After Bella had the talk with her subconscious, her body got relaxed a bit as a burden was relieved and besides tiredness took a toll on her as her eyes started dropping. She yawned and hugged pillow more tightly, cold breeze tickled her face and she stared at the roses intently until she fell asleep.
Both were in sleep with an enchanting smile on their faces due to overwhelming feelings. They were amused how they fell in love with each other despite their not so pleasant first encounter but this is what love is.It was morning but Bella didn't seem to wake up until the alarm rang merciless, shutting it off she woke up with a pout feeling sleepy but still dragged herself to the washroom and had a shower.Bella hastily came out of the washroom, the cold water awakening her completely. She had wrapped a towel around her dampened body. She plugged the hair dry and dried her hair and lastly got changed into a red tank top and black jeans. Before going out of her room her eyes involuntarily fell on the buckwheat flower.Bella didn't want to but unknowingly and without her will, a smile occupied her lips. But she shook her head to kill the rising butterflies of her stomach and masked it with the hate she had for him. If she could say that, she didn't know what did she feel for him any longer anymore.But she didn't had time to think about him neither she wanted to. She had her first official day on work and she was so damn excited for it, she couldn't wait to step out of the house, stuffing a toast in her mouth and bidding bye to Varonica. Bella rushed out, closing the door behind her and zoomed off on her scooty.Bella reached the office building and her hands started to tremble in nervousness. She was excited to work at a new place but she was nervous at the same time. Taking few breathes she felt relived and entered inside the building. Sally whom Bella remembered from last time flashed her a smile and she told her the way to her cabin while giving her the ID.Bella thanked her and went away to her cabin. It was attached to the CEO cabin and only a glass wall separated it. Her cabin was comparatively smaller than the one CEO had but it was still large and spacious. And might she add the cabin had a cozy vibe to it as well.Setting her bag on the chair she went out of the cabin to bring coffee for CEO. Hurriedly she was filling the cup of coffee from the coffee machine when she heard the roaring of speakers. Every employee was immediately called in the main conference hall. She frowned at this announcement but went to the hall anyway.Everyone was gathered there, all of them were curious to know the reason of this urgent and sudden meeting. Nobody knew what announcement was going to be about and everyone had their own different assumptions.Bella lazily entered inside the hall while humming a song to herself in very low voice. But the moment her eyes raked up at the stage, the floor slipped beneath her. It was like hell broke on her.Ashton came on the stage along Mr Johnson while Peter was in the canteen busy in doing what he was best at, eating. When Ashton stood on the stage he looked around reluctantly but then his eyes caught the sight of Bella. She seemed to be lost in her own world, the way her lips were so inviting in that red lipstick, damn he sounded like a pervert but could you blame the guy when he was already so whipped for her that everything about Bella was absolutely adorable to him. Control Ashton himself. Even the simplest and slightest actions were a turn on for him whenever it came to her. She always had this effect on him.He cleared his throat. He stared back at her and when his eyes met her this time she was looking at him too. And literally her jaw dropped to the ground and he would have assumed that she was surprised which she was but the hateful look she gave him assured him that it was a dreadful surprise, not a nice one.Ashton looked away, he didn't want to see that anger or hate for him she had in her eyes. The intensity of their eye contact was too much to bear and luckily Mr Johnson became my savoir as he distracted him." Good Morning everyone. You all must be thinking about the reason of this sudden gathering right. So here is the reason." and Mr Johnson pointed towards him." Meet Mr Ashton Blair. You all must be knowing him well I think you do as he is the son of Mr Blair and would be sole hire of Blair Industries which has a big name in business world. They are almost in every business and now they have merged our company Cupid with their which is a thing to be proud of. " Ashton was listening to Mr Johnson at least trying to." Mr Blair has decided to take some burden off his shoulders and give some responsibility to Mr Ashton because of his health issues. Mr Ashton is the NEW CEO of this company of Cupid from now on. Now I would love to hand over this mic to Mr Ashton to say a few words." When Mr Johnson ended his speech, the employees were left astonished and within in a blink they all were clapping and Ashton could see their happiness." Hello