Aella
It's 8 am when my alarm rings, uggghh I hate mornings.
There's a knock on my door "sweetheart,what do you want for breakfast?" my mom asks
"Just some sausage and waffles Mom" God I love my Mom without her I wouldn't be who I am today, she works 12 hour shifts 4 days a week she's a neonatal nurse at the hospital and she's also someone I aspire to be well close to it. I want to become a veterinarian because I love all animals like she's a neonatal nurse because of her love for babies.
I get up from bed and give a big stretch, I head to the bathroom and do my morning routine. After showering I blow dry my hair, hmmm how should I style my hair I decide to leave my dark curls down surrounding my face, as I stare at the mirror I can't help but think how nice I look, my sage eyes look bright and happy and my eyelashes naturally curls and is long, and my hair don't let me get started on my hair it reaches the top of my ass and it's so thick and curly there are some days I just want to chop it off because it's such a hassle to take care of. I think that's it so I head back to my room.
Once I'm in my room I have a choice to make, what the hell am I going to wear? I have never had to dress nice before so I don't really have anything great to wear, as I search my closet I settle upon a forest green dress that Melanie bought for me awhile ago. I put it on and make my way to the mirror and just admire myself, the dress reaches just above the knee and it's elegant and flowy I can't help but say aloud "Shit!, I look sexy". The neckline is a v and the sleeves are long but flowy, I smile to myself I've never dressed this nice before, I guess I am kinda hoping to get Lorenzo's eyes on me.
When I enter the kitchen I see Mom and Melanie already eating, on the table I see waffles, sausages, eggs and bacon. I head to the table and begin to fill up my plate, that's when I hear a loud whistle and look up to see it was Melanie. "Damn Aella, I did not know that you could look like that, you're always wearing your t-shirts and jeans and look at that hair you never let your hair down, your gonna be the hottest bitch in the room I guarantee it."
"Melanie I am gonna have to agree with you, you look beautiful dear" I blush at my mother's words. Why do they have to give me compliments and make me feel so uncomfortable. I sit down and eat my breakfast.
"Since the speech will start at 10 I'm thinking that we should leave like at 9:15" Melanie says, I nod my head in agreement, it's going to be a 20 minute drive so we'll be there like around 9:35 that gives us more than enough time to find seats.
As me and Melanie get ready to leave I slip on my brown leather sandals, we wave bye to Mom and make our way downstairs. We share one car between us it's a beat up gray Subaru forester from 2003 but it's ours, since we do everything together we thought to might as well share one car and save more money instead of having two, I make my way to the passenger seat since Melanie insists on driving.
20 minutes later we arrive at our destination, I can't help but feel nervous God why did I agree to this. I breath in and out. "Aella, you good?" I nod my head "Yeah, I'm good I just can't help but feel nervous, I just have a feeling that something important's gonna happen today."
"Well just breath in and out, follow my movements." She exaggerates her movements, she looks like a fish out of water and I can't help but burst out laughing. "What?, why are you laughing? Do you at least feel better now?" I wipe my tears "Yes Melanie I feel a lot better, thank you."
We make our way down the halls and finally reach the classroom, as I enter I can't help but notice how few people there are, I check the time and see that it's 9:46, hmmm people will probably start coming in later. Melanie yanks my hand to the front "Come on Aella we gotta get the best seats in the house and you know first row is it." I try to yank my hand out of her grip "Why can't we sit in the middle?" she stops and stares at me exasperated "How do you expect to catch Lorenzo's eye if your in the middle? Now come on before the seats are taken."
I check the time and see that it's 9:52, that's when I see people just pouring into the room, seats are begining to fill up and empty spots are forcibly taken. Gosh people are crazy, they're acting like we're at a Justin Bieber concert. As all the seats are filled a middle aged man who kinda looks like George Clooney makes his way to the front of the room.
"Good Morning everyone, I've got a special guest today, it took me awhile to get him to agree to do this but he's here and he's going to give a speech on how he's built a small business into the multibillion dollar company it is today and what he did to achieve that. Please show respect and remain quiet and all questions will be answered in the end, therefore I introduce Lorenzo Mancini CEO of Mancini Global" That Must've been the Professor, he makes his way to a seat in the corner and sits down.
That's when I feel his presence before I even see him, everything else falls away as soon as I see him, he looks the same as his pictures except he's in a navy blue suit with brown loafers, he seems taller too maybe like 6'3 or even 6'4. God he's hot he must work out 24/7 to fill out that suit so nicely, I can imagine climbing his body like a stripper would a pole. Oh my god!, I've never thought of another man like this, just thinking about him is making that spot in between my legs tingle, it was at this moment I just knew that he was going to be a huge part of my life, I don't know how but I just knew.
LorenzoFuck! Why did I agree to Jaspers favor, Jasper's an old friend of mine we met way back at a charity event when my business was much smaller and when he was working as a 9th grade teacher. I had to do him this one favor of his because I hate owing people anything, he's a professor now at a local college teaching financing so he's asked me to give a speech to his students on how I've managed to grow my business into what it is today.
I arrive at the college and I park my black 2023 BMW M5, as I walk away I hear someone yell "Hey sir you can't park there, that's a handicap spot!". I don't bother turning around I just flip him off and keep walking.
I meet up with Jasper and we shake hands, "Hey, Lorenzo it's been awhile, I really appreciate you doing this for me." I wave my hands in an uncaring manner "Yeah, yeah let's get on with it." Even though it seems like I don't care about Jasper I actually do, he's been there since day 1 helping me figure out the numbers of Mancini Global and which investers proposals would best benefit me in the future. Now I've grown my business into what it is today and I'm even an investor myself, investing in small businesses and owning a percentage of them.
Jasper walks into the room and makes a small introduction, once I hear my name that's when I walk In. As soon as I make my way to the front, I look over the room and that is when my eyes immediately meet hers, I become mesmerized by the colors, who knew that it was possible for someone to have two colors in their eyes, hers were green with specks of grey around her irises. They were bright, happy and breathtakingly beautiful, they were pulling me in deeply. She had a wild mane of dark curls surrounding a heart shaped face and full pouty lips that I couldn't help but imagine them wrapped around my cock. Fuck, it was at this moment that I knew this woman was going to be someone very special in my life, I didn't know how but I just knew.
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RomanceLorenzo Mancini is cold, heartless and ruthless, in the business world he's known as always being merciless and unfeeling in the boardroom. Until a chance encounter with a woman with the most mesmerizing eyes catches his attention. Aella, she's the...