"Just call me if you need anything or having any trouble. I talked with XY entertainment's president. His staff and band members will take care of you. Just be safe and don’t work overtime. Call me as soon as you reach A city. Don't off your phone carry it with you all the time. Text me daily before you go to bed. Understand?" said Ty with concern written all over his face.
"I am not a kid Ty. I am twenty-four and it's not the first time. Have you forgotten how many times I travelled alone before. You are talking as if you are my boyfriend. Even my dad don't nag me like you." said Val, frustrated. She closed her eyes, resting on chair while waiting for the company’s private jet. He has been saying the same thing even during the ride from her home to the airport."I wish I am your boyfriend" mumbled Ty with sad face."What did you say?" asked Val, clearly not hearing his words."Nothing just take care and remember to eat on time." said Ty. At the same time someone came and said that the private jet is ready to fly. Val stood up to leave, followed by her assistant carrying Val's bag even though she objected. Phoebe, Val’s assistant, admires her a lot and has been working with her for the past two and half years."OKAY Grandma!!!! I am leaving take care." said Val giving Ty one last look before walking towards the exit of private room."No hug kitty?" shouted Ty spreading his hands widely, staring at her back."Hug anyone you want buddy." said Val waving her hand without turning back and left the room completely.It is hard to hug Val because she resists touches from anyone except her parents. It took almost two years for him to even hold her hands. How can she be this difficult? After remembering her words, he just smiled while mumbling "Grandma?? I will soon be your husband kitty." and left the airport.After flying for six hours Val finally landed in A city. Ty already booked a presidential suite in a five-star hotel for her even though ABC luxury brand took care of accommodation for all staff members and XY entertainment people. But Val decided to take the room booked by ABC luxury brand.At seven in the evening, A dinner meeting is arranged for both clients and band members. So, Val decided to take some rest before the meeting and suggested Phoebe to do the same. Just as she decided to call her dad and Ty, her phone rang. She just sighed and answered the phone "Where are you Val? Why didn't you answer my call?" asked Ty before she can say anything."Easy buddy! I just checked-in and want to sleep now." said Val, yawning. She is dog tired and badly need some rest."How is the room? liked it?" asked Ty eagerly as he planned something for her in the suite but his excitement soon died after hearing her reply."Sorry buddy! I don’t want to be treated differently so I chose the normal suite booked by ABC luxury brand." said Val."Okay fine. Your choice. Call you later kitty. Bye." with that Ty hung up the call not bothering to hear her reply.Val sensed nothing wrong, so she took a nap after making sure to call her parents, telling them that she landed safely. Ty felt sad to hear that she didn’t checked-in the suit he booked because he made some decorations with rose bouquets to impress her but now his plan failed. “Don’t worry Tyler. You’ll have many opportunities in the future so be calm" He said to himself to assure his broken heart and continued his work."Finally! we landed after a very long flight." said Zach after coming out of their agency's private jet."We travelled more than twenty-hour-flight before Zach it's just seven-hour journey. Stop exaggerating, Let’s go.” said Paul walking towards their car, prepared by their agency."Whatever." said Zach before entering the car. After approximately thirty minutes they reached their destination. After entering their respective rooms, WESFA decided to take some rest before heading to the meeting in the evening.After taking some much-needed rest, everyone gathered at the hotel's restaurant for dinner to meet and socialize with the people they are going to work in this project. Val got four people with her, ABC luxury brand got three people and XY entertainment got ten people of which four are their bodyguards.All entered the private room in the restaurant and started greeting each other but Val is nowhere to be found. Because, she overslept and is now getting ready in a hurry, scolding herself a million times for sleeping like a log. Val sleeps a lot when she is tired that's one of her weaknesses. As a result, she is fifteen minutes late.Everyone is waiting for Val to show up. Phoebe already told them that Val is on an important phone call to stall some time. When she is getting anxious and don’t know what to say them anymore, Val showed up at the private room doorstep. She is dressed in a pastel green suit with a white tank top, looking so gorgeous and professional at the same time.As soon as Val entered the room, all heads turned towards her. "I apologise for letting you all wait for me." said Val with embarrassment."No worries, Ms. Norris. We too came just now. By the way, pleasure to meet you." said Max Nash, Manager of ABC luxury brand, extending his hand for a handshake."The pleasure is my Mr. Nash." said Val returning his gesture."Nice to meet you Ms. Norris." said David Gilles, Manager of WESFA."Glad to meet you Mr. Gilles." said Val shaking his hands as well."Meet Ms. Valerie Norris, the CFO of Wood Design and Management. She is our project manager." said Max introducing her to all the people present there."It's my pleasure to work with you all." said Val standing near her chair."We too Ms. Norris" said WESFA in unison and Val took her seat smiling."She is gorgeous man!!!" whispered Zach in Jack's ear after everyone settled in their seats."Shut up!!" said Jack glaring at Zach. ‘He never knows how to behave.’ thought Jack to himself before engaging in the ongoing conversation.They had a formal dinner while discussing about locations and costumes, regarding the shoot. After dinner, they had few drinks, but Val just drank juice.After agreeing to meet at exact eight in the morning in the hotel lobby, everyone retreated to their rooms to take some rest and prepare for tomorrow’s hectic schedule."OH MY GOD!!!!!! Valerie they are so handsome. I can’t believe. I just met the world-famous pop band. I am so lucky Val. It’s because of you. Thank you for tagging me along with you" said Phoebe with so much excitement. Val and Phoebe are in the elevator, returning to their rooms. She tried her best to be normal in front of WESFA but now she couldn't control herself and started bragging about her ‘little achievement’. Of course, meeting them is the lifetime goal for many young girls. Phoebe is just one of the fangirls."Come on Phoebe they are just men." said Val rolling her eyes. They all say like these boys are some Greek Gods. She admit that they are handsome but Ty is also handsome whom she can see all day. She saw many handsome men in her career till now."Yes but 'SEXY MEN'. Did you hear Zach's voice? God!!! he is worthy to be called THUNDER and did you see Jack Kelley his lips are so beautiful, making me want to kiss them to my heart’s content. Nathan is so sweet his smile is so genuine. Paul is really God damn sexy oh!! and Joseph he is like husband material." said Phoebe blushing. "Seriously Phoebe!!!How can you fantasize about all of them?” asked Val looking at Phoebe with wide eyes."I don't mind having all of them, they are all so handsome and sexy." said Phoebe with puppy dog eyes just then elevator doors opened.Val shook her head and walked out of the elevator, towards her room. "Valerie it's okay to have fantasies about men and I know you don't appreciate relationships but it's not crime crush men with your eyes." said Phoebe, winking playfully at Val."You are right Phoebe but it is also not a crime to not have any fantasies about men." said Val opening her room's door."Didn't you see their music videos? Just by hearing them, their music you can get poisoned Valerie. Just try to be normal and enjoy your life." said Phoebe standing before Val’s room, stopping her from closing the door."I am normal, and I am enjoying my life as hell so don't worry about me." said Val a little frustratingly, facing Phoebe."It's hard to convince you Ms. Heartless. Good night" said Phoebe, opening the door of her suit. Phoebe named Val as Ms. Heartless after knowing about her lack of interest in men. She first thought Val is a lesbian, but later Ty told her that Val has a reason for avoiding relationships. So she just concluded that Val is heartless to not feel anything when she is around handsome men almost all the time.“Thanks for the compliment. Good night to you too Phoebe” said Val closing her door.“Man, she is beautiful. I thought CFO is someone who is in mid-forties or fifties but she is just in her early twenties I think. Jack what do you say?” said Zach, preparing his bed. Jack and Zach always share a room as Nathan and Paul does. But Joseph took single room as always."Well! we met so many beautiful girls Zach" said Jack, browsing his phone."Come on Jack, she is so natural, and I think she didn't use much makeup. She is flawless." said Zach covering himself with duvet by only popping his head out to look at Jack."I am in no mood to talk about her Zach. I am sick of girls. If girls exist so does the scandals. Aren't you tired? So just sleep" said Jack putting his phone on nightstand beside bed and covering himself, ready to sleep."Admit it, Jack." Said Zach playfully. He seems like he won’t sleep until he makes Jack say YES."What do you want me to admit?" asked Jack annoyingly."That she is beautiful""I said yes already. We met a lot of gorgeous girls. So, she is nothing different from them.""I just felt she is different dude" said Zach switching off lights."I felt it too" mumbled Jack, closing his eyes."What?""Good night""Good night, bro"Next morning exactly at 8 am everybody gathered at the lobby. They decided to have breakfast before going to the shooting spot. Then began their journey to the shooting spot. "WESFA, we have only thirty minutes before the shoot begin so change your costumes and get ready" said Val, handing their respective costumes to them. After working for three whole hours, everyone is satisfied with the output. After lunch, they initially planned to spend only an hour for video shoot in the same location but ended up working till five in the evening. Thus, everyone is exhausted. So they decided to call it a day and went back to the hotel. After working for four days in that location, they planned to have next shoot in the flowers garden for flower accessories. They spent another four days in that shooting spot. Val is very satisfied with the progress. WESFA looked very handsome in all the clothing. Her clients complimented the costumes about their designs and handwork. Val felt proud because s
Val is trying her best to sleep but it's far away from her. She really didn't want to think about what happened in today with Jack but whenever she closes her eyes to sleep, she can feel his breath on her cheeks. After tossing and turning on the bed for an hour, trying to sleep, She sat up on the bed. By checking the time, she realised it's already eleven. She decided to call her dad, thinking at least talking to him will divert her mind. "Hey honeybee!! Are you okay?" asked Ian a little worried, after picking up the call. She would usually call them at night before going to bed but today they already talked earlier and she seemed fine. Now, getting a call from her honeybee again made him nervous. "I am fine dad." answered Val, walking towards the balcony, attached to the bedroom. "If you are you then wouldn’t have called me again honeybee. Tell me what happened." asked Ian as he sensed something is bothering his daughter that's the reason for her to call him again at late night.
