Vivienne gasped in disbelief as she gave Xavier an accusing look. "Brother! How can you scheme like this behind my back?""Isn't it because everyone is worried about you?" retorted Xavier as he tried to soothe her ruffled feathers. "And no one is scheming. We as a family just want to stand behind you as a support which you don't allow us to do so.""My own parents didn't care about supporting me," said Vivienne with no unnecessary expression on her beautiful face. Her eyes looked slightly dazed as she went on, "I don't know why you as a distant relative want to always protect me.""Who told you to be so adorable?"Vivienne almost rolled her eyes at him when she heard that. She refused to believe his words and was just wondering how they even knew that she'd eventually settle down in LA. For a period of time, she also noticed subtle details that the White family's movements were increasing in LA. She didn't expect that her intuition was right. This family truly was filled with unusual
Vivienne had already started to think about what she could order for lunch. Food had become her biggest motivation to live over the years. Trying out new dishes filled her with excitement that was undeniable. Vivienne's eyes were sparkling as she was going through the menu mentally. That's when her eyes suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure. "Rory!" she called out without thinking at all.Aurora had just returned to ask Sierra if she was going out for lunch when she heard that familiar voice. She looked over her shoulder and seeing Vivienne, she paused. Suddenly, Sierra's earlier words rang out in her head. The beautiful woman who came to see Xavier was Vivienne. Aurora's lips upturned into a bright smile when she realized this.Perhaps, Aurora didn't even know herself that she felt relaxed and happy knowing that it was Vivienne who came to see Xavier and not any other woman. Her heart was bubbling with joy but she attributed this fact to the surprise of seeing her best friend h
Today at Elysion Game Studio, the meeting room had an unusual atmosphere. It was not difficult to see the eye contact between the members of the team but the one presiding over the meeting had no clue because he was too busy keeping an eye on his phone. Even when the design department was discussing the new design proposal for the new map in their game, Noah's mind wasn't on it at all.His girlfriend hadn't contacted him all day!Noah was feeling so helpless and annoyed too. Vivienne seemed to have forgotten that she had agreed to be his girlfriend. He just saw his employee talking to his girlfriend during the lunch break as they talked about what they had for lunch. Even though their conversation made no sense most of the time, they seemed happy. But he was sulking because his girlfriend didn't even send him a text message much less calling him. Who knew what she was busy with that she forgot even his existence? It was rather worrying. It seemed his presence was too in Vivienne's li
Vivienne had a lot of fun with Aurora. She picked her up from work, then went shopping, watched a movie together, had dinner and so much more. It was already close to 11 o'clock when they got back. As Aurora's car closed in towards the door of Vivienne's house, she narrowed her eyes and asked Vivienne, "Were you supposed to meet Noah?""No," answered Vivienne. "Why are you asking?""He is here," Aurora gestured with her chin and Vivienne also looked up.Vivienne's eyes widened when she found Noah's car parked in the driveway. Noah was currently leaning against the car, seemingly waiting for her. Vivienne was so surprised to see him here as she didn't even know that he was coming. Why was he here? And was he waiting for her? Why? How long had been waiting outside? When did he even come?As soon as the car stopped, Vivienne unfasted the seatbelt and alighted down. She trotted to Noah's side looking at him with questioning eyes. "You took long enough to come back," commented Noah as he
"Yes, yes, I will listen to you," Noah was particularly obedient in front of her right now. He could tell that she was feeling distressed over the fact that he had waited outside for her for so long. So, he placed his hand over hers against his cheek and told her honestly, "Actually, I was waiting inside the car for you and while waiting, I also got some work done. I wasn't just foolishly standing here like a statue to wait for you. You don't have to feel so bad."Vivienne didn't feel better listening to him. "No matter what, waiting is waiting. It would have been more comfortable to work inside.""I'll remember that from now on."Aurora didn't come over immediately and just watched the scene from the side for a while. She could faintly hear what they were speaking from her position and got the gist of the situation. Actually when Vivienne told her that she was gonna move back to LA, Aurora was faintly worried. Because it was unavoidable that Vivienne would run into Noah again in this
Aurora followed Vivienne inside the house and they started preparing to sleep now. It was already too late at night, they had too much fun earlier, and Aurora still had to get to work tomorrow morning. So, even if Vivienne could sleep in, she won't disturb Aurora's rest.Vivienne was busy with her nightly skincare routine when she heard a knock at her bedroom door. She went to open the door and found Aurora standing there. "What happened? Do you need something?""No," replied Aurora as she naturally entered Vivienne's bedroom. "I thought we could sleep together tonight."Vivienne raised her brows at Aurora but she didn't refuse either. She might have refused others but not to her best friend. They had often slept together so she was used to Aurora's presence. "Do you mind?" Vivienne closed the door and looked at Aurora who sat at the edge of the bed. "Why would I mind this? It isn't our first time sleeping together."Aurora smiled at her and said, "But I think your boyfriend will min
Aurora and Vivienne lay down on the bed together ready to sleep. Vivienne turned off the lights with only a little lamp left turn on. "You can keep the lights on," said Aurora considerately as she knew that Vivienne didn't like darkness. One could see this from the fact that even now, the whole house was brightly lit and it'd stay this way till this morning. She knew that Vivienne purposely bought this house with such huge windows and glass walls that could bring in the natural light during the day and make the house feel brighter and spacious."No, it's okay. You can't sleep with the lights on," Vivienne also didn't want Aurora to consider her habits so much. "I just told you to be selfish!"Vivienne chuckled and said, "It's okay. With you around, I can really manage with the lights off. I'm not forcing myself to be considerate of you.""You're stubborn," commented Aurora."So are you," retorted Vivienne. They lay in silence for a while before Vivienne called out to Aurora asking
Aurora woke up from a call. It was an unknown number and no one spoke after the call connected. Aurora didn't pay attention to it at all. She extended her hand toward Vivienne's side but felt the empty space. Feeling the cold temperature, she knew that Vivienne had gotten up long ago.Aurora looked at the time which was just hitting a little past 6 in the morning and frowned at her. She sat up and rubbed her eyes before patting her cheeks to wake herself up a little. She was too sleepy right now after all the fun last night. She didn't know where Vivienne was going or for how long she had been up.She tied up her hair and got up. She first checked the balcony as Vivienne seemed to really like sitting here when she had nothing to do. But right now, she wasn't here. Aurora went out of the bedroom and came to stand outside the studio door. She hesitated before knocking and only then did she open the door slightly to peek inside.Vivienne seemed to have not heard her knocking on the door