Laura
My hands were shaking as I pressed the ceramic tile on the bathroom sink. I was breathing in and out deeply, trying to control my emotions. I wasn’t going to let my traumas defeat me like that, I was g
going to fight.
Everything in the Charme restaurant reminded me of Jason and how our story had ended in such a disastrous way. Five years had passed, but it seemed like that man still insisted on appearing in my thoughts to torment me.
I closed my eyes tightly, trying to focus my thoughts on my little daughter, who was the most important person in my life and my only treasure. I needed to take control of my emotions and return to being that autonomous, determined, and centered woman that I had made blossom within me in all those years of struggle.
Then I raised my head, looked at my reflection in the mirror in front of me, and took another deep breath. “Come on, Laura, you can do it,” I told myself firmly. I reached into my bag for my makeup kit and
quickly touched up my makeup, fixed my hair, and adjusted my clothes. Okay, now I was impeccable, nothing and no one was going to bring me down.
I picked up my things and left the bathroom, heading back to the VIP area of the restaurant. From afar, I could see that two more men had just joined the table at which Richard was sitting, they were probably the Nemesis representative and his lawyer, both of whom had their backs to me and were exchanging greetings with Richard, who was smiling formally at the two as he greeted them with a handshake.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you in person,” Richard was saying as I was
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of our revolutionary project!” He said that as soon as he noticed me, the two men turned to me. I was forming a friendly smile to greet them, but my smile froze immediately when I saw who the man was.
“Laura… I finally found you.” It was Jason right there in the flesh in front of me, and he was looking at me with a different look, like when you finally find an oasis in the middle of the desert. His face lit up in an emotional and… gentle smile? As if he was missing me.
blinked my eyes quickly, trying to organize my thoughts, my legs becoming wobbly and threatening to give way. What does it mean that Jason Davies was in front of me? After so long, I didn’t expect to see him… But I was in Manhattan, and that city was practically his. Was he the one who was the Nemesis representative? But that wasn’t his company. I mean, Jason was a billionaire who owned an entire conglomerate of high-caliber companies, why would he bother to meet a few simple candidates for a new advertising group for a clothing brand?
“Do you already know each other?” Richard asked, somewhat lost as he looked from me to Jason, as Jason and I were still staring at each other. I looked away and forced my feet to continue walking steadily towards the table.
“Nice to meet you, gentlemen. I’m Laura Thompson.” I shook hands. with the man who was with Jason in greeting and then shook his hand as well. It was strange to touch it again after so long, it was something that made my thoughts get troubled.
Nice to meet you, I’m Doctor Morales, Mr. Davies’ lawyer,” the man said. “Please, let’s sit down.”
So we all sat down. Richard was next to me, and my ex-husband and his lawyer were right in front of me. He was still looking at me with an emotional look, and he opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to
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mammy very quickly to me, now, I would disappear again forever, and then he wouldn’t have a
chance anymore.