Olivia’s POV
My stomach somersaulted and my heart skipped a beat at the sight before me. In less than a second the dark room turned bright, revealing the crowd of people inside, beaming with joy as they all looked at me with pride.
“Surprise!” they all screamed again.
Still stunned by everything, it took me a while to process what was happening. “What is all this?”
“It’s a party for you!” Maria replied before blowing on a paper horn.
Then, my eyes fell on Ms. Priya who was also among the crowd. “Yes, Olivia. It’s a party for you to celebrate your debut project.”
“Are you serious? But I’m just an intern,” I replied as I choked back a sob.
“Nonsense. You are one of us!” Ms. Priya replied and raised her cup in the air. &l
Olivia’s POVMy heart dropped when I heard Joshua’s broken voice. He sounded bad and the way he pleaded for me made my heart clench. I had never been called ‘Via’ before yet, he made it sound like he had been calling me that for years. Then, it hit me that he said that he did something stupid, and worry started overcoming me. My mind urged me to ignore him and focus on my date with Sam, but my heart couldn’t bear to leave Joshua hanging like that when he needed me.F*ck! What should I do?“Please, Via,” Joshua’s painful voice echoed again in my ear followed by the sound of something falling.“What was that?” I demanded immediately, panic filling my veins.Joshua’s heavy breathing filled the call. “N…nothing.”It was obvious that it was not n
Olivia’s POVMy hand remained in Joshua’s grasp as he looked up at me pleadingly and requested me to stay with him that night. It was definitely not part of the plan I had constructed in my head when I first saw him on the sidewalk. We were not close, we were not lovers and we were barely friends, still, I couldn’t help but recall how he saved me and took care of me through the night. As a decent human being, I owed him to repay that favor and keep an eye on him through the night, but that was all.My loud sigh echoed through his bedroom that I had grown familiar with. “Fine.”“Thank you, Via.” His grip around my hand loosened and he patted the spot on the bed next to him.Holding up my finger, I pulled a chair close to the bed just like he did when it was me on the bed. Before I could sit on it, Joshua pouted his lips at me.
Olivia’s POVMy eyes opened to see an unfamiliar ceiling again and I sat up straight on the bed as memories of last night flooded my mind. Looking down at my body, I found an oversized t-shirt over my dress and a blanket covering me, but there was no one next to me.Quickly getting up from the bed, I adjusted my hair and when I saw the bathroom empty, I freshened up before I stepped out of the bedroom with my clutch and coat. Just when I entered the living room, I saw the front door open and Joshua entered with two cups of coffee.“Hey, you,” he said with a small smile before removing his sunglasses.His eye was still dark purple, but his lip had healed nicely. Still, he looked disheveled and it made me feel like I was looking at a sad puppy. My lips pouted at him as I squeezed out a small smile.“I’m sorry, I must hav
Olivia’s POVWalking back to my apartment from the subway with a skip in my step, I inhaled the pleasant morning breeze and occasionally twirled around happily. Something about that morning felt freeing and I hadn’t felt that happy in a while. Humming to myself, I walked down my street as I began imagining myself getting under a warm shower and ordering some takeaway food. My weekend had turned out nothing like I thought it would be, but I was glad that I still had a day for myself. After a crazy week, it was much needed.As I headed down the final steps leading to my front door, I looked down into my clutch and noticed that my phone had run out of battery. In fact, I believe it ran out of battery sometime last night since the last time I saw it was to look up directions to Joshua’s apartment and it was already down to 5 percent then. Since I was almost home, it didn’t bother me, so instead,
Joshua’s POVA little over a week had passed since Olivia last woke up in my apartment. Nothing much had happened and we hadn’t seen each other, but we stayed in touch through calls and messages. As much as I wanted to spend every minute of my life with her, I knew I had to respect her space and give her enough time to make a decision. The last thing I wanted was to scare her away by being too forward and forcing her to like me.The sound of someone knocking on my apartment door snapped me out of my daze and I got up from my couch, wore my t-shirt, and opened the door to find Jenny at my door.“Jenny? What’s up?” I asked as I leaned on my door frame.She sighed and looked up at me with her tired eyes. “It’s about Mrs. Baxter.”“What?! What happened? Is she okay? Where is she?” I blasted at her a
Olivia’s POVCrashing on my bed, I let out a long sigh and groan. I was exhausted and my brain was starting to glitch after returning from university. My final year didn’t have any exams, but my lecturer liked to have quizzes every now and then to keep us on our toes. That explained why I looked like a zombie since I spent the last couple of days studying like a madman.Just as my eyelids started fluttering slowly as I drifted off to sleep, my phone rang loudly in my otherwise quiet room. Picking it up from the bed, I saw Joshua’s name flash on the screen.“Noooooo……I want to sleeppppp!” I shouted out to myself followed by a groan.When my phone just kept ringing non-stop, I knew that there was no escaping him. Reluctantly, I slid my finger over the screen and placed the phone to my ear. However, before I could even say anything, J
Joshua’s POVIt had undeniably been a hectic morning. From running some errands in the morning to decorating the backyard garden with Olivia, and most of all, trying to find an excuse to flirt with my girl.It had been a couple of days since we met with Mrs. Baxter and figured out her vision for the wedding. Since then, the last couple of days had brought us closer as we planned and prepared for Mrs. Baxter’s wedding. I was glad that we had clarified our past misunderstandings and decided to move forward. Personally, my relationship with Olivia had never been better. She was an amazing girl and deserved nothing but the best, which was what I strived to be.Since most of her wedding planning required her to be at my apartment building, Olivia began spending a lot of time in my apartment. Today was not an exception and when I walked into my apartment with bags of decorations, I found O
Olivia’s POV I stood there, absolutely stunned by the question that Joshua had just asked me. He had asked me to be his date for the wedding, totally out of the blue. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to suddenly throw you off like that. It just popped into my mind, and I just blurted it out,” he quickly continued as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. Sighing deeply, I looked away. “Yeah, that sure came as a surprise.” Honestly, I wanted to say yes. I mean, thinking back to my teenage girl years, I had been waiting for this moment my entire life until Joshua started bullying me. All my favorable old feelings for him felt like it was bursting to come up again, but it was locked in with a big massive gate. The gate I built to avoid anything and everything to do with Joshua Taylor, because somehow, whenever I thought about him, what he did, and any