Ms. White

Chapter 1 - Beginnings

August POV

I clutch my necklace that my mother gave me for my 14th birthday as I stare out the small square-shaped aeroplane window into the dark of the night. I can't believe it's been 8 years since I got it. I blink away tears at the thought of my mother. God I wish she were here. I glance at my phone 4:32am it read, only around two hours left. I reach for my headphones out of my pants pocket and plug them into my ears and play Never let me go by Florence + the machine, and I close my eyes.

I open my eyes and feel someone tapping on my shoulder. I look up and as my eyes adjust to the newfound light I see that its only one of the few flight attendants my father hired to ensure that I have a comfortable flight on one of my mothers many private aeroplanes. I must've fallen asleep. "Miss Emery, we have landed, a car is here to take you to your destination" I look at her and study her features brown chestnut hair, hazel eyes, caramel skin, amazing cleavage, she looks fuckab-. My thoughts are interrupted when someone clears their throat and I look to the exit where the interruption came from, to only see the one and only Harlow, my manager. I roll my eyes and respond to the beauty in front of me "Ah yes thank you doll" I winked at her.

I exit the aeroplane and enter the car only to be met with Harlow's piercing gaze. "I thought I mentioned to not ogle people your father hires" she scoffs. "Why, are you jealous?" I reply, being snarky. Harlow just looks at me, face void of emotion. I signal to the driver to start driving. "Har, I was just kidding" I tease her. She ignores me.

I take my time to glance around the car and it looks very... luxurious. My phone starts ringing and see it's my father calling, I roll my eyes and accept the call. "Hey August, I've transferred her money to your account, i'll send you more each month" and he hangs up. I shake my head beyond pissed off, not even a hey or how was your flight. Ever since I took on my mothers business as she asked me to in her will, my father, if he can even be called that, has seemingly grown to dislike me as she didn't pick him. For security reasons the account that the money goes to cannot be changed so it has to be transferred to me instead.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and see Harlow offering me a comforting smile and she wraps her arms around me. She must have noticed that I was angry. Despite only knowing each other for 2 years, she certainly knows me well. We met at a bar and she mentioned that she was a business manager and at that time I was currently looking for one. I need a business manager so someone can keep up with my mothers business because I can't do it as I'm studying criminal law.

"We're here" The driver's gravelly voice calls out. Me and Harlow both snap out of our thoughts and I mutter and thank you and exit the car. The back of the car opens, revealing my luggage, I grab my things and shut the back of the car. I walk up to the side of the car and Harlow winds down the window revealing her. "Bye August, I'll see you soon, bye now". I give her a small smile and head towards the college office.

I take in a fresh breath of air and look around the college. I walk up a concrete path with grass surrounding it. I look up at the building ahead of me and I see a woman in a window looking down at me, but as soon as I spotted them they walked away from the window. Weird. I spot a sign on the path and has directions towards the office. After a few minutes of walking I reach the office.

I spot a lady who looks around mid forties, she offers me a smile which I reciprocate. "Hi i'm August Emery, i'm new here, can you please direct me to where the tour is happening please?" I introduce myself. "Ah yes, Ms White is the tour guide for a group of new students attending here