Vine quickly made it down the pavement, cursing as her heels pressed against her toes. She didn't find a cab, and she couldn't wait so she had to walk at least three blocks.It wasn't like she wasn't good with heels. She was good with walking in them not running, and she would have taken them off without a thought, so she could run better, if not for wanting to maintain decency. She finally made it to her apartment, stopping for a second to catch her breath and take off those demonice heels since she was away from public eyes it felt like heaven to be free. As she burst through the door, she saw Gold sharply turn around in fear, as she knelt down beside Tony, who in turn, was laying on the couch.“Jesus Christ, you scared me." Gold clutched her chest and stood up, going to hug Vine. Vine half heartedly accepted the hug, her entire mind transfixed on her brother, show as laying on the couch. “I'm sorry. What's going on?" She asked her best friend.Gold walked away from her, going b
Vine absentmindedly hurried out of the E.T.E building just to be met by floods of paparazzi, she didn't want to look confused and shocked, just incase her face appears mistakenly in the papers she wouldn't want to look stupid, so she straightened her shoulders and raised her head high, as if she would fit in a good vogue magazine cover. She walked completely out of the entrance toward the packing space and halted when it seemed like their attention was on her, "oh my gosh, what I'm I gonna say, what are they gonna ask me" she shrink in her head.The paparazzi cameras flashed continously and Vine stood awkwardly in front of them. She flashed her award winning smile as a female reporter in a tight red dress hurried towards her and... walked right passed her. It took a few seconds for reality to set in. All cameras were in fact focused on the captivating man standing just behind Vine. Nathaniel Ross Jnr, grandson of the multi billionaire and business tycoon Nathaniel Ross. Nathaniel Ros
2. Nate was pretty late for the dinner date he had with his grandfather."Sorry gran, the last deal was hard to crush at the office" Nate apologized and sat down opposite to his grand dad"So long as you crushed it, right?" Mr Ross nodded"Of course" Nate replied"That's great, because I also have great news for you" Mr Ross broke out"What is it about?" Nate asked like he doesn't really care, his eyes seeming tired and stressed out, the calm blue lights in the floor made his appearance blur for his grandfather to see his expression"Clare had accepted the plan to marry you" Mr Ross let out, he didn't know the reaction to expect from his grandson but he said it anyway"Did I ever ask her hand in marriage?" Nate brows joined together in confusion "I did" Mr Ross confirmed the question bobbling up in his grandson's headNate let out a dry laugh "and I'm just supposed to go with it?" He raised an arrogant brow "Yes" Mr Ross replied straight forwardly with no excuses allowed in his tone
Vine prayed that no one, especially Clare to spoil her day, she just wants a smooth day as she makes plans for the wedding, she greeted the few people she saw as she kept walking to her office."Hello Vine" Cleo, the secretary in her office greeted"Good morning Cleo, you came early today, is there any occasion?" Vine took her seat behind her desk"Not really, wanted to stay away from my nagging husband as early as possible today" Cleo pressed down on her computer like what she just said was not a touching matter"Oh..." Vine didn't know what to say so instead of replying she concentrated on her own business."Now how do I comply a weeding budget" she asked herself as she typed on her system."You can start with the payment of the wedding hall, ask if there will be a kind of after party or something like that" Daisy, Vine's colleague and friend, who was Clare's financial assistant walked in."You're always an aid in my frustrated life" Vine smiled"Good morning Cleo" Daisy greeted the
The sound of birds chirping beautifully serenaded a sleepy Vine from her short nap. She had stayed up all night in a bid to rush through the wedding preparations so she could finally do away with her overbearing boss and her annoyingly rude fiance.How a couple had so much skill in getting under her skin, she couldn't comprehend. Wait a minute… birds are chirping?! What time is it?!"Holy fuck! It's 10 am!"She rushed downstairs and saw a note from Tony. He had fixed her a sandwich because she was sleeping in after a long night. I hope this helps to reduce your preparation time, sis. You really need to stop pulling up these all-nighters. You'll ruin your pretty skin.Anyway, I'm off to school now. Milk's in the fridge. I ran to the convenience store really early this morning since we ran out of some yesterday. MAKE SURE YOU EAT! Love you!xoxo.Tony was such a sweetheart sometimes. Most people had troubling dealing with their teenage brothers but not Vine. She had a little angel in
Vine highlights the commercial vehicle and in front of her is a high rise building. She feels a little uncomfortable as everyone around her not only look rich but smell rich also.She takes a look at her watch and notices she’s 5 minutes early. She looks around hoping to notice Nathan in the crowd even though she has never met him before.“Fucking narcissist! Where in the hotel am I supposed to meet you?”She calm’s herself quickly with a quick breathing exercise, managing to mask her frustration, she raises her head up high and walks into the hotel.She enters the hotel lobby as is left dumbstruck by how extravagant the interior of the hotel is. She looks all around her in awe as she approaches the receptionist’s desk.“Afternoon Ma’am, how may I help you?” the receptionist asks her with a warm smile.Vine feels relaxed as she sees a friendly face.“Morning, I have an appointment with Mr. Nathan Ross here.”The receptionist smiles at her and makes a call with the landline to her left
