Chapter 68 - Eva’s Success

Eva POV:

After leaving Jason, I lost myself completely. As Roma didn't allow me to leave the house, I stayed there itself with them. Rio took me to the office and taught managing business.

Rio told me to take over my company and helped me with that. I started managing the company. In the first month, I failed. The company went almost bankrupt. Missing Jason made me lose my confidence completely. I don't know how he is. He didn't call me at least once. I called him but its switched off. I expected him to call me after reading my letter as I explained how that incident took place. He didn't call me. Maybe my Jason didn't trust me. How can I make him believe me?

Someone knocked on the door.

"Yes, come in!" I said.

It's Rio.

"Are you free Eva? Shall I talk for five minutes with you?"

"Sure, tell me," I said.

We both sat on the balcony.

"Jason went to Germany," Rio said.

"Germany?? for what?"

"Few are saying; he went for expanding his business. Few said he went to take a break."

"Ok!" I said.

Nowadays I am talking very less to everyone. Just yes, no, ok and nodding my head became my answers. I want to go back to my Jason and apologise to him once again for kissing Rio and ask for forgiveness. If I stay some more time away from him, I will become mad. I can't stay away from him. I think I should have controlled my anger on that day and should have stayed there without stepping out.

"Eva!" I came out of my thoughts.

"Yes!"

"What happened to you, Eva? I observed you from a month. You lost your charm completely. Is this the same Eva whom I knew before?" Rio said solemnly.

"You know everything, Rio. How could you talk like this?" I asked him.

"What happened to you, Eva? As far as I know, nothing happened to you. You are physically and mentally fit. Then why are you behaving like this?" Jason asked me.

At that moment, I saw a friend in Rio who was concerned about me. I unknowingly burst out before him. I have no feelings for Rio, and surely I can never forget my Jason. But still, it's true that I felt to share my grief with him as a friend.

I closed my eyes tightly. I sensed tears flowing out of my eyes.

"I miss my Jason," I said.

"Eva, control yourself. I can understand your pain. But I don't support the way you are dealing with your problem."

"What do you mean? Do you mean that I should be happy after leaving my husband?" I asked Rio.

"No, I knew it well that when you leave your love, obviously you can't be happy. But at least can't you create your happiness? Just tell me one thing, don't you love yourself," Rio asked me.

"Of course I love myself. But not more than my Jason. I love my Jason more than myself," I said.

"Come on, Eva, Stop talking like a traditional housewife. You are well educated, and after all, you are a psychologist. I am not saying to forget your Jason. What I mean is, take control of your happiness, your success, your mood and YOUR LIFE," he stressed on the words your life.

"Loving your life partner doesn't mean leaving your self-respect and happiness. I am not blaming Jason here. Because even if I see my wife kissing someone, I too will become angry. But he should have at least given you a chance to explain yourself. Instead of that, Jason just decided you are wrong. What did you do to prove him wrong apart from crying and pleading him as if its all your fault and you are dependent on him? Are you living only for him? Is the only purpose of your life is to please him, plead him and seek his forgiveness forever?

Just imagine, Eva, if you give birth to a daughter, are you going to set this lame behaviour as an example? Are you planning to teach her to be a servant to her husband without uttering a word and become a puppet in his hands? In any relationship, respect is necessary, but it should be mutual. You need to obey your husband but not to the extent where you lose your respect completely. Eva, I am not suggesting you to forget your husband. But let him understand your value and his fault. Just think once, Eva.

Loving someone doesn't mean tolerating every torture and sacrificing your true self. This is not YOU. Let your true self and past Eva be back. Your love should strong in the way which changes Jason. True love corrects the mistakes and shows the right path to a loved one. Though it hurts them a bit initially; at the end of the day, it does only good to them. Think once, Eva," Rio said, and I nodded.

"Think once, not only about Jason. But also about you and your company staff. Till now your uncle did no good to employees being selfish about his profits. At least you should do some good to your employees who were working for years. For you, it may not be a big deal even if your company goes bankrupt. But for those employees, it will be equal to death as they will lose their jobs and hopes on life. You will be the reason behind their misery. Decide yourselves:

Are you going to put your life in your husband's hands and suffer yourself along with those lakhs of employees, or Are you going to take control of your life and will become a saviour of those employees?

Think as a daughter of Raymond and Amy, not as a wife of Jason. Your father and mother till their death worked for the betterment of the lives of workers and society. They never left any chance to help people around them. You may wonder how I knew about them. They are good friends of my parents, which I came to know recently. Don't feel offended Eva. Just think once. I am sorry if I hurt you. Good night," Rio left changing my thinking process.

What am I doing? Why do I become a typical housewife whose world is only her husband and nothing else? This is not what I am from the beginning. Yes, Jason is important to me. But as a daughter, it is also important to me to make the company established by my parents stand at the first position and make profits again. I am the wife of Jason, but at first, I am Eva Raymond. I need to establish myself in this world.

I must prove myself to this world and Jason too. Though it hurts him, I must be a bit rude to change him. Parents love their children. But if they do wrong, they will punish them to correct their behaviour and put them on the correct path. Now I love Jason but to make him a better person; I will be a bit rude to him.

I am not going set an example to my daughter showing how to be a puppet and servant to her husband. I will give her an example of how a girl should fight with society and establish herself. I will show her how to correct husband if he is wrong and make him better. Patience is necessary, but sometimes we need to blend it with courage and confidence.

I went to the company the next day with new confidence as Eva Raymond. I worked hard along with employees till we succeed and get the project. God too blessed us seeing our efforts and company started making profits. Within just six months, my company topped the chart of highest turn over making companies.

I won the game of fate. I chose to win and establish myself putting my grief aside, though I miss my Jason every second. I refused to select failure and remain in that grief forever. I heard that Jason returned today. The second phase of my struggle starts now. My life will be completed only when I change him and show him the value of wife in his life.