"I have a function to attend tomorrow!", Lucas said, suddenly breaking the silence in the room which had turned tranquil. He smiled as Audrey traced the bulging veins on his hand.
Turning to face him, Audrey said with a smile, " What kind of function?, like a party or a conference!?", "Well, it's more like a very boring party where all we do is talk!", Lucas said, shaking his head.
"Why do you sound so sad then, you aren't required to do too much?", " It's because the air is usually suffocating, to be honest,I really don't like being around them!", Lucas said.
"Why don't you come with me?", Lucas asked, " I would love to, except I can't!"Audrey said, feeling bad. "Why?!?!", Lucas said, squeezing her laps. " I promised Prisca I would come to her house for dinner tomorrow's evening!", Audrey said interlocking their fingers.
"Then would I be allowed to stay at your place when I come back from the function!?", Lucas asked, wondering if she would allow him to even stay with her in his apartment.
" Yes you can, but you have to bring clothes over!", Audrey said, really trying not to blush. "I would drop by later tonight to drop some clothes at your place!"Lucas said before he continued, "would you cook again?",he asked, eager to eat another dish she made.
"I would!", Audrey confirmed. Lucas reluctantly let Audrey leave his office, well she had to bribe him by kissing him before she left, he continued his work soon after , eager to finish on time to spend the night with Audrey, again!.
In another estate, far east of the WG headquarters, Emily had just finished another shoot for the campaign which was her first project since she came to her home country, Eustopia.
Coming down from the car, Emily and her best friend, manager and assistant Tessa headed to their shared apartment. "I feel like the green one is better!", Emily said referring to one of the dresses she wore for the shoot.
"The black suits you too!", Tessa added before she continued, "you know, it matches your hair and it makes the color of your skin pop!", Tessa said touching her skin.
"Yeah, the black one is Prada maybe, or D and G!", "Yeah!". "Imagine modeling for one of these brands , wouldn't it be good?!"Emily asked, "it would definitely boost your career!", Tessa added.
"Only if they could!", "I think you need an invitation from them to actually model, it's so crazy!, They invite you to be their cover model!", Tessa said before she remembered something important.
"Speaking of invitations, here hold this!", Tessa said as she passed Emily the cup of iced coffee in her hand so she could reach her bag properly. Tessa brought out a black and gold invitation and handed it to Emily.
"Congratulations top model, you have just been invited to a soiree hosted by a top dignitary in the country!", "Oh really, and they didn't know to invite me sooner!" Emily said proudly, she was happy , but she didn't want to show it.
"Yes really, i think we might have to pick a dress for you, cause it's tomorrow!", Tessa said. "Hmm, do you have any idea if Lucas would be there?", Emily asked Tessa as they exited the elevator.
Tessa sighed, knowing the path which their conversation was heading to. "Seriously?!?!", Tessa said unlocking the door to their two bedroom duplex in the building.
"Well, I was just asking?", Emily said to her, closing the door behind her. "I seriously feel like you need to leave him alone, really!. You confirmed from his brother that he's seeing someone, why are you still doing this?!", Tessa asked, already frustrated.
"Doing what?!, I'm not doing anything. All I'm just doing is getting him to see that the feelings he harboured long ago is now mutual!"Emily retorted.
"Mutual?You said it yourself, he harboured those feelings a long time ago, and now he has moved on, and I feel you should do the same too!", Tessa said, slamming her bag on the couch to show just how serious she was.
She continued, "You can't keep doing this to yourself Em, you're young and beautiful, rich even, and you're a freaking five star model, move the hell on!", Tessa said with finality.
Emily bowed her head, Tessa thinking that she had finally convinced her when Emily said again, "I'm not giving up just yet Tessa, he's mine and only mine!", Emily said, heading to the dispenser to get water for herself.
Deciding to let fate run its course, Tessa said, "okay then, you've made your decision, and I would stop trying to advise you against the bad idea. I already called Lara, we would go to her store tomorrow to pick a suitable dress for the soiree!'' Tessa said, picking her bag and heading up the stairs to freshen up.
She sighed as went up the stairs, She had forgotten just how prideful and headstrong her best friend could be when it came to things she held dear.
Back at WG, Audrey had received a message from Lucas earlier that he would be waiting for her in his office as he had work and he just couldn't put it till the next day. She had never been in his office after the closing hours as they usually met in the basement park or the front of the building to have dinner after.
Contrary to their usual plan, Lucas mentioned he wants sure if he would be able to leave the company early. His clothes however, would be brought by Amber and he and Audrey would have dinner at the office.
She packed her things, switching off the electronics which weren't needed for the night like usual. She got to the elevator, turning slightly worried after seeing the amount of people that were waiting for most of their rides.
She knew she was going to spend some time just waiting for the elevators to go up. She texted Lucas to inform him of the situation as most people headed to the ground floor in order to go home.
Receiving her text, Lucas asked Craig to fetch Audrey in his private elevator. Texting back with recent developments, Lucas ordered some food soon after, as he was sure that by the time he was done, most restaurants would already be closed.
Most of the staff had already boarded the elevator, leaving Audrey and some other staff who were waiting to use the elevator. A ding resounded, one which was unusual as the elevators were still in transit.
Audrey raised her head to see Craig, "please come with me miss Audrey!", Lucas's assistant said as he turned heading somewhere. Audrey took the turn, stunned that she was going to use the president's private elevator. 'Holy shit, his private elevator!!'.