Sophie's lips tightened in a grimace at the sight on her laptop. Pulling back a little, she started to crack her knuckles while muttering incorrigible beneath her breath. She had been on the same thing for hours.She sighed and her gaze flickered to the man seated on the chair in front of her.“You don't like it?” Her employee asked, sitting up quietly at the look on her face.“Hmm, ” she mumbled as she watched light fade out from his face to reveal a crestfallen expression. “Let me speak, ” she hummed.“When I said that I wanted something different, I meant that you should give me something beautiful, amazing yet DIFFERENT.” She laid emphasis on the last word. “You heard the client. You met then, Roy. You spoke to them. You should be able to ascertain the kind of people they are from your conversation. That's if you asked the right question.” She exhaled.“Now, I don't know what you asked but I need you to think back to your conversation and decide in your mind the sort of design tho
Tyler wasn't expecting the knock on his door that soon. He wasn't even expecting a knock or that his doorbell would go off. He had expected that he would have to go to her place to get her like he did the first time.So, with his shirt still untucked into his pants, he went to get the door. When he threw the door open, he expected anything else but the sight of the tired looking woman at his doorstep.“Good evening, ” she flashed him a smile that instantly made him suspicious.His eyes did a quick crawl over her and he noticed that she was still in the lemon dress she wore to the office. It wasn't like he has been keeping tabs on what she had been wearing or not wearing, he just happened to have seen her get into her car that morning.“Hi, ” Sophie waved her hand in front of him in greeting and to also snap him out of whatever daze he had gotten into.“Hi, ” he straightened and managed a small smile at her.“Well, as you might have guessed, I'm just returning from the office and I'm s
Sophie knew that no victory ever lasted for her. She should have known that. Yet, the amount of disappointment that coursed through her when she saw their text from Mira that morning was enough to have her spiraling out of control.She had meant to climb out of bed and have a beautiful morning by jogging over to Joyce's place down the street but there went her morning mood.She hissed and shuffled out of bed. Sitting up, she shoved her phone somewhere before climbing down. Shoving her feet into the bunny slippers at the foot of her bed, her gaze landed on the hamper filled with a pile of her dirty wears.Groaning because she wasn't in the mood to do her laundry, she ignored it and padded into her bathroom instead. For some reason, she felt very hungry that morning despite having eaten casserole with Joyce the night before.She grabbed her toothbrush, applied an ample amount of paste before she started to brush her teeth. When she finished brushing, she stretched and came out of the ba
Sophie had just finished her laundry and returned to her apartment, feeling a pleasant exhaustion from the day's chores. She hadn't wanted to do it, almost picked up her phone to call her housekeeper but then she had thought about it when Joyce came around to help her out with it. That had been what had encouraged her.“So, like you are traveling home next weekend?” She asked, glancing over her shoulders to see her friend's face.“Yes, I'm so damn excited Sophie. Finally, ” She exhaled.“I get. And I'm so damn excited for you, babe. Say in a few months now, you will be getting married.” Sophie squealed before collapsing on her couch, her face set in an excited smile.“Thank you, ” Joyce mused as a blush crept up her face.“That reminds me, my neighbor, Gina invited us to her parents' surprise wedding anniversary. It's next weekend.” I relayed her message to her.“Woah, isn't she like an event planner or something?” Joyce asked watching Sophie gulp down water from her bottle.“That's
“So, you are just going to freshen up and head to your parent's house?” Tyler asked when they stepped out of the elevator. His large hand was latched onto hers and they both didn't even realize it. Tyler had taken her hand when they alighted from the car earlier, his other hand resting on her lower back.They had cut the act in the elevator ride up but had still gone ahead to hold hands without realizing it.Sophie exhaled, brushing a hand through her hair. Her hat had been long discarded and even though the picnic had been nothing but eventful being that about two reporters captured her with Tyler, she still felt exhausted knowing about how her day was about to end.“Honestly, I wish nothing more but to end it before it even begins.” She exhaled, shaking her head slightly.“Wow, ” Tyler watched her. He had noted on three occasions that whenever she talked about her family, the color just seem to drain out of her face, leaving her pale and extremely tired.“Well, I hope you have a nic
Tyler cursed his luck as he strode out of the car. His car keys dangled around his fingers and as uncomfortable as he was, he didn't let that reflect on his face as he stood in the open space, looking around for one person.When he said he had urgent work to attend to, he didn't mean work like this. He didn't mean work that involved shit like this but of course, his evening just had to get ruined before it even began.A white Mercedes rolled into the driveway and Tyler had to cover his face with his palm from the blinding lights of the car. He scoffed before leaning against the car, watching as the lights went off and the sound of the engine got cut.Shoving his hands into the pocket of his jeans, he waited impatiently for Gabby to make his way out of the car over to where he was. Gabby stepped forward and without a word, handed Tyler a blind folder.“See man, I know that you are upset but—”“—The hell, I am!” Tyler lost it and interrupted him. He turned around angrily and hit the bo
Sophie woke up with a splitting headache and an irregular pound in her head. She held her head, a small cry escaping her lips. Still holding her head in place, she sat up on the bed and for a moment she realized that she wasn't in her room.But she didn't panic before the events of the day came tumbling in her mind and she couldn't suppress the loud groan that escaped her. How could she have been so foolish to stay the night at Tyler's?He wasn't her boyfriend, she had to learn that quickly.She shuffled out of bed beside the pound in her head and was about to make a beeline for the door when her eyes flickered to the bed stand and she saw the glass of water and a packet of pills put in place for her.She blinked twice to clear her confusion, surprised to see that there. Hesitating, she took slow steps toward it like it was going to hurt her or something before she finally came to terms with it and made use of the pills and the water.It wasn't until she was done that she caught her
Sophie wasn't surprised when Kristen walked into her office with a bouquet of carnations and a box of chocolates. The gesture had been happening frequently. It would arrive almost at lunchtime when she was about to take a break and each note told a different story.Sophie had no idea who it was that was dropping the flowers but she knew that whoever it was would show up eventually. Still, she accepted the flowers from Kristen with a large smile, shrugging internally at the thought of it being Giovanni. “Thank you, ” she took a sniff of the fresh flowers before she went ahead to pick out the note.“May your day be filled with love as the carnations.” She read with a small giggle before handing it back to Kristen to put away in the vase. Sophie stuck open her drawer before tucking the handwritten note into a folder she had kept there for such purpose. When she glanced back up, she realized that her bubbly assistant was grinning at her and she was starting to raise her brows in suspici