Dirty Boss: A Second Chance Romance by Riley Alex

Author:Riley, Alex [Riley, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Free Publishing Company
Published: 2016-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Breathing heavily, Ryan stopped punching the bag in the gym and dropped to the floor. He was tired already but he still felt like hitting the bag till he either lost consciousness or hurt himself.

He missed Claire.

The gym had been set up in the house for her only last year. Her doctor, Dr. Vamp was of the opinion that she could gain more strength in her body if she exercised frequently but lightly. He wasted no time in building an exercise room in their house worthy of the best in the world. The punching bag came five days after her death and he spent the better part of his days and nights in here, punching the bag. It was exactly one month after her death today.

He rose up to punch the bag again but felt a hand on his bare shoulder.

It was Nina, Claire’s nurse. The older woman had been with him for eleven years now and felt his grief. Even after Claire’s death when he informed her that she could go back to her home in Riverside with a huge settlement from him, she declined his offer and continued to stay with him. He knew that she thought that he would probably kill himself or do something crazy but she didn’t know that he couldn’t as much as he wanted to.

When Claire was nine years old, she had gone for one of her frequent check-ups in the hospital where she learned that she didn’t have too long to live. She had come home to him, not crying but with a brave face and a mission. She made him promise to be happy if she did die. She wanted him to get married and give birth to cute siblings for her; she would watch over them all from heaven, she had said. She coerced him into making a pinky promise, while he prayed there would be no need to fulfil his promise.

Now, he was stuck. How was he supposed to fulfil his promise to her when he didn’t even want to live?

“It is enough. You will only hurt yourself.” Nina said quietly.

He turned to her with grief stricken face.

“I miss her Nina. I miss her so much every day. What am I going to do?” He asked her desolately.

Nina took him by the elbow and guided him to a seat in the room.

“You know what Claire would have loved you to do.” She told him, handling him a bottle of chilled water.

He took the bottle from her but did not open it.

“She wanted me to move on, she told me already.” He whispered.

Nina nodded. “I know.” He looked over at her and she smiled sadly. “She told me. She also said that I should ensure that you kept your promise too.”

He shook his head. His sunshine had left no stone unturned as much as she could.

“It is hard, so damned hard.” He said.

“Believe me, I know. I loved her like no other too.” Nina had tears in her eyes now but she sniffed them back, stubbornly refusing to let them fall.

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