Jaan

Part 18- Truly Yours

Aslan's POV.

I was on a plane heading to Australia. I have a meeting with some other businessmen.

I kept going to college after high school. The choice was mine, although I had only one goal. Money is such an easy thing to control and get. If only people knew how. Not only did my dad let me take over his position in the mafia but he also let me take the lead as a businessman. I had no idea he was also running multiple businesses at the same time. So that's where all the money comes from, that's what I thought at that time.

After losing her, I lost the taste of life. I had no motivation. No goal and no will to stay alive anymore.
At first, every day I would find myself stalking her. In my dreams, she was there. Every second, I could only think of her. Where did it go wrong? What actually did I do? How could I ever lose her?

Three years and I still don't believe a single word she told me before leaving me.

Smoking, drinking, gambling...I do all of that now. Just, anything that could make me stop thinking about her for a second or even a minute. She would've hated to see me this way. It's hard. Because I still can't stop. She's the first and the only one who made my heart beat. Truly, no one else can do the same.

I tried going out with some other girls. Nothing works. Nothing makes me forget her. There's no way for me to forget this girl. This girl who took a part of me before leaving me.

My phone suddenly rang as I picked up.

"Hey mate, it's Felix I wanted to know if you would be interested in getting yourself a PA?" he asked me.

Felix is a business friend of mine from Australia.

"Why all of a sudden?" I asked.

"Only if you're interested of course, we have many of them coming in for an interview today and I know you were recently looking for one I thought maybe it could help," he explained.

"I'll pass by for a while then" I agreed.

We'll see, maybe I'll find someone trustworthy enough. I don't have a secretary because they all have disappointed me in the past. Some of them had stolen the company's private information to sabotage us—I trusted them and they betrayed that trust. Some others were actual spies sent by other companies.
The list goes on and that's why I've stopped ever since hiring assistance. I can handle everything myself pretty well. Having one will maybe let me sleep some more.
But for that, I need to find the right one.

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Later on that day after the meeting, I was now in the room where the interviews were taking place. Many people came but none of them caught my attention yet. I'm getting tired already of sitting for so long doing nothing and getting nothing as well. I really can't stand a second more here. I need some air. I excused myself and stepped out of the room to use the bathroom.

After using the bathroom, I made my way back to the room. I opened the door and my eyes met hers. Time stopped and so did my heart. There was no way she was here, in front of my eyes. She looked so...beautiful. Her face was less chubbier but she still looked incredibly pretty and cute. Oh god. That's no good for me to see her like this, right now.

Suddenly, she got up and left the room in a hurry. I grabbed her arm but she pushed my hand away. I was about to stop her once again but she suddenly lost her balance. I picked her up in my arms making sure I was holding her right. Why the hell did she faint?

"Oh my god, what happened?" one of the guys had gotten out of the room concerned. I checked her pulse and she seems fine.

"I'll take her to the resting room, send some water and medicine" I told the guy before walking away. I got really scared for a moment. It's the first time I'm holding her after 3 years.