Jamie POV
Jamie wake up early to prepare what she need for the trip, Diane called me last night to be sure she take the leave from my work.
“Just want to be sure you do as you say last night…” she said… And look at her, she got her happiest look ever.
“What’s that look? I promise to come so I did what I had to do but please Diane never mention to Damien about this trip!” Jamie saw how her smile changed and by the look of it, Damien already knows…
"I’m sorry babe… John already told him!” Jam feels so disappointed to hear that she is going to be bothered about the entire trip. And she needed to persevere.
"I’m going to strangle you, babe! You don’t follow what you said to be the last time again… You promise me! I was not the one who told him you know… Its john,”
“You should tell him what I told you…”
“There’s nothing wrong with him tagging along with us…”
“You can say that because your not the one who will be bothered!” I said as acted as if I’m going to cry. I was just putting my guard up for the heartbreak. I’m not ready to have a serious relationship yet.
Damien is a perfect man indeed, Jamie can say that his every woman’s dream but she can’t give him hope… Jamie never knows if she can give him the love he deserves.
“Why are you so scared to gamble? Why don’t you give yourself a chance to be loved and give love in return…” Diane said as she gave me the
“Why don’t you try to look” and Give yourself a chance…
“Don’t push it too hard… I believe love comes at an unexpected time! You know what, let not just discuss this. Will just end up arguing again, I don’t want to ruin this travel..”
“Yeah right!” she said as we carry my luggage down the apartment. As we go down the two boys were waiting outside. As they saw us carrying luggage Damien help me put my luggage at the back of John’s Range Rover.
As he approaches me he greeted me first, Jamie just smile at him, Diane went to the passenger seat, I and Damien stay at the back.
She doesn’t know how to react in front of him she feels like any moment she might burst out!
Because John and Diane lied to me! Why do they treat me like this, this is unfair… Jamie said as she watch them both sit in front but my uneasiness makes me a bit unsteady at my sit. Jamie can’t start a conversation because right at this moment she was fuming…
She didn’t bother to start a conversation, and she was angry inside, my body feels like warfare. If they didn’t connive then I can freely express myself.
How Can I enjoy it? This trip is a mess. Yes, it is! And I just keep it to myself. I was looking outside the car when Damien talk and he said…
“Hey, why you're so quiet?” Jamie looks at him and feels like her angry feeling subsided after she saw his handsome face. I’m not an expressive person so it looks like she didn’t care at all but I am…
That is why she is so bothered that she can’t give back the love that he is offering, that is why she wants to have time for herself but it ends up a time with them.
“Nothing, am just thinking bout work Jamie reasoned out.” He just looks at me and said.
“ Why don’t you give yourself a chance to enjoy the moment?” Jamie look at him in the eye and saw the feeling of concern in it. It's true…
All her life Jamie gives it to her work that she doesn’t even have time for herself. She wakes up in the morning does the house chores early, went to her first part-time work in a pizza parlor for 4 hours. And to the Williams Company as a CSR at night.
Jamie needs to do that to forget her frustrations in life. Jam needs to busy herself to forget that being alone is so depressing. She needs to be positive in life because if one will not do it she will find herself in a mental institution, haha…
“Ok!” She agree with him He smiled back. The atmosphere became awkward Jamie don’t know how to react.
There’s just a feeling that she wants to give him a chance and experience love for the first time but am scared that she won't meet his expectations…
Since my parents died, I’m so scared to trust people, she shut herself to everyone that time Diane always comes to my aunt's house to cheer me up…
Yes, my father's sister Nellie tried to raise me but only a year after my mother's death, Jamie decided to live alone. She treats me as her daughter and Jame can say she's lucky enough to experience her unconditional love, she supported me all the way.
We're heading now to the airport when Jamie came back to reality. John parks his car in his usual parking space. She can say John is not an ordinary man also.
He is an only son and has his own business also. We got off the car and we went to the airport with our luggage. After checking in were just waiting now for our time to depart.
