Carissa woke up rubbing her eyes but found him all dressed up. "Are you going somewhere?"

Noah came toward her, "There are some problems at the branch on the district side. I have to go there personally."


"Really? When will you be back?" she looked disappointed.

"Why are you missing me already?" There was a mischievous smile on his face.

"No, I am happy. I will have some peaceful time for myself". She rolled her eyes.


But his eyes turned ice cold, "About your peaceful time….. I will let you have it after coming back". He winked.

'He is not up to something good'. Carissa thought. But in reality, he was right she was really missing him even though he is in front of her right now.


"Driver will take you to the office today. Aaron is waiting for me downstairs. If there is anything call me". He turned back towards her, "Be a good girl and don't cause trouble. Okay?" he gave her a list of advice. Actually he was uncomfortable in leaving her too. His heart was anxious for her.

Noah hugged her at the door, "I will come to look for you after coming back".

She could only nod.

When he left Carissa dressed up in a black formal suit with a pair of matching heels and went to the office. Her day was boring without him. Even though she was busy, he was unforgettable. After every 5 minutes her eyes would land on his desk. She was really getting addicted to his presence. Her mood remained gloomy the whole day.

She forcefully took a few bites of lunch with Laura. At that moment Harrison came. "Hey pretty. Long time no see".

"Hi. Where have you been for the past month?" Carissa asked as he was nowhere to be seen for many days.

"You know what Mr. President of ours...." Harrison whispered in her ear, "he sent me to America for the economic conference".

"You must be busy".

"yeah I was hell busy". Harrison pouted. "I wanted to ask you something for the past few days.

"What is it?" Carissa was curious.

"Let's have dinner together. I will tell you then."

"Dinner? Can't you tell me now……"

"Please Carissa just don't reject it. I have been wanting to ask you for months now".

"Okay then". Carissa did not think much of it.

"Then I will pick you up after work".

"Okay".

She busied herself in work again, but her phone rang. She was happy to see the PANTHER blinking on the screen. On the second bell she picked up his call. "Hi beautiful". He said in a very cheerful mood.

She blushed at the word beautiful. "How's the work going?" She ignored her racing and excited heartbeat.

"Hectic". His voice was tired. "I miss you. I want you to be with me". He said.

She remained quiet. "Aren't you going to say something?" Seeing she is not speaking he asked.

"There is nothing to say".

"How can you say this? There is a lot to say…"

"Like what?" she asked.

"I miss you. I want you to come back right now. I want to kiss you. I love you…."

She cut his shameless discussion, "You must be busy. Go ahead and do your things bye".

"You are really cruel. It's okay, I will take revenge on all these things that you are doing right now". His voice was hoarse.

"We will see later." She provoked him more.

"I will tell you who's the real boss."

Carissa laughed at his childish response. -----------

Harrison was waiting for her outside the company. It was already dinner time. He took her to a very luxurious high end restaurant. Now, she started to get uncomfortable with him. He did not speak much and ordered some dishes. Carissa wanted to eat up quickly and go. "What did you want to say?"

"There is nothing to rush. Eat up I will tell you later".

Carissa looked at him and was nervous, not even eating. She hurriedly stuffed her mouth with food. "I am done".

"Let's go."

"Where are you taking me?" she was in no mood to go anywhere. "Don't worry. I will not eat you up."

Carissa could only follow him quietly. He made her sit in the car and started the engine. After 15 minutes the car halted on a bridge. He opened the door. The cold wind was making her body shiver.

Harrison held her hand and took her to the railing of the bridge. Before he could say something beautiful fireworks filled the dark sky creating a spectacular view. Carissa was happy to see the surprise but this happiness did not remain for longer. He held her shoulder and made her look into his eyes, "Carissa I will cut to the chase. I like you. Can you give me a chance? I wanted to confess from the day we first met but I could not get a chance to do so. Please…please".

Her face went pale. What the hell was he saying? If she knew things would have led to this point she would have never followed him here. Her sixth sense was already giving her signals and it was right. On the top of that if Noah got to know, it would be bad… really bad. His possessiveness was no joke.

Carissa felt her throat getting dry. "I am flustered. But I like someone else". With a lot of difficulty she could only say this.

But he was not going to give up easily, "Who is he? Noah?" Harrison knew something was not right between these two. The man who doesn't let a second person near him was sticking with her all the time.

Carissa nodded. "Yeah it him".

"It does not matter Carissa. You are not dating yet I still have a chance".

They are not dating but she is getting married. How was she going to make him give up her mind while running at full speed. An idea popped up. She first looked at the butter Harrison then looked down the bridge to see the water. She took a deep breath. It was not going to be easy.

"Harrison we don't have control on our feelings. You cannot force me to do anything against my will. I like him and that's it. There is nothing as chance now". She tried to make him understand the situation.

"But he did not confess. Right?"

"He did." She was getting frustrated. Why is there a need to tell the third person about their personal things, "let's leave everything beside. Even if I accept your proposal, are you sure you can handle me?"

Harrison narrowed his eyes at her. What is she talking about?

"There is no one that can handle me".

"How are you so sure?" he challenged her.

"Then shall we give it a try? If you could successfully handle the situation I might think about this".

Harrison thought of something. But nodded in affirmation, "okay".

In the next second, without thinking about anything, in one swift motion Carissa jumped on the railing of the bridge and jumped down into the water.

Harrison was still trying to analyze what is happening right now. But when he heard a huge splash, he froze on the spot.