Gerald has always been very efficient and effective in his line of work as personal assistant for two generations now, he knew the Wildes and their vices like he knew the back of his hand and was always ready and armed to defend them, cause they were full of flaws they also possessed a charming grace.
He could still remember when Mason's father stormed out of the house with the little boy in town, he could vividly remember Mason's tears and the Grandfather obstinate reaction, and how his son called him heartless and stormed away, never to return. But he was also aware of the broken state of Mr Wilde and how he never fully recovered mentally and physically, and how he lived in affliction till he eventually passed. Protecting the Wildes had always been his duty, and he was not about to stop now.
“Good day,” he
“So when's the party Scarlett? I can't seem to remember?” Mason asked and Scarlett laughed as carefully applied polish to her toenails and Mason drank his coffee slowly as he watched her work painstakingly and remarked on what a pain in the ass it must be to be a woman and Scarlett just shook her head slowly, trying to explain to him in general that men were on the losing end.“The Party is tomorrow Mason.” Scarlett sighed. “I can't believe you forgot so early, what is going on up there?” She asked, playfully bonking her curled up finger against the side of his head and he laughed again. He seemed to laugh a lot more these days, Scarlett noticed. It was a good thing, it lessened the stress lines around his eyes, but it saddened her that he was not involving her as much as he used to, there seemed to be a distance between them that she could not breach, no m
Mason held on tightly to his seat belt as Mark drove roughly down the street, ever since their college days Mark had always been the reckless one, driving above speed limits and attending each and every frat party held, it would have been better if he did all these alone, but he always made Mason accompany him, much like a captain and his loyal loyal sidekick. And Mason was always too tired to argue and mostly just went ahead with whatever Mark said and did.“Bro, what the f*ck!” Mason yelled as soon as he realized that they had both made it to their destination safely and were both unarmed, while Mark laughed loudly, his eyes still bright from his recklessness.“You are still so uptight.” He chuckled. “Live a little dude, and heaven knows you can actually afford it this time.”
Mason was still in awe of the night, while Mark was busy eating it all up, and as they finally left Rogue's for the night, he would not stop talking about it in the most hilarious way possible and Mason just shook his head at his exuberant best friend in amusement, the evening had been helpful but he was also nervous about Jonathan Elric, oh well, he thought, the evening had been successful regardless but it almost nine now, meaning that his wife's party was about to start and woe unto him if he failed to get there on time.“Step on it Mark!” He shouted, for once encouraging his friend's total disrespect for law and order.“You are encouraging me to break laws.” Mark laughed aloud at this. “damn, the wife must be something else.”Mason hel
Scarlett was clutching at the sink and glaring at herself in the mirror, she blamed herself for everything, she should have known, plain and simple, people never changed and she thought she knew that and was already quite dogged in her emotions but what happened tonight proved that it was all a lie, perhaps deep down she was still a little girl yearning for approval and acceptance from the ones that wrecked her, perhaps when people looked at her that was all they saw, the desperation of a silly girl as she tried to play the game and advance in a world where she knew none of the rules.“Scarlett.” Michelle called as she pushed through the crowd, desperate to get to her sister. For once she was not all about scheming with Brietta and trying to manipulate any and everyone she could find, she pushed and pushed as everyone seemed to form a closely knitted bush.
Elicia and her son raced home like the devil was on their tails, in a way he was, the devil in this case was Scarlett's previously disgraced husband, none of it was supposed to happen like this, it was not supposed to be like this, this was never the plan. Unknowingly to both of them Mother and Son were thinking the same thing as the driver drove them away without asking questions. Jason glanced at his mother, Elicia always knew the worst moments to be brilliant, her plan admittedly was genius, but what Jason did not enjoy was being placed right in the middle of it, if he remained ignorant and she just went her ahead to try and save like every other mother would undoubtedly have done, then he wouldn't be in this mess that's for sure. He looked at his Mother again and sighed, perhaps karma was real, and she was actually as big a bitch as everyone said she was.Elicia on her part sneaked little
“Perhaps we should retire for the night.” Mason suggested as he hedged back slowly. He felt hurt that she doubted him, but he obviously could not fault her for it. He was the one that chose to lie, the one that decided to lock her out, something he just realized he might have done unconsciously. He tried to put himself in her shoes and realized he would have felt very betrayed indeed, it was not just a secret he kept from her as he had originally thought, it was a whole part of himself shrouded in secrecy and made unavailable to his wife, something he should have been accountable to at crucial times. This decision to lock her was not as necessary as he once thought it was, he made a cowardly choice, and he had to reap the result. He clenched his trembling hands in a fist.“I thought we were something special to each other Mason.” Scarlett whispered. “I mean not i
The news spread like wildfire and by the next morning it was the only thing people could talk about. The shocking story was pushed by every gossip column, entertainment news, and paparazzi from all around the state were going crazy. As usual everything that could be dug up about Mason Wilde was found, and some had come forth claiming to fellow workers in the past and extolling his virtues. Some even cried dramatically on screen saying that they never could have imagined the quiet man working alongside them could be the introverted billionaire, Ric watched all of this with a vein constantly bulging around the sides of head.“Pick up dammit.” He cursed as he paced the space of his living room, ever since that night at Rogue's he had known there was something wrong about Mason Wilde, although never never in his wildest fantasies could he have come up with the term “introverted
Scarlett woke up in the morning as cheerful as can be, she had forgotten everything that happened the previous night, after finally falling asleep in the Early hours of the morning, she woke up quite late and alone. Standing up drowsily, she tied her robe clumsily around her and padded down to the bathroom to wash up for the day. There was something niggling at the back of her mind that she chose to ignore. Scarlett looked at her reflection in the mirror as she splashed water on her face, and seeing her red puffy staring back at her, the events of last night hit her with the force of a freight train. Screwing her eyes shut, she processed everything that happened the previous night, and howharsh she was on Mason, and she fought the wave of regret that flooded through her.Moving to the sitting room, she noticed it was empty as well and heaved a si