[Christmas]
The driver stopped me here in front of this huge building that precisely that the address in the card. I can't say anything but to feel amaze on how can he manage this Earl Grey. He still young at his features but already running a company. Duke is so damn lucky that he don't have to suffer in finding money.
“Hey!”
My attention was caught when the security guard standing at the entrance shouted. He is walking now towards me and I started to panic a little. What did I do?
“This is not a waiting area,” he said.
“Ah-ahm, actually, I ain't waiting.” I gripped my lower lip. “I am here to see Duke. Is he here?” I asked.
His brow arched for a second like a damn woman. “Do you have an appointment to him?”
“A-appointment?” I asked stupidly.
“Yeah, appointment.”
“I don't have an app–”
[Lorie] I am now here in the Parlor making my look elegant for our dinner tonight. I don't know but I feel like this is it. The love I'd been waiting all my life. I think that Carlos has a crush on me that's why he asked me for a dinner. My charm still working even I am already at my 30's, huh?“Lor, where are you going anyway?” asked of Denden who is the one fixing me here. He is my first friend since I made up my mind to moved here in Orlando.“A man asked me a dinner earlier,” I answered proudly at him.He suddenly turn around the swivel chair I am sitting in to him. “Hey, Lorie, don't lie to me. It is not funny!”I laughed at him. “Why? Don't you want to believe that someone is finally asked me a dinner?” I asked and turned back the swivel chair facing at the wall mirror. I am now wearing a black bodycon matching my black stilleto.“For real, Lorie?”
[Christmas] I left here alone in Duke's office because he have to answer an important call in the meeting room that is only at the next door. We just done eating our lunch and I'm still drinking the Espresso that his secretary bought. The way Cheena look at me as she gave my Espresso, seems she wants to kill me with her stares. It was pretty obvious she doesn't like me. I heaved a sign as I leaned my back in the couch, sipping the last drop of my Espresso. I waited Duke almost 15 minutes before he came back wearing his frown face. My forehead knotted as I watched him heading at his desk. He sat in his swivel chair, massaging his temple like I wasn't here.“Ahm, what's the problem?” I asked and if I didn't speak he wouldn't notice me.Duke immediately stood up at his seat and slapped his forehead. “I'm sorry, Christmas, I forgot that you were here.” He apologized and wa
[Christmas] We stay almost one hour and thirty minutes in my count before we arrived on a quite village. Yeah, it's quite because only trees I can see here and there are only few house I saw since we enter. We stop here in a huge gate that made if wood and it is suddenly opened.“How did the gate opened? Who opened it? I can see no one,” I asked while he is entering the car.“I have this remote control.” Duke showed me the small thing he used. “You close the gate.” He gave me the remote control.“Which here is the close?” I asked staring at the red and green button.“The red one.”I pressed the red button and look back if the gate is going to close. A smile formed on my face as I saw it closed. “This is amazing.” I said and give back the remote control but he didn't mind. “Ahm, are we not going out?” I asked because he is just staring at me that made me fee
[Christmas] I woke up with Duke's arm around my waist from the back. A smiled form in my lips and slowly turn around to see him. I am now facing the handsome guy that I didn't expected to be with me.“Hmm, good morning, sunshine,” he said and slowly open his eyes.“Good morning.”“How are you?” he asked, looking at my eyesI chuckled. “Are you asking me if how was last night?”“Hmm.” He acted seems he is thinking. “Yea, something like that.” He chuckled.“Ahm, yo-you-” I gripped my lower lip as I feel embarrass. What happened last night is still fresh on me. “Is it necessary for me to answer that?”“Yea, because I am asking and it's a question,” he answered and I can feel his one hand moving at my boobs.“Duke!”“Hahaha! I'm sorry. I just can't help it.” He pulled me closer to him. “S
One year later...[Lorie]“Any news about your niece, hmm?” Carlos asked while standing at the balcony with his cigarette.“I never heard of her since the day she told me she was sick,” I answered and of course it was only a lie.“Tsk. Where she would be right now? I already found her and she is gone again,” he said madly. Carlos have been looking for Christmas and there is no day that he didn't ask me about her. He gives me a hundred times of question in a day like as if I care. His too much obsess with her to the point when we are having sex instead of calling my name he is calling her name. What the fuck is wrong with this man? Before Christmas left here in Orlando, she come to my old house and thank God I am not with Carlos that moment. That's why he didn't know and I don't have neither a plan to tell him. My niece is with his prince charm
