Ariadne
I didn't understand why the damned car wouldn't start and Jeremy's paramania was giving an excruciating pain in the head and worse off, we were in the middle of nowhere!“The network here is more than terrible.” He was chewing very loudly, and he continuously dabbed his forehead with a towel. Shouldn't he be tending to me?“You are a son of a bitch!” I yanked the towel from him and went back to sit in the car. I reached for a bottle of water and drained the content, but I was not satisfied. I was damned thirsty and looking around me, I couldn't imagine what more a moor could look like if not what I was seeing.Why would Caleb choose such a location of all places? I was more than angry, and I was feeling the urge to destroy.“Hell!” I grabbed my phone and tossed it at the back seat, it was useless as it was. Jeremy was still walking in circles and making funny poses in a bid to click a good wave of network. The sun was slLeoI was surprised to find her staring blankly outside the bar, her gloved fingers gently clutching a can of malt.“Hey!” Jason grinned. I waved at him, quite interested in why she was here.“She wanted to have a drink. I thought malt would do, anything of the matter?” He blinked.“Does she come here often? Did she come with someone?” Perhaps Henry? I thought to myself.“Not really, no, she's here alone. I've seen her here only a few times earlier. Yeah, that reminds me, you guys met, right?” He asked.I was staring blankly at him. What was he talking about?“The other night!” He nudged me. When did he become so friendly around me?“Is there something I am supposed to know, but I am unaware of?” I searched his face for answers.“I told you the other day that a lady was looking for you and that dude. She's the lady I was referring to and I thought I directed her to you the other night,” He responded.My brain was trying to decide the message. Why would Layla put in so much effort to
SofiaThe scandal involving Eugene and I, were, overnight, duly overtaken by the news of Ariadne Stathom and her unknown whereabouts. She was literally missing alongside her secretary, Jeremy. The chicks at school were almost going crazy, as she was an idol to many of them. However, I wasn't so much bothered and someone else who was even not bothered at all was Charlene. Apparently, she was starting to mistrust Adrian, and I couldn't be more pleased to know that. She had spoken to me about him the other day and now, as the other girls scrolled up and down their screens, she tossed a tennis ball very slowly in her hands, her lunch going cold and all stuck together.“Would you just sit there and sulk all day? I'm hungry, you know.” I snapped.She said nothing. I scoffed, I wasn't going to be her friend any longer until she dragged me here this noon and now, she was choosing to ignore me?“Could she be dead?” One girl exclaimed and covered her mouth.“Celebrities don't just die like ch
AriandeThe irritable clanking of metals woke me up the next morning. Jeremy had opened the hood of the car, blocking out the fog that had collected above us. Snow was splattered on the car and he was trying to fix something in it.“You up! Aha!” He chuckled and continued with what he was doing.“Do you know anything about cars? I’m sure you know how much this car worth, you wouldn’t be able to buy it with five annual salaries.”“Oh Ariande, I wouldn’t tamper with your baby when I knew just that, I am just trying to be sure we are not missing anything,” he let out a wry chuckle. “But now,” he let down the hood. “I think I’ve checked just enough and I have concluded that I really don’t know any mechanical skill for such a sudden fault.” He pressed on it and it closed with a final click.My stomach growled, I was more than famished. I returned to the car and slumped on the seat. I unlocked my phone and the network was still not up where it was supposed to be. I didn’t know what I was st
LaylaI had long since concluded that I was over with any revenge plan of the sort. I couldn’t risk lives just to satiate myself and moreover, it seemed I have been leaked; the bugged car never moved since the time I found out about Chloe’s extramarital affair. I just couldn’t take further risks.“Hey!” Henry knocked on my study as soon as I hung the call with Amanda.“Come in.”The door opened. He bought in a tray of snacks.“Thank you.” He set the tray on my desk and briefly kissed my lips. I was beginning to get used to his kissing me but whenever our lips touched I’d remember the kiss with Leo the other day. It haunted me and I always felt bad for not being able to make the memory decay.“How’s it going?” He sat on the swivel chair opposite mine.“Pretty good. I’ve gotten a better percentage of designs.”“That’s great. I’m glad you’re returning to being yourself once again.” He smiled.“Yeah,”“Yeah.” Then his eyes remained lingering on my face.“What’s on your mind?”“You are hap
