"I hope he lays off some of you" their current manager Veronica said to them and left
"I don't like that woman" Lydia said and Ella smiled
"Ella let's have lunch together"
"Ok Manuel"
"Ok then I will finish with my work and we will go" Manuel said and left
"Ok!! Your boyfriend really treats you nice" Lydia said and Ella laughed
The day for the introduction of the new C.E.O came and they all head to the meeting room
Ella felt her heart heavy
"Mr. Marcia welcome" Victoria said
Victoria introduced the head of departments to him and his eyes moved across the room and landed on someone, he didn't move his eyes on her,
When Ella saw him, she was shocked and wanted to ran away but she couldn't, she just stared back at him for a while before lowering her eyes after Manuel said something
Eli frown when he saw her and Manuel talking, the guy seemed too comfortable around her
After the meeting, they went to their various work positions
"I saw you seducing the new boss" Victoria said
"What!!" Ella asked
"I don't care if you like him but know your class" Victoria said and left
"Lydia I don't like her too" Ella said
"But seriously the new boss kept looking at you, I think you have his interest and I saw you looking at him too" Lydia said
"He resembles someone I know" she said
"I didn't know I would find you so soon my girl, now I can be happy" Eli said with excitement
He waited for office hours to end, he saw her outside waiting for maybe a car, he thought
He called his driver and rushed outside
Just when he saw her, that guy from earlier came and kissed her
He stopped and his heart sank and was in so much pain especially when he saw a smile on her face after the kiss
"Boss shall we go" his driver said
Ella turned and saw him, he just walked pass her and the driver opened the door for him
She saw hurt in his eyes
He was broken, when he got home he couldn't breathe maybe he held it in for too long
He grabbed a bottle of water and drank it
He slide down to one corner
"You forgot about me and moved on without me, you couldn't wait for me oh!! But after all you never said you love me and my actions wasn't enough to tell" he said and got to his room, took a shower and looked at himself in the mirror
"Let the forgotten be forgotten, Eli she moved on. If you love her allow her to go and be happy" he said and couldn't sleep the whole night
Next day he got to work early and looked at the performance of each department and how to improve more
He met with the marketing department and Ella did a representation of their current products, he was serious the whole time and today he was not smiling and every one could tell,
He asked Victoria to bring more details about the new product and how it's doing in the market and suggestions about new products
He gave them two days to compile the data
The more Ella saw him, she was certain it was her Eli
Victoria asked Ella to perform that duty and they presented it to Eli
Victoria left them alone to get one missing file
Leaving them alone with silence
Eli went towards his window and took a breath, he was suffocating he desperately wanted to hug her and tell her all his emotions. He looked down and saw Manuel and got rid of that thought he sat in his chair and started working he noticed Ella was staring too much at her
"Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked with his head down
"Sorry sir but you remind me of someone"
"Who?"
"My university friend" she said and he scoffed
"University friend? Do you even recognize him or you just like to forget just like the missing file" he said
Victoria came and soon they left his office
"You couldn't even tell that your university friend is not only your university friend but has been your childhood friend or you never considered me as a friend" he thought
But there was no answer, he saw her leaving and rushed outside to wait for his driver
"Should I give you a ride" he said to Ella
"No sir thank you sir"
"I am sorry for what I said earlier" he said
And left
He thought he was going to be ok but he didn't
Every time he saw Manuel and Ella his heart broke and it was painful trying to put it back together