For about a week the boys had been going at their normal schedules. They constantly worked and would barely have time off. Zoya and Rose would call them everyday to check up on them. On the next Saturday morning, they finally had some time off and had brunch together.
"You guys work too much..what do you guys even do?" Asks Zoya.
Rose nods questioning the boys as well. Lonokai looks over to Zach waiting for him to answer.
"Well we um, we run some of our father's companies. We know you guys get bored of studying for college from home. Maybe we can start getting you signed up for doing some activities". Zach responds.
Rose and Zoya look at each other. "What about getting a job? I mean, we're almost done with school anyways it would be really fun to work together". Zoya says.
Zach spits out his orange juice. "G-getting a job? With us? As in Lono and I?".
"What? No. Me and Zoya were thinking our own thing" Rose comments.
"We'll take that into consideration... Right Zach?" Lonokai says.
Zach nods and tells the girls to think about what kind of job they'd like and tell them after they came back from work.
The girls spent time thinking about this all day and finally came up to a consensus.
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The boys were called down to their underground office by their father for some business.
"What do you think father is going to tell us?" Lonokai questions as he observes the hall.
"I'm not sure. He seemed pretty happy over the phone though." Zach responds.
The boys find their father in his office. When Zane hears the boys walking in, he turns his chair towards the boys.
"I have to announce something to you boys". Zane says firmly.
Two people walk into the office. It was Veronica and Madrid.
"Boys, from now on, they'll both work with you." Stated Zane.
"But..why father?" Zach asks.
"I trust these two as much as I trust you two. If something happens to me one day, I want there to be people who support you." Explained Zane. Then he releases the boys back to work.
Lonokai and Zach get back to their own office. Lonokai punches the wall.
"How could father say something like that? Why do they have to be so involved?"
"Calm down. Hurting yourself won't get you anywhere. I guess father doesn't trust us like he used to anymore".
As the guys were talking, Madrid and Veronica walk in.
"I hope we aren't interrupting anything." Veronica smiles coyly.
Zach shakes his head and says that Veronica will be working with him and Lonokai will be working with Madrid.
"Actually, I'll work with Veronica." Lonokai says quietly.
Zach pulls Lonokai to the side. "What are you doing? You know that Madrid got close to Zoya".
"Exactly. Keep an eye out on him."
Zach returns to them and agrees with what Lonokai said earlier. After that, the boys tell both of them to go home for the night. Zach and Lonokai continue working for the rest of the night. They go home at about 4 am and sleep for 5 hours.
The next evening, Zach, Zoya, Rose and Lonokai have dinner together.
"Did you girls think about what job you guys wanted?" Lonokai asks.
"Yeah. So Zoya and I were thinking maybe working somewhere in a boutique inside the mall since we love going there so much" Rose says shyly.
"Yeah maybe like a cashier or something.." Zoya adds on.
"Nonsense. You girls can run your own boutique." Zach says confidently.
"W-what?" Zoya replies.
"Me and Lono knew you'd choose something along the lines of that. You girls can open your own store and run it the way you want to. And don't worry about getting a ride there, we'll get you girls your own car."
Zoya and Rose start smiling and jumping around like little girls. Lonokai and Zach smile in awe. The guys let the girls know that they'd be able to start running their boutique in a few days after signing the papers and renovating a place.
The rest of their dinner goes nicely and they head off to bed.
The very next morning the girls wake up and find that the boys have already left for work. Rose glances outside and sees their car and their keys on the counter.
"Hey Zoya...wanna go see them at work? We still have a day or two before the store opens up for us we might as well just go pay them a visit".
"I think that's a perfect idea. We could also go give them some lunch as part of the surprise".
They both hurry to make them lunch and get ready to go.
Once they've finished doing everything they head out to the boys. When the girls arrive to the building, they see the receptionist for the guys and ask to see them.
"I'm sorry but we aren't allowed to let strangers into their office," the receptionist block the door.
"STRANGERS? We are not strangers! We know them!" Zoya yelps.
The girls see Joe and get his attention.
"C'mon Sarah, why didn't you let them in?" Joe says to the receptionist.
"Sorry sir".
Joe takes the girls up to the boys' office. The girls walk in finding Lonokai working with Veronica. They also find Zach and Madrid working together. Rose's heart feels heavy. Zoya was stunned for a few seconds.
"What are they doing here?" Zoya interrogates Zach.
"They work here now. Our father wanted this".
The girls hand off the lunches to the boys and soon after, leave. They get into the car and start talking.
"DID YOU SEE THAT?" Rose screams.
"Yeah! Why must they come into every situation now?"
"That's what Veronica must have meant when she said that she'd be seeing us more".
Zoya agrees and the girls arrive home. They try to forget about what happened but Rose still feels uneasy.
A few days pass over and the girls are up and running with their boutique. They already take a fashion marketing class which helps them design and hand-make dresses but occasionally, they also order from other designers. The store mostly consisted of formal and casual dresses.
One day while the girls were working, the front doorbell to their boutique started ringing. The girls went to go check out if the customers needed help. To their surprise, they saw Veronica and Madrid.
"Um, what are you guys doing here?" Zoya questions.
"Well, Zach and Lonokai were going on about how you guys opened a store in the mall we just had to come to check it out for ourselves," Veronica says with sass.
"Well then, do you need help looking for something?" Rose asks.
"Sure. Find me a dress fitted for dinner. By the way Rose, since Lonokai chose to work with me, we're going to talk work over dinner tonight". Veronica comments.
Rose stops in her tracks and breathes.
"Hey, how are you, Zoya?" Madrid asks.
"I'm doing just fine..you?"
"I'm doin' fine, just like you," Madrid responds coldly.
Zoya looks down and brushes her arms...
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RomanceBrothers Zach and Lonokai and sisters Zoya and Rose were childhood friends. They split up and got separated as kids. The brothers grew up in the Mafia with their dad and were trained. The girls, well, they lived an ordinary life. That is, until they...
