Novelas de Alice May

CHAPTER 4ALEX POVThe drive to South Square takes about twenty minutes through the slow evening traffic.I could still turn back and hold on to what’s left of my sanity but that at the cost of this collaboration.Instead I pull into a parking spot across from the bar,turn the engine off and stare at the bar’s colourful sign post as it flickers above the entrance.“Damn Ellis” I said loudly into the vacant air. I unlock my seatbelt and push open the car's door stepping out into the cold.The bar looks more classy the moment I walk in. Warm lights glow softly from the ceiling shining against the flawlessly polished marble floors and midnight blue walls.Curved plush booths sit along the walls to give people space and some privacy. The air in here carries a mix of sweat and liquor. The music is louder here that I can almost feel the beat in my chest, blending with quiet conversations. The whole place screams luxury,wealth and carefully put together.The bar is pretty full for a Tuesday

CHAPTER 3ALEX POVThe door swings open just as our lips touch."Alex, the samples just arrived and… oh shit."Theo freezes in the doorway, his eyes going wide. The folder in his hands slips, papers spilling on the floor.Ellis shoves me hard enough that I stumble back. His face goes pale as he moves to the other side of the table, putting distance between us."I'll just... I'm going... sorry..." Theo stutters, turning deep red as he quickly gathers the papers. "Theo, wait," Ellis calls out after him but he's already out, the door closing behind him.Ellis won't look at me,he just stares at the table gripping it tightly.Then he suddenly starts laughing."Ellis…""Don't." his voice crack. "Please don't."I take a step toward him and he flinches."We need to talk about this.Theo just walked in on us." I run my hand through my hair."I will talk to him,he won't say anything."You don't know that!" His voice rises. "Three years, Alex. Three years fixing what you broke,you called me a mi

CHAPTER 2Alex POVMy thumb hovers over the notification. The email sits there, unopened, for the past three hours. I catch myself reaching for my phone many times, pulling back each time like a coward. When I finally opened it at midnight, it’s just two lines of message,‘I sent my reply through the company-Ellis.’Maya calls the next morning, breathless with excitement about the contracts and planning schedules. I have four days to prepare myself for the man I’ve spent three years trying to forget.The week passes in a blur of sleepless nights as I prepare myself to see him again.Tuesday morning drags by, and I arrive at the office earlier than I’ve ever been.“You look like hell,” Maya says, bringing me a hot cup of coffee."Thanks."I replied with my eyes fixed on the coffee."He's just a designer, Alex. You've met with hundreds of them."Not the same, I think. "I'm fine," I tell her, brushing invisible wrinkles from my suit. Her raised eyebrow tells me she doesn't believe a wor

Chapter 1ALEX P.O.VThe picture looks even worse on paper.I stand at the window of my office, thirty two floors up, clutching the Commerce Today newspaper as I read through the publication.Below me, the city keeps moving. People hurry along the sidewalks to get home. Everything continues normally, indifferent to the quiet mess in my life."Hawthorne's flopped collection."That's the headline they chose this time.Of all the ways they could have said it, that is what they went with. "A flopped collection"The page displays my spring lineup like photographs of a disaster, tagged with comments like Repetitive, copied, bland designs.I let out a long breath as I continue reading.Months of late night and working hard to release this collection just went down the drain.My eyes drift downward, scanning the rest of the page without really processing it, until a familiar name catches my attention in the column below."Ellis Valmont's trending collections dominate global markets."I stopp