Second Chance : A Rare Opportunity

Chapter 4

Sophia

I don’t want to have the same conversation again as yesterday with him. I guess I was wrong to think that he is going to let me work here peacefully.

He got up from the place and again asked, “I am asking you nicely Sophia, tell me who is he. Is he your…. boyfriend?”

“What if he is?” I asked.

He was taken aback with my question but quickly hid it and said, “I am in no mood to play these games, so answer the damn question” he gritted.

“I don’t play games Mr. Knight, it’s your hobby. And who do you think you are to ask such a question to me. It’s my personal matter and as I said yesterday, I don’t see any reason to share my personal life with my new boss” I said.

“You like f**king with me, don’t you? It’s a simple question why can’t you answer huh?” he asked again coming closer to me.

“Don’t come close” I said taking few steps away from him. He came more closer and now my back was touching the wall behind me and he was standing right in front of me.

I tried to move away but he blocked my way with his arms caging me between wall and his sturdy body.

He was staring at my face with intensity making me uneasy because of this closeness. He moved his left hand and removed my hair from my face. I shoved his hand away and said, “I said don’t touch me”.

Anger flashed in his eyes and he punched the wall with his right hand right beside my face but I didn’t flinch and kept staring into his eyes.

“If you have forgotten then let me remind you, you are my wife Sophia. And I have a right to touch you” he said. I chuckled at his reply and I am sure it must have fueled his anger even more but I am also very angry.

“Wife? I think you have forgotten Mr. Knight so let me remind you what you said about the marriage on that day in the past. You said the marriage was not real. The documents we signed were fake” I said.

“Stop calling me that” he said with gritted teeth. Now I am getting tired of having this same conversation with him.

“What do you want from me? Why are you in my cabin?” I asked in bored tone.

“I….. I wanted to …….” He stuttered. “Wow, it’s new. The great Daniel Knight is stuttering in front of a girl, strange.” I mocked and I could feel he was getting angry. I know he is not a type of person who likes to get mocked or told down by others.

But to my surprise he didn’t comment on what I said and took a deep breath. His eyes fell on my lips and my breath hitched.

His eyes lingered on my lips for a while and he gulped visibly. Then he looked up once again to stare into my eyes

“Look, I am sorry okay” he said making me more angry than I already am.

I scoffed at his words and asked, “For what exactly? For the things you did in past, for breaking my heart into pieces or for coming back into my life to ruin it again, huh?”

“Are you doing some kind of favor on me, with this insincere apology of yours. You don’t even mean it, Mr. Knight”.

“I told you, don’t call me that” he threatened, almost growling at my face.

“And I already told you that you don’t have any right to demand answer for your questions from me and you don’t have any right to order me around” I said.

He chuckled at that and said, “I think I absolutely do have a right to order you, I am your boss, you remember”.

“Yes I do remember but it’s my personal matter and no one has right to ask about it. Now just leave me alone, I have lots of work to do” I said again trying to push him away.

I was struggling in his arms when he suddenly said, “I missed you”. My movements stopped and I lifted my eyes to look into his green ones. All the humour and anger was gone from his eyes and I saw something I never expected.

Guilt.

Impossible, you are again being delusional Sophia, come to your senses.

“Why? Is it because you threw your toy after playing and getting bored with it and now you can’t find anyone else to play with. But again who might be more stupid than me to not understand your bluff and see your real face” I said.

My heart is crying in agony. I want to cry too but not in front of him.

“Sophia please, listen to me once…….” I didn’t let him complete and pushed him away from my body with all the strength I could gather.

He stumbled back on his feet. I saw hurt flashing in his eyes but I am more hurt. I turned on my heals to leave but stopped in my tracks and looked in his direction.

“I hope you will not be doing anything of this sort next time and will stay the f**k away from me” saying this words I again turned around and a lone tear rolled down on my cheek like a traitor.

I left my cabin to take some fresh air and to soothe my pounding heart which is still beating so loudly for him. And I hate myself for feeling this way for the man who destroyed my trust like no one else.

Or I could say he broke my trust in the same way that one person I trusted the most destroyed my trust in human beings.

I came to the rooftop of the building. The view was beautiful from here. It is one of the tallest building in this city, with 54 floors.

I took a deep breath in the fresh air and wiped the tears from my eyes. I stood there for a while leaning against the railing taking in the beauty of the city.

I looked to the side and my eyes fell on a rooftop garden. There were so many beautiful flowers. I made my way towards it and crouched down, to look at them more closely.

A smile appeared on my lips when the heavenly fragrance of the flowers reached my nose. But soon it faded away when my eyes fell on a withered rose.

I took it in my hand and whispered, “Why is our life withered like this, in this beautiful blooming world” I said remembering the miseries of my life.

“But don’t worry, every withered flower has its own unique beauty and characteristics”.

“So let’s try to be happy, the way we are” I said again smiling. I was so lost in my conversation with this small flower that I didn’t notice the presence of the person who was standing at a little distance from me.

He made his way to me and crouched down beside me. I head palmed myself in my mind for talking my heart out in front of a stranger.

It’s a little embarrassing you know. I thought he will ask me about what I just said but he said something unexpected.

“You are absolutely right” he said. I looked at him in confusion. He noticed my confusion and said, “I don’t know if you realized or not but you said something really beautiful. It was like you were teaching to accept your own self, to love who you are and be happy with it”.

“It was not a big deal” I said and looked away to hide my embarrassment.

He chuckled, “You don’t need to be embarrassed about it. It was motivating for me. You know I am also in the same category as you two” he said gesturing towards the flower and me.

I could not take my eyes off of him He had this sad smile on that handsome face of his. His gray eyes held sadness which he was trying to hide with his beautiful smile.

