30k words in four days!! I just broke my record.
The drive was long, the driver didn’t say a word to Halle in those three hours that they drove, instead, he kept his focused eyes on the road and didn’t spare her another glance. Was he shy or was he just a people person? Maybe both, Halle thought to herself. She spent the rest of the ride looking out the window, awed by the places they had passed and realizing just how little of the country she’s seen in the past three years she’s been here. There was almost no chance to do anything else though, with her crazy shifts and classes during the day time, the only days Halle knew she didn’t do anything were on Sundays and then she’d be too tired and lazy to go anywhere so she’ll spend her entire day on her bed. Today was a Sunday and here she was, on the road. They passed by skyscrapers, old buildings, and fancy neighborhoods, it didn’t take long for Halle to realize that they had left the capital, and strangely enough, she had expected that the Stones would live in the capital just li
“Would you like to have anything to drink? Or eat? Have you had breakfast?”While Martha bombarded her with questions about her comfort, Halle’s mouth was still slightly agape as she looked deeper into the details of the house. It was magnificent.“Is this where I’m going to be staying for the next year?” It was a sobering thought, it was just a house…but it also made Halle realize the gravity of the decision she had made.“Yes, except if you don’t feel comfortable living with Mr. Stone?” Martha’s brows furrowed with an emotion that seemed more like discontent. Halle swallowed and shook her head immediately.“No, of course not I was…just asking, you don’t live here?”“No, I don’t,”Halle nodded and moved her eyes down to her fiddling fingers, her teeth biting into her bottom lip like it was an offensive part of her body that needed to be chewed off and thrown away.Don’t bite your lip, flower.Woah.Woah! Don’t think about that!“I…sorry,” Halle smiled apologetically reali
“So you’ll be living with them?”“Yes,”“In the most expensive estate in the country?” Greta practically squealed out in excitement, her ass at the edge of her seat as she took a large gulp of the beer Halle bought her and then grinned wider.“Yes…” Halle fought back a grin at the woman’s excitement.Greta was two years older than Halle, they had met in college in the most unlikely of ways and soon they were inseparable, Greta was the reason why Halle hadn’t died of starvation when she had first arrived, as she didn’t know anything and she was just a clueless foreigner. Halle loved the woman more than words could describe and she couldn’t be more excited for what the future would bring the both of them. Halle felt somewhat lighter when the woman walked into her home for the first time in two years, Halle could smile freely at Greta because she knew that she could finally pay every debt.Greta was also a student and she was also sponsoring herself in school before graduating the
The sun was already up when Halle woke up that morning, its brightness and warmth caressed her eyes and made her groan in annoyance.She had forgotten to close the curtains again, she thought.“Wake up sleepy head, I think you’ve slept enough,”Great, now even the sunlight was talking to her too, it sounded smug and a whole lot like a certain redhead who sometimes acted like her life purpose was to make Halle sleep deprived.Wait… Greta?“Get up bitch or the next thing you’ll be getting is an ice bucket!” Greta said louder, her threat was enough to open Halle’s sleep-heavy eyes.It was so fucking bright!Halle hissed as she brought her palms up to her face just so she could block the light from hitting her eyes.“Oh don’t be so dramatic,” Greta was close to her the next second, pulling her hands away from her face and practically carrying her out of bed. Greta’s hand was behind her waist and under her legs as she took her off the bed and then placed her on the floor a few st
The drive was as long and as quiet as yesterday’s, Halle felt slightly uncomfortable and maybe a bit embarrassed. Maybe she should not have asked about Mr. Stone. It seems like everyone is bent on keeping whatever the famed yet unknown owner of Stone Corp was doing a secret even to her who he’d just hired. Halle wished she could play along, as a child she was very good at keeping her mouth shut. Her words were never valued and never believed, she held countless secrets, and in a way, if spoke to the right person she could’ve been able to destroy a lot of lives. People said a lot of shit in front of her because they felt or rather they knew she wasn’t capable of saying those words out loud to anyone. Halle pursed her lips and turned her gaze back to hard jawed Monty who was clenching the steering wheel so hard that veins bulged from his hand and neck. “Are you okay,” “No,” He said, surprising her, “I’m angry and no—” he shook his head, “I am not going to tell you the reason so don
Xavier… He looked bigger or maybe it was just her memory failing her. He towered over her like a redbrick biking that would never fall, his eyes devoid of any emotion, his lips pale…just like they had been when she was with him, his eyes darker, almost looked like they were filled with negative emotions but heavens! The man was still fucking sin itself.He took her breath away in more ways than one, shocked and blistering attraction and maybe a bit of lust.Halle let out a shaky breath as everything slowly began to make sense.“You’re Mr. Stone?” She yell-whispered, her finger pointed out in an accusatory manner.His eyes narrowed, his lips looked like they itched to lift into a sneer and quite frankly, Halle didn’t know what she felt about that.This man had spent three days in her home, made her feel what no one else, not even Simon has ever been able to make her feel, then he disappeared into thin air. Halle could remember the nights when she woke up and expected him to be n
He was able to find and contact her this entire time but yet he didn’t. Halle always believed that he was probably dead, seeing the kind of lifestyle he was into, she feared that the people he said were after him finally got to him and killed him. Yet here he was. He was seated on the royal blue sofa when Halle entered the living room. She had taken a warm shower and changed, not like she needed to do so but she desperately wanted to feel water on her skin, she made herself comfortable and just did it. Maybe in hopes that memories of him would wash away from her mind and then she’ll wake up from this nightmare. When she opened the door to the closet, she gasped in awe. It was a walk-in closet. Bigger and more spacious than anyone she’s seen on TV. It was a bit empty, all that was in there were the lounge wears Tabitha had told her about, Halle dragged her luggage into the closet and didn’t bother unpacking, she just left it there and changed into something more comfortable. Cott
Why would he choose her out of every other woman that he knew? Did he see her as a joke or was he just looking for a way to amuse himself while being cooped up in this fucking mansion?!“You seem upset,” His head tilted to the side as he spoke, not a hint of guilt or any other emotion for that matter in his brown eyes, just blank. Almost like he was a robot not making any effort to understand what she was feeling at that moment…it made her feel like her feelings and reaction were not validated.“Of course, I’m fucking upset!” Shit!He’s still technically your boss, is it okay to be yelling at him in this manner?The corners of his lips twitched lightly, the only sign of emotion he had shown but it didn’t go past that.“Then it shouldn’t be directed at me but yourself, Halle,”The way he said her name should’ve annoyed the ever-loving shit out of her and made her want to smack his face but instead it only made memories she’s pushed to the back of her mind parade on her senses a