PERFECT LOVE

Prologue

"The S.O publishing industry; in New York., Six months ago, if someone told me that my dream to work here will come to pass I would probably stone them to death." Grace mutter.

"How I wish mom and dad were here to see this." Crying "seriously Grace, not right now, get a hold of yourself, no thinking of the past, you need to move forward." She encourages herself.

But the fact that the boss asked her to wait behind was weird and now it's 8:pm apart from the boss, she is the only one in the office., as if that was not enough, he sent for her, "jazz I don't want to lose this job, I wonder what he wants."

She stood up from her desk and went to the boss office standing outside the heavy gold metal door with a name boldly written in silver "Noah Creed" she mutter to herself then all of a sudden the voice that always shook her to the core spoke.

"You don't need to stand there Grace, come in."

Oh god! That voice. With one deep breath; she pushes the metal door open. "Good day sir." she said calmly she could never get tired of that amazing figure, clearing her throat "you sent for me sir."

"yes." He said looking that the pure gold wrist watch on his arm, Damn it must be good to be rich, he open that manly but adorable month to speak again, "it's almost 8:30; I was wondering, why you still haven't left." He said calmly.

What the hell "sir, you ask me to wait behind." Is he joking with me, this handsome bastard?

"Ah! I did, didn't I," with that simple yet annoying statement, she lost it

"What? Are you fucking kidding me right now?" oh shit, did i just say that "I mean sir......"

"No Grace." He said cutting me off with the wave of his hand; then said as he stood up "am not 'fucking kidding you' I just didn't think, you would listen to me, you never do, despite me being your boss."

"Huh." She said awkwardly looking at her hands, seriously Grace, you, just die, and she cursed herself.

"But you know the funniest thing....." he said, now standing in front of her, since when, she wonder. As he trace the line of her ears causing her to shiver in excitement;

Boy! Who would have thought she was sensitive in that area, he forced her head up "I am going to 'fuck you here and now Grace, and it won't be a joke."

What did he just say? While she was trying to figure out what was going on; he plunge his mouth on hers and as she gasp; he dive in exploring the deepest part of her mouth, with his tongue and all oh my god! He was French kissing her and because it was her first time Grace forgot to breath and choked.

"Are you alright?" he asked puzzled.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Grace asked lost and confused, was that a kiss or a death sentence?

"What are you taking about Grace? How can you die with just a kiss?" he said as he place his hand on her shoulder and added "it's not like, it's your first time to be kissed?" she suddenly gone stiff in his arms and a great silence followed after his question.

Noah Creed looked at Grace puzzled, come on! There's no way, that's her first kiss. With the look on her face right now, yeah! It totally was

Relationship with co-staffs in all his establish are forbidden and the staffs that was found in a relationship will be fired, that how it has always being and there were a lot of people who fell victim and was fired by him but since this wild, crazy girl Grace Bush came in, he mind, heart and body has being in chaos and the fact that she has always stole a glance at him, thinking he was not aware, that was a signer; Now he just wanted to satisfied his desire and send her packing by morning but this; if that was her first kiss, it's also means, she has never had sex, great! He hates virgins with passion, there are too clinging and with his past experience he was not looking for anything serious.

He was always quick to tell things like this but why couldn't he this time; what change? He should apologies and sends her away but for some reason he could not and like someone possess by a demon, he did something he had never done in his life. He kissed her yet again.

Maybe time stopped when his lips met hers again, but the flutter only intensified. Grace's heart pounded in her chest as her knees got weaker. She could only focus on how soft he felt against her mouth, how addictively he invaded all her senses.

It still wasn't clear if she dreamed this moment to life, but there was raw emotion in the way his fingers curled around hers. Noah kept his eyes half open, sneaking a guilty peek at her every time he came back for air, just to make sure this wasn't a product of his imagination. Heat rose from Grace's stomach to her chest. The smell of him hypnotic beyond reason; She parted her lips and felt him washing over her like a wave of warmth, curling her toes, unfurling all her senses as the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts.

