Anya stood frozen watching Damon leave with angry steps. She was surprised and in question why he suddenly became mad.
Anya was at a lost for a moment. The thing she was frustrated the most is her heart was also in conflict. Seeing the man leave without any intention of looking back made a sting in her heart.
She was in a blind spot and was utterly clueless, so she could only go to the person she can turn to and would be knowledgeable at this.
Marie opened the door and found her best friend standing outside her door way looking lost.
“What happened? Hurry and come in!” She asked as she pulled Anya inside.
The two sat on the living room, and Marie watched for a while how Anya stared in darkness.
When she couldn’t take it anymore, she shook her out of her reverie.
“Alright enough! Now tell me what happened!” Marie said as she was dying in curiosity.
Anya stared at her friend and bit her lips. She sighed and detailed what happened between them and Damon at the studio a while ago.
When Marie heard this, she too had a hard time telling what went wrong.
“Why would he say that? Did you mention anything about Andrei or met him by any chance?” Marie asked. She thought because Andrei saved Anya once, Anya soften to that guy.
“No. I did not meet him.” Anya said quietly as she looked down at her cup of hot chocolate.
Marie studied at the solemn face of her friend and sighed in her heart. Her being troubled because of Damon can only mean one thing- she was starting to fall for that man. Marie could only look down as well as the heavy atmosphere fell.
But then, her eyes caught a shiny thing. Marie wrinkled her brows and grabbed Anya’s hand.
“Hey, did you wear this while meeting Damon?” Marie asked in a stern voice as she eyed her foolish friend.
“Yes, why?” Anya asked with a questioning expression.
Marie could only facepalm at that moment. No wonder Damon would have such words and leave angrily. Anya was actually parading in front of him wearing a ring in her ring finger!
“Why are you still wearing that?! Don’t tell me you’re still holding up with your past with Andrei?!” Marie really couldn’t understand her friend. She really needs someone to knock at her head.
When Anya heard her friend’s words, she immediately denied the accusation.
“Of course not! I just wore this because guys kept pestering me. With just a raise of this hand, they can’t shut up.” Anya excused.
Marie sighed at this.
“Well smarty-pants, then that might be the problem why Damon got angry! He must have been thinking you are still hang up with Andrei!” Marie enlightened her friend.
Anya was taken aback. Was it really because of her ring?
“Now you created a misunderstanding. He might be giving up on you already!” Marie threatened her friend. She wanted her friend to realize and make her move.
But contrary to expectation, this was not what Anya was feeling.
If she had not been in Damon’s office this day, she might have rushed and explained to Damon.
But right now, she realized that him giving up on her is for the Better.
Anya remembered the outstanding persona of someone like Thalia. She was the woman who should suit and be with the likes of Damon. Not like her.
Anya thought degradingly.
Thalia was just on of the million great women out there. If not her, then there are more woman as great as her, or lest, even greater than her. And Anya would remain someone who could only stare at them from below.
As she was feeling this way, she gradually felt dread. She shouldn’t feel this way. Even though most of her life was pretty much like hell, she never thought lowly of herself. She only had herself to survive, and even though she was in such situations, she never felt jealous nor complained. She never asked for much, and she never blamed anyone for her misfortune.
But since she met Damon, she became very insecure of herself. She was constantly trying to find her worth. And this was something she never wanted for her life.
She was so done finding her place in other people’s lives. so done of fitting in, and so done of making herself worthy of their love.
She doesn’t want to become a woman who would wish someone else’s life. Because life is a gift. It is already a blessing. She shouldn’t want something more.
In life, all she wanted was respect and security. That’s all.
As for Damon, she should stop dreaming. His world is too big for her and wouldn’t fit on her humble life.
He is a great man that deserves someone who is at his level. She doesn’t want to drag him down.
So she could only bury these untold feelings.
Although Anya thought these, but she couldn’t help but be down for the next few days when the occasional greetings and gift from Damon no longer arrived at her doorstep.
It really was not good for a person to be used to something and someone.
When this happened, goodbyes and cutting ties became even more hard. Not receiving the normality someone had absorbed as part of their lives can really break someone.
Break ups sucks when everything will no longer turn out how it used to be.
Anya chuckled self-deprecatingly. How shameless of her to think like this when they are not even breaking up. There was nothing between them in the first place.
And when it’s like this occurrence was not enough, Anya saw something that will down her spirits more.
In a magazine, it featured the Multi-Billionaire Damon Castellano being scene with the self-made award-winning international designer, Thalia. The two were in a same table in what it seems like a banquet.
Although Damon was not looking at the woman, just the two of them being photograph beside each other already created a buzz. That is because this will be the perfect couple of the industry. Just by looking, no one could deny they were match made in heaven.
Anya’s hand clenched the magazine until it became in an unsightly shape. When she realized this, she let go of the magazine like she was burned.
Anya felt breathless with the many surging emotions she had. ‘What are you whining about?’ Anya angrily asked to herself. ‘Isn’t this what you wanted?’
It was. It is. And it is what ut should be.
But what she couldn’t understand is why was she feeling so bad when it was her idea.
This something she had instilled herself, what she chose, and what she should stand for.
But even so, the tears can’t help but flow from her eyes.
Damon on the other hand was not thriving any better. He was constantly in a bad mood that even his employees were caught with his wrath.
His employees can only pitifully look at each other and cry silently at who made their boss be this angry.
Aside from this, Damon received a report that Andrei was quite active these days. He was continuously meeting with companies and trying to form an alliance with them.
He could only smirk dangerously. Very good, there was finally someone he could vent on.
But was he is after is for the long term.
He would continue to let Andrei chase companies to companies like a dog, anyway they were just little ants that couldn’t even be a threat to Damon.
Andrei would actually do him a favor. He could eliminate those who have ill motives against the Castellanos in one go.
‘Be happy while it last, Davids.’