Chapter 175 - Pestering parents

While Ivy was thinking about Joshua, the man in question was having a hard time at home. Every day his parents would pester him to get married as soon as possible. They did not care who the girl would be and about her background. All they cared about was their son's happiness and well being.

Joshua's parents were in staying in Canada where they had opened a branch office recently. It would take another three to four months for everything to return normal and for them to get back to Country P. When Noah had been shot, it was only Joshua who had returned home. His parents had stayed back as they had a lot of issues to deal with in the company. However, they had made sure to get updated about Noah's well being from their son as well as Samuel.​​

Joshua's father, Sean and Samuel were good friends from childhood. Their families had close ties since a long time. So, it was understandable that Sean and his wife, Karen were worried about Noah.

Now that everything was slowly returning to normal, they had taken another issue to pester Joshua. They wanted him to get married as soon as possible. This was giving him a huge headache. He knew his parents did not care about the girl's background if she was good and well cultured. But he was not ready. He was not ready to commit himself to someone for his entire life. He was not ready for a lifelong relationship. He had already experienced the pain once and now he was not ready to go through it again.

Joshua had experienced a painful breakup when the girl he loved dearly had decided to leave him without giving him any reasons. He had tried searching for her for a long time to find out why she had left him. He wanted to know the reason. However, the day he saw her again had made him devastated and it had taken him a lot of time to come of the pain. He had seen the girl kiss another guy and since then he had stopped looking for her. He did not want to know her reasons for leaving him.

It took Joshua a lot of time to get back to normal. Since then, he had become a flirt. He would never develop any serious relationship with any girl. They were all just bed partners to him. He never forced anyone nor did he reject anybody's advances.

Everybody who came to him knew that it would just be a fling and nothing more. To the outside world, it would seem as though he was a playboy. However, he was not. Only the girls who came to him knew that he never touched them. But, he was not a v_i_r_g_i_n either. He had had his fair share of experience when it came to s_e_x. 

"Mom, please. I don't want to get married. Stop forcing me." Joshua w_h_i_n_ed.

"But Jo, you are our only child. We want you to be happy." Karen said, her tone filled with worry and concern for her son.

"Mom, please. I need more time to think about it." 

"Jo..."

"Karen, it's okay. He is our child. He knows what is good for him. Let him take time. Maybe the girl he is destined to be with is somewhere around. Let's wait." Joshua's father, Sean assured his wife.

"Thanks, Dad. I have to go. I'll call you later. Love you." Joshua ended the call and pinched the space between his eyebrows. He knew his parents only wanted good for him and he did not blame them for pestering him. It was him who was at fault. He was afraid, afraid of getting hurt again. So, he had hardened his heart not allowing any woman to enter.

However, recently he was unable to control himself whenever he was with Ivy. He did not know what it was about her that made him feel restless and anxious. Whenever he was with her, he would feel happy and contented. He liked being in her company, it was blissful and fun.

Seeing that his thoughts were deviating towards her again, he shook his head. He did not want to go in that direction. He could perceive that Ivy was nothing like the girl he had liked in the past. Despite that, his heart was not ready, not ready to accept anyone. He did not have the courage to fall in love again.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door. His secretary, Lucia entered immediately. "Sir, the blueprints are out. Do you want to see them?"

"Sure. Get them here." Joshua ordered and his secretary handed him the pendrive. He had gone to work early as the release date for the new video game was nearing. He had to make sure that everything was going well. He still had to do the simulation to see how good it was and if it was compatible with all the devices.

"Lucia, what is the status of the development?" Joshua asked, his face stern and serious. He was checking the blueprints of the new game on his computer.

"Sir, we have completed up to ninety-five percent. But.."

"But?" Joshua raised his head to meet her in the eye.

"We are facing a technical issue with some of the phones. Their RAM is not compatible with our video game. When the users play the game, there is no problem in the beginning. However, it starts to lag after some time and the battery consumption is more."

"Is it? There is a bug in the code. It is making the phones to lag. Arrange a meeting with the developers at two. We are going to have a simulation and test all the phones and laptops that we have. Also, send the design artist. I want to make some changes with the blueprints as well as the graphics. There are minor problems, but they can be resolved in a day or two."

"Yes sir."

Lucia left him alone in his cabin. He had long forgotten his phone call with his parents as well as about Ivy. All he had in mind was his work and his work alone.