He leaned back on his chair and answered, "It's you I'm in love with," He confessed.
"Heh?" She shouted in horror as she jumped up from her seat.
"No, no, that's not possible, we've only met for like three times?" She frowned, "It's Ivana, definitely her," She tried to convince him. "Let's do this again, hmm?"
Arielle packed her clothes in a small bag as they were going for a two day trip to the countryside as Reece had to go on a meeting with a client there, she got changed into a white shirt and blue jeans pant, she adorned a black jeans jacket she then turned her head to the empty bed and sighed, she hadn't seen her boss since she woke up, last night she had asked him to go with her and help her patch things up between Reece and Ivana, but he flatly refused and went to sleep. She had called Ivana, even she refused to listen to her, "At this rate looks like I'm going to end up getting married to Reece," She heaved a sigh in frustration.
After Reece and Ivana were out of the meeting room, Arielle rushed to them, "Work's done, now let's go have some fun!" She cheered. "Let's go on a hike," She pointed at the tall hill opposite to the resort."Let them breathe first," Eiden passed a taunt as he walked and stood beside her, "Let's have the breakfast first?" He suggested. Arielle's stomach growled in response, Eiden chuckled, "Miss forever hungry," He poked his finger on her forehead. "Hehe," She smiled meekly.At the breakfast table, Arielle prepared the plates for her main leads as they were sitting next to each other turning their faces away, "Here, have this, Reece," She placed the plate in front of him, "And this is for Ivana," She placed another plate on the table and smiled at them."Thanks," Reece smiled back at her."Ahem," Eiden cleared his throat as he eyed them in disapproval."Let me get yours too boss," She smiled at Eiden and rushed to
While Eiden and Arielle raced ahead, Reece and Ivana were left behind. The awkwardness in the air was suffocating, Reece decided to take an initiative, "Hmm," He cleared his throat, he was about to say something but Ivana speeded her pace."Hey!" Reece called out to her as he jogged to her side, "can we please talk?" He asked her, without giving him a single look she continued climbing up.
"hey!" Reece called out to Ivana but she refused to listen, she just marched ahead. Reece heaved a sigh as he gave up on trying to make a conversation with her, he just followed her quietly."We're just going around in circles, just where is this place?" Ivana kicked a tree in frustration.Reece shook his head as he watched her vent her anger on the poor tree, he clicked his tongue, "Tsk, Tsk."She snapped her head in his direction and glared at him. He just shrugged and roamed his eyes anywhere but to meet her gaze. She rolled her eyes and looked at the trail in front of her, she heaved a sigh before continuing on the path.After a few hours of going around in a circle, she covered her eyes from the glare of the sun, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat down on the shade as she leaned against the tree.Reece walked to her and offered her the water bottle, she turned her head away, he squatted to her level and
After a sleepless night, they all gathered for the breakfast, Arielle rubbed her eyes, she shook her head trying to keep herself awake, after placing the foods on her plate, she turned to go but almost bumped into someone, "Sorry," She looked up only to meet eyes with the one she wanted to avoid. "Boss," She muttered before averting her gaze before he could speak a word, she slipped away.Ivana turned around and seeing their interaction, she narrowed her eyes, Eiden heaved a sigh and took his plate, he then saw Ivana giving him a weird look, "Good morning?" He raised a brow."Good morning," She replied with a smile but her smile vanished as soon as she saw Reece coming their way, Seeing her Reece's face broke into a smile he opened his mouth to say something, "Excuse me," She ran away before Reece could utter a word.Reece let out a deep sigh.***While returning, Arielle wanted to ask Ivana to join her in the back seat but when E
After Ivana left, Arielle was left alone with her thoughts, she sighed as she went back to her bed, skipping her breakfast. After spending the entire morning inside her bed when her stomach asked for food, she dragged herself out of the bed and made her way to the kitchen, she sat with her plate in front of her but despite being hungry she had no interest in the food, she had been picking on it. She had her elbow on the table with her chin in her hand. She heaved a deep sigh.She closed her eyes but her eyes shot open when she heard his voice, "Ms. Forever hungry, why are you picking on your food?"She blinked at her boss who was sitting opposite her, "What are you..." She then trailed off, she closed her eyes and shook her head, when she opened them, he was gone."Whoa!" Arielle got goosebumps. "I need some glucose in my system, I've started hallucinating!" She grabbed her spoon and stuffed the heated waffle inside her mouth.After fini
"That woman, she tried to buy me, she wanted to take her money and leave her son alone, how cliche is that?""Sorry about that," Arielle lowered her head."Why are you sorry when that b*tch isn't!" Ivana narrowed her eyes at her."Cause I'm the writer," Arielle shrugged her shoulders."Writer?" Ivana cocked her head to the side."Remember I promised to fess up everything, I think it's time, Ivana, I know it's hard to believe what I'm going to say but please be patient, I'll explain everything to you. The truth is this world is the world I created, in short, we're inside my novel," She confessed.A burst of laughter tore the silence in the room, "Nice one," Ivana laughed out aloud."I know it's hard to believe but it's true," Arielle let out a nervous laugh."Oh, so we're inside your novel?" Ivana bit her lips as she tried to stifle her laugh."Hmm," Arielle nodded."
