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Agustin's pov......

Onika. Is. Behaving. STRANGE.

Yesterday she was disgusted even at the site of me and today she is packing breakfast for me, are you kidding me? I thought she couldn't care less even if I starve infront of her very eyes. I just can't digest it.

I have no idea what the hell is going on.

I have never, never been this clueless in my entire fucking, damn, pathetic life. I didn't see this coming.

What does this even means? Can it be....can it be because she has decided to give me a chance?

Oh-My-God, had she finally decided to give me a chance?!

Why else will she warm up to me, suddenly?

Even the thought of it makes my heart do summersault with happiness. That is all I need. Just one chance, I will do everything in my power to make this work between us, I will give my hundred percent to it, I vowed, a chance is all I need.

And here I was going to confess that she was free to go! My dear lord! What a great timing I have. I mentally face palmed myself.

I freaking want to dance like a teenager who just got his first kiss.

Thank God I didn't tell her that yesterday! That would have been the second biggest mistake of my life.

I need to know what is going on in her mind. If she is willing to give me a chance, I can't be stupid enough to tell her that she can go,what if she change her mind? I have waited for this moment for more than anything in my life.

I could feel my heart banging like a drum, even at the thought of having her back in my arms.

But the rationale side of my brain was nagging at me, something just doesn't fit. When I put my hand around her waist I was kind of sure she will remove it right away.

In the past also she never liked my overt display of possessiveness, that is so not like her. Then what changed? Why not now, after everything? Fishy, I thought.

But then what can be the reason? Is she playing some kind of game? I laughed at my own theory, no, I don't believe that, she is not the one who can play games, she is My Sweet Little Angel.

The one I can't trust around her is Jacob. The way he was looking at me, with rage filled eyes when I wrapped my hand around Onika. She is still my wife how dare he act like he has some kind of right over her. If I come to know he is trying to make a move on Onika when she is trying to give me a chance, then god help him, I don't know what I will do to him.

Okay, now this is driving me crazy. I ran a hand through my hair in frustration. I just couldn't conclude anything.

Okay, I need to talk to her right away. But what will I ask her?

I am just so afraid to take any step. What if I do something wrong and she go back to being the same cold and distant Onika? No I can't let that happen, I can't afford to scare her away this time nor, I want to pressurise her because now I know they don't work. Unless untill Onika herself decides to give me a chance I don't have a say in it.

Okay, may be I should take it slow. Oh fuck, I will do whatever bloody damn thing that is required out of me to win her back, but the biggest hurdle is I have no idea what it is. I feel like one wrong step and I will lose everything. Everything between me and Onika seems so fragile, I fear with my next breath it will break into pieces.

But I surely need to know what is going in her mind before I end up in some mental asylum. Because this suspense is literally driving me crazy, killing me even.

May be we can have a general conversation, to make sure all this thing is not going on in my delusional fucked up mind and is actually happening for real.

Everything seems so Surreal. Like some.. daze, Like some... dream,

I took a deep breath and went to her cabin and knocked at the door.

No answer.

After a third knock I just opened the door, not being able to hold any more.

She wasn't there. Where did she go? May be I should come later.

Then something suddenly strike in my mind.

I called my secretory to find out where is Jacob. Within a minute she called back to inform he is not in his cabin.

Bizarre.

Are they together? But even if they need to talk why would both of them move out of their cabins? If it was something work related or a general conversation they can very well talk in their cabins. I usually don't allow my employees to roam around during work hours, they all know the rule.

Should I send someone to check on them?

I cursed myself internally. I am thinking of spying on her? What the FREAKING HELL is wrong with me?? When would I learn to trust her? Haven't I learned anything? Onika is right, I am hopeless. I sighed heavily in disappointed. Way to go Agustin De Luca.

They could be at two different places. Just because they both are not in their cabins at the same time doesn't means they have to be together, right?

I can just text her simple, I decided with finality, blocking any other thought nagging at my brain.

I took out my phone and typed.

In my office, now.

I erased it immediately as I realized it's sounding very bossy. Old habits die hard.

I typed again, this time trying to sound as much polite as I can manage.

Please come to my cabin, if you have some spare time?

Some spare time? What is wrong with me?! I am practically her boss here.

Then may be,

Will you please, please come to my cabin?

Ah- ha, two times please in the same statement, seriously Agustin? That is so unlike me that she will think my phone has been hacked and moreover that sounds desperate, like I will die this very moment if she doesn't arrive right away.

I took a deep breath. You can do it, looser, it's just a freaking text!

Okay, a final try.

Can you please come to my cabin? Need to talk to you.

This seems, okay. Or should I make it.....

Arrggg! I groaned in frustration. Fuck this. If she had really decided to give you a chance she won't back off because of some pathetic text! For god's sake stop acting like a little teenager writing his first love letter. I am overdoing it, I concluded and just tapped on the send button without give it any further thought and went to my cabin, waiting for her to show up.

After about five minutes, I finally heard some foot steps approaching followed by her soft knock on the door.

"May I come in." Came her angelic voice.

"Yes, please" I said immidiatly.

She opend the door slowly, a small, adorable smile plastered on her face, making my heart flutter. Giving me a feeling of nostalgia directly hitting my gut, as if I have found my home after a long, long time.

She is looking......beautiful, like an angel, my angle. Her hair thrown back into a tight elegant bun, some of her hair curling out and falling on her face, making me fall in love with her for the thousandth time.

