Anastasia's POV I sat in the main living room, my hands placed over my ears and my knees to my chest. I rocked on the sofa back and forth in deep thoughts. “ I think he knows who I am now,” I said to Stella who was sitting across from me.“ I would have dropped a word or two of comfort but even I feel the same way. Why did you even look back in the first place?” She slapped her forehead in frustration.“ I don't know. It was more or less reflex action. It's my name he called after all,” I sighed.“ I think we need to come up with something fast before he makes up his mind to look into your past,” Stella suggested.“ That makes sense. I thought I had gotten over my fear for him after so many years and I was confident about it seeing how I easily could withstand facing him during the collabo meeting but the moment he called out my name, my heart instantly froze. The fear that I once thought I had overcome suddenly came rushing back,” I shivered as I narrated.“ Anna, you need to get a
Anastasia's POV After a few minutes of speeding up, I arrived at the cafe he had specifically said we should meet up. I suddenly began finding it hard to breathe.“ You can do this, Anna,” I patted my chest, inhaling and exhaling before stepping out of my car and walking into the cafe. He was easy to spot since he was the only one in the cafe to begin with.“ You're finally here,” he remarked as I sat down. I tried my best to keep my cool and act like I wasn't nervous. “ It's been a while,” he spoke like a human, something I never thought he would do to me.“ Yes, it has,” this was getting more awkward than before. I noticed Steve was standing besides Kasper. “ What happened to the rest of the people who are supposed to be here? Why is everywhere empty?” “ I hired the entire cafe for our meeting. I can't let anyone get in the way of our conversation. Besides, we want to keep our talk private, don't we?” He sipped from the tea cup on his side of the table. The waitress served me an
Few days laterAnastasia's POVI sat down on the dining chairs with my sketch book and pencil in my hands. I was finding it hard to come up with a theme for the new product line for B&B fashion which was the fashion industry of the Bourne Groups.“ Argh! I can't seem to think of anything,” I slammed my head on the table in frustration. “ I don't think I've ever been this uncreative before,” I whimpered. It was all Kasper's fault for throwing me off like that.“ Mommy, are you alright?” I heard Chloe's adorable little voice, making me lift my head from it's sulken position.“ She's been acting strangely for days,” Claude muttered to Chloe but kept looking at me suspiciously.“ I'm fine, honey. I'm just so stressed out,” I let out a sigh. ” I've been trying to figure out the theme I wanna use for the new product line I'm working on with B&B fashion but nothing seems to be coming,” I explained my situation to them like they could help me in anyway. “ Maybe if you're surrounded by people
Lucas' POVI heard a bang on my room door, it was still early in the morning or at least I thought it was. What was it now?“ Go away,” I grunted, shifting on the large soft bed I laid on. The knock was persistent and becoming more insistent and annoying.“ Urgh!” I took a pillow and placed over my head and ears to cushion the sound of the knock. Why won't anyone let me have a peaceful sleep here? I was determined to ignore whoever it was and soon enough, the knock stopped.“ Finally,” I sighed in relief as I closed my eyes peacefully to sleep. About ten minutes into my sleep, I felt a hand pull on my ear.“ Owww,” I exclaimed in pain as the hand kept on pulling me up by the ear.“ I think I might just send you back at this rate,” I heard Kasper's voice and my heart froze. Was he the one who sent the maid to call me? I'm so dead. “ You don't have to keep pulling me up by the ear,” I complained. “ I'm wide awake now,” all I wanted was for him to let go of my ear.“ Well, you should ha
Lucas' POV After acting and playing my role so emotionally and portraying mine in the best possible way, I stood aside backstage to watch Anna perform. My heart raced as I watched her, I think there was something off with the way my body reacted to her. This was my first time meeting her but I felt so connected and responsible for her. “ You can do this,” I whispered loud enough for her to hear as she performed on stage. Everything about her acting was mesmerizing, she was a natural - surprising she even felt nervous. Once she was done, the judges who were the strictest I had met so far actually clapped which intimidated the others who decided to watch from back stage. “ Anna, your skills are very professional. I'm surprised that this is your first time auditioning for a role,” one of the men among the judges commented. “ Not only are your skills so on point, you have the looks, the physique. Everything about you spells attention and I love it,” the young lady among the judge
Anastasia's POV “ Don't think I didn't notice how that red hair dude acted towards you that day,” Stella said munching on the strawberries. “ He's just nice, that's all,” I shrugged acting like I had no idea what she was talking about. The thought of the kiss we nearly had on set flashed through my mind and I turned a cherry tomato red.“ Aha! Gotcha!” She pointed at my red face.“ There's nothing really going on between the both of us,” I tried my best to convince. “ We met there at MooBi entertainment and we clicked and ended up acting a scene to...,” I paused when I realized that I might have said more than what was necessary.“ The both of you acted? Isn't it a single audition? Like a one at a time thing?” She inquired, her brows raised and her ears inclined to hear any form of gossip.“ It was at least but the judges wanted us to improvise and see us act together and there you have it,” I explained.“ There's no way on Earth that the both of you didn't act a romantic sc
Anastasia's POVA week later“ Oh my gosh, is that Anna?” I heard a voice from a group of people huddled up as I walked past. “ Of course, it's her. I literally follow her everywhere,” another squealed. “ I heard she's now collaborating with B&B fashion. It's so hard to get her to work with a company,” one muttered. “ Bourne Groups must have paid a fortune,” one exclaimed. “ It's not just about the money, Anna is very critical of the labels she works with. She values her name more than the amount a company is willing to pay,” another informed. “ Why did you think I joined the crew for this movie. The moment I heard she was going to be the lead actress in this film, I quickly switched films to work with,” the head cameraman said.“ Lucky you, we were just lucky enough to be picked to join the crew team for this film,” a girl in her early twenties sighed. “ Are you listened to every single thing that is being said?” Stella nudged me back into reality. “ Huh? Oh, sort of.
Anastasia’s POV I sat down quietly in Lucas' car, it was already past ten. What had we really done tonight that time had flown? I rested my head back on the passenger seat and thought back on tonight’s events. After dinner, Lucas had suggested we go to a park for a stroll and then we headed to a carnival that had recently opened. Honestly, it has been so long since I had fun like this. Aurelia came to mind, we used to have fun like this when she was still alive. We probably would have been the same now if she was still alive. “ Are you awake?” Lucas asked, looking away from the road for about a second before focusing again. “ Mhmm,” I hummed softly as I opened my eyes. “ I just wanted to know if you had fallen asleep,” he said scratching his neck awkwardly. “ I'm sorry for stressing you out today, it was originally planned out to be just dinner but well, maybe I got carried away a bit,” he said in a low voice. “ I don't mind it at all, actually. It was fun,” I admitted. “ Let's