AUDREYSeeing him like this, affected, my heart sinks with sadness. What can I do to make him feel better? Maybe there's nothing I can do, but I still want to try to ease his pain.Nelly touches my shoulder, reminding me that she and Henry are standing beside me. Daniel's friend nods in my direction, giving me the initiative to approach his friend. With a small, kind smile, he watches me one last time and then looks at my friend, indicating the door we entered earlier.He offers her his arm for her to accompany him out of the room. Henry is so gentle and chivalrous that I don't worry about leaving Nelly alone with him. I know she'll be fine. But I'm not sure if he'll be, knowing my friend, she'll probably take her flirting to another level.I stay rooted in place when we're completely alone, Daniel and I in the small room. It doesn't take him a minute to realize that he's no longer alone. He lifts his head from his hands, where he had been holding it, and our eyes meet.His neutral ex
DANIELImages constantly flood my mind. After seeing those photos, my self-control and everything in me spiraled out of control.I could have tolerated the damn rumor, but those damned images, the ones where my girlfriend is secretly with her lover in her own apartment, that ended up killing me.I never thought Audrey was that kind of woman, one who cheats and lies to you, telling you she wants to be with you. I shouldn't have asked her to be my girlfriend; we shouldn't have tried it. I'm not made for a stable relationship.I hate to admit it, but my mother was right.I couldn't think when I saw those damn images; anger consumed me, and all I wanted was to beat that guy to a pulp. But what would I gain from that? Absolutely nothing. In the end, she doesn't belong to me but to that bastard.Never in my life have I cared about a woman enough to beat another guy up for her. That they're sneaking around to sleep together, that eats at me even more.I had considered letting her go. But dam
AUDREY"Wow! That guy Henry is amazing," I don't pay attention to anything Nelly says; it's like I only hear murmurs. "Hey, calling Audrey back to Earth!" She lifts her voice while waving her hand in front of my face to get my attention."I'm sorry," I shake my head, snapping out of my daze. "What were you saying?" I focus my gaze on her.Nelly sighs and rolls her eyes."Are you serious?" She exclaims in annoyance. "Did you not hear anything I said earlier?"I shrug and apologize again, embarrassed."I'm sorry," I say again. "I haven't been feeling well lately."I don't know whether to tell her what happened with Daniel. I don't know if I'm ready or if I'm just not ready to accept that it's over between us, and I should settle for a fake relationship.If I didn't do it at the beginning, I certainly won't do it now, especially since I just realized I want him."What's wrong? Why the long face?" Nelly senses my distress, and I hear concern in her voice. "And I'm not willing to hear an '
AUDREYWhen I feel ready, Nelly and I leave the room. She starts talking about going outside for a while and seeing what's in the backyard. I mention the huge, beautiful garden that Tabby adored and cared for more than anything else.As I mentioned before, I didn't know Tabby for long, but in the short time I had the opportunity, it was enough to get to know her very well. She was like an open book, easy to read, and open about her thoughts and personality to anyone who wanted to know more about her."I would have loved to have met her," says Nelly with a big smile."You would have loved her; I did in just one day of knowing her," my friend's smile and words infect me.To get to the garden, we have to cross the living room we passed through before reaching the room we just left. However, we don't make it any further because voices and laughter stop us in our tracks."Oh, Daniel, come on, let me do this," a syrupy, high-pitched voice invades my ears."What the hell was that?" Nelly rai
AUDREYI furrow my brow; confusion and pain are written all over my face. I'm sure that if someone saw me, they would notice it easily.He looks away from his companion, and our eyes meet. I sense something in them—remorse, perhaps? I don't know; I can't quite decipher it. All I feel is pain, nothing more. I don't perceive anything in myself and in Daniel.My chest tightens, and with a heavy heart, I ask myself, "What am I doing here, standing and watching this whole scene?" There's nothing good in seeing him smile with another. I need to run; I need to be anywhere but here; I need to be far away from Daniel.To hell with him and everyone else; I'm out of here.I avert my eyes from him, turn, and leave the room in quick steps with my friend following behind me. The only thing that worries me is that he hasn't noticed how affected I was by seeing him with another. I don't want him to see the pain that a simple scene, which for me meant the greatest humiliation of my life, can cause me.
