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"Gosh I'm so nervous Bee. I wish you were here." Victoria explains her feelings to her friend.They've not been able to properly speak due to their difference in time and busy schedule and Victoria couldn't be more grateful when her phone call literally went through and Elizabeth told her she had time for a video call."Breathe in Toria. It's gonna be fine. I just wish I was with you to see the face of our Prince charming." Elizabeth cooed as she batted her eyes.Victoria rolled her eyes. "I told you he is no prince charming of mine. He is handsome and all but we are just friends and we are going to be friends." She reminded Elizabeth whose facial expression showed she didn't believe any of the words Victor had just told her."Just friends? Isn't that what they all say till the lips are touching each other and the tongue is involved?" Elizabeth mumbled.Victoria scoffed. "You just want a ship don't you? Well you won't be shipping me with anyone till I say it is safe to, are we underst
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Victoria admired herself at the vanity. Her face has been transformed to something different and she couldn't help but be in awe of the makeup artist's skills. She swallowed the lump in her throat and she let out a small sigh."Thank you." She muttered to the make-up artist who smiled in return."I'm sure he won't be able to get his eyes off you." The make-up artist tells Victoria.Victoria said nothing in return but offered her a small smile in return. Just as she was about to leave, the make-up artist said, "You two make a perfect couple." "He is not my boyfriend." Victoria clarified politely."That's all they say but later it's otherwise." The make-up artist said.Victoria shrugged in return before walking away. Landon left a while ago but before he did, he told her to call him once she was done as he had gone to attend to something important.She stood outside already dressed for the event waiting for Landon. She called him five minutes ago and he told her he'd be around in no ti
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Landon furrowed his brows in confusion before realizing Victoria had dashed off. "I do not know. Let me..." He was cut off when a lady interrupted him."Landon." She called."Rosemary." Landon called back surprisingly. She quickly leaned in to hug him. "It's been long. You smell so nice as always." She said with a seductive smile on her face.Rosemary, daughter of Albert Frank, owner of a chemical company. She was once a friend with benefits with Landon for a year before they called it quits. They respected one another and knew what they wanted and when they realized they were tired of their situation, they decided to call it quit and move on and ever since then, they had not seen each other again until today. "And you too." He tells her."Strawberry." He smacked his lip and she blushed.She suddenly glanced at Mr Smith. "And who is your hot friend?" She spoke seductively, licking her lips as she admired Mr Smith."This is my friend Jason." Landon introduced."Oh. I'm Rosemary." She
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Victoria choked on her breath. "What?" She wondered why everyone had to think she was in a relationship with any man she stood with. First it was Mr Albert the pervert and now Rosemary."We...we are not dating." Victoria immediately clarified.Rosemary looked from Victoria to Landon and then from Landon back to Victoria and a smirk formed on her face. She had thought Landon had settled down but seeing that wasn't the case, she looked forward to acting on what she had in mind."Oh I see. My bad for insinuating." She spoke softly."It's no problem." Victoria tells her.She moved closer to Landon seductively. "Since you are single..." She trailed off as she played with the button of his suit. Victor adjusted so as not to be in-between them. She could tell there was something going on between Rosemary and Landon and it was none of her business.Landon didn't want to be disrespectful by pulling away or pushing her off so he forced a smile on his face. "I will excuse myself." Mr Smith said
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"Jason." Mirabel called, getting her older brother's attention.Mr Smith, who was busy working out, stopped what he was doing to attend to his sister. He took the bottle of water on the floor, opened it and drank from it.He sighed as he wiped the sweats with the face towel on his neck. "What is Mirabella?" He spoke softly."Elizabeth is back from India." She tells him."I know. We spoke last night." He informed his sister and a smile formed on her face."Hmm. I see. So you knew before I did. I wonder what's going on between you two?" She shrugged."What is it you want to tell me Mirabella? Or is that all?" His brows raised in a questioning manner. "Not that's not all." She tells him."Elizabeth is back from India and I asked to go out with her. What I mean is before she left, we planned on going on a vacation for some days and now she's back, we..." She trailed off, fidgeting her fingers.She was worried that her brother wouldn't agree to what she wanted to ask him to do so she deci
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Mirabel inhaled and exhaled deeply as soon as she stepped out of the car. She had a smile on her face just thinking of the activity that would take place today.She had made her brother sit in the back with Elizabeth to give them time to speak to one another. Whenever they spoke and Elizabeth blushed she would smile. She kept peeking glances at them through the mirror and when she noticed she was about to be caught, she'd look away. Mr Smith carried their bags in his hands as they began to walk. Mirabel moved from where she stood beside her brother so Elizabeth could stand beside him."It's been a long time since I went hiking. Kinda nervous." Elizabeth admitted.She had only gone hiking with Victoria and it felt different without her friend here. "Don't worry Elizabeth. You will be fine." Mirabel tells her with my smile on her face. "Even if you won't be, my brother is here for you...I mean us." She added.Elizabeth noticed every little action taken by Mirabel and she understood it
