Author's Note

Thank you SO much for the support on this story, honestly...it means the world to me. And, all of your reviews are so awesome, and they motivate me to continue to write. Sorry it took me a while to update, but I had tough time writing about Emily, in character, but nonetheless, here it is. Enjoy!

In her office, Emily glanced at the calendar...today was an odd day, a day that she would much rather wanted to forget. Three months from today, Daniel had abruptly broken up with her. It was the first time that she wanted to give up her plan of getting revenge for her father. Once with Jack, but she didn't know what or rather, who she wanted then, but as Daniel re-entered her life, she knew that he was the one, but she was disillusioned. Ironically, on the day that she had planned to start anew with Daniel was the day that she had lost him. To be fair, he hadn't exactly broken up with her, he wanted some time...but Emily decided that she didn't want to wait forever for him. Truth was, that sure it was what she had said to Daniel, but she herself wasn't sure about starting their married life with a lie. She was a completely different person, she was Amada Clarke, and Daniel loved Emily Thorne. She didn't want their marriage to be a lie, so she did what she had to do, and took the opportunity to end things with Daniel. Maybe it wasn't meant to be, every time things looked good between them, complications weren't far behind, they always lurked near Emily, she could rarely find any peace.

Three months seems like a long time, but she had found the courage to move on, and she hoped that Daniel had too. That being said, not a day would go by without her thinking about him. Even though Emily had left the Hamptons, a part of her was still there. She missed its chaos, she missed the house that she grew up in, she missed Nolan her best friend, she missed Charlotte her sister, and she missed Daniel, her ex fiancé. She was happier there, she felt safe with Daniel.

No one would have guessed that the immensely tough, Emily Thorne would give up on revenge, but it was a lonely path and she was reassured that her father would have wanted her to have a happy, and content life. Although, all of it wasn't bad, she had learned a lot of things, and met a lot of new people, including Aiden Mathis who was now living with her. Emily had moved on, but she constantly thought back to that night three months ago and what exactly had happened,

After getting that phone call from Daniel, Emily didn't know how to feel or what to do. She felt like she wasn't good enough for Daniel, she felt like he was having second thoughts about her, and for the first time Emily was defeated. She decided to call Nolan, she needed him. After telling him everything that had happened, Emily felt a lot better. It felt like a huge burden had been lifted off her shoulders. Nolan always knew how to make her feel better. However, she was faced with a dilemma, to continue her revenge plans, or to give up on them completely and live a normal life. The reason she even considered giving up in the first place was Daniel, but now that he was gone, what would she do?

After giving it some thought, she knew that whatever the case, she had to get away from the Hamptons, at least temporarily, and although Nolan was against it, it was something that she had to do, she needed her piece of mind, and after what had just happened, she couldn't face Daniel, because the moment she did, she would break down, and she would be left vulnerable. That night, she booked a one way ticket to Canada where she could sort things out because she too needed time just like Daniel. Emily also planned to find Aiden wherever he was, because at the end of the day, she did care for him, and he did matter to her.

Emily desperately wanted to call Daniel and say goodbye to him, but she couldn't. She had found enough courage to stand up from yesterday's mess, and she couldn't go back to feeling empty again. She just couldn't. A part of her kept wishing that he would call, tell her about how it was all a mistake, and things would go back to what they used to be, but this was no dream, this was reality, and Emily had learned to separate the two.

The flight for Canada was in the night, in less than twenty four hours. She always imagined leaving the Hamptons with Daniel, hand in hand as they left for Paris, but things never worked out the way she wanted. Ever since she was little, Emily had a tough life. She was foolish to think that things would change. The next morning, Emily began to pack her bags, but she didn't feel right leaving without saying goodbye to Daniel, so she decided to write him a letter, and in that letter she would write all the things that she didn't get to say to him on the night of their abrupt conversation. She considered giving the letter to Nolan, but he was just about ready to murder Daniel. Victoria wouldn't give it to him, she hated her, Emily was almost a hundred percent sure that she would burn the letter. Charlotte was nowhere to be seen, so she decided to give it to one person, who might possibly give the letter to Daniel, she gave it to Ashley. The letter had all of Emily's insecurities and inner feelings, ones that she never had never had the courage to tell Daniel, she had also written about where she would be if he needed to call her, but most importantly she had written about how much Daniel had meant to her. Once she gave it to Ashley, a part of her hoped that Daniel would never receive that letter; it was nothing more than impulse, and angst and rage.

