Part - 20
As soon as she came out of his cabin, Yaya quickly got out of the building. She didn’t even bother going back to her office and directly went home. A hurricane called ‘Michael’ had managed to destroy everything in her life in the last hour.
Yaya recalled everything Michael had told to her, and when she remembered him saying “You will break up with him when he comes back” she just wanted to drop dead. How on earth would she ever get the courage to stand in front of the sweetest man on the planet, who loved her more than his own life and tell him that she wanted to break up with him? She was feeling helpless and out of breath. All she wanted to do was get a glimpse of his face. She immediately switched on her cell and put it on the table. Within few seconds, Nadech called. She kept looking at the phone and trying to resist herself from accepting the call. He kept constantly calling her and she was so desperate to receive it. She walked from one corner to another, trying to stay away from her phone. This itself was killing her, let alone confronting him face to face.
“You will break up with him when he comes back”,
“Nadech will go bankrupt”,
“It’s his dream project”,
“You and my son are not right for each other”,
“He deserves someone of his standard or higher",
“Matt will be perfect for him”,
“I request you to please forget my son and stay out of his life.
“Secure his future forever”,
“I will make sure I kill him right in front of your eyes”
All of these were constantly running in her mind in a loop. Lack of the ability to cry, was putting a great toll on her mind. Her head was aching like hell, while her heart was getting ripped. Unable to cope up with the pressure she just took her phone and threw it at the wall and screamed. She wanted to cry. She wanted to cry so badly and let it all out. But unfortunately she was not able to.
Yaya fell to her knees with a heavy heart. The shattered pieces of her phone looked like the shattered pieces of her heart. She clearly had no option in this case apart from following Michael’s orders. She just sat there thinking of every scenario of how to break up with him, but was not able to find any sensible solution.
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LA, California
Nadech was worried as to why her cell kept turning on and off. He was restless. His heart was sensing something to be wrong. He immediately called to his office and found out that she had left for Macrovitz’s company and has not returned yet.
Nadech called Michael.
Nadech: Hello?
Michael: Yes Khun Nadech. I was just about to call you to ask what happened about the contract for raw materials.
Nadech: (hurrying) A…The contract is confirmed Khun Michael. He just asked me to wait until morning so that I can sign the contract papers. I will leave tomorrow morning as soon as the signing is done.
Michael: That’s great Khun Nadech. In that case I will see you when you reach here.
Nadech: (hurrying) Yes… Khun Michael. Did Khun Yaya by any chance drop by your office?
Michael: (happy inside his mind) Oh she had come to collect the documents. She left around half hour ago. What is the matter Khun Nadech? You sound worried.
Nadech: (hesitating) No. Not at all Khun Michael. I just wanted to talk to her about the project that’s all. Ok, so I will see you in Thailand.
Michael: Ok (smiling).
Nadech was worried. He did not know why, but he felt weird. He called Mint and asked her about Yaya. Mint said that she has not spoken to her from the time she met his parents and that she just saw her leaving the office at 11.
Nadech just assumed that maybe her battery was low and thought that he would call her after some time.
He called his mum and spoke to her for a while. He then returned to the hotel. Matt met him before he could enter. She was all dressed for the reception.
Matt: (wondering) So? What happened to the contract Khun Nadech?
Nadech: (smiling) Oh it done. I just need to sign tomorrow.
Matt: (excited) That’s great. (pausing) So what are your plans for now?
Nadech: Nothing. I will just be in my room and rest for a while.
Matt: If you don’t mind can you please accompany me to the wedding reception? I don’t have a plus one. So please…..
Nadech: (awkward) You please carry on. Please don’t mind Khun Matt I am just tired.
Matt: Come one Khun Nadech. You will not come to LA at least for a while so you have got to come out and enjoy.
Nadech: (finding reasons) I… I don’t have anything appropriate to wear. You please carryon.
Matt: (pointing at his clothes, smiling) You are in a suit Khun Nadech. Besides you look so handsome in it. I insist. Please you must not say no.
Nadech: (clueless, polite) Alright.
They reached the reception. Matt introduced him to all her friends from her acting course group. They kept checking him out. He felt extremely awkward so he wanted find a reason to go from there.
Nadech: Khun Matt I will go get a drink for myself. (Polite) Can I get you anything?
Matt: (smiling) Vodka please.
Nadech nods and goes away. He then ordered a glass of red wine for himself and vodka for Matt. He immediately tried calling Yaya. Unfortunately it was still switched off. He was worrying even more. He took the drinks and went to Matt and gave her. Nadech was not interested in party as he was constantly worrying about Yaya. But seeing that he had come with Matt, he had to stick with her.