[Christmas]Beep! Beep! Beep!“Hmm.” I started looking at the alarm clock in the night table in my side without opening my eyes. As I found it, I turned it off and face back to Duke who is still sleeping. “Good morning.” I whispered, playing my fingers at his naked chest.“Hey, Baby, stop doing that.” He moaned but I didn't stop tickling his well build chest.I came closer to him and goes on his ear. “Time to wake up lazy, Mr. Grey.” I whispered.Duke chuckled. “You aren't really going to stop, Mrs. Grey?” He asked and finally his eyes already awake.“Not until you wake up,” I said, “But since you already awake, I will stop now.” I added and I'm about to get off in the bed when he suddenly pulled me back in my pillow.“Where are you going?” he asked while his arm is around my waist.“I'm going to make you a breakfast, Duke. You are going at your com
[Christmas]Ring! Ring!“Hello, Duke,” I started as I answered his call. He might be on his way home now.“How is my Baby, hmm?” he asked.“I'm fine. Are you on your way now?”“I'm still here in the factory. I'm going to wait first the new machines before I go home,” he explained.“So, you won't make here in our dinner?” I asked, looking at the food I cooked in the dining table.“I'm going to have dinner with you. I'm just waiting for the machines then I will go home right away. Don't be sad there okay?”“I'm not sad,” I replied.“But you sounded.”“I'm just tired that's it,” I lied but I'm not really sad. There is just something running on my head.“Did you go to the grocery with our neighbor?” His voice is always in a calm like he doesn't have any problem.“Yea, I already bought o
[Lorie] I am here now at the balcony of my unit, holding the cup of my coffee. The wind is swirling into me but I am wearing my robe that's why I didn't get freeze in cold. I am watching the view up here and every cars and people moving down are so tiny. My unit is on the 8th floor of this condominium that is why everything are small. There is no chance to survive if I fell here.I shook my head. “What am I thinking?” I made a little sip at my coffee.Ring! Ring! I headed inside as I heard my phone ringing. My forehead knotted when I saw who is in my caller ID. It is my niece, Christmas. This is the first time she called me. We never have a conversation since the last we see each other in my old house. I never said sorry to her when I did not attend at her wedding but I know she understand it.“Hello Auntie,” Christmas started as I answered the call.
[Carlos] I drive the van fast to reach him and I am now here on his left. I bumped his car going to the right that is why he doesn't have any choice to change route. The path is taking us away from the city and this seems going from a working place.“Give up, Duke!” I bumped his car going on the side.“No! I won't let you win this!” Duke replied and bumped me also on my side, “You'll kill me first!” he drives the car fast and I left behind because the van is not capable on that kind acceleration.“He is now on his way in the abandoned warehouse,” Vincent said and they still following him with the lights of the helicopter. I changed the magazine of my gun and goes down as I arrived on this abandoned warehouse. Duke's car is parked messy and the door of the trunk left open. He might have her inside that's why I followed. There is no lights coming from the inside
[Carlos] When the cars in front of us gone, Vincent and the others came back. They goes out in the elevator not far away from where we are and they are running towards us. They start looking for them as they come to us but they are already too late.“Where are they now?” Vincent asked pertaining to Master Yorkshire.“They just gone,” Vick answered.“We just came here for nothing,” I said in disappointment, “Now that Master Yorkshire convinced not to help Duke, the asshole were gone. They are gone! Where are we going to look for them again? Are we going to travel again in other country to find that asshole and my wife?!”“Calm down, Bro,” Luis said, “I know this is frustrating but you need to put yourself all together.”“The question here is, how Grey found out that we are coming here?” Vincent suddenly asked.“Maybe someone told him before we ar
[Carlos] I woke when someone shake my body and it was Luis who is already awake. I looked at him in my forehead knotted and quickly sit properly on my seat. I don't know how much long I had been sleeping but I guess we are going to land now in Tokyo.“Are we going to land now?” I asked.“Not yet it's 10:00 now in the morning and we have still more hours to go,” Luis replied.“I thought we already going to land.”“I just wake you up because we are going to have our breakfast,” he said.“Hmm, okay,” I replied and glimpsed a second outside the window. Luis and I get off on our seat and walk towards the table where the others are now. The flight attendants start serving our foods in the table and we take our time eating silently. The flight attendants also served a breakfast for the two pilots inside. After we eat, they took off a