Ivana was having a hard time processing all the newly found information, she was a character of a novel and the writer was sitting right in front of her. This was just too absurd!!"Ivana? Iva?" Arielle waved her hand in front of her face that brought her back from her thoughts. "Are you okay?" Arielle rubbed her back."I don't know," She sighed covering her face with her pa
A month later,Eiden threw the file on the floor in frustration, "What are you doing, boss?" His secretary entered the room with another set of files, Eiden yelled in frustration, "Take that away from my eyes!""They're due tomorrow, so you need to have a look at them by today," His secretary argued."Argh!" He pulled his hair in frustration. "Should I just quit this all and just be a book store owner?" He asked his secretary with a serious look on his face."You don't have the luxury to play hooky," His secretary replied with a straight face."Look at this, we were supposed to go out on a date but I have this amount of work" He looked at the stacks of files on his table, "she flatly rejected me" He complained."I'm glad that she is a good influence on you," Jerry smiled at him."Excuse me?" Eiden narrowed his eyes at him."I mean I have a good idea, boss," His secretary cleared his thr
They cuddled against each other in the bed, she clung on to his shirt holding it tightly, "What?" he raised his brows at her, "I'm scared you'll disappear," She spoke in a sad voice. He then pulled her closer in a tight hug, placing a kiss on her hair he whispered, "Go to sleep, I'll be right here." He gently stroked her hair, enveloped by his warmth her eyes grew heavy, slowly her lids began to drop, with her eyes shut she slowly surrendered to herself to sleep.When her breath grew slow and regular, he smiled down at her caressing her face he tucked the strands of her hair behind her ear. Pressing his soft lips on her forehead he whispered, "Good night"The next morning, Elle stirred at the chirping of the birds, the cool breeze blew on her face, she smiled as she threw her arm over the other side of the bed, she frowned when her arm landed on a huge pillow, her eyes flew open and she sat up abruptly. She frantically ran her eyes around the room but couldn't fi
"What do we have in the schedule?" Eiden asked his secretary, slipping inside the back seat of his car."The book launch," Jerry answered him as he took the driver's seat."Let's go ahead with it, then preparations have been done?" Eiden asked, "Ms. Williams looked over everything," Jerry replied with a smile. "Our Irene did the arrangements?" Eiden raised his brows, "Hmm, let's go and have a look then," Eiden leaned back against the leather seat as they drove off. As soon as they entered the gate, Eiden kept aside his laptop and pulled his suit from the hanger, getting out of the car he downed the suit and climbed the stairs, he paused for a moment, "This looks familiar," he cocked his head to the side. "Boss?" His secretary looked at him with concern, Eiden shook his head and climbed up the rest of the stairs. But the more he went in the more he found it familiar, when he entered the hall, it hit him clear, he then turned around and asked his secretary, "what did you say the name
The portal disappeared along with his Elle, "She's gone..." he whispered into space, tears streamed down his eyes, "she's really gone..." He hung his head as he buried his face on his palms. He felt a sudden piercing pain in his heart, his face twisted in pain as he clutched his hand to his chest, suddenly he saw a sharp glare, his vision darkened as he dropped down on the floor, the honking of cars pierced his ears, he covered his ears, his head throbbed with pain as the noise in his ear worsened, with a sharp pain on his chest he lost his consciousness. The glare of the sun on his face made him stir from his slumber, the beeping of the machine rang in his ears, with his eyes slowly adjusting to the bright light, the white ceiling came into his view."Where?" He tried to get up but a sharp pain on the sides of his chest pushed him back into the bed. "Oww," He tried to move his hand but his hands refused to move, they felt so weak. "Are you awake?" A worried face came into his view,
Elle sat at her table and stared at the laptop, “A romance novel, eh?” She heaved a sigh shaking her head, “What the point it was all cliche, he ate my ears complaining how bad it was.” She pouted sulkily. She opened the laptop regardless and placed her fingers on the keyboard, she closed her eyes and took a deep sigh, “Fine, let’s give it a go,” She nodded determinedly. With the start of the novel, her fingers moved in a flow, the words went in a flow, she spent her day and night in front of the laptop, 3 weeks later, her book was done, she wiped her tears as she stared at her completed manuscript. “Whoa!” Tasha yelled from behind, “What the hell have you been doing?” She blinked at the condition of the room, there were stacks of cup noodles at the side, there were tissues scattered on the floor, her best friend looked like a zombie with the dark bags under her eyes.“I’m done,” Elle hit her head on the table. “What?” Tasha cocked her head to the side, “I'm done with my new book,”
A month later,"Wow! The book launch will be held here?" Tasha got out of the car and stared at the grand Ace hotel.
"No!" Arielle woke up screaming, she flinched as the lights burned her eyes, her eyes were swollen from the crying, her eyeballs hurt by the glare of the bright morning sunlight."What happened?" Her best friend opened the door perturbed. She looked at her best friend and began to sob, "again?" Her best friend closed the distance between them and pulled her into a hug. "Can't you tell me what's wrong?" She asked her rubbing her back as she sobbed in her arms. "I can't see you like this, you won't even tell me what's wrong?"The only answer she got was a whimper from her as she cried vigorously.It ha
Eiden carried her on his back as they went home, “Eiden…” She muttered, “hmm?” He groaned, she tightened her arms around him, “I don’t want to go back,” She muttered as tears streamed down on her cheeks. He carried her to their room and gently placed her on the bed, helping her to bed, he sat on the side and stared at her, he
The light turned on and everyone came out with the balloons on their hands, "Surprise!" They screamed.Arielle flinched clinging to Eiden's arm, she then slowly opened her eyes, "Guys?" She was surprised to see Reece, Ivana, Joe there, even Tom was there.