The next day, shoot went well in the seaside with WESFA in beach shirts and shorts. They looked so hot, and all female staff drooled over their sexiness. Val told Phoebe to monitor the shoot and went to collect some seashells. She loves to collect them since her childhood. Because of her work she rarely comes out to have some fun. Since the opportunity presented itself, Val decided to collect some seashells and keep them as souvenirs. She don't want anyone to see her childish actions thus she went far away from the crew but Jack observed her and chuckled to himself. When Val came back Jack gave her two beautiful seashells that he found while shooting. Val felt embarrassed as she got caught. "There is nothing to feel ashamed Ms. Norris. Just take them." said Jack placing them in her hand. "Thank you, Mr. Kelly, but please don't tell anyone about this." said Val, pleading Jack, putting the seashells in her bag without being noticed by others. All thought they were just talking and d
At eight thirty, Phoebe knocked on Val's door after reading the text message. She wants to know what's the emergency so that she can help if necessary.As soon as Phoebe entered Val's room she saw her luggage, fully packed. "Why are you leaving all of a sudden? What is the emergency, Valerie?" asked Phoebe sitting on the couch. "I need to report the board members about annual financial report." said Val putting on her wristwatch."You can also do it tomorrow. By the way it's only August, as far as I remember you should report it in the month of November right?" asked Phoebe in confusion. This isn’t a problem at all and shouldn’t consider as an emergency."You think I don't know that Phoebe? It’s Mr. Quinn. He wants that report by tomorrow morning, and I know he will make a big deal out of it, if I didn’t submit it on time. and I don't want any disturbances in the company." replied Val, making sure that all her stuff is packed. "What about the celebration? Everyone is so excited for
Val reached her home after hours of flying. After closing her apartment door, she sighed heavily. After drinking some water, she called her parents and informed them about her safe return. Ty called her soon after she hung up the call. "Where are you, Val?" "I am home Ty and I want to take rest for two days before coming to office, if it's ok with you." said Val walking towards her bedroom, collapsing on the soft bed. “Of course. You can take leave as many days you want.” replied Ty caringly."I am fine with just two days. Later I’ll……" Ty cut her off even before she could say what she wanted to. "I am giving you ten days off so rest well and enjoy your free time Val. You deserve it after all the tough work you’ve gone through." "Just four days and it's final." said Val in non-negotiable tone. "Ok, then have some rest, Val. I will meet you tonight." said Ty excitedly. He missed her so much, these past few days. He asked her to text him every night and call him from time to time b
The hall is full of party mood. All the people attended the party are dancing, some are talking about the business, some are having fun and some are enjoying the music. Everyone lost themselves to the party except Jack. He waited a month to meet Val but she didn't make to the success meet. Her friend, Tyler Wood, the CEO attended the party with her assistant.He knew she won't come because she didn't want to see him but he still had hope. His stubborn vanilla shattered his hope. God how can he make her his if she is this stubborn. "You all did a great job. Congratulations and nice meeting you all" said Ty raising his champagne glass towards WESFA."Nice meeting you too" said WESFA in unison"Thanks to your designs and management" said Nathan"We thought we can meet Ms. Norris but she is no where to be seen" asked David Gillies "I apologize on her behalf. She couldn't make to the party because of some financial issues of the company" said Ty with apologetic look"It's okay Mr. Wood,
Val just stood their stunned with her hand on the door nob, she couldn't believe he came to her home and the most surprising thing is she felt happy. She always thought that kiss meant nothing for him maybe he just gave into the weak moment and that's the reason he didn't try to reach her for days but here he is standing at my door step. The famous international idol standing at her door step calling her with endearment then it hit her he is not a normal person how can he just come here? What if paparazzi caught him.Jack wanted to say something when Val turned around and shouted “What are you doing here? Are you crazy? What if someone caught you? How do you even know about my address?”"Can we go in first I waited for three hours and I am cold" said Jack pitifully.Val opened the door for him, as soon as she closed the door Jack engulfed her in a warm tight hug. He really missed her smell but Val pushed and slapped him. As expected his Vanilla won't be calm he expected this reactio
The next day Val woke up at six and did her morning routine then went to check on Jack. He is still sleeping, curled up in the sofa. He didn't fit on the couch because he is 5'11 but the couch is just 5, even so he slept there.It's Sunday and Val usually spends all her Sundays with her parents but today that's not gonna happen. She should call her dad to inform him that she couldn't make it today. God she is going to lie to her dad for the first time and that too because of Jack. Val is close with her parents. She shares everything with her dad from her suitors to her work life. Sometimes she also imitates how they proposed her and how she reacted after that. But she didn't tell them about Jack. She herself don't know why. She returned to her room to call her dad."Good morning honeybee." came Ian's cheerful voice from the other end of the call which brought genuine smile on Val's face."Good morning dad. How are you?" asked Val laying on her bed."I am great and when are you coming