Athena went down to join Sean for breakfast, dressed in shorts and top and barefooted, TB had told her he would leave early to the company because he need to make preparations for the models who would be leaving with them to France for some fashion show. She was happy when she found the dining room in one try and happily jogged to meet the already eating Sean.
Sean looked up from his plate of breakfast and examined her; he frowned when he noticed she was not wearing any footwear, “didn’t Tobias show you the shoes I got for you?”“He did,” she answered, pulling a chair back and sitting down to dish out her food.“And?”“They are all heels, I can’t walk on heels, there is not a single flat something there so I said to myself, since it’s just breakfast, I could come down like this.”“First of all, it’s not just breakfast and second, barefoot is not allowed here,” he cautioned.The next day, Sean brought Athena out with him to meet with a friend for lunch, when they were done, they walked out of the restaurant together but on their way to the car, he told her to go ahead and wait for him that he would be with her shortly while he left with his friend to his own car. Athena walked to the car and stood beside it to wait for him, she was dressed in skin-tight jean with a white blouse and wearing no makeup, her hair was up in a ponytail and she hung a black sunshade on her head. She was wearing a nude colored boot and standing beside the car made her look so hot and attractive.Frank just finished meeting a model who he was trying to get on his side, he walked out of an opposite restaurant and was about taking a call when he looked up and saw the lady standing near the car. At first he was amazed at her beauty but when she looked to her side and he saw her face, he stopped short, his phone nearly dropping from his hand. He couldn’t believe what he w
“Athena, wait,” Frank ran after her, “please, hold on.”Athena turned, putting down her phone, she looked at him with a raised eyebrow, “yes, Frank?”Frank heaved a sigh, licking his bottom lips, he gulped and looked into her brown eyes, the eye-shadow she had on was enhancing her eye color, making it irresistible not to stare at, “listen, I know you didn’t expect to see me inside nor running after you but if you must know, I have been trying to get close to you but the opportunity never presented itself, that’s why I am taking this chance now,” he blabbered.Athena raised an eyebrow, “alright then, you have me here, now what?”Frank chuckled nervously, “come on, Athena, you don’t have to speak to me in that tone. You have ignored me inside and I finally got you to talk, don’t be like that.”“Really? How should I speak to you then? I should slur when talking
Sean looked at the endorsement in his hand; he ran the faces of his A-list models in his mind, thinking of the best model to be given the job. A knock on the door disrupted his thought and he looked up with a sigh, “come on in,” he ordered, going back to the papers in his hands.“Mr. Brand, Mr. Jones is here to see you,” a beautiful redhead with a nice smile announced and Sean was forced to look up at her.A smile graced his lips as he wondered why Frank would be looking for him or is it another Jones? It won’t be the first time he had had such encounter. He cleared his truth and nodded at his secretary, “great, let him in.”The lady nodded and with a smile, left the office. Sean placed the papers he was holding on the table and leaned back on his chair, his eyes remained on the door as he waited patiently to see who was looking for him. Soon, there was knock on the door and he ushered the person in. The door opened and he was
Sean needed no one to tell him that he had learnt nothing from his story, he shook his head unbelievably and sighed, “The uniqueness and gracefulness of a woman is not calculated by what she wears but by what is inside her and what she portrays, the aura that seeps out of her. It was what the man had seen on the poorly dressed beggar and knew she was his. So what am I saying? All I have to say is that I am sorry, Frank but none of these drafts portrayed the three qualities and I told you that I will consider you a failure in the contract if you didn’t get those three qualities.”Frank sat up on the chair immediately, “no, no, no Mr. Brand, if you don’t like the drafts, I can make new ones, you don’t have to end the contract.”Sean heaved a sigh, “but how can you make a new design when you don’t understand the right perspective? You need to understand that the beauty of a woman is not in what she wears or where she lives
Athena was shocked at the reception she got from the lady before her, she looked behind her to see if Sean or TB was approaching and she was terrified when she saw that she was alone with her.“I asked a question, you know, and I demand an answer immediately,” Esperanza threatened.Athena turned to her and gulped, “um…I’m…I’m…”“What are you doing in Sean’s house? You are not one of those gold diggers are you?”“Of course not,” Athena defended.“Then who are you?”“I’m…”“Esperanza,” a voice interrupted behind them and Athena heaved a sigh of relief and turned to see Sean approaching, “how nice to see you again,” he smiled, walking up to her to kiss both her cheeks.“Sean,” Esperanza smiled, hugging him briefly. Athena was surprised at her sudden change of attitude, “you know if y
A glass been shifted to her made her look up to see that Sean had poured her a glass, she glanced at him and he winked at her before picking up his cutlery to continue eating like he hadn’t done something. Athena smiled, happy that he wasn’t angry at her and picked up the glass to sip her juice. She was about to down the entire drink when she remembered how elegantly Esperanza had taken her sip so she decided to copy her, how hard can it be anyway?She slightly raised her pinky finger and took a very light sip, she glanced at Esperanza as she was returning the glass to the table to know if she saw what she did and to tell her that she can do it too, but she didn’t know that the glass wasn’t balanced on the table yet and she let go of the stem. The glass fell on the floor, shattering to pieces and scaring her with the noise. She stood up immediately with a little scream just as Esperanza and Sean stood up as well.She looked up at Sean to see t
The next day after Sean had left, Athena was getting ready for her practice when TB entered her room looking as bright as he always do with his always colorful hair, “hey there, baby girl, you ready for some learning?”“You bet I am,” Athena smiled, tying her hair up in a ponytail, “you didn’t join us for dinner last night and neither did I see you this morning.”“Oh girl, I ate so early, right before you woke up,” he shrugged, “as for last night, I heard from Esther that Esperanza was joining so I withdrew myself,” he went and sat on her bed.Athena frowned, “um, you didn’t join because she joined us, why?”“Darling, it’s a long story.”“I have time,” she replied, sitting on the bed beside him.TB sighed, “well, I have known Sean for nine years now and have been leaving with him for eight.”“That long?” Athena w
Two days later, Athena woke up in the middle of the night after having a bad dream, she lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling in the dark room, she was panting, trying to catch her breath after the dream. She grew thirsty and removed the covers and got down from the bed, she turned on the light to notice that her water-jug was empty so she picked it up and left the room to fill it up. On the staircase, she heard faint melody, she followed the sound to the living room and the closer to get, the louder the music.She pushed open the door and was surprised how loud and clear the melody was, that was when she knew it was the piano, she walked a little further into the living room to see Sean, he was sitting with his back to her and he was still dressed in his office clothes. Athena was surprised, she had stayed up waiting for him but he didn’t come back so she went to bed and now he was playing the crystal piano and making a very sad melody.She stood near the curtain,