We arrive and I am taken to my old room from last summer. I am accompanied by Hudson the whole time I am unpacking my things. I wonder if this room was occupied by anyone else while I was gone so I ask him so. He says he saved it for me. After I am done unpacking we go into the kitchen to get a drink. He says he had it stocked with all my favorites. I open the fridge to see that it was full of my favorite drinks and snacks. We talk and flirt for a while then he asks if I want to go out by the pool since it was such a beautiful day. I agree and quickly change into my bathing suit. We head down to the pool. I set up our towels on loungers as he heads to the bar to order us some cocktails. We slip into the water and I get the feeling we are being watched but shrug it off. Since he’s the CEO I’m sure a lot of people watch him. After a couple hours of swimming and laying out I excuse myself to go to the restroom. When I return I see a man walking away from Hudson. I ask who it was an
I want to puke and scream and cry! But I do none of this things as I watch Hudson walk towards his office with his head down. I can’t believe this! I stand up pulling myself together I march past Hudson’s office to Michael’s office, he’s a partner and CEO as well. I get to his desk asking where Trevor is working? I remembered he was announced as being on his team. He looks at me quizzically but points me in the direction. I get to Trevor’s desk with rage now filling my veins. “Who the fuck do you think you are?” He smiles at me and says “the love of your life.” I am shocked a little but not really when I remember what Trevor was like. “Why are you here?” I ask. He answers “For a business internship and for you!” I’m seeing red! “You are not here for me. I am not yours for the taking. Leave me alone!” He says calmly “I liked your pink pajamas the other night!” Wtf??? I am stammering “How do you know what my pajamas look like?” He been watching me?! He smiles and says “ It’s okay swe
I wake up in the morning with a headache and smeared mascara on the face. I’d been crying most of the night! Today though I decided no more tears. I must take action. I get ready and get to work quickly coming up with a plan. I befriend the interns in Trevor’s dept. and stick around there a lot that day. Never looking at Trevor but, feeling disgust knowing he’s watching me. After work I make plans to go out with a couple girls from his dept. I have a feeling he’ll follow. Just like I predicted he shows up to the restaurant where we are having dinner and drinks. I see him and the bar and excuse myself from the table. I walk up to Trevor and invite him back to the table. My plan is coming together. Be seen with him, be friends and make friends that’ll notice things. The night ends a couple hours later and I flirt with Trevor as we leave. The girls giggle and I can tell they think he’s cute! I gush over him as we walk back to our building. I say goodnight and watch as Trevor eyes me sus
I show up to work 2 days later. Trevor is no longer in the Williams Inc. city. They let him go or rather made him go. I can breath again! I have a black eye so everyone is looking at me and whispering. When Hudson finally sees me, he has a look of shock! He calls me into his office and says “I’m glad you are okay. I saw the security report. Did he hurt you? I mean besides the black eye of course.” I just stared at him and shook my head no. It wasn’t a complete lie. Hudson goes on to ask if he can take me to lunch? I agree and go back to my work. A few hours have passed and we are sitting outside the corporate cafe. He pulls out my chair like the gentleman he always is. He begins to tell me that I may have to leave the department so that the scandal blows over quickly. His partners don’t like the drama his intern girlfriend has brought. Wait did he just call me his girlfriend? No that’s what his partners said. Don’t get ahead of yourself Kaylie. Hudson grabs my hand and sa
I work through the rest of my weeks in my internship from home. Hudson and I are talking virtually everyday now but I still am not sure what’ll happen the end of the week when my internship is over? I chew on my pen cap thinking about it! I have one last project to finish then it’s over. I’ll have a conference call with the team and we’ll say our goodbyes my stomach clenches thinking about it! Friday comes and we have the conference call to finish out my report on my research. I bid my goodbyes when we are finished and Hudson stays straight faced. I can’t read his emotions. I’m not sure if he’s like that because the others are on the call or if he’s ready to just forget about me again. I wave goodbye one last time and click off the call before the tears start to burn in my eyes. Two minutes later my phone rings. It’s Hudson asking me why I ended the call. He text me asking me to stay on after everyone else hung up. He’s telling me he wanted to see my face. I’m a little conf
I open the envelope. It reads:Please join me at The Hotel St. George 7pm tonight for dinner and drinks. Wear something nice, a car will pick you up at 6pm. Signed Hudson. That is one of the most expensive Hotels in L.A.! Wow my heart starts to flutter. I call my sister immediately. After telling her about the note she says “we need to get you a sexy dress.” Be ready in 30 minutes I’ll pick you up to go to the mall. We spend the day shopping. I end up with a sexy yet practical little black dress and the most expensive heals I’ve ever bought! My sister drops me off at 4pm to get ready. I shower, shave, blow dry my hair, put on my makeup and get dressed. I sit there for over 30 minutes in anticipation. The door bell rings. I jump! I fling open the door and the same man from this morning is standing there waving his arm to the car. I follow after locking up. He holds open the door for me and I slip into the limo suv and sitting at the other end is Hudson. He smiles widely at me. I
Hudson asks what I am thinking about. I tell him I’ll have to look for work. He tells me I don’t need to work, he makes more than enough for the two of us. I protest! He tells me how smart I am and how much I have contributed to Williams Inc. and asks if I would like a permanent position at there. I tell him I think I would like that. When we get to the Williams Inc. city as I like to call it we head to a different building than the one we both lived in while I was an intern. I look at him quizzically. He lifts his eyebrows and says “I upgraded to a bigger penthouse now that you’ll be living by with me. I wanted you to be comfortable in our new place together.” That is very sweet of him and I simply say “Thank you.” But when I walk into the the penthouse I can’t believe my eyes. “This place is amazing.” I whisper. I run over to the expansive windows looking out. The view of the mountains was spectacular! Hudson tell me he had a designer do the furnishings to make make them more fem
My foggy brain begins to clear and I remember the boat. Hudson is looking at me with such concern on his face. He touches my cheek and tells me “Everything is okay now. Trevor tried to wreak into us. Security was docked on shore because they are never far from me. They were able to crash into Trevor’s boat and board it. Unfortunately, Trevor fired at my security team when they boarded his boat and they shot back killing him.” I blink slowly at him taking it all in. Trevor is dead! I am relieved and saddened at the same time. Once upon a time I did love him but, he turned into a monster, someone I didn’t know. Someone who was stalking me. I shudder. I still can’t believe this is real! Hudson breaks the silence saying simply “I love you and I’m glad you are not injured.” I whisper back “I love you too!” A week later I am laying out by the pool thinking about all that has happened. After the shock subsided I called my sister the evening of the incident. She couldn’t believe Trevor went t