The next morning is a pretty uneventful one but Mika is starting to be bored already so she decides to join the staff while going morning chores. Even though Lucas frowned terribly on it, she's as stubborn as a mule and would do what she decides to, even though it means defying him and she can't help but laugh at the fact that defying him always puts her in a pretty good mood.As she sweeps the front yard, she looks ahead and sees the wide expanse of land he owns to himself and marvels. She hadn't grown up in poverty, oh, not at all. Her family is also wealthy but even to wealth, there's class and hierarchy.If it's a pyramid, Lucas is most definitely at the top triangle while her family, well, former family, would have been in the middle or something close to that. "Do you want to go out ma'am?" One of the staff sweeping along with her asks as she watches her gaze around the place.Mika smiles. "Not really, just a stroll to the gate. How about we go pick flowers by the gate?""Uhm..
Pretty soon, Mika is tired of being all day everyday, wondering when Luc will let her out. At breakfast at the moment, Mika places her fork down and wipes her mouth with a napkin, drinks water, all stalling for a little time before she speaks."Uhm... Lu... Mr Santinello?"Lucas pauses and looks up at her, puzzled that she'll call him by his last name. "Yeah?" "Can I...?" She starts "No, you can't."Flustered, she loses her cool and throws up her hands. "Come on, I haven't even spoken yet." She half yells.Luc smirks, dropping his fork as well. "Why do you want to leave, don't you have everything you need here already? Even Miles and Maya have started school so ain't you having fun here resting?" "I know and appreciate you doing this all along but I really want to get out there. I can't have them all thinking I'm a lose woman who's clumped in with a man. Well, I am clumped in with a man but not the one they think it is nor for the right reasons. I want to do something."Lucas leans
Mika wakes up the next day, an extra spring in her step. She even prepares her children for school, listening to all their tales about making new friends and how the school treats them so well and so much more.She's all laughs and fun with them, the opportunity to get back at all of them who hurt her has presented itself and even after almost a week of being idle and watchful around Luc Santinello, she's come to accept that he's no ordinary man.And he himself, well indirectly, told her she could use him for whatever she wanted and that's exactly what she'll be doing. Although, she'll do it in her own way.The first step is to be in a position of power and that's exactly what she's set to do today. After sending off Miles and Maya with kisses on their foreheads, she heads back in to get dressed for whatever Luc had planned for the day.She looks through all her options and decides on a plain black armless jumpsuit and an ash coloured blazer to go with it. She picks out an ash bag fro
When Luc had said meeting, he meant it quite formally because as soon as he took a chair in his office, he nodded at her. "What are your skills? What do you have that can serve as a business skill?"Not expecting the sudden formality from him, she shivers slightly and recovers immediately. "I have good sales skill, I think I can sell anything. I have good communication skills..."Luc smirks at that, breaking character for a split second. "Yeah, you do." He comments.She raises an eyebrow at him. "I have good teamwork capabilities and will work well on my own if I have to as well... That's pretty much everything I can think of now.""Hm." Luc wonders what the perfect thing for her would be. She has to be in a place of power to command power and although she already has his children, she's pretty much already there, has everything at her beck and call but she doesn't want to make that public yet so he has to use other methods."Do you know anything about fashion?""Barely. I just buy cl
It was a pretty long day with they going around the city, checking out perfect and suitable points for a mall and some buildings that are for sale as well there.As soon as Mika chose, Luc's eyes furrow. "If you want to stay there, it's completely fine by me but do you want to stay in a place that people never come to?"She looks around and her smile drops. "I didn't note that. That one by the entrance to the shopping district is the perfect choice then. I mean, it was second on my choice list." She smiles and then feels slightly bad because the shopping district building is the most expensive of every one they had checked and somehow, it feels like she's imposing on him.Luc seems to notice the change in her demeanor. "I'm the one doing this for you, you just get to choose. Don't worry, you're not taking undue advantage of me, I think I'll know when that's happening."She looks outside as the silhouettes of buildings and people flick past in a blur. "I know it's just that... I'll mak
She paces around with her phone glued to her ear. "Damn it! Damn it all to hell! What the fuck is happening? First he cancelled on me and now he's boycotting me in the industry? Just for chiding a woman who deserved it?" She says to whoever is speaking to her."Calm down Alicia. Don't get riled up, he's just an old man.""Yes! The same old man that's supposed to give me my new piece. How do you expect me to do this now? I never had to make my clothes myself, I always got help from these people. The show is in three days! Three fucking days! I absolutely have to make this work." She continues to yell, little beads of sweat surrounding her eyebrows and forehead."I can't help you with all this shouting. Will you calm the hell down?" Lily yells over the phone.Alicia takes a deep breath and sighs. "I'm listening.""I know a fashion designer who only makes pieces but never makes them or when she makes them, they don't come out all that beautiful. How about I get one for you? So that can b
"So, did you do what I asked of you? Regarding the dark web." Luc asks his secretary just as he settles into his office chair. He removes his coat and hangs it behind him and he loosens his tie slightly.He sighs, slightly relieved."The hacker I hired is still working hard on it. It's the dark web so those things don't come easy. But he was able to figure out one thing.""Oh, what is that?""The man who commented. He had quite the trackable ID. His phone was last recorded at a cell phone tower downtown. Around there is just a large lake and nothing more.""It's safe to assume he's not with the phone anymore?""Yes. But one more thing..."Luc rolls his eyes. "How about you just say it all at once and stop giving me bits and pieces?"His secretary smiles chidedly. "I was just keeping the best for last.""Ain't your fault. So what is it?""The man's name is Kevin Rowland. The commenter, I mean. And one of his cell phone calls was recorded around your house sir. When I found out about th
Alicia, in a daze, walks backstage where all the models are waiting for her, fury written in the lines on their faces. The lines that previously applied makeup had covered but now it's obvious, and it seems like they've all gone up years older than when they just walked the runway few minutes earlier. Wendy is the first to come forward. With the sequin gown in her hand, she looks right into her eyes and flings it down by her feet. "Do you know how much hit this has done to my reputation? Why is it so fucking hard to find honest fashion designers lately? Do you have to steal?" "I didn't..." She starts, hoping to defend herself somehow. "Shove it. Didn't you see this? I looked through all the seam points and lines in the gown and it's exactly the same thing. Save that lie for your family because they are the only ones that I might believe you." Alicia takes the phone from her and looks at it. The search is "2007 Fall Collection for Frederick Gandelier" and there it was. Althoug