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Chapter 1

He stopped dating and seeing socialites when one of his bedmates had a skin disease. He wanted to vomit knowing that they had skin-to-skin contact with that girl before. After that incident, he stopped roaming around the cities with the girls on his shoulder. So that’s why Zachary is planning to lie low and travel to different places to smell fresh air and see beautiful surroundings. He is bored to death with his everyday routine, the house and office routine. Any chance his frustration strikes him really hard? His secretary suffers, and after that, he wakes up each day without a secretary.
He is afraid that one day might come when he is no longer alive and kicking, because every year passed, his inner self expected a happy and contented life that he truly deserved. I’m not entertaining random thoughts that maybe one day I will die alone and no one will cry for my loss.
Right now, I'm sitting on my swivel chair, holding a pen, and my gaze is wandering around the corner of my office when someone walks in and interrupts my concentration. After hearing a knock on the door, my friend Juancho walked through the door with a smile on his face. Since then, I've been familiar with that smile. The presence of Juancho is always felt when something happens in the office, especially because he is the most insane person on this planet, and this is especially true at the office. I've never met somebody quite like this before. We were like brothers, always encouraging and supporting one another's decisions.
"What brought you here?" I asked in a serious tone.
"Nothing, I’ll just drop by to visit you." he answered me innocently.
"Are you sure you are telling me the truth this time?” I asked him in a suspicious tone.
“What’s the use of hiring some random stranger to watch over my escapade in life when they can even do their job well?” I look at him in the eyes with a serious expression.
He knows that Roman did that on purpose. Juancho's face became reddish because I hit the bullet big time.
"Oh! Come on. Loosen up man. You are talking nonsense," he answered in a low voice.
"Really? Okay, okay. Come here, sit down. How are you? You haven’t been here for a few days. Does your wife tie you up or fence you off so you don’t come out?”
Roman's absence made me worried because he is the brother that I never had. He is annoying sometimes, but most of the time he is caring, like a family member to me.
"No, I've been a little busy these last few days," he says.
“It is a father's duty to make his children happy, right? So we went to carnivals, eating ice cream and all. Kids these days never get tired. We strolled around the city all day," Juancho said happily, and his eyes sparkled when we talked about his family.
Sometimes I envied him for being a family man. He was lucky enough to have that little family of his own.
"How about you? You are here all day. What for? "To lay off your employees? Stop that attitude of yours, man. You are dragging them into your misery. They had a family to raise. "
Roman's lectures hit me. My selfish behavior hurts my loyal employees. Juancho speaks again.
"They did not do anything bad to you. The problem there is your attitude. Try to go out man, and have fun, enjoy life like you used to do.”
"And one more thing, man, remove those high standards of yours. Find a simple woman and marry her. You do believe in ever after, but you don’t know how to find a way. If that happens, maybe it's time for you to be happy. Juancho's situation right now is serious as hell. So man, my time is running out. I have to go. I’m sorry I can’t accompany you right now. Something came up." Juancho said,
"Is everything alright? I asked him,
"Yes, man, nothing to worry about. Bye,” once he was out of the door. Zachary felt relieved because the most annoying man was no longer in his office.
It was beyond one o'clock in the afternoon when Zachary made the decision to go out and get something to eat in the neighborhood. He made plans to go to the closest location so that he would be able to return to his office whenever he wanted to.
When he was ready to walk into the house, he heard someone yell his name from outside. It was the woman who asked,
"Is that you, Zach?"
He brushed it off and went into the house. He didn't notice because he was too hungry. He placed his order and went in search of a vacant seat. Someone rubbed his back just as he was ready to start eating. When he turned around, he noticed the woman.
"Do you mind if I seat her?" she asked.
He fixed the woman with a cold, unblinking stare.
"Look, miss, I don't want anyone disturbing me, especially when I'm eating, so please find a seat for the time being.
"There are many vacant seats."
The woman didn’t listen. She pulled out a chair and sat down.
"You’re too harsh, as if you treat me like a total stranger." She was complaining as if we were too close to each other.”
"Miss, I want to eat peacefully, so if you want to join me here, zipper your mouth and eat in silence." he said.
"My name is Chynthia Morgan. Who used to be your woman before, remember? We’ve shared a very hot and steamy night. He stopped eating. He is trying to remember what this woman said. Then later on, an idea pops up in his mind. He even heard a woman calling him, but he ignored it.
He got to his office already with his suit full of dust and he had a sweaty forehead. He knew he was being toyed with by chance. Why did they even need to meet? He dreams of having a long-term relationship, but not with that woman. His brain hurt at the thought of how to avoid that woman in the following days. He doubted she would show up suddenly in his office.