Hell to Love

Chapter 7

“Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! It’s a brand new day! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Everything begins today!” my alarm went on and on until I finally mustered up the strength to snooze it.

I lost track of how many times I had it snoozed. Finally I woke up realizing I had snoozed it enough times to be late.

I checked the time and realized it was 9:30 a.m.

“Crap!” I was late. I had to hurry…I pushed the duffel across and threw myself out of the bed when I realized my head hurt like hell.

“Nice job Ivy, your life isn’t screwed enough for you to gift it a hangover…ugghhhh…” I was talking to myself.

I rushed to a shower, trying to ignore the headache. I had no time for makeup so I settled with eyeliner and a light pink lip gloss. I was wearing a white knee length dress with a beautiful floral print paired with white sneakers.

I reached the lobby hoping not to come across Paul or Rihaan. I can’t handle a confrontation with Paul in this state of mind. When the question comes to Rihaan, god I don’t ever want to see that bastard. He used me enough. There I was, getting depressed due the body lying in his oh-so-real coffin and here, his body is actually walking with a soul inside, getting married and starting a new life… f**k off Rihaan…

Rachel wasn’t anywhere in sight. I decided to get myself a black coffee to possibly cure my head from the best hangover I ever had…

I ordered my drink and settled myself on the couch waiting for Rachel. The café was just opposite to the waiting area. 

Why was she late?

Had she possibly spent the night with…

No, no, no…

But there is a high possibility that she would have…

Stop it. I scolded my mind.

Why? That’s the reality… In fact you just asked Rihaan to f**k off. It replied

But I didn’t ask you to do a reality check.

Was it even normal for people to talk to themselves, cause I tend to do it a lot.

I finished my coffee and went to the lobby again to check for any signs of my boss. Nope! She’s nowhere…

 I turned on my heels to go back into the café probably to have a good breakfast. As soon as I started walking I heard someone calling my name. I turned again to see Rachel there.

God! She was glowing!

I told you, look she is glowing too and the only reason for that has to…

It could be due to a facial she must have had. I tried to reason out.

Ya ya… Ignore it as much as you like…

As if I could, with your constant bickering.

She approached me.

“You ready?”

“Yes, ma’am,” she was late by 45 minutes. I can clearly see how she raised the company to such great heights.

We went to the limousine waiting for us outside.

The rest of the day went by in a blur. We had meetings to attend.

I was exhausted by the time we entered the resort. It was a nice day considering I learned a lot. In a way I’m glad I agreed to be her assistant. There were so many things you can’t learn being in the marketing department.

I actually started admiring her at a point seeing the efforts she put to get assignments…I guess you have to be a b***h if you have such a vast empire to run, you can’t be lenient.

“Ivy, plan the meetings as I said and make sure to amend the term sheets as stated.”

“Yes ma’am, I’ll do it right away.”

“There’s no rush. You can do it tomorrow. And ya, tomorrow’s your day off. You can do whatever you please. I’ll give you a call when you’ll be needed.”

“Okay, Thank you ma’am.”

With this said she took leave.

I decided to have dinner at the restaurant in the resort.

I was checking my phone for any possible notifications when I bumped into someone. What is it with me bumping into people all the time. Thankfully I didn’t fall. I looked up to apologize, instead blurted out,

“You gotta be kidding me.”

“Excuse me”

It was Paul.