A cab stops in front of the E.T.E, the door opens and a long slender leg first comes out, followed by the body it belongs to. Lena, looks up at the E.T.E, she sweeps back her dark glistening hair that covered her face due to the wind. She hurries up into the building.She enters the building and goes straight to the receptionist desk.“How may I help you?” the receptionist asks.“Evening, I have an appointment with Madam Elizabeth”, Lena respondsThe receptionist places a call with the landline in her front and confirms the appointment.“Her office, top floor, last door on the right.”“Thank you.” She replies as she walks away unable to hide her nervousness. She gets into the elevator and presses 7 as it is the highest floor. The elevator door is about to close when a foot gets stuck between the door forcing it to open up once again.The owner of the foot steps in and it is Vine. She sees Lena and smiles at her. She also clicks the 7 button and the elevator closes. Lena stares at her
Lights comes in through the window from a slit formed between two curtains. The alarm clock rings, blaring loud in the room. Nate lay in bed, eyes wide open staring at the ceiling. His eyes moves towards the alarm clock. “Damned alarm clock!” he hisses as he leans towards the bedside drawer to turn it off. The light from the window flashes on his face.“Can’t even get a damn break!” he complains. His phone vibrates at that very moment and he shuts his eyes close. “Oh Come on! It’s my day off!”He picks the phone up and sees a text from Vine. Sir is it possible for us to meet today to discuss the details regarding your Engagement Party? Vine. He laughs in defeat. “I don’t even wanna get married”. He sits up in bed and rubs his face. He texts her a reply. Sure. Good Morning to you too. Nate Ross. He goes to the window and stares outside, watching a bird by the window sill sing its song. He smiles, another bird flies in, 3 small heads pop out the nests with wide open hungry mou
Vine quickly made it down the pavement, cursing as her heels pressed against her toes. She didn't find a cab, and she couldn't wait so she had to walk at least three blocks.It wasn't like she wasn't good with heels. She was good with walking in them not running, and she would have taken them off without a thought, so she could run better, if not for wanting to maintain decency. She finally made it to her apartment, stopping for a second to catch her breath and take off those demonice heels since she was away from public eyes it felt like heaven to be free. As she burst through the door, she saw Gold sharply turn around in fear, as she knelt down beside Tony, who in turn, was laying on the couch.“Jesus Christ, you scared me." Gold clutched her chest and stood up, going to hug Vine. Vine half heartedly accepted the hug, her entire mind transfixed on her brother, show as laying on the couch. “I'm sorry. What's going on?" She asked her best friend.Gold walked away from her, going b
Elizabeth was getting impatient. This morning, Mark, her husband had spoken to her in a way she didn't appreciate.“Do you know, that pushing Clare into doing all those stupid things, is only going to ruin her life and yours?" He said behind her. She hated him, she hated him from her core and she was angry she couldn't do anything about it. She didn't have enough money to hire a divorce lawyer, which was eating her up, because she wanted to divorce Mark and throw him out of the house, or get a new one for herself. “What has it got to do with you? Mind your business, Mark. No one wants to hear you talk.""But you need to hear it, Elizabeth. What are you thinking? You're supposed to be the one that's guiding her, how come you're even more stupid?" “How dare you, Mark? You're the one who's stupid, and you've always been since you decided to make this stupid investments that basically killed us." “Need I remind you, that I made those investments, because I spent so much money settlin
“Make sure to book me an appointment at the spa and the nail salon the Wednesday before the wedding. Since Nate said he wanted lilies, visit the flower shop and order them. Also, the baker hasn’t said anything about the cake yet. Have you called him?” Vine didn’t know why Clare was suddenly interested in the wedding. The wedding was still three weeks away and for the past week, Clare had been fretting about all the details. She had gone over everything that Vine had done, basically defeating the purpose of her being a wedding planner.She hadn’t got angry though. She had been spending the past few weeks with Nate. She had finally told him her concern and he had promised to speak to his grandfather very soon. He was sure that his grandfather would grant his request, after listening to him.Vine walked away from Clare to go over the corrections. She had been behaving strange lately. Vine had seen her throwing up on several occasions and she looked like she gained some weight. Clare was