[Carlos]“So, the reason why they didn't caught here in London because they were in Japan?” I asked while looking what is in the inside of the folder.“Yes, and my nephew, Benjie just call me this earlier and he found out that the airport they used to go there is the private sector of Yorkshire,” Vincent answered.“Yorkshire?” Luis suddenly said.“What? Do you know what is it?” I asked him.“Not that I know but it's just familiar to me,” Luis replied, “If I'm not mistaken, Lisa told me about that Yorkshire family. She were once invited on a party with them and they are the most powerful mafia in Japan,” he explained.“Yea, Luis is right,” Vincent agreed, “But how does your wife knew about them?” he asked.Luis laughed. “My wife is closely related to the Yorkshire, his grandfather rather. She is a half japanese.” He replied.“Oh, I see.” Vincent nodd
[Carlos]Ding dong! Ding dong! I pressed the doorbell as we finally arrived on their home. We're glad that we had a Google map that help us to find our way back here. It took us a minute of waiting before the door opened. Britney was in front of us and her eyes darted on what we are holding.“You two are back,” Britney said casually.“Yea, and we got something,” I said pertaining to the chocolate muffins and cookies that we bought for them. Britney closed the door as we got in and she walk with us through the living room where the rest are. Vincent is already home and they seems having a movie marathon together. I placed the box at the top of the coffee table and Luis did the same thing. We joined them as we sat on the couch.“What is this?” Brandon asked and goes to the boxes.“Chocolate muffins and cookies,” Luis answered hi
[Carlos] Before we start on finding who we looking for, we decided first to eat on a restaurant to satisfied our hunger. We are now here in Liman Restaurant and there are lot of people with us here at this moment. Everyone is busy on their food at thier table while we still waiting for our order because we just arrived here. We ordered a Lamb Shish, Chicken Kebab, Gnnochi, Seafood Linguine, Mussaka, Mash Potato and a Bloody Mary for our drinks. After waiting for almost a minutes, the crew serves our order in front of us. As they took the cover off, the smoke of new cook came out and the smell were good. I can't help to crave more on what I am seeing in front.“Enjoy the meal, gentlemen,” said of one of the crew before they leave us alone in our table.“The smell so good,” Luis said and start tasting his order.“That is what I thought also,” I replied and sipped a little first on my Bloody Mary be
[Carlos] In the next morning, we woke up early because Vincent will accompany us on his friend that will help us easily to find Christmas and Duke. Luis and I joined them again in the dining to take our breakfast and after that we leave in the house. Brandon rides with us because Vincent will take him in the school first while Britney rides with his own car heading on her university.“Are you going to stay long with us?” Brandon asked, sitting with me here in the backseat.“No, we're not going to stay that long,” I replied.“Why? Are you not enjoying here in London?” he asked again.I chuckled. “No, it's not like that.”“Then stay with us. We have rooms in the house that you can use.”“Brandon, they can't stay with us,” Vincent said while driving the car, “They had their own lives.”“Your daddy was right, Brandon. We have also l
[Carlos]Knock! Knock!"Knock! Knock!"My sleep was interrupted when a loud knock disturbed us. Someone also keeps on shouting outside while making the annoying knock like he has a plan to destroy the door. I slowly get off in the bed and Luis is covering his ears with the pillow, still sleeping in his position. As I got on the doorway, I opened the door and kid was standing in front of me. He is the one making the noise and in my guess, he is just seven."What is your name kiddo?" I asked and kneel to reach him."My name is Brandon," he replied."What a nice name, Brandon. Let me guess, Britney is your sister, right?"He nodded. "Yes and you are Carlos, right? My mom told me."I chuckled. "Yea, it is me and the one who sleeping there." I pointed Luis inside. "That is Luis, my friend.""Okay!""So, why are you knock
[Carlos]Silence fell upon us while we are on our way at Britney's house. We are already traveling for almost 30 minutes and i just woke from my short sleep. I am now looking again outside the window while my back were slouch on my seat that made me more sleepy."So, you two really came from Florida?" Britney broke the silence with her question."Yes, but we are really came from California," Luis answered her question."California, huh? So, why you two are in Florida?""I changed residence because of my wife and this my friend is just there because he is taking her wife back," Luis answered again to her.Britney glimpsed at me in rearview mirror. "So, what is this? Your wife has been took with someone? Kidnapped?""Worst than that," I replied on her."Hmm, is that so? So, why you two end up here in London?" she asked again.