ELENA"Are you sure this dress is okay?" I asked Jane, who just continued to ransack the hangers for more dresses.We had decided to go shop for our dresses a week earlier, just because we had been bored and Jane had been too excited to wait until the last minute.She stopped what she was doing and looked at me with a raised brow. "Of course it's okay. And you are not the one wearing it, so why have you been staring daggers at the dress?" She asked, rolling her eyes and going back to what she was doing.I sighed and eyed the dress in my hands before putting it down.I had a lot to say about the dress, and many reasons why she should not wear it to the ball.For one, it was very red. Secondly, it left little to the imagination, since it was see through. And finally, I knew my friend liked to dress provocatively on various occasions, but this was just too much.Besides, despite being a ball, it was still an office party."I'm not letting you wear this dress, Miss. It's just over the top
JASONI looked through the side mirror of my car, waiting patiently for Tyler to come out of the airport with our mother. For the umpteenth time, I had opented to drive, insisting on going to the airport to pick both of them. Since he was still in London, he had decided to come together with her. I couldn't help some of the memories that washed over me as I thought about the ball which was the next day. I had been so busy with all that had been happening, that I had actually not really thought about my father.As annoyed and angry as I was at him, I still loved him to pieces. And although I wasn't going to admit it anytime soon to anyone, I missed him. Terribly.The times we had spent together actually meant a whole lot to me.I peeped my brother and my mother stepping out, and got down from the car, just as Tyler was looking around for me. I didn't wait for them to spot me, before I was waving frantically at the pair."Over here." I called out to him, and watched as both he and my m
DELENA"What are you doing here?" I asked with a frown, trying to look behind him to see if he had come with Jason. But there was no car in the driveway, and he was standing with a bunch of papers in his hands."Uhmm...I came to give you some papers that are due first thing Monday morning, which I know is an odd day for everyone, since it is the day after the ball." Colton said with a frown on his face, then tilted his head back to look at me. "Why are you looking at me like you have seen a ghost?" He asked.Well, for one, I wasn't expecting him in my home by this time. "I just....what papers?" I asked, frowning as he pushed the said file to me. "Please come inside." I told him and flipped the files open."I gave them to you last week, but you said some information was missing from them, so I had them fixed and brought them, because they are due Monday morning. I wouldn't like to keep that damn man waiting. He has been hounding me about the deal." Colton said.They where indeed the sa
ELENA“So tell me, how was it like, working with Paul?” Mrs Richardson asked, not really looking at me as she busied herself with the steak in her plate. I had never seen someone eat so modestly in my entire life. She ate like she once lived in the palace or something.And the question she asked, wasn’t one I expected. I had been expecting her to bombard me with questions about my relationship with Jason.I cleared my throat and looked around until my eyes settled on Jason, who wasn’t looking at me, but seemed like he had stilled in reaction to the question his mother asked.“I uhmm…he was good. Quite demanding, but great over all.” I said. Not sure exactly how much I was supposed to say, but concluded that that would suffice.Jason’s mother paused and looked at me with a small smile. “You can say that again. I’ll tell you what..” she placed her fork down and put her attention on me. “I used to work with him when he just started the company. And even though I was his girlfriend at the
JASON“Tell me what it really was like, working for my father.” I asked, leaning back so I was resting on a stack of pillows, with Elena straddling me. When my mother had asked that question, I had felt like a weight had settled over my shoulders. Elena pulled away, just enough so she was now staring at me, with her hands wrapped around my neck while her fingers were in my hair.“I already answered that question..” she said with a small laugh, looking genuinely confused at me and my question.I nodded. “Vaguely. I want to know how it was working with him. I never got the chance to do so before he passed.” I told her, turning my gaze away from her.I knew she was frowning at me and my words but I didn’t look at her. I mean, I didn’t want her to see through me.“Well, he wasn’t exactly very open, and liked to take his job very seriously. I mean, working around him wasn’t tiring, but I can say I did learn a lot from him in our really short tine together.” She said.“Elena, I grew up wit
ELENAWait ..Was he serious?Did I hear him correctly?My heart thumped wildly in my chest as I stared at him in shock. Something grew within me until it burst, sending warmth all through my body in reaction to what he had just said."Jason....I...uh....huh?" I stammered, unable to say anything coherent.His eyes bore into mine with so much intensity that my eyes almost watered in reaction to his gaze."I said what I said, Elena." He said, licking his lips yet again. "I have fallen in love with you. And I know that this is not part of the agreement that you and I had, but I swear it happened so... suddenly...and I didn't realize it until_" his words were cut short when I stepped closer to him, leaving just a little space between us."I love you Jason." I said, feeling the butterflies swarm in my belly.Jason looked at me like I had just told him the biggest news ever, and in the blink of an eye, drew me to him and covered my lips with his in a kiss that spoke more than words could ev
JASONThe air outside the balcony was exactly what I needed to clear my head.I pulled the chair there as carefully as I could so I wouldn’t make any noise that could possibly wake Elena, and sat on it. My mind was racing.The dream I had just had, weighed heavily on my mind. Who my father was arguing with, remained a mystery to me till this day.I remembered asking my mother what had happened that day, and she had refused to answer me, telling me it was none on my business and that I shouldn’t ask my father about it.She had dragged me into my room and locked the door from inside, while she instructed me to get on the bed with Tyler who had woken up. After that, there were more shouts and loud crashes, before we had heard the front door bang so heavily, and then a car had driven out of the house after a few seconds. I remember being so scared, even when the house had become quiet. My mother had left shortly after, instructing us to stay put.But as the inquisitive kid I was, I had t
ELENA“You look stunning!” Jane said from behind me as she adjusted my coils behind my hair. All I could say was, the hairstylist had done a great job with my hair.I did look stunning, if I could say so myself. “You look beautiful too, Jane.” I told her, smiling at her through the mirror.“I must say, this is the first time we are actually taking this event seriously.” Jane laughed. “That’s because by time last year, you were single as fuck and a mere personal assistant.” She said with amusement, but I could only smile and shake my head.“Well, I guess we would try to have as much fun as we could, tonight, right?” I asked her smoothing out the emerald green dress I had picked from the boutique when we had gone shopping.I mean, it had looked great that day. But tonight, it looked like I was living my dream fairytale life.“Oh, very much so.” She answered, and left my back to go search for something in her bag. “Meanwhile, Tyler asked me to be his date for tonight.” I turned to face