"That would be all for today, we should all grab lunch it's my treat," Sonia said after a meeting with her employees and everyone's face immediately lit up... "What should we have for lunch?" Lana asked, all smiles, and Johnny shook his head... "My aunt told me about a really great restaurant at uptown... she even gave me a guest invite. " Sonai responded, and everyone couldn't be happier they decided to meet again in ten minutes... Johnny's eyes travelled from lana to juliet as they all walked out of the meeting room, except for a brief greeting early that day. Both ladies weren't really on speaking terms... and he could tell that lana was purposely trying to avoid juliet, while juliet looked like she didn't want to avoid her... it just made the atmosphere weird, and he wasn't the only one who seemed to notice it... "Are you going to keep avoiding juliet?" He whispered to lana as they walked back, lana stopped in her tracks and tilted her head to glare at her coworker. "I'm
"Maybe lana was mistaken," Juliet muttered to herself as she walked away from the bus stop after getting down from the bus.... It was late already and dark outside, but she couldn't stop thinking about Gina... she knew she wasn't mistaken. It was definitely the woman she saw at the boutique. The question was, how was this woman related to Alex? was she perhaps like a friend of his or maybe just an acquaintance of Michelle, his mother... she sighed deeply and ran her hand through her hair... "Or maybe a ex girlfriend" she muttered under Her breath and felt a small pang of jealously in her heart, but juliet immediately stomped on it... if she was an ex girlfriend them she had no reason to be jealous they were no longer together... But his mother definitely liked her for son, if they still hanged out together... "Gina's place," She said in a low voice. The boutique had been exceptional... Someone who shopped at such a place would be definitely well off like Alex... Juliet was so engros
"I can't leave you all alone here juliet come with me," Alex said when he got back to where juliet was waiting for him... "Alex, we have talked about this already," Juliet said, trying to decline, but Alex didn't agree... He would have someone install an iron bar and a new security system the next morning, but her safety was the main priority to him at that moment... "Please don't be stubborn, I can't keep thinking about what would have happened if I was here tonight... someone can easily get into your house. please come with me, " Alex persuaded... Juliet felt fear creep into her... what if after he left, someone really tried to break into her house... "I can stay at a hotel or something," She said to him, not wanting to follow him to his house... and Alex immediately saw through her... he nodded and decided not to argue with her anymore... He instead knew where he would take her... Alex followed juliet inside her house and waited for her to take a few things before they left toge
Alex stopped in his tracks when he was in the living room of his Penthouse... he walked to the glass walls and stood there staring at the night sky... his eyes were filled with sadness and worry... the sadness juliet had seen a glint of and which he hid from everyone... his heart felt heavy, and he couldn't shake off the feeling that something bad was going to happen... it didn't help that he kept remembering the time when he was little... The time when he had seen her in that room, laying there in her own pool of blood... he closed his eyes and gave his head a little shake, trying to shake off and push to the back of the mind the imagine that had disturbed him for over twenty years... He slowly started to feel that raw pain in his chest... a pain that made it hard for him to breathe... Alex turned and started to walk towards the couch... he sat by the floor close to the couch and closed his eyes, trying his best to steady his breath like his psychiatrist had told him to do... stea
Juliet's eyes slowly fluttered open, shs groaned and turned and closed her eyes again... it took her brain a few seconds to fully register that she wasn't in her room and then the memory of the everything came back to her... Her eyes flew open and she said "Alex!" he became fully awake when she realised she was in the room of Alex apartment and not in the living room like she had last remembered and not with Alex... she immediately got up from the bed and rushed to the door but as soon as she opened the door she saw Alex standing in front of her door... He was about to knock in her door... A bright smile appeared on his face "Good morning" He greeted and Juliet's eyes started to scan him... he looked well thankfully in contrast to the previous night... "How was your night" He asked... "it was okay... how did I..." She trailed off and Alex knew she was asking about how she got to the room... "I brought you here" Alex answer... he had woken up in the middle of the night, his he
"Have a great day," Juliet said to Alex when it was time for him to leave for work... Alex leaned closer and planted a brief kiss on her lips that left a pleased smile on her face... He didn't want to go to work and had almost stayed behind, but Juliet had completely been against it, stating that if he wanted their agreement to he valid, then he couldn't skip work... Alex had reluctantly agreed, and now that it was time for him to go, he didn't want to... He turned to leave and sighed deeply... "You are running late, Alex," Juliet said to him when he turned to look at her... "No one can complain if I'm late," Alex replied, and juliet playfully glared at him... She opened her arms for him, and he gave her a warm hug and planted a kiss on her temple... "Do you remember what I told you?" He said to her after breaking the hug... Alex took her hand in his "Yes, I remember Alex, this is the third time you are asking me... if I need anything, I just need to call Marc, and he will get i
"Why does he have to make things so awkward my confessing" Gina muttered and bit her lips as she she stood in front of Charles bar... Over a week has passed and every single time off she could think about was him. she turned away and had the feeling of dejavu... Everything with him had being hectic since the first day they met. "He is such a strange person" She muttered... "I wonder who this stranger person is" a voice broke through Gina's reverie causing Gina to almost yelp... "Charles" She said his name and swallowed... "I was told that someone was standing outside for a long time and I knew immediately who it was. Are you going to keep standing here or are you going to come in... you shouldn't have come here if you were going to keep avoiding me" Charles said to Gina and sighed deeply... He walked away into the bar and Gina hesitated a bit before following after him... she kept following in to they got to his private room in the bar... it was then that Charlie finally turned t
"What is it that you want to tell me... you can tell me..." Charles said when he was done talking... Gina opened her mouth to talk, but no words came out... How was she going to tell him about her troubled situation and how she might get engaged to someone else... "Are you perhaps in a relationship with someone?" Charles asked when a few seconds had gone by, and she didn't say anything... He then remembered that he never asked her if she was single and just automatically assumed she was... He wanted her to say no... "No, I'm not," Gina answered. She wasn't exactly in a relationship with anyone... she was just crossed between doing what her father wanted, which was getting engaged... "It's nothing serious, never mind." She decided not to say anything... even though she felt anxious and a bit guilty... All she had to do was cancel the date with Caroline's son, then maybe she would feel less guilty... then what about her father who thought she was with Alex... that was another case.