"Ana?! Anastasia?! Are you okay? Can you hear me?! Here, I am holding your hand. Press it so that I can understand that you can hear!" Selena said while holding Anastasia's hand tightly in her grip. She looked at her silly friend worriedly who was slowly coming back to senses.
Anastasia groaned out loudly hearing someone screaming just near her ears so loudly. It took her sometime to regain consciousness completely and that is when she recognised the voice. It belonged to her best friend, Selena.
"Anastasia!" Selena raised her voice some more which irritated Anastasia as her head already felt really heavy as if someone was hammering her head really hard.
"What?!" She snapped back at her friend as she suddenly opened her eyes which were frowning now. She opened her eyes really first and so the room's brightness blinded her for a few seconds. She closed her eyes tightly.
"Oh, god! Stupid girl! You were unconscious for almost six hours. So open your eyes slowly." Selena scolded her for her stupidity.
She immediately opened her eyes as soon as she saw Selena but this time she was careful to make her eyes feel adjusted with the light of the white room which definitely wasn't hers.
"What did you say? For how many hours I was unconscious? Why was I unconscious? And where I am? What time is it?" Anastasia asked all these questions in one breath as she gawked at her friends in shock.
"You were unconscious for six hours. You lost your consciousness due to lack of breath as you were having a panic attack. We are currently in a hospital which is a really costly hospital, may I add. And it's six in the evening now." Selena breathed out as soon as she was done answering all her questions in one breath.
"What? Panic attack? Costly hospital? What am I doing here? Who brought me here?" Anastasia asked in total confusion while looking around the room where she was. It was indeed a richly hospital.
Selena looked at her worriedly. She sat down beside her and took her hands in hers.
"You don't remember anything?" She asked which sounded more like a statement. She sighed with a worried look on her face.
"No, I don't remember anything that might make me have a panic attack and lose my consciousness." Anastasia said while looking at Selena in confusion.
It has happened before. Anastasia's brain works weirdly. It makes her forget the moments which she doesn't want to remember. Like if she is eating five fruits together and doesn't like one fruit, after one nap or something, she forgets eating that fruit but remembers about eating the other four. That's how it works for her. Her brain makes her remember the situation which she imagined.
The doctors said that she doesn't forget the happenings completely. Something or a lot of bad things might have happened with her in the past before her accident and she might have started to live in her imaginations most of the time to forget her grieves and after the accident, her brain accepted the command permanently. Now she most of the time lives in her imaginations mixed up with reality. Doctor said she will be alright once she regains her memory. But it seems difficult seeing the way her brain is protecting her.
Selena knows it all because she had been with Anastasia in all these from the start. But Anastasia doesn't know about her medical conditions apart from her memory loss because the doctor prohibited Selena from saying anything to her because it might lead Anastasia to have a different identity disorder.
Selena has known her for three years now. The situation when they both met wasn't a good situation at all rather a worse situation ever. She has lost her twin sister just the day when met Anastasia, in the same accident where Anastasia was stuck too. She couldn't save her sister but she got Anastasia then as if as a replacement for her sister and she wasn't going to miss the opportunity. She saved Anastasia, took her in and did everything for her, starting from giving her a surname too. She protects her as if she is her own sister but they live like best friends to keep their lives out of any complications. But she will never forget that night when everything happened.
"Selena?" Anastasia gave her a small shake while looking at her worriedly which brought her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" Selena looked at her in confusion.
"Are you okay? Are you worried about the hospital bills? If you are, don't worry, we will manage something out." Anastasia assured her while giving her a beautiful full blown smile which immediately brightened up the room as well as her mood in a second.
"I am fine. We will surely manage something out." Selena said with a small smile. Till now she wasn't thinking about the hospital bills but now she is but she wasn't worried as she knew that they both will definitely manage something out. "Ana, tell me something. But don't pressurise yourself. Okay?" She asked carefully.
"Okay, but what?" Anastasia asked.
"What is the last thing you remember? Or more like what happened from the time you left the apartment for the interview?" She asked slowly while examining her expression as if to see if she was stressing herself or not.
Anastasia was confused at first after hearing the question. It doesn't sound anything suspicious to her. Because she clearly remembers that nothing serious happened for Selena to know. But still she decided to share her day with Selena because something serious didn't happen but something interesting actually happened.
"So, listen. Something really interesting happened today. Oh! You don't even have to worry about the hospital bills because what happened today will cover it up." She said in excitement which confused Selena.
"What happened today?" She asked again.
"Today I was supposed to interview for the biggest fashion company in New York for the job of a fashion designer and you already know that. But the company was having a fashion show today for the collection of their biggest fashion designer. The MM queen, Melissa Millar!" She exclaimed in total excitement as if she still couldn't believe what she was saying. "But that's not it, the company took the interviewers to the venue of the fashion show for us to prepare us before the interview. And you won't believe what happened there!" She said while smiling cheekily and wiggling her eyebrows at Selena playfully.
