Tyler cursed his luck as he strode out of the car. His car keys dangled around his fingers and as uncomfortable as he was, he didn't let that reflect on his face as he stood in the open space, looking around for one person.When he said he had urgent work to attend to, he didn't mean work like this. He didn't mean work that involved shit like this but of course, his evening just had to get ruined before it even began.A white Mercedes rolled into the driveway and Tyler had to cover his face with his palm from the blinding lights of the car. He scoffed before leaning against the car, watching as the lights went off and the sound of the engine got cut.Shoving his hands into the pocket of his jeans, he waited impatiently for Gabby to make his way out of the car over to where he was. Gabby stepped forward and without a word, handed Tyler a blind folder.“See man, I know that you are upset but—”“—The hell, I am!” Tyler lost it and interrupted him. He turned around angrily and hit the bo
Sophie woke up with a splitting headache and an irregular pound in her head. She held her head, a small cry escaping her lips. Still holding her head in place, she sat up on the bed and for a moment she realized that she wasn't in her room.But she didn't panic before the events of the day came tumbling in her mind and she couldn't suppress the loud groan that escaped her. How could she have been so foolish to stay the night at Tyler's?He wasn't her boyfriend, she had to learn that quickly.She shuffled out of bed beside the pound in her head and was about to make a beeline for the door when her eyes flickered to the bed stand and she saw the glass of water and a packet of pills put in place for her.She blinked twice to clear her confusion, surprised to see that there. Hesitating, she took slow steps toward it like it was going to hurt her or something before she finally came to terms with it and made use of the pills and the water.It wasn't until she was done that she caught her
Sophie wasn't surprised when Kristen walked into her office with a bouquet of carnations and a box of chocolates. The gesture had been happening frequently. It would arrive almost at lunchtime when she was about to take a break and each note told a different story.Sophie had no idea who it was that was dropping the flowers but she knew that whoever it was would show up eventually. Still, she accepted the flowers from Kristen with a large smile, shrugging internally at the thought of it being Giovanni. “Thank you, ” she took a sniff of the fresh flowers before she went ahead to pick out the note.“May your day be filled with love as the carnations.” She read with a small giggle before handing it back to Kristen to put away in the vase. Sophie stuck open her drawer before tucking the handwritten note into a folder she had kept there for such purpose. When she glanced back up, she realized that her bubbly assistant was grinning at her and she was starting to raise her brows in suspici
Sophie wasn't sure what she was expecting after receiving the call from Harper but nothing in front of her beat her imagination. Nothing before her warned her of the impending storm.Tyler had barely parked the car properly when she jumped out and climbed up the stairs that led into Harper's salon. What she definitely wasn't expecting that caught her attention was the presence of the red-haired, destroying things around the store while a frantic Harper went after her.At first, Sophie had thought the red-haired was Joyce because of the way she had her hair packed but the woman was curvier and shorter than Joyce was. Also, Joyce would never resort to violence the way the woman was.“Bitch, you ain't ruining my shop. I got customers here. You ain't doing this to me. This is personal. Hey! Don't you dare trash that? Bitch, I'm talking to you!” Harper was screaming at the madwoman when Sophie got a hold of one of the stylists running around to stop the bully's assistant.“Silva, what the
Sophie gestured to Silva who came running with a scrunchy which she used in parking her hair quickly without breaking from the glare she stared at the woman with.“Babe, you don't want to do this. Don't descend to her level.” Tyler was quick to grab her hand before she made a move on the woman who was now covered by her friends.Sophie smiled despite her anger. Even at a time like that, Tyler was still acting.“Honey, I love you and all but if she wants to go low, then I will go lower.” She surprised herself by leaning in to press a quick peck to his cheeks.And like he wasn't there or something, Sophie turned toward the red-haired woman and marched toward her. Her friends flew out of the way while she grabbed her whimpering ass by her arm and pushed her to the floor.Gasps filled the air and people screamed while others clapped excitedly. They needed someone to put the woman in her place. None of them was going to do it but Sophie was.The woman screamed and tried to make a run for i
Godmothers.Harper sank further into her bed with each knock that resonated across the room. She had a pillow pressed to her face to suppress her son while her whole body shook with tremors.She was in a terrible funk. How was she supposed to know that Andy's wife, Rina was going to take things to the next level? She hadn't even recognized the woman when she first saw her. She didn't know who she was not until everything came to light. Her eyelids feel heavy and her stomach keeps churning and churning, filled with heavy disgust at herself.“Harper, come on. Open the damn door!” She heard Willow's tired voice from the other end, beckoning on her.She didn't move from her bed. It wasn't that she didn't want to see her friends. She wanted badly nothing more but to be around the people she loved and truly cared for. But Sophie. The way she had looked at her like she was gum under her shoe had made all negatives rise in her life. She had called on Sophie first before any other person be
"I don't know, babe. I want to go as planned but...” Joyce trailed off for the umpteenth time she'd been on the phone. The display lights in her office shone on her beautiful face and dropped to the screen of her tab where she had been busy all day.Her eyes kept dropping with exhaustion and a single glance at her would tell the tired lines of her face. Amidst catering to her friends' needs and running her business, her plans were starting to crumble.“So, what do you want to do?” Nick's baritone smooth voice filtered in from the speakers and she sighed.“I guess I will just have to postpone till next weekend again.” She shrugged, shuffling one of her drawers open for a pen.“Maybe, ” Nick didn't sound cool with her response and Joyce knew it. “Look babe, these people are your friends. Friends. If you tell them you gotta go, they will understand. I know that you know that. This is your life we are talking about here.” Nick grumbled.“I know. I know.” She sighed and ran a hand through
Sophie knew that when she didn't get the call, there was a high chance that all the yelling and screaming would be done in person.It was why she wasn't surprised when her father barged into her office in the middle of a discussion with a client. Her gaze darted from that of the man seated in front of her with his assistant to her father who had just barged in. A single glance at him and Sophie could already see how livid he looked.He nearly had her door unhinged with how loudly he banged it shut. And there was that glimmer in his eyes. The dangerous fire glints that Sophie absolutely hated. She pursed her lips before lifting her gaze from him to her clients' stunned ones. The man could read the room and he definitely knew it was time to go.“I guess the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, I will be sure to get back to you.” Sophie's smile was grim and her hands were stiff when she shook the man's hand formally. Without sparing a glance at Kristen, she silently nudged that she saw th