Novels by Belinda Cali

With Rob's insistence, my ruined dress situation was reported to Mrs Catherine, and was currently under investigation.Anyways, I wasn’t too worried about whoever it was, since I was one of the winners from the first test.Me, Rob, Clarke and Amelia were in a group, and we were going to be working with famous designer Beatrice Black from Beautyspy for an upcoming fashion event.Honestly, I couldn’t possibly describe how excited I am.“Hello…..” Miss Beatrice greeted, walking into the office where we had been waiting for her.“Hello,” We greeted back.She stood in the middle of the large office, her blonde hair pulled back, she was putting on simple white satin trousers, with a purple satin top. Big gold earrings were dangling from her ears, her dark eyeshadow making her green eyes pop out more.“Ok, we have one week to put together four designs that will convey the team for this week.”“Beautiful chaos."“Each of you were carefully selected because I liked your design at the first tes

Everything was ruined. I knelt there, staring at my ruined dress, silent tears streaming down my face in waves.“What the hell…..” Rob exclaimed from behind me. He rushes towards me, gently helping me stand up. “What happened?”“I don’t know, I came back from looking for the models, and I found my dress like this. Who could be so cruel to do something like this to me.” I wailed out.“Okay, you are not going to let this stop anything. The team is beautiful elegance. Luckily whoever did this was in a hurry, so they didn’t destroy the top of the dress just the down. short gown can also be elegant too,” Rob says, inspecting my ruined dress.He turned towards me, crouching down. “Look at me Susan. You worked hard to be here, are you going to let some stupid jealous brat destroy everything? I doubt it. Now wipe your tears and think. They are currently at number 6 if I am not mistaken. You have enough time to work something out ok.”I stared at Rob, at the determined expression on his face.

I slam into a thick object, my notes and bag flying from my hands.I breathe out, thankful that the bag containing my dress for my first test wasn’t damaged.Before I could bend down, strong muscled hands were already helping me pick up my belongings.“Oh my, thank you very much.” i gushed out, looking up and freezing at the sight of the handsome blonde haired man standing in front of me.I swallowed, beads of sweat rolling down my back. “It’s fine, I wasn’t looking at where I was going. Here,” he says, giving me my stuffs. “You seem to be in a hurry.”“Thank you.” I whispered, blushing as I collected my stuffs from him.“No problem.” He says.I turned, walking fast to catch up with the already closing elevator. “Hey…, hold on.” I shouted, waving at the lady inside the elevator. She pressed it thankfully, allowing me inside, along with the blonde guy from before.I checked my wrist watch, sighing out in relief. I was 10 minutes early. Which was way more better than being late for m

I missed dinner yesterday, Gia and I had both slept off in that position. Though most of my clothes were already neatly arranged in my wardrobe, courtesy of my mother.Now it was breakfast time, and I was beyond nervous. Everyone’s going to be there, and I hope I don't say or do the wrong thing. But most especially, I was worried about Gia. Not everyone could handle her, especially since she was on the spectrum, and sometimes acted like a child.Breathing out to calm my nerves, I turned towards Gia, making sure she was dressed properly.“Gia, listen, don’t say anything unless spoken to. And if you need anything, let me know ok?”“Ok.” Gia replied, bouncing on her feet in excitement.I breathed out again, taking Gia’s hand as we walked down the staircase.The dining was packed, Mr Richard sat at the head of the chair, my mum next to him. Miss Fallon sat at the far end, along with a slim exotic looking lady which I can only assume is Amelia, judging by the slight resemblance to Mr Rich

“Susan…., come on hurry up everything is already set let’s go…..” my mum screamed out, a hint of frustration lacing her tone.I sighed deeply, looking back at the very place that had been my home since the moment I came to this world. I couldn’t believe I was leaving everything behind, not that I had any friends or boyfriend, but still, miss Mia down the street, I will miss her motherly advice.I dragged the small carry-on bag, quickly walking towards the car, where my mother and little sister were already sitting.“Don’t worry Susan. From here on, only good things for you and Gia. I promise.” my mum whispers softly, gently stroking my hair.“What’s my step sister like?” Gia asked from the backseat, leaning forward as the car drove smoothly out of the town I grew up in.“Well…, she is pretty, fun. Listen, she might be a bit hostile, but that’s because she still misses her mum and it’s hard having a new step mum. You girls must promise not to bring up her dead mother, and please be nic

