Maybe It Was

Chapter 4

Sebastian’s POV

“This year, you are turning 30, we need to celebrate.” My mother greeted me at breakfast.

“Good morning to you too, mom.” I kissed her cheek and went to my seat. My sister, Selena, was already sitting beside my mom. Beside her was my nephew, Toby, he was making a mess out of his pancakes. I sighed at the sight and reached for a toast.

“I think we should.” My sister agreed to my mom. She was probably agreeing so she could have a content for her social media.

“Then we should start preparing. I know a great event planner. We’ll task her with the event and then for the clothes we could also someone from-“

“Actually…” my sister interrupted our mother and held her hands. She gave me a look and a smirk. I didn’t like that look. It was a look that says she would do some trouble.

“I know a good designer. Lets just have her do it. She just launched her new spring/summer collection and they were all good. I’m sure she would also do a good job in designing our clothes.”

My mother looked at Selena and tried to think of who she was referring to.

“Who are you referring to? Do I know this person?” My mom asked.

Selena just nodded her head and smiled even bigger at me.

“Yes, mom. You know her. Don’t worry about it she is good at her job and I’m sure you’ll like her designs. Trust me.”

After breakfast, Selena insisted to go to the designer she was talking about. She said its best to go there right away, and give the designer an ample amount of time so our clothes won’t be rushed. She left Toby at my mom’s care and asked me to drive.

She didn’t tell me the address and just pointed at the directions. I didn’t thought about it that much since it must be somewhere I don’t know much. At last intersection, I was already having ahunch on where we were going. When I made the turn, I saw Agatha’s office. Apparently, she is the designer that my sister was talking about. She’s a menace. She knows I have a crush on Agatha thats why she was doing this.

I first saw Agatha on my sister’s wedding and ever since then I’ve been crushing on her. Hard. This past few years my sister has been nudging me to make a move to her. She would make excuses to invite her to our events. I was hesitant on asking her out because I believed she had a boyfriend and it was impossible for a beauty like her to have not one but my sister said otherwise. However, I still couldn’t muster up the courage to ask her out all these years. Maybe this time…

We got to office’s floor and was greeted by her secretary. Apparently, she was not in the office yet. The secretary said that she would call her to tell her about us. We stopped her and said at was fine. We decide to just wait since it was our fault we dropped by unannounced. She showed us inside Agatha’s office and told ask that we could wait there. She went out after asking us what drinks we want. My sister said orange juice and I just opted for a drink.

“I don’t think this is a good idea. Lets just leave while she’s not here yet.” I tried to pursade my sister to leave.

“Come on, relax, she doesn’t know about your little crush. We are just here as a client, ok?”

I just grabbed a magazine near me and tried to avert my focus there. I could hear my sister giggling while scrolling on her phone. I glared at her and flipped the page harshly, I almost ripped it.

A few minutes later, the secretary came back with our drinks. As she was putting them down on the table, the door opened again. This time Agatha came in. My heart started thumping a little faster.

I tried not to look at her and just focused on the magazine. I couldn’t hear what they were saying clearly. All I could hear was my heartbeat. My sister tapped my back and I returned to reality. She was ‘properly’ introducing us. Since I was so nervous all I could manage was to nod my head. After that, I went back to staring at the magazine. I didn’t even know what magazine at was.

After chatting some more, my sister made an excuse using Toby and how my mother had an appointment. I don’t recall hearing that during breakfast though. It was probably just her excuses so she can leave me alone with Agatha. I looked at her and pleaded with my eyes for her not to go. She just winked at me and waltzed out of the office with Agatha.

The secretary, Cynthia, led me to another room so she could take my measurements. She got a phone call before we could start and she excused herself. I saw a chair and decided to sit on it. I crossed my arms and thought back to what happened in Agatha’s office.

She was very pretty. She had her hair down and it took a lot of energy from me not to stare at her or else I would look like a creep.

Moments passed by and I heard footsteps. I raised my head and met eyes with Agatha. My heartbeat that was starting to normalize was once again beating up faster again.

What was she doing here?

She asked where Cynthia was. I told her what happened. I thought she would leave right away after asking. She looked around the room then went to a corner and came back with a measuring tape.

What is she trying to do?

Is she gonna take my meaurement?

I think I’ll suffer from heart attack any moment now.