“Hey you're awake. " Mason said as he walked into the room with a cup of coffee. “ Where am I?" She asked. “ My penthouse." “ Why am I here and not my place?" She asked and he scoffed. “ You should at least appreciate me for taking you out of the cold. " He said and she sighed. “ Thank you. But why am I here?" She asked and he glanced at her before laughing out loud. “ What's funny?" “ You seriously don't remember the last place you were?"“ I was at the restaurant...." She said and gasped shortly when it hit her. “ Don't tell me I fell asleep?" “ Yes you did. You feel asleep in the streets. "“ But you should have just woken me up. “" You looked stressed. “ " Awwn, so sweet. “" Thank you. “" Not sweet. You would have woken me up. That's foolishness. “ She glared at him. " Ouch. That hurts." He said dramatically and she rolled her eyes. “ Take me home." She said stubbornly and he shook his head. “ Lady, it's past two. There's no possible way I could drive streets of New
“ What did you expect was going to happen when you betrayed me? You let your mother take him away. You tore us apart, you were such a mummy's boy. You think I forgive you so easily? You show up at my door stalking me. You think that's the way to forgive?! “ Elsa yelled. She was on her way to class the next day when she bumped into shown at the entrance of her department's building. “ I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. How many times am I going to say I'm sorry before you understand? I'm sorry, I never meant for any of this to happen I was only trying to please her. You know she's been the one for me since the beginning. After my dad died she was only one, I thought the only way to please her was to do whatever she wanted. I am so so sorry.“ Shawn went on his knees immediately. Elsa looked around to make sure no one was watching them. " Get out of my sight Shawn. I've told you to stay far away from me. I came here to study and so did you. Never in your life try to stop me again on m
Things were going smoothly for the pretence couple. They got along and became more intimate to the public eye. Mason was able to hold off his engagement to Celeste. Everything was going as planned but there's always a loophole. “ Mr Alaric, I have the files you requested. “ Daniel, his secretary said. “ Let me see." Mr Alaric said and he gave him a brown envelope. Mr Alaric opened it and his lips curved into a wide smirk. " I got you where I want son. “ He scoffed. " Find that girl. “ He said to Daniel. ..Beauty was about stepping out when she sighted Elijah coming towards her apartment. “ Hey." She said with a wide smile. “ Beauty." He said and hugged her lightly. “ Going somewhere?"" Yes. I have shoots scheduled for the day. “ " You've always been busy lately. We haven't been able to spend time together as usual. It's either shoots or another. “ " I'm sorry, Elijah. How about dinner tomorrow? “ " That's what you said the last time. “" I know. I mean it this time. Dinner?
The next day, Sandra helped Beauty in arranging some of her new clothes in a box after she convinced her that she was going for a shoot out of town. She was going to put on some of the expensive clothes she bought at the Alaric's manor so she won't ruin Mason's plan. “ Are you sure it's only a one week shoot?" Sandra asked. She had packed all her things in only one box. “ Yes, I am. I don't have to pack much. They're going to provide us with all we need." “ Alright. Elijah should already be here. " “ He will be. " “ He's here. " Sandra said smiling widely immediately he walked into the house.“ Took you long enough. " Beauty chuckled and he shrugged.“ I needed to adjust to the fact that you'll soon become very popular and I'll rarely see you." He said and she chuckled. “ Says who? You'll see me very often. " She muttered. Her schedule wasn't yet as tight as she made it seem. But the times she spent with Mason was what covered most of her schedules for now. She couldn't tell the
“ Mason are you okay?" Beauty asked. She locked the door carefully before walking towards him on the bed. “ Mason." She called slowly. “ I'm fine. " He sniffed. He pulled her towards him and she fell on him with their faces inches apart. Their heartbeats could be heard in the room and shock was written all over her face. “ Ahem!" Beauty cleared her throat as she arranged herself properly and sat on the bed. “ I'm sorry. " Mason whispered. “ It's alright. I never knew my parents well enough before they died. One thing in certain of is the love they shared while they were still alive. They saw marriage as a place of peace and happiness not a business contract. “ Beauty said. She took his right hand and squeezed it lightly. “ I know your parents are not the best but you don't have to beat yourself up about it. You just have to live your life and forget about all this. They will pass. “ " Well I hope you're right. Do you want to go out to grab a bite? “ " Sure. I'm starving. “ Bea
“ I shouldn't have." Mason said slowly with his face down avoiding her eyes. He was waiting for her to respond but there was total silence. “ You don't have to apologize. I kissed you back so it's my fault as much as it's yours. " Beauty sighed. " Good night. “ She said and left him standing outside. “ Fuck!" Mason cursed. He shouldn't have done that. What if she decides to terminate the contract? What if she leaves? He can't bear the thought of that alone. Meanwhile Beauty paced about in the room. She wanted to deny having feelings for him. She had tried to suppress them times without number but they keep floating up to the surface. She could bet that a part of her wanted to end things quickly but another part wanted to feel his lips again and that part was speaking louder than ever before. “ Am I going crazy? I don't have feelings for him, do I?" She thought. “ No, it's just a fantasy. He can't possibly fall for me. But he kissed me. God, Beauty. What to do? What to do?" ....
“ Who's there?" Donald asked walking to the direction of the voice. He was shocked to see Shawn curled up in the corner nearly drunk to stupor. “ I hid the moment you both came in. I didn't want to interrupt you." Shawn hiccuped.“ You're the new famous kid right?" Donald asked and he nodded slowly. " If that's what you call it here. She's friends with Elsa right? “" Yes, she is. Why do you ask? “ Donald asked, sitting beside him. “ I messed up pretty bad. Worse than you even. " “ Is that why you're here drunk at school hours?"“ I can't stand seeing her. She hates me. " “ Who?" “ Elsa. " “ You know her?" “ Yeah. " “ Is that why you're here?"“ Don't you check the school's blog?"“ Please I have other better things to do. The school's blog is not my problem. " “ You're close with Elsa right?"“ Been friends the minute she arrived. " Donald said with a smug smile. “ You can help me talk to her...."“ About?" “ Never mind. It was nice talking to you." Shawn said and dusted
After they had lunch at the restaurant, Mason drove them to the outskirts of the town. He parked the car properly at the edge of road before coming down with Beauty. “ Why are we here?" Beauty asked as she looked around. There was nothing here apart from a small forest and the road to the next town. “ I want to show you something." Mason said and her eyes widened when she saw him heading towards the forest. " Are you going in there? " She asked. “ Yes. Come on, it's perfectly safe. " He said and she smiled weirdly. “ No way. I'm not going in there. What if there's something there? What if there's a scorpion?" She said and he grinned from ear to ear. “ Wait is there a scorpion in there?!" She said and Mason laughed at her cuteness.“ Trust me, Beauty. It's perfectly safe. " He said and she held his right hand firmly. “ Scaredy cat." Mason teased and she rolled her eyes. “ I'm not afraid of anything. " She scoffed. She heard rustling in the woods and she quickly clinged to Mason