Vine went across the street for the third time. Clare had come into the office today and was already being a pain in the neck. She shouted at Vine for not managing the office properly, complaining about the dust on her table. Vine was still dealing with the drama, when her mother came in, and Vine had to ask herself if she had been cursed. As soon as Elizabeth sat down, she called for Vine to get her coffee from the shop across the street. When Vine brought it, she said it was too black, she needed a little bit more cream, so she went back. The second time, Elizabeth said she needed crackers. The third time, she said the coffee had got cold while she was waiting for Vine so she wanted another cup. Vine wanted nothing more than to scream at her, and give her a piece of her mind, but she knew that would be the day she died, so she just swallowed her anger and took the elevator down.The truth was, Elizabeth kept sending Vine on errands because she didn’t want Vine to hear what she an
Gold's wishes had come true.When Ron called her later that night, laughing and sounding so happy and cheerful about his dinner with Vine, she felt so relieved. Ron had been the first to get there. He didn't want Vine waiting for him, it wouldn't be very nice. He had booked a very expensive restaurant, a little distance away from his home, away from anyone he knew. He has to book the entire restaurant, so that he and Vine would have the privacy he wanted them to have. It was also to prevent Marilyn from accidentally seeing them together. Marilyn had never spoken about Vine and he wanted to keep things that way. When he saw her walk into the restaurant in that dress, he felt his heart do a backflip. He scoffed, not knowing how to react to it. The gown hugged her body, perfectly, bringing out every curve that there was to see.Was it a coincidence that it was the exact shade of blue he liked? That was far fetched. He knew that Gold had something to do with this, and he couldn't tha
There was a spring in Vine's step, as she made it into the vineyard. Normally, she should be sad that she was going to taste the wine that would be served at the wedding of the man she loved, but right now, all she thought about was the fact that she was going to get to see Nate after days. She hadn't seen him for a while and happiness filled her heart as she waited for him to show up. Clare wasn't really involved in the planning, so it would just be the both of them.She intentionally told the attendant to wait before bringing the wine. She wanted Nate to be here first, before she did anything. Nate would give anything to be anywhere else, but on his way to see Vine. He had let his best friends in on what had happened, and while they were shocked to their bones and almost killed him, they told him that he couldn't avoid her.He knew he couldn't avoid her too, but the guilt eating him up inside would be the one to expose him. Not wanting to get down from his car, he sat in the car
Vine felt very proud of herself for having bought that bikini. Maybe because she felt very sexy in it, but also because ever since she wore it, and removed her clothes to expose it when they had got on the yatch, Gold had been singing her praises. She smiled honestly grateful for the compliment, but the smile quickly disappeared, since it was not from her heart. Gold noticed this. She had been with Vine since the both of them had got their first periods, and had decided the wisest and most mature thing to do was run down the street, topless screaming that they were witches. Of course, both their parents weren’t happy when they got to find out, and they had both been punished severely for it. That had been so many years ago, and she still couldn’t believe that their friendship was even stronger and more interesting than it had been back then. It was as if they had just met. “What’s wrong, Vine? Why do you look like a sad wet puppy?” Vine found that comparison very weird. “First of
Vine's day was going smoothly. Too smooth. Maybe it was because she ate breakfast early today. Well, that in turn was because Clare hadn't shown up to work today. Which was shocking. Her phone lines weren't going through either, and she didn't know whether to be happy about it or worried.Either way, she was having the time of her life, sitting in her office, watching her favorite show and eating a hamburger. She was interrupted by a call , and when she saw who it was, she smiled. “Hi Abuela!" It may have been only two and a half days, but Vine missed her grandmother very much.“Mi Corazon. I've missed you so much. How're you and how's Tony?" Vine liked how vibrant her grandmother sounded. “We're good, Abuela. How's Peru?" When Vine ended the call, she felt more at ease, speaking to her grandmother, letting her continue watching her movie. Only to be interrupted by another call. Everyone just seemed to want to call her at the moment.She hadn't even even looked at the caller a
Clare couldn't have been happier when the driver arrived at her house, and she looked to see Nate still passed out beside her. She asked the driver to carry him inside, following closely behind. She passed her father on her way upstairs, ignoring him as she had done ever since the family business went bankrupt because of her father. Despite not understanding that her father had done everything for the sake of the company, Clare blamed her father. Since he had made those investments, with the shareholders' money, they had taken every last penny from them, before pulling out of the business. Thai left them peniless, and even still in debt. Mark, her father, had been made to look like failure since he has been pushed aside by his wife and daughter who had lost every iota of respect for him, and had taken over the company.As soon as he saw the driver pass, carrying a man on his shoulder and Clara walking behind, he quickly got up from his seat and chased after her. “Clare" He called