NAYA’S POV“It’s been long you told a joke,” Eric said, forcing a laugh out of his lips.Even as he said it, it was evident Eric didn’t believe it himself. His face was grim and it was the saddest thing I’d ever seen. He seemed like he would crash into tears if we stayed too ling in his presence.Talon was clad in a white shirt tucked into indigo pants, his black shoe glinting in the light that shone in the room. Eric was in an armless round-necked shirt that was worn over khaki shorts and a slippers.Less than five minutes ago, Talon had knocked on his door. The time was between 7 and 7:15. From what I knew thanks to Lily Eric rose early but stayed in his room until it was 8am; Talon was disrupting his routine.When Talon announced his presence at the door, is father had come out with disbelief evident on his face as he stared at Talon and I. I understood the look. Talon would leave him before 6:30 and only made it home until the sun was long gone. So, seeing hi standing there, in f
NAYA’S POV When the car reached the front gate, we were checked in by security who smiled heartily at Manuel — dude was so popular! Gosh! Past the security, who made a show of checking underneath the car for bombs. Anyways, Manuel shook hands with one of them and I didn’t miss the green paper that changed hands.The car drove past the checkpoint, moving past card and I waited for us to settle into the parking area. Except we didn’t. The driver kept driving towards the building and I felt my chest tightening.What happens now? What if security called us for trespassing? Would the trip to the Maldives be cancelled? I was looking forward to this! Why is the driver acting like he’s some brainless twat? This isn’t how it happens in the movies! The driver’s don’t drive like they’re going mad!Looking over to Talon, I saw his eyes buried in his iPad as he relaxed into the passenger seat of the Mazda CX-5 we were crushing along in, looking as handsome as ever. What was wrong with him? Why wa
Chapter 18Talon's P.O.VI understood that I could be so serious sometimes. But, I felt that it is the best way to handle things, especially things that involved humans. Humans needed to be pushed, so I thought. I spent my whole time focusing on my iPad during the flight. After all, I wanted nothing serious with Naya. So, why should I even try to start up something in the first place? Anything at all."Talon," she called out. For a few seconds my gaze fell upon her. It was the first time I had given her a long stare since the flight began."What," I said, curtly. Even if I knew I sounded too cold, I kinda felt she deserved it. What the heck was she trying to say? "I want us to talk.”"About what?" I inquired as my attention shifted back to my device."It's about your own part of the bargain.""What about it, Naya?""You said you were going to make me a super model. Remember?" I totally ignored her. "Or have you changed your mind about it already?""We've already talked about all of t
TALON’S POVI could not contain my anger and disgust when the plane landed and almost crashed into the middle of nowhere. How could something as severe as that happen?"Hey, you two!" I yelled at two of the crew members. "You're fired.""Please, don't do this sir –""Shut up." I turned to some other crew members. "And you all are fired too. I don't ever want to see you anywhere near me!" I was burning inside. At that point I didn't care about what was going to happen to them. I just wanted them out of my sight. By the time I was done firing some of the crew members, there was only a few persons left.Naya and I got down from the plane and I ordered Manuel to make reservations for our apartment. Naya was quiet the whole time. I thought about what she might be thinking about, but I didn't bother to ask her questions.We got into a private car and we were taken to an hotel owned by one of my old friend, Vince Dallas.As a young dude in his thirties, he was a man with a cunning personalit
Naya's P.O.VMy eyes were filled with tears. Talon was right in front of me. Acting all nice all of a sudden. I was so mad at him. How could he treat me so badly and not feel remorse? I wanted to slap him so hard. But, I had to play along. I acted like I wanted him to keep touching me. I even got closer to him and let my skin brush softly on his. He could see the tears in my eyes, glaring. He had no compassion. Clearly, he wasn't affected by my tears."Wow!" Vince marvelled. "Y'all are so cute. Love birds –""Yeah," I said. I was so dramatical about it. I raised my head to kiss Talon on his forehead and he reacted by kissing me deeply on my lips. We looked at each other, coldly. We hated what we were doing, but we had to. I was so disgusted. We winked at each other and only Talon and I could see how angry we were at each other."I'd love to invite you both to the lounge. You'd love it there. Trust me!""Really?" Talon inquired. He moved away from me as he turned to face Vince. "That'
Naya's P.O.VI was horrible at singing. Everyone was staring at me and I was so embarrassed. I thought the day my ex left me was the worse day of my life, but I had to reconsider. Maybe the day on the stage was. I loved listening to romantic songs and I thought that I'd someday be able to get those lyrics straight up. Instead, my experience made everything worse. I could hear myself clearly and I could tell I was doing it wrongly. The crowd was not satisfied with my act. They wanted me to leave. And, I wanted to leave too.Tears gathered up in my eyes as I sang and it was all because I thought of that jerk that threw me out of his life, my ex. I used to believe he loved me genuinely. I thought we were going to end up together, forever. I strongly believed in happily ever after when I was with him, not until he left me. He left me stranded, without looking back for once. We had been together for a while and everything was going fine, but he couldn't be with me because of what people
Naya's P.O.VI smiled sheepishly when we were out of the stage. Talon didn't smile back I felt stupid. Vince scrutinized Talon and I. Talon was raging with anger, he moved away from me. I didn't want Vince to notice more than whatever he had already sensed about Talon's sudden change of attitude towards me. But Talon made things worse, he left the arena without staring at me even for once. He left the lounge and I followed him. He didn't notice me until he was at the front door of the lounge."What do you want from me?" he questioned me. He frowned. "I don't know why you had to follow me. You could just go back to the lounge. I don't want any distractions right now. Especially not from you. Please, respect my decision and get the hell out of my way.""I thought –""What were you thinking?" he queried, interrupting me from what I wanted to say."You thought we were cool? I just did all that to keep my plans safe and just so that Vince doesn't ask me questions." He looked away. "I'm out
Naya's P.O.VI couldn't get what Vince said to me out of my mind. He looked so calm, but I figured he wasn't one to joke with. Afterall, he had the money and the fame, to an extent. I was scared and at the same time terrified. I was in Vince's territory. He could harm me. I was just bluffing when I talked back at him. I walked away from him, I had to. I got to the room and I found Talon. He was smoking at the balcony. The room was a bit smoky."Where the heck have you been all the time?" he inquired. "I said, where have you been?" he repeated when he didn't hear a word from me. I acted as though no one was talking to me. I went into the bathroom to have a warm bath. I needed to have one. There was already so much in my head. And I wasn't ready to deal with Talon at the moment. He was too much trouble. I hated that all we did was argue. He was always angry, and so was I.I turned on the shower as I took off every piece of clothing I had on. I had a long bath. The threatening words of