End Game

Because i had you

Valentina's POV

I left the place, I couldn't be there anymore, seeing them together was slowly killing me, seeing him kiss her, her hand intertwined with his, talking about their marriage was too much for me.

They say that time heals everything in its time, no one told me that the pain goes so slow, I want to hate her but I love her I can't, how do I forget her? I guess it's my time to let her go, it's time for me to find someone new.

I got in my car and called the person I think is right for me right now.

V- hey Shawn.
S- Valen! Glad to hear from you.
V- can I say the same, hey I know I said I couldn't go to lunch with you today but I managed to finish what I had planned to do, so I was thinking if it's still on for lunch I'd like to go with you.
S- o-of course, do you need me to come get you?
V- no, it's okay I'm actually in my car, I'll meet you at Nobu?
S- sure, I'll be there in twenty minutes.
V- great! See you there.

I'm glad Shawn gave me his phone number yesterday, he's a sweet guy and he makes me laugh, I think he'll be a good friend to me. I think he is all I need to lift my spirits right now.

I drive with a little smile on my face thinking about the good time I am going to have with Shawn.

I arrived at the restaurant and he was sitting at a table waiting for me, when he saw me a big smile appeared on his face, he stood up from his chair to greet me properly. Such a gentleman.

"Hi Valen, you look beautiful" he says giving me a kiss on my cheek and I don't know why my cheeks blushed.
"Oh thank you, you look handsome" I said nervously.
"Thank you" he says blushing.

We sat across from each other and ordered our food, he kept smiling, he listened to every little thing I said very carefully. The food arrived and it looked delicious.

"You know I'm glad you called me, I thought you deleted my number" he says with a chuckle.
"Why is that?"
"Well you threw away that other guy's number, so I thought."
"Oh no, I wouldn't do that to you, you're... you're different" I confessed.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he's just looking for me out of interest, but you're kind, sweet, you make me laugh and you're cool, I don't know there's something about you that makes me feel comfortable" I explained.
"I'm glad to hear that, you know I feel the same with you, it's like I can be myself" he says with a nice sweet smile.

We continued our lunch with laughter and stories, I wanted to know more about him and I think he feels the same because he keeps asking things and that's really nice.

"Do you have anything to do after lunch?" I asked shyly.
"Not really, today is my day off."
"Do you want to go with me to my work? I promise it will be fun" I said quickly.
"Really? I'd love to!" He says with a big smile.

We finished our lunch and left the place, as we left the place had a lot of paparazzi waiting for us outside they took pictures of us as usual, we each got in the cars and Shawn drove following me.

We entered the building and went up to the 15th floor where my office and Donatella's office was. We walked into her office and greeted her, she was happy to see us. She already knew Shawn since she has made clothes for him.

After talking for a while with Dona we went to my office, so I could leave my stuff, once I did that I took him to do the tour of the whole company I was very excited for him to see everything.

I took him to where the new season clothes were being made, we talked to some of the employees, Shawn seemed to be enjoying every second of the tour just like me.

We laughed about silly things we were both saying, the tour went by pretty fast or maybe it felt that way because we both enjoyed it.

We are now back in my office and I pulled out some designs I had drawn for Shawn to see, I put them on the table arranging them so he could have a better view of them. I am very excited to see what he thinks.
Being with him makes my heart forget that it's hurting, I just feel calm and comfortable, in fact I haven't felt this way since I found out about Lizzie's engagement. I made the right choice in calling him, he really is doing me good without realizing it.