Sean knew she was blushing and he didn’t know what to do, he hadn’t intentionally came to the room shirtless, he had just returned from his morning run and he took a shower but he didn’t feel like putting on a shirt so he decided to just be shirtless, he sometimes stays at home shirtless, but it wasn’t something he does often and also, he never expected her to gawk at him. Clearing his throat, he decided to speak up to clear the awkwardness, he could easily go to his room and get a shirt or singlet but for some reason, he didn’t and he wanted to taunt her a little more, “don’t just stand there, come closer.”
Athena sucked in deep breath and went closer to him; she stopped a few paces and looked down at her feet. Sean chuckled softly and leaned down once more to change the music that was playing. Soon, Nina Simone’s Feeling good, filled the room with its beautiful Jazz. He placed the other CDs on the shelf and turned to AthenSean couldn’t understand what had happened and even though he wanted so badly to go talk to her, he knew now is not the moment and decided to give her some time to get herself in check, also, he wondered why he had lost control of himself, perhaps briefly kissing her last night had became addictive and he couldn’t control himself anymore. If that be the case then he must be going crazy and really needs to master his control again. He left the training room and went back to his room; he took another shower, dress up and left the house.Athena watched him leave from her room, she stood near the window with the curtain partly drawn and watched him, he was looking striking handsome in the white pants and black blazer he had on, she had come to notice that he loves wearing blazers more than suits and heaven, does he look good in them. Smith opened the car door for him, and as if noticing that she was watching him, he turned back and looked straight at her window.
Athena was surprised but she still shook the lady’s beautiful slender hand, “thank you,” she smiled, Sean talks about her to his models? Why?TB’s phone dinged and he picked it up, “oh, I need to go check some things,” he looked up at Gloria, “you don’t mind staying with her till I’m back, do you?”“Of course not,” she replied and took a seat on the sofa opposite the couch Athena was sitting on.TB looked at Athena, “I will be back, At, just give me a few minutes to handle something that just came up,” he smiled to her, “see you soon, Gloria,” he said and left the office.Athena sat and waited for Gloria to bombard her with question just like Esperanza but one thing was certain, she wasn’t going to let her intimidate like Esperanza did, no, that’s not going to happen again.Gloria stared at the lady with a smile playing on her lips, “you know, I
As agreed, Gloria picked Athena up by eight in the evening, TB had changed his mind about joining them after Sean told him about a club he would be going to and so he opted to go with him instead and let the women be, but he had also taken his time to pick out a nice short dress for Athena. It was Augustus’ famous Red Apple, and it complemented her skin so well that Gloria had made comment about it on setting her eyes on her.She, on the other hand was dressed in a black short gown, one of Sprits brands, which exposed her beautiful long sexy legs. Together, they got into her car and left while Sean had promised to see her when she returns.Getting to the party, Athena was a little shy, it was the first time she was attending a party without Sean by her side to guide her, now alone, she was a little afraid of doing something that would tarnish the image that Sean had worked so hard to build up for her.“I know how you are feeling, trust me,” Gloria wh
Athena wanted to reply to being called an amateur but Gloria slowly shook her head to her while making a mental note to tell her that when in group, that there are something she shouldn’t reply to if she doesn’t want to be given a nickname that would stay with her forever. Athena caught on and smiled, sipping her drink, she said, “it’s a surprise when there is another side to a story, because what you just said is different from what Sean told me,” she glanced at her, “he said that he didn’t want to use you as the Brand’s face anymore because you have become Fashionista’s face and Brand is unique and will never have the same face as another company, so you being the face of Fashionista has already disqualified you.”Esperanza was surprised when she heard that, what she said about Brand being unique is something common, everyone knows that but she had never thought that would be a problem since Sean gave her the endorse
Athena was shocked when she saw him, “Leo,” she called, “wow, I wasn’t expecting to see you here,” she gulped, wondering when he got there and what he would be doing in front of the door of the lady’s room.Leo with his black eyes sparkling with intelligence, smiled, “oh, I have been around for a while. Sean called me and said he was going at the new club Emperor opened and wanted me to meet him there. I was about leaving when I saw you and I was surprised, Sean never leaves you alone and that left me wondering, what’s going on? And then Esperanza came in and made everything more interesting,” he laughed, “and just when I thought I have seen enough and off to meet my friend, I saw her follow you and I knew the show wasn’t over yet so I came over to watch the rest of it or in this case, listen to the rest of it.”Athena didn’t know what to say after his explanation and just then she remembered som
