TiffanyI reach the same library Sebastian mentioned yesterday. I'm nervous. It'll be an understatement if I say I'm only nervous because many things are happening inside me. I hope I came at the right time. I walk inside the library. It's calm and peaceful. I look around and find a few people reading books in certain sections of the library. But I can't locate Sebastian anywhere."Ms. Tiffany?" A woman says from behind. I look back at the librarian. "Yeah", I whisper. "That's me. But how did you—"She smiles. "Advocate Sebastian was expecting you. You were looking for someone so, I thought—" she doesn't complete and points straight at another door. "He's on the balcony. He's the owner of this library by the way""I see", I smile at her and walk towards the door with my thudding heart.Should I really go?It'll eventually mean I went out with him.But why does that even matter so much?I can do things that I like.After battling with myself, I push the door and step inside.The b
TiffanyI keep looking at my hand. And at the same time, his genuine words echo inside my head. He looked so honest and bold when he said he hated lies and deception. I can feel that he doesn't know the truth about Thea. However, he's so smart and it's unacceptable to me that he didn't catch Thea's lies. "Any other confusion that I can clarify for you?" He asks, dragging me out of my thoughts."No. As for now, no", I say. "But don't you wanna know why I felt like you wanna know about Thea?"He folds his lip. "I don't wanna think about anyone else right now, nor do I wanna talk. Rule number one for the first date, never talk about the third person""Okay", I nod, genuinely accepting that."Especially when it's not related to knowing each other. Like you can definitely tell me about your family, friends, or someone as long as there's you in that conversation""I particularly don't wanna talk about my depressing past life right now", I say, taking another bite from the lemon bar. "That
Tiffany I go out of breath, but still, he continues to kiss me with small breaks. Then finally, he pulls me away, leaving me asking for more but I don't say it. I feel my cheeks burning and I immediately lower my gaze due to the exploding shyness. However, I manage to peek up at him. He's smiling. "Was I bad?" The stupidest question I could ever ask but I was so nervous about reacting. I hear him cracking up. "No. You were raw", he says. That sounded a bit offensive as I glare up at him. "Of course, you might have kissed plenty of experienced women", I shrug."Wow!" He exclaims, staring at me in awe as he holds my shoulders. "You look terrific when you're angry too but apart from that do I really look like a player? I mean it's definitely a negative side of being good looking"I wish I was this confident to compliment myself.This guy is something. Are we really getting into silly tiffs for the first time right after our first kiss? "I said you were raw in a different you.
TheaI immediately yank off my arm from his grip, kneel on the ground and gather the cash inside my handbag. Damn! Why is all the disaster happening to me today?He better not question me for the cash. I get up right away and fix my dress and hair. "Are you okay?" Sebastian takes a step closer and scans me. I pull on a forced smile. "Yeah. I'm—good. Sorry for all the trouble — I should—""Seems like you lost all your cards", he sarcastically laughs. "I have never seen people hanging out with so much cash", he looks down at my handbag. "Or were you going to give the cash to someone?"My blood becomes cold. "Why— why would I give so much cash to anyone?" I stammer, avoiding eye contact with him. "Relax! Mrs. Fox, I guess you're getting nervous. I didn't even ask something about the incident again. It shouldn't be that traumatic. You're sweating. I realise he's not lying. I'm indeed sweating and shaking. He caught me in a very risky zone. Thankfully, he didn't see me giving money to
TheaSunday morning. Even though I had no plans to sleep this long, I couldn't believe it was ten in the morning. I jump off the bed and look around. John is working on his laptop, sitting on the couch. "When did you wake up? And why didn't you wake me up?" I scoff, stretching my arms. He looks up at me, tilting his glasses upwards, then again looks down at the screen."I thought you didn't get enough sleep last night since you came home late, so you should get some extra sleep", he says in a heavily cold tone, leaving me speechless. How did he get to know?I can't utter a single word and just stare at him. "John, I—""Don't say that you didn't, Thea. I can easily feel you're not beside me. I woke up and checked the entire house before a maid eventually said she saw you going out using the backdoor", he says, irking the hell out of me. I'm pretty sure I didn't see any maid around.Even if any of them saw me, how dare she? I grit my teeth while clasping the sheets tightly. "Which
TheaI reach Sebastian's office after an hour. His office is almost empty right now. When I walk inside a few of his interns gaze at me as if they saw an alien walking inside. I avoid them as Georgia greets me."Good morning, Mrs. Fox. I was waiting for you", she comes up with a warm smile."Good morning", I plaster a forced smile on my face. "Sebastian is in his cabin, waiting for you", she looks behind me. "Where's Mr. Fox, by the way?"I clear my throat. "Well, he's a little bit busy and I thought I should take some steps alone""That's really courageous of you", she says, walking with me towards Sebastian's cabin. "I saw you panicking the last time you were here"I look at her awkwardly. "I understand it's difficult to have a conversation with Sebastian. But trust me he'll give his hundred percent to save you. He was in the office the entire night, skimming through all the footage. It was a lot", she says, making me wonder if he cracked something."I understand. It was indeed a
Tiffany"You forgot the teddy bear in my car last night", Sebastian replies after two long hours I had been peeking at my phone every two minutes. That's so crazy of me. I never felt this way before. We have been chatting since this morning. He was really slow in replying and I can understand that since he said he was texting me while working. It can't be sweeter than this. I smile at the reply. "I deliberately didn't take it. Thea would unnecessarily question me", I send. "You can't even own a teddy? That's weird!" He replies soon. "And well, sorry for replying so late""It's okay! You're not a stay-at-home person like me😄", I reply with some laughing emoticons. He doesn't reply sooner. I see him typing twice but the typing sign vanishes a couple of times as if he's trying to say something but he's unable to do so. I curiously wait. "What are you doing this evening?😐" He replies. "I know it's weird but I wanna meet you"I blush harder, lying on my bed and looking at the ceili
Tiffany "I'm at the bus stop now", Sebastian's reply comes after half an hour when I have finished dressing myself up in a black and white striped jumpsuit. I make a half-braid and let a few strands of hair loose open. "I'll be there in ten minutes", I reply and grab my handbag, rushing downstairs.To my bad luck, Thea is sitting in the living room with a magazine. She watches me from head to toe as I walk down the stairs."Isn't that the same dress I gave you three years back?" She asks."Yes", I say, annoyed. "So, did your special friend call you out again?" She asks in a bit of a taunting tone. "I'll be back soon", I tell her. "Ryan and Kevin are fed and they must be sleeping by now""I know it's about a guy, Tiffany", her voice halts me from behind. I halt, closing my eyes shut for a while. Then she comes to me, crossing her arms. "You think I'm a fool not to notice how you're acting", she shrugs."My personal life has never been your business, actually", I snarl. "It was