She thought she could successfully escape from the building and head to the airport to meet her crew, but unfortunately for her, the moment she stepped out of the secret elevator, David was already standing outside of it waiting for her with a devil like look on his face like he was going to bring an end to her at that moment.
Now she was sitting across him on a single couch with her hands crossed in her chest as she fixed her gaze on the ceiling.
Although she isn’t looking at David, but she could feel his sharp gaze on her.
When she recalled how devilish his eyes looked earlier, she is sure that right now he is staring at her with same murdurous look on his face.
There was complete silence in the living room as none of them has spoken a word.
Before they came up to the penthouse he had made her call her crew members to tell them she was going to return to the United States on a later date and that they could leave on their own. David had sent his body guard to go collect her things from them in the airport.
They surely will be wondering why she has decided to stay back in Italy when she herself was reluctant to come in the first place.
“Why” David found himself asking
Hanan shift her gaze from the ceiling and looked at him “why what?”
She knew what he was referring to, but acted like she didn’t.
David stared at her for a while before standing up from the couch “I have given you two options, do not make me add a third option”
Third option? Hanan thought to herself, if he was going to give her a third option then it will definitely not favor her.
When he was about to walk away she suddenly spoke
“I can’t be here David, you should let me go”
There was sudden silence, she watch as he back shoulder raised up and down and his fist clenched.
“Why can’t you be here, explain that to me!?
He turned towards her
“You can’t understand”
“What can’t I understand? Tell me and I will surely try and understand.
Hanan sighed and placed both hands on her face. She wants to tell him but there is no way she was going to do that, she can’t tell him what led to her disappearance ten years ago.
She being in Italy will endanger her life and that of her family and might even endanger his.
She looked up at him and said “because I do not love you anymore David, I was still 17 thing then and didn’t know what I was doing, now I’m older and can now easily differentiate infatuation and love.
“My life is in the United States so I can’t be hear.
David’s grip on the suit he was holding on his hand tightened.
“Your parents are living in St. Augustine in the United States, am I correct?”
Hanan’s eyes widened “How did youu…?”
“You should know by now who you are dealing with”
Hanan shivered
She knew who she was dealing with, she knows what he is capable of doing. David might bring her parents back to Italy and keep them under watch or he might even take them somewhere to prevent her from ever seeing them.
If she keeps on insisting on returning back to the United States, she will be risking the lives of her parents.
Hanan felt a cold chill on her body, so she looked up at at him and said “Fine”
“I will move back to Italy which includes moving my business here too”
David was satisfied with her response
“But you would have to give me a week to put things together in the United States before returning”
“Fine by me”
David left the penthouse to go continue with his work.
Hanan wrapped her body together on the couch and sighed. Since she was using a different name, then maybe she won’t be in danger.
*******
The following day, she left Italy and returned back to the United States.
She quickly went to her penthouse and changed her dress before heading to her fashion house.
If was before, she would have followed the back door into her fashion house, but today she followed the front door.
Putting on a strapless shirt back gown with a beautiful design from one of her collections and then pairing it with a sandal high heels and a brown Hermes bag in her hand, she elegantly walked through the front door of her fashion house.
The moment she stepped in, all eyes was on her.
Her workers whispered amongs themselves
They most be wondering who she was
“She might be a customer” one said
“She is so beautiful and fashionable” another person said
They were speaking loud enough for her to hear.
She smiled at what they said and headed to the elevator.
They were shocked when they saw her heading to the private elevator which is only used by the top fashion crew in the last two floors of the building.
“She must be a new top fashion designer” someone said
She smiled at the comments before getting into the Elevator and going to the top floor.
“Woooo, she went to the top floor” someone who have been standing close by to see which floor she will head to, suddenly screamed
“Really!”
“Really!”
They all ran towards the private elevator to see if it was true
“It really is the top floor!”
“Isn’t that where the CEO’s office is?”