Thinking of the idiot, Sean’s eyes went to the end of the room at a certain sandy blonde hair who was laughing and chatting with his colleagues, the idiot that is confusing his Athena, he can’t wait for the day that she would realize that he doesn’t deserve her and no man deserve her, only him, only he deserves to be with her.“Sean, you okay?” He heard and looked at his side to see TB looking at him with worry, his eyes went down to his glass and that was when he realized that he had a tight grip round it and that could shatter the class if he exert more force.“Mm hmm,” he nodded reducing his grip on the poor glass, glancing around the room; it was at that moment that he saw the platinum blonde hair with emerald green eyes.“What is she doing here?” he heard TB cursed and chuckled, the two never gets along anymore.“It’s a party, Tobias; you don’t think she wouldn’t get the info like
Sean glanced at Athena, offering his hand to her, he was glad when she placed her hand in it and smiling, he led them to the couch he was occupying previously. Athena was surprised when she saw Esperanza and when their eyes met; all she remembered were the things she told her in the restroom about Sean. She glanced away, trying to get herself in check. She had wanted to leave the other party because she couldn’t bear staying in the same room with her for tonight again and had been glad when they finally left, even though she left before them but seeing her now, and realizing that she had been sitting with Sean earlier before they arrived made her uncomfortable.Sean made her sit beside him with Esperanza on his other side, for some reason he felt that the two ladies wouldn’t want to sit close to each other so he positioned himself in between them and Leo sat on the other side of Athena. There wasn’t any space left on the couch so Gloria had to take the next se
No one recovered from what happened in a blink, Frank couldn’t believe it, Athena would rather have three glasses of drink than to kiss him? Is that how much she hates him? How much she distastes him? He remembered how Sean kept looking at her as he took the drinks for her, he can’t believe it, is he making their relationship open, in the presence of everyone?Esperanza was no better than him, she could remember back in the days when they were playing the game, Sean was in the room and she had been dared to kiss one of the tycoons who was old enough to be her father, she had refused and was asked to drink, she had turned to Sean, asking him to please drink for her but he had said that women who turned to men for any little problem are considered weak and that he would never drink for anyone. She had taken the drinks, despite being drunk already and now, he had willingly taken the drinks for Athena, even though she didn’t ask him to help.Everyone wa
“Have you ever heard from your father?” Athena asked in the car on their way home.Sean kissed her knuckles with his ring on it, “do you remember the man I excused myself to talk to at the hotel?”Athena nodded; her head was resting on his shoulder, “yes.”“He is my father’s assistant. Turns out Amber’s illness was hereditary, he has been sick for the past ten years, nursing his health back with money but I guess the money can’t save him anymore, he is dying and his only wish is to see me.”“What for?” she raised her head to look at him.He kissed her forehead and made her rest her head on him again, “maybe to apologize? He has been trying to do that for two years now. His wife didn’t give him a child, they had adopted a boy and girl, I wonder why. Anyways, I guess he wants to make amend on what he did, but he made a mistake, my mother might have easily forgiv
Sean sighed but continued, “I took her back home to stay with Amber and I left in search of Leo, we went to my father and I told him about Amber’s case and he threw us out, saying he has no business with his past. Leo had told me we don’t have any other thing to do but the obvious, we had to steal. We attacked different stores that night and were lucky to escape without getting caught. On our way home, we saw a wounded man, we didn’t think twice and ransacked him, taking every cent with him but we couldn’t leave him there so we took him to the hospital and left him in front of it. The money we got wasn’t enough; I couldn’t go in and see mom’s disappointed face so we left. We stayed on the road, robbing anybody we could. We did it for days, five days I think, until I believed we have gotten enough that could take us to the city.When Leo and I got to the hospital, mom saw us and started crying, Amber passed on the previous night,
Athena smiled, “Sean, most of us have done things we are not proud of, but that doesn’t make us evil, I believe whatever it is you did, you did it for a reason.”He nodded with a smile, not looking up at her, “yes, for a reason.”“Well, you have my promise that I won’t judge.”He chuckled, looking up at her then, his hazel eyes shining brightly with the lights surrounding them, “I can feel that you won’t.”“See, even your heart believes in me.”He laughed softly then and closed his eyes, he sighed, “I wasn’t burn rich.”“I know that already.”He nodded, “I have a traumatic past. You see, my family was the perfect one when I was growing up. But then, my dad lost his job when I turned six and everything changed, he began drinking, wasting all his savings in gambling and alcohol. My mom would often try to understand him and w
