chapter 2

Noah sat in his office ,he couldn't believe his grandmother ,she had set him up with someone again he was getting tired of her doing this would she ever stop ,his secretary walked in with more files, he had alot of work to do ,this dates were disrupting his time ,he didn't want to upset his grandmother so he accepted it this time ,such a waste of time ,he called in his secretary george "You called me sir "

"Get the car ready by we are going to the grands view hotel I have a date "

George couldn't believe what he just heard he looked at his boss wide eyed "sir ,did you say a date"

noah gave him a look and he became composed immediately

"oh okay sir "

he walked out of the office looking surprised he knew the chairwoman always liked to set dates up for his boss but he never agreed to any what happened this time, he quickly went to do what he was told before noah got upset . noah sat in his car ,he sighed ,george looked at him through the rear view mirror he wondered what was going on inside his boss mind to agree to something like this ,was he finally considering marriage or even dating at least, maybe if he had someone in his life,he would feel more alive all he did was work he even sleeps at the office most time , he hoped his boss met someone that will help him and change him once and for all .

Noah walked into the hotel's restaurant he was used to the stares and attention he didn't care about it he just needed to get this over with ,as he was about to sit down his eyes met a lady's she looked different from everyone here ,or rather the people he was used to seeing in places like this, she had a face cap on with a grey hoodie she looked so out of place ,she looked away quickly,he sat down and checked his watched ,his date was running late,she was ten minutes late ,he hated tardiness he shouldn't have agreed to this ,he could have used this time to get some work done ,she she finally came,after ten more minutes ,she looked like she was forced to be here,with the forced smile on her face ,that was good he could get this over with quickly her name was Clair, his mind wasn't in what she was saying he was thinking about the girl with a face cap who passed earlier she looked really nervous she was fiddling with her fingers as she passed .he had to get back to work

"miss claire or rather miss Adam ,we both know we don't want to be here so I'm going to do you a favour and leave you can tell my grandmother that it didn't work out ,have a pleasant evening "

he stood up ,and left she looked him a little surprised at what he said ,clair didn't expect to get rejected that way,she wanted to be the one to reject him ,she felt hurt in her ego ,george sat in the car waiting for Noah, he walked out of the hotel ,he checked his watch and was surprised noah spent more than twenty minutes in there his record was ten minutes and no more than that ,when he actually attended any of the dates

" George send a message to my grandmother that I went on the date and this is the last " george felt his hope diminish, he was sure the date didn't got well

"ok sir "

george knew the girl was rejected he knew his boss too well ,he was mistaken maybe his boss wasn't meant for love.

Noah sat in his office with a pile of files on his table, his mind drifted again ,he found his self thinking about that girl ,the girl who looked nervous and was fiddling with her fingers ,when their eyes met she had the look of innocence in her eyes, she looked scared of him when he looked back at her , he smirked , he hadn't seen someone like her in a while ,the only ladies around him only wanted his money or wanted to use his status for their person gain he learned a long time ago that ,they were all the same ,he would never make the same mistake again. his mind drifted to the past he remembered her she looked innocent like that but it was all a lie ,he was deceived and used for her personal gain, he wouldn't never fall into that scheme again, his grandmother only wanted to help him move on but he didn't trust anyone ,those closest to him were the one who stabbed him in the back .

He came home a little after mid might he stood in the balcony of his dark room he couldn't sleep he woke up having the same night mare as always ,he wondered where everything went wrong , he just wanted to be loved like every body else why was he so unlucky, he remembered his mother words "son don't trust anyone so easily, those closest to us are the ones who hurts us the most " ,he should have listened to her . He left the balcony and walked into his room and poured himself a glass of whiskey ,the only way he could sleep was by drinking, after a while, he fell into a dream less sleep .

Noah woke up with a throbbing head ache like always ,he had to get to work,work always helped him divert his thoughts ," he got downstairs and sat at the breakfast table " everything looked really palatable,george was eating up everything he could ,it looked unappealing to him he drank his cup of coffee like always and stood up george stood up immediately almost choking "would you like me to wait until you are done George"

he said sarcastically

"no sir of course not "

george went outside to get the car ready quickly,on his way to work he got a call from his grandmother but he ignored it he knew what she was going to say ,the same old thing he was used to it already . he got to work ,all the workers scurried away immediately they saw ,everyone looked wary of him ,they already thought the worst of him ,they were all hypocrites ,he got to his office and called his assistant secretary in

"you called for me sir "

"get me a cup of coffee"

" right away sir"

she came in with the coffee, Louisa had alot of makeup on she wanted him to notice her but he never even glanced at her,not even once , he just ignored her like she didn't exist ,she had always imagined herself as his wife ,it would be a dream come true for her ,people who treat her with respect ,she just needed him to notice her ,she looked at him and pretended to drop the tray he up looked at her the look in his eye sent chils down her spine the wrong type of chills

"why are you still here "

he asked her coldly

"I'm sorry sir ,I dropped the tray by mistake "

he didn't seem to care he bit about that "leave"

she immediately picked the tray and left, when she came out she could finally breath again ,she felt suffocated in there ,she regreted doing that, she knew noah well ,she finally got herself fired because of her greed ,george walked in at that moment "what's wrong Louisa" she looked at him with tears in her eyes and walked away ,he looked towards noah's office ,maybe she was scolded by Noah, this wasn't the first time ,he walked into noah's office "George fire that Louisa girl I don't want to see her here tomorrow" George looked confused "but sir" noah looked up at him "okay sir"

Noah had to meet his grandmother for lunch ,he had to listen to her talk about him having a heir all over again ,he just had to listen to her to satisfy her ,but he wasn't going to get married , he had told her that already, but she insisted that he was joking ,he didn't mean to disappoint her but ,he didn't have any plans of ever getting married .

George came into his office to tell him his grandmother was on her way up,she came sooner than he expected ,she walked in a minute later

when she came in she looked angry

"you messed up your date Noah, why are you doing this to me ,to yourself ,I just want you to give me a heir , I don't care about who you want to get married to anymore ,I want someone nice for you "

he sighed

"grandma I told you my answer already please don't mention this to me again ," she looked at him

" are you still not over her ,its been years you need to move on noah "

,his grandmother had never mentioned her till today he looked up at her and she gave him a sad smile

"I'm getting really old ,I don't want to leave this world without knowing you are happy , I want to keep the promise I made to your mother before I go "

he knew his grandmother was afraid of him spending the rest of his life alone ,but he made this decision a long time ago,

"grandma don't talk about that you are still very young "

she looked at him and smiled "i don't have many years left i need to see you find someone that will keep you happy" ,he felt really bad for his grandma he didn't want her to worry,

"let's go for lunch ,grandma you must be hungry",

"don't try to change the topic noah,all I want is for you to be happy then i can be at peace "

he didn't argue with her anymore he wanted her to be happy too but he didn't know if he could grant her wish .