“It is” someone responded
The private elevator is used by the top designers of QuickFashion which are occupying the 10th and 11th floor, but apart from those floors it also leads to the the last floor.
“Or might she be our enormous Ceo” a girl standing at the side who has been quiet ever since suddenly said.
They all turned to her and started reasoning same thing.
“We don’t know that yet, now y’all should get back to work!!” The team leader who just walked through the front door, screamed at them and they all ran towards the public elevator to head to their respective floors.
The ground floor was used only in displaying their designs while the 1st to the 11th floor was strictly for work.
All her top designers were already in the top floor to welcome her.
They were surprised when the assistant told them that she will be coming through the front elevator.
They wondered why she decided to use the front elevator today when she always used the back elevator.
She likes to be enormous so why show herself to the junior staffs today?
As the senior staff and top designers in the company they all knew she is their CEO and owner of QuickFashion. They had signed an undisclosed contract not to ever reveal her identity to the junior staff or the media.
But today she had gone ahead to follow the front door.
The elevator opened and Hanan stepped out from it with a bodyguard behind her.
David didn’t allow her travel alone, he sent two of his bodyguards to follow her all the way back to Los Angeles.
She had refused at first, but he told her that if she doesn’t want then to follow her than he was going to follow her all the way there.
“Welcome back Miss Quick” They all greeted her and she smiled at them
“Thank you”
“I appreciate your warm welcome, you can all head back to work now since we have to prepare for the next season”
They all nodded and smiled in excitement for the next seasons collection.
Hanan walked into her office and sat on her chair.
“Miss Quick, here are some top sketches done by the junior department” May said as she dropped the combined sketches on the table.
“Let’s leave that for later, what I want you to do now is to send a massage to the top fashion media house telling them that the owner of QuickFashion is ready to do an interview with them”
“Huh!?” May was surprised by what she just heard “You what to reveal yourself?”
“Yes, it’s about time the world knows who the owner of QuickFashion is”
WELCOME TO TODAYS LIVE INTERVIEW WITH YOUR LOS ANGELES FASHION HOST, MORGAN MONROE!!.The host said and the audience cheered.“Y’all won’t believe who we are going to be having on stage today, even I can’t still believe that we are going to be interviewing none other than thee….” Mergan paused as she tried to pique the interest of the audience including those who might be watching out home.Those in the audience held their breath as they waited to see which fashion icon would be coming on stage today.Booze is Los Angeles’ number one fashion media house, so they know that anyone coming here today is a fashion icon, designer, etc.After looking at the crowd the host spoke “Y’all know that every Tuesdays, Booze fashion media houses host some of the most popular fashion icons,designers, fashion models, etc. But today, we are not just going to be interviewing a fashion icon, nor are we just going to be interviewing a fashion designer, today we are going to be doing an unveiling!!”“Believ
After doing the interview, she has been getting lots of calls from people who might be fans and admirers. When the car drove in the direction of her penthouse, she was shocked to see the kind of crowd that was there. The crowd included reporters who wanted to get their own exclusive interview and fans who wanted to see her face up close. Hanan turned to her assistant who was sitting close to her in the car. “How did they know my address?” “I don’t know Miss Quick, I’m even as surprised as you are. “Get into the underground carriage” she said to the bodyguard driving. The car immediately drove into the underground carriage and they could see the reporters trying to get inside the carriage but the security men stopped them from getting in. The security men closed the carriage so know fan or reporter would get in. The bodyguards opened the door for her and she stepped out from it, even if there was know report or fans on site the bodyguards still shielded her. As they headed to t
The following morning, Hanan dressed up and left the penthouse to her fashion house.She had a meeting with all her workers and in the meeting she will be informing them of her plans to move to Italy and starting up a branch there.As usual, when she got close to her fashion house, there were reporters and fans waiting for her there.She has been receiving non-stop messages and calls from media houses requesting to have an exclusive interview with her. Even her assistant has also been receiving calls.She has been ignoring all calls and have told her assistant to do same.Her car drove into the underground carriage of her fashion house, preventing the reporters from seeing her.With the bodyguards following her closely, she took the elevator to the 11th floor were the meeting room was located.She already informed them of the emergency meeting, so everyone must be waiting for her to arrive.The moment she stepped into the meeting room everyone got up to show respect.Some of her desig
