Semua Bab Catch Me: Bab 1 - Bab 10

5 years later"And that was it for today, ladies and gentlemen. Before you leave feel free to have some coffee and pastry." I placed the papers on my desk and looked up again at the board of directors, who were mostly men. There were only two women in the room. Me and another lady in a red blazer who's name I forgot. Today I had to give a presentation to the board of directors about the financial performance of my company's business units; entertainment, creative and account management."That was wonderful, Miss Vasilios. Your company keeps growing and I'm very impressed." Mr. Ashram said, giving me a warm smile. He was the one that gave me an internship in my second year in Harvard. "Your parents must be really proud of you."I smiled back at him and nodded my head. "They are." I answered, looking once again around the room to all the satisfied faces before I spoke up: "I'm so sorry that I cannot stay any longer, I have another meeting to attend. Enjoy the rest of the day ladies and

I opened the door to my apartment and threw the keys in the bowl on the table next to the door. I switched on the lights and immediately stripped out of my clothes. It was my habit to do so since I have been living alone for so long. Coming home to an empty and quiet apartment was a bliss feeling after being surrounded by people the entire day.The peaceful silence that met me when I entered my apartment soon got interrupted by the blaring of my phone. I groaned internally as I picked up my bag and rummaged through the content. In the process of doing that my hand caught something sticky and when I pulled out it was chewed gum that I forgot to throw away. I look disgusted at it as I immediately wiped my hand on a tissue paper. When I finally found my phone I slide my finger across the screen and tapped on loud speaker. The caller id showed that it was mommy dearest.Mom - AmariAmari?! Finally, after twenty-five missed calls. Vasilios, your daughter finally picked up her phone! Where

"You're finally home!" The moment I stepped foot in the mansion I got immediately attacked by my mom. She swung her arms around me as she squeezed the living daylight out of my small figure. Her familiar scent immediately made me feel at home."Mom." I hugged her back as I softly tried to push her away from me so I could finally catch my breath. "How have you been?"She loosened me out of her grip and gave me a warm smile. "I'm doing very well. You look so different from the last time I saw you. When was it again?"I bit my bottom lip as I tried to avert my gaze from her. It has been a long time since I last came here. "Last christmas?""It has been that long?!" Mom shrieked, her eyes widening at me. "You haven't been in New York since last christmas? That explains why you have change so much. I haven't realized that so much time had pass by.""Yeah, I didn't either. I'm so consumed with work and such." "What's all this--," My dad came out of the kitchen wearing a blue apron. I had

"So wait...let me get this straight. You met this handsome man, you had a conversation with him, he called you beautiful, but you don't know his name?" Angelica asked for the hundredth time this morning. She placed her breakfast tray on the table next to my bed and turned around to face me."Yes, that's what I have been saying for the past ten minutes!" I let out a loud sigh as I closed the door of my walk-in closet which was pretty much empty except for the very few clothes and shoes I left behind from the last time I had visited this place.I really did miss this room though. It was the most beautiful and luxurious room with rick purple tapestries on every surface, a perfectly polished marble floor, and lots and lots of gold leaf. There was also a lot of furniture from different parts of the world. Dad always wanted for me to have the best."Why--how can you forget to ask his name? How is he going to find you? Did he even recognize you?!" Angelica continued asking, staring at me dej

"I promise you, Zane is not going to be there. I overheard Yasmin saying that Milan and Zane are going to Pennsylvania."I narrow my eyes at Angelica and tried to detect if she was making it up or telling the truth. "You aren't making something up just so I accompany you to brunch right?"It has been three days since I saw Zane for the last time outside the restaurant. I had promised myself that I would keep my distance from him. I would only make conversation with him when it was highly necessary. But if my friends keep inviting me to places where I know he will be present, it would be impossible to keep this promise. Angelica bit her bottom lip as she avoided eye contact with me. I knew it. After a minute of silence she spoke up again; "Well I didn't exactly heard that they are going to Pennsylvania. But I heard snippets that they would not be there during brunch."I sighed deeply and stood up from my bed. "I don't see why my brother would go out of town as it's his wedding soon