AUDREYHaving agreed was a bad idea, even though Nelly would have done anything to get me to come to this place. When an idea gets into her head, there's no one who can oppose her."Audrey, for God's sake, stop complaining," Nel scolds me as we enter the noisy venue. "For once, think about yourself and not work. Taking a break was the best option; you needed it."I spent almost the entire journey complaining, regretting having left my job for the whole week. I didn't show up a single day after arriving in the city. During the first few days, I received calls from Maggi and even from Mr. William's secretary to inquire about me, not to ask how I was but to find out if I was resigning or what my reason for being absent was.I imagine Mr. William and his secretary were eagerly awaiting that response. I don't understand why that woman and her boss want me out of the company, and even though it's not their business to investigate whether the president's secretary will leave her post or not,
AUDREYI'm perplexed, my mind completely clouded by this invasion of my personal space. It takes me a few seconds to react because it caught me off guard. Before I can push him away, I realize what we're doing—or rather, what he's doing—since I never respond to his kiss.He or something makes him separate from me. My eyes widen when I confirm who it is, none other than Daniel. What is he doing here? The shouts around me are all I can perceive. Someone shakes my arm, snapping me out of my stupor, and I look to my side to see my friend still yelling at me, even with the music blaring in the background of the venue.I become aware of everything happening at this moment. Daniel attacking Jonathan, and then a few tall, burly men approaching to separate them. Daniel needs two of those giants to hold Jonathan in check. This has turned into a disaster. When did all this happen?"Let's get out of here!" Nelly shouts beside me, pulling my arm to lead me away from there."Wait," I say and try to
AUDREYAs soon as I step out of the Uber that brought me to work, I barely touch the sidewalk when flashes of cameras blind me, and a few microphones thrust towards me from all directions. I do my best to escape the frantic crowd eager to get some information, which they believe I have. I quickly make my way to the building.I manage to enter safely without losing a shoe or, worse, a strand of hair. Such crazy people. What the hell do they want? I think they must have the wrong building. While there are models here, they are not famous. Perhaps they have mistaken me for a celebrity, as if that were even possible."Audrey," Nelly says as she rushes towards me, albeit a bit hindered by the high heels she's wearing. However, she doesn't stumble or falter on her way. "Did you see the chaos outside?" She points with her hand towards the windows."Don't even remind me," I sigh, still recovering from the commotion outside. I had to run to reach the door and I was out of breath. I definitely
Six months later. It's been a few months since Daniel and I reconciled. We had sex several times that same night, of course not at my parents' house anymore. I'm taking her back home that same night. He asked me to live with him in his apartment, I told him that it was too early to take that step as well as to get married. I did not reject his marriage proposal, but I asked him for some time to get to know us more, and it's not that I have doubts about him, it's just that I don't want to skip the part of courtship and stop enjoying moments that we can experience while we are engaged. Like this moment right now, he's taking me to his parents' house for dinner. The truth is I've gotten used to it, I've started to tolerate his mother, she's not as nosy as before, because there's no complaint about his father, I've always liked that man. The moment he parks his car in the driveway of the big house, I make sure that there are several cars in the same place. "You didn't inform me that it
AUDREYHe dips his tongue inside my mouth, pushing and looking for mine. He is so passionate, I had wanted so much for him to kiss and touch me again like he is doing now. Every second that passes while he has me like this, stuck to him, my knees get weaker, my breathing gets short, while my body demands for more.We parted, panting, and let our foreheads rest against each other."Daniel, not here, my parents could arrive at any time. "I say with difficulty."I remember that your mother said that it would be late to come back" a mischievous smile lights up on her face.I sigh, longing, while also smiling."Seriously, they may come at some point. "I take control. I turn away from him a little, but longing for him more."I've been daydreaming, wishing to have you, as well as now and then make love to you" my eyebrows rise, but she smiled a little. "I fantasized a million times, leaning over my office desk or on the kitchen table of my house to fuck you hard; I've imagined you on top of
AUDREYMy mom and I are cooking dinner while a Whitney Houston song is playing on my music player. My mother is a fan of her music, I really like it too, because since I was a child I have been used to listening to it because of the woman who gave me life.I accept that I have been trying to focus on everything that my parents have offered me since I came home, but my mind always ends up somewhere else, far away from here, and that has had me very overwhelmed.Mom offered me to go out with her several times, she even called some old friends of mine from school to accompany me in case I didn't feel comfortable going out with my mother to a place that young people frequent, that's how she said. But the truth is, that was not the reason why I refused his invitation, but because I don't have the courage to even stick my head out.What a fun holiday, sarcasm is never lacking.If Nelly were with me right now, she would definitely be in some bar or some place she usually goes to every Friday
