Dear Mom and Dad,

I am still fine and kicking here. Life in New York isn't so bad at all. I'm having a great time here and I promised I'll bring both of you here this weekend. Oh, and I just found out that my boss is Austin!Which turned out to be a huge surprise. We get along very well together and I won't doubt that he's the best brother I never wished I had. Can't wait to see you all soon so take care and Happy Anniversary!

Dearest
Savannah.

After a surprise email to her parents, she headed downtown and joined her fellow office mates for a cup of tea. Her life had been going on so well that she decided to rejoice and celebrate as much as she could. Great job, great week and great companion, what else could a woman ask for? She grabbed a handful of cheesecake and munched with satisfaction as her friends brought their orders to the table. This was her first time ever dining out at such chic place. By herself, she could have gone to McD instead.

Even after getting a boyfriend, her weeknights continued to be as dateless as usual. 5 missed calls and 10 messages was already seemed unacceptable. Screw him, she thought and joined her friends at a nearby club to blow off some steam.

Inside the club, people were jumping and hopping along with the tunes. Nothing to think here, she said to herself. Savi marched to the dance flow and swayed her hips to the music. Her friends were at awe at how a flamboyant introvert girl can transformed into such sexy siren.

"Look at that chick!" heard one of the guys over the billiard table cheering. They quickly left the billiard table and moved to the dance floor, surrounding Savi.

When their hands started to roam over Savi's naked back, a surprise blow hit one of the guys' jaw and sent him flying to the corner. Savi jolted in surprise as she saw Austin was already red-faced and holding his fist with unbearable anger.

They led their way out from the club and walked towards the playground located nearby their happy spot.

"What happened back there?" Savi asked, sounded almost drunk.

"He tried to touch you!Don't you get it after all this time?"he snapped.

Furious, Savi jerked her hands away from him, "Why you wanna treat me like children. I'm an adult. I know what I am doing!"

Frustrated, Austin dropped onto one of the bench and leaned on it, "I still being protective about you. You are special to me."

Savi moved closer to him, "What do you mean?" Her eyes were staring at him, searching for answers as if it would be reflected there.

He looked down. He held one of her hand and kissed it, "Do you believe it if I say that you meant so much for me?"

Savi's eyes grew big as he continued, "I'm very possessive about you. I dunno what happened but I never care so much on woman other than you. Maybe that's why I'm drawn to you since our first meeting in the academy. I don't know how to express it I'm sorry."

After a few moment of silence, Savi continued, "I don't know what to say. It's a bit overwhelming for me. But even if I want to, I'm already with someone."

The words sank down like an acid, eating out the flesh as he tried to process it. He's too late, she'd already had someone else. Then a phone call distracted them, Austin picked it up, "Hello!'

She heard carefully to whom he was talking to on the phone and when he was saying goodbye she heard "Goodbye, Josslyn. Yeah, you too." He turned to look back at her. "Sorry, I should have told you earlier. Its my fiance on the phone just now."

She just gaped at him. He told her that since she left nothing mattered to him anymore and he did try to find her but with no luck. He thought that he would never see her again and devastated at the thought of loosing her, he tried to move on, to forget about her existence. He moved to New York and met his client daughter, Josslyn.

"I didn't love her. It just sort of something out of business arrangement. I was going to extend a deal with her family business and the engagement just happened." Austin explained as much as he could. He confessed that he truly regretted it and he saw Savi again, he became alive again and he wanted to fight for her love.

"Look's like we're on different path now. I can no longer hang around with you like old times. I really missed you, trust me on that," Savi confessed, looking directly into his eyes but she only found sincerity and hope. Hope to spend entire lifetime with only her.

"I know, but I won't give up on us. I still and always care about you. I don't know how but I just willing to figure it out!" he insisted.

Austin walked Savi to her house and wrapped her body with his jacket. "Tonight is a wonderful night. See over there," he pointed out, "there's a full moon rising!" His eyes sparkled with the color of emerald and ocean. They watched the full moon within a few minutes before he kissed her forehead as goodbye. She went back inside her house, staring at him from afar. She sniffed at his jacket, the familiar smell of the man who she always admired and went to bed holding it.

Once she got to bed, she received 3 messages from her cellphone. Oh, Matthew. Thought he wasn't interested in me anymore.

Conversation with Austin was far more exciting than dating with Matthew. Matthew, copper-haired executive with passion for art. Tall and slender body with arrogant features. He never made her happy all the times they'd been together. So why would it change now?

She switched on her computer and browse through her emails. One new email from Austin! She opened it and read it with high anticipation:-

Dear Savannah,

I knew after all the things you've gone through, it would be hard for you and much harder for me. But I never let these obstacles to separate us again. I want to redeem myself by starting it all over again. I want to be responsible to you!I want to take care of you, be your 'daddy-long legs' again like old times. I want to make it up for all the times we had missed together. If you given me a chance, I will make everything right again and I want to relive the moment when were together once again here. Nobody has to know. We'll keep it between ourselves.

