You know that staring at the clock doesn't make the time go any faster right? Rebecca berated after she caught herself checking the time for the third time in two minutes.After lounging in bed for over an hour, thinking that Sean would show up, she was forced to climb out of bed and take a shower to wash off yesterday's activities.Now three hours passed and no sign of Sean. If it wasn't for the fact that she was surrounded by his things and his passport was still in his suitcase- yeah, she checked- then she might have feared that he'd abandoned her here.Hours of being alone had forced her to reevaluate her actions and what she said to him before he stormed out. Her mother would always tell her, ‘Giving a man an ultimatum only sends him further away from you not closer.’Standing in the massive apartment, those words seemed to reverberate, bouncing off the walls.In her haste to prove something, she might have pushed Sean away.It was only now that she feared she may lose him that
Moriah was packing up her things, about to leave for home when she heard an excited chatter in the hallway.Curious, she left her things inching towards the door.Through the translucent glass door which sought sjar, it was quite easy to pick up the ramblings of her employees.“Did you hear? I for one, don't believe that it is true.” A girl with blood curls whispered as they strolled past. “Me either but then again, no one ever foresaw him leaving the company but look what happened.” Her friend replied.“It must have not been easy for him to make that choice, you know? To leave…especially after everything that's happened.” The blond girl said.Their words only stoked the flamed of her curiosity, making her want they were talking about or rather… whom?Hurrying back to her desk, she jabbed at the intercom calling for her secretary.She was quite new, after her former secretary had caught the flu which led her to be hospitalized for several weeks, Moriah needed someone to help with all
Sean's return to the city caused a lot of uproar, especially with how he left in the first place. He wasn't sure how they knew what time he was flying in but they were waiting for him by the entrance. The minute he stepped down from the plane, they flanked him their cameras going off. It was exasperating and mildly annoying but thankfully he had alerted his security ahead of time so they were there to ward people off.Rebecca has taken another so as not to raise suspicion but she didn't stop blowing up his phone.The car drove Jim straight home but that was almost as bad as the airport if not more.News station and several reporters were camped out in his front yard.$Mr Lambert, resources say that you've been to Greece. Is that true?”“Mr Lambert, what's going to happen now that you're back?”“Are you back for good, sir?”*Mr Lambert, what next?”They kept on plaguing him with various questions, up until he slammed the door in their faces.His phone dinged with a notification.It was
“How's it coming along?” Amber pursed her lips, tugging the baseball cap lower on her face when someone curious glanced our way. Chloe's hair was framing her face and the sunglasses perched on her nose did a good job of hiding her appearance. “Good, good. Sean took my advice and is set on resuming come Monday.”Amber's face brightened. “That's good news!” She clapped her hands in delight. “I must say, we do make a good team.”Yes, we do.” Chloe agreed easily, her mind flashing back to daydreaming about Sean. Of course, she maintained her distance but it seemed Sean was serious about her this time around, always calling and texting.Just last night, they'd talked on the phone for long hours the sound of his voice nearly driving her crazy with want.“Chloe? Chloe, are you even listening to me?” Amber's irritable voice burst into her dreams, with the woman snapping her finger in Chloe's face.“Absolutely, you were saying?”Chloe didn't take the bait so easily, throwing a suspicious glan
Sean took a deep breath, looking at the crowd of onlookers that had gathered in front of the car as well as the throng of reporters and news stations that were waiting for his entrance.“Fuck, how did they know it was today?!” He hissed, jerking at his tie. Rebecca sat in the seat next to him, spending way too much on her tablet even though it was obvious that she was ignoring him. “I have no idea.”Resting the urge to snap at her especially when it wasn't her fault, he took a deep breath. “Dean, what do we do now?”Dean Hallmark was one of the newest staff that he recruited for his position. Swearing to make things better and easier for himself this time around, Sean strived to employ more people to ease the workload.Dean was his PR exec, one of the best in the country or so they told him anyway.Dean turned around to look at him, a frustrated look on his face. “For now, I have no idea what to do. They were not supposed to be here today.”Sean groaned, taking a hand through his per
The Day Before “What are you doing?” Rebecca’s long-time friend Ravi asked, plopping down a bowl of frozen yogurt with two spoons.“Hmmm?” She sighed, scrolling through her phone aimlessly while she waited for someone's message to pop up. One person in particular.Involuntarily, another sigh escaped her lips making Ravi roll her eyes skyward before snatching the phone from her arms. “You've got to stop staring at the phone all day like a lovesick loon. He's not going to reply to your texts either way.”She reached for the phone but Ravi was smarter. “But what if he replies now? I might miss it!”“What I'll miss is you whining over a guy that barely likes you, Becca!”“Not this again.” Rebecca moaned, covering her face with her hands. “I've told you this countless times, Ravi, you weren't there in Greece…we shared something special.”“Is that what he told you or what you're using to delude yourself?” She could feel Ravi’s intense side eyes. “I don't even know why I bother to explain
“Who authorized this meeting?!” Clement's pissed-off tone reverberated down the hall, interrupting the senior marketing manager, Erin. He froze in shock, his eyes round darting over to Sean like he was in need of help.“Erin, go ahead please.” He instructed, wanting to move this meeting along.The man gulped. “But sir, surely I can-”“What the hell is going on here?” Clement stormed in, his presence soaking up the air in the room. His secretary, a shy and timid woman is behind his back, holding a notepad.Erik seized the moment, now that the spotlight wasn't on him anymore to run away probably smelling the danger in the air.“A meeting, Clement, surely you're smart enough to understand that unless…” Sean let that statement open, a small smile tipping his lips up.Clement took the bait, as expected pivoting around to face Sean. “I don't think you know what you're doing, Sean, maybe the time abroad has melted your brain to Swiss cheese but I am the CEO and any…I repeat, any meeting tha
After that incredible performance back at the conference room, Clement let Sean run the meeting while he retreated to his room but unknowning to the poor guy, Clement had no intentions of washing the beef they had down the drain.Sean took almost everything he had and until Clement managed to accomplish that… he would never be satisfied.So Clement started to think hard on what next to do. For the first time in weeks, he could feel that familiar excitement that used to thrum in his bones whenever he was taking on a new project.Being CEO was his lifelong dream but he was quickly realizing it's not all roses and picnics.Most of his time was spent stuck in meetings instead of chasing new deals and even when a new deal did fall into his lap, he had to do the schmoozing, the winning and dining until the investor's signature was on the dotted check.After the first three dinners, Clement quickly grew bored but this…now this, was thrilling!Noise downstairs caught his attention, making him