These west coast socialites are dangerously good looking and charming with bank accounts bigger than your parents' savings, successful careers, and smiles as sickly sweet as sugar. They are unbelievably perfect.
Then again, looks are deceiving and...
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Anastasia walks down the grand staircase, purse and the keys to her brand new black Lamborghini Urus in hand. She's hoping no one but Chef Leslie is in the kitchen but her prayers go unheard. Why? Thomas is there, seated at the head of the table, talking on the phone. She decides to sit in the seat farthest away from him.
Leslie comes out of the kitchen to take breakfast requests. "Miss Anastasia, is there anything special you'd like for breakfast?"
The heiress looks up and nods. As she's getting ready to tell the elder woman exactly what she wants, Celine comes in demanding that Leslie make her an omelet with potatoes and steak. Anastasia stares blankly at the wall before ultimately deciding to ignore her mother's presence altogether.
"Cinnamon apple French toast. I'm in for a long day of meetings." That's about as far of an explanation that she is giving. Just last month, Celine and Thomas tried to acquire Serene Beauty so it would be under the Hildebrand name.
Anastasia shut that shit down. With her lawyer present, the mogul called for a family meeting and hit both of them with a cease and desist letter, immediately putting an end to the acquisition. This is her company and no one is going to take it from her. So they agreed to stop all discussions about it.
The doorbell rings and in walks Cameron, Giselle, Catalina, and Allen. Stassi, of course, is happy to see Cameron. The rest of them, however, can choke... expeditiously.
"Good morning, beautiful." Cameron smiles and leans down to kiss his fiancée.
She smiles into it. Her loudly ringing phone ruins the moment. It's Michelle. Stassi loves the woman but this call is cutting into her breakfast time. Even more so because she doesn't like to be disturbed while eating. This is very rude.
"Stassi, I'm so sorry to bother but I'm at headquarters and it's dawned on me that we need to get started on the next collection. Deadlines are rapidly approaching so we can't waste any time."
"Michelle, slow down. I will be there soon and we can get started. Oh and we need another model for this summer campaign. Since you're highly aware of me not being too keen on using influencers, we need to find someone else." Anastasia has no problem with influencers (okay, not all of them are annoying) but when it comes to her business, she's not risking shit.
They tend to want too much and Anastasia does not have the time nor the patience to deal with that. After dealing with the shitshow started by her family, she's not taking any more chances. She will not let anyone destroy what she has worked her ass off to build.
She's trying to expand. Globally. She has the power to achieve this. It'll happen.
"So Anastasia. How's business?"
The mogul rolls her eyes. She told them to stop asking her about it. If they're just going to be bitter as fuck all of the time and not support her, then there is no point in discussing that.
She gives a blunt and short answer. "Business is magnificent." And with that, this talk is over. She's out of her seat giving Leslie her empty plate, grabbing her purse, and pulling Cameron out of the door, Luckily, he already had his briefcase in his hand.
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Anastasia had to attend back-to-back budget meetings for the rest of the day, and she wasn't able to leave headquarters until well after seven o'clock, her mind still buzzing with financial reports and budget proposals. This kind of stuff is honestly the most tedious part of her job, and all of that annoying work ends up putting her in a rather sour mood as she finally leaves work for the day.
The only thing that had brightened her completely shitty day was that Cameron and their entire friend group showed up at the office so they could all have lunch together. Even Vince, who nobody has seen or heard from in two weeks because he's been so busy with getting his club ready for its grand opening, showed up. She can't help but smile as she reflects on how amazing her best friends are, gazing out the car window as she drives down the street towards the manor.
Now you're probably wondering if he showed her their future home. The answer to that is... yes. Upon hearing him tell her this fact, she literally cried over how big and stunning it was. First off, the house is situated high above the Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills. It has 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms. Stunning city to ocean views from every room in the house. As you walk through the dining room, you'll notice the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
So next is the very spacious living room. You can literally throw a fundraiser in there if necessary. I mean a big living room, huge formal dining room that... get this.... overlooks this impeccable cascading watch feature.
Next is the entertainment level, the theater, an additional living room (yeah there's two of them), and the best part: a full bar.
Then the third level, the master bedroom with a private terrace to retire to and relax in. There's something better above all of this: the zero-edge state-of-the-art infinity pool. The couple can soak in epic views and enjoy themselves in total privacy.
Alluring views, pulchritudinous elegance, and total privacy. What's not to love here? This is their home and they can't wait to move in. Hell, they've already started packing their stuff. Well, Cameron has.
Now all that's left to do... tell their families. Hell, they're getting married. They are not trying to live in their childhood homes for the rest of their lives. They need their space. Granted, people will be mad but at this point, neither Anastasia nor Cameron truly gives a shit.