Your angel,
Austin

Savannah couldn't help herself but grinning broadly at the thoughts of being with Austin. He was...like her big brother and they spent most of their time together in old times. She sat on his laps for few times and he even piggyback-ride him most of the times when they were away from the academy. It must have felt very different today, those actions were in no way appropriate for them and this closeness seems awkward when she thought back about it. The sight of him today stirred something inside her, something she denied long ago. Something so much forbidden. She snapped back to reality and turned off the computer. She was hoping to get a good night sleep tonight. No thought on men!

The next morning, Savannah was rushing towards the pantry when she bumped straight into Austin. Again. She edged back and smiled shyly. He handed her the mug and turned around, continuing to prepare his own coffee. He wore that sinful grin that made her weak in the knee. Still carrying his mug, he walked away from the pantry, leaving Savi in a state of almost drooling. She noticed that Austin now wasn't nothing like the one she grew up to know. He was definitely more handsome, charming and sexy now with a lot more charisma. His hair were originally brown now were highlighted with the sinful caramel bronze color and his skin was a rich ivory. Suddenly, Shirley approached slowly from behind and grabbed her shoulder. Savi jumped in surprise and made her friend laughed harder.

"You were drooling there. Who had you set your eyes into now?" Shirley nudged at her shoulder. Savi bit her lips and shook her head.

"I have enough problem with one man. My life is already messed up with Matthew, remember?" she reminded her friend.

"Then dumped him. You know he's good for nothing. Mr Skylar there was pretty much available..." Shirley hinted at her by flirting eye to eye with Austin who already sitting in his cabin.

Savi clipped her smartly on her head, "Dirty lady!Come on let's get back to work." They strolled along and went back to their room.

Inside her room, Savi leaned back on her comfortable chair and played back all the thoughts from last night. The romantic walk that they did last night. She missed all the things that they did together back when she was joining the academy. Even in prom party, Austin never neglected her but accepted her as his date and together they won the 'Prom King & Prom Queen'. She always thought back then, who want to date an ugly duckling but now she knew that everybody had their own uniqueness and everybody is beautiful. She dialed her assistant, Drew's number and called him in. She might want to make this day something she can always be proud with.

Straight 6 pm, everybody were saying goodbye and right when Savi was walking out from her office for another cup of coffee, most of her office mates are no longer lingering around their places. Shirley already locked her door, turned around and called her, "Savi, let's go home." She shook her head.

"I need to finish my proposals," Savi insisted. She was already heading her way to the pantry and pulled out the drawer, searching for the coffee packet.

" Alright then. But if you are hooking up with Mr Skylar, please update me!" She teased and turned away. Savi put down her mug and ran after her.

"What do you mean? I thought everybody had gone home?" she asked suspiciously.

Shirley raised an eyebrow, "Lucky you, Mr Skylar still working in his cabin making a few calls. Go get him!" She waved her goodbye and shut the door behind her.

Savi made her way to her room, passing by Austin's cabin without him noticing and she silently breezed her way in completing her 60-pages proposals for two projects. She inhaled a deep breath and frantically typed as she watched the clock on the wall started ticking its way to 7:00 pm because if she's later than her boss she might gonna get locked inside the building. Printing the last paper of the proposal, she rushed to compile everything and packed up her things. Seeing all had been cleaned and nothing else missed, she took another deep breath and headed her way to Austin's cabin.

She knocked on the door and interrupted him for a while, "Mr Skylar!The proposals you requested yesterday."

Austin nodded and dismissed the person at the end of the other line and replied, "Thank you. Good job!"

When Savi was about to leave his office, she heard him called her from behind, "Savi, may speak with you for a moment. I promised it won't take long."

Austin properly dismissed the phone calls he'd been getting and pushed his chair to face her. Then, he rose and walked towards her and leaned on the side of the desk. "I know its hard for you to do your job here with me. But I hoped we can get passed through it all."

He studied her face and tilted her chin with his finger, "You changed so much Savannah, if they saw you earlier like this I'm sure they'd given up on teasing you." Savi lower her head and swallowed.

He bent and knelt down to be on the eye level with her, " You don't know how beautiful you are now. You don't even realized how much the sight of you had tormented me in all my waking moments. I've longed to hold you for so long since you left. Now you had turned my desire to you into something I can't bear to express." He cupped her face and looked deep into her eyes.

She saw something different reflected there. A hunger. Hunger for her. And she saw the unmasked lust lingering around his look to her as if he could very well ravished her at this very moment. She trembled and look away. "What are you doing, Austin?You know we can't do this!" she reminded him.

He couldn't controlled his anger and look away, the mirror in the room reflected him. He look like a horny monster driven in lust. Sweat beading up his forehead and he was trembling. "I know you already with someone. I'm sorry. But for my sake, can you assure me that you are happy with him?Did he made you feel the way I did?"