It had been almost 2 years now, since Mia graduated collage. She was a successful fashion designer now and she had her own business. She also had an assistant, Charlie, who was her best friend.
Her work was also flourishing. She had only one regular customer at the moment, Mrs. Clair. She was wealthy and famous and she would always come to Mia to get dresses for her parties and events.
"Mia, Mrs. Clair is here." Charlie said.
"Send her in." Mia replied.
A few seconds later, the office door opened and in came Mrs. Clair.
"Hello Mrs. Clair." Mia said as she stood up and went to her.
"Hello dear. How are you today?" She asked.
"I am good. So, what brings you here?" Mia asked.
"I have a party to attend and I need a dress for it." She replied.
"Sure. I'll show you some sketches, let me know which one you like." Mia said as she removed her sketch book.
After going through the sketches, Mrs. Clair chose a red dress.
"I want this red one." Mrs. Clair said.
"Sure, this dress will take 3 days to be made." Mia replied, taking the sketch from her hand.
"No problem." She said and then left.
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Jake, on the other hand, had become a bodyguard and excelled in martial arts. His brother, Brian, worked as an event manager in the biggest hotel in London. When they were young, their mother had passed away and they had money to educate only one of the two brothers. Jake chose to let Brian study.
Brian was a huge fan of Mia. He always wanted to meet her and get her autograph.
Jake wasn't getting any jobs recently since not many people weren't hiring bodyguards. But little did he know that a job was waiting for him.
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Mia, being a successful and famous fashion designer that she is, had many haters as well. She was under a constant life threat. Once, she was almost shot. If it wasn't for a guy, she would have been dead.
Michael was always worried about Mia's safety. And after the gunshot incidence, he decided to get Mia a bodyguard. And he hired Jake.
Mia and Jake met and they immediately recognized each other. Jake was astonished when he saw how well Mia was doing. And so was Mia. The two got re-acquainted and Mia told him everything about her past. Jake was a little shocked but he was able to process it. Mia even apologized for ignoring him when they were young.
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Ever since then, Jake went everywhere Mia went. Many more life threatening incidences had happened to Mia like, someone pushed her in front of a running car, someone tried to stab her, etc. but since Jake was there, no one could harm her.
But the only thing Mia was relieved about was that she could talk to Jake without being afraid of her mother.
Mia even met Brian, who almost fainted upon seeing her. Mia, Brian and Jake spent the day together and had lots of fun. Brian got her autograph like he wanted.
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As Mia had thought, Alina was planning something bigger. Something Mia didn't expect at all. Something Alina herself didn't know she could do. Something that was horrible.
(Author note)
That's it for this chapter.
Hope you liked it.