everyone. I am Ashton Blair, I am very excited to work with you all. There will be a welcome party tomorrow evening and all of you are invited." Ashton chided and everyone seemed to be thrilled by the idea of party.Except one, Bella. Her face fell at the mention of party and it wasn't just that. She didn't like the whole situation she was stuck in. She walked out as the announcement got over while Ashton stared at her disappearing figure.Bella angrily went to the washroom and she started to splash water on her face furiously. She looked at the mirror and the view she saw in it was utterly different from morning. In the morning she was happy and chirpy but now here she was all distorted and annoyed and looked like a mess.It was a good news for other employees that the new CEO seemed friendly and even was throwing party tomorrow. But this all was nothing but hell of a nightmare for Bella from which she was trying to wake up but even the cold water wasn't of any help. Because it wasn't a mere nightmare but truly her fate had decided to ditched her and had thrown her off cliff. She was now an employee in a person's company from whom she was trying to run away all this time.Was it a sick joke?She didn't want to resign because after she had resigned from the pervious company to get into a better one and after a hard struggle now when she was selected then the disaster called Ashton happened to crash in the same company that too as a CEO if he would have been a employee then it would have been easier to ignore him but now it was next to impossible.She calmed her nerves down. Her open hair was a mess by now as she had pulled at angrily so many times just now in frustration so she pulled out a rubber band from her jeans pocket and tied them into a bun to look a bit more human rather than a walking piece of shit.She smoothened her dress and once more gave a look in the mirror to assure she was presentable. She stepped out of the washroom and thought, "I don't want to do this. But Ashton being here. I am left with no other choice."" I am resigning today." and with determination Bella went to talk to the authorities.She smoothened her dress and once more gave a look in the mirror to assure she was presentable. She stepped out of the washroom and thought, "I don't want to do this. But Ashton being here. I am left with no other choice." " I am resigning today." and with determination Bella went to talk to the authorities.Bella hastily typed a resignation letter and took its print out to hand it over. She knocked at the door with her trembling hand and entered in when Ashton gave her permission. She was going to act cool. She had decided that she will calmly hand over her resignation letter and walk the office like some dope shot. " Good morning Sir. Here is my resignation letter sir.", with this Bella kept resignation on table and proceeded to make a show stopping exit when Ashton called her. " May I know the reason?", Ashton spoke while looking at Bella. " It's written in the letter sir.", Bella replied and started to go out again. " Okay I won't stop you. But don't forget to pay the penalty
Bella was still standing at the door with her back facing it. She cursed and made faces as her plan back fired at her, talk about luck." Darn it..... This is not going be to easy." she stomped her foot and went to her cabin to fetch the file.Bella had said it loud enough for Ashton to hear the muffled sound and it made him laugh. He knew it wasn't time to tease her but he couldn't help it she was so cute when she would get irritated and besides that he knew that being serious won't make things right. Him being serious won't be of any help either way.But at least being jolly and teasing would make her talk back to him even if it would be due to annoyance even if she would scream and yell at him but at least she won't ignore him which she had been doing, she was running away far away from him. But Ashton wasn't going to let it happen now when he had got a chance to mend her heart." Man the food in the canteen was so yummy, too delicious that I couldn't hold myself back. " Peter said
Bella maintained a stern face and for milli second looked at the glass wall. And there Ashton was hugging a girl with a big smile on his face. And she regreted instantly, looking at the glass wall, looking at him wasn't a good idea. And her broken heart broke once again if that was even possible. " How can I trust you Ashton when your words and actions are so freaking contrary, how?" was all Bella thought. The girl was smiling while looking at Ashton to which he flashed his bright smile beaming with happiness and Bella felt a pang of jealousy. Bella wanted to go in his cabin and pull that girl and Ashton apart from their didn't seem to end hug. Her breathing was getting raged in anger. Here a moment ago he dropped a note apologising for the crap he said to Peter and was asking her to trust him, believe him. And now he was smiling like a maniac and wasn't stopping that girl. Hell she was getting too clinging, couldn't he see that. If glares could burn then this girl would have turne