Damien starts a conversation with me. “Jam, you avoiding me… Why?” “It's only right to be distant to each other….” Jamie said to him he looks at me with a sad face…
“I’m not demanding for anything Jam… You deprive me of getting closer to you, I don’t understand anything because you never share with me about what happened to you in the past that you are so scared to rely on us!”
“Let's not talk about this, please… Not here…” He just looks at me with questioning eyes.
And he said, “ Alright! as you say so.” Yes, it is true since she was alone she had a lot of questions but it ended up only keeping it to herself…
She has Diane but since her parents left she doesn’t trust anybody now. Her unlucky life drags her to become a loner. It's so hard for me to open up my life, all of the people surrounding me think that she already overcome the longing, the longing of having a complete family, the longing for someone to confide in.
Someone to turn to when you feel like the world is against you. There’s a time when she wants to go to a mountain peak and shout all my heart out until my sadness subsided until it drained me and all will fade…
Sometimes Jamie questioned life why she ended up like this. But still thankful for the life ahead of her… She is still young and has a lot of wants to attain in life.
“Babe let's go! “ Diane said and she can't hide the frowning look on my face…
“Oh! So you still remember me?” She gave her a very sharp eye.
“And why is that?” She asks in return
“The last time I recall we had a deal and now you just ignore it as if it, not your best friend, do you know how it feels…” She said as we walk.
“OMG! I thought we sort things out already…
“ And because of that, all my expenses will be yours..”
“No worries, the boys are there… They will! Hahahaha” And that makes me smile This friend of mine made up my day! And she loves her…
She was nodding herself when she pulled my hand and we headed to the boy's place together.
"So are you both okay now? Let's go it's time for plane departure… Ok!" We both said
After 6hrs and 15mins. Travel we arrive at San Francisco International Airport at around 9 in the morning…
We ride the airport shuttle as if were two couples just like Diane with his boyfriend John and me Damien, as we get in the shuttle the assistant wrong us as a couple.
She goes against it but Damien touches my hand to confirm it. “Why you didn’t correct her…”
“Let her assume…” he said. I'm some kind of speechless by his determination, Jamie just ignores and started to sit next to him at the shuttle she doesn't know what got to her and agrees to this setup…
Why not! Just go with the flow… She convince me to just go with it, who knows… He can go inside my heart or touch my soul. Why not feel the moment she said to herself.
And she falls asleep while thinking. Damien offers his shoulder for me to feel much comfortable while sleeping and she is oblique… Jamie set aside her worries to be at ease.
Damien is not a bad person after all, if she gives him a chance she will be the luckiest girl in Beacon.
Damien’s family is well known in our place because of their businesses as one of the Anderson family but he never has air in the body…
He remains humble that’s the reason why he gets the highest position in their business.
She admired him for that, she didn’t know why until now he is single, Damien is handsome for got sake! And a bachelor… He shakes my shoulder when we are near the Hotel. “Wake up! Sleeping beauty… Were near the hotel now…”
“Mmm… Jamie said stretching her two hands and slowly opening her eyes until our eyes meet and she saw him staring at her.”
“Did I sleep too long? I’m sorry am I too heavy? “
Jamie said very worriedly…
“No problem… You know I can take anything for you..” he said, Jamie, lowering her head as she get the hint of it.
This is the reason why she doesn’t want him to come… She feels so bad every time he does something for me that she can’t give anything in return, my conscience killing me every time…
All the actions he gives are melting me but every time I’m thinking of giving him a chance, she just can’t! It feels like there’s a force telling me not to… I'm still hoping for the right one to come…
“Jam, please give us a chance… You know how much I love you…” he murmurs at my ears… Jamie closed her eyes and said
“ I’m not ready yet…Give me time, please… To think it over.”
“Were not getting younger Jam and besides were in the right age…”
“I know but I don’t want to give you hope, I hope you understand I can compromise myself just because you did everything for me… That’s unfair…”
Jamie saw how sad he is, she want to say let's try but she really can’t… Jamie swears to her parents that she will give herself to the man she can feel love for. Only him.
Then suddenly we arrive at the famous PARKER HOUSE the known hotel in San Francisco. Diane gets three rooms, 1 for couple and 2 singles.