Ariande"...and here is our latest product from Hermés Birkin." The attendant smiled, showing me to the encased designer bag."Oh my gosh!" Jeremy chortled behind me."I want it...""I paid for it!" A voice interrupted. I turned to look at this intruder and alas, she was almost in rivalry with me in the aspect of fashion savviness."I own it." She flashed her invoice."I'm so sorry," the attendant panted. "I had no idea it is off sale."I scoffed. What the hell!"Hey! Are you new here or what? You don't know how things work?" Jeremy snapped."I'm so sorry." She continued to beg."Well..." The lady cleared her throat, walked past me and carefully took the bag out of its closet."I want this bag..." I voiced my thought, wildly irritated by her condescending behavior, she was too full of herself so I needed to put her in her place."What? For the record I just got it and I own it now." She pouted."Let me have the invoice.""Fine, if you really wanna see..." she gave a haughty shrug."2 m
"I wanna be great like you! Oh my!" Jeremy grinned. "You see how you clipped her wings!""I could do that to you if you would not keep shut." His bickering was irritating my hearing nerves."I'm so sorry, Ariande.""Take me home. I'm worn out." I reclined on the passenger seat and he ignited the engine.Tony was leaning on his car in front of my house when we arrived."I thought we could have lunch together today." He said."I can't do lunch today. Jeremy, drive on!""Why?" He was adamant. "Did I do something wrong?" He planted his hands on the window of my car.I scoffed."I know you Tony, I know what you want from me... actually I'm not ready to give you that, yet so just bugger off meanwhile.""Ariande, you are getting this wrong. I'm no longer involved with Leo, alright? I stopped. I backed out already." He tried to explain but I didn't buy it."I don't want to see you today.""I want to know how you are doing, Ariande.""I'm doing perfectly fine, Tony. By doing this, you're actua
Perhaps I shouldn't have agreed, perhaps I didn't make a mistake by agreeing, I couldn't say. I just knew that the measure of discomfort which I was feeling at that moment couldn't be compared to anything. Nathan belched from his drink."This side is quite pleasant, let's sit over here." Henry suggested. Even though we had made reservations, we had not been able to pick a perfect spot for the four of us. I was the only lady so I must be comfortable, at least, with one of the men. Nathan jumped on the chair, on our way he had childishly expressed his longing to return to the kindergarten and see his friends over there. But if only he knew how unsettled his mother's mind was. He couldn't comprehend.I looked up at the sky as we sat under an umbrella, there was no hint of sun. Ah, the beach would have been pleasant if it were Summer but then we seemed forever stuck in this wintry spell. I shut my eyes for a moment, imagining myself stretched out on the shore, it was so vivid I could brin
***Ariande"What would you like to have?" Tony asked."Pasta.""Any specific one?""No."My taste buds weren't doing so well at that moment but I just had to eat for sustenance. I noticed that since I came back from that godforsaken place, I had not been myself. Out of my annoyance, I had also cut off the contract between me and Caleb.When Tony beckoned to the waiter for the second time, the man brought a bottle of Zinfandel to our table."You up on any shoot at the meeting?" He asked when the waiter had left."Not really.""Well," he seemed to hesitate to talk."What?"He dropped his cutlery and stared at me."You seem a lot unlike yourself since you came back.""I didn't know it was that obvious," I sipped out of my glass."Yeah,""How bad is it?""It's not bad. It suits you." He answered. I wanted to believe him."What else changed?" I wanted to know to what extent he could be deceptive."You are prettier." He continued eating."I noticed."He chuckled."Was that funny?" I frowne