Bound By Fate: Katarina and Eric’s Unbreakable Love

Chapter 2

Eric’s POV

“Okay..…”

That was what I had replied her almost robotically and then she looked shocked at my reply.

I wondered why she was shocked but I was too mesmerized by her beauty to think too deeply about that.

“Beautiful…” I muttered as I stare deeply at her.

But wait a minute, why was I able to see her face clearly?

Then also why did her face seem familiar as I was drawn even deeper by her olive eyes which shone so bright?

However, I was brought back to reality as I feel electrocuted by the sudden skin contact when she takes my hand into her little hands and does something really weird.

What’s even crazy is that I Eric Donald, still stood stuck in my position while I watch her through the whole process…

It was mind boggling to think that I actually felt a warm feeling run through my veins and it felt like a certain sense of calmness despite this chaos in my head at the moment.

Back to earth Eric!!

“Was it possible that this beautiful lady was a psycho?” I wondered as I looked at my hand and back at her.

She had just slid an engagement ring into my finger!!!

“I will pick you up by 8 a.m tomorrow so we can get it down on papers!” She said with a beaming smile even though underneath I could sense unease.

Get what down on papers!!! I had to put an end to this madness even though I was definitely going to find out more about this lady whose face I could see clearly…

“Okay. Here you go, lady. I really don’t understand what’s going on right now but I am sure I am not interested in getting a new ring” I say as I was finally done with this charade and I pull out the ring to give it back to her but I see her walking into the elevator.

Maybe she was a jeweler marketing her products but in a completely unprofessional way.

Or was this a prank by my friends?

She was definitely not one of my staffs….

I must say however that she was really bold to make this step towards me and it was scary.

How was she so bold to walk up to me, CEO Eric Donald of the great Donald Empire?

Up until now, I have never allowed any lady come as close as she had come to me and neither has any woman ever walked out on me this way.

“Who are you?” I ask her intensely as I stop the elevator before it closes.

I truthfully had other important things to do but finding out more about this lady seemed to top the chart, at this minute.

“I am Katarina Julio,” she says as she stretches out her hands firmly for a bold handshake.

She seemed to be a businesswoman from the handshake with her fingers so small, yet so soft and smooth.

“Does she really sell jewelries?” I continued to wonder.

When did I turn a man who held most of his thoughts in his head without voicing it out?

What was she doing to me?

She notices that I wasn’t satisfied with her explanation as I was still waiting for her to continue and so she says, “I know that this looks weird to you but please consider this and if you don’t feel too sure about this then you can return my ring back to me. I know I should be worried if you are criminal, thug and all that. But I don’t even care at this point and to be fair, I can even pay you. Just name your price. This could be a fair transaction and we both get what we want….”

“You would pay me??? A….. A thug??” I choke on the word as I spit it out.

She clearly didn’t know who I was or was she pretending?

Jeeezz… This lady was going to make me run mad with lots of thinking.

“Yes. I can pay you any amount you want. Before we get married tomorrow, we could draft out some papers containing terms of the contract and then I pay you off.....” she continues but I stare at her in daze.

“Has she been talking about marriage all this while??”

“Well, it’s fine. Once I don’t see you by 8 a.m tomorrow, I will take it to mean that you aren’t interested. I would totally understand,” she says before the elevator door closes.

I pick up my phone and call my PA to meet me immediately. I had been walking around the company like I usually would alone before this episode happened.

Liam rushes in and meets me and as I expected his face in a haze and I couldn’t see him properly but I could only tell that he was the one with the way he walked in.

I suffered from PROSOPAGNOSIA (face blindness) which made me unable to see people’s faces or recognize them. Over the years, I have managed this without letting people know this side of me which was my weakness.

To enable me recognize this people close to me, I study some particular features about them like, how their hair is styled, their voice or how they walked. This way no one is able to detect my weakness.

So how was I able to see this KATARINA JULIO?

I tell Liam, “I need you to get the details of one Katarina Julio for me immediately. She is just leaving the building now”.

I describe her further to him and also ask him to confirm if she was connected to any of my friends in anyway.

It was frustrating to know that I could decide to take this ring off and thrash it but instead I was more excited at the fact that I got the chance to see her again tomorrow.

I didn’t also know what it was about her that endeared me so much that I wanted to know more about her and be around her.

Why did it seem like she reminded me of someone too??

Next morning 7:30 a.m and I was the waiting the one waiting for her instead as I check my Rolex wrist watch and park far away then walk to the church.

This was the only church closest to the company, so I was sure this was the right one.

I was dressed fancy in my perfectly cut mid-night black suit, pant and tie. My hair was perfectly styled and my shoe shone with every step.

Standing this way, waiting for my supposed bride seemed out of place but I continued as I held a bouquet of flower in my hand.

Finally, she arrives looking more radiant than the last time I saw her.

Looking at her now was on a different dimension as I wondered how she grew up to be this beautiful?

Her classy long white gown fitted her body perfectly and she had her hair tied in a bun above her head.

She looked simple yet elegant.

“You arrived quite early and owning by the flower I guess you are in for the ride. So what would you price be?” she says confidently with poise.

So she really didn’t know who I was??

Her smile today looked beautiful still but I could tell there was more.

“Well, I guess we can carry on. You also don’t have to pay me and this marriage would be on my terms too. First, the marriage would be legal and binding…. not a contract marriage. Second, I have other rules but I would only divulge to you after the marriage is a done deal,” I reply her with a smirk.

It looked like she was considering it for a while but then afterwards she says, “Fine. Let’s go,”

She links her hand into my arm and then we proceed to walk into the church to get married.

I smile with a mixture of sadness and happiness as I look at the marriage certificate I held in my hands. I never knew that this day would eventually come but here it was even though, I had no idea how this was happening.

If she found out I was the little boy she was stuck on an island with 20 years ago, how would she feel?

Will she remain married to me if she finds out that I was the reason for her brother’s death back then?

I didn’t know what the answer to any of this was, but I was certain that I wasn’t ready to let her go of my first love a second time…