Her whole body tingled, the feel of his frame leaning on hers as his arms wrapped around her felt nearly forbidden and was. He pulled her in, claiming her mouth again, hungry and intense, until her knees gave in. By the time Grace became aware of her fingers, they had already slipped under his shirt, his skin smooth and radiating heat.

As if time had sopped right there, as they stood propped against his office desk, glued to one another. As if no one else existed and there was no risk of her job or company polices at sake and for Noah, as if he'd never been with a woman before, what was this new feeling; he has never felt it before not with the women has been with.

Grace what are you doing, if this continue you know what going happen, before her strength weakens, she pushed him away "sorry sir, but I don't think we should do this."

"What are you talking about Grace?" he asked confused "you want me right now, just as much as I want you."

Yes she couldn't denied it but her wanting is totally different from his and there so many things at sake "am sorry sir but I can't." she said and with one last glance at him she ran off.

"We can't?" Noah murmur puzzled "She said, like hell! He defiantly saw the desire in her eyes and for someone who had no experience, she was daring and wild." Though he still can't put a name to this new feeling; he already miss her lips and not until he gets what he want, she is not going anywhere. "Sorry Grace," he said laughing to himself in the empty office "you can't escape me for long; am Noah creed, when I want something; am gonna get no matter how long it take."

Grace kept on running not until she got out of the building she didn't stop but the moment she saw the security guard, she slowed down so there don't suspect anything.

"What just happened?" She said still shriving, "OMG! Grace you are crazy, how could saw come so easily, even if you wanted it." In all my weirdest dream; I would not have imagine my first kiss to be in an office and a crazy at that and by a rich and powerful man such Noah Creed no less; I would argued it.

Just how did this happen?

Six months ago in Canada.

"I can't believe this; after all my hard work, I still end up here". Grace Bush mutter to herself, working in the local publishing company at her home town, has been hell for her not just physically but mentally. I had applied at the Davi publishing firm, a big firm in New York but instead I got the O.S publishing industry in this local town and not even at the headquarters "OMG! Was I cursed! Am I going to die here, aren't I? This can't be all there is to Me." she grunted loudly gaining the attention of the front desk clerk.

"You alright grace? You are signing; out loud". She asked worried.

Signing even louder "its miss bush to you, and yeah AM OK".

"You don't sound so."

"Yeah well, that's because you in my face Edna; why don't you go do your work and leave me the hell alone. Huh." Yep I was being an ass and i don't care, the shit in my life is already enough.

"Fine, Suit yourself."

"Great, thanks. Now I feel more shitter that ever." Signing a whole lot louder than before, what happen to me. I wasn't Always this rude, self-centered. "Well, graces bush.?? she said to herself "after everything you have been through, you're luck, that your manners are the only thing you lost and not your sanity or even your life." Looking more hopeless than when she first started out.

"I need air, or else am going to suffocate here." She said she strolled to the counter for a cup of black tea and decides to go to the office balcony "God I miss my life, my family, my dream and every damn thing that incident took from me." I wasn't always this miserable, I had a perfect life, perfect family, perfect dream; she sign "everything was perfect." Until that incident that happened eight years ago. It didn't just take everything from me; it broke me completely, in a hard way. form then on my life has never being the same, although i still kept my current goal intact i couldn't help but regret my every decision, if not papa will still be alive and my mother wont be in the vegetable state.

Eight Years ago

I mean, I had a lovely family, Mr. and Mrs. Adam bush; my parents were an angel in disguise, the best I could ever ask for.

my mother Mary Busy was a wonderful woman, she worked as an English professor for one of the state university and my lovely father Adam Bush who not just work as a publisher but own a publishing film in Canada, it was not big or popular like other publishing film but it was the most sort out, a lot other big film took interest in dad's company because of its honesty, loyalty and his publishing style; I was my dad's biggest fan, I wanted to be like him working in honesty not just to make fame or wealth but to contribute to the society, my parents were happy when I inform them of my decision to be a journalist and work with father in his film; plans were lay out, I decided to go to New York city to study, to acquire more knowledge in other for me to assist him, father agreed and promised to help me with reliable study material since he was once a journalist himself; I was happy; everything was going great and there I was, its barely two month since I took the biggest decision of my life.