Jamie was so happy that she can have her room. Thanks, God! She tells herself… As we go to our designated rooms she bump into someone as she was walking holding my keycard, she pick up the keycard not looking at the man Jamie bump into…
As she looked at her, she was about to say sorry, but her tongue got stuck in her mouth...
“ You again!” Yeah, It's Francis Ribbs again…
The handsome and look like Hardin Scott in the film After… But the only difference is he has no smile at all, this man is so arrogant.
This is our second encounter but she never saw him smile. Is this guy always In a bad mood?
She questioned herself as she was looking at him. On the contrary, Jam didn’t know that this was all a setup, the incident they had now was all intentional because she had been investigated and all her information is gathered.
Franz also knew about Damien, that’s why he decided to see her as early as right now. He wants this girl so much that his possessiveness to her is too much, they can’t deny the bond that they have and he will be willing to take the risk.
As Jam back in reality she takes a step back and she fainted…
"Are you sure, we need to do this?" Nate asks me.
"Ah-huh... I need to do this..." he said.
"She will get angry with you.."
"I can deal with her temper."
"I see, so you have a lot of patience when it comes to her now?" Franz just looks at him and ignores his mocking... Can he be more serious, he told to himself.
"And why is that?" He told him...
" So I cant get your help with this?"
" I just can't leave her with that man without a fight..."
"Ok! I got your point now... Satisfied?"
As he was looking like a madman he smiled and assured me to help him sort this out... Nate is a very supportive friend and because of that, he treated him as kin.
I didn’t expect the sudden dizziness I felt when I smell the ammonia in his handkerchief. All of my awareness had been blocked out. And I fainted.Francis POVThe day that I was taking a nap at my house after going back from Beacon and learn about Jamie.I called Williams for updates about her and I learn that she will be having a vacation here.But the thing I got jealous of is that she travels with a man, I know she’s with her best friend, but after everything, I experience about the relationship I’ve been very territorial especially for what is mine.Yes, I want her to be mine… That’s why I planned of getting to be close to her. I need to get her at my place for us to know each other, the way she looked at me a while ago she is angry at me.If I didn’t do this we will never have the chance. This moves ruined my image of her but who cares, I don’t want to lose her.Since the first time I laid my eyes on her, I already felt something from my heart.Until I got the report about her it
Jamie POVAs I go outside and found him standing outside with his back on me. I admire his feature first. He's the man that I dreamed about…The way he stands is overflowing with confidence, authority, and bossy character.I ask myself, am I ready to gamble? This man is a good catch not just in his status in life but his feature alone is catchy…"I hmmm!…” Myself, for him to acknowledge my presence.He looked at me in the eye and I was like a lost puppy that I don’t know what to do…This man has a big impact on my body…“Darn!” I warn myself you like a grade 3 Jamie…Starting to be with your crush huh! I was as a teenager, it's so embarrassing…“Are you ready?” As I approach him he looked at me…“You look stunning love!” he said. I wore a maxi dress that suited my fair skin, I paired with string sandals.“ Found it at the cabin, It suits me very well… How do you know my size?" I said as I tested him…“Nope! Not at all..”He said, " I bought that especially for you” and I can’t say any
Jamie POVI wake up with my body so sore and hurt that I feel like I went hiking on Mount Everest but I need to go to the bathroom to clean up.I saw him still sleeping beside me his hand hugging along my stomach. I was about to stand up but he pulled me from his body and locked me in his arms…“Where are you going?” he says with his voice so husky because of sleeping…“I’m going to wash up!” I told him as I was trying to stand up… I forgot were both nude at that time, I saw him smirking as my fair back exposed to him.“Do you need help, love?” He told me.I look at him and said “No… I can do it myself…” I hold the quilt to wrap it on my body and saw him naked lying in the bed, I pulled the pillow I used and throw it to him.“ You pervert! Cover yourself!” I told him as I feel my face so red, because of him being shameless.I smiled at myself because of that embarrassment I felt.It's not bad after all his body is perfect, with his biceps in its place. I can see that even if he'sss bus