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The moment Mr Smith returned back to the office, the first person he asked for was Victoria but he got the news that she asked for a two days leave."What do you mean she asked for a two days leave? Who gave her the permission and when was that?" He asked Clara with a blank facial expression and his both hands in his pants pocket.Clara was frightened by the tone he used. "Mr Lucky." She replied almost quietly."Mr Lucky. When did she meet him?" He asked. He was infuriated because he had come to see her after so many days only to hear she took a two days leave. All his days at Northern Virginia, he was constantly reminded of Victoria one way or the other. Either he saw someone who acted just like she did or something that made him remember how she spoke or what she would have done if she was by his side."Yesterday he was around and she asked for a two days leave due to an emergency and he let her go." Clara explained to him.Mr Smith clenched his fist. He took in a deep breath and ex
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"Ms Perkins?" Mr Smith called wanting to be sure she was the one he was seeing. Victoria halted on her track to see if the voice which she had guessed to be Mr Smith was indeed his. Once she confirmed, a smile formed on her face, she knew it was his but didn't know why she contemplated."You are still here? What happened?" Mr Smith asked, his both hands in his pants pocket."Oh. I forgot my slippers. I thought I would come to work with my slippers today but it turns out I didn't and..." She trailed off showing him her broken heels.His eyes widened a bit in realization. "Oh." He muttered."That's why I came. I am on my way home though." she tells him."I will drop you. After all I cannot let you walk barefooted." He blurted out before thinking."Oh." Victoria muttered. "It's actually no problem. I can manage. I will just call an Uber and they will drop me off. Don't want to disturb you." She tells him.Mr Smith sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "You always reject my offer
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Victoria's eyes widened as the folder in her hands fell on the ground. Her boss was kissing her for the second time and for a reason she didn't know of.Immediately, she got a hold of herself, she pushed him away from her not in a forceful way and she wiped her lips with the back of her palm. She glared at him."Tonight at eight, meet me at the hotel. Be there on time." He tells her before leaving his own office for her. Victoria staggered back a bit. It was after he left everything dawn on her."Did he just ask me to meet him in a hotel?" She felt insulted by that statement. "Does he think I am a hoe desperate? Oh my goodness? He wants to sleep with me because he thinks I would be comfortable with it?" She felt so insulted as she thought of the obvious reasons he had asked her to see him in a hotel.He was her boss yet she felt insulted. She couldn't believe the man she looked up to for years would think so low of her and it hurt her more because she actually felt her heart flutter u
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"The launch date is set and everything is in order. Mr Marcos from Hightech will be available on that day." Rebecca informed Mr Smith."Okay." Mr Smith said. All the while Rebecca spoke, he looked at Victoria who looked at the folder in her hands in an attempt to avoid meeting Mr Smith's eyes. After his conversation with Elizabeth, he thought of many things he could do to make it up to Victoria. He had taken what Elizabeth suggested into consideration and now he had searched on the internet the best place to take a woman to."That's all for today." Rebecca informed him."Okay. You may leave." He tells them. They both turned to leave when Mr Smith stopped them."Not you Rebecca, you can leave. Victoria, wait behind." He told her. Victoria's heart skipped that very moment he asked her to wait. She had been avoiding him for days now and now she was going to be stuck in the same room with the man that hurt her feelings."Me." She pointed at herself wanting to be sure he had insisted she
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If happiness was a person, then that would be Elizabeth. She had left work earlier than her supposed time as she had told her director of an emergency which she had to attend to.All through the day, aside from her little argument with Victoria, she had a good day. She had totally put the issue with Victor behind her as she didn't want to have a bad day. Every once in a while, she'd remember Victoria and sigh. She was expecting her best friend to be by her side today and help her out with her clothing and accessories but her best friend has decided to be so suspicious of her new found relationship. She gets baffled everytime she thinks about it.Victoria was always suspicious of her relationship in the past and truly they ended badly as Victoria predicted but she felt Mathew was going to be different. She threw the accessory on her hand on the bed as she groaned in frustration. "Don't do this Elizabeth. You are supposed to be happy. This is supposed to be your happy day. Get behind m
