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Chapter Seventeen
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Wine Stained Lips Chapter Seventeen
Calla's POV A little to the edge of the of the rooftop,I stood in the same spot James and I once shared. Julie stood beside me with her hands stifled In her suit pocket like she was hesitant to bring something out of it. I brushed my red curls away from my face as the slightly windy breeze kept propelling my hair to stick to my face like a magnet. We both came for a breath of fresh air. Ironically, Julie had a cigarette resting on her lips as she struggles to flick the lighter on. So that's what she was hesitant to bring out,I thought. I found myself standing close to an empty bottle of wine by the little flower pot and almost tripping on it as I tried to move away from the smell of cigarette.It didn't help that it was Renault Wine bottle.Someone must have dropped it there. After the fashion show, Halt Fashion was gifted some Ranault wine as an appropriation. Our big win,had come with some major concerns like we had more bookings from big names with limited time frame,and we could
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty Six
James' POV My white knuckle dying grip held on to the edge of the pool as I sluggishly pull myself up. The blue reflection of the waters glows under the night sky in London. It's been three days since I left Paris. I remember the trembles in my kneels as I left the meeting. I remember my name being called as I walked out. I didn't care. For me,if was a load taken off my back. I dashed back to my hotel room that night, changed my phone,took my suitcase and boarded a train to Italy. I was in Italy for barely a day before Paul tracked me down. I switched off my phone and I escaped and came here to London. I didn't know where else to go so I went to Gus's. He was excited to see me standing in the front of his door at 4am unannounced. His cribs was on the third floor an apartment complex that looked like an architectural failure. The passage was awfully small but it had a decent public pool. It didn't matter though,I was safe. No one knew who I was or where I was. As ironic as it was,for
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty Five
Calla's POV"Home" they say,there's no place like it but it didn't feel quite right since I returned. It has been 24hours since I landed in Boston,almost like a missing puzzle piece had been snatched out. I guess I thought,after the fashion everything would go back to normal. It didn't.I came back home to still see mum attached to her oxygen tank, smell of medicine still replaced the smell of floral air freshener, anxiety still got the best of me and James...well, James was back to being a stranger.The only difference was my account balance has a couple of zeros added to it. Mum said I shouldn't worry about getting her bills paid for her remaining medications. She asked me to spend it on myself, as she surprised me with a Medicare cancer foundation suggested to foot her bills as a cancer recovering procedure.I sat in my room away from the world, hoping my sadness isn't contagious. Paris was a love affair funeral and I was the muse. James and I haven't spoken since that night he cam
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty Four
James' POV The smell of fresh strawberries pungently filled my nostrils. I got up from the couch that soaked up my tears from last night and the secret wishes I said in silence to stretch my body in a bid to ease the stricking pain shooting up my neck and lower back from curling myself to sleep on Grandma's embroidered couch. 'One of a kind ' she usually called it before she peacefully past away on it one night when I was seventeen.Mum has refused to sell anything from the house since she willed it to her. Even though,Grandma was dad's mum she loved mum like her own, I'm guessing she couldn't stand him like the rest of us that's why she didn't leave anything behind for him. Her house was a modern cottage in the outsketch of town,close to a little lake and it held up our family's most precious memories and most of my teenage years. It was surprisingly clean. In fact,the whole place was sparkling.It was the only stable place I had growing up.The hurt I held last night were heavy ,a
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty Three
