"I'm sorry Ella. You are right. I am being really stupid." Jason hugged her tightly, tugging her shirt slowly up.Ella felt the cold air on her back. " Alright, that's it. Time to go."Ella stood up abruptly from the bed, which left Jason startled. He wondered if Ella was on to him but then she leaned over and kissed his forehead." I am kind of tired now. We should call it a night." Ella raked her hands through his soft hair.Jason stood up and held her in his embrace. " I really like you, Ella. I hope you will stay." Jason snuck out through the window and Ella locked it behind him. She looked at her phone an the bed , it was just after twelve o clock.Time went by so quick. She regretted why she had lied to Jason about being tired. Her eyes weren't even droopy.She wondered how officer Duke climbed up ten stories high but then she remembered he was a wolf. If his alpha wanted a woman, it would make a way to get to her.Ella felt relieved that her Luna didn't take over. She would be
"Call me." Ella said.That night Ella tossed and turned in bed. She looked at the time. It was only ten o clock and she was restless.After almost an hour of arguing with her unreasonable father, she let it go. She could not understand why he was being so protective. She was almost eighteen and yet he hovered over her like a five year old.She closed her eyes for a few minutes and tried to focus on the images that flashed across her mind. Was she really suffering from some sort of trauma? Or was she in some phase of life?She could help but feel so head over heels in love with Jason Duke. She wished her father would just accept her relationship with him.She couldn't understand how he could not be right for her. He was handsome and a man of the law. He was protective and respectful.His muscular arms sent shivers down her spine. She opened her eyes and looked around her room. Feeling as if a set of eyes were on her, she sat up, staring into the darkness. She looked around the room
Ella held her breath and waited for her father to close the door behind him. Although her heart pounded in her chest, she drew in a deep breath and calmed herself.After a few seconds she exhaled quietly slid her hand under her pillow, feeling around for the note. " How thoughtful Jason is." Ella thought. His gesture was sweet and it warmed her heart. The warm fuzzy feeling simmered in her cheeks now and she blushed continuously. She could not help the feeling that she felt for Jason Duke. " Ella Duke ! It has a ring to it." Ella smiled to herself. She was already fantasising about walking down the isle with a man she had just met a few weeks ago.She slipped the note out and grabbed her phone with her free hand. The sweet smell wafted into her nostrils as she held her phone torch to the note. It was sweet, almost like roses. A smell that she felt was very familiar to her. She wondered how Jason knew that she loved sweet smells. It could have been from the perfume she used earlier toda
The next morning a well dressed man walked through the large glass hotel doors. He walked up to the receptionist and asked for the manager.The short blonde at the desk asked," whom can I say is here for Mr Jon?" "Tell him it's Mr Williams. The tax consultant from the department of taxes of Salt Rock." The man answered in a rather polite yet gruff voice."Please have a seat in the lobby, Mr Williams while I call him." She answered in the most sweetest voice.She picked up the telephone and called the office.Ten minutes later Jon walked down the stair case and met Mr Williams.Jon thought of it as a coincidence that the tax consultant was in the building randomly when Ella had just seen him last night."Mr Williams. I am Jon. The hotel manager. How can I help you?" Jon shook his hand. His grip was firm." I am here to check your financials for the year." Mr Williams replied.Jon felt a wave of worry wash over his face. His eyebrows furrowed and he clasped his hands together in front
Ella stepped into the office and looked at the man sitting on the couch casually going through some papers."Mr Williams. Please excuse my appearance. I was on my way out for a morning jog." She addressed the man ,extending her hand out to him.He shook her hand firmly and she took a seat behind the desk."Miss Woods. I believe that this hotel has been opened for the last six months but there seems to be a problem with your paperwork." Mr Williams picked up a dirty, frayed paper. " This is your cleaning schedule."Ella looked surprised," there must be some mistake. Mr Jon here is my manager and he is really good at his job."Jon smiled at her flattering words. Although she could see how incompetent he is, she chose to defend him."Good at his job? Maybe being a bell hop but when it comes to the record keeping he has just messed up. This means that this hotel cannot be open. It needs to be shut down immediately." Mr Williams raised an eyebrow and smirked at them. He had authority and h
Patrick Ray bent down and picked up Jon from the floor." I am not firing you Jon. You have been a good employee. You are a good employee. Ella has already told me that you have been working under a lot of pressure and I understand. We have been short staffed and losing Judy had just made it worse."Jon looked at Ella thankfully. She was a good person. Jon wiped his face and looked at his boss." Jon. Please set up an advert to hire the staff that you need to elevate the workload that you have. Also I do remember we had a hostess on each floor but somehow we are missing one on our floor. Where is the old little lady that was employed?" Patrick asked." You mean Mrs styles. The old cow that's probably related to Bobby?" Ella snapped. She had even forgotten that she had fired her when she came to the hotel." Ella. She isn't related to Bobby. They just share the same surname." Patrick replied. He couldn't believe his daughter would make such a rash decision based on a surname. " Did you
" I only simply removed his tongue. I wanted to remove his vocals chords but I felt lenient that night." Annie smiled.This was too much to wrap around her tiny little head."Ella, I wish I could stay back and sort out this hotel mess. There is only a week before this hotel closes down if everything is not in order." Patrick held his daughters hand in his."Dad, do you have to go? What's going to happen to the hotel? Is it going to close down?" Ella asked frantically. This was not part of her plan. When she made that call last night, she didn't expect that the tax consultant would be so harsh. She thought that it would be a routine check and that they would have time to get things in order.She regretted waking up early this morning and taking out documents which were already filed."No Ella. I wouldn't just let this place close down. This is your hotel. I am going to hire an accountant and a personal assistant that would get this place in order." Patrick said thoughtfully. " While we
Patrick Ray wheeled his bag down the stairs and into the lobby with Stella in tow.They kissed their daughter goodbye and Ella promised them she would be back in three weeks.She knew she needed to complete the year at Palm beach and get her life in order. Her father's money had gotten her a lot of privileges but she wanted to be her own person."By the way Ella. I forgot to tell you.""Tell me what?" Ella asked her father."That they short story that you wrote. The one I read to you last night? It's been published in the most popular short story book that will be released in a month's time. They have asked me if I could get you to write another piece." Patrick said excitedly."Dad. You are lying. Me? A famous author? Dad. Eeeeek. I'm so happy. I feel like I might explode." Ella shrieked." You have the talent Ella. Use it. Maybe this is your calling. A famous author, a journalist, the sky is the limit." Patrick said as he kissed his daughters forehead.Stella hugged Ella tightly." My