Love Hate Relationship

Gary opens Michael's office door only to be stopped short when a coffee mug was hauled at the door. The mug broke at the contact with the wall and a clashing sound was heard, Gary gulped before proceeding into the office. There were papers everywhere on the floor.

"Boss..."

"Where is she?" Michael interrupted.

Michael looked at him, his eyes full of rage "what do you mean?"

"She left the country last night. After you left the hotel, she also did but she went to her home and stayed for an hour."

"Where did she go?"

"She is in Amsterdam currently boss."

Michael gave a half chuckle, he sat on his chair and swirled it left and right, he was chewing his left thump with his elbow resting on the chair arm "she think she can run away? Track her down, find her!"

"Yes boss" Gary replied and left the office.

Michael rest his head on the chair with his eyes closed, a pitiful picture of a woman lying on the floor flooded his mind, he shut his eyes tightly and snapped it open to clear the image, he don't want to see it anymore. He knew he reacted harshly but he couldn't stop himself, he was angry.

When he woke up this morning to see her in his arms, he was shocked at first as he tried to recall what would have happened. A terrible headache had started then and he rubbed his temple, the headache was severe forcing him out of bed. He had been shocked to see himself naked as well as the woman in the bed, he walked into the bathroom and while taking a shower, event of the previous night started playing in his mind, he had been angry because she took advantage of his weak state.

Never had he touched a woman before, last night was his first. Although he had been keeping himself for her at first but later gave up since he believed she will never be his. He had wanted to touch her so many times for the past one month they had been living together but he couldn't because he can't get himself to be that intimate with her when she doesn't love him and he also hate her, he can't forget that she had married him for a stupid contract anyway.

He sighed and opened his drawer, he brought out a case of cigarette, took a stick, lit it and took a long drag, his mind wandering wild and before he knew it, he started thinking of last night. He could remember the feel of her body in his hand, the taste of her. Michael shut his eyes and tried to clear the image but it seems to come with force once his eyes was closed.

The pleasure she had brought to him with her mouth, he must admit, it was the sweetest feeling he had ever experienced. Her mouth on his nipples and her kisses, the pleasure that surged through him when he joined their bodies, her caresses....

Michael was brought back to present by a sharp pain in between his fingers, he snapped open his eyes and threw away the cigarette that has burned him. He lit another one and took a long drag before puffing it into the air, this memory will hunt him forever that, he already know because a part of him has already reacted with the thoughts alone. He sighed and buried himself in the smoke that soon enveloped his office.

Coming home late in the night, Michael parked his car and got down, he walked into his house but only to see Sasha sleeping on the couch, remembering how she took advantage of him last night and how he had thought of nothing today but last night, he got angry. He knew it, she wanted to use her body to lure him to her, that's why she did that and now he just can't stop thinking about her body.

Michael walked closer to the sleeping Sasha, he stared at her face and how beautiful and peaceful she looked while asleep, he was gripped with the sudden urge to kiss her and he hated it, how can she still sleep peacefully when he thinks of nothing but last night and how he really want to entangle himself with her like that again? He looked at the side table and saw the television remote, he picked it up and turned on the television, he raised the volume to maximum and changed the channel to a music station.

The sound blasted through the speakers and Sasha jumped up in shock, she looked at the man towering over her and with the music still loud, she figured what he had done and her eyes welled up. Michael looked at her coldly and walked up the stairs without glancing her a second look. Sasha picked up the remote and turned off the television. She sat on the couch and sobbed silently.

Days later, Sasha received a call from her mother, asking her to bring Michael to dinner that night "mom, I don't know if he is going to free, he been kind of busy lately."

"Why won't he be free? We have never have dinner with you guys since you got married, he can't refuse that. Just tell him, we will be expecting you guys. Bye" Angelica hung up.

Sasha sighed and stared at her phone, Michael has not spoken to her again since the day of the incident. He seems to be engrossed in his rule of her not talking to him and it seems worst now, before he will occasionally drop a few words to her and even engage in a discussion sometimes even if it is to spite her but he hasn't even said another word to her, he practically behaves as if she does not exist so how is she going to ask him to dinner?

She heaved a sigh and decided to still give it a try, she got home that day to see his car in the garage, he is back already? She thought before climbing out of the car, she went inside the house but he was not lying in his usual couch, she went upstairs to their room and opened the door, she was greeted by a cloud of smoke, he seems to be smoking a lot this days, she thought.

Sasha walked up to Michael in the balcony where he was standing with his hand in his pant pocket and the other holding a cigarette stick close to his mouth, he seemed to be lost in thought as he stared into space "mother called me" she noticed him flinch and knew he was now with her and so continued "she asked us to join them for dinner tonight."

The tall man standing before her acted as if she was just talking to an empty air, he brought his fingers to his mouth and took a long drag from his cigarette before puffing it into the air "I told her you might not be free, that you seem busy these days but she refused to listen. She said that we have not have dinner with them since we got married and it's true, so I'm thinking if you can spare the night and let's go over there just to make it up to them" Sasha added but Michael still remained silent without gifting her a glance. He took the last drag from his cigarette and tossed the butt on the floor before stepping on it, he turned and walked past her into the room.

Sasha followed him and he walked into his walk-in closet, he emerged with a towel on his waist and walked into the bathroom. Sasha sat on the bed to wait for him, maybe he agreed since he was taking his bath, she concluded.

Michael walked out of the bathroom and into his closet, he came out again in his pyjamas and laid down on his side of the bed, Sasha was shocked to see him like that, what is going on? Why is he sleeping? "Aren't we going to the dinner?" She asked him but he pretended not to hear her "mom is waiting for us" she continued "it will be wrong if we don't go."

Michael groaned when she wouldn't stop talking, he got up from the bed, got his laptop and sat on the bed, his back resting on the headboard, he switched on the laptop and started working. Sasha watched him and knew that what his silent way of telling her to shut up. She got up and left the room. She called her mom in the living room "hi mom."

"Hey baby, are you guys on your way?" Angelica asked on the other side of the call.

"No mom. Michael is being delayed in a meeting, he just called me now to tell me and he said I should ask you if you can reschedule the dinner? He really wish he could go though but the directors insisted they must finish the meeting because it has to do with their current project. I'm so sorry and he said I should send his apology too" Sasha bit her lip as she lied to her mother with a straight face.

Veronica was silent on the other side that Sasha had to call on to her again before she spoke "okay then. We will have it next time, you dad will be going to Florida tomorrow because of that business I told you about so it will have to be when he comes back then."

Sasha could sense from her voice that she was not happy and she sighed "I'm really sorry mom, if you want I can come, I'm basically alone now and in other not to waste the food, I can come over."

"No it's okay, stay over and prepare something for Michael, he will be really tired and famished if he should return now and it will be wrong if he should return and not see you at home, it's okay."

"I'm sorry mom."

"It's alright darling, send my regards to Michael when he returns."

"Alright mom, good night."

"Goodnight my pumpkin" Angelica hung up.