Mordecai's standpoint "Jesus, Autumn, stop talking," I said with a laugh. She pinned her lips shut and looked at me from underneath her lashes. So cute. "You are in love with me," I stated as a matter-of-fact. "I am?" "Yes, and I love you too—it feels good to finally say that." "I love you?" She mused. "How did that happen?" She was looking at her nails in amazement. Then she raised her eyes with a grin. "Makes sense." "So, we are officially married and in love?" "And should be kissing away our worries like couples do on their honeymoon," she blinked innocently, "but we need to talk about this island…" "Don't tell me you genuinely hate the island," I whined. "Cai, I love it as much as I do you—wow, it does feel good to say that—but I can't let you waste so much money on my silly desire," I opened my mouth to protest but she pressed her fingers on my lips, "so we are doing something about it. I will contribute to the renovation of the hotel, then we will also create a wall to se
Aaron's standpoint I keyed in my work swiftly, barely feeling my fingers hit the keyboard. My eyes ran across the words printing on the screen, occasionally glancing at the phone on my desk. The phone had a very beautiful flowery case and smelt like her. It was Meredith's phone. I took it at the wedding before she unwontedly walked off and avoided me for the rest of the reception. She surprisingly didn't try to reach out to me since so I assumed she would take it back today. I wouldn't say I haven't been tempted to invade her privacy and read anything that would confirm she is in love with anyone or read her friend's chat with her and find out if she had feelings for me. But I knew better than to invade her privacy. My fingers froze on the keys as my ears perked. She was here. Her cologne already filled my office, fighting to overpower mine. A small smile made its way to my lips as I looked up to see what she would wear this time to make my day difficult. Though I didn't like how it
Meredith's standpoint "Aaron, are you sure you are okay?" He leaned forward, pressed his right elbow on the table, and rested his cheek on his palm. He had a dreamy girl smile on and an adorable twinkle in his eyes. I swallowed the lump in my throat and laughed nervously at the way he was looking at me. "You are freaking me out, sir, can you cut it out?" I asked while shifting uncomfortably on the chair. He chuckled, a chuckle that made his eyes gleam more. "I love it when you call me by my name, it makes me picture how it would sound from your lips as a scream." My eyes flew wider than they already had. "Sir!" "Call me Aaron or I won't answer you," he said sternly. I placed my hand on my chest as if I was finding it difficult to breathe. Why was I overreacting? The man I had been harboring feelings for quite a long time was suddenly warming up to me when I decided to give up. Is anybody making sense out of this? "Okay," I inhaled and exhaled. "Do you wanna tell me now why you
Meredith's standpoint Standing not too far from me looking as precious and priceless as ever was my college rival, Stacie. Stacie and I were roommates when I first got into college on my own since the girls and I all went to different schools. There was a group of girls, the queens of the university who hated anyone better than them. Seeing as I attracted anyone and everyone with my body, they became very envious, especially after the college's basketball team started throwing themselves at the young freshman. They tried everything they could to ruin my reputation but couldn't, so they talked to my roommate and new best friend who I didn't know was envious of me too. They offered to make her a member if she could find out any dirt about me. So she leaked all the embarrassing secrets I told her and it ruined me for two months before it was all over. Nevertheless, she joined them, successfully snatching the throne from the leader, and became a thorn in my flesh. She did anything and ev
Landon's standpoint Brianna called for an emergency meeting to settle the bankruptcy problem. Everyone was voicing out their concern except me and her who just watched. I was watching her, wondering what she was up to. She wasn't just calm for no reason. "Maybe we should reduce the quality of what we produce and increase the price—" "That's a ridiculous strategy because we haven't been able to pay back the debts we owe so we haven't had enough materials to even make a good product for a year. You want us to reduce an already bad product and increase the price when we barely have people to patronize us?" "If we are ever going to rise again, we need enough money to pay back the debts and then start afresh. All of these wouldn't have happened if the ship carrying our goods didn't sink," "So what do we do now? Miss Brianna?" She preferred to be called by her name. Brianna sighed and drummed her fingers on the long glass table. "The only possible way is to sell some shares—" "Excuse
Brianna's standpoint "He what?!" "He just called me and asked me out to dinner tomorrow evening, I'm so excited… Is it okay to be excited? Since he is your brother and you're my friend, am I walking into a trap?" "Capital letter yes," she said bluntly. My enthusiasm dropped. "Oh," "Don't get me wrong, Brianna, my brother is a wonderful man and will never hurt a woman. He treasures their emotions a lot and wishes not to make them cry on his account. That is the reason why he doesn't ever date or get too intimate with a woman. He usually just teases them, frustrates them, and plays around but never gets into a serious relationship and you know that." "Then he is just asking me out to frustrate me?" "No, because he likes you," "I don't understand, I thought you just said—" "I know what I said. Jacky does not let his sexual desires or feelings control him, no matter how strong it is. But when it gets bad, he foolishly bullies the girl or runs to his non-exclusive girlfriend. They
Autumn's standpoint I tightened the knot of the thin scarf over my hips as I walked to the sea. Mordecai was out swimming, I was with him before I went in to prepare dinner. Cai was floating on the water like a dead man. The sea carried his body so effortlessly that my heart skipped. He might be… I rushed to the sea just to make sure he wasn't dead. "Mordecai! Mordecai, are you alright?!" He raised his head from the water and smiled. I heaved with relief. "Can you stop floating in the water like a dead person? You scared me." "It's not my fault I know how to swim too well!" He shouted. I rolled my eyes. He said he was the captain of the swim team back in high school and wanted to be a swimmer before he changed his mind. Mordecai was very good at swimming, it was like the water and he was one. "Just come out, dinner is ready," he easily dived back into the water and disappeared under the deep blue sea. I started heading back to the cottage. It was cold and it was getting to me becau
Meredith's standpoint I'm going on a date! I can't believe it! It's not like I haven't been on dates, it's just that I was on THE date with the man of my dreams. Chelsea and Brianna were dressing me up. Brianna was applying my makeup while Chelsea was searching for the shoes that would go with the dress she chose. She said she didn't want it to be too much but yet she went all out in excitement. So technically, I was wearing a ridiculously tight dark red dress, the same color as red wine. The dress had a French cut in front of it. Like seriously, the dress was strangling my hips and showing the world why I'm Meredith Olsen. The neckline of the dress was plunging, cutting deep below my ribcage and shielded by lace material, though you could still see a lot of skin, and by skin, I mean my boobs. The sleeveless hand of the dress was lacy, as well as the back. It was just there for design because it didn't cover anything. Chelsea made sure I didn't wear a bra since the dress didn't need