And before I knew it, college was over and thanks to my father's connection we were given a one day invitation to university in New York to check it; both mom and father decided to come with me; the day came for us to go check it out and just like ANY other day, it was a sunny and beautiful day and just like any other teenager on her first journey to puberty I was excited and because it was my big day, mom allowed to ride short gun with father.

oh; I was over the moon, fantasy on how it will be like, the kind of cute guys I will meet over at the university even the apartment that I will be staying; everything was arranged because I told dad that I don??t want to stay in the school hostel and to my surprise, he agreed yet again, I know spoil, but truth be told despite me having the privilege of living like a princess; my parents never raised me spoil, they taught the value life, to respectful, obedience, to always believe in myself; crazy huh, rich, beautiful and respectful those quality never had up but my case was totally different; living such amazing life you can imagine how fulfilled I had felt and just when I thought my life couldn't get any better things turned sideways.

Still so deep in thought, fantasying about how my life will look like five years from now, I can almost taste it and that's when I heard a loud scream, it was mom; I opened my eyes to find dad struggling with the car steering; the break suddenly failed and up front was a big truck coming toward us with full speed, In other to avoid the truck; dad turned toward the tree at the side of the road, through all this I could still hear my mom screaming so loud like the world was coming down on her; maybe it did because what happened in the next few seconds was like a terrible night mare; one I wanted

to wake up from so bad.

while dad was trying to avoid the incoming car, heading towards the tree at the side of the road; from nowhere a truck carrying metal pole collided with our and in the next minute dad was in front of me I don't know how he manage to jump from his sit with the sit Bert on; there were classes on the ground and while I was still trying to figure what was going on, a liquid fall down from my face and when I touch it, oh! It was blood; but how? Why? I was not hurt when I turned to look at mom, she had already stopped screaming, her hands was on her mouth, her eyes was so white with shock when I turned my head to see what she was looking at with so much dreadfulness;.

"FATHER" dad was on the ground with a metal pole piercing through his heart "DAD" I kept on screaming and calling out to him but no response, I could not move because of the metal pole that fall on me; I kept on screaming for help, I tried to reach out to mom but she was no longer looking at dad, her eyes was close; with the sudden fear in my heart, I kept on calling and calling and calling none of them was responding until at last I lost consciences.

for the first time in my life I had a terrible dream, that I kept falling deep the void with one to recuse me and when I open my mouth to speak, no words came out then I stated struggling, shout, crying out loud and just when I thought I was going to die in this painful void, I heard someone called my name.

"Grace, grace, wake up; you are dreaming."

When I open my eyes; I was in a white room, I turned to see Miss Lara hail smiling at me "it's alright grace; everything is going to be fine." She said embracing me and then I realize that I was shaking so terribly but I could still not understand what was going on.

I turned to Miss Mrs. hail "where am i? What happened?" I asked looking at the room, there was only one bed and I was the only one in it; what about mom and dad; with the sudden realization I turned and grab Mrs. Hail "where are my parents? There are supposed to be here with me; where are they?"

"You are in the hospital grace and about you parents, there are OK;" she said with a heavy sign and embraced me again "just rest and when you wake up I will take you to your parents; OK."

When she said that part of me knew that something has gone terribly wrong but because my brain has yet to catch up and the fact that there was this constant fear beating at the door of my heart, which i had chosen to ignore, I replied "okay, am sleepy."

"It's okay; you can sleep now."

"Okay." Yet again I fell into another endless deep slumber, this time it was more terrifying than the first one.

