I couldn’t let her in no, not into my shitty life. I had nothing to give her except pain and heartbreak. I didn’t even know if I would come out on top.
“So little four eyes has herself a crush on little old me?” I ask her in mock amusement. There was nothing funny about what I was about to do. I was going to crush this girls dreams and humiliate her because I wanted her to hate me. I was a terrible human being. I deserved everything coming at me.
“Oh, does she actually think someone like her actually think she stands a chance with you Aaron?” Brianna Kyle asks from beside me.
I stare at her for a second, shocked she was here. This was not supposed to happen she was not supposed to be here. Brianna has tried to be with me since kindergarten, I just was not into her. For some reason I wanted the girl in front of me more than I wanted Brianna.
Brianna has always wanted me willing gave herself to me on a silver platter, my life was so f****d up I didn’t even want Brianna in it, and I knew she was stronger than most girls. But the thing is I didn’t have feeling for Brianna, and I wasn’t going to use her. I wasn’t that type of person. I might be many things, but I wasn’t that much of an asshole to string her along.
I am sorry cute girl in the glasses, you are going to hate me, but I cannot have you like me not when I had no idea what I wanted in my life, hell my life was going to be a mess for the near future.
“Did you hear that guys four eyes has a crush on me?” I ask everyone who was near to hear.
My heart felt as though it had been ripped out of my body watching her looking at me in sheer disappointment and hurt. She looks down. The pain in my chest grew the longer I was standing there looking in her eyes.
I could not stand being there, so I did what I knew to do best. I run. I run out of the school building. I felt as though I could finally breathe once I was outside.
I felt someone touching my shoulder, I looked over my shoulder to see Khai.
“Maybe staying at home would have been better” I try to joke but the pain in my chest only grew. I clutched my chest.
“You, okay?” he asks
I shake my head, tears finally run down my face, not just for my father but for the girl who stood in front of me and the look I saw in her eyes. It was engraved in my heart forever.
“You like her, don’t you?” he asks
I could not speak, the tears just kept coming. I started gasping. I just nod.
“You could have tried” he tries to say
But I shake my head.
He leads me to his car we got in and he drove me to what looked like private property.
“Don’t worry no one will hear you here. And no one will know about today” he says
I nod.
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“Mr. Sanders” I heard her speaking
I take a second to look at my assistant. Is that why I am attracted to her because she reminds me of her? After that day I never went back to school I could not with my father’s funeral arrangements and secretly running the company.
“Are you okay?” she asks
I nod.
“I’m going to head out, I still have an appointment to get to” she says
I nod never mindedly.
“Well goodnight Mr. Sanders” she says
I smile and she walks out after that.
I look at the amount of paperwork I still needed to go through. The number of companies that want to work with us has grown. I know one day I will trust someone to help me out but for now I do it myself.
I felt bad being so busy not being able to give monkey the attention she deserved. I did what I did to provide for my family but at what cost?
The small company my father started when he was 24 has grown since I took over and we’re busiest this time of the month coming up with new content and I make sure all the people we work with are vetted and we aren’t helping the wrong people get ahead in life, I’ve learnt that the hard way. When I first started working here, I did not understand that if you publish a company and the company isn’t 100% legit you could be sued, and I was sued when a skin care company made peoples skin peel off, but my company was sued due to the fact that we never vetted the company properly. And being my father’s child, I did not trust anyone else but myself to make sure they were proper companies.
We were a magazine, but we specified in advertising. We recommend fashion, skincare, and healthcare advice to people. Due to the influence, we have we make sure everything we recommend to our readers are 100% correct and the average jane/joe could use.
I work until my eyes start to hurt. I look at the time it is 3a.m. wow time really got away with me this time.
I am glad I had Khai take Benny home with him. since Benny has been suspended for the incident, I have to find another way for him. I might have to send him to my mother until I can figure something out.