There was a calamity in the room. Mr. Zak could not find words to express his feelings at the moment. Should he apologize?

 But for what?


For not knowing the truth?

Or for pushing her away?

And what if she will not accept him too?


He will really break down. At the moment, Mr. Zak felt so disappointed. He was disappointed at his own self. He is not successful. His personal life is a total failure. The helplessness was too much to handle weighing him down. The prideful man was broken down in a few minutes. Life is cruel. That's why the oblivion is a bliss.

Noah was still holding her hand. He intermingled his fingers with her as a gesture of giving strength, "Talk to your father. I will be waiting outside". He whispered in her ear and planted a slow kiss at her hand at which she nodded. He stood up and left the room leaving the father daughter duo alone. They need to catch up for the past.


When they were alone finally her father spoke, "I don't have words to tell you what I am feeling right now." He paused and looked up at his daughter, "I am sorry. This is all I can say." She could see the sincerity in his old and tired eyes.

Carissa was quiet, she was disappointed with him. At one time he was her idol of course, her expectations were scattered badly, "You are sorry now, after knowing the truth. I am sorry for being rude but whenever I tried to tell you everything, you were the one who always scolded me for being ungrateful. You never listened to me. I don't have a family. Thanks to you. You are the reason for me to be alone in this world. You were so blinded by so called love and money that you forgot that you have a daughter, who is going through hell. You thought by helping me financially, you are done with your duties as a father. At that time, I just needed you. I needed your presence. I was dying to get your attention. I wanted you to tell me that I am not alone. You are with me and you will help in getting out of this darkness. I wanted the support from you which you never gave me. It is still hard for me. Noah a stranger is better than you. He..." she was choking on the words, "He understood me better even though we had no relation. If you are thinking that everything is over now… then you are still wrong. For me this chapter is never going to end. I can never erase these scars which are given by my own family. I cannot forgive you too. I just can't bring myself to do so. I am not this strong". Her eyes were red and swollen, her breathing was getting uneven.

Mr. Zak nodded in approval. The punishment for being oblivious is not forgiving him.

"I understand. You don't have to forgive me. Let me live in guilt for the rest of my life. I deserve it. I will never complain". Indirectly he was the root of evil without any knowledge.

In their whole conversation, Carissa did not call him father, it was like stabbing his heart with a knife million of times but he deserved it.

She did not stay there anymore. After pouring the heart out, she felt better. Noah was waiting for her at the small park in front of the office. She went there and saw him sitting on the bench under the tree. He was looking in the space. She sat beside him quietly, he did not ask her anything nor said any comforting words, but he hugged her. The actions were better than words in this situation. The tears once again started to roll down. She was staining his shirt but he did not mind at all. It was hard for him to see her in this state. Today, he will put a full stop at everything, except their relationship. He was going to start another chapter of it. A beautiful, romantic, funny and cute one.

She continued to cry for a while, after she was done he separated her from himself and looked at her face, which was red, he sighed, "This is the last time, okay?" Last time to cry at which she nodded. Ability to cry is also a blessing. Otherwise, the person will die with the bottle up feelings. He gave her a handkerchief and helped in wiping her tears with the fingertips.

"Are you okay?" He was still worried about her and asked gently and softly.

"I am fine." She was grateful to him, "I was prepared for this day but it is still hard, when I look back everything feels meaningless, now I am amazed at my own self, how did I live? It is hard to even think about it". She was hurt and the most painful part was that these scars were given by her own blood. That's why they were lasting longer than her expectations.

He patted her back, "Then don't think about. Nothing's gonna happen, let go of the past. Let go of everything which is hurting you. Believe me the moment you will throw it away, you will be happier". It was the sincerest advice that he has ever given. He is desperate for the moment when she will start to learn to live in the presence instead of past or future she will be the happiest person alive. She has the most compatible husband who adores her the most, she is beautiful, from a good family, well educated, and has a good reputation. There is not a single thing that she is lacking. Once again, he does not want her to keep living in the fiery pit of the past, because that will continue to hurt her and she can never be happy.

He was right. We should never give our past the power to determine our future.

"I will. Thank you, Noah. If it wasn't for you, I would have never gotten out of the shell. They would have probably continued to torture and bully me. The truth would have never come out. Nothing would have changed. After meeting you, my life has completely changed. I have become stronger than ever. I love this new self. Thank you for approaching me. For making me love myself first". She was totally honest with him. The sparkling in her eyes...

DAMN!!!!

He loves it and knowing that he is the reason behind it he loved it more.

He smiled, "Finally, all the waiting have paid off. Life is always unpredictable, I used to think that there will be no love in my life. I will never be able to fall for anyone. But look what had happened". He sighed helplessly. Sometimes, he wants to be a sub. After being dominant with others, he wants to switch the role with her and he totally enjoys it whenever he surrenders in front of her.

She chuckled, he really has fallen hard. Hard enough not to get out of it ever again, "Okay tell me when did you start to like me?" She was curious to know about his feelings. When did it start? She has always been dying to ask him. He always tells her that he loves her but why??

He was deep in thought at her question. No matter how much he thinks about it, there is no answer. Even he is amazed, "I don't know. Maybe when we met at the party. Because unconsciously I continued to think about you. I waited for the moment to meet again. Even I anticipated the moment of our meeting. When dad told me about you and that you will be coming to work in my office I was happy. I did not sleep for the whole night. I was angry at you for bothering me at the party but now when I think about it I was happy. I was waiting impatiently to see you again. How much have you changed? How are you? I wanted to know everything."

She was surprised, he really liked her for a long time. "I am sorry because of me you suffered so much." It took her longer than expected to come back to him.

"Its okay, there is a time for everything. We were fated so we met naturally".

She placed her head on his shoulder and he held her from the waist, "Are you happy with me?" She was worried".

"A lot. You told me that I have changed you but made me learn about happiness". His words were very touching, "Carissa, I don't know how to say romantic stuff….and I know you are going to hate me for this but I will try to be good at everything related to you".

"You are already perfect." She moved away from him, "I will hate you at only one thing".

He raised an eyebrow, curious to know.

"If you will cheat on me I will really kill you. Don't you even think about anyone else, you can never run away from me".

He laughed, "You don't have to worry about this".

"Stop being so handsome and perfect, it makes me insecure". He is such a perfect man wherever he goes there is always a spotlight on him, she will seriously always remain worried but she trusts him, he can do so much for her this is nothing as compared to it.

"Okay. Roger". He replied with a handsome smile. Noah was relieved that she was coming back to herself.