Besotted

Chapter 25

"Can you help?" Eden asked as he gave me some photos and I looked at it nodding. There it was. I

couldn't believe my eyes as I saw them after so many years. Never would I had ever thought that I

would be seeing their faces in photographs.

"This is my mother," I said as my voice croaked at the end. My finger trailed over the picture in which

my mother stood at the end of a dock smiling at the camera. The other picture consists of a group of

young people and there she was holding a kid on her hand.

"This is me," I smiled as a lone tear fell down my cheek and I sniffed wiping the tear off my face.

"This is hilarious," I laughed bitterly.

"Never would I had ever imagined that I would ever get to see her again and like this. There was

another picture and there I saw my father and my mother together before a house. There was another

couple and as the lady told me, I understood they were her son and her daughter-in-law.

Finally, I was able to understand what happened to me and how I remembered the lady. She was our

neighbor when I was a kid and used to go to her place. One day we all went out together on a boat and

the boat sank. Her daughter-in-law and my parents died in that accident and they thought I was dead.

But as I look the total reflection of my mother, she understood that it was me and she contacted Eden

wanting to meet me.

As long as I could remember, I was swept to the shore where a man found me and after admitting me

to a hospital, I was sent to an orphanage where the head nun of the orphan took care of me and at

some particular period of time, I thought I should convert to a nun but ended up giving up on the choice

as I found my path.

"Can you help me?" she asked and I nodded as I kept my hand on the picture of my parents.

~

"You know if you don't want to then you shouldn't," Eden gave me a sympathetic look as I shook my

head.

We were at the front of the cafe where we just had the meeting. I could still see her sitting on the table

with a sad expression looking at her son's picture.

"I want to help," I said and he nodded.

"Come here," he said and before I knew it I was pulled to a hug. I was gobsmacked by his sudden

move and I stood their stiff in his arms but after some time I understood he was trying to soothe me

after knowing my story and being a friend he was just doing his duty. I sighed as I gave in and kept my

head on his shoulder letting him soothe him.

I had no idea when the tears started rolling off my eyes and I was already crying my heart out

remembering my parents. All these years, I really thought that maybe they were alive but now that

simple hope of mine was shattered as I got to know the truth that they actually died.

"Hey, it's alright," he said and I cried even more.

"Look at me," he said as he held my face and made me look up at him. My vision was blurry and I

could hardly see his face but before I know it, I felt something on my lips and I blinked continuously to

get a clear vision when I saw his face inch away from me. He was kissing me.

"No! Eden," I said as I pushed him away and looked at him in shock.

"What's wrong? I thoug-"

"You have got the wrong idea," I said as I wiped my lips and was already running away.

"Listen to me, Sang!"

"Sang!" he was already after me but I hailed a taxi and got inside before he could even reach.

How the hell did this happen?

Shit! I let my guard down.

How am I going to tell this to Caleb?

~

The lights were off when I returned back to Caleb's penthouse. I walked in as I turned on the lights and

I thought he was probably not back from the office. I thought about it and made my way towards my

room when I saw the lights of the study room turned on.

I walked to the room and found him working on his laptop.

"You are back early today," I said and he didn't even respond. I made my way to him and leaned to the

table as I saw his face, neutral of emotions as he stared at his laptop.

"Did you have your dinner?" I asked and all he did was give me a nod in response.

"Can I talk to you? I have something to tell you," I asked wanting to tell him about everything that

happened to me. I wanted to share everything with him starting from finding the lady who got me my

parent's pictures to Eden kissing me. I knew he would be mad hell angry but I wanted to tell him

everything. Part of me didn't liked the idea of keeping things from him. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Can we talk later? I'm busy," he said without even looking up at me. I felt strange as I looked at him.

He didn't even look up at me. What was going on inside his mind?

"Okay," I said more like a whisper and bitting on my lips I moved out of the room but not before

glancing back at him.

A sigh escaped my mouth as I walked out closing the door after me. Perhaps he really was busy and I

should give him some time. We can't really share love every single day. He had to work some days and

I needed to respect that. He has done so much for me and I should understand that perhaps there are

times when he needed to be alone.

I couldn't sleep the whole night because all of a sudden, memories of fifteen years ago came flooding

into my mind. I jolted up from my sleep restless and all sweaty. I had a nightmare or should I say a

vision which had me drowning perhaps, it was what I had before I separated from my parents.

It was not a nightmare, but a reality. Past memories that awakened as I remembered my parents face

after a long time.

I was restless and my heart thumped against my chest. I wanted to be next to Caleb for some reason

because he was the only one who made me comfortable whenever I was in his arms. I walked to his

room and found him sleeping on the side of the bed.

Slowly, making my way next to him, I put my hand on his torso hugging him from his back and instantly

felt relief wash over me as I closed my eyes and slept.

~

The ringing of a phone awoke me as my eyes, snapped open and I looked to my side to find it empty.

He was gone and I furrowing my eyebrows, I reached out for my phone finding ten missed calls from

Eden and text message which said 'I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me.'

I should tell Eden about my feelings and make him understand that I have Caleb in my heart. If I kept it

any longer then it would mean, I am igniting his feelings and it would be the last thing I would want.

I got off from the bed and saw Jenny in the kitchen. She smiled up at me and as I looked for Caleb, she

told me that he already left.

"Left?" I asked as I looked at the clock.

Strange! He didn't even ask me and why did he go out so early?

I thought maybe he had some urgent work because he was so busy the previous night. So, I shrugged

off the matter and made my way back into the room where I got ready for the office all the while

checking the phone for any notifications from his side.

But found none.

As I got back to the office, I felt a little weird as I saw people already tensed around me.

"What's going on?" I asked when I saw Bailey with a sour expression.

"I think your boss is not his right mood today," she said and she walked away when I looked back at

Caleb's cabin. I made my way into his cabin and saw him angrily throwing fits on some employees. His

eyes fell on me when I brought his coffee and kept it down before him.

"Take it away. I don't feel like having it!" he said and I was taken aback. It was not that he didn't want it

but the way he spoke to me made me shocked. His voice had this bitterness that made me take a few

steps back. But as the employees in the room looked my way, I picked the cup and made my way out

of the cabin.

"What's wrong with you Caleb?" I mumbled feeling my heartbeat rising in panic, thinking about him.

Sorry for the late update because the girl with whom I was writing this story has ditched me and now I

am left nowhere. Since I can't contact her, I will be taking this story as mine and will complete it on my

own. Check Inkitt for the next chapter.