“Athena, please….” Frank called back her attention and she stared at him, seconds passed as everyone waited to know what would happen. Sean could feel his heart breaking into a million pieces by the second. Leo and Gloria walked out to witness what was happening and Gloria gasped.“What the heck, is this guy stupid?” She muttered to Leo who said nothing and glanced at Sean, he knew about Sean’s proposal tonight but what he couldn’t understand was why he would just stand there and do nothing. He glanced at Athena, silently reminding her in his heart about their deal and that he would not hesitate to carry it out and he would make sure that she and Frank lived in wretchedness.What happened next shocked everyone, Athena took a step forward to Frank and Sean closed his eyes, he knew that would happen, guess he wasn’t more important than her mother’s wish. He was contemplating on how to walk out of there in his shame w
Reporters clustered the hotel that would be used for Fashionista’s fall, all of them speaking in front of their cameras to explain what was going on as they waited for the celebrities to arrive. With each car that stopped in front of the red carpet, fans would go wild with screams if it was their idol that arrived.It was explained that nothing brings the celebrities together like Fashionista’s fall, because even those that were on vacation always come back for it and some celebrities comes from other countries to attend the show.Different types of cars stops to discharge different people, all arising shouts and screams from the onlookers that were being held by barricade not to jump out and cause a mess, although securities would hold back those who tries to escape. A white car stopped and Esperanza emerged with her escort, her fans went wild for her and cheered her on. Sean had been merciful to her, in as much as she had thought that he would put her off
Three months has passed since the fire incident and everything has gone back to normal, the photo shoot took place two months ago and Athena was brought to the limelight. It didn’t help that Sean introduced her as his girlfriend at the dinner party that Brand Entertainment always host after the release of their new face. It wasn’t long and news about her started coming up but there was nothing against her except the fact that she was Frank Jones ex girlfriend, but rather than mock her, a lot envied her because she was the one that finally caught the heart of the famous Sean Brand.Happy with herself for making the right decision and following her heart, Athena had pleaded with Sean to talk to Leo about giving Frank his job back, which she had explained her reason as it was better to settle him and have him out of her life for good for she won’t rest well knowing that he was out of work because of her and that fact was bound to tie her to him because whenever
Sean stood tall and handsome in the white shirt he was putting on, his hands tucked in the pockets of his sky blue slacks, his hair neatly combed and slicked back and his hazel eyes shining brightly with intelligence. He could see them fidgeting and he sighed, then he took slow but calculated steps towards the table. When he dragged out a chair, he saw they flinched and rolled his eyes, he found himself praying they should not wet themselves with him still in the room. He knows why they were like that, they might not be afraid of the cops and could say whatever they want to say, but in an option to be questioned by him, they would choose being locked up in a jail than to face him.He sat crossed legged on the chair, his eyes never leaving them and they hadn’t looked up at him for once since he stepped into the room. He cleared his throat and began, “who still want to be a model?”The two ladies looked at each other and then at him but they looked down
It’s been a month and two weeks since the day of the fire and Sean’s wounds was healing, thanks to the honey and his medications. Enclosed in a room for one month sure has brought him and Athena closer than they were before. At least, they now do what they want without wondering how the other would react to it, since knowing about their feelings for each other.Sean had agreed to Leo’s and TB’s pleading that it was time they return to the city. He has been putting them off for over a week now and Athena had been secretly happy about that, back in the city she won’t have him to herself every single day; he would have to go to work, sometimes work over time at home, and would have divided attention. But even though she was secretly enjoying their unplanned vacation where she was his nurse, nursing him back to health, she knew they really do have to go back to the city. There are some things they need to take care off. Especially since Leo had found
Sean couldn’t take it anymore and immediately turned to face her, putting his wounded back out of her view. He pulled her into his arms and placed his forehead on hers, “it’s just body wounds, it would heal.”“If…if you hadn’t run in after me, if you hadn’t…” she was hyperventilating in no time, “I’m so sorry,” she paused, trying to steady herself but it was so hard to do when she was crying so hard and breathing so quickly.Sean quickly cupped her cheeks in his hands, “Athena, look at me,” he ordered, “look at me,” she finally did, “If I am to repeat that action a thousand times, I would do it without blinking an eye. I don’t care about the pain of the damages; the most important thing is that you are right here, standing in front of me, breathing and fine. You think I would rather save myself but let you die in that fire? If that had been the case, I wi