"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Ella groaned as Eileen pushed aside the drapes and her eyes were assaulted by the rays of the morning sun. "Eileen please go away." She grumbled.
"There are flowers here for you." She sang with a wiggle of her brows. Ella cracked her eyes open and spied the beautiful bouquet of Aster flowers. How dare Blake send her flowers? Her favourite nonetheless. She was about to ask Eileen to throw them in the garbage before she announced, "Look, there's a note.""What does it say?""It's a new day, never stop smiling, love D. Who's D?" Eileen raised curious brows.Before Ella knew it she bolted out of bed and snatched the note. As she read it again and again a grin broke out of her face. She reached for the bouquet and inhaled its scent deeply. Of course there was no one else who would send her aster flowers."So, are you going to tell me who's D?" Eileen folded her arms and waited curiously."Mind your own business." Ella toldElla couldn't believe she was finally one step in reaching her dreams. Everything was happening so fast she wished she could take a moment to savour it a little while longer. The teachers and students at the culinary school were extremely kind and attentive Ella had even made a few friends including her perky room mate Eileen. It was two weeks to Christmas and the entire class were out for a picnic. Lights were everywhere; it was afterall the city of light, and it all looked pretty romantic.As she walked through the Champ Elysees with her fellow students, Ella realised she no longer hurt whenever something reminded of Dylan and it felt like it was just yesterday when they'd both took a walk along the stunning boulevard and he'd asked her to trust him. So many things had changed, she realised with a jolt that she wanted to give their marriage a chance, she was sure Dylan wants the same thing if the flowers she received everyday for the past three months was evidence en
"Here's your coffee sir." "Thank you Valerie...damn it!" Dylan cussed in surprise as the entire mug of tepid liquid was dumped on him."Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" Valerie cried in horror. Dylan leapt out of his chair as he prepared to give her an earful but the sight of her big eyes filled with tears had him feeling sorry for her, he sighed. "Don't cry, it's just coffee." he told her. "Don't worry about it.""At least let me clean the shirt for you." She said tearfully. "You don't have to do that.""Please, don't let Doña Bianca fire me because of this.""My mom won't find out about this I can assure you.""Thank you for you assurance sir Dylan but I insist on cleaning the shirt for you." Dylan shook his head and knew that if he didn't let her do what she wants she would continue to pester him and he had a lot to do before his flight to Paris tomorrow night. He took off his shirt and handed it to her. "Satisfied?" he asked as he took his se
It was Savannah and Jason all over again Dylan thought as he gripped the bouquet of aster flowers he was holding crumpling the petals at the same time he felt like he was reliving his past all over again and just like before his heart had been crushed when he'd wanted to surprise Savannah only to walk in and find her in Jason’s arms and now Ella...this is just too much to bear, Dylan didn't think he could survive anymore heartbreak.He'd held onto the last vestige of hope that she might have feelings for him but he'd thought wrong. No more he thought as he turned and walked back to the car he was done letting them make a fool out of him."Let's go Jonathan." he barked.Dylan gulped down the amber liquid in one go and relish in the temporary relief he got as it burned his throat. He allowed himself a good cry even though he didn't want to. He'd driven straight to the airport not wanting to spend one more hour in that cursed city. Dylan was unable to accept that
Ella didn't understand what was going after she recovered from her shock she picked up her phone and dialled Bryan's number and was relieved to hear him pick up. She quickly told him what happened and he was shocked as well."Have you spoken with Dylan?" she asked frantically."No. He was gone for a few days and no one knew where he went then he suddenly reappeared. I have no idea of what could've happened or why he would send you divorce papers.""I have no idea either. Bryan do you think he changed his mind? Or that he got tired of waiting?" Ella didn't want to think that that was the case."Ella, if there's any thing i'm sure of it's that Dylan loves you." Bryan assured her and Ella nodded like he could see her. "You shouldn't worry about this, i'll talk to Dylan.""Thank you Bryan."Ella still didn't feel better after that and she decided that the only possible solution was to speak with Dylan face to face and have him explain why he suddenly wants
Dylan dropped Savannah off at her aunt's house and asked Jonathan to drop him off at the apartment where he'd enjoyed his solitary moments when to his chagrin he saw Bryan waiting at the steps.Dylan walked past him and jammed the key into the lock, he twisted and pushed the door open. He switched on the lights and shrugged out of his jacket."You've been hiding out here for a while now." Bryan observed. "Is something wrong?""Things have never been better." he replied distractedly."I know you sent Ella divorce papers.""Straight to the point I see." Dylan bit out sourly as he turned to face him. "Let me ask you one question Bryan, are you my friend or Ella’s?""What do you mean?""If you're still my friend then you should be on my side." Dylan poured himself a glass of water then he walked over to the couch and sank into it.Bryan hovered over him and accused. "So you did send it deliberately. Do you really not love her?" "I don'
Ella’s heart was in her throat as she approached the place Bryan told her she could find Dylan. After the brief conversation she had with Bryan Ella knew she'd have to salvage her relationship in person and so she booked the first flight out, now here she was. Whatever they would talk about might make or break their relationship and Ella wasn't mentally prepared for another heart break. She instructed the taxi driver to stop at the address Bryan gave her and Ella got out. Because she hadn't been in the right state of mind since she left Paris Ella hadn't told her parents she was coming home and had drove here straight from the airport. She inhaled and exhaled slowly. She'd never been so afraid of losing anything in her life as much as she does now. After her little pep talk, she started towards the house then froze in her spot as she saw Dylan’s car pull to a stop in front of the house. The smile that was making its way up her lips froze on her face when she saw him pull
"Dylan what are you doing here?" Jason looked surprised at the sight of Dylan."I've decided that I'm not going to fight you over Ella anymore and all these animosity, I want it to stop because I want my best friend back." Jason looked taken aback."Dylan what are you saying?""I'm giving up Ella i've filed for an annulment. She's all yours now. Take care of her Jason because she's special." it took every ounce of courage Dylan could muster to say that."You can't do that." Jason argued. "And why are you telling me to take care of Ella?""Don't you love her?""I do but..." Jason cupped the nape of his neck. "Ella doesn't love me, she loves you." admitted finally."I saw you two kiss.""I kissed her but she told me she doesn't love me. It's you Dylan." It took a moment for Jason’s admission to sink in and Dylan didn't know what he was feeling at that moment. "You're lying to me right now aren't you?" Jason smiled in spit
"Ate you're back!" Kristina cried in surprise but then seemed to catch on that something wasn't right. "Where are going in such a hurry?""I don't have time to explain right now Kristina can you tell mom and dad that I'll be back soon?" before Kristina could respond, Ella was already out the door. She cussed as she saw the clouds gathering and there were no tricycles in sight then it began to drizzle lightly but Ella had come a long way to turn back now she needed to see him, to tell him how much she loves him. And then she began to run with renewed determination, Bryan's words echoed in her head; "Dylan was deeply hurt when he realised that you liked Jason, he went abroad after that and he met Savannah and began to fall in love with her but she betrayed him with Jason. Imagine how furious he was after that, and then you showed up in his life again and Dylan didn't know what to do with his feelings because you had feelings for Jason." her lungs burned from exertion but Ella car