Calla's POV"Calla...Cals...wake up." I felt a tap on my shoulder and a bright light penetrating though my eyelids. I slowly open my eyes to the sun shining on my face and a figure standing in front of me."My head hurts like crazy..." I whined, pulling the blanket closer and burying my body completely under it."Get up...c'mon now" Julie said " WE'VE GOT FREE TICKETS TO SEE THE TOWER REMEMBER!" She said excitedly. I groaned in discomfort, rubbing my forehead to easy blood flow."Like the Eiffle Tower?" I questioned. "Yes,the Eiffle Tower." Julie replied. I couldn't see her face as she pace back and forth around the room, packing, dropping, opening, spraying, chewing God knows what. Then it came back to me,Halt fashion staffs were giving an all expenses paid trip around Paris momentos."Mnnhhh...my head hurts ,I don't think I can." I whined louder. Before I knew what was next,Julie jumped on top of the bed. She had on her hotel robes and her hair was curled up in hair rollers. She wor
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty Two
James' POV The show was brilliant. Hault Fashion delivered beautiful pieces,more stakeholders began to invest on Renault Wine skyrocketing the stock market which made my father happy,which made him less irritable to everybody. Hault delivered a show that was jarring at the fingertips of blogs and magazines,while my father finally saw me fit as his heir since my plan worked.Yet, nothing felt right anymore. The void in me expanded and It left like I laid down on the tracks waiting for a train to run over me.The Deal between Calla and I was done,and so were we.I stood by the wine celler,forced to stay in the shadows as everyone else enjoys the party. It was already past 9pm and the after party was just staring. Most of the guests went back to their resistance to change while some stayed back. I've been driving around in the past hour with my sister, Vinora as we went to have diner together and I told her about what had happened. That was almost two hours ago before she dropped off a
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty One
Calla's POV One thing they don't tell you about love is that it is a big suffocating pile of inconvenience. It's flawed,it's awkward,it's makes you do embarrassing dumb shit,it makes you vulnerable,it shows you the dark side of us and a whole load of things you'd never thought you'd do.We don't choose the ones we love,we only choose to pursue it or ignore our feelings until we're numb. Sometimes,we pursue it till it drives us insane or leave us stranded and burnt out.Isn't it romantic how the chaos can either ruin you or strengthen you? It was this very moment I began to think of our love story was the kind that did both. James Renault was the star crossed love of my life. Ours wasn't as epic as those writing in movies and romance novels, we were place in each other's lives as inconvenience. I burned for him until I was nothing but ashes. He...well,he met me at the worst time of my life when I was an inconvenience. The deal that brought us together was cursed to rip us apart.Now,
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Twenty
James' POVI walked into the living room. It smelled of medicine and tea. A mixture like that of melodic poetry sonnet from a eulogy--a fine contradiction.Mrs Grayson, looked almost petrified looking at me as I stood on the front porch."James?" she said confused."Hi,Mrs Grayson. I need to tell you something,do you mind if I come in." I asked as she immediately moved from the door to let me in."What's the problem?" she asked concerned as she slowly walked by me into the living room. She sat on the one sitter coach on the left and gestures towards the triple sitter coach beside me. I looked down on the coach where a big blanket was spread with nearly no space for me to seat,I moved the blanket just enough for me fit in on it."James,it's quiet a surprise for you to show up this early in the day.""I need to talk to you" I said fidgeting before spilling out the long held thought that have wandered my mind. "I have to tell her...""You can't tell her." She objected. Her eyes were dro
Wine Stained Lips Chapter Nineteen
Calla's POVThe smell of freshly baked pastries filled the air. Hot steams from cups of chocolate,tea, coffee forming a perfect blend for the sense of homeliness I was searching for since my arrival. Perhaps, I just wanted to be held,to be felt and kept warm. Protected from the void of the feeling of James slipping through my fingertips.Paris wasn't particularly cold in this season. The sun was bright but not scogging to leave outrageous sun burns on your skin or cause you to be dripping wet, melting sweat out of the pores of your skin.No,It was simple bright and beautiful.Julie and I sat under an umbrella in the bakery down the street of our hotel. She bites into the milky doughnuts on the table as it's condensed milk fillers pours on the floor almost staining her maroon dress. I sipped on my hot espresso,as I changed the song on my phone. "Ah-ah...I hate when this happens." she exclaimed,her face dancing on a fine line between being embarrassed and disgusted. I grabbed some pape
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