*Vera*
Like I had expected, his eyes were getting any softer, so I decided to answer his unspoken question.
"It was Tyler Conson. He wants to take me to dinner tomorrow."
His body froze. I could feel how thick the air got so suddenly. This wasn't a good sign at all. It needed about a minute until he spoke up, a long damn minute. The atmosphere was so uneasy and tense, it seemed to strain all of my muscles.
A chill ran down my spine at the sight of his darkening eyes. And it wasn't a good kind of chill.
Suddenly his
I was woken up by my phone ringing. I swung up from my couch, realising I fell asleep with the book still in my hands. I jumped up when I saw on my phone how late it was. And, moreover, Enzo was the one that called me. My eyes widened, even though I was practically still half asleep. My heart pounded, as I remembered that I was supposed to meet up with Taylor. Feeling how anxiety crossed my body I finally picked up. “Rose, do you know how long I waited for you to pick up? You should be ready as soon as possible. According to Charles, who is already at the location of the restaurant, Conson is waiting for you. And we need ten minutes at least to drive there.” He scolded me and my heart pounded against my chest aggressively.
We reached the restaurant earlier than expected and I exited the car after Enzo had opened the door for me again. It was a building inside the city so a few heads of people that were around turned towards me and watched how I disappeared inside the restaurant. Charles had already handled everything and I was straight brought to my table by a waitress. There sat Tyler, already grinning at me. I could sense that he was happy to see me across from him. Of course he was proud that he was able to convince me that easily, but he had no clue that the main reason why I even agreed to come was because my father wanted me to. It wasn’t my plan to play with his heart, I didn’t want to hurt his feelings. Actually I didn't even
Not to say that it was bothering me, but it somehow made me feel a bit too observed. I knew how his look on me could affect my whole body and everything I did was to figure out how to ignore his glaring at this point. The worst thing was, Enzo didn’t just watch what I did, he also followed every motion of the man that sat across from me. And as good as I could see and interpret this, Tyler was very much aware that his bodyguards weren’t the only guys that had an eye on him during this entire dinner. When the waiter from earlier arrived with our ordered food, I was just glad to have found an opportunity to distract myself a bit and not look down onto my lap while awkwardly playing with my fingers. Although the only thing I did was to stab my fork into the small dish as I tried looking possibly busy. It
*Vera* My father sent me to the mall. More precisely; us, because my personal bodyguards were by my side as always. There were three in all; two who stood more apart and had everything around us in view and one who was always close to me. His name was Enzo and I had been raving about him for a while, but I didn't miss his eyes either. I would love to have him to myself for a moment... But his job made it strictly forbidden for him. He couldn't lose focus for just even a second. Because at first glance, my father was just one of the Spanish ambassadors, but he had his long fingers in illicit business. To my regret, this contributed to massive compromised security, which was why I needed to be protected all day. When Enzo finally glanced at me briefly and nodded, I closed the curtain and tried the first piece on. It was just loose blue jeans that were clearly too expensive just because the brand name was on
*Vera*In the meantime we were back in my apartment and I was already on the sofa reading a book.Among other things, I had to choose a dress for a gala tonight when we had went to the mall.Actually, I wanted anything but to go there. But as I said, I was under my father's control.The reason for my reluctance was Taylor Conson, the son of a friend and successful business partner of my father. He had a good image with most people, but he was very touchy with me. He insisted on close physical contact between us, which I found mostly simply inappropriate and uncomfortable.But there was another problem; my father wanted us to be close again and probably that we would marry someday. Because it would be all to his own advantage. He would have more influence in Taylor's father's decisions and the possibilities through his power. So he could eventually expand his business even more.Enzo has never met him though, because he hadn't
*Vera*As soon as I got into the back of the car, I had to suppress an annoyed groan when I saw my father, who greeted me with a warning look."Mr. Stark should have made sure that you got down here on time and I've already told you to hurry!" He hissed angrily at me."Enzo has nothing to do with it!" Was all I said and then looked out the window as we already drove through downtown.My father just snorted angrily again, but then also stayed silent.Suddenly I noticed that there were only four people in this car.Casey, drove us through the crowded streets of LA and Enzo sat tensed next to him."Where's Charles?" I wanted to know immediately."He's already there, Vera. However, Taylor will be there today too, so your bodyguards will keep more distance from you." My father now calmly explained the matter.I rolled my eyes when I heard that name. Even though I held Taylor in hi
*Vera*He finally broke away from me and we could examine our faces at each other."Oh Vera, it's been way too long since I last saw you!" His lips formed a happy laugh for me."Taylor." was all I quietly replied."I love to hear my name out of your mouth." he grinned mischievously to tease me."I almost forgot how pretty you are." He told me, what made me look down. He always were the flirty type. I appreciated that but it made me feel so average. Not that there was something wrong about that, I just knew that he flirted with every woman.But at other moments I do would be flustered by his compliments."You really missed me, didn't you?" I now asked, what clearly surprised him."Maybe I did." He smirked, while he took my hands in his, after he recovered from the shock, which was caused by my sudden outburst just now.Normally I would be speaking formally but today I real
*Vera*It was next noon and I had already been to my university and had had couple lectures behind me that I had to intend in person. Because normally, I was taught via online lessons or had to work out the material myself.However, there were exceptions and my father allowed me to go there with Casey so as not to miss this special and very important lecture.Lucky me was sitting in my favorite Café with Jaehyun. I always smiled around him but today my smile was extra big for him.We hadn't met in way too long and now were happier as ever to see each other.He held his my hands in his on the table.We sat across from each other and had just eaten some cinnamon rolls and donuts with coffee.We talked about the last week, that we hadn't seen each other and now he just sat there and smiled into my eyes."I love you, you know?" He said in a proud and honest tone.My eyes widened in surprise at