As we are on the dock Francis talks to me as if I was the best thing that happens to him. We are near the resorts that he says…As we approach our destination, he said one thing that caught my attention and I turned around to look at him. He said “Do you trust me on this? I was “……” I can’t say anything, all I want now is to take whatever Diane might give me, the time that I disappear without further notice to them. I know she’s worried now to death… He comes near me and holds my hands… “ Love was on this together. Remember that, whatever happens, you can lean on me…” His assurance makes me quite relieved… The night that I gave myself to him was the best night that happens in my life… I will never regret it, I hug him and we walk holding hands back to the seashore where his resort was… As we approach the hotel it was named Hotel Ribbs Pacific Height that was located near downtown San Francisco, It’s a no.1 Top Hotel in the Fisherman Warf. We are walking when a man approaches Fr
Jamie POV We already arrived at the Presidential Suite of the hotel when I get a chance to talk about our conversation on the elevator a while ago. “I’m sorry about that… I shouldn’t be the one to open about that. “ He looks at me and I was so conscious the way he stares at me as if he was about to swallow the whole out of me. I freak out… “What the hell! Stop that will you…. Stop staring…” I told him, his stares, the way he looked at me was the way he uses to make a silent conversation on me… And it touches my heart, some say eyes are the window of our soul and I believe in that sayings… It feels like our heart communicates when he does that, and I find it amusing… He was never a nagging guy just like Damien. Is it because of the age gap between the two gentlemen? Or either he was more matured and his understanding is more broaden than Damien. But he has a dominating and possessive side but it's tolerable. He gives the feeling of security. I turn around and went to the window and
It takes minutes when I was done taking a bath, I found him on the balcony talking on his phone to whoever was on the other line it must be a business call, this man is always busy… She told herself as she can`t avoid her amusement on the latter. I hmmm as a sound for him to acknowledge my presence behind him, and I was right… He turned and looked back at me. That smile is the most precious one for a wealthy snobbish man like Franz. And he gave me... This man is more catchy doing that. Honestly, he is undeniably more handsome when he smiles. And I was like “….” Stunned, the moment I saw him grinning. It gives me the confidence to be silly and unrestrained when I`m with him. He stretches his other hand as a sign for me to go near him… I wink at him and tease him before I turn around to go to the bedroom to get ready. I wear a two-piece swimsuit and top it with a summer dress and my usual slipper… I looked at myself in the mirror and it remind me of the first time we met and e
Jamie POV After were done with our dinner we decided to go to the seashore to be refresh and to unwind at the same time. Diane got tipsy with the wine that we drink for dinner and she became more active than a while ago. Maybe she is taking advantage of being single. She is laughing but I know deep down she hasn’t overcome the breakup it's just been 5 hours ago so my friend is finding a way to forget what happened. And I’m so sad because I can see she is trying to hide her pain. Why John did this to her? I was thinking because right now I can’t say against John, I haven’t heard his side yet… I want to help them settle their issue but even I didn’t know where to start. Only they can fix their issues… I Don’t want Diane to suffer, as I see her struggling with her pain I’m also breaking inside. I tried to accompany him as much as possible. We didn’t finish the wine a while ago but she urges Franz and Nate to just buy the whole bottle and she takes it with us, she is drinking while we ar
Jamie POVShe was like...“……” SpeechlessWhen I saw Laura approach Franz, the feelings of jealousy and frustrations covers my entire body. I can say jealous because I hate to see other women kissing him aside from me.Frustrations because I know that woman is more suitable for him. Sexy, beautiful, and from the looks of it, she is from a wealthy clan and not to mention she looks like a product endorser or a model compared me to that woman, Damn! I’m nothing…I’m just an employee from a pizza parlor and a call center agent… And with this man attracts a lot of attention, it brings out the monster side of me… All the different feelings that he gave me was really scary on my part… I don’t know how to deal with it… I’m a newbie when it comes to this…We approach the suite, both of us can’t start a conversation. I prepared to be in a silent war with him, I’m afraid I can say things I might regret so I just shut up.And also scared his answers was not the way I want to hear. On the other han