Chapter 69: SIX YEARS AGO
"I understand that but you can’t blame me when he is talking so intimately with you after he betrayed you", Jake remarked which made Monica give him a look. "I’m sorry if I reminded you of your past", he apologized.
Monica shook her head. "No, it’s okay. It was just a dance and it would never happen again. Besides, that was six years ago", she reminded Jake and the latter nodded his head in response. "So we are cool?" She asked him and he nodded his head as a response.
The waiter arrived with their order and the both of them started digging into their dinner. Unbeknownst to them, a man who was circled with different men and women in business suit had his eyes on them.
"So Felix, what do you suggest?" A business man who was sitting beside Felix questioned the young man.
Felix tore his eyes away from the couple and focused on his work. "The project sounds great. When do we start?"
After the couple finished their meal and payed, Jake drove Monica back to the Smith’s mansion for her to relax even though it was still early.
"Goodnight and also don’t forget to dream about me", Jake winked at her when they arrived.
"I will", Monica responded. Jake leaned in to kiss her forehead before he entered his car and drove away from the Smith’s property. Monica stayed outside to receive some fresh air for a few minutes before she entered the mansion.
As soon as the maids saw her, they immediately greeted and went their own way. Mrs smith sighted her daughter and called her, "Monica, you are back. Come have dinner with us".
Monica glanced at the delicious sets of dishes that laid on the dinning table but since she had already eaten, the aroma wasn’t tempting enough.
Monica shook her head, "Thanks mom but I’ve already had dinner with Jake." She replied and directly went to her room.
"What a tiring day", she mumbled to herself before she slummed on the bed. She stared at the ceiling of the room as she recalled the memories from many years ago.
Six years ago, Monica had just debuted as a model in dreamscape entertainment, an entertainment company that is known for debuting several popular models and idols. Her career was just starting but she was getting a lot of fans for a rookie like herself.
A lot of her fellow rookie models would always glare at her with jealousy. Not just because she was lucky to gain a bit of popularity a day after she modeled for a famous brand, but because she was from a strong family background. Her family must have bribed the director to promote her, they all thought to themselves.
Monica who was oblivious to all the bad things said behind her back was shooting for a magazine at a photo shoot set. Her makeup was done and so was her hair. She wore branded clothes. The flashes that came from the camera nearly blinded her eye sight but she endured it all. She was just starting and she didn’t want to seem like a spoilt brat and start throwing tantrums.
The assistant photographer would make some hand gesture on where she should angle her face and the latter gladly complied.
"Everyone take 10", a man in a business suit announced and everyone turned their heads towards the source of the voice. It was only the director or the photographer that had the authority to give breaks so they were quite curious to know who was their new boss. And there he stood, young Felix wearing a blue business suit that made his blue ocean eyes pop, giving him the look of a demigod.
Nobody said a word and excused themselves to go relax for a bit. Holding lights and fans was not easy and their hands were starting to hurt.
Monica walked towards Felix who was giving her a smile that made his eyes turn into a crescent moon.
"What are you doing here? The others are going to start guessing," Monica questioned him with a hushed tone as if someone would overhear her conversation with him even though the set only had the both of them standing and looking at each other. She and Felix had just gotten into a secret relationship that only their family members knew about but not the media.
Felix shrugged without a care in the world, "Let them guess. Besides, it’s not like I announced that we were dating".
Monica stared at him with worry filled eyes. Felix’s nonchalant attitude had always made her blood pressure go up but then that’s Felix. He always does what comes to his mind without a care in the world. There were already rumors that she was only able to debut as a model because she came from a strong family background. If they found out that she was dating a man who came from a much more powerful background than hers, she would be called names.
Felix flicked her forehead when he saw her getting lost in her thoughts.
"Will you relax. If they want to lose their jobs then they would have already twitted something", he tried to reassure her.
Monica could only release a sigh. Besides, Felix was already here and the crew have seen him walk inside.
"Alright, but why are you here though? Shouldn’t you be in your office, solving your paperwork or something or running an errand for your dad before he retires?" She asked him questions after questions.
Felix placed his index finger on her lips that were coated with a lipgloss.
"I’m here because I was missing a certain someone", he replied. He removed his index finger from her lips and brought it to his mouth. While still making eye contact with her, he licked the lipgloss off his finger and he hummed in satisfaction.
Astonished, Monica felt her blood rush to her neck, cheeks and ears. She coughed to try to get her act back together.
"Hmm... cheery?" He asked her and she slightly nodded. "Makes me wanna kiss you right here and now..."
Monica had to cover his mouth to stop him from spouting such things as she checked the areas of the set Incase anyone was near.
"What’s wrong with you? Are you trying to put me in trouble?" Monica almost screamed out of frustration and Felix erupted with laughter when he saw her flushed cheeks. "Stop laughing, else..." she warned him and Felix immediately stopped himself from making a sound.
"So, I was thinking. Since you have time, how about we go out for lunch?" he offered.
"Sure," She readily agreed before she remembered something. "But I’m not done with the shoot".
"Come on, there is tomorrow. It’s not like am stealing you forever", said Felix as he pulled her along with him to the door.
"You are going to get me into trouble", mumbled Monica.
