The scandalous love affair

The wound

Heavan stood by my side in the bathroom. She looks at me with an apologetically look. I know she must’ve felt guilty about leaving me alone and what happened in Romeo’s room. I wash my face in the sink silently trying to process all of the information in my head about what just happened earlier.

“I’m so sorry for leaving you alone.”

I look up to my reflection in the mirror. I look like a hot mess. My hair is a mess, eyes are still puffy from all the crying and my lips red. I touch it lightly. I can still feel his lips lingering on my lips. His kiss was fierce like it was consuming my own soul.

“It’s okay.” I replied back softly.

“So what did you do to Fiona?” She asked with a concerned voice. I raised my brows while looking at her.

“Her name is Fiona, huh?” I asked while tapping the powder on to my face redoing my make up.

“Fiona Smith from the Smith Family. She was chosen by aunt Rosie for brother Romeo.”

“Ohh…” My hand paused. I can feel that Heavan looks at me all worried. I should know that he will always someone to be with. But my heart still breaks alittle.

“Well, What did you hear in there?”

“That you dump a cup of hot coffee on her for no purpose?” I know Heavan is not the type to believe in such a baseless rumor. But it’s still irritate to hear such lies.

“She offered me coffee and spilled it onto herself.”

“Playing the victim?”

“I don’t know about her plan. I wonder why she personally targets me though.” I said as I finish my make up with a pink lip gloss.

“Her action is very suspicious.”

“Yeah, I can figure that out much.” After the coffee accident, I have to be on guard around her. But still why does she target me?

“Probably because of brother Romeo?”

“Oh, really? Maybe that’s why she attacked me out of nowhere.” I look at Heavan. I’m surprised that someone found out about what happened 5 years ago when Emma try to block the information. And also who dare to cross someone as powerful as Romeo. But if that’s true that it makes sense that Fiona attacked her. I sighed as I touch my own lips once more. I know that he will have someone by his side personally. Someone different from me, but somewhere in my heart I can feel that it breaks a little.

“Guess we have to prepare. Who knows what kind of tricks she’s up to next time.”

I smiles a bit and took her hand. We walked back into the meeting room. Everyone fixed their eyes on me. Their judgmental gazes are focused directly on me and they didn’t even bother to hide it at all. I can feel that their stares are full of doubt and hate. Seems like it’s going to be a pain to deal with such scandal. I’m always aware of such gossip and scandal. It’s exhausting to put your life in the spotlight. People will judge you for every little baseless rumor. I can feel Heavan’s hand gently stroke against mine, so I smile at her to show her that this doesn’t bother me at all. I took a sit along with the group of the models participated with this projects also. Some are familiar face that I’ve worked with.

Minutes later, he walked into the room along with his secretary. Everyone focus on every moment of his. This man has the power to even stop the time by himself. It likes he was born to be the center of attention.

The meeting was nothing serious. His secretary explains the detail of the project as well as their first launch of short promo video which will take place in the heart of Maldives. So in one week time, everyone who is involved in the project will be going to Maldives for a week trip. The shooting will be the released of a new product line of Valencia. Heavan told me that the designs are some of Madam Rosie’s personal work which is why it’s such a big project for them currently.

I sat at the very end of the table and I can see him clearly. The thing that bothers me the most is having him staring at me throughout the whole meeting. His cold grey eyes were fixed on me. Even though I try my best not to make eyes contact with him, I can still feel his gazes the entire time. The gazes that seem like it want to devour me alive. It was fierce and full of lust. I don’t know what am I supposed to do when facing that sort of glare. Or should I say that I don’t know what to do especially when it comes to him. I recall the kiss all over again in my head. I do wish I was stronger, I do wish that at that moment I wouldn’t give in to his kiss.

“The meeting shall end here.” He said.

“Thank you for all the models who took the time to come. You can now leave. As for the design teams, you shall stay. The president would have a word with you.”

Heavan waves at me as a goodbye. Not wasting anytime I stood up and got out from the room. I don’t know what I ran away from, him or my own feeling. But one thing that I’m certain of is that I can’t stay still under those burning gazes of him. I can’t control myself.

(End P.O.V)

After all the models left the meeting room, the tension raised up. Everyone can feel a chill run down their spine. They faced down afraid of meeting eyes with their own president. Even the secretary is kind of scared too.”

“For today, the accident that has happened between one of our employee and Miss Lilith.” Everyone took a deep breath in. Fiona’s expression dropped slightly. As she expected, the rumor between him and Lilith was true.

“I don’t want to hear a rumor about what happened today or else you know what will happen. We don’t need someone who is free to spread such gossip in our company.” He said and walks up. Everyone sighed as he left the room. You can’t mess with him. Heavan looks at Fiona and observes her action. People started to surround her side as usual. They show her sympathy about what’s happened. But still weird to see her personal strike an attack against Lilith. Maybe she knew something after all.  

(Lilith’s P.O.V)

“How was the meeting?” Emma asked as soon as I got into the car.

“Went well. We have to go to the Maldives for the shoot next week, probably going to be there for like a week.”

“I see”

Emma went back to focus on the road. We sat there in silent. All thoughts start to rumble up inside my head. His cold expression went back. I closed my eyes tightly trying to shut out the emotion that is stirring in my chest. It hurts to be weak. It hurts to be hopeless; it hurts when I just stood there defenseless against him. The gaze that seems to be eating me up alive.

His words cut deep into my heart reopen the wound that I thought healed as the times went back. I closed my eyes and clear the thoughts of my head. I can sense an ominous feeling about the future. But I can’t seem to figure out why.