Her Desperate Heart

Chapter fifteen.

“ Fine, i will cover up for you " her mum said and she hugged her mum.
“ Thanks mum, i gotta go now " she said standing up. It was really awkward because she kept saying ‘ sorry' , ‘ ouch' , ‘ so sorry' , ‘ did i step on you'  and after what it seems like forever she finally got out.

She saw Daisy's car and she waved at her, Daisy's car came to a halt.
“ Get in" Daisy said, and she opened the door and got in, she used her seatbelt as she sighed, “ So how did you get Ivan to meet us earlier " she asked.
“ Easy, i just told him that someone from your family was in the hospital" Daisy said smirking smugly.
“ Okay that's not entirely a lie because Olivia's in the hospital "
“ yeah, by the way you look nice " Daisy said and she smiled.
“ Thanks Daisy " she replied. After some few turns and traffic lights they finally got to Light dresses company.
“ We are here" Daisy said.
“ I'm nervous, Izzy" she said as she walked into the building.
“ Dont worry, you can always ask for time to think "
“ Right "
“ Excuse me, we are here to see Mr Richmond" Daisy said to the blonde lady sitting behind the desk.
“ Do you have an appointment with him" the lady asked rudely.
“ Yes, we do. Iris Watkins and Daisy Monroe.  Also let Lawrence know we are here " Daisy said to the lady.
“ Who's Lawrence" Iris whispered her question to Daisy.
“ Ivan's Personal assistant " Daisy said. The receptionist picked up the telephone and just mentioned them and the remaining time she just said okay.
“ you can go up, the last floor " the woman said pointing towards the elevator.
“ Thanks " she said walking towards the elevator. She pressed the button and calmly waited as the elevator slowly went up. The doors opened and she stepped out after Daisy.
“ Miss Watkins, Miss Monroe " a man greeted her, she smiled
“ Iris, this is Lawrence" Daisy introduced him to her, she shook his hands and said, “ Nice meeting you "
“ Come on, Mr. Ivan is waiting for you " Lawrence said walking and she followed him and they stopped in front of a door which was probably Ivan's office. Lawrence knocked and the doors opened and Lawrence stepped in.
“ Come in " Lawrence said to them and they walked in, she walked towards where Ivan was sitting behind the desk and said, “ Good day " she greeted him with a smile.
“ Hi, have a seat" he said with another killer smile that would have gotten to her on a different day.
“ Leave us" he said waving at Lawrence and Daisy.
“ But_" Daisy wanted to say something but
she shaked her head and Daisy walked out with Lawrence behind her.
“ You look really beautiful " Ivan said brushing his loose hair out of his face.
“ Thanks really " she said.
“ Your assistant said that you were in the hospital that's why you couldn't call to make the changes."
“ Yes, she was right about that "
“ I guess the doctor weren't able to concentrate because looking at a beautiful woman like you would cause a lot of distraction " Ivan said laughing, she was getting a lot more uncomfortable with his compliments.
“ Can we talk about business? " she asked.
“ Sure, sure" he said still leering at her.
“ okay... "
“ I've got an offer for you, light dresses have an offer for you " he corrected.
“ Let's hear it "
“ So in three months, we will be having our annual fashion show for our designers" he said.
“ okay " she drawled out.
“  but we dont have a good designer for our wedding dresses" he said leaning forward.
“ And Sabrina's dress caught a lot of attention and that is what i want " he said smiling, “ i want you to be the designer for our wedding dress collection"
“ Wow, that's great. I wasn't expecting that " she said truthfully, she had thought that he was going to ask her to come work for him and abandon her shop. This was everything she had dreamt of, her dresses wore by models as they walked on the runway, she didn't know what to do. But one thing she had learnt from the business world was that in all statement there was always a but and if there wasn't you are lucky.
“ But..." She added masking her feelings from him, his smile even more brighter.
“ Your designs would be used for lightdresses collection but you will only be the designer of the dresses and you will work for light dresses." He shaked his head when he saw her still trying to speak, “ You will get seventy percent of the profit while i get thirty. You will be known as the designer for the dresses and you will be known only to work under me " he added. This was really crazy, all she needed was to say yes and she would get a chance to work with most of the best designers in the world but there would be no Pink Butterfly anymore, she would be famous but will lose everything immediately Light dresses cancel her contract, she couldn't risk it.
“ I need your answer, Miss Watkins " he said.
“ I want time to think about it " she said.
“ See, think about it. I heard your dresses are pretty expensive and you do not design a wedding dress less than twenty thousand dollars. It's might be quite a lot to you but in Light dresses, our cheapest Wedding dress is from a million dollars and above. Imagine the seventy percent profit multiplied by ten dresses, you will be one of the richest designer and once you see what you gain from us, you wouldn't want to keep Pink butterfly anymore " he said and she just sat there thinking about it.
Meanwhile, outside the office at Lawrence's office,  Daisy sat there discussing with Lawrence.
“  i thought we were supposed to be included in the meeting " Daisy asked.
“ of course but see, Mr Richmond needs enough time with Miss Watkins alone "
“ What do you mean?" She asked confused
“ Mr Richmond is interested in your boss, he seems to have taken a liking to her " Lawrence said sipping his coffee.
“ Wow, and is he planning to tell her? " Daisy asked.
“ Of course. Ivan never hides how he feels. He doesnt hesistate he just go for it" He said
“ But_" he stopped her
“ your boss is lucky that someone like Ivan likes her. She could get everything she wants all she have to do is ask, no matter if we are stolen from or if we loose thousand of clients, we could never be poor. Ivan's father was a really good business man got light dresses from his mother, the talent for designing in their family died along with his grandma and instead of designing they looked for designers and nourished them into what they are but you see Ivan is still the best only because he didn't go for newbies, he went for professionals and asks for just fourty or thirty percent but that's enough to feed a country, imagine your boss getting that sixty or seventy percent ?" Lawrence asked and Daisy sat there thinking about all that she heard, the offer was so tempting, if she was Iris, she wouldn't hesistate before answering but she knew her boss, her boss thought about the  from the present.
“ If it was you, what will be your answer? " Lawrence asked.
“ i would go for the offer" she answered sincerely.
“ See. I can see how much your biss likes you, i can see your modelling structure, you can be light dresses wedding collection's main model or you just have to do is to convince your boss to take the offer" he said.

At the basketball game, the crowd kept cheering for the sea lions also Nick's teams as they were ahead of their opponents with a lot of points, the match was over and the supporting fans kept cheering loudly.
“ Bro, i saw you looking through the crowd, you looking for someone? " Keith asked.
“ Probably, his new girlfriend" Adrien said and the guys kept giving him the look.
“ Stop it guys, she isn't really my girlfriend " he explained but they didn't listen.
He drank the water as he sat down on the bench inside the locker room, “ So are you going to tell me what's going on between you and Iris " Adrien asked sitting beside him.
“ None of your business " he replied.
“ Why do you become so evasive when i talk about your relationship with her " Adrien asked.