All Chapters of Stay With Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Luminous rays of sunlight streamed into the room though the unusually open window beside the bright peach vanity table announcing the arrival of a brand new summer day.Melanie Campbell blinked and turned in the fine solid oaken twin bed and shielded my date from the sunlight with a mauve pillow that matched the silk bedding.Her stomach growled noisily as she sat up drowsy, yawning and stretching. She swung her legs off the bed and began a zombie like trudge to the en-suite bathroom. She relaxed onto the toilet seat and relieved herself of the unnecessary fluids while running her eyes vigorously.She was washing her hands when she heard her cellphone ring. She turned off the faucet and rushed into the room to answer it and pushing the green button, she said, “Hello?”.“Morning, baby”, Her best friend, Erin Manchester yelled in a sing-song voice. “Are you ready to head out?”.“Do you have to shout into my ear? And what are you talking about? It’s still too early to go anywhere”.

Calvin frowned deeply, perplexed, rubbing his chin lightly as he stood in the elevator that took him up to the floor where he worked. Getting in, he pulled out his phone as he plopped down onto the upholstered sofa in the room and dialed a number.“This is quite surprising. You never call unless it’s something really important”, Came the silky smooth voice from the other end.“Where are you? I thought you were spending a couple of weeks in Milan for a magazine shoot”.“That’s where I currently still am. Aww, are you seriously worrying about me right now? Or are you just asking to be sure that I’m not cheating on you with someone else”.Calvin scoffed. “We both know I couldn’t care any less about who you roll in the sheets and have hot, steamy nights with, Linda. Just as long as you do the responsible thing, keep it out of the press, don’t make headlines with your escapades and embarrass both our families”.Calvin had know Linda Thorne ever since he was old enough to realize how

CHAPTER 5Melanie felt incredibly depressed when she walked into the restaurant she had worked in for almost a year which was filled with the tantalizing and mouth watering aroma of food and baked goods. She walked into the locker room after forcing herself to appear cheery as she exchanged light polite greetings with the kind, pudgy cook and swiping the small bottle of orange juice that sat beside her.Just as she was done putting on the restaurant’s uniform that was mandatory for all their servers, she heard footsteps coming into the room behind her and once she heard the noisy smacking of chewing gum, she could already identify who had walked in behind her. “Look at you coming in to work at whatever time suits you”, Tara Mills, the mean only other waitress in the restaurant said.“Good morning to you too, Tara. I told Paul a few days ago that I would be coming in a little late today because I had something important to attend to and he didn’t seem to have a problem with it. I tho

“…She have such a weird smile, it seemed like she had it in the bag already. Maybe she knows one of the interviewers? What if she said something to them about me? We barely spoke but she didn’t seem to like me very much”, Melanie was saying, taking a large bite of the croissant she had gotten from the bakery a few blocks way from her apartment.“That would be quite stupid of her if she did that. And unprofessional too. I don’t think anyone would look kindly on anyone that tried to sabotage others”, Erin said ,tucking a strand of her hair behind her neck.“That would only make sender if she really doesn’t know anyone there. Besides. I don’t think they would hire me anyway. I heard a couple of them whispering about college degrees. I don’t think I stand a chance”.“I don’t think it works that way, hun. It’ll be fine. I already contacted someone else to see if they had an open spot in the place they worked in. I’ll let you know when they get back to me. It shouldn’t be too hard to fi

“So what’s this I’m hearing about a cute guy? “, Erin asked, wriggling her eyebrows as she sat cross legged on the sofa.“It’s nothing really. No one. Just some random guy I spoke to for a few minutes while I took his order. I think he said his name was Liam? I don’t know. He was really cute but I don’t think I’ll see him again”, Melanie said, feeling a little uneasy.“He might come by the restaurant again. He seemed like he was really into you”.“Whatever, really. Let’s talk about something else. I definitely wouldn’t be his type. He probably just spoke to me because he wanted to be polite. It didn’t look like he was flirting anyway”.“Sure”, Leila dragged out and turned to Erin, “What about you? Why did you have to work during your lunch break? Did anything happen? “.Melanie frowned. “Yeah, are you still having problems with your boss? “, She asked, remembering the complaints she had made a couple of days ago.“You’re having issues with your boss? From what I heard, he's quit