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Victoria kicked her shoes off once she was back into her apartment. Tears filled her eyes all through her journey back. It hurts in her chest so much that she wondered why her stomach ached too.His words weren't supposed to have much effect on her yet it did. She had walked away from him and acted like what happened between them never happened.She walked into her room, praying Elizabeth wasn't awake yet as she didn't want to start explaining the situation to her. That night she had not been able to sleep as she tossed and turned on her bed."Oh my goodness!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she stared at her best friend looking like a mess in the morning. "Did you sleep at all? What happened to you? Your eyes are swollen." Elizabeth spoke as she walked towards her friend with concern on her face.She placed her hands on Victoria's eyes to see if she was sick or showed any sign of fever. She touched her forehead to feel her temperature."You seem fine Toria. What happened? You had a nightmare
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"Yes." Mr Smith answered without hesitation."Hmm. I see. Do I know her? Who is she?" Landon asked. Mr Smith at that time decided to dig into his food. He wasn't going to talk about who had his feelings all messed up."Let's dig in. The food is almost cold." Mr Smith said dismissively, making Landon roll his eyes at him. "So are you down for my earlier suggestion?" Landon asked."What did you say again?" Mr Smith questioned as he couldn't remember what Landon had suggested they do."Let's go out. To a bar, club, anywhere. Just to get rid of the tension earlier today. The truth is, it's been a long time since I had any woman feel my..." He cleared his throat hoping his signs alone were enough to give the hint he wanted to show his friend.Mr Smith shook his head. "You are always horny. I thought you liked Victoria? Suddenly you want to jump on another?" Mr Smith brows raised in a questioning manner. When he doubted Landon's affection for Victoria, he knew he wasn't wrong and now Lando
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Mr Smith said nothing as he looked into the eyes of his friend. He wondered why he had thought that he had feelings for him. He wanted to burst into another fit of laughter but decided against it. He decided to piss Landon off instead.His facial expression changed as he leaned closer to Landon making Landon wary. He grabbed Landon's hands on the table, making Landon's eyes widened."What...what are you doing?" Landon stuttered as he suddenly felt his mouth go dry.Mr Smith swallowed the lump in his throat. He was struggling not to laugh because Landon's facial expression was killing him. "How is it that you are just realising?" He had managed to say without laughing. He wanted to pee on himself just by looking at Landon.Landon removed his hands from Mr Smith's hold and kept it to himself. "Oh my goodness!" He gasped for air."You..." Landon pointed his index finger at himself and then at Mr Smith."You like me?" He asked, wanting to be sure he was hearing his friend well.Mr Smith n
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Mr Smith shook his head. "She didn't have any phone call that I am aware of and besides we were fine so I do not understand anything." Mr Smith explained to his friend who didn't seem to believe him.Landon rubbed his eyes with his index and thumb finger. "Fuck!" He cursed as she sat back down on his seat. He had gotten up from his seat when he had offered to drive her back home."Her friend Rebecca told me she was in a bad mood today. Said it had something to do with a relationship. I do not know what to think but I feel she has feelings for another." Landon tells his friend."Rebecca?" Mr Smith questioned wanting to be sure it was the right name he had heard his friend say."Yes. She is a colleague with Victoria. She said Victoria's mood has been down all day and she said it has to do with Victoria's love life and she mistook me for the guy who was supposed to be the cause of her sad mood." He explained to his friend as he sighed deeply.He wanted to doubt that she had interest in s
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Landon got up from his seat. "I will be back soon. I have to use the restroom." He informed Mr Smith and Victoria who nodded their heads in response.As soon as Landon left, it became awkward for both Mr Smith and Victoria. Both looked elsewhere except themselves. Mr Smith was tempted to speak to her, to clear the differences between them but he couldn't man up and do it. It was unlike him and he knew it.He was still angry with her that she had left in the middle of the night without letting him know. The waiter came to take their order. "Good evening, Sir, ma'am." He greeted them again respectively, placing their orders on the table. Both nodded their heads in acknowledgment. "You may go for now, we will call you when we need you again." Mr Smith tells him and the waiter nodded his head I'm understanding before leaving them."Victoria." Mr Smith finally called after gathering enough courage and setting his pride aside.He was going to be on good terms with her for the sake of his f
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Victoria froze on spot as she seized her breath. The person she had been trying to avoid and also the person who had invaded her thoughts since yesterday was now standing behind her. Her heart began to beat faster than normal. Her palms become sweaty again. She swallowed an invisible lump in her throat as she suddenly felt her mouth go dry."It's okay. We just got here." Landon tells his friend.Mr Smith had not seen Victoria yet as she was backing him. He looked at her hair and shrugged before taking a seat. It was when he sat down that he noticed Victoria beside him. His eyes widened once he saw her, he could tell she was avoiding him as she refused to look his way to see who it was. He guessed his voice had given him away.Landon cleared his throat. He noticed that Victoria wasn't trying to look at Mr Smith and he thought it was because she was caught by surprise having to have dinner with her boss. He expected such a reaction from her but he didn't know why Mr Smith was shocked t
