"I don't know, babe. I want to go as planned but...” Joyce trailed off for the umpteenth time she'd been on the phone. The display lights in her office shone on her beautiful face and dropped to the screen of her tab where she had been busy all day.Her eyes kept dropping with exhaustion and a single glance at her would tell the tired lines of her face. Amidst catering to her friends' needs and running her business, her plans were starting to crumble.“So, what do you want to do?” Nick's baritone smooth voice filtered in from the speakers and she sighed.“I guess I will just have to postpone till next weekend again.” She shrugged, shuffling one of her drawers open for a pen.“Maybe, ” Nick didn't sound cool with her response and Joyce knew it. “Look babe, these people are your friends. Friends. If you tell them you gotta go, they will understand. I know that you know that. This is your life we are talking about here.” Nick grumbled.“I know. I know.” She sighed and ran a hand through
Sophie knew that when she didn't get the call, there was a high chance that all the yelling and screaming would be done in person.It was why she wasn't surprised when her father barged into her office in the middle of a discussion with a client. Her gaze darted from that of the man seated in front of her with his assistant to her father who had just barged in. A single glance at him and Sophie could already see how livid he looked.He nearly had her door unhinged with how loudly he banged it shut. And there was that glimmer in his eyes. The dangerous fire glints that Sophie absolutely hated. She pursed her lips before lifting her gaze from him to her clients' stunned ones. The man could read the room and he definitely knew it was time to go.“I guess the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, I will be sure to get back to you.” Sophie's smile was grim and her hands were stiff when she shook the man's hand formally. Without sparing a glance at Kristen, she silently nudged that she saw th
Tyler's POV“Hold on, you did what?” Tyler almost screamed into the phone before he managed to collect himself, looking around the car park.“I called Mantha,” Gab said slowly, enunciating every word for Tyler to understand. His rich choice was filled with depth and something akin to frustrations boomed through the speakers.“Why?”Tyler was speechless not because his best friend of childhood days had gone ahead to call his cousin to ask her something as delicate as this but because he didn't think that they communicated at all.“Why, not?” Gab breathed. “Look man, I'm doing everything I can to find her. And if I can find her through Mantha, why not?” Gab spoke again.Tyler exhaled and glanced away from the ground to smooth the creases of his jeans jacket sleeves. He opened his mouth to say something when he saw Sophie coming in.Instantly without conscious of his activity, his lips drew into a small smile at her. She was walking toward him, taking her steps slow and steady while her
Sophie's POVHolding up the black dress, Sophie eyed it with a deep grimace before throwing it over the heap of clothes she had created. She took out another magenta dress and immediately decided against it.She wasn't going to wear that.Sophie was never the type to cry over dresses she was going to wear to a party or an event but she had completely forgotten about Gina's parent's anniversary. If she hadn't gotten the call from Gina hours earlier and a text from Tyler a few minutes ago, she wouldn't have stopped what she was doing on her laptop to dress up.Her hand tightened on the knots of her towel as she eyed the stacks still in the wardrobe. She had no idea how many more she had to go through. She didn't usually feel too drained like that but she had quit her job on impulse and was now regretting it.What was she thinking?She groaned before her eyes caught a glimpse of the teal-green dress in the closet. She reached for it and took it out, admiring the deep sweetheart neckline
Sophie's POVWhen Sophie walked into the party, she wasn't sure what scene it was that she was expecting but the neon bright lights and dazzling dresses filled up the void of her expectations. She stopped short, a bit breathless from the moment before that to glance around the place.There were a lot of people she knew around. A bunch of LA housewives who did nothing but spend their husbands' money and throw mind-blowing parties. Most of which Sophie was invited to.It was one of the reasons why Sophie had chosen to attend the party. Excluding the fact that she got to play the role and guard the public's eyes in gossip, she knew or had met Gina's parents more than twice at parties like that and she was more than thrilled to finally be attending theirs.A familiar cologne wafted into her nostrils as she felt an enormous presence behind her. Sophie's skin crawled with desire and she sucked in a deep breath when Tyler laid hands on her bare open back.“Breathless?” His mouth was directl
Tyler's POVTyler stared at Sophie to ensure that she wasn't watching before he gently strolled in the other direction, leading his insane guest away. Tyler didn't know exactly what Andy was willing to talk about but he was about ready to be done with it before it even started. To him, men like Andy should never be given the chance to speak in public.“I thought it was you I saw at the restaurant that day, ” Andy shoved his hands into his pants, his lips curved into a smirk.“Of course. Who else would have been proper to catch you in the middle of infidelity.” Tyler shot at him, his face a blank mask. “Your wife deserves someone better. I wonder why she sticks around.” He added, maintaining his glare.“Like you?” Andy was frowning deeply. “Someone better like you?” he cocked his head to the side to access him.Tyler smiled then.“You are finally acknowledging that I'm better than you. Nice.” He smirked.Andy's face flushed. “Fuck you, man, ” he spat.“I thought you'd be dead by now
Sophie's POVSophie felt like her head had been dropped into a small basket that had lots of thread sticking out of it till they were all in a tangled mess around her head.The way the exhaustion seemed to take over her when she walked away made it seem like it had been waiting right on hand to deal with her when she felt that way.First, it was meeting her college boyfriend whom she had not seen in a very long-time. Of all the years she had lived in LA, she had never for once met him by chance or mistake since they broke up.But as fate would have it, she just had to meet him on this awesome night and the chances were that the same lady he had cheated on her with was the same one he was married to.It was a huge blow to her face.The information had sucked up all her energy juice and had left her with nothing. It wasn't that she cared for Jasper, she would never blink an eyelid in his direction for he was a cheat.But she would never have imagined that he would settle with her. And
Tyler's POVTyler sighed and shoved his hands into the pocket of his gray joggers. His eyes were fixated on the white-haired lady laying on his bed with all her hair sprawled out around her.Tyler hated to think about what he could do with her hair when he was moving inside her and he looked to automatically clear the thoughts away.It was almost noon yet she was still asleep. He was expecting her to still be asleep anyway. She had woken up twice at night to drown herself in alcohol and it might be stupid but he was really upset with her for drinking.He bit down on his lower lip as he watched her chest rise and fall to her steady breaths. Suddenly, she was fighting with the covers and turning on the bed. He watched with silent adoration at the serene look her face was shaped in. She looked so peaceful, so at peace with herself and Tyler felt the memory of her like that would be ingrained in his memory. He was going to do something about it to thin the way it would keep flashing thro