“Julie?” Henry’s voice was laced with concern.
“Sir!”
“Are you okay? You were upset when I dropped you”
Julie kept mum. She lied on her bed, holding her phone to the ear.
“Something about me? Did any of my actions hurt you?” Henry asked.
“Sir, no. It was me”
“You?” He questioned scrunching his eyebrows.
“Some unwanted thoughts plagued my mind and I was unable to control it”
Henry took a moment and said after a long breath, “Alright, if you are in a garden full of dried leaves and plants with one freshly bloomed bright flower, what will you focus on?”
“The flower of course”
“Right always focus on the sunnyside of everything, practice your mind to hold on to the good and happy moments when it tries to pull you down, tell me one of your favourite memories that brings you smile every single time you think about it”
Julie’s mind played flashes of memories from her archives, almost every favourite memory had her favourite person in it. She blushed at it and thought about the very first one,
“The first time I had seen you in my university when you came for the guest lecture”
Julie was sitting along with her classmates in the lecture hall when Henry walked in, wearing a charcoal black suit. Everyone was gushing about him. His well-defined body, broad shoulders, veiny hands, he gave a hot sensational heartthrob vibe.
His handsome face was so unreal, every single feature of his face ran through her mind. The aura and the positive energy around him radiated throughout the hall. The moment he had started his speech, he put the entire crowd on a spell. His voice matched his strong persona and the way he put forth the content, captivated and connected well with the audience, that day he influenced and inspired many young minds.
“May I know those details running in the beautiful head of yours” Henry asked smilingly.
Julie’ face turned pink. As she did not respond, he asked, “That embarrassing?”
That added brighter shade of red to her face when he most perfectly read her mind.
“You must be blushing” he guessed.
“Okay then, let’s not dwell into the details, would be difficult for the both of us to sleep peacefully later”
What?? Is he teasing her or really he would get aroused by her thoughts, Julie could not ask him that so she ignored it.
“Just replay the good memories, keep your eyes shut, you will drift off to sleep in no time, do not overthink, breathe slowly and focus on your breathing.”
Like the studies says you would fall asleep faster when you are with the person you love.
His soft, supple voice was soothing and brought a calmness, it had spread through her like a gentle breeze.
As she was half asleep, she let her phone off, it landed on her cheeks. Henry could hear her even breath in few minutes, he did not know why he couldn’t end the call just yet. If putting someone to sleep and listening to their steady heaves of breathing could be so satisfying, he wouldn’t mind doing it more often. Wish he was with her cuddling and kissing her to sleep, rather than holding this useless voice call. He did not know whether he was ready to give in to his feelings and be open to her about it.
In the name of challenge, he had no idea how long could he drag this and endure the pain of controlling himself. Though its tough, he also liked to see Julie try to fight for him.
He was proud of her today when Clara was desperate in breaking her confidence and inflame her insecurity, anyways Julie put her in the right place, she was actually savage.
This one year should have taught her so much. She must have gone through a lot of challenges which he felt he did not recognise or acknowledge it. He was voicing out how difficult it was for him but being in her early 20s, a young girl with no one to back her up, struggled all alone, holding herself together after being mercilessly, thrown off by snatching her dream job, left her with nothing. But the guts and resilience of this strong headed girl has taken her to great heights. She never brags about her achievements or whine about her struggles.
Actually, Henry did not give her the opportunity to speak about the difficulties and the hardships she had to face because of his grandfather. Though she could have come to him, she had decided to face it herself with immense willpower and strong mental stability, moreover she had added laurels to her career profile.
After all that she had been through, she is still the same, kind, compassionate, fun loving, crazy fan girl, who doesn’t hesitate to defend him anywhere and flutters around like a butterfly. Her determination and persistence are not a common virtue in the girls of her age.
She is one of a kind.
He felt that Clara was right, that Julie has wrapped him around her fingers.
He texted Clara about tomorrow’s schedule regarding the sub contractors meeting that has been arranged in his office, with that he kept his phone aside and slept with the thoughts of a beautiful girl who captivated him like no one.
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*Clara and Julie are going to face each other in tomorrow’ meeting under Henry’ presence, do you all expect any drama?? (Ans: Why not? definitely!)
*I will also reply to your usual question, when will you update the next chapter??ðŸ¤ðŸ¤
Maybe in 3-4 days.
Happy reading!!
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