Vine walked into Nate's office wondering what could have made him call for her.As soon as he saw her, he smiled, standing up from his desk and completely forgetting whatever work he had.“Hey." He opened his arms for a hug, and Vine stayed put, not returning his smile or enthusiasm.Nate noticed this and stoops in his tracks.“What's wrong? Clare trouble again?" “No," she walked past him, “You nearly got me into trouble today."“I had no idea!" Nate tried to defend himself.Vine knew that there was no way he could have known that Clare was there, but she just didn't like that they almost got exposed.“What do you want, Nathan?" “Well, since I meant it when I said I didn't want to marry Clare, I was thinking that maybe I'd get a definite answer on whether you wanted to marry me." Vine turned around and looked at him, with an amused face. That was the funniest thing she has ever heard anyone say.“What?" She tried very hard to control her laughter.Nate didn't know whether to join i
Clare gulped down her fourth glass of liquor for the night. She had never taken it easy on the drinks even when she was supposed to.Although, she did have to take a forced stop when the incident had happened. That night, she had been drunk, too drunk and very distracted.After leaving the club and getting dragged to her boyfriend of the time, Zack, Clare got into the car and drove under the influence. She felt very carefree, not giving a thought to whatever may happen, as she felt she was rich enough to handle any situation.She had been laughing at Zack’s burping and hadn’t taken one last glace at the road, before letting go of the steering wheel. At the last moment, she had looked back to the road, all she saw was a bright light, and she tried to avoid the car by swerving out of the way, but that didn’t work out very good. The last thing Clare heard was a loud scream and a crash.When she woke up, her parents had been there to tend to her, fortunately for her, she had got away wi
Nate got home that night, happy about his eventful day with Vine. He had found it really funny as well, when Vine started acting strange, unbeknownst to him, that she had seen Clare. That was another thing he liked about her. She was prepared for everything. If only he had known that the night won't end on a happy note. “Hey grandpa. How's your cough?" He went to sit beside his grandfather, who had been having a cold for some days.“I'm okay, son. How was work?" His grandfather quickly dismissed the topic. “Work was good. We're getting closer to finalizing the deal with Mr Yakomoto." It would be a very huge deal of Nate was able to get the contract, and he really wanted to, so he could make his grandfather proud. He saw how his grandfather smiled when he told him the news and Nate was more determined. “That's good news, Nate. I'm proud of you." He patted him on the back.Nate would never admit this, but he was a grandpa's boy. Since his parents had died a long time ago, he had be
Clare couldn't have been happier when the driver arrived at her house, and she looked to see Nate still passed out beside her. She asked the driver to carry him inside, following closely behind. She passed her father on her way upstairs, ignoring him as she had done ever since the family business went bankrupt because of her father. Despite not understanding that her father had done everything for the sake of the company, Clare blamed her father. Since he had made those investments, with the shareholders' money, they had taken every last penny from them, before pulling out of the business. Thai left them peniless, and even still in debt. Mark, her father, had been made to look like failure since he has been pushed aside by his wife and daughter who had lost every iota of respect for him, and had taken over the company.As soon as he saw the driver pass, carrying a man on his shoulder and Clara walking behind, he quickly got up from his seat and chased after her. “Clare" He called
Vine's day was going smoothly. Too smooth. Maybe it was because she ate breakfast early today. Well, that in turn was because Clare hadn't shown up to work today. Which was shocking. Her phone lines weren't going through either, and she didn't know whether to be happy about it or worried.Either way, she was having the time of her life, sitting in her office, watching her favorite show and eating a hamburger. She was interrupted by a call , and when she saw who it was, she smiled. “Hi Abuela!" It may have been only two and a half days, but Vine missed her grandmother very much.“Mi Corazon. I've missed you so much. How're you and how's Tony?" Vine liked how vibrant her grandmother sounded. “We're good, Abuela. How's Peru?" When Vine ended the call, she felt more at ease, speaking to her grandmother, letting her continue watching her movie. Only to be interrupted by another call. Everyone just seemed to want to call her at the moment.She hadn't even even looked at the caller a
Vine felt very proud of herself for having bought that bikini. Maybe because she felt very sexy in it, but also because ever since she wore it, and removed her clothes to expose it when they had got on the yatch, Gold had been singing her praises. She smiled honestly grateful for the compliment, but the smile quickly disappeared, since it was not from her heart. Gold noticed this. She had been with Vine since the both of them had got their first periods, and had decided the wisest and most mature thing to do was run down the street, topless screaming that they were witches. Of course, both their parents weren’t happy when they got to find out, and they had both been punished severely for it. That had been so many years ago, and she still couldn’t believe that their friendship was even stronger and more interesting than it had been back then. It was as if they had just met. “What’s wrong, Vine? Why do you look like a sad wet puppy?” Vine found that comparison very weird. “First of
There was a spring in Vine's step, as she made it into the vineyard. Normally, she should be sad that she was going to taste the wine that would be served at the wedding of the man she loved, but right now, all she thought about was the fact that she was going to get to see Nate after days. She hadn't seen him for a while and happiness filled her heart as she waited for him to show up. Clare wasn't really involved in the planning, so it would just be the both of them.She intentionally told the attendant to wait before bringing the wine. She wanted Nate to be here first, before she did anything. Nate would give anything to be anywhere else, but on his way to see Vine. He had let his best friends in on what had happened, and while they were shocked to their bones and almost killed him, they told him that he couldn't avoid her.He knew he couldn't avoid her too, but the guilt eating him up inside would be the one to expose him. Not wanting to get down from his car, he sat in the car
Gold's wishes had come true.When Ron called her later that night, laughing and sounding so happy and cheerful about his dinner with Vine, she felt so relieved. Ron had been the first to get there. He didn't want Vine waiting for him, it wouldn't be very nice. He had booked a very expensive restaurant, a little distance away from his home, away from anyone he knew. He has to book the entire restaurant, so that he and Vine would have the privacy he wanted them to have. It was also to prevent Marilyn from accidentally seeing them together. Marilyn had never spoken about Vine and he wanted to keep things that way. When he saw her walk into the restaurant in that dress, he felt his heart do a backflip. He scoffed, not knowing how to react to it. The gown hugged her body, perfectly, bringing out every curve that there was to see.Was it a coincidence that it was the exact shade of blue he liked? That was far fetched. He knew that Gold had something to do with this, and he couldn't tha