Grace suddenly woke up from yet another terrifying dream, sweating and crying out same time. Looking around the room, i was so terrified, my parents are supposed to be here with me, I did the only thing I could of I tried calling for them but there was no response, I kept on screaming till nurses came rushing through the door, behind them was my father's secretary Mrs. Hail.

"Where are my parents?" I asked not wanting to think of anything, I just want to see them, I looked at the Mrs. Hail and the sad expression on her face, scared and still refuse to believe what happen to be real I asked again "please Mrs. Hail, my parents they are okay, right? They are just sleeping in one of the hospital bed just like I am, getting treated right? Please tell me." I asked in tears.

I just want to see my mom and dad smiling at me again, even if I didn't go any university I was okay I just want to see them alive, heather but she refuse to say anything and just kept on looking at me with a that sad eyes, and I not wanting to believe what that sad eyes was telling me, I yelled at her "TELL ME; WHERE ARE MY PARENTS?" just when I made up my mind to jump and strangled her until she tells me; the doctor came in.

"She's right, as the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Bush; she has every right to know about her parent's situation." The doctor said looking from Mrs. Hail to me, "we are sorry for keeping this from you all this while Miss Grace; about your parent's situation......"

"Wait." Mrs. Hail said to the doctor and then looked at me with a sad expression on her face and her hands on my shoulder as a form of comfort and she said "am sorry for not saying anything, I wanted to make it easy for you but maybe I was wrong but brace yourself Grace for what the doctor is about to tell you will not be easy to bear; okay?" I looked at her calmly and said "Okay."

The reason I was claim was maybe because I already know what they are going to tell me but I was hopeful maybe just maybe it??s not as bad as thought but I was wrong it was worsted than I thought.

But I was so wrong. I found out from the doctor that after the accident, we were brought in by some strangers who happen to witness the accident. The truck driver responsible because of the impact of the metal pole had his arms decapitated and they also made an effort to reach out to some of our family that was how Mrs. Hail came to know about the accident.

"Okay, but what about my parents? What happened to them?" I asked in a hurry because they were still not telling me what I wanted to hear the most.

"About your parents....." The doctor said, I looked at him in the eyes holding on to my breath "your mother is still alive, she is a strong woman."

"Okay." Relived but "my father; how is he doing?" they was a heavy silence in the room, now the doctor was acting like Mrs. Hail when I first asked about my parents but maybe he didn??t hear me "doctor, my father how is he doing."

"Your father......"

I had found out that my father after he was brought to the hospital died a painful death. They could not remove the metal pole in his chest, he kept on asking for me and my mother, begging for the doctor to save us and my mother on the other hand because of the shocked she received went into a coma.

The doctor could not even tell when she will wake up or if she is even alive. I was the only one who got out with just a scratch thanks to my father who had jump in to save me in time.

Upon hearing all this, losing my whole family in just one day; you can imagine the trauma and pain it can cause to a child who was barely eighteen years old.

Oh! I cried and cried till there were no tears to shed. I fainted, woke up and cried again and even cried the more when I saw my mother's state but nothing could bring my father back or even my mother who was barely alive. I began to curse and wish for God to turn back the hand of time; for me to die and not my father but nothing of such happened.

Worst part was that none of my relatives or uncle ever came to the hospital to visit or even cared about me not until the lawyer stated that in my fathers will, whomsoever took care of me on his behalf; [like he knew what was going to happened] will take part in his inheritance but not until I was of age, old enough to handle the inheritance and manage the company he left in my name, the will should not be tempered with and because I was still young and did not understand half of it; I gave everything to Mrs. Hail to handle until I was strong and knowledgeable enough to handle it and she was doing a pretty good job but of course! The decision I made pissed my relatives but I didn't care and there was nothing they could do to me because of the will.

To be honest after that a lot of things happened that made my trauma even worst and it??s not something I want to think about and the rest I cannot remember; How I went to university or graduated nothing I can boost to enjoy, I went simply because it was needed; if I was ever going to take over my father's business I needed to learn how it works despite the fact that Mrs. Hail was doing with the film, I still needed to take over.