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ELEVEN

Her head still not in place, Starr resumed work. She put her brave face on and walked into the damn company like she owned it, and if Christopher Chariton came, she was ready to handle him like she was the owner of the damn company. She had a knee-length wine bodycon gown, alongside black heels. She had no jewellery on, apart from a simple gold bracelet. She kept her makeup simple; lip gloss, eyeliner and mascara. The meeting was scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning, so she arrived some minutes before nine. She had a full-on pep talk with herself in the mirror before she came to work. She had to ready herself for whatever was coming. Due to her absence from work for a couple of days, some staff had relaxed, misbehaving. "Tell Magnus to fire the lady who was eating at her desk and slouching. And also the guy who thought the office place was a bar and was picking up women," she told Amber as she walked into the conference room. The entire team was waiting for her, including Magn

TWELVE

Days had passed, and it was almost the weekend. Starr was feeling unusually fatigued and simply wanted to rest. She had woken early to go to work, but ended up not being able to. So, she decided to rest at home and call in sick. "Go to the hospital," Magnus commanded Starr from the other end of the line, causing her to sigh. "You are supposed to be running a company for me, not bugging me about going to the hospital," Starr complained through the phone, sighing again. Magnus groaned. "Can you not be a hard arse for some seconds, and go to the damn hospital?" "Run the damn company." With that, she ended the line, smiling. It didn't take up to two seconds before her phone began to ring again, causing her to groan loudly and answer the phone, without checking the caller ID. "Magnus, I promise you that I am going to goddamn -" She was cut short by a chuckle, a very familiar chuckle. She felt shivers run down her spine and her knees grow weak. "Magnus must be a serious pain in your as

THIRTEEN

"It's a lie," Magnus excitedly said to her, flapping his arm close to his face, fanning himself. "He did legit ask you out?" he asked again, causing her to nod. "Oh my gawd! My ship is fucking sailing, Bitches!" He was so excited, Starr could feel it. She didn't know why he was so excited, but it kind of brought a smile to her face. She liked how he was so happy about something so not-so-big, that he felt should make her happy too. She couldn't help smiling. Magnus soon calmed down, taking his seat on one of her single chairs. "I bet he would have begged his life span short to get you to accept."Starr felt her cheeks grow warm as she frowned, feigning offence. "What do you mean?" she asked. Magnus laughed, bending his head back a bit. "Oh, I know you, Starr. You are hardheaded," he mocked her, ignoring the little pity he felt for her on remembrance of why she was. Starr chuckled and looked away from Magnus, getting up from the couch she had been sitting on. "Shut the hell up Magnu

FOURTEEN

"So, what's up?" Starr asked Magnus when they both got to the sitting room and were settled. Maguns sighed, letting his shoulders fall as he replied, “I haven’t mustered up the courage to do so yet.”Starr frowned, leaning back a bit. “Please, who are you and what have you done to the Magnus I know?” Starr asked, causing Magnus to chuckle.He shrugged. “Maybe Valentine is different, different from the rest.”Starr smiled. “Even though. I have always known you to go for whatever you wanted. I am the one to lag behind and wait for someone else to make that fun step for me, but you…” She poked his chest. “...always go for whatever without second thoughts. You mostly think of the repercussions way later on.”Magnus chuckled, shaking his head. “If you give fun or good things lots and lots of rational and logical thoughts, you’ll end up having no fun.”Starr smiled, nodding. “Exactly. So, just ask him out and worry about it later. I have never seen you guys relationship, but I know he most

FIFTEEN

The ride was quiet. Starr was trying her hardest not to 'think too much'. She sat quietly, her head resting on her elbow, her gaze fixed on the road. She was awfully quiet; Chris felt it was better to stay quiet also. He didn't want to ruin anything at all. He felt they had a great night ahead of them, and Starr's mood was very unpredictable, so he didn't want to ruin it with the slightest thing. They soon got to the restaurant, in silence, not even breathing heavily. It was a restaurant Starr hadn't been to. Honestly, she hadn't been to a lot of restaurants. She ended up making her meals, and Magnus usually got the takeout. The name of the restaurant was ' Velvet Violet'. Starr liked the name; it had this particular feel to it that made one want to simply walk in and try the food. Starr smiled as Chris got down, quickly making his way around to support her out of the car. But, she didn't wait for him, gently getting out of the vehicle. "You should have waited," Chris told Starr gent