"Please enlighten me with the juicy news you got there." Selena said jokingly while rolling her eyes at Anastasia. She has always been playful and likes to joke around.
"The showstopper of the show was absent! Can you believe this?! She might be a total stupid to miss this but whatever. I was walking around after reaching the venue and that's when I heard the MM queen shouting at her secretary about this. The poor secretary, I was feeling bad for her so I went in after Melissa Millar left and comforted her by saying that I will help her anyway I can." Anastasia said with a beautiful smile while Selena's eyes widened realising where it's going.
"Ana! Don't tell me you did what I know you are capable of doing and did actually?!" Selena snapped at her in disbelief while Anastasia's smile got bigger every second.
"Bingo! I did the exact same thing!" She exclaimed while laughing out loud. "But it wasn't intentional." She added.
Selena looked at her in confusion.
"What do you mean that it wasn't intentional? You freaking walked the ramp as a showstopper for Melissa freaking Millar!" Selena shrieked out.
"Hear me out at first, will you?!" Anastasia scolded her and she let out a sigh but nevertheless nodded at her to go on. "Okay, when I offered help, I wasn't thinking of her asking me to be the showstopper. I declined immediately but then she started to blackmail me. I wasn't giving in yet but then she offered me something. Which is a lot of money and considering our current situation, I agreed to be the showstopper." She completed her story with a grin of accomplishment shining her face.
"Oh god, Ana! What did you do? Look where it brought you?!" Selena exclaimed in disappointment which made Anastasia pout.
"I know. I might have gotten overwhelmed and in a panic attack for that only which explains what I am doing here. Also I think I lost my opportunity to work with the company after my panic attack." She suddenly became sad as gloominess covered her facial expressions.
Selena sighed. Anastasia behaves like a baby sometimes and the instinct of protecting her increases to some other level then.
"Aww! Ana girl! Don't be sad. You did your best as they should have known before sending you up on the ramp that you are not a professional model. So it's not your fault. And cheer up, you will find a more capable job than this." Selena said in an assuring tone while smiling at her which immediately brightened up her mood.
Anastasia hugged Selena tightly with her usual bright smile back to her face.
"You are the best!" She said and Selena smiled at her while caressing her hair lightly.
"Okay, enough. Now you rest while I talk with the doctor and complete the formalities of your discharge." Selena said and stood up.
"But what about the bills?" Anastasia asked in a worried tone.
"Don't worry, I have got some cash with me. I will manage with them." Selena replied and with one last smile she left the room.
She closed the door behind her and leaned on it. She closed her eyes as all the tiredness and stress about Anastasia was wearing off now. She brought her phone out of her jeans pocket and looked at the screen.
'WHAT DID THE MM QUEEN'S SHOWSTOPPER DID TO ANGER THE DARIUS HENDERSON? DESTROYED FASHION SHOW!'
She read the titles again and again. She wasn't daring to read the complete news because the first three-four lines were enough for Selena to know what it was all about. They were saying disgusting things about Anastasia. They are completely making things up for their TRP.
They are saying maybe she is one of Darius's one night stand who was pregnant with his child and aborted it. Someone is saying maybe she stole from him, someone's saying that she is his secret wife and the list of assumptions keep going on. She can't let Anastasia see this. It will cause her another panic attack which is definitely not good for her health. That's why she brought her phone with her.
"Don't worry, I am going to handle all that. They are going to be removed from the internet by twenty four hours. Also I just handled the hospital bills too." Someone said out of nowhere which made her jump from her place. She looked at her left to find a really handsome young man standing there.
He looks one year older than her but with his twinkling blue eyes, he looks younger than her. He got brown hair and was very tall and got a warm smile.
"Sorry, if I startled you." The man said which brought her out of her thoughts and she looked at him in confusion.
"I am okay. But, who are you?" She asked with a small frown. He smiled hearing her question.
"I am Noah, Noah Weber. You must have heard my name." Noah said with a flirtatious smirk while forwarding his hand for a handshake. Selena looked down at his forwarded hand for once before looking up with a blank face.
"Sorry, I didn't. But thank you for handling the hospital bills." Selena said and turned around to leave to find the doctor.
Noah kept looking at her back with a smirk and then turned to look at the glass window to look at Anastasia who was sleeping now. His expression changed.
