"Am I interrupting something?" Jax asked innocently as he looked from Autumn's face to a glaring Perry and back to Autumn's. "I can excuse you if—" "It's totally fine, Jax," Autumn replied to him, making Perry's head snap in her direction immediately. It was one thing that he was angry at the disturbance already, and now, she told him that it was fine. He let out a loud scoff, making both heads look in his direction. Seeing that he had gained the attention of both of them, he turned to face Jax. "How may I help you?" "Oh," Jax shook his head gently and replied to him. "I'm here to see Autumn." "Why would you be asking to see my secretary at this time of the day when both of you ought to be at your desks working?" He asked Jax with raised eyebrows and folded his arms. "She forgot her handkerchief with me yesterday and I came here to return it," Jax simply replied, his voice and face still calm as ever. If it were another worker, he or she would have been fidgeting due to
"Miss Lucille," Perry replied to the lady calmly, trying his best to not make a fuss about the way he was being touched without his consent. One thing he hated after lies was unnecessary body touches, but he couldn't shun Lucille because she would most likely report him to her father . By doing this, her father would inform his father and something else could come out of it. Besides, she was the one her father had in mind to matchmaking him with when he and Gloria didn't work out. He took both of her hands and pulled them away from her face. "Let's have our seats and start the meeting," Perry said, trying his best to make it official, despite how Lucille was making it seem like an unofficial meeting. They all had their seats and soon, the meeting began. Lucille however, kept on eyeing Perry. While the meeting was on, she'd randomly told him that she had missed him for a long time and that he never made time to see her. She even fussed over his bruised face and kept on askin
"Stop the fucking car!" Perry snapped at the driver, and he brought the car to a halt immediately after he made sure to park on the safe side of the road. "What's going on?" Autumn asked with a confused look on her face as she wondered why he gave that order to the driver. As soon as the driver parked the car, Perry turned to face Autumn, a dead serious look on his face. "Are you even aware of the person you're married to?" He asked her with raised eyebrows, then scoffed. "Have you forgotten so quickly the position my family holds in the whole of Las Vegas?" "So?" She questioned him, not seeing the reason for bringing up his family. "What about it?" "Just in case you didn't know beforehand, which I'm sure you do, the Moore family is one of the most powerful families in the nation, and if I don't attend the ball, the repercussions will be worse than going alone." Judging by how serious he looked, Autumn decided not to press the issue forward. However, deep down in her mind
That evening, Autumn decided to make dinner for them, as she thought of every possible way to make Perry go for the retreat once. Ever since she heard that he had never for once attended it, she felt obligated to force him to go, just that she had no way to. She was still mixing a couple of ingredients for their dinner when Perry walked into the kitchen in a loose top and shorts. "What's for dinner?" He asked as he walked in, calling Autumn's attention to him. Her back was in his direction while she faced the slab, on which she was slicing some cabbages and onions on a tray. When she heard his voice, she turned to look at him for a second, but instead, had a double take. She stared at his wet mane of mid-length dark brown hair. It was a beautiful sight to see. "I thought you complained about the shower?" Seeing that he just had a shower, she asked as she turned back to face what she was cutting. "Shit like that doesn't take long for me to fix. It's been fixed," he replied
The day before the retreat, Perry faked being sick. To make it seem so real to convince Autumn that he was indeed sick, he called Khalid to come over to help him out. That morning, Autumn opened the front door and was shocked to see Khalid standing there with shopping nylon. If Perry was aware, he would have informed her beforehand that Khalid was coming over, but here he was on an impromptu visit. "Uhm… hi! How're you doing? Come in, please," she ushered him in immediately, then closed the door behind him. "Perry is still asleep. Will you wait or you'll go meet him upstairs?" "He called me not quite long ago because he thought he might have a fever. That's why I came rushing here with the drugs I went to buy for him just now," he raised the shopping nylon in his hand for her to see. "He's sick?" A look of worry appeared on her face immediately. They were in the same house and she had no idea. "I'll go check him up," she said and without waiting for Khalid's reply, she ru
The designer came a while later and brought out the different dresses. Autumn was overwhelmed by the number and wondered why Perry had to tell the designer to pick so many when she was only going to wear one. Perry told her to try on all the clothes so that he could pick his favorite one. She tried all the clothes, and after everything, he picked the first one, which was the one she also liked the most. The day of the ball finally arrived, and Autumn invited her sister, Elise, to come to help her out with a few preparations. Elise was a fashion enthusiast, so she was very excited to see her sister get ready. Perry also invited his sister, Kyla, to help her out. There, Elise and Kyla made friends with each other. Perry hired a professional makeup artist and hairstylist to get her ready. He even went as far as ordering a wig for her so that her hair color would be different from her normal one to help hide her identity. "You must mean a lot to Perry," Elise suddenly said to
"Gloria?" "Long time no see, my love," The lady, Gloria, gave him a bright smile, then she went ahead to outstretch her hand and hugged him. Perry was a bit stunned, as he didn't see that coming, but he removed his hands from his trouser pockets and hugged her back, while Autumn stared at them in confusion. "My love?" She muttered to herself. Just then, they released each other from the hug. "Damn, you're looking good as always," Gloria said to him, ignoring the fact that Autumn was standing next to him. Though she saw her, she wasn't interested in acknowledging her presence. "You're not bad yourself," Perry simply added. His face looked a bit tight as he looked at her, and memories from their past relationship flashed through his brain. "Why has your face been scarce though? I haven't seen you since the proposal," she asked, a slightly mischievous smile sitting pretty on her face. Perry scoffed. He wanted to ask her if it was sane to stay in touch or keep seeing the wo
"She's my ex-girlfriend." Immediately he said that Autumn's mouth went ajar in realization, as she recalled where she had heard the name from. It was when she had gone to his parent's house for dinner, and his mum, Lucy had called her aside to speak to her. "I'm just really glad Perry is now yours, and Gloria isn't in his life anymore," she recalled that that was the exact way Lucy had told her. "So, that's her," she muttered to herself and nodded her head slowly. Still, she felt that was not enough reason for her to touch him like that. That she was his ex was enough reason for him not to allow such things from her. She turned to face him immediately. "Your ex?" She scoffed. "That lady is your ex and you allowed her to touch you that way?" "What the heck? How did she touch me?" His face looked stern as he turned to face her. "She's my ex, not my enemy, okay?" He replied and walked away to meet some other people and greet them. "Woah," she muttered in awe as she stare