Raquel’s POV
"Hey, good morning." Samuel greeted us when we walked out the bedroom.
"Morning." Stephanie replied.
"Baby, are you okay?" Samuel asked while looking at Stephanie with her puffy eyes. "We need to talk. I can hear you crying last night and I thought you wanted to keep our personal problems private. I wanted to give you the space that you need but I don't think I can."
"I should give you two some privacy."
"No, don't go. He was the one who asked you to come with us and now he is upset that I was talking with you about how he thinks that my career is a waste of my talent." Stephanie blurted out.
"That is definitely not what I meant. I just want you to create your own mark. You are so talented and yet you choose to just work on other people's work." Samuel explained.
"I chose to do this because I love what I do. It's my life. It's my career. I have been nothing but supportive to you in your career and y
Raquel’s POV"Hey, so how was your vacation? I can't believe that all you needed was for me to call of my wedding and go on a vacation for you to actually head on a vacation of your own." Claire smiled when I opened my door for her."When did you get back?" I asked as we were in the living room."The other day and I was really surprised to find out that you were gone with Stephanie and Samuel. I think she is a much better influencer than I am.""Oh from now on she is just my editor. She is crazy." I explained to Claire what happened and she just laughed. “She was yelling at me like a crazy person.”"Well it looks like she got a point. Samuel dragged you on a trip that is just supposed to be her and theirfriends."Claire pointed out."I am not really not sure. Do you think that Samuel was using me to make her feel jealous?"I asked."Who knows you are the one who has been hanging
Raquel’s POV Everything was doing well. We had a few questions from reporters and Stephanie was acting as if nothing happened. She was all professional. And very good with the media. "Raquel, I am really sorry about what Stephanie did last time." Samuel approached me. "It's Cassandra." I reminded him. "Don't worry about it. We are all adults so let's move on." "She can really be so much at times but I hope that we can still be friends. You and me. You are really easy to get along with and I hope that we get to know each other more." He smiled. "Why not." I smiled back. "I just hope that Stephanie won’t be upset with it. She might accuse me of stealing you from her." "Hey, there you are." James suddenly interrupted our conversation. “Congratulations to my all-time favorite author." He embraced me. "Thanks." I replied. "By the way this is Abby." He introduced her rebound girl to us. 
Raquel’s POV I knew that Claire is going to mess up James life. She always does everything she wants. No one is ever able to really control her. James brings out the best in her. They have been together all these years and was bound to get married. Now he just brought out the worst in her. I wish I can talk her out of her plan but I couldn't. She wants me to take her side but honestly I can't do that. James is also my friend. And I wish I can do something to make their lives better. There is absolutely nothing interesting in my life as of the moment. Seriously, I am not pathetic to go after Samuel. I don't think that I need a fucking love life. My life has been great without him. I just have to focus my energy in something more productive with my life. I decided to work on a new book and I think it's going to be great. And I think I am out for fucking blood. I want to write a story about a stalker who kills people he thinks is going to ruin his perfe
Raquel’s POV "Good morning." I greeted James when I found him in the kitchen. "Morning. You look surprised to see me." "I thought you stayed with Abby." "After what happened last night do you actually think she would still want to see me." James replied as he was making some waffles. "Claire can be a handful." "She is. Abby said that she doesn't want to come between me and Claire. She thinks that I should work things out with her. She said that it was obvious that we both still have feelings for each other." "You two really need to work things out. You both obviously still love each other." "Did she tell you that she still loves me?" He asked. "Yes. If she isn't in love with you. She would have not been mad with you bringing Abby here." "Love can make us do crazy things but it is sometimes not enough to make you stay in a relationship." "James, I really hope that you give h
Raquel’s POV I didn't understand why Claire and James were fine with having dinner together. They have been avoiding each other in the past days and now they were acting like they were on good terms. They even helped me prepare dinner. Did something happen that I missed? I hope we all get out of this alive. "So Raquel, what have you been up to?" Ava asked casually. "Writing." I replied. "You are working on a new book?" Stephanie asked. "That's nice." "I write for a living so I can't just stop writing." I smiled. "Excuse me. I think Claire's guest is here." "Good evening, everyone, this is Javier Santos." Claire introduced him to everyone. "I know you were expecting just me and Raquel but James' sister Ava just arrived and she invited her friend over as well." "Gorgeous you don't have to explain anything to me. It's cool. The more the merrier. You just have to say yes to my invitati
Raquel’s POV I went to see Stephanie at the office to discuss my new book with her. “Hi, it’s great to see you again.” She smiled at me. “Hey, so what do you think? Can we work on together again?” I asked hopefully. “First, I would like to apologize about what I did the last time we were with Samuel. I get jealous and I can’t control my emotions at times when it involves the person I love.” “Everyone do crazy things for love. I understand that but I know that we can both put our personal opinion aside and work professionally.” I stated. “Of course, I have no problem working with you. We can work together online. We don’t have to see each other in person as much as we did last time.” “Yeah, I guess last time we approached our relationship to be friends and now we can try to work together again as professionals.” “I would be lying if I tell you I don’t want to work with you. The book we worked on together
Raquel’s POV "So tell me, what do you find attractive in a guy?" "Get a mirror and you'll see." I replied. "I know you know that you are good looking and I find that attractive." "So good looks, is what attracts you to a guy." He started shaking his head. "I don't believe you." "I use my eyes to find what I'm attractedto. Besides, being attracted to someone based on their physical appearance is normal. Men are attractive to beautiful women all the time. You men turn your heads when you see someone attractive." I pointed out. "Point taken." He replied, smiling at me. "Do you have a boyfriend?" "What do you think?" "If you have a boyfriend he would never let you leave his sight." "Really? He left me. One day he just disappeared and I was left waiting for him like an idiot." "He is an idiot." He exclaimed. "So this means that you have no boyfriend then."
Raquel’s POV "Hi, Raquel. I missed you." Claire exclaimed happily. "Wow, you look great." I embraced her. "Where did you hide for a month?" "I just needed to regroup and get my head straight so I went to this island resort and it was amazing." "Did you sleep with Javier the night you left with him?" I asked bluntly. "No. I told you I wanted to set him up with you." Claire stated. "The thing is I left with him and we went to a bar. We had several drinks then James showed up." "He did. I remember him looking for you the next day. He didn't mention that he found you that night." I was really confused. "He more than found me. We had sex that night." Claire admitted. "Okay. Are you back together then?" "I don't have a clue what happened that night. I was drunk and I wasn't thinking straight. I let my judgement slip." "So you run off because you had sex with James?" "I was ready