Life had a way of throwing lemons at me. I mean I remembered that day I muttered different uncontrollable words to this guy in front of me. I couldn’t have thought it would one day back fire and he would turn out to be my boss.
“Interesting.” I heard him seethe devilishly. He stood up from his seat, walking towards me.
“So, how’s that injury of yours?” He asked. I looked at him with so much hate before replying.
“Why do you care? Just sign the damn documents and I'd never show up again like you asked that day.” I spat out, looking at him like he was some sort of enemy.
“Or you could sit with me and we have a lovely conversation.” He replied, with his eyes directed to me.
“I'll rather have that conversation with someone else not you.” I said swiftly. I wondered what his problem was.
“Well, we'll be seeing more of each other now so I advise we should be familiar with each other.” He said, walking towards me.
“Let’s forget the past and get to know each other. Hi, I’m Liam James.” He said, grabbing my hands and lifting it to his lips. He kissed it softly which led to ripples of heat lingering there.
Out of shock, I immediately withdrew my hand from his. Why was I feeling giddy shaking him? My body was reacting weird this days....
“No, I don’t want to get to know you.” I said, moving several inches back. He was such a cocky person who thought the whole world would fall for his looks and riches.
“Not even your name?” he asked, arching his brows up.
“Yes, not even that. Let’s instead focus on the document.” I said firmly.
“How about we make a deal, you tell me your name and I sign the document?” he said, walking back to his chair. Liam sat his office chair, with his hands together.
“Or you could go back and tell them you couldn’t get me to sign the document.” He added mischievously.
“Wait, are you threatening me?” I asked him. It was at that moment my eyes met with his. Thus, I noticed his facial features. His face looked insanely perfect. One could doubt if he was a real or a doll.
Did he have his face done?
“Consider it a polite deal you could choose or suffer the consequences, little one.” His words sunk in. This was my first day at work and I really needed money; lots of it. In order to, I needed not to get fired. But, from how everything appeared, Liam James would be the cause of that.
That thought made me grab a chair as I sat down for the sake of my job.
“Eleanor.” I stiffly said.
Calm down, Eleanor. I told myself.
“Eleanor Reyes.” I said, sighing.
“Eleanor Reyes, what’s your history?” he asked. There was a way he pronounced my name. Like I was some treasured but it was obviously an act he put out.
“Nothing, now that I said my name, can you sign the documents?” I said, trying to keep my voice as soft as I could.
“A fierce temper and a sharp tongue. You are one hell of a woman, red.” He commented. I rolled my eyes at that statement.
Why was he calling me red?
I watched as he got a hold of the documents. He scanned right through, reading its content. He immediately signed some pages. With my eyes on his hands, I directed my eyes to his biceps.
With each signature he did, his biceps flexed in an enticing manner.
“Done. You could quit eye raping me now.” He said, with an evil glint in his eyes. I grabbed the documents the moment. I scanned through. He was done signing them.
“You wish.” I retorted back at him. I immediately walked out of the office with a thought on my mind.
He had a nice body but I wasn't going to tell him that anytime soon.
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“Miss…” a woman in the office asked me.
“Eleanor Reyes.” I replied that instant.
“Omg! You are Eleanor Reyes? I’m Mariam, the head of the directing department. This is not your department. Please come with me, Miss.” She said, dragging my arms carefully. I walked with her till we stopped in front of a door. Opening it, I was open-mouthed at what I saw. It was a very large studio with various models in action.
I saw the photographers take pictures of the models.
Cat poses and the likes...
Flashes of camera reflected on my face from the shoot. The woman led me into a smaller room which was lit with bright lights. There was a makeup artist working his wonders on a model's face.
“Hardin, this is a new VIP model. Make sure she is next.” She ordered the makeup artist. After that, she strode out and began ordering some other people.
“Come on, girlie. Sit down, I’ll make sure you are next as she said.” He said. A thing I noticed about Hardin, the make-up artist was that he had a gay personality. His style was ripped jeans and a spaghetti hand top. There was a little scarf around his neck which complimented the outfit overall.
I sat down like he said and awaited like he said. A few seconds later, he was done with the other model. Her face seemed stern. She passed me without even acknowledging me and walked out.
“Don’t get too angry. That’s Jojo Lopez, our star model. She could be very mean and disrespectful so don’t take it to heart.” Hardin said.
