Chapter 50- The Reveal

CASSIEI storm out of his office hurt. I head back to my floor and grab my things, then decide to check my phone to see who called me. It was Matt, I saw the text he sent me also.Matt: Are you still on tonight.Right, I didn't give him a reply yet. Me: Sure, I'm heading to the hospital now.I hail a taxi to the hospital."Hi Em," I greet the nurse in front. "Is he still busy.""I'm not really sure, but he should be in his office." Emily said, she was a petite, blonde nurse who stayed mostly at the front desk.I open his office door as he was putting on his jacket. He turns toward me."Perfect timing." he smirks."Okay, show-off, let's go. I'm getting hungry." I remark playfully.We head out of the hospital in his dark gray Porsche 911 car. Matt didn't own many extravagant things but his car was one luxury he allowed himself after years of working toward becoming a neurosurgeon. Though his apartment was in Lenox hill on the upper east side, it wasn't too flashy.We end up at the same

Chapter 51- Old Times Sake

CASSIEI couldn't sleep properly last night. No that wasn't true, I didn't sleep a wink last night. Yesterday felt so surreal to me, in just one day I was kissed passionately by the guy I had always craved his touch but only to find out that it was just a game to him. In his words 'trying to joggle your memory'. Then Matt, I hadn't seen that coming. How was that even possible, shouldn't I have been aware that he liked me all these time. Oh Matt, what am I supposed to do with you now? And Eva, did she know? Is that why she would always insinuate that he liked me."But I'm going to be selfish for once Cass. I'm going to inconvenience you this time, sway a little, just once see me as a man." his words keep ringing in my head.I'm barely concentrating on work. I have made a few minor mistakes so far. I have been easily distracted, spacing out often. God! I need to be on my A-game, I was to present the concept for the investors reception today. But what was I supposed to do. I'd liked Mat

Chapter 52- Familiar Territory

CASSIEI watch as Damian gently removed scarlet's hand from his arm, before he turns around noticing me.We stare at each other for a while, then he turns back to scarlet."I'm meeting a client in ten minutes, I doubt I'll be able to eat this."She pouts playfully, "You always have meetings."Despite her teasing, Damian's tone remained calm. "I'll drop the lunch in my office.""Cassie, help me out here. Tell him that he needs to eat well in order to work properly." Scarlet whines.I hesitate, dumbfounded as to how I was put in the middle of this. Scarlet was nice and all but I wasn't ready to get involved in their- whatever this was.Damian looked at me expressionless before turning back to her."Don't get my employee involved in this." he said flatly but with a frown on his face.Maybe he was angry that I was about to get involved with the matter between he and scarlet.I clear my throat calm. "I just came by to give these to Mr Delgado." I say indicating to the stack of files I was

Chapter 54- The Tea

CASSIE"Hey stranger" Eva calls out to me immediately as I enter the apartment.She was already setting the dinner on the island."Eva! God, I've missed you. How was everything, everyone." I inquire, as I engulf her in a tight embrace. Having her crazy ass back here was exactly what I needed, the past couple of days had been crazy.When we pulled apart, I noticed she had gotten a new tattoo on her right arm and something else was different about her but I couldn't really figure it out yet."Relax Cass," she said with a laugh. "Everything is okay, my dad is doing better, mum insisted that they go on a vacation together without any work interference, including phone calls. So he's taking a much needed break from work and um, I wouldn't deny it, I had a great time back home. I had a lot of catching up to do too, so..." she mutters softly, a blush creeping up her face."So tell me, what's been going on here since I left, any juicy details for me," she smiles suggestively, wiggling her bro

Chapter 55 - The Assignment

MATTI'd just finished my rounds and settled into my office. I stared at my phone for a while, as if, if I looked harder, maybe it would magically light up with a message or a call from Cassie.Ever since I told her how I felt about her, she went radio silent on me or maybe it was still a bit early to say so, considering it was just few days ago. I guess she needs some space, now that I'd told her how I felt about her, there was no going back again, I'm going to pursue her properly without making her uncomfortable.Just then my phone rang, I quickly snatched it from the table, only to see that it was Eva."Hey Eva," I say flatly, my brow arched a frown."Looks like someone isn't in a good mood." she tries teasing. "So, looks like you've finally told Cass how you feel, took you long enough though." she said coyly."Did she say anything about it or me?" I ask hopefully."Hey, you know I can't do that, I'm not a double agent."she retorted, then pauses for a while. "All I can tell you is

Chapter 56 - The Milan Proposal

DAMIANIt was evening already, I poured myself a drink as I stood close to the window back in my penthouse watching the city. The city was bright beneath me.Alessandro's message remained unanswered, the gala was fast approaching and there were a lot of things that needed my attention, and somehow between all of it was Cassie.She was occupying more space in my thoughts than I'd like to admit. Throughout my chaotic day, my mind somehow always drifted back to her, like a magnet, it was glued to her. I remembered everything about her, from Ibiza till a few days ago and it was slowly driving me insane. I remembered the confusion on her face when I told her we were now even after I'd kissed her, the hurt etched on her face that she couldn't mask, and didn't even bother hiding. I downed the drink again hoping to drown out whatever I was feeling at the moment but it seemed impossible.CASSIEIt was almost nine in the morning and as usual a bit chaotic here in Deluxa events Celebration. I w