Vega POV."I love Zach so much Andrianna. I mean when he looks at me, it feels like I'm in a fairytale spending one hundred thousand dollars" I said dreamily, not minding the scowl on Andria's face."Fighting with him won't make that money get any closer to you Vega and right now, you've succeeded in destroying your chances by having an out-of-the-blue boyfriend, so can we switch the corrective gear please" she begged with a forced smile, that stretched almost to her ears.I sat up, getting serious. She relaxed once she thought I was seeing things from her point of view. Andria was right about her whole evaluation of the situation tho, at the rate I was going, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm at the last spot for those who had a chance with Zach. "What can I do Andria. That guy pisses me off to no end, and then Noah said that he was pretty serious about Arielle. He talks about her all the time, is, and I quote what he said"."First off, he might talk about her all the year-round, but h
Vega diced the fruit, her eyes cutting at Zach who worked on cutting the vegetables, working because he was sweating buckets, yet moving at a snail's pace. He shook the hair out of his face, concentrating on the task before sighing in frustration."I thought you said lunch together, not cooking a meal" he grumbled. Vega rolled her eyes. "You'll never appreciate the chefs if you don't cook your meals. Besides, cooking is fun." Zach's shoulders slumped making her giggle. She watched him struggle to arrange the vegetables, before carefully slicing them. Oh well, this lunch was going to take forever, Vega sighed at the same time he did."Gosh, my neck killing me". He complained, looking miserable."That's because you're too strung up. Put in more effort. I won't help you out, got that, so you..." Her phone pinged, halting her speech. She answered the call.She smiled, holding a finger up to silence Zach's protest."Hey, Noah." Over the phone. "where are you?""I am with Zach, we're makin
Vega rushed into her room, halting in her tracks as she brainstormed on what to do first. She took out her phone, dialing Andrianna's number. She answered on the third ring, sounding bored."This better be important. Are you making any progress?""He's taking me to his favorite place. We were going to cook and all, but then I went to get flours, when I came back he was shirtless, then we got into this talk about the perfect guy, he said I could get any guy I want, asked why I was dating Markus, then he tried to kiss me...""Breathe Vega... This is not a drill. Now what was that I just heard, I think it went in line with KISSING!" She screeched into the phone making Vega flinch.Vega inhaled sharply. "Watch your tone missy, you almost destroyed my eardrums"."I'm going to be doing more in a minute if you don't start talking" she threatened.Vega rolled her eyes. " We didn't kiss. I said almost. The oven ruined everything. Oh my gosh Andria" she squealed, dropping to the bed. " He was s
ZACH POV.I stared straight at my food because the atmosphere was always stifling whenever my parents forced me to eat breakfast with them and the wisest action to take was to avoid their gazes because once I made eye contact, it was like a code for them to start their condemnation and digging. Their gaze dug into me and anxiety in the form of stones lodged in my throat making me sweat until I couldn't take it anymore. I looked up at them, meeting their intense stare square on and bracing myself for whatever they were going to throw at me.Noah was also playing around with his food, his face scrunched up in a frown.Mom- Chloe was the first to break the silence. "You came home looking happy last night, and one of the maids told us they saw you doing some research on one of your projects last night," she said and I sneered, unable to help myself."Now you have the maids spying on me, you should just hire a private investigator to follow me around all day then".Mom glared and the look
Andrianna POV.Markus restaurant was great and I think I might revisit soon if my parents didn't deem it unsafe for their precious little daughter to go to.They were so overprotective that sometimes it was smothering, but I guess it came with the territory, it was a miracle that they were even letting me hang out with Vega, but they'd investigated her to a T before they told me I could hang out with her and I had to admit, she was the longest friend I'd ever had hence why I was overprotective of her but sometimes I think I come off too nasty, but I was used to saying whatever I wanted without mincing word.I'd also been lying to her about what work my parents were truly involved in but if I had told her that my parents were mafia, well I don't see us being friends ever again, and I'd also endangered her life, which was something that made my stomach churn whenever I thought about it. Vega was the sweetest person I knew and she was also the most oblivious. I try my best to stop her w
Vega POV.It is not normal, I repeat I do not feel normal because the plan I'd drawn up never involved spending half of my freaking day thinking about Zach. I wasn't even looking at my professor anymore, instead, I spend half of my lecture craning my neck and looking to see if Zach would do something as cliche as showing up to pick me up from class... Yup, I'm a hopeless romantic."Ugh, this is so frustrating!" I said then froze as the class quieted and I was staring straight at the hot professor, at least this time I had his attention, but this was not what I was aiming for. "Miss Vega, if you feel that my class is frustrating, I think you'll do yourself a favor and leave instead of spreading your negativity" he chastised and I want to disappear off the face of the earth. I got to my feet, an explanation forming in my cranium. "No, it wasn't your lecture... I was..." I said knowing I sounded lame in my defense as he stared at me with a raised brow."So you're saying you weren't pay
Vega's heart flipped as she stared at the hands that felt like hot brands gripping hers, then she gazed back at him, her brows furrowing but he just smirked at her obvious confusion."I'll take you to get ice cream instead," he said, his smooth voice trailing like a caress over her skin and she couldn't stop a light shudder as goosebumps beaded across her skin.Vega pulled away sharply, her smile and voice nervous when she spoke. "It's good. Jake is already taking me, you don't need to worry about me" she said ignoring the way Jake was pinching her sides.Zach smiled and Vega swore as her heart flipped, her stomach dropping to the floor. Yup definitely dangerous for your heart, she thought as she shook the image from her head."Jake doesn't seem to mind tho, or do you?" Zach asked, arching a brow."Of course not" Jake answered, almost spluttering. "I mean I have a lecture right now, and Vega just won't stop whining about ice cream. I'm cool if you can take her on my behalf" he said an
Nicole cussed as she saw Zach and Vega by the ice cream stand, now she didn't have to wonder about why Arielle had been acting like a banshee all day long and lashing out at anyone that she came across for no reason, the reason was standing right in front of her, and it made her feel a bit angry and more useless. "I'm so pissed off right now!" Nicole got out in frustration and tugged at her hair harder, then gasped when the hair gave and she stared in horror as she stared at the chunk that had come off. "oh my goodness, I'm going to go bald at this point".Jenny who stood watching Vega and Zach turned to look at the hair, her eyes widening in alarm. "Nicole, are you sure this is normal. You've been losing a lot of hair lately".Nicole groaned low in her throat and resisted the urge to give her hair another vicious tug. "You think I don't know that, I'm aware of how much hair I'm losing but that's because I'm always stressed out. Do you know Zach is now going practically everywhere w