Matt: Are you enjoying the part y Khun Nadech?
Nadech: (polite, smiling) It looks great.
Matt: 1 second I’m getting a call.
Matt gets a call from the lakorn director to whom she had auditioned for. She was selected. Matt was so happy that she hugs Nadech.
Matt: (hugging) I'm so happy. You were right Khun Nadech I got selected.
Nadech felt extremely awkward. He dropped is phone on purpose and stepped back to pick it up.
Nadech: (smiling) Congratulations Khun Matt. I wish you all the best.
Matt: (smiling) Thank you Khun Nadech. So in this case we must celebrate. Come on.
She offered him another glass of wine as he refused vodka and she herself had 2 more shots of vodka. She pulled him to the dance floor in spite of him refusing. She was drunk and already a bit woozy.
Matt: Come on Khun Nadech. You have to dance with me.
Nadech: NO Khun Matt I can’t dance.
Matt: (woozy) Are you kidding me? I was you dance with Khun Yaya. You dint look like a person who didn’t know how to dance.
Nadech: (stammering) I .. I .. I meant, I don’t feel like dancing today.
Matt: Come on let’s just dance please.
She was practically throwing herself at him. He tried to maintain distance and danced for a while. The song changed. Matt was all over Nadech for this song. Nadech couldn’t handle it anymore. Before he could even sense, Matt was almost unconscious. She sure did drink like a professional, but couldn’t handle herself. Nadech somehow managed to walk her to the cab.
In the cab Matt (wooooozy) fell onto Nadech’s lap. Nadech was so uncomfortable that he acted like he was being touched by a girl for the first time. He somehow managed to get her of him and made her lean onto the window, took his coat and covered her on top. The cab took them to their hotel. He asked the doorman to get a wheel chair (normally hotels will have wheelchairs for old people), put her in that and took her to her suite. He then tried to wake her up. She was dozed but kept mumbling.
Matt: ‘Nadech’ come let’s dance.
You… you danced with her. Why can’t you dance with me?
(Smiling) I’m so pretty.
Nadech thought she must have gone mental and giggled. He managed to walk her to her bed and tucked her in. As he was about to leave, Matt held his hand. (Unconscious of course)
Matt: let’s dance.
He slowly removed her hand; made sure he didn’t make noise and went to his room.
Nadech: (tired) Oh god! What a night. (Worrying) Why her phone is still turned off. I hope she is alright.
He called her 2 more time, seeing that it was still switched off he called Mint again.
Nadech: Khun Mint did Yaya come back to the office?
Mint: No Khun Nadech no sign of her. She probably must be at the site. She had asked the workers to remove all the debris so that when the materials arrive we will have space to dump them. She went there to supervise.
Nadech: That must be it. She must have forgotten to charge her phone so it’s switched off. Ok Khun Mint if she comes, can you please ask her to call me.
Mint: Definitely Khun Nadech. Bye
Nadech did wait for her call, but it was already midnight in LA so he eventually dozed off. He woke up in the morning around 9 and checked his phone. No miscalls. He tried calling Yaya again but still switched off. Seeing that it was 11 pm in Bangkok, Nadech didn’t want to disturb Mint. He was feeling restless as this was the longest they had been without taking to each other. He thought maybe Yaya must have been tired so she would have slept off.
He got dressed, had his breakfast, ordered room service and sent breakfast and coconut water to Matt’s room and left to go meet the dealer to sign the contract. Matt had just woken up when the breakfast arrived. She was very impressed seeing that Nadech had ordered it for her and had also sent tender coconut water thinking she must have had a hangover. Nadech quickly dealt with all the documents and hurried to hotel so that they could fly back to Thailand. He knocked on Matt’s door.
Nadech: Khun Matt are you feeling alright?
Matt: (pressing her forehead) No. My head hurts like hell. I’m in no condition to fly Khun Nadech. Is it ok if we fly tonight? I already informed brother. He told that the jet will be leaving at 8 pm.
Nadech: (dull, polite) Not an Issue. You please take care of yourself.
Matt: I don’t even remember what happened yesterday night. Thank you so much for taking care of me and for the breakfast.
Nadech: Not a problem Khun Matt. You please rest for now so that we can leave at 8.
Matt: (nodding) Yes.
Nadech went to his room and just relaxed for a while. He couldn’t call Yaya as it was still night in Bangkok. So he just spent the whole day in his room. At 6pm he called Yaya as it would be 8 am in Thailand, still switched off. He called again at 8 pm before boarding his jet. Switched off. He then turned off his phone as he had to board.
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