Emily walked into the living room, wondering why the house was quiet. She assumed Logan might have gone to work while Julie might have stepped out with Logan or, better yet, was still upstairs asleep. But she was shocked to see Julie in the dinning already having breakfast.
She turned to go to her room, But Julie saw her.
“Morning, Emily,” Julie greeted in a cool, tempered voice.
Emily bit her lip and turned back slowly towards Julie. Pasting a smile on her face “morning, didn’t want to disturb your breakfast”
“Oh, you are not
“I think we should build a bigger hotel than the one we have in the city. To commemorate this merger,” Mr. Greg, a staff member suggested.“That would be too risky a project to embark on. Why don’t we focus on what we have right now and improve on it?” Mr. Henderson said, his finger stroking his lips in thought.“I agree with him. Right now we should figure out a way to ensure that the hotel and the airline boost each…” Mr. Miller stopped mid-sentence, distracted by the commotion at the entrance of the boardroom.The door burst open, revealing Logan walking into the room while his bodyguard held the company security at bay.Both Mr. Henderson and Mr.
Emily’s eyebrow furrowed as she paced back and forth. She held her hands to her lips and prayed that everything would be alright with Julie.Just then, Logan joined her in the hall. Worry lined Logan's forehead.“Where is she?” Logan demanded“She is receiving treatment. Just waiting for the doctor to tell us if she is okay.”Logan nodded his head. "What happened?”“Well, she had an allergic reaction to the peanut cookie I gave her,” Emily answered.“Julie would never consciously eat peanut cookies because she knows she is allergic to peanuts.&r
“Mom, it’s been an hour and both of them haven't arrived,” Kayla complained. As they sat in the Henderson Hotel restaurant free of guests. Mrs. Henderson had instructed the staff to do so.“Patients Kayla. Today it’s important,” Mrs. Henderson said as she sipped her wine.“Why is this even necessary, anyway?” Kayla asked.Mrs. Henderson took a deep breath.“It is important because Mrs. Miller isn’t an easy person to get along with. I want to show Emily that she’s in way over her head and at the same time get you on the good side of your future mother-in-law and kill two birds with one stone,” Mrs. Henderson replied.&nb
Kayla went to the restroom and immediately dialed the number that has been persistently calling her. On the first ring, the caller on the other-side of the phone picked the call.“Roberto, I told you not to call,” Kayla hissed“You haven’t paid for the last drop and I was beginning to miss you,” Roberto drawled.“I told you I would call you when I have the money” Kayla's hands squeezed into a fist.“It’s been three weeks and you haven’t sweetened the deal to keep me patient… I miss your delightful body,” Roberto said, a hint of mockery in his voice.“That’s because I am about to get married. I can’t keep doing that,” Kayla said, a flash of temper lighted her eyes.“Well, prepare to let the world know that you are a lover of hard drug,” Roberto mocked.Kayla’s face grew turbulent as she said, “you can’t do that. We have known each other for a long time.”“Yes, I am fully aware of that. I even covered up your crime and kept your secret about you being the real driver on the night of tha
Logan went to the kitchen to get a bottle of water from the fridge because he couldn’t fall asleep. When he noticed Emily was in the kitchen searching the cupboard for god knows what. Logan's eyes strayed to her bum, clad in her pajamas. His gaze lingered on her bum longer than it should have.“Oh, my god!” Emily yelped, placing her hand on chest. As the pan she brought out for baking clattered to the floor.“I didn’t mean to startle you.” Logan said as he went to the fridge.Emily made to walk out of the kitchen.“I hope
The next day Kayla sat at a table in the restaurant, staring at the dainty wrist watch on her wrist. It’s been forty-five minutes since she sat waiting for her dinner date. She impatiently dialed her mother. Mrs. Henderson picked on the first ring.“Is the date with Tyler over?” Mrs. Henderson said in a peppy voice.“I wish more like he stood me up, I think i'm going to leave,” Kayla said rolling her eyes“Don't do anything rash Kayla. You know your father won’t accept anything less than you having a good relationship with the Millers,” Mrs. Henderson warned Kayla.
Today was already off to a bad start. Logan insisted that the new security team he hired drop Emily at the competition venue. Which Emily was not happy with, as she would stick out like a sore thumb.“Madam, we are here?” Maria, the female bodyguard, informed Emily.“Okay, don’t wait for me,” Emily said“My orders are to wait for you, ma’am,” Maria responded.“Well, you can’t hang around here. You would make people nervous,” Emily argued as she picked her phone from the bag to call Logan.“Tell the security detail to back off,” Emily hissed into the phone.“Emily, we have been over this. It’s for your own safety,” Logan drawled.“Well, I won’t be able to concentrate with them hovering over me. And I know how lucky I am to be able to take part in this competition. Don’t ruin this for me. Call them off.” Emily complained.Logan relented and asked, “Okay, when does this competition finish?”“It could last late into the night…I don’t know?” Emily said.“That’s not good enough, Emily. You n
“Now that we are done with the introduction. Can we move to the kitchen area?” one of the staff informed the contestants.They all shuffled towards the kitchen and were each handed a number. The number showed which table and oven they were assigned to.“Oh my, your table is beside mine.” June commented.“And so is our celebrity pastry chef,” Emily said as she did an air quote in the air with her finger.“I am sure it won’t be that bad,” June said as she patted Emily on the back.