A FEW DAYS has passed since the incident in Lucas's office. They had barely spoken since then and only saw themselves during dinner – breakfast was barely held together anymore. Jon had not spoken about it to any of his friends, they were mostly busy preparing for Paxton's holiday. Jom woke up that morning and vaguely remembered that today was the day his holiday started. He rolled out of bed lazily, he had slept late. He had buried his eyes deep into the way the airline industry was going for the past 30 years and what it entails to have a commercial plane and at the end of it, he had decided to open an airport too. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, he glanced at the clock and calculated that he has slept for only 4 hours. "Not nearly enough," He muttered to himself as he stood up and headed for the bathroom. A cold shower and a few minutes later, he came out of the bathroom, still half asleep. He picked some random clothes and put them on. He pushed aside the thick volumes of boo

JON AND RICK sat alone in a small room. It had some artworks there – including the dejected lad. Jon his hand over the sculpture. "Pfft," Rick said, "That thing is ugly." "Yeah, I know right." Jom agreed. The door opened and they turned to see Jeff come in. "What's up, guys?" Jeff asked. "We are just talking about the ugliness of this," Rick said. Jeff laughed, "It depicts something deeper than physical beauty." Jom scoffed and sat down on a plush cushion. "How's it going, Jeff?" Jeff shrugged, "Well, you know how it is." "We don't know how it is," Rick said, "How is New York?" "Yeah, tell us," Jon said, moving around to find a comfortable spot and prevent the cushion from swallowing him. "You know," Jeff said, running his finger through his hair, "It is hectic… and distracting." "Hmm," Jon said. "Yeah, it is much more busier than New Jersey. We barely slept for complete 8 hours. By 5 a.m. I will be woken up and prepared to leave by 6:30…" Jeff said, "And then we are flyi

"OH, MY GOD," Kim said, "I heard you were in New Jersey."Jon nodded. "Please don't get out of the car," He muttered under his breath, "Please God, don't let her get out of the car." He prayed quietly, barely moving his lips. Apparently, his prayers were not answered, because Kim opened her door and stepped out. "I see you're back in Illinois doing…" She walked unsteadily in 6inches pump shoes, "... you're back doing menial work?" She looked at his oil stained shirt and fingers. Jon smiled, he did not miss the sarcasm and jeer in her cheerful tone. "Well," He shrugged. "Aww, come here," She said. He could not escape it as she enclosed him in her arms and kissed him full on the lips. "What was wrong with New Jersey? You couldn't cope with the fast life there?" She asked. Jon pulled away and wiped his lips, "That's not it…" He sighed and decided that he didn't owe Kimberly any explanation so he just shrugged and wiped his hand on his shirt. Kim made a face at what he just did b

LUCAS SAT IN his office. Even as he tried to admit it, he missed seeing the face of Jon. It motivated him to do more to prove himself. He swivelled on his seat and looked out of his boring window view. His little peacefulness and time of planning had been interrupted by a call from Jon's 'business partner' After a long evening of analyzing the stock market with Stefan and then spending the rest of his night making calls with his partners on the other side of the world, Lucas surely woke up on the wrong side of his bed the following morning. Even after a cold shower and hot coffee, he was still not fully awake. Skipping breakfast has become a normal routine so as he sat in his office, trying to wake himself up by doing a crossword puzzle, he received a buzzer from Oliver – Jon's secretary – saying that he had someone to see him. A few seconds later, the visitor walked in in the form of a very beautiful lady. Her sight alone made Lucas snap to attention, he cleared his throat and s

"HELLO AMANDA," JON said as he approached. She turned and gave a small squeal of surprise to see Jon, "Jonathan," She leaned in to give him a small kiss on his lips, "It's both a pleasure and a surprise to see you." He smiled and nodded, "Hello Kimberly," He said. "Hello Jonathan," She said, "When did you get into town?" She asked. Jon gave a small smile at the deceptive, two-faced nature of his ex-girlfriend. She behaved like she did not hit on him the day before. He replied to her, "A few days ago," He said. "Where are you nowadays?" Amanda asked, "I am too busy with my influencing job and building an audience on social media that I don't have enough time to go through our group,""Oh that's fine, we are all busy one way or the other," Jon said, "I have been in New Jersey. I own a business over there and stuff…" "That is really nice," Amanda said, "Do tell me if you need an ad on the Internet. I have a very wide reach of people on each of my pages… I'll even give you a discoun