"Oh wow see who we have here?" Matthew smirks as Meredith frowns her face putting her jacket back on.
"You should have told me you were coming here, I would have given you a ride," Matthew shrugged putting his hand in his pocket. Meredith turned deaf ears to his comments.
"Well, shall we start? Now that we have our model," he asked looking at the rest of the judges.
Gabby and Mark looked confused but not surprised of course there is no model in the city Matthew Fernaldo doesn't.
"You two know each other?" the three of them asked in unison.
"Oh yeah we kind of know each other," Matthew said as Meredith rolled her eyes at him.
she couldn't believe she had to run into him here of all places.
"How do you know each other?" Eddie asked knowing fully well his friend's reputation when it comes to beautiful women.
"Well, guys meet my new roommate," he said with a lit smile on his face, which Meredith found extremely annoying.
"What! She's the new roommate you're talking about? Oh my god what a small world," Eddie grinned, he couldn't take his eyes off Meredith.
"Listen, Meredith, don't mind him. I know how much of a jerk he is sometimes. I hope you're not going to reject the offer because of him, he told me you two don't really get along." Eddie said walking over to where Meredith was standing.
"Please say yes, trust me the pay is really good and I promise, I'll do my best to get you an interview with the design department. You have amazing designs in there, right Gabby and Mark?" he said turning over to look at their faces as they nodded in agreement.
"So what do you say?" He whispers hoping Meredith agrees.
"Alright fine, I need a job so if you think I can be a model for your project, why not, I don't mind," Meredith whispers staring at Eddie who looks charming with his smiley face.
"Settled, great, this is great, so this way you need to get change and then we'll start right away," Gabby said with a smile.
"Sure," Meredith replied as she followed Gabby and Mark out of the audition room.
"I love your hair girl," Mark muttered as they disappeared from the room.
Eddie had his gaze on her till she vanished from his sight, he turned swiftly to face Mathew. "Wow, you didn't tell me she was this beautiful,"
Eddie wows, still impressed with Meredith's beauty.
"You think so, She's a firecracker so you better be careful she might burn you." Matthew chuckled rolling his eyes.
"You don't say, I'm even more interested now in any girl that can resist the charms of Matthew Fernaldo, I'm sure she is going to be my future wife trust me." Eddie teased.
"Whatever man, just be careful she's not like the other girls," Matthew warned him.
"What do you know about her?" Eddie asked as they left his dressing room to get ready for the photoshoot.
"Not much, I dated her friend back in Ghana. She comes from a very rich family but I don't know what happened to her and why she decided to move in here," Matthew explained.
"I think something happened." Eddie pouts.
"What could have happened for her to move here all of a sudden?" He added looking at Matthew who seemed unbothered. He has his own problems to deal with.
"I never asked so you can ask since you're so interested." Matthew chuckled as he tapped, Eddie's shoulders.
"Oh yes, I'm going to." He grins.
"Good luck man!" Matthew scoffs.
"Thank you I think, I'll need it," Eddie whispers as he goes to change his shirt, he keeps smiling gracefully.
"Have you spoken to your mother yet? about ditching your own engagement party?" Matthew shrugged cleaning his camera.
"Geez I don't know what your mother is going to do with you and I can imagine Purple's face," Matthew whispers.
"Don't even ask, mine I don't even want to talk about it. My mum was so angry that she almost hit me." Eddie mumbled. Matthew couldn't believe his ears.
"You mean that?"
"Yes man, I'm serious it's that bad I know I shouldn't have run off just like that and face the situation like a man but what could I have done? they were not listening to me. I didn't want to marry Purple. I felt terrible when I saw her this morning, she cried her heart out. I feel like a jerk here but what can I do? you can't force love," Eddie whispers coming out fully dressed up and he looks charming. The company is looking for a new face to launch the new couple's dinnerwear collection.