His black hair were flowing freely giving glimpse of his forehead. “You know there are many people who are like that, like us. And everyone of us need to think like this” he said.

I also smiled at him and said, “For that we have to spread this kind of positivity. And let’s start it by doing it first for our own self”.

He smiled brightly and said, “I am Trevor” and put his hand forward.

“I am Sophia” I replied shaking hands with him. “It’s a beautiful name, just like you”.

And to tell you the truth, the sincerity in his eyes while saying those words caused butterflies to emerge in my stomach.

I muttered a small thanks.

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I came out of the elevator, Trevor was with me. He told that he came here to meet someone.

I was walking in the direction of my cabin when a deep voice startled me. I stumbled on my feet and Trevor held me by my waist, stopping me from falling down on the floor.

I could not even thank him when another hand grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Trevor’s body. I collided with a hard chest of the person.

I don’t need to see who he is. Just by his touch and his fragrance, I knew who the person is. His hand was resting on my waist.

I tried to take a step away from him but his hold became even more tight. I looked up to see his face and give him a piece of my mind.

I really hate this height difference.

The expressions on his face caused fear to creep in my heart. He is looking raged, and If you ask me, no one wants to come face to face with him when he is this angry.

He has one of the worst tempers in the world, as far as I have seen. I gulped, thinking about the things he does in his anger.

I looked in the direction of Trevor to check if he is okay under this cold stare of Daniel. Yes, he was staring at Trevor, no let me correct myself, he was glaring at him.

But Trevor’s expressions were no different. He was also shooting daggers at Daniel.

What’s wrong with these two? I thought.

I once again tried to free myself from his hold and this time he let me go, but the look he gave me in the process made a shiver run down to my spine.

I took few steps away from him. He again shifted his gaze towards Trevor and said, “What the f**k are you doing here?” His cold voice was capable of making anyone scared.

But Trevor took one step in his direction and said, “Are you forgetting that I am Vice President of IME. So of course you will see me here ‘often’.”

My eyes widened at this news. He is VP and I was talking so casually with him.

“So focus on your work and don’t go f**king around my company” Daniel said in a warning tone.

“Don’t worry I don’t go around f*****g everyone I see on my way like some people” he said and I saw Daniel fisting his palm in balls.

Trevor turned in my direction and said, “It was nice meeting you Sophia, hope to see you around. Let’s have coffee together, if you are okay with it”.

I smiled and nodded my head and shook his hand that he reached forward for me to take. I saw Daniel throwing daggers in my direction with his angry green eyes.

“It was nice meeting to you too, Trev….. I mean… I don’t know how to address you” I said with a nervous smile.

He smiled and said, “Just call me Trevor like you were doing earlier. We are friends after all, right?”

Before I could reply Daniel spoke in his voice filled with authority, “I want you in my cabin Miss Williams”.

I was about to ignore him and turn around to leave when he said with gritted teeth, “Right. Now.”

He was looking so dangerous that I decided to obey. I don’t want to infuriate him more than he already is. I gave Trevor a small wave and he nodded with a smile.

I entered into his cabin and before I could take another step he grabbed me by my arm and pushed me against the wall.

His one hand was placed above my chest in horizontal way, blocking my movements. His other hand was holding my wrists in a firm grip over his chest. He was standing so close that our faces were only inches away.

He was taking deep breaths to calm himself but it was not working I guess, because I could still feel the same anger radiating from his body.

I tried to free myself from his grip but not even in my dreams I can free myself from his steel grip.

“What were you doing with him, why were you alone with him?” he asked.

“What’s it to you? Why do you want to know?” I questioned instead of answering. He came a little more closer and now our faces were only an inch away.

“This is not an answer to my question, Sophia. Tell me what were you doing with him, why was he holding you in his arms. Have you started whoring around already?” he said.

The look in his eyes was scaring me but his words were infuriating me at the same time.

“Why do you want to know, Mr. Knight? Whatever I do with him is my business, you don’t have to know everything about me” I said.

“Aren’t you talking too much, love? You never used to talk this much in the past. Are we getting all smart mouth, because I am being patient with you?” he said in a mocking tone.

“I was always like this Mr. Knight, it’s just that you were not in the list of people with whom I used to talk like this. But now you are on top of that ‘s**tty people’ list of mine.”

I again tried to free myself from his hold when he asked. “You don’t like me touching you, right?”.

“You are still asking, I thought you were smart. Yes I hate it when you touch me, so leave me alone” I said.

“But you used to love my touch in the past. Don’t you crave my touch on your body, because I do” he whispered in his husky voice tracing my neck and collarbone with his fingertips.

But I was feeling disgusted with his touch. “It’s because I used to love you in the past but now…. I think you know how I feel” I replied shoving his hand away.

“So you are saying that you don’t love me anymore huh?” he asked looking at my lips.

“The only thing that I feel for you is hate, and my eyes are up here Mr. Knight” I said. He chuckled and looked into my eyes and asked, “Is your heart fluttering because of our proximity?”

I scoffed and said, “I am feeling disgusted with you being this close to me”.

“Then why your trembling lips are indicating something else” he again whispered sensually, leaning in towards my lips.

I tried to move my legs to kick him on his manhood but he was already blocking them with his own legs.

“Do you think I will let you kick me like this, after meeting you in such a long time, I think it's been five years".

"Don’t you think we are in a very intimate position to be kicking around, when we can do so many nice things in this position. But It’s only kiss that I want” he said.

“Don’t you dare…..” I tried saying but his lips were so close that I stopped in my tracks. My heart was pounding loudly in my chest.

But I was feeling angry with my own emotions. I hate myself for feeling like this for this kind of man.

He was just about to press his lips on mine when the words left my mouth freezing him on the spot.

“Do you want me to warm your bed, tonight?”