Whereas Ivy was fascinated with Joshua, the person in query was having a tough time at dwelling. Day by day his dad and mom would pester him to get married as quickly as attainable. They didn’t care who the lady can be and about her background. All they cared about was their son’s happiness and nicely being.

Joshua’s dad and mom had been in staying in Canada the place they’d opened a department workplace just lately. It could take one other three to 4 months for every part to return regular and for them to get again to Nation P. When Noah had been shot, it was solely Joshua who had returned dwelling. His dad and mom had stayed again as they’d a variety of points to cope with within the firm. Nonetheless, they’d made positive to get up to date about Noah’s nicely being from their son in addition to Samuel.

Joshua’s father, Sean and Samuel had been good mates from childhood. Their households had shut ties since a very long time. So, it was comprehensible that Sean and his spouse, Karen had been nervous about Noah.

Now that every part was slowly returning to regular, they’d taken one other concern to pester Joshua. They needed him to get married as quickly as attainable. This was giving him an enormous headache. He knew his dad and mom didn’t care concerning the lady’s background if she was good and nicely cultured. However he was not prepared. He was not able to commit himself to somebody for his whole life. He was not prepared for a lifelong relationship. He had already skilled the ache as soon as and now he was not able to undergo it once more.

Joshua had skilled a painful breakup when the lady he cherished dearly had determined to go away him with out giving him any causes. He had tried looking for her for a very long time to seek out out why she had left him. He needed to know the rationale. Nonetheless, the day he noticed her once more had made him devastated and it had taken him a variety of time to come back of the ache. He had seen the lady kiss one other man and since then he had stopped on the lookout for her. He didn’t wish to know her causes for leaving him.

It took Joshua a variety of time to get again to regular. Since then, he had grow to be a flirt. He would by no means develop any critical relationship with any lady. They had been all simply mattress companions to him. He by no means pressured anybody nor did he reject anyone’s advances.

Everyone who got here to him knew that it could simply be a fling and nothing extra. To the skin world, it could appear as if he was a playboy. Nonetheless, he was not. Solely the women who got here to him knew that he by no means touched them. However, he was not a virgin both. He had had his fair proportion of expertise when it got here to intercourse. 

“Mother, please. I do not wish to get married. Cease forcing me.” Joshua whined.

“However Jo, you might be our solely baby. We wish you to be joyful.” Karen mentioned, her tone stuffed with fear and concern for her son.

“Mother, please. I would like extra time to consider it.” 

“Jo…”

“Karen, it is okay. He’s our baby. He is aware of what is nice for him. Let him take time. Possibly the lady he’s destined to be with is someplace round. Let’s wait.” Joshua’s father, Sean assured his spouse.

“Thanks, Dad. I’ve to go. I am going to name you later. Love you.” Joshua ended the decision and pinched the house between his eyebrows. He knew his dad and mom solely needed good for him and he didn’t blame them for pestering him. It was him who was at fault. He was afraid, afraid of getting harm once more. So, he had hardened his coronary heart not permitting any lady to enter.

Nonetheless, just lately he was unable to manage himself at any time when he was with Ivy. He didn’t know what it was about her that made him really feel stressed and anxious. Each time he was together with her, he would really feel joyful and contented. He favored being in her firm, it was blissful and enjoyable.

Seeing that his ideas had been deviating in the direction of her once more, he shook his head. He didn’t wish to go in that path. He might understand that Ivy was nothing just like the lady he had favored previously. Regardless of that, his coronary heart was not prepared, not prepared to simply accept anybody. He didn’t have the braveness to fall in love once more.

At that second, there was a knock on the door. His secretary, Lucia entered instantly. “Sir, the blueprints are out. Do you wish to see them?”

“Positive. Get them right here.” Joshua ordered and his secretary handed him the pendrive. He had gone to work early as the discharge date for the brand new online game was nearing. He needed to make it possible for every part was going nicely. He nonetheless needed to do the simulation to see how good it was and if it was suitable with all of the units.

“Lucia, what’s the standing of the event?” Joshua requested, his face stern and critical. He was checking the blueprints of the brand new sport on his pc.

“Sir, now we have accomplished as much as ninety-five %. However..”

“However?” Joshua raised his head to satisfy her within the eye.

“We face a technical concern with among the telephones. Their RAM is just not suitable with our online game. When the customers play the sport, there is no such thing as a downside at first. Nonetheless, it begins to lag after a while and the battery consumption is extra.”

“Is it? There’s a bug within the code. It’s making the telephones to lag. Organize a gathering with the builders at two. We’re going to have a simulation and check all of the telephones and laptops that now we have. Additionally, ship the design artist. I wish to make some modifications with the blueprints in addition to the graphics. There are minor issues, however they are often resolved in a day or two.”

“Sure sir.”

Lucia left him alone in his cabin. He had lengthy forgotten his telephone name along with his dad and mom in addition to about Ivy. All he had in thoughts was his work and his work alone.