We arrived in London in no time, using Zachary’s private jet. Private cars with escorts were already waiting, I followed quickly behind Zachary, before entering the car that was to drive us to our destination. I didn’t see Mason, but I knew he would be somewhere around.“Are you ok?” Zachary asked, his eyes focused on the tablet he was scrolling through.“Yes, just tired. And you?”Zachary sighed, switching off his tablet, before turning towards me. “I need you to know that this party we will be attending can get messy. You need to be by my side always, and if I am not available, then stick to Mason.”I nearly scoffed, did he think I was some weakling that didn’t know how to protect myself.Instead I simply smiled, nodding my head in understanding.We didn’t say anything again, him going back to whatever he was doing on his tablet, while I sent a quick message to Tom, updating him on my whereabouts.Soon, we arrived at the hotel we would be staying at, and I must say, it was as expe

I stood at the balcony, watching the rain as it fell. After signing the contract yesterday, Zachary had given me the keys to this penthouse, with a newly bought Ferrari.I sipped from the cup of hot coffee in my hands, my thoughts all over the place. Tom had been blowing up my phone, with messages and calls. I knew I had to tell him about this latest development, but I felt it was too personal.Zachary had left yesterday, after we signed the contract. I don’t know if I was disappointed, or relieved. And frankly speaking, this whole thing between us was frustrating.I groaned at the sound of my phone ringing, I already knew it was Tom calling. With annoyance, I picked up.““What is it?”” I said, my tone showing my anger.““Woahh!!!”” What crawled up your ass? Tom said, chuckling.“Tom!!!” You have been calling since yesterday. Really, are you trying to blow my cover or what?“I am just concerned about you”” Tom said, you are all alone with him, and I just felt that you needed a reminde

Standing outside the club, with a lit cigarette in my mouth. I blew out the smoke from the cigarette, hugging my jacket tighter to my body to warm myself up. Zachary had told me to wait here, he was going to send someone to come pick me up. It was to my relief and surprise, when Zachary had called me two days later. I was sleeping when the ringing of the forgotten phone woke me up. I stared at it for a while, before finally picking up, Zachary’s deep voice was on the other end.““Hello!!!””““Hey!! Did I wake you?”” Zachary asked me.““Yeah, " I replied, clearing my throat. ““I will send someone to come pick you by 2am.”” You're done working by then right? he asked me.“Yeah, I replied.”We were both silent on the phone after that. I bit my lips, wondering what to say.““How are you?” I asked him.“Am ok, you?”““Am good, just tired.””““Goodnight.”” He said, before hanging up.I smiled softly. Finally, everything was going according to plan. I don’t want to question, whatever it wa

It’s been two weeks, two long weeks and yet nothing from Zachary. Pain floods my head, as I was wrested to the ground, my head hitting the floor.Shit!! Shit!! Am so sorry Tom said, standing up from my body.I grimaced, rubbing the back of my head. I could already feel the headache coming on.““You have been distracted lately, Tom said. What’s going on he asked, laying down beside me.I rubbed my temple, my teeth biting my lips. Yea Deane, what’s wrong? I don’t know, I answered. Of course I was lying through my teeth, to my only friend for that matter.Ever since I came back to work, I have been distracted. Thankfully my boss had decided that he was not removing me from Zachary’s case, claiming that if I had come close once, then I could do it again.Me and Tom, my friend and colleague have been training together, since he has also been assigned to work alongside me.I couldn’t get Zachary out of my head, and this wasn’t about catching him, or my failure to rather. No, it was somethi

My head was pounding as I blinked slowly. I looked around, Zachary was gone. The event of yesterday flooding my mind, I grimaced, fuck!! I was drunker than I thought.I tried to stand up, but pain stabbed my waist and back. Dammit!!!!! I scowled, gritting my teeth tightly to stop myself from screaming out. Slowly, I walked towards the bathroom. How could he just leave me here like this, after last night. Really, what was I expecting? Breakfast in bed or what. After cleaning up properly, I plumped back on the bed, figuring there was no use trying to go back to the room I was originally in. So I slept with a man? I thought, blushing, as I recalled everything that went down between Zachary and me. Now what huh?I sat up as someone knocked on the door, wondering if Zachary finally came back.Come in, I called out.The door opened, Mason pooping his head through the door. I sighed, disappointed it wasn’t Zachary.““ can I come in, he asked smiling softly at me.””““Yea I replied.””He

Tearing my eyes away from Zachary, I was mortified and angry that I had been intently checking out another man . Obviously, it was because I was angry that such a vile man was this handsome, nothing else . I walked around refusing to look back at Zachary . There were some familiar faces, business associates, some I recognize simply because their businesses are well known and talked about. I briefly wondered if they were aware of who Zachary was. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them were dealing illegally.I stopped another waiter, dropping my empty glass and taking another one. I needed enough alcohol to get through this . This was definitely not my kind of scene. Thankfully, due to my job, I had been to this kind of party so I knew what was to be expected.My eyes glanced around the room.refusing to acknowledge that I was searching for Zachary. I simply told myself it was more out of cautiousness rather than curiosity. I frowned when I didn’t see him anywhere around . Great, i