“I will take responsibility.”A voice that Lola had come to grow familiar with spoke up from his position on the leather couch. Lola stiffened and held the part of the blanket that covered a generous part of her body closer to herself. She tore her eyes away from the red patch on the bed. From his words, she knew that he must have also seen it. A twenty-two-year-old virgin. What did Noah Sanchez think of her? Pity?. Is that why he offered to take responsibility for her? Did Noah feel pity for her?Ignoring the pain between her legs, she got off the bed wrapped the blanket more tightly about her body, and pretended not to have heard him say a word.Noah held his breath. Lola’s silence was killing him and it made him more anxious than ever. Was she mad at him?.. Of course, she was.He stood up from the cushion, no longer able to sit still, and simply crossed the distance between them. The woman on the bed hurriedly shifted before he could reach her. She took some steps back just before
“I don’t want another contract with you Lola. Let’s do it properly this time, no contracts between us. A sincere relationship...”Noah’s words to her before her departure from the mansion had Lola choking up with tears again in the backseat of the vehicle that Noah had provided to take her back home. “Stop the car,” Lola ordered in a barely audible voice. The vehicle immediately came to a stop and halted at a park close to her apartment. Tony, who she had not seen in a long time was watching her from the passenger’s seat. He sighed and reached over to the back seat of the vehicle, he reached for the Kleenex box and handed it over to the teary woman in the backseat. “The weather is chilly ma’am.” Lola mumbled a grateful ‘thanks’ and accepted the tissue box from him, She wiped her face with some pieces from it and returned the box to its initial position. “I will take a walk from here.” Lola declared and gathered her stuff from the backseat, which included her little purse and a bag
“Miss Sanchez..” the designer’s assistant called with a slight bow and extended Xena’s phone to her once more. “You have another call ma’am.” the young woman said.“Thank you,” Xena said politely and received the phone. She picked up the call on its last ring while the designers worked on fitting the ropes of her corset from behind.“Xena.” Tyler’s voice called out from the other end of the line breathlessly. “Why would you pick the call up and hang up? Are you still mad at me?.”Xena scoffed. “Isn’t it amazing how you only manage to remember me after one whole week mister? What if I was already dead from our little scheme? You deserted me in the wild to suffer and ran home to a loving shelter.” She accused, her voice starting to rise. The designers continued with their work unconcerned with their client’s screaming.Tyler held a hand up to his forehead at the other end, helpless at Xena’s exaggeration of the whole matter while his other hand remained on his car’s wheel. “I’m sorry duc
“Hey, Princess.” Josh’s excited voice called from the other side of the line as the call connected. “Just got back to town. Should be with you in not more than an hour.”“Okay. See you there.” Lola said as the phone beeped. She tucked a falling strand of red hair behind her ear and squatted by the side of her desk. Pulling the drawer open, she took out a familiar golden chain with a ring pendant on it and pushed the drawer back inside.~“Hi, a reservation for Lola Coker please,” Lola said and waited as the restaurant’s attendant checked through the reservation list. It didn’t take long before her reservation was confirmed and he looked up at her again.“This way, miss.” The male attendant ushered with a smile, then he led the way to a table for two at the curve of the room. Lola settled into the comfortable seat, She opened her bag one more time to check for the little pouch containing the pendant and sighed on seeing that it was still very much in place.“Bo!.” A voice scared from
Tyler Harris’ keen eyes were concentrated on Xena’s restless hands as she roamed around his office, talking and lifting random objects from their places while he had no choice but to follow her around.His duty was simple.. to replace all the items she had lifted back to their same position.“Are you even listening to me?.” Xena asked as she replaced the miniature vase she had lifted back on the table and turned to face the man who was no longer contributing to her words.“Huh? Sure I ..am..” Tyler drawled as he shifted the vase to its initial position and turned to face the girl with a smile on his face. “Seriously?.” Xena asked, her eyes squinting as she complained. “You did only half the job yet your mind is somewhere else. Like what could be more important than this right now?.”Tyler sighed and grabbed Xena’s hands before she could reach out for yet another item in his well-arranged office. Then he led the girl to his leather couch and patted on the seat as he settled down beside
“CEO Sanchez?.” “CEO Sanchez...”Noah woke up his wandering mind and coerced his senses to concentrate on where he was at the moment. Not with Lola Coker or the constant reminder of her words, but in the largest boardroom in his company, where he was heading a very important meeting.“Yes? How many pieces do we have ready?.” He asked absentmindedly.The director of the marketing team who had provided an answer to that particular question barely ten seconds ago and the rest of the directors on board all stared at their absentminded CEO with widened eyes. Only Tyler had a slightly different expression on his face as he shook his head sideways instead at Noah’s unusual pathetic state.“The whole ten sir.” The director repeated and tried to push his luck, taking advantage of the CEO’s absent-mindedness to ease his task, he added. “Should we go ahead with mass production CEO Sanchez? Now that we have...”“If the whole ten pieces are ready, why are none of them here on display?.” Noah snapp
James watched as Lola hung up the call and raised an eyebrow. “Is Everything alright?.” He asked out of concern for her action.Lola gave him a tight smile, “Yeah. Everything is just fine.” She said and tugged a loose strand of hair behind her ear, hurriedly lifting her drink to sip from the glass.Her eyes wandered to the phone which started to ring again and her heart skipped a beat. Two weeks. That was how long it took for Noah Sanchez to reach out to her. Well it doesn’t matter now, she had no intentions of speaking to him as well.James swallowed hard as he watched her drink. He had asked her out to see if he could take the relationship between them up a notch. “Are you in a relationship Lola?.” James suddenly asked out of the blue.Lola slightly choked on her drink as she did not expect to hear such a question from James. James chuckled and patted her on the back gently. “Did I take you by surprise? I’m sorry.” He apologized as she stopped to cough.Lola shook her head sidewa
What just happened?Noah stared at Lola with hazy eyes. He burned on the inside with his desire for her, yet the little daredevil had slid off his lap in the heat of the moment, smirking like a fox as she left him hanging and confused to sink back into the passenger’s seat.“What?.” Lola suddenly asked with a frown and a raise of her eyebrow, both arms defensively crossed against her chest. “Oh, you thought a little peck-a-boo would make me change my mind about not wanting to date you?.”Noah: “.....” Peck-a-boo?. Did she just refer to his sincere confession as a childish game? He furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to make sense of the whole situation. Lola tried hard not to laugh at his helpless expression and managed to keep a straight face as she said. “It’s getting late, please take me back home.” ~Three vehicles were lined up behind the car which had halted abruptly by the roadside. The first vehicle was been occupied by some of Noah’s men including John and the chauffeur who w