SIXTEEN

MATURE WARNING! The date went fine, or so did Chris think. But, Starr had retreated and recoiled by the time they were on their way back home. She was back to how she was when they were on their way to the restaurant, as quiet as a church mouse. Not wanting to ruin things, Chris also kept quiet, driving in absolute silence. It wasn't long before he was pulling up to her place, parking. He had gotten out, so as to quickly move around and help her out. But, Starr didn't give him the chance, again. "I wanted -" Chris had started, but was immediately cut off by Starr's words. "Nah, it's aight," she said, keeping it short. She began to walk slowly to her door, letting Chris catch up with her, after he had locked his car door. They still hadn't really said anything. Chris wasn't so sure if he had messed up or not. He hadn't said anything, so it was most definite that he hadn't done anything wrong. But he still couldn't help feeling a tad unsure. "I guess this is goodnight then?" Chris sa

SEVENTEEN

MATURE WARNING! (MILD) Starr might not have said it out loud, or even fully accepted it. But, she knew things weren't the same with Chris at all. She was letting go, bit by bit. The way they had exploded, while staring into each other's eyes, had twisted and adjusted things within Starr. She couldn't exactly explain things, but she knew something had sparked up within her. Something she had been fighting off, trying to ignore. She had woken up, happy, sort of. She didn't want to accept it, and she also didn't know why she felt so giddy and happy. She simply wanted to have fun, jump around and be happy. Honestly, it felt weird. She stretched, smiling as she looked at her wall clock, checking the time. It was around seven in the morning, and Chris wasn't in bed. She smiled, remembering how he had told her he woke up by five in the morning, no matter how late he slept. Her smile widened, knowing fully well if it was her, she'd never be able to think straight for the whole of that day.

EIGHTEEN

Magnus couldn’t hold his laugh, as he laughed hard. Crackling. “Did I, maybe… interrupt something?” he asked in between laughter, intentionally wanting to spite Starr.Starr groaned so lowly, one might have mistaken it for a growl. “Killing a man, isn’t legal,” she simply replied to him as she got up from the bed, the duvet wrapped around her body. “So, what is your purpose of calling?” she asked Magnus as she slipped out of her bedroom, into her passage, leaving Chris to himself in the bedroom.“Just wanted to ask,” Magnus said, “How was it?”The night replayed in Starr’s mind, causing her to blush. She couldn’t help feeling glad that Magnus wasn’t present at that point in time. She didn’t or wasn’t ready for him to know how she truly felt about him. “Okay… I guess,” she replied Magnus slowly, hoping he didn’t catch the hint, even if she knew he would.“Oh dear, it isn’t a guess,” Magnus said with a chuckle. “Considering the fact that it is on tabloids, social media, and other sources

NINETEEN

Starr was fine. She could swear. As long as she could keep herself busy and not give herself a chance to think about what had happened, she was totally fine. After all, she hadn’t started falling for him yet, right?She woke up the next day, immediately got dressed and went off to work. She knew she had a busy day at work, and would have no time for thoughts or unnecessary things. She didn’t have any meetings that day, but she had quite a ton of paperwork to attend to. She made Amber know she didn’t want to be disturbed, except it was regarding business – strictly business.Magnus hadn’t come to see her at all, so it gave her more work time. She covered a lot, and was almost done, when Magnus finally landed. For lots of reasons, she felt glad by his presence. “Been busy?” she asked him, with a smile as she wiggled her pen between her fingers.Magnus smiled, nodding. “Working on Chris’ project,” he said, taking his seat on the chair opposite hers. “We’ve all been working so hard on it,

TWENTY

"Answer me Ma'am," Magnus said with a firm voice, causing Starr to freeze. Magnus was frowning. A deep frown. He knew what Starr had been through and why she was like that, but he also knew Chris and knew he had honest intentions. Starr didn't reply, letting her face fall as she looked at her almost completed work on her desk. "Starr Hart," Magnus called her sharply, causing her to quickly look up at him. "Did you hurt Chris, one more fucking time because of your insecurities?" he asked firmly. Starr simply shrugged, not wanting to get verbal with him in any way. Magnus couldn't hold his anger as the day of how she cried like she was going to cry out her soul because of a useless man, slipped into his mind like a reminder. He felt pity for her, but he couldn't tell her or show it. But, he relaxed, thinking of a better way to handle the matter. He knew she had been through a lot, but he also wasn't blind to how happy she at times seemed with Chris. He knew Chris was good people, and

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