Chapter 16

Blake:

“Are you okay?” I asked a while after Natalia’s secretary got our coffee.

She has been quiet since her parents left worrying Ares and I. She snapped out of her daze and looked at me with a smile. One which was professional and didn’t reach her eyes “I’m fine, Blake, I just have a few things in mind. But don’t worry”

“Do they include your parents?”

“Why did you come?” Natalia asked shocking me. I frowned in confusion trying to understand her question, but she didn’t seem to flinch as she waited for an answer.

“What?” I asked still trying to process what she asked.

“Why did you come here when I asked you not to?” She asked again. The woman was being bloody serious?

“Natalia, I just saved you a whole argument with your parents…”

“I never asked you to, okay? I never asked you to fight my fights for me, nor did I ask for your help” she snapped. I put the mug down and got up from my chair with her following in suit.

“I came here