Her big doe eyes were staring back at me, with a glint of sometimes foreign to me, I just couldn't place it. It was when I saw her furrowed brows, I realized, I am starting for too long, I immediately composed myself and told her to "please take a seat."

"Thank you" she said softly, and elegantly moved forwards to take a seat opposite to me, making me forget whatever I was thinking of.
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Onika's pov.....

He was just staring at me with his soul reading gaze, as if spell bound, making me feel exposed all of a sudden. I reminded myself, he doesn't know anything. I maintained my neutral facade, not giving away anything, gone are those days Agustin where you were able to read me like an open book.

"Please take a seat." He said politely, I sighed in relief, thanked him and took my seat opposite to him.

"I went looking for you in your cabin...you weren't there..." I could feel the question forming as he raised his eyebrows in expectation of an answer.

Oh, no. I thought to myself as I felt my heart sped up again, my palms becoming sweaty.

" I went to cafeteria to grab a cup coffee." I told him the partial truth.

To my credit, I managed to maintain a steady voice, but still I could see some inner conflict in his eyes on whether to believe me or not, it was then I realized I was breaking the eye contact very often, he is getting suspicious, I need to maintain eye contact to him, and for some reason I found it the hardest thing to do, lying to him while looking him into the eyes.

Fuck you, Agustin for making me so nervous like some little rabbit caught in the hands of a monster.

I mustered all my courage, this time I held my eyes still, locked to his hazel once, without blinking, my hands fisted on my lap, as if all my power is utilised to maintain this posture. He seems satisfied. I could see the conflict resolve.

"Relax Onika...I am not going to fire you for drinking coffee....next time you want, I can accompany you too"he said teasingly and winked at me.

I scoffed at that, if only you would fire me that easily, though I know he would have if I were someone else, he hates anyone who wastes there working hours roaming here and there.

I cleared my throat to ask." Why did you call me?"

"Oh yes....that...umm.." he started scratching the back of his neck, he always does that whenever nervous, which is quite rare, I saw it for the first time on the day he proposed me.

Though it's nice to know I am not the only one nervous here, but I arched my brows at him, encouraging him to go on.

"Well...I.....actually need....that file?" It sounded more like a question. And I chuckled internally, knowing too well that he is just trying to initiate a conversation and failing miserably at it. He is cute sometimes.

'He wasn't that cute when he was torturing you, was he?' my conscience snapped at me. Yes, yes I know, Sometimes is the key word here.

"Which file." I asked for clarification, playing alone with it.

"That file." He repeated like a parrot, looking unsure himself.

I looked at him with arched brows, amusement writen all over my face"Agustin we work on hundreds of file, this 'that file's is not helping me much in its identification." I said, making an annoyed expression.

He let out a frustrated sigh and after thinking for sometime he answered

" The file on the deal we had with Mr. Greene, remember?"

"Agustin I gave 'that file'...." I said mockingly " to you few days back." I said, trying hard not to laugh, my lips twitching a bit even after best of my efforts.

He clenched his teeth in embarrassment, looking flushed as realise hit him.

I shook my head and said "Agustin you can ask me directly it's okay, I don't bite, you know?"

"I won't complain even if you do." He said with a flirtatious smile.

I couldn't help but blush at that" shameless" I mumbled under my breath.

And his hearty laugh echoed through the cabin. "I haven't even started yet." He said, mischief evident in his eyes.

"You better don't, if you know what's good for you." I snapped at him through gritted teeth.

He sighed heavily and after accepting his defeat he asked "actual I am having this very important business dinner on the day after tomorrow, with a very important client...I was wondering if you can accompany me...." He trailed off.

"Agustin I am your PA, I can hardly say no to a business dinner that's a part of my job, anyways since when have you started taking permission from your employees" I asked incredulously, this is new. He is acting as if he is dealing with a house of cards, afraid that it will fall away with any wrong step he take.

That thought made a pang of guilt hit my gut for giving him false hope, I tried my best to avoid it.

He had brought this upon himself, I reminded myself. Be strong, be strong, you can do this. You have nothing to feel bad for.

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I can see many of my dear readers are already feeling bad for Agustin. Come on guys I haven't even started yet! Harden your heart guys, we can do this. I was planning on taking him to hell and back and again to hell and leave him there!😤

Read few initial chapters again guys. That's the definition of monster.
If he knows how to impose pain on such an innocent soul as Onika's then he should know how to take pain too.

You think you can torture someone in the way you did and just come back to her and say you are sorry for it, with your arrogant ass intact and expect her to accept you back? How dare you Agustin utter those useless words . That's outrageous.

As Jacob says 'let him have a taste of his own medicine.'

I know he is realising his mistake, and you guys may think I am being heartless, but if you ask me personally...even a hand raised on a lady to slap her, no matter what the reason be, should never go unpunished, never, at least not when it's upto me.

But I am not completely heartless, you know.😔😔( Sometimes I feel bad for him too). I know he is trying to change but Onika too was inocent when he tortured her...well what can I say...payback is a bitch.

And I would like to clarify one thing...when in the previous chapter's a/n I said I will take it slow for the next 4-5 chapters, I ment in terms of pace of the story, not updates, but please bear with me as it's really needed, believe me....:)

(Though I am going to have my final exams soon so I will have to slow down the updates as well later on, but I will announce it when I do, don't like to keep my wonderful readers waiting....:)

Thank you!
Until next.
Ricky❤❤