Fragments of Us

Found her

Liam

I stood in my office window staring at the garden lost in thoughts. Sighing softly I turn and face Darren, he came in about twenty minutes ago, and I still can't comprehend what he's saying.

“Are you sure of what you’re telling me?” I walk over and sit on the coach opposite him, crossing my leg. “I'm sure Liam, a hundred percent sure” he brings out his phone, stands up and gives the phone to me. “I took photos, it might not be clear but the face is visible” I take the phone from his hand and look at it.

It's her, I can't believe it, I've been looking for her for three years. Darren knows I went completely mad during the first year she left. I looked for her everywhere, sent out specialised agents, tracked her bank activities, even her phone, nothing worked, it was like she completely disappeared.

And now I've found her, I'm going to take my precious time with her, no rush. “I don’t want her to know we've found her, don't do anything stupid, keep things quiet and let her be” for now. “I might have scared her a little bit, but it's nothing serious” s**t.

“You did what?” Darren and taking impulsive decisions. “It's nothing serious, I only covered her eyes and whispered in her ears, the place was packed with people so it could be anybody. I was careful so she wouldn't recognise my voice, which she didn't”

I have to keep an extra eye on her. Darren could do anything and I don't trust him when it comes to her. I don't trust anyone, not even myself, but she’s more safe with me than them. I have to get guards to follow her from now and make sure she’s safe before I decide to break havoc on her world.

“Don't do something like that again, report to me before taking such actions, leave her alone till I’m ready for her” I need a new plan, she's not part of my plan and I’m sure if Darren has seen her, so have they. Standing up and taking a file in hand, I turn and face him.

“I need to get to a meeting in about five minutes, we'll continue this discussion when I'm back, until then nobody hears of this” if they haven't already. I walk out of my office and head straight for the conference room, my assistant walking closely behind me and filling me in on the meeting agenda.

“Sir, Mr Walmer is tentatively absent today but assures you his team would do a great job” Mr who? She goes on to explain a hand full of things which I couldn't grab cause my brain is f*****g elsewhere. I’m supposed to listen to the programming team present and pick which idea goes best for our next product launch.

Reaching the conference, the doors slid open and I stepped in, the whole team was already seated and were all waiting for me. It's a wide room with long tables and chairs in a U shape to face a projector, the blinds are drawn and the place chilled.

I walk over, take a seat, flex my hands, place them on the table, cross my legs, and give them a signal to begin. The first person comes out and starts presenting, I can swear he isn't saying any words, cause I'm not even taking notes. I feel a light pat on my shoulder and I look behind me.

“Sir, he has been asking your opinion on the current presentation for the past ten minutes” was he done already? I didn't take any notes.

“The meeting is postponed, we'll gather again next week.” I remained seated while they took a moment to process what I just said. The launch is in three months and we need to complete this phase as quickly as possible. We will but not today. I need to put my s**t together.

“But Mr Cooper, we have limited time left and a decision needs to be made” he’s right, but I'm not going to tell him that. “Yes boss” I say sarcastically making sure to draw out the last word hoping he gets the f*****g message. Turning away from him, I raise up some files and pretend to be going through them.

Everyone exits the conference and I’m seated alone. Lifting up the files on the table, I scatter them all over the floor, standing from the chair, I walk towards the flower vase on the far end of the room, kicking it with all the anger I could muster.

Fuckkkkkkk. After so long she still does this to me, I lose absolute control when it comes to her, but I'm not going to let her win this time. I pull out my phone and dial a number. “Gather your best men, I have a job for you”

“Is this how you greet me after so long Liam” he said emphasizing my name.

“I'll greet you however I please Ethan” why does he have to be like this?

“And if I don’t agree to work for you? You know I don't need your money”

“It's about her” I hate him, but he has the right connections for this. I know of his feelings for her, but I don’t want to think about it now, she belongs to me.

“What did you just say?” he sounds surprised, just like I was when I heard the news. “You heard me, gather your men, I'll text you her location, we need to protect her now, I failed once I'm not going to fail again” with that I ended the call. I walk out of the conference room and make my way back to my office. Pushing the doors open, Darren is still where I left him and on his phone.

“That was quick” I walk past him, not spearing him a glance, till I reach the door on the far left of the room. “Get out” with that, I open the door and step in, he won't be here when I'm out he knows not to stay.

A massive bed and a bedside table that holds books I often read and a lamp, there's three other doors that lead to the bathroom, kitchen and a walk-in closet. I head straight for the bathroom, sliding the glass door open, I step in and turn on the shower drenching my clothes immediately. I need to clear my head before I do something I'll regret. Right now all I want is to go after her and become her worst nightmare.

My c**k twitches in my wet jeans, pressing uncomfortably against my zipper, I let the cold water pour down my body not letting my hands wander around. Dragging my hands through my hair, I try to distract myself and think of anything else but the pain becomes unbearable, the cold water doing nothing to dent my desires, I yanked my jeans down and took off my shirt.

Grabbing my c**k, precum covers the tip, my vein throbbing so hard it hurts. f**k. I close my eyes and imagine her here, her back pressed against the wall and her legs around my waist as I slammed into her, my mouth over hers as I swallow her moans. Squeezing my cook, I began to stroke it.

An image of her gasping for air, eyes rolled to the back of her head, her back arched as I rub her c**t and she releases filled my head and I stroke my c**k faster chasing my release that seems so close but yet still far.

Grunting as I stroked harder, my release crashed through me and spilled across my stomach and on the wall. I turn the heat up and clean myself annoyed with what I just did, she shouldn’t control me like this anymore.

Turning off the water, I step out of the shower with a towel wrapped around my waist and head to my closet to put on clothes before walking over to the plush armchair facing the glass window, the sun has set and many lights illuminate the city.

Sitting on the chair, my phone starts ringing, I pull it out to find an unsaved number calling. “Hello”

“Liam, it's Ethan, call this number to reach me, don't call the other line. I'm leaving it at the office. My men are ready and they'll start the job tomorrow”

“Let them start working now and they shouldn't let her out of their sight” doesn't he see the urgency of the situation. “They'll start tomorrow, let them prepare, besides she'll be asleep now”

“They’ll report to me her every move at the end of the day, f**k make that an hour, report to me every hour I want every detail.”

“I'll tell you what they tell me, you don't get to order my men around” was he being serious right now.

“Do whatever you want, just tell me what she does and where she goes” I didn't want to argue with him. Silence.

“Is that all?” I probed.

“Yes that's all, I'll communicate any updates tomorrow” I ended the call and stood, it looks like I’m not going home today, I'll spend the night here, stretching, I climbed into the bed and switched off the lights.