Sam's POV
I stepped into the building, my heart racing a little. This training would make me end up in an unnecessary reunion with an old college arrogant brat, Paulina Shay, who was now a proud successful CEO of a small firm, it was doing so well she gained fame while she made advertisement.
Paulina always looked down on me, and had a gift with making everyone hated me even without knowing me yet. I was saved in my final years because she suddenly got transferred to another school, only lord knew what happened.
Besides people like Paulina, there would be other bullies too, I just knew that.
I was accompanied by Martins, Nicholas's driver and sometimes his PA. "It's this way miss." He said, when I started heading the wrong way.
"Of course. Thanks." I swallowed, admiring how marvelous the building truly was. It was an opportunity just being part of this training.
"Before we gather all trainees, Mr Nicholas would like to see you privately."
I nodded and followed him to Nicholas's office. He was standing by the window side that revealed the sight of a beautiful view as the building stood floors above.
"What are you thinking about? You know I'll be fine, right?" I smiled and took my seat. He came to join me, but he wasn't sitting. "Are you okay?"
"Sam, there's a slight problem."
I frowned. "Slight problem? Dude, the training is starting in about 15 minutes," I confirmed tapping my phone's screen. "Oh look, that's 13 minutes now."
"Look, it's not my fault!" He sighed, "among the training participants, guess who's name is on the list?"
My heart skipped a bit. Why did that even happen, I was already expecting the worse when I knew Paulina would be around.
"Oh Nicholas, you know I don't do well with suspense, just tell me already! I found out Paulina is going to be here too, remember her? That full of herself brat--"
"Justin." He said, for a while everywhere was silent like a bomb had just been thrown but the explosion hadn't happened yet.
I didn't want to panic. "Justin who?"
"Justin, as in your ex husband."
My palm met with the table and a loud bang happened. "Damn it! Why are we just finding out now??" Memories of how our last conversation went flooded though my mind.
Justin was such a baby, no matter how matured he acted like he was, a grown man patting his laps whenever he got nervous like a baby!
"I can get your name off the training for this batch and you join the next set.."
I was already shaking my head in denial. "So I should just run away because of Justin? No, I won't."
Nicholas stared at me like I'd just hit my head or something. "What happened between you guys last time you saw?"
I flinched. "What? What do you mean?" It was so hard pretending not to care that much about it. "It's fine. I guess I'll have to see him everyday now. It's just two hours, right? Besides, I'll leave early so there won't be any need for us to talk at all!"
"Sam--"
"I should get going now. I don't like being late, you know." I got up.
"Wait. We still need to talk, about us--"
I didn't let him finish. What was the point of trying to stay with any man when the only thing at the end was pain? I was better off alone, I always had been.
"I'm sorry, Nicholas. We can always talk later, not now." The words of grandpa stuck in my head, about how Nicholas was the worse partner candidate because of his family. I'm sorry Nicholas...
"That's fine. Good luck out there." He smiled, or at least he tried to.
I returned the smile and turned to leave. Damn it, I would really need all the good luck I could get.
BONUS Chapter. (Sam's POV)
Their last conversation...
Of course you can't. Because you were drunk!" The anger had returned again. My face did fluster but it was because of someone else. Nicholas and I had spent one hot night together when I was still so heavy in pain after Justin and I separation.
I cheated on him. That was more than enough reason not to get back together with him!
"Wait, I need you to calmly make a decision here. Don't be in a haste!" He pleaded. The proud Justin Anderson is begging! "Please, come back to me."
I froze,"come back? Justin, I think it's time to end what we think we had--"
"You're just trying to make me regret things. Remember your statement, that I would miss you when you were gone. You still wanna be with me but you won't admit it because your foolish pride is at play here!-"
"--I can't be with you because I guess I stopped loving you. I confessed, my voice was soft that it calmed his loud shout down.
"W-what? All that nonsense story about you loving me and all was a lie??"
It was true that Justin and I spent the night together the morning to our anniversary, but he was drunk and Justin being someone who could take in alcohol, definitely did not remember. And it was embarrassing telling him that I enjoyed our sex, a sex I could have because he was drunk!
"I don't love you as I think I do, okay? Let's just get over with this divorce." I said at last, a bit more firm.
"But--"
"Goodbye Justin. Good bye for real this time."