“Oh, no. It’s ok.” I said, knowing I could be a spitfire sometimes.
“I’ll have to wipe off your previous make-up so the new one would fit today’s theme. I hope that’s ok, dear?” He asked.
“Y-Yeah.” I said, stuttering after remembering Chloe’s efforts on my face this morning.
Hardin immediately began with my face. In a few minutes, he was done. He then directed me to the dressing room. I met another assistant there who told me the clothes and shoes to put on.
After the hair stylist was done with my hair, I was pushed in front of the camera. With no idea of how to pose, I just stood there wide-eyed.
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As I stood there wide-eyed, I noticed the camera men had already started taking pictures. This went on for a few seconds until I heard a voice cry out.“Are you going to keep standing there or actually pose, Miss?” The camera director said. Just opposite was the star model, Jojo Lopez. She was showing off her killer styles while another photographer took pictures of her. A thing I noticed was she was stern and serious.I decided to copy her poses. The only difference I did was smile brightly to the camera. According to mum, "You're never fully dressed without a smile." Thus, I smiled.I heard various shutter sounds. It was like I was a kind of very good model.“Perfect!” I heard the photographer say. Looking behind again, she did a pose with her two hands at the back of her head. I followed it, using a smile with my
My eyes moved in abrupt shock at this revelation she had just made. It was all unbelievable. I mean, how could me of all people be famous?Famous for poverty, perhaps?It just didn’t make sense.“H-How this p-possible?” I asked, even stuttering in between my sentences. I was in so much discomfort and shock from what she had just said.“I told you, Miss Eleanor. Your face was listed in the Hollywood Fashion magazine. In fact, their willing to pay multiple dollars just for your ordinary presence.” She mouthed out, still on th
“Hey, hey. Wait up!” Chloe yelled. After that incidence at the club, I had been so pissed. She immediately halted directly in front of me. “What happened? I saw you walk out after you talked to Liam and that man. Is all ok?” She asked, arching her brows. “Off course nothing is ok. . . Wait,
I couldn’t believe that Liam James had just lied to the press that I was his girlfriend. I couldn’t hold the fury in me. But, for the sake of image, I withheld everything in me.When we were out of the paparazzi's sight, I was about to utter a million folds of insult. I wasn’t prepared for what came next. The exact moment we entered the office, the workers immediately began to clap with smiles on their faces.They seemed so happy.Liam’s hands were still entangled in mine as before.I watched as a staff came forward with a bouquet of flowers.“Congratulations on your new status, Miss Eleanor.” One said, bowing down. I couldn’t help but be humble. I mean this was all too much for a new model like me, wasn't it?“Oh, no. You don’t have to add
“Somebody, help!” I yelled my guts out. I went down on the floor and held mum’s chin. She was really scaring me, you know.“Mum, mum. Please stay with me, mum. Don’t go, please,” I told her. Her body was shaking terribly. I couldn’t even made out what happened and why there was so much blood.“Elea—” she tried to say but she didn’t finish up. I felt her body grow limp in my arms.That made me spring up. I carried mum on my back with all my might. I hastily took the bag I brought in and carefully walked back outside.Mum’s light weight was still on my body as I ran like someone the devil himself was chasing.“Please…” I cried out again. By the time I reached the road, I called a cab.“Hospital.” I told the driver
I stared blank at the air.I couldn’t believe what had just happened.Liam had just kissed me which was shocking. As his soft lips landed on mine, I heard shuttering sounds of the camera. The press were so going to make a news of this.Oh, no!What have I done?!I slowly tried to withdraw from the kiss so I wouldn’t cause unusual attention, but his hands caressed my chin side slowly. My lips were slightly parted in a gasp. I couldn’t erase the fact that he tasted amazing.Before I couldn’t help myself again, I immediately withdrew from the kiss with so much force. I looked confusingly around me. The paparazzi were still fluttering their cameras. Not having any idea of what to do, I ran swiftly from them all.Kicking my legs so fast, I did that,
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At first, I didn’t understand what was going on when Jojo entered. It was just like a blank sheet was right in front of me. But, when I saw the designer pointing to what she was putting on, I knew that something was wrong.“That… That is the dress.” She said. Her face held a look of fear. I could read that she was definitely afraid of Jojo.Not today, bitch.I thought.