"Your father called this morning to tell me to permit you to go to a dinner date with a man." The two girls froze as they looked at each other, eyes wide as a result of the just uttered words that came from Celina."Hello? Are you there?" Celina asked from the other end of the line. "Yes, yes I am." Laura replied breathlessly. "Who is this man, Laura?" Celina asked in a creepily low voice. "I...I don't know what you are talking about." Laura muttered. "Don't play games with me, child!"Celina exclaimed harshly. "I'm not playing any game with you!" Laura exclaimed as well. "Then tell me who he is!""I just told you, I don't know!""You are a liar!""I don't know why you are saying this but dad didn't even call me!"She heard Celina take a deep breath. "Get back to the house immediately."Celina said. "But...""Now!"And the call ended. "That witch." Lizzy commented. "Now she's been all bossy.""And it seems I have no choice but to obey the boss." Laura said with a grimace.

Laura didn't want the night to end. She was having a great time with Greg who was very good company and was, surprisingly funny. She had been laughing her heart out as their dinner progressed and she had wished she didn't have a family to go back to, that she lived alone, so that she could go back home whenever she liked. After they finished their meal, they went out to the large balcony with their drinks and stood, taking in the wonderful view of the city in comfortable silence. "Beautiful, isn't it?" She asked softly, gazing down at the vibrant lights coming from various beautiful buildings in the city, as well as the cars on the road that looked like moving light bulbs and the street lights adding more to the view. "Yes, beautiful." He murmured and she turned to him. He was looking at her and then it was obvious that he wasn't referring to the city's view as beautiful. Blushing, she looked away and cleared her throat. "You know," he continued and she looked up at him. "I've a

Laura kept looking up at Ronald, until she heard the snaps from camera and felt the blinding flashes of light on them which caused her to quickly wiggle out of his hold and straighten her dress as she glared at the paps that were taking pictures of them. Ronald took her hand in a firm grip and took her out of the area and it was a hold that she welcomed at that moment. And he actually took her to a less secluded place, from where she could see some couples already dancing to the slow tune of music. "I'm sorry about that," he apologized genuinely, which actually surprised her. "Those buffoons never know their boundaries. I thought the celebrants ordered that they be locked out for the meantime, I don't know how these ones managed to get in. They probably snuck their way in."She gave a small smile. "It's okay. It's not your fault."He grinned sexily, making his face appear more handsome. "I wasn't expecting to see you here."Laura shrugged. "Let's say I've decided to crawl out of my

Laura opened her mouth in shock when Greg told her the reason for his odd attitude that morning and showed her the newspaper on the coffee table. She tried to speak but no words could come out of her mouth. Greg stood up and paced the room. "Do you actually know the reason for my anger now?" He grounded. "It's not the fact that a picture of you and I in an intimate position is in the papers, it's the fact that you connived with your minions to have it put there! You of all people! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't called that stupid publishing company."Laura flinched. "What? Aren't you going to deny it?" He snapped angrily. "You wanted fame and you got it! You wanted the paparazzi at your heels and you're gonna get your wish!" "Greg I...""Shut up!" he growled in anger. "Not another word from you."He took a deep breath, turning away from her and said calmly. "And I had thought you were different. I thought you..." He slumped his shoulders. Laura took a step close to him.

Laura was glad that she had the full addresses of the two places he lived in. His penthouse in the center of town and his mansion of which she had seen pictures of. But she didn't know which of the houses he might currently be at, or if he was even at home. She navigated the car that she and Mirabel owned, smoothly along the roads until she finally got to the gigantic building that housed his multi million penthouse. She was stopped by a security man as she made her way towards the elevator. "Good evening Miss," the stern looking man acknowledged politely. "Who are you and how may I help you please?""Good evening, I'm Laura West." She replied. "I'm here to see Greg Williams.""Oh, Mr Williams, okay. Does he know you're visiting?"She gaped. "Uhm, yes he does.""I'll have to call his apartment to confirm, then."The man said as he reached for the telephone. "Uh, okay." At least if he picked and realized she was downstairs, there was no doubt that he would ask her to come upstairs.