The last time she visited her parents was six months ago. She has been so busy with work that she hasn't had time to come see them.She didn’t plan to visit them by this time but she had to do so, since they needed to be informed about her plans of relocating.But how is she going to explain to them that she was not just going to Italy but that David had found her.It was a mistake on her part, she shouldn’t have gone to Italy with her crew but the situation there needed her presence so she did.She sat on one of the couches in the living room, facing both of her parents who had a scared and horrible look on their faces after she told them she was relocating to Italy. Hanan came from a middle class family, she grew up having most things not everything. Hee parents house was a duplex with 5 bedrooms, a large kitchen and living room with a swimming pool and was situated in a good and secured location.The purpose of CCTV was for safety reasons.She didn’t expect to meet her both of the
After she was done speaking with her parents, she went to her room to freshen up when she received a text from Arya telling her that she would not be able to make it to St Augustine, that she has an urgent interview to go to and is also booked for the weekend.Arya: “But keep in mind that we are going to be having that conversation soon, when am free”Hanan: “Fine then, take care”Arya didn’t send a reply so she dropped her phone and went about her business.She spent the weekend with her parentsDuring the time she spent with them, she always saw the worried look on their faces.There was a time at night she came down stairs to go take water from the kitchen and saw her dad’s study room light on.She could see the shadow of two persons inside and knew that would be her dad and her mom. They were having a conversation.When she checked the time and saw that it was 12 at midnight, she was surprised. Why would both of them be having a conversation at this time of the knight? What were t
If it was another man who held her in such a way, she would have kicked that thing he had in between his legs or slapped his face hard to free his hold on her. But with David, she felt powerless and unable to do anything. David was still capable of making her heart beat rapidly and even make her blush without even doing anything. She can’t remember the last time her heart beated like this. She raised her head and looked at his face, his eyes were closed, but his grip on her was still firm. Now that she was looking at him closely, she could see how tired he was. He must have be walking all night and all morning. Even when he was tired he still came to pick her up from the airport, her heart melted at this thought. She looked out of the window and saw that there was no house in view anymore. Where was David taken her to? She asked herself but just decided to wait and see. After about 30 minutes they appeared in front of a huge gate. The gate opened, it was an electric gate that c
Flashback, 10 Years AgoIt was her 18th birthday and what she wanted the most was to spend it with her loved ones. She plans on spending her morning with her parents who have bought her different presents and a big cake.After spending the morning with her parents who did a mini party for her at home, she went out shopping with her friends to spend the afternoon.Another thing they were celebrating apart from her party was their graduation from the collection. Just yesterday they did their high school graduation ceremony.They were so happy they had finally finished high school and would be applying for college soon.Once she is done spending the afternoon with her friends, she will be spending the whole evening with David alone, the man she loved.David was in college, he was busy with classes and will only be able to spend the evening with her. But she loved it that way, they could stare at the stars together and tell each other everything.She was so looking forward to the night wi
When she got to the living room on the ground floor she met Don waiting for her.“The boss asked me to drop you in the hotel where the two girls are.Hanan concluded he must have called to tell him while she was on her way down.“Okay” She nodded and followed him to the garage, they opened the back door for her and she got into the car and they took her to the hotel where her assistant and Scarlet are.She was taken to a 10 star hotel and was wowed by its beauty both in and out.She recognises the hotel to be the one David had built 3 years back.She was able to know this because she always followed all news about him from the day she and her parents left Italy till today.She never missed any news about him. As someone from a conglomerate family and the heir to everything his father owns, news about him including his personal life spread like wide fire in the media.So even When she was in the United States, she always read news about him.She knew when he took over the family busin