"I see, dude your mother is really going to give you a hard time this time around," Matthew said considering how his life is miserable because of his dad the last thing he wants is for his best friend to experience the same thing.
"Tell me about it, She wouldn't talk to me and my dad gosh he's going to find a reason to destroy my music career," Eddie whispers as they leave for the studio.
"To be honest my dad and I, have a terrible relationship but yours, goodness I don't know what to say," Matthew grumbled.
"Yeah, that's why we are brothers and in the same boat." Eddie jokes as they both laugh.
Everything was set for the photo shoot, only Meredith was missing. Meredith walks into the studio wearing a yellowish spot gown. Mark, Gabby, and Jim did a great job fixing her hair, she was already a beauty goddess and didn't need much to be done.
Matthew and Eddie's faces drop as their mouth wide open when they see Meredith walks in. Their gaze made her uncomfortable.
"Okay, shall we start!" Gabby snaps her fingers as the two best friends come back to their senses.
Meredith and Eddie took their positions as Matthew and the rest stood aside. "She is a natural model," Mark muttered. "I agree with you and they look good together, the chemistry and the flow are natural and perfect," Gabby added smiling gracefully.
"I agree with you!" Jim whispers. After a few minutes, they were done
"I think all the shots are good, I must say you make a great model you should think of picking up a career in modelling," Matthew smirks as the rest of the board agrees with him. Every single picture he took of them was amazing, he was going to have a hard time selecting the best among them.
"Wow, for the first time, Matthew Fernaldo is impressed with a model." Gabby tease." I even remember the attitude and anger you showed the first time we worked together," Gabby chuckled.
"I know I'm a jerk sometimes," Matthew whispers in his defence.
"Not sometimes, all the time," Mark muttered giving him goofy looks.
"Fine, now all of you leave I need to edit this and get them ready Well not that much is needed though it is already perfect as it is." Matthew compliments again. Gabby, Mark, Jim, and Eddie laugh.
"This was a great success, Meredith, here is your cheque, and come back tomorrow for your interview with the design department. I gave them your portfolio and they love you already." Gabby grins handing Meredith a brown envelope.
Meredith was excited and thanked her for her kindness. "It's just sad, I won't get to keep you with me." Mark sobs as Meredith gives him a smile.
"Oh well, that's okay let's all have dinner together for this success!" Mark said cheerfully. He spends days and hours on this project and is thrilled it works out just fine.
They all agreed to have dinner together. Meredith left her purse in the studio and went back for it. Upon her arrival, she heard people talking and paused at the door. Even though it was not her intention to listen to their conversation, she couldn't help but hear what they were arguing about.
"Why don't I come over to your hotel room tonight?" the lady who was talking to Matthew whispers. Her back was facing the door.
"No, I move out of the hotel," Matthew smirks with no emotion on his face.
"Matthew come on, can't you see how madly I am in love with you? Why do you keep rejecting me and treating me like some kind of..." The lady cries.
"That's the problem, you are no longer fun. You have become this needy bitch that pisses me off every time. If you don't want me to completely cut ties with you, do me a favour and stop saying you love me," Matthew scoffs as he concentrates on his work without looking at the lady before him.
"What kind of guy is he? The lady just poured out her heart to him and he sounded as if she did something wrong. I feel sorry for this lady. Even my friend Maria was a victim of his.. the poor thing ends up ..." Meredith whispers to herself as she wipes the drop of tears that escape from her eyes.
"Matty, please," the lady cries touching him. Matthew angrily takes her hands off. "This is what you do that makes me get tired of you, I don't do love nor am I going to commit to anyone, the sooner you understand this the better for you. now leave I'm working," he yells at the lady with no consideration for her feelings.
"He is so cruel how can he treat a lady like this?" Meredith said angrily clenching her jacket, she wished to skin him alive for what he did to Maria and how he was treating a lady badly.
"You here?" A voice said startling, Meredith. She jumped in fright as she closed the door so Matthew wouldn't see her.