Darius threw each and every thing that was placed firm inside his office room on the ground in anger. His blood was boiling inside. He just wished to smash each and everything that would come up in his way who would remind him what happened in his and his one and only family's life years back only because of this One girl.Anastasia!The moment he remembered her name, he took the vase which was placed on the small cupboard in his office where he was standing and threw it at the glass wall from where the whole city could be seen. It was intact till now but shattered into pieces the moment the vase collided with the mirror. The whole building shook at the effect.Thankfully the employees weren't here now to witness this level of madness of their boss. Not that it matters because they have faced his rage before though. He had asked everyone to empty the building the moment he entered the building. Everyone left the office p
Two days later"Selena, I am leaving!" Anastasia called out from the door while putting on her heels.She was wearing a sweet pink skinny pants and matched it with a soft pink designer shirt. If you are wondering how She affords all these, she is the one who designs and makes her and Selena's dresses after buying the materials from cheap shops at low prices. She got a really petite body and curves in all perfect places, making her look beautiful in whatever she wears."Wait!" Selena shouted from her room and came running toward her. She was still in her sleeping suit. "Where are you going these early in the morning? I hope you remember that you are not well yet." Selena stated in a strict tone which Anastasia waved off with a roll of her eyes."I am not a baby, Lena." She was in a mocking tone and twirled around to show herself. "Moreover, look at me! I am absolutely fine. And you know me, I can't sit at
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Melissa exclaimed loudly in anger as she forcefully got up from the chair where she was sitting. The force was so much that the chair almost fell down, losing its balance.Anastasia jumped on her place at that. She definitely wasn't expecting that. Soon a frown of confusion appeared on her face as she looked at Melissa. She still didn't notice Noah who was sitting and watching everything."Excuse me, ma'am? Are you talking to me?" Anastasia asked in confusion and hesitation while looking at her back to see if someone else was there or anything like that."Yes, I am talking to you, you low class, disgusting woman." Melissa snapped at her as she started to walk toward her and stopped four steps away from her as if she didn't want to stand that close to her.Anastasia definitely didn't like how Melissa was addressing her. It offended her deeply when she didn't find any fault in
"Okay, and how did it land you into trouble today?" He asked and the depressing look was back on her face. "What happened, is it something serious?" Noah asked with a worried face even though he knew the reason for her worry.He is not clear of his own motive of coming after her, sitting beside her and hearing her problems. But he just knows one thing which is he wants her to be as close as possible to them to know actually what's happening and he got everything planned to know how to do that. And he is here to complete plan only. And what she did today with Melissa, made it easier for him to implement his plan. For that reason he doesn't have to work hard to reach her."I think it is something serious." She said with a sigh as suddenly worry started to sip deep into her and she felt at this moment, it won't hurt sharing her problems with someone unknown. "Do you know Melissa Millar, Also known as the MM queen of fashion?" She asked as she looked at
"What happened, Darius?! You nearly burst my eardrum over the phone! What's the deal?" Noah asked after he reached his office for hotel business.Darius got a lot of office buildings located here in New York. One for hotel business, one for fashion business, one for construction and the list keeps going on. And all these offices have their branches also in different countries. That big Henderson empire is."You dare to say what happened?!" Darius questioned back with a cold look. "I thought I gave you some work two days ago! Where is the file? And why is my office room not decorated yet?" He asked with a glare.Darius was sitting on his chair while Noah was casually sitting on the chair opposite of him."That's it?" Noah asked so casually. "Your habits of overreacting will never go. I thought the world was destroying and here you are talking about a destroyed office." Noah said in total s
"Selena! Selena! Selena! You won't believe what happened today!" Anastasia exclaimed as soon as she entered the room and started to jump taking Selena with her while laughing loudly in happiness"Let me guess." Selena said with the same excitement with the same level of excitement. "You got your payment?" She said with a smile. It's not like she wants that money or she will be happy if Anastasia got the money. She is happy because it makes her best friend happy.Anastasia's face fell after hearing that and a foul look appeared on her beautiful face. She even stopped jumping as she gave Selena a grumpy look."Don't mention that." She said with equal grumpiness and the smile was back on her face as she started jumping again. "It's something else. You got one more chance to guess." She said while grinning ear to ear.She has always been like this from the time Selena met her. She never let
"Mr driver! Mr driver! Are you sure it's the place?" Anastasia asked the taxi driver while looking outside the taxi window with widened eyes.It's Henderson fashion corporation. She came here just a few days ago and she was confused that luck brought her here yet again. But then she didn't notice that the building was so tall. She already started counting how many floors it has. She was awed just by the outside interior of the building. God knows how beautiful it must be from inside."Yes, ma'am. I am sure. After all, who doesn't know that lion's den?" The taxi driver said with unknown hints of fear in his voice."Lion's den? What do you mean?" Anastasia asked me in confusion.The taxi driver looked at her with widened eyes as he heard her."Are you new in the city?" He asked and she nodded at him with a grin of excitement."Yes. How did you guess?" She
"So, this is the room that you have to redecorate, redesign or remake. Whatever you call it." Noah said while showing her the destroyed office room of Darius which I was destroyed by him only."How about I call it renovate?" Anastasia said while looking around the destroyed room with widened eyes."Yeah, you can call that too." Noah said with a small nod."Oh, god! This room is totally destroyed! Did a tornado hit it or what?" She asked in a mocking tone while making a note of how much hard work she has to do before making it worthy enough to use again."It was something worse than a tornado." Noah said and Anastasia looked at him."Whose room is this? This is the only room on the floor." She said."This is the room of the CEO of this company which may explain why there's only one room on the floor. Even his secretary has her room on one floor below. He