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Violet POV

[ 2 weeks later...]

How does it feel being ignored you may ask?

The worst fucking feeling in the whole world. Things are so different since that night of the gala. I know he wasn't talking about me, but he really said those harsh things out loud and I couldn't believe it in my own eyes.

I was dumb and naive to think Jason Vella is not what I thought he was, but really he's a heartless son-of-a-bitch.

It was like he meant it with his soul when he snapped in front of his ex-girlfriend, who I recognized not too long ago.

I wanted to be with him. I thought that maybe we could work it out from being his assistant to being his actual girlfriend. But, I was wrong.

Back to square one, but this time around it was a hundred times worse.
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It was nine in the morning and I was at my office, preparing for a conference video meeting with the committee.

Leaving the office, I gathered my files, and notebooks and went to the boardroom and sat at the end of the table. He was near the door on the other side, looking frustrated as hell as he constantly raked his fingers through his hair.

His phone was at his ear, but he wasn't talking much. He was staring at me from the shared door as he leaned against the doorframe.

I lowered my body from my chair on the left side as his eyes scanned up and down my body, and I felt a heated pool in my gut.

I could see his pants tightening around his pelvis, and I shuddered at the thought. Our eyes connected again, and I could feel my goosebumps breaking out all over my legs.

Taking a deep sigh, I sipped on my coffee and opened the file. He walked into the room and suddenly it was silent.

Not a pinch of a sound came out of no one as Jason was flipping through pages and started up with the video call through Skype.

He sat down and begins to talk about some arrangments in the stock holding company we arranged to.

''---By the twenty-eighth, our rates would be increased back to twenty percent,'' Jason said, going over the stocks of our company.

A video call from Skype interrupted Jason and it was our stock company from the other line. The committee went over the procedures and the stock exchange they presented for us with their new arrangements.

Everyone around was asking questions, taking notes, and continued to listen to the committee's proposal. Jason made the deal which made everyone happy, knowing that this new plan would place a huge investment in the company.

The video ended and Jason asked us if we had any more questions.

''Okay, the meeting is adjourned, please remember to set up your new account to Vella Empire, the website would be on the home page.''

I went to my office and decided to not set up the new account for Vella Empire. Lately, I've been having a hard time about this situation between us.

I know I have to get over it from time, but, it's hard. Especially when you have fallen for someone and in return it backfires you like wildfire.

It was time for me to let go and leave. I decided to leave Vella for good and not turn back. Maybe it's a good decision since there's any remorse between us anymore. I think it can help me to focus more on my career in business and do what's best for me.

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[1 hour later...]

I was waiting in Jason's office after clocking out from the employee room. He came through the doors and gave me an ambivalent look on his face. It's like he was deciding whether or not he was happy to see me alone with him at his office.

''Jason, I want to talk to you,'' I said in my soft tone.

He went through a file on his desk and sat down, flipping through and ignored me. He continued, sipping on his water and flipped through the pages hard.

''Jason.''

''I'll get you a list of things I'm going to need for a trip in the summer-time. I don't care how you acquire them but have them on the plane and ready to go when I can,'' He said, using a voice recorder on his messages and continued to ignore me.

''Fuck. Man, you're a hard-ass!'' I snapped.

"Seriously, get the hell off it,'' he finally said to me.

''I need to talk to you, Jason.''

''There's nothing that we need to talk about, leave Ms.Johnson.''

''It's Violet for your fucking information.''

''Excuse me?''

''You heard me.''

I crossed my arms and he scoffed, shaking his head no, trying not to believe that I said that to him.

''You have thirty seconds to leave my office or else you would get suspended for an invasion of my privacy."

''You don't need to because I want to resign my position as your assistant.''

''What?'' He whispered with a sudden sadness in the tone he responded. I knew it. I knew this was going to hurt him like hell and he continued to look at me, waiting for me to say ''nevermind.''

But I wasn't going to hesitate. I was being serious and it really shook him.

''I want to resign.''

He ran his tongue through his teeth and sat there in silence. Jason got up from his chair and went over to the cabinets behind him, pulling out a file then smacks it on top of the table.

I looked down and saw the file.

RESIGNATION

My heart pounded rapidly as I continued to look at the file. He really wasted no time to give me ''the talk'' out of me resigning or tell me to vent out what I was feeling on the inside.

He slides the file closer to me and sat down back on his chair.

"Did you expect me to do anything else?" He asked.

He refused to look away, even as my lips trembled and my shoulders heaved with emotion, unwilling to back down.

I bite my tongue, trying to hold the tears that threatened to leave my eyes. And that's when I can't hold them back.

First, one small crystal bead escapes from my right eye. I can feel the warmth, sliding down my cheek, and rolling off my chin.

Then another. And another. Until my eyes flood with them, coming like rainfall. Sniffing every ten seconds, they fall and fall, and I let them.

I sighed. ''No, that's all I have, sorry."

"---You should go.''

''Jason.''

His phone ringed voluminously and he answered it quickly. I heaved a rough sigh and left the office then went my way to the elevator.

He didn't even flinch when he saw me crying in front of him. Not once and my dumbass really thought he was going to change my mind.

How did we get here? It wasn't supposed to end like this. We still had so much to do. I thought we had so much time.

I thought this was the perfect time for us, me and Jason, becoming one and sharing our memories, adventures, celebrations together.

I'm not ready to let him go just yet. But I know it's time for me to try and finally say goodbye.