DANIEL"What does this mean? "I reply annoyed, but not with him, but with me for not having known earlier.But if she didn't tell me how would I know?I move my hand quickly over the mouse, opening files and going down and up to examine them again and again. I don't know how many times I've checked them already. I know what it means, but what I'm still not fully informed about is how this got into the hands of that asshole.I'm trying to steal Audrey's ideas. These files prove it. They all have her signature, they are designs and advertising ideas, with her watermark, but they are not noticeable, what if it is, is the way she details everything in each idea or information of each project. It is clear that these works are hers, she would recognize them from miles away."Jonathan Sand, he went to plant in my office, showing me his new plan of ideas for the advertising department" he makes in quotes with his fingers. It's clear that Fabian also noticed this guy's deception." I don't know
DANIELIt's been almost a month since she left and even though I've counted every day since that time, I didn't do anything to stop her, I just let her go and that's it. I received his resignation a few days after he left, I found out from Margarita when I returned from my trip, he had gone out to resolve the matter regarding the person who is behind the scandal. We haven't achieved anything yet, but Ben, and other lawyers, say that they will soon get to the root of everything.I hope so. I'm exhausted and without energy, I haven't even been able to sleep well since before our secret came out. Because my problem didn't start there, but when I saw those damn photos where she let that guy into her apartment, and the image of her in my mind when they were kissing in the nightclub where I found her that night."I've known you almost since we were kids, Daniel. You can't fool me. "finally articulates Henry, who had come to see me about the investigation and decided to spend a moment more t
AUDREY"What? "Exclaims Nelly extremely surprised. "Why are you going to do that? have you gone crazy in case?I am looking for the most appropriate words to explain to him, before he insults me and believes things that are not."Don't worry, it's part of the plan to unmask him and his girlfriend that."Plan? what are you talking about?" She cocks her head, looking confused.He definitely won't understand me if I don't give him the details. I sigh before I let everything out to her. She's my friend and I won't hide from her what I'm about to do before I leave."Tomorrow I will go to the company to get some things that I forgot, then I will go down to the advertising floor and look for the director of that department. "Nel looks at me with a raised eyebrow in questioning mode, still not fully understanding, I continue." I will give him what he wants, but without really giving him what he is.Well, the part about me going for something is a lie, but she doesn't have to know that, it doe
AUDREYThe sound of the doorbell ringing at my apartment takes me away from what I was doing to go and open. I don't know who's on the other side, I just open up thinking maybe it's Nelly, forgetting something.I open the door and I get an unpleasant surprise when I see this person standing in front of me. What the hell is he doing here?I'm about to close the door in her face, but she avoids it quickly and pushes her."Get the hell out of my house!" I yell at him."I'm not leaving here until I release what I've got in store," says the oxygenated witch "Jon's finally made up his mind, and he's let me tell you everything at once." We already got what we wanted, there's no reason to keep silent anymore" he shrugs his shoulders with an unimportant gesture.What, Jon what?I leave her, I don't do anything to close the door in her face again, I need to know at once what they want.I never imagined that Jonathan was entangled in some kind of mess with this witch. I knew what they had, but I
AUDREYI head down to the ground floor and make my way to the exit to leave the building. My steps echo against the shiny beige tile. Nelly catches up to me before I reach the double glass doors."Audrey," she follows my pace."Not now, Nelly," I respond without stopping.When I exit, I catch sight of Mr. Anthony's car parked at the entrance. I approach it when I also see him. He's not alone; a man accompanies him. Nonetheless, I close the distance to get to where he is."Sir," I call him, and he turns as soon as I mention him. "May I speak with you?" He glances at the man accompanying him. "It will only take a minute; I won't take up much of your time," I add with a brief smile. He signals with his hand for us to move away from his guest and other people.I know that man; well, I've seen him a few times coming to the company, although I have no direct contact with the partners, I know he's one of them, a very important one, and a friend of Mr. Anthony."What's going on, Audrey?" He a
AUDREYWe are alone now. What do I do, what do I say? Should I start talking and clarify things about Jon? I'm tired of that topic, but there are still many things to sort out.I sigh and gather my courage before speaking, but he beats me to it."Leave," he orders disdainfully. I furrow my eyebrows and shoot him a fierce look. He notices that I don't move and finally locks his eyes on me. "Didn't you hear?"He's behaving rudely and curt. I'm not here to endure any more dismissals and rudeness. I've had enough of the witches. Suddenly, I stand up, not taking my eyes off him."I thought we could reason with you, but I've just realized you're still the same jerk," I say, furious but not losing my composure too much.I turn sharply and start walking towards the door."It's all over, Miss Turner," I stop when I hear him, not turning, just standing there. "There's nothing left to fix, as my father indicated," he emphasizes the words. "There's nothing more to say. Now all that's left is to c