Our Designed Love

CHAPTER-14

SHYLA

Relaxation consumed my body when the warm water of the bath tub touched my skin. The airy smell of the floral soap surrounding the whole place as I applied it to my skin which has become slightly tan due to the whole exploration of the temple yesterday. Sitting inside the bath tub in my washroom here in the resort, I comfortably close my eyes to relive the moments of yesterday. The moments which were so beautiful that I couldn't even know how fast the day vanished and a new day arose.

"You can't take forever there inside the washroom Shy!" My thoughts were interrupted as I heard Ave's voice from outside.

"Coming!" I replied a little louder and heard nothing in response. I quickly finished my bath as I realised that I have been here inside the washroom for almost an hour.
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Standing outside the resort near the pool side, me and Ave were waiting for Linda to come out as she is taking forever to get ready as always.

"Rate my outfit out of 10!" Linda said and came out of nowhere as she turned round and round to flex her beautiful red dress reaching just above her knees.

"Minus sixty nine!" Ave replied while sipping her iced latte.

"Your grumpy ass doesn't know a shit. You tell me Shy, isn't this beautiful?" Linda said completely ignoring Ave.

"Isn't this the one which Mrs. Rodriguez designed last year's fall month?" I replied as the dress felt a little familiar. Mrs Rina Rodriguez who is the best fashion designer of NYC and the head member of our Institution. Unlike her fame and popularity, she is the sweetest lady on this planet who is like a mother to all the students of the institution.

"You got that right sweetheart! I asked her if I can borrow one of her designs out of the whole fall collection and she agreed to lend me one. It's really out of my budget so I am just gonna wear it today and safely return it to her when we get back to New York." Linda said with a little smile on her face.

"Quiet strange that Mrs. Rodriguez let you wear this before her own daughter. You guys know that her daughter is an actual bitch. She wouldn't let anyone borrow her mother's designs before she wears each one of them." Ave replied being a little suspicious.

I nodded my head as I remembered my first meeting with Mrs. Rodriguez's daughter. Elena Rodriguez. The famous social influencer who flexes dresses designed by her mother in the social media and gains millions of followers out of it. I met her in the university in the first year of me getting into the FITs. Her beautiful face says nothing about her bitchy behaviour. The way she would look down on anyone who's wearing dresses less expensive than her, body shame the new comers of the Institution, makes me surprise to think that she is the daughter of the sweetest lady of our institution. Being the head of the institution, Mrs Rodriguez always took care of all of us just like our mother.

My lovely parents who live in San Francisco make sure to call me once in every five days to make sure if I am alright. I miss them. I miss them more than anyone can ever imagine. Being a girl who loves her parents so much that some years ago I couldn't even imagine moving out of home to build my career alone and leave my parents behind. But now here I am. No matter how scared I was to think about living alone, I knew that I have to do this one day. One day for sure. A part of me died when I left home and J left me. And the other part is still standing here aiming to achieve every dream which made me start this journey.

And the most important part of my journey along with my best friends is Mrs Rodriguez who was always there standing beside me to make sure that I never give up in this journey. Leaving my parents and coming to NYC alone to achieve my career was a lot more difficult for me than I imagined but Mrs. Rodriguez handled it all well.