Fresh Start, New Beginnings

Chapter 8

Abigail woke suddenly to the sound of her phone vibrating off the bed onto the hard dark wooden floor "Shit" she cursed a she foraged with the sheets so she could free herself and grab her phone, which was still vibrating across the floor "Hello" she said quickly "Oh Tony hey" she looked at the clock on her bedside table, it was 11.30am "Ok I will meet you there at 8pm" she added before hanging up. She stretched and checked her phone for any messages, she had 1 text...her heart skipped a beat when she saw it was from Ryan "Hey you, are you still ok for later? Ryan xx"

Abigail typed a reply and sent it "Hey yeah, I'll see you later, Abi xx" After replying to Ryan she got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. She brushed her teeth before getting in the shower.

Abigail didn't take too long in the shower, she put on her underwear and started to dry and curl her hair. She applied a layer of natural make-up, before heading into her closet to find something to wear.

Abigail was drawn to a red capped sleeved knee length pencil dress. It was perfect, as she looked in the mirror, she pinned her hair into a loose bun and pulled some loose strands around her face before looking at her shoes, Abigail had over 200 pairs of shoes ranging from Chanel to Louboutin. She pulled out a pair of nude Jimmy Choo court shoes and took them into her bedroom.

It was 1.15 after Abigail had finished getting ready, she decided now was a good time to call Nick, she dialled his number and waited for him to answer "Hey"

"Hey Nick it's Abi" Abigail started "I was wondering what you wanted to tell me the other right when you rang?"

"Yeah I wanted to tell you myself before my mom got in there first with her latest publicity stunt" Nick explained "My Mom has made a comment on Facebook about my one night stand"

"She's what" Abigail snapped.

"What did you want to do?" Nick asked, Abigail sensed change in his voice.

"Nothing, we'll just stick to the story we agreed, nothing happened and it is all lies to get money" Abigail reminded Nick of their previous plan. The plan they had concocted together to keep Freya safe from any kind of scandal which involved of them.

"Ok I just wanted to be the one to tell you" Nick exhaled "How are you by the way?"

"Yeah I'm ok, you? How's Freya?" Abigail was a little suspicious of Nick's change in conversation "Nick is there something you want to tell me?"

"No nothing, Freya's fine she is horse riding with Emily at the minute" Nick lied so unconvincingly, Abigail knew when he was lying especially when he tried to turn the attention to something else.

"Nick I know when you're lying to me, hell I should do I have known you long enough" Abigail recalls the 20 years they had known eachother.

"It's nothing honestly" Nick reassured her, as Abigail looked out of the window she saw Ryan's car pull up "Shit, I gotta go. If something is bothering you though please don't hide it from me"

"I won't" Nick was relieved of the timing "I'll call you later so Freya can speak to you"

"Ok thanks bye" Abigail said before spraying herself with perfume and rushing out of the door. She put her keys in her purse and walked over to Ryan's car.

"Hey" Abigail smiled as she got it the car "Wow you look nice" she added when she saw Ryan dressed in a grey suit jacket and matching trousers, he was also wearing a black shirt with the top few buttons open.

"You don't look too bad yourself" Ryan grinned "You ready?" He asked as he watched Abigail fasten her seat belt.

"Yeah, where are we going exactly" Abigail wondered "Oh it's ok it's only Leroy, Tony made me promise I would let him follow us" she quickly explained when she noticed Ryan watching Leroy's black Mercedes following them from the house, through the rear view mirror.

"I take it he's coming with us?" Ryan exhaled, but not in a disappointed way "Not that I mind, if that's what it takes to keep you safe then so be it, ok we're here" Ryan pulled over and cut of the engine.

Abigail frowned as she got out of the car and looked up at a huge skyscraper "Where are we?" She wondered curiously.

"Eden Building" Ryan replied as he locked the car and took Abigail by the hand leading into a set of double doors, Leroy shadowed behind them.

As they walked through the huge glass foyer Abigail noticed all the different company areas. Ryan led her to an elevator and waited for Leroy to enter, before pressing the button for the 128th floor.

The doors of the elevator opened to a secluded corridor. Ryan led Abigail out of the lift and towards a door marked fire exit. He pushed the door release bar and opened the door wide.

Abigail followed Ryan through the doors and out onto the roof of this enormous building "Oh wow" was all Abigail could manage. As she looked around yhe rooftop she was suprised to see a picnic blanket spread on the floor and some t-lights all around it. On the blanket was some food and a bottle of sparkling water in an ice bucket "This is amazing" she gasped.

"You like it?" Ryan smiled as he gestured her to sit down.

"Yeah I do" Abigail was in shock, it had been ans very long time since someone had done something like this for her.

"I thought it might have been too much" Ryan was obviously a little nervous, his hand was shaking slightly as he poured them both a glass of sparkling water.

"No, it's perfect" Abigail replied before gently tapping her glass against Ryan's, in a cheers gesture. Abigail glanced over at Leroy who was heading towards the door "Leroy?" She wondered where he was going.

"I figured you guys might want some privacy, so I'll wait inside" Leroy smiled before disappearing.

"Privacy" this word seemed to get stuck in Abigail's mind "Did you do this because of what I said yesterday about privacy" Abigail took a sip of water before waiting for Ryan's reply.

"I just wanted you to feel completely relaxed" Ryan admitted "I guessed if there was no-one else around then it would help you do that"