Needless to say, Nolan was devastated upon hearing about Emily leaving. He was the one person that had seen everything, he had seen every side of her, he had been through the happiness, the tears, the heartbreak and everything, and leaving him wasn't easy. But, she had to. As Emily Thorne prepared to leave, she decided to have one last look at the beach, the place she grew up, the place she had so many memories of. As she was staring out at the vast blue water, she felt someone watching her. She turned around and it was someone no other than Daniel. He was on the balcony of Grayson Manor, and as she looked at Daniel, Emily Thorne felt a rush of emotions, she wanted to say so much to him, and as she peered into his eyes, there was a sparkle, a shimmer of hope, that maybe this was the time to fix everything. If she could swallow her pride and go back to him, it would be alright. As they were looking at each other with intensity, she noticed how sad he looked. He looked lost, just as she was, and so hoping to make him feel better, Emily mustered up all her courage and smiled at him. A fake smile, but a smile nonetheless. Seeing him on the balcony looking so indifferent stung Emily, after all he was her fiancé, and she loved him...she still does. But, Emily had to let go. She looked at him one last time, and it was like the silence was screaming with emotions. There was so much left unsaid that night. But, Emily didn't have the courage to talk to him. Even though they had broken up before, Emily hadn't really accepted Daniel's role in her life, he was a pawn in her game. As time passed though, he became everything, and she couldn't talk to him. Not now. He would never know how much he meant to her. Daniel made her feel special, and normal at the same time. Special because the way he treated her, and looked at her made her feel like the luckiest person in the world. He made her feel normal, because with the past that Emily had, she always felt like an outsider. She felt like she was damaged goods, she was lost. When she was with Daniel, she would forget her past and she would feel accepted and unbroken, like a normal person. Just then, Nolan appeared with her bags, and she said her goodbye. Emily would miss this place. She would miss Daniel. When she looked again, he wasn't there. It was the last time she saw him.

Now here I am, in Paris, Emily thought. Who would have guessed that she would end up here out of all the places she could have gone to? After going to Canada, she had managed to track down Aiden. There was a problem though, he was a wanted man due to the recent corruption of Grayson Global, so her and Nolan cleared his records and made it look like the one who had stolen the money was someone nonexistent and someone who had perished in that explosion. That way, they weren't blaming it on anyone, and the investigations would cease.

Things after the Hamptons weren't easy for Emily. She started having nightmares where she would wake up screaming and then she would be too afraid to close her eyes. The nightmares were about her reliving the last moments of all the people that she lost. It would start off with her dad, and then her mom, Eli, Amanda, and it ended with Daniel. It would be like she was right in front of him, and as painful as it was, she saw him again...and it made her content, but then his smiling figure would fade into the darkness and she would wake up sweating, and crying in her sleep. It was a bad time in her life, and Emily felt truly alone. Nolan was just a call away, but she often felt like she was burdening him with her constant breakdowns so she stayed away from contacting him for a while. Sometime later, she had found Aiden and she didn't feel quite so alone. He was there for her, and he helped her get over the immense and overwhelming feeling of abandonment that Emily had and he helped her to get her life on track.

Even though Emily stopped having those nightmares every night, she would have them occasionally, they had gotten worse though. Recently she would have them at least four times a week. She also still thought about Daniel and she would often find herself alone in the house crying for hours without a specific reason. That's when Aiden decided that he had seen enough of the pain that Emily had been thorough so he proposed a deal. He suggested that she get a job as a distraction from Daniel and that they move to a place much farther than Canada. So, after talking to Nolan he proposed Emily started to work for Nolcorp, and since she already partly owned the company with Nolan, she moved to Paris, and started to work at a branch there. Emily still kept in contact with Nolan after that. They would chat and talk everyday and it was like Nolan had never left. He was still always supporting her and helping her through all the problems. She and Aiden were content working for Nolcorp, but it went under the new name of Clarke Corporation, named after Emily's dad. Even though it was a distant sub division of Nolcorp, she got full control of it; she genuinely enjoyed the work that she did. And although she was the head of the division, Emily liked to do a little bit of everything. She started to invest all of her hours in making the company better, and made the company's profit and value rise. She no longer spent her days lost and alone; it was almost like she had something to take care of. She had a purpose.

And as she lay in her empty office, she wondered about Daniel...what he was doing, where he was, if he remembered her. It was like she followed her daily schedule. Her day always started and ended with Daniel. She always wanted to know how he was doing, but, it was never as simple as asking Nolan. He never mentioned him for whatever reason, and he would always avoid the topic of talking about him.

"Here, I got you some coffee, thought you could use it." Aiden said, breaking her from her thoughts.

"Thank you." She said as she motioned him to sit beside her.

"We have a huge proposal for our company coming in next week. It could be big. We would make a lot of profit. I was just doing some paperwork. I sent the papers to Nolan, to see if he approves."

"That's great news. See if you can set up an online meeting with the representative."

"It's an up and rising company, and I think investing with it might be a very good idea."

"What's it called?"

"Infinity, I find that a little funny." Aiden said, kissing Emily on the cheek and then preceding to leave the room.

"Ironic." She said, as she traced her tattoo with her finger.

Author's Note

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