Chapter6: My sweetheart

All that time on his way home John's heart kept racing. He asked himself so many questions in his head. ' she didn't seem to remember me why? Did she really forgot me? I can't believe that it's her for sure!' his car was moving like a bullet. It was very urgent to carefully look into her eyes and reminisce about their time that they spent together.

In approximately a half an hour he has already packed his car in the parking lot of his compound. Rushed in the house and demanded to see his guest from the maid who he left in charge.

While he called unto Maryanne he kept the possibility of what if she decided to go back? to himself. He wouldn't know where to find her. And after all he had seen the condition she was in earlier that day so he must guess she wasn't fine at all. So he had a lot to ask her of how she'd been all that while since they separated ten years ago.

" Where's my guest Maryanne? Did you look after her properly?" He inquired as soon as she appeared before his eyes without a waste of a second.

" Sir, she's in the guest room that you asked me to show her." Her heart beating fast she answered her boss who seemed to be in distress lowering her head.

She only raised her head when she heard footsteps disappearing upstairs.

"That was a close call! I hope it isn't how I feel. She can't be gone no, she's a nice lady.'

She followed her boss closely behind to be sure that the important lady that just appeared out of nowhere into this compound today is in otherwise she better be ready for the wrath of the boss. Who knows he might even fire her!

Her heart beat so fast that she could hear it as she got closer to the guest room in which Purity was.

When John got at the door he thought for a while before gently knocking on the door. " Hey lady, are you there? May I come in?" He asked holding his heart that didn't want to be at ease.

One minute seemed like a whole year when he didn't hear her.

When he heard the door creak as it got opened, he smiled to himself easing abit.

' thank God she didn't decide to go back!' he silently thanked God for keeping her there...

" Hello Mr, come on in."

" You can call me John," he said trying as hard not to embrace her and tell her that he's her sweetheart that she always loved to play with when they were very young back then. See now they are grown ups!

" Oh, we forgot to introduce ourselves. Am Purity..."

' it's really her!!' his heart jumped in joy from the inside. God knows how he'd longed to see her again. And most of all tell her all the necessary words to make her feel loved.

"And as I told you am John..." He hoped for her to remember that name but to his disappointment, she seemed to recall nothing! It heartbroken him so much but he had to bear with it. After all she might have been through hell recalling how she was almost harassed in the morning. He felt his adrenaline rush and an intent of killing rose in him. He wanted to torture those bastards one by one and make them begg him for their useless lives! How could they try to defile his sweetheart?!

He gnashed his teeth in anger and left.

' did I do something that could have made him angry? But no,didn't do anything!' Purity got fever running in her blood. Where would she go if he sent her away? No that can't happen! He must forgive me and give me a chance to prove to him that am a good girl. I have no where to go if I leave this place. At home I do not even know if am allowed to be seen. Am a wanted person already because as for the guy that wanted to marry me has got a very powerful aura himself so who knows he might have asked his goons to look for me everywhere, if am seen wandering around I might be the prey by force by fire! When she imagined that she cried even bitter.

Hurriedly she followed John to go and negotiate with him. Even if he could only be providing with a roof over her head she'll work all her days for him so that she won't have to leave and wander outside.

" Am so sorry boss, please forgive me if I did wrong to displease you. I didn't mean to but please do not send me away. I have nowhere to go now. I've become homeless let me find shelter in your house and in return I can work for you the rest of my life!" As soon as she caught up with him she sobbed while kneeling down and begging before his eyes.

John could not believe what he was seeing.

He didn't mean to hurt her in any way. How could he? If only she knew that he was trying to find a better reason on how to keep her bound with him for the rest of her life she couldn't be talking like that to him. She was only furious at those thugs but not her. He tenderly looked into her innocent angel eyes and held her hands.

" Am sorry if I hurt you. I didn't mean to. Go back and have rest well talk later."

" You wouldn't throw me out of your house?"

" No. I reassure you Purity. Purity is your name?" He changed a topic to asking her name to ease the tension abit. His anger has long vanished and what remained was a happy tone and smiley face. He couldn't say the least how happy he was to at last and finally meet her. The one that's been making him work extra harder for the past years. So sad that she'd been through a hard way as he can see but he couldn't think of any worse.