Entangled

Chapter-42

If fear of losing someone is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If the feeling of unexplainably drawn to someone is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If getting worried for someone when they're not around is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If caring for someone and desiring for their well-being is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If finding solace in someone is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If finding comfort and safety by being with someone, but still getting weak knees when that person smiles at you is love then yes, I had fallen in love with him.

If all these beliefs are an abstraction of love then without any doubt I had fallen in love with him.

But I still needed just one sign to confirm if that the feeling was really love. But how?

And Xavier, I didn't know what Xavier felt for me. Did he feel the same as I did? What if he's still not over that forceful marriage thing? After all, I was forcefully given to him. What if he's still upset with me for marrying him? But he had not shown any sign of repulsion, instead, he had been behaving quite opposite.

I decided to just let that proceed as it was proceeding. I didn't want to make anything awkward between me and Xavier. I'd not think of asking more from him, I'd cherish every single moment, every single day I spent with him. That'd be my biggest treasure.

I heaved a sigh and pulled myself back into reality. I had been revising very important documents. The documents were of great value to the company.
Xavier, Daniel, and Sean were planning to buy land in France to build a new manufacturing unit there. There were many other business rivals from New York and different countries who were planning to buy that land. So, the government of France had announced a conference in which all those who wanted the land had to present their design abstract which had to be compulsorily eco-friendly, and the one whose project would make an impact would get the land.

For the last two weeks, three of them had been working hard day and night, sitting with their engineering team and other members who were working on the project to make sure they win the land in France. So, whatever documents they would finalize, Xavier would give them to me to check.

I started working again but my focus was broken by a knock on the door.

"Hey, hope I'm not disturbing you?" Kevin peeped his head inside my office.

"Hey, come in and no, you're not disturbing." I smiled at him. He entered and sat on the chair in front of the desk.

"So what brings you up here. Any work?" I asked.

"Come on, Ariana, can't I come to meet you?" He questioned.

"I didn't say that." I playfully narrowed my eyes.

"Okay sorry. I came to ask you for lunch. It's almost lunchtime." He said, raising his hand to show me time on his wristwatch.

"You know, Lauren and Scott aren't here and Mrs. Miller is also busy so I thought I should ask you." He explained.

Lauren and Scott were gone out with their respective bosses and Xavier was also not in the building, they all had gone for a meeting.

"You know, we all haven't had lunch together for the last two weeks. So will you come with me? If you're not busy." He said.

I glanced at the documents, my work was almost done so I thought a small break wouldn't hurt. And Kevin was right, we hadn't had lunch together for the last two weeks as we all were busy with some work or other.