Penelope

CHAPTER 2:HE'S BACK!!

JAMIE

When I looked up and saw his face, at first I thought my eyes were deceiving me. That was until I pinched myself, most likely hard enough to leave a mark.

He's here- He's really here. Why?

It's been so long, so much time has passed and so much has changed. I put him behind me but now he's back, he had only just spoken a word but seeing his face was enough to drag all my anger to the surface.

Already I felt like a kettle on the stove, almost at it's boiling point.

"Mason Knight..."I whispered.

"Thee Mason Knight, The breaker of your heart??"Sam asked, and all he got was a slight nod of the head in reply."I'll see to the Montgomery's, meet me upstairs when you're done."He made himself scarce quickly before Mason reached me.

I wasn't ready to talk to him, I thought about running but what good would that do. It looked like he had just checked in and I basically run this place. It was inevitable.

"This is weird, running into each other I mean. It's been a long time, Jamie."
He rubbed the back of his neck, giving me the impression that he was just as uncomfortable about the situation as I was.

16 months, but who's counting."How long have you been back?"Harry and I are close. He never mentioned that Mason was coming back. I'm guessing he doesn't know.

"I landed an hour ago. I was going to call you but we ran into each other first."He glanced down at the binder in my arms."You don't work for my Father anymore, Do you?"

"I thought it would be a little awkward to work there after everything. I work here now."Every time I looked at him all I could see was her... In the eyes most of all.

"Lucky for me. We should catch up, we should talk!"

His words made me angry. After all, I am the one that's been waiting all this time to talk to him. He says it so casually, like maybe he didn't even mean it at all. If we hadn't of bumped into each other, he wouldn't have reached out.

That's who he is- He doesn't care- Not about anyone.

"I um.."I didn't have the enthusiastic reply in me that I'm sure he wanted.
I was trying too hard to control my array of emotions."I should probably go, I have a meeting."I walked away from him and it was obvious that he was frustrated by that.

Thankfully he didn't follow after me. I was surprised to see him, I need time to process all of this. I need time to figure out what this means- not for me but her.

"So the Montgomery's are happy with the changes?"I asked, Sam as he was getting ready to leave.

"Of course, Didn't I tell you that I could handle it alone. Trust me, This Wedding Anniversary Party is going to go down without a hitch."

"I hope so."I love my job here at the hotel. I manage everything that goes on, so my role is important. It beats being an assistant.

"They did say that they wanted you to call them to go over the final details before the day. Mrs Montgomery has taken a liken to you by the looks of it." Sam chuckled, and slung his bag on his shoulder."Shouldn't you be getting ready to leave too?"