Claire & Theo

26.

"Claire, where have you been? I called you at least like thirty times!" Simone yelled aggravatingly.

"Sorry! I accidentally slept in."

"With your lover?" Anastasia whispered with a sly smile.

Claire was quiet because truly she did not know what to say to her close friends. They were going to eventually find out first anyways.

"Oh my God... Claire." Simone said with her eyes opened as wide as possible.

"Mr. Easton is finally your lover! Oh my! Congrats Claire!" Anastasia clapped her hands with excitement.

"Wow that punk finally realized he was down bad for you from the very beginning." Simone chuckled.

"Okay, that is enough!" said a blushing Claire.

"Yeah, enough... for now." Simone smirked at her, "Let's get you changed for the photo shoot."

"Yeah, let's do that instead." Anastasia giggled.

If there was anything redder than a tomato, then it would be Claire. She was not used to this type of treatment. Who knew that being in a relationship would make you act differently. She was feeling just a bit more anxious than usual.

Simone handed her the dress that she needed to wear for the photoshoot. It was a magnificent long white polyester satin dress that made Claire want to even consider buying it. Clothing made her feel more beautiful than her regular appearance.

As she went into the changing room to change, she heard a clicking sound. She did not think much of it, so she continued to take off her dark green lace lingerie. Then, the shuttering noise became more prominent. She checked her surroundings and noticed that something was staring back at her.

A camera.

Her brain immediately stopped thinking. Her career was going to be shattered if these pictures were to be shared with the world. Ergo, she stuffed a piece of clothing in front of the camera pushing it backwards meaning someone was on the other side of the wall.

She screamed because of the fact it being another human on the other side with the camera. Claire put on her robe and ran out of the room where Simone was waiting for her.

"What happened?" Simone being worried.

Claire gave her a frantic look, "There's someone trying to take pictures of me nude!"

"The fuck?" Simone cursed, "Hold on, let me call security." Then, she ran out of the room leaving Claire by herself.

Claire made sure she was covered and that no one would notice anything about her bare body. This was getting worse as her anxiety was rising within her heart and mind. She walked to the door to the entrance of her room to lock it, but someone gruffly pushed the door open.

"You bitch, you almost broke my camera!" The culprit showed up.

"Stay away from me!" Claire picked up a near object to throw at the grown man.

However, he grabbed her arms immediately, "Just give me your body and it will be worth to leave you alone."

There was horror in Claire's eyes unlocking fear of her memories recalling her.

"Children are supposed to behave. Your body is all I need honey." the old man said with a sinister smile.

"NO, LET GO OF ME. STOP!" she screamed on top of her lungs.

The anger got the best of her as she kicked him in the most dangerous spot for a man. Then, she brought her hand in a fist punching him with a strong upper cut.

The man stumbled backwards, and another person grabbed him by the head smashing to other side of the room.

"Theo!" Claire felt relieved.

"Great punch, Claire. Proud of you." he smiled brightly but then turned grim in seconds, "And now let's get you settled you son of a bitch."

He picked up the man by the collar who was already bleeding from the nose and bottom lip, "Don't ever touch a woman without her fucking permission. Especially a woman of mine."

He gave him and extra few punches to the gut until Simone showed up with the police officers taking the man away from the three of them.

Once he left, Simone packed up her stuff, "You should just go home... because he was our photographer for this shoot."

"Where do they hire these bastards?" Theo still mad.

"Somewhere apparently, I wouldn't know." she replied.

"I'll make sure that he won't be able to work ever again. He lost his career in seconds." he roughed out.

Theo slowly noticed Claire shivering, "Let's go get some lunch, shall we?"

Claire knew that he wanted to know more about her, so he could help.

And for once in her life, she was willing to let that happen.