All Chapters of Heartstrings and Agendas: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

ADANI drummed my fingers across the cool surface of my mahogany desk as my mind circled time and again to the fiery redhead who had stormed into the ops room earlier.There was something about Millie that I just couldn't seem to shake.It wasn't just her looks—those certainly didn't lack, either. No, there was something in her that nailed me with pure, wild energy. She was unplugged, not wired to impress people. It alone set her apart from the people bathed in an aura of perfection.I needed new faces, models who could really catch the eye of my elite clients. I'd got too thin, generic girls, nothing that screamed luxury, nothing which would make any to sit up and take notice.But Millie? She was exactly what I needed.That 'it' factor, indefinable and unable to be trained or bought, sat there in her. I could already picture her doing some of those more out-of-there shoots in my head; these were precisely the types that would set my agency worlds ahead of the competition.First, t

MILLIEThere will be days when you feel as though you're reaching rock bottom, and then there is a day like you find out this is just the beginning of that long descent into madness. Today was that day.I laid sprawled on my couch, eating a bowl of cereal like some crazed woman who hadn't seen food in weeks. The TV was going on about something stupid, some reality show garbage, and I was about two seconds from passing out when my phone rang. Dean. Of all people. On my day off.It crossed my mind very briefly to fling the phone out of the window; but then there was Cassie. If Cassie's assistant, Dean, was calling me then that could only spell trouble. I reached for the pause button on the TV and groaned as I picked up the phone."Mr. Adan wants to see you, now," he rasped over the line, his usual monotone laced with something I'd never heard from him before—panic."And who the bloody hell is Mr. Adan?" I asked, my head still reeling from shock for being dragged to work on my holy day

Millie’s POVI was deep in dreamland, snuggled under my blanket my mind half on Jay and half in Dreamland when the shrill ring of my phone yanked me out of my slumber. My first thought was that something terrible had happened. Maybe the world was ending, or worse, someone had figured out I was hiding my dirty laundry under my bed. I groaned, fumbling around in the dark until my hand found the phone. The screen was too bright, and I squinted as I tried to see who was calling me at this ungodly hour. “Sam,” I muttered, a sleepy smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. Of course, it had to be Sam. He was the only person who would dare wake me up at this hour for something that was most likely not an emergency.I answered the call, already bracing myself for whatever craziness he had in store.“Millie! Babe!” Sam’s voice burst through the speaker, loud and enthusiastic, as if it wasn’t the middle of the night. “You won’t believe what I just heard!”“Sam,” I groaned, flopping back ont

Millie’s POV I woke up quite early, prepared Jay for school and also prepared for work. Putting on a pink Palazzo jumpsuit alongside a white blazer jacket then I brushed my bouncy curly red hair and let it down.I was standing out like a sore thumb but I really didn't care what I looked like anymore.It's been kind of tough taking care of Jay and also working, but God got me.I and Jay take the bus and when we get to his school I kiss him bye."Bye Mommy! I love you too!" His cute voice came out loudly as he dropped from the bus. I blew him a kiss and then he ran into the school, the bus moved, and I sighed.Another day of work.At least I worked with Isabella now not Cassie anymore.When I got to the office, Isabella looked at me with an amused face.“Millie! You look... interesting,” Isabella said, eyeing my outfit with a smirk.“Don’t even st

I woke up pretty early, mainly because I wasn’t able to get enough sleep last night, and I woke up an hour earlier than usual. It would take a few hours before Sam signed in. So, I decided to call him and give him some gossip about last night.While I ran the bathtub, I put a call to Gina; he picked on the third ring"Why are you calling me by 4:45am Millie? You should be asleep." His voice booms through the line"Shush… so the weirdest and funniest thing happened to me last night." I start and he is instantly silent waiting to hear what's next"And oh! Did you know Mr. Serrano gifts each of his models an apartment? Part of the perks of being a Serrano model…" I said and I could hear Sam gasp."Bitch don't tell me you have got somewhere to live other than that your rat stinky previous apartment." He said and I chuckled."Yes Sam. I've got an apartment; I'll show you after work today." I said and he squealed i