" Cheers everyone, enjoy the party." everyone yelled cheers as Ashton announced the beginning of party. Everyone was having fun in their own ways. Some were drinking, some were dancing, others were gawking at food. But Ashton didn't bother to pay attention to any of them. His eyes just remained at the entrance all the time no matter if he was indulged in an conversation with someone or alone. But he didn't look away from at entrance. His eyes glued there. He was just waiting for that one person to come for whom he had kept this party. Well not only for her. But certainly she was the most awaited guest for him. Though all the people present here in the party thought it was because Ashton had become the new CEO. And that was kind of true. But he knew what it was more of a reason for this party other then him being the CEO. It WAS as if an excuse to meet Bella for him. He hadn't decided on throwing a party at all until he saw her in that conference hall. Ashton was still looking at
Peter dragged Jacob with him no matter how much Bella tired to protest as Jacob too tried to decline but to no avail, Jacob gave Bella a puppy look wanting her to stop Peter but she only chuckled at his cute expression looking at him helplessly. " Bella, would you mind dancing with me? " and Bella's jaw dropped as Ashton forwarded his hand. Bella stared at Ashton with open mouth and shocked eyes but Ashton's constant intent gaze pulled her out of her thoughts. She cleared her throat and tried to fetch some words from his mind that was currently filled with jumbled thoughts. She grabbed a glass of cold drink from the waiter who was passing by her trying to clear her mind and to buy sometime as she was still thinking how to answer or to be specific how to deny his request. " Sorry Sir but I will have to decline." and with that Bella took a sip of her cold drink keeping her casual act." Why....??" it was all that rolled out of his tongue. " Yes Sir, it won't be nice to dance with so
It had been ten minutes since Bella had gone from the dance floor but Ashton was still standing there, rooted at his place, thinking what had happened just now. He couldn't figure out weather to be happy or to be sad cause for obvious reasons. It was just magical, their dance was magical for Ashton. Bella was in his arms and the whole surrounding was blurred. His eyes couldn't see anything or anyone except Bella. She was looking so enchanting in dim blue lights. If Ashton could wish for anything, he would have wished for this moment to never end and to last forever. In the beginning of the dance she had that cold wall around her and she wasn't looking at Ashton instead was struggling to keep a little distance between them. But he didn't let that gap come. He held her close to her. Slowly and slowly she let her guard down and he felt her warmth in her smile, in her hold. She wasn't resisting anymore and Ashton was beyond happy about it. Everything felt so perfect. She was looking so
" Ahhh " Ashton clutched his head as he felt throbbing pain in his head. It was like someone was hammering it mercilessly. Granted, it was him who decided to drink to the point he wasn't even able to stand up.Ashton ran his hand near his bed side table in an attempt to find water. God this alcohol. Earlier his alcohol tolerance was commendable, he didn't use to get drunk so easily and such hangovers were rare but since the day Bella had told him to quit drinking, he didn't touch alcohol since that day until yesterday. Even if that was hard and his body used to shiver urging for alcohol. He didn't know why it was that he lost control and got drunk. Maybe because he couldn't stand the fact that after their dance she would just go with caveman-- he meant Jacob. Or maybe he just wanted to see if she would care if he got drunk. If that would matter to her. When Bella didn't say a word and left him there. At that time Ashton felt like she chose Jacob over him. Ahhhh, this hangover. His e
Bella was strolling in the drawing room while Varonica was making breakfast in the kitchen with which Bella rarely helped her out becuase let's just say she sucked at cooking and Varonica didn't want her kitchen to get burned down so soon. Bella took out her mobile and thought to call him as it was 10:30 am now. She wasn't sure now if he was coming now. What if he was joking when he called cause he was drunk yesterday or what if he forgot all about it. The guy was totally wasted after all. Call him! Her sub consciousness told him and without giving it any second thought Bella reached for her mobile in her pocket. She pulled it out and called him. It kept ringing and ringing until the called was cancelled automatically. Once again! Twice! Thrice! Ten times!! What was wrong with this monster? Why he wasn't picking up, everytime it rang but he didn't response. Had really something happened to him? Where was he now? Slowly nervousness was creepy up in her body, she wanted to see h