“Whoa!” For the hundredth time in the span of barely an hour, Emily let out another sound of surprise, in general awe of how huge and beautiful the suite was. Giovanni had left for his meeting moments ago and with the help of the hotel staff, she had gotten settled in. She had her luggage in and all that was left to do was stare at the room, taking her time to sink in the details of every corner. It wad even fancier than the exterior of the hotel. Though it was painted white, the furniture, chandelier and ornaments lurking around in gold and other colors brought even more light to the room. It was almost glowing, the effect money had on any space in full display. With a smile on her face, she plopped into the huge bed, immediately giggling at how soft it was. Full of excitement, she rolled on the bed, messing up the sheets as she kicked her feet and allowed herself get absorbed in the warmth coming from the blanket. “Tyler has to see this.” Immediately acting on her thoughts, s
“Mr. Rueben, are you listening to us?” A light groan escaped Giovanni’s lips as he glanced at his wristwatch, nodding in response to the question he was asked. He was listening but definitely had stopped listening a couple of minutes ago. “Yes, please go on.” His business partner to be in front of him went on speaking and all it took was a couple of words for Giovanni’s attention to slip away all over again. His mind travelled to the time and in the long run, Emily. He had promised to get back to the hotel by evening but with the look of things, that was going to be nothing but an empty promise. It was past 7pm already and he still wasn’t done for the day. He had no one but himself to blame though. He had made August tweak his schedule so he could fit everything he had to do in one single day. That way, he could have the following day to just himself and Emily without any work interruptions. “I believe that would be all for today. It is a pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Rue
The second Tyler heard the doorbell to his place ring, his quickest guess was his parents finally back from their little outing. But as he began to take steps towards the front door, he took a wild guess that instead of his parents, it could be a distant relative or just Emily at the door, pranking him the entire time. But much to his surprise, he pushed the front door open and immediately spotted August standing behind the door, hands shoved into his pocket. “What?” he almost stuttered. “What are you doing here?” “Hi, Tyler,” August smiled at him. “Um, is that Emily?” Disconnecting the call he previously was on, he quickly sent his phone into his pocket and folded his arms, stylishly checking August out and mentally comparing himself to him. He was in a dark trousers with brightly coloured shirt and basically looked formal and decent compared to him who was in shorts and an almost slacked t-shirt. “What are you doing here?” Tyler repeated his question. “Why are you here? H
Emily stirred in her sleep, slowly becoming aware of the warm presence around her. The bed felt warmer than usual and to make it even more confusing, it wasn’t feeling as soft as she expected it to. At least not the entire bed. It was like a part of the bed felt harder than usual. And around her, she could feel something just as hard. It couldn’t be the pillow though. After all, pillows were supposed to be soft and incapable of moving on their own. Her consciousness slowly started to seep in, Emily moving her body to press it against whatever felt so warm around her. A light smile appeared on her face and just as it was about to widen, she opened her eyes, reality hitting her immediately. Right next to her, serving as form of warmth was no one but Giovanni. Her eyes slowly widened as she gave her surroundings a quick glance, catching Giovanni’s arm wrapped around her. He was hugging her. He probably had been hugging her all night. Crap, they probably cuddled all night. The urg
After departing from each other for a while, Emily and Giovanni emerged from the different rooms they had booked and met in the corridor, ready to spend the day together. There was a glint in Emily’s eyes, mirroring the one in Giovanni’s eyes as he nodded and led the way out of the hotel to meet the chauffeur he had hired waiting for them. “Shall we?” “Yes please.” The chauffeur helped them with the door and they stepped into the car, immediately marking the beginning of their adventure for the day. They spent over six hours outside, hitting different stores and restaurants but both of them could swear it wasn’t that long. After all, they were having so much fun together they didn’t realize how quickly time was passing. Their first destination was a high end shopping mall Emily had found on the internet after a couple of minutes of browsing. For her, it was just an opportunity to feed her eyes since she was in a foreign country but for Giovanni, it was an endless opportunity to s
Their morning started on a good note as just as planned, they got ready to head back home. Giovanni’s private plane was on standby, ready to take them back to the U.S and knowing it was a school day, he suggested them leaving early enough so they could get back in time for Emily’s afternoon classes. It was an offer she didn’t refuse, considering the fact that her afternoon class was an important one. Excitedly, they checked out of the hotel and had the chauffeur drive them back to the airport where they took the plane. They got in, had their luggages tucked in and in no time, began their three hours long flight back home. “I don’t think I’ve mentioned this but thank you for the trip,” Emily had to say to Giovanni. “It was my first time abroad and it was fun. It was the perfect break I needed from school and all of that chaos.” “It’s nothing, you’re welcome,” he nodded at her. “I’m glad I could make it worthwhile.” “I guess so,” she chuckled. “It was great.” “The wedding is in
“Emily! I missed you!” It had only been the weekend but Tyler was being dramatic as he gushed out on how much he had missed his best friend. She didn’t mind though, immediately hugging him back and allowing herself remember how it felt to be back around him. “You love me,” she pouted as she pulled away from the hug. “But then, it’s understandable.” “Oh please,” he rolled his eyes and laughed. “How was your trip anyways? Was Giovanni an ass? Do I need to head over to his office and make him pay?” “No, silly,” she pulled him back towards her, leading the way to their class. “And even if you wanted to do that, you’re a bit late. He just dropped me off few minutes ago.” “He did?” Tyler immediately looked turned around in a useless attempt to spot him around. “Ah, I see. Anyways, on a more serious note. How was your trip?” “I’ll fill you in on the details later,” she replied him. “But for now, let’s get to class. We’ll be late if we spend another minute chatting.” They quickened th
“A divorce.” “Get a divorce.” “You can get a divorce later.” “You’d just get a divorce later.” Those words echoed in Giovanni’s head as he stood few meters away from Emily, eavesdropping on the conversations he clearly had no interest in. His intention was simply to walk up to Emily and then get her to leave with him so they could head over to the stores and begin shopping when his ears picked up the familiar dreaded words, pushing him to immediately freeze in his feet. Divorce. No matter how hard it tried, it refused to stop ringing in his head, now accompanied with Emily’s laughter. She was laughing. It was a joke to her. A divorce was nothing but another joke to her.She was planning a divorce. Everything she did. Every single thing that happened between them was simply going to end in a divorce. That was her grand plan. It was hard but he quickly managed to pull himself together, immediately turning to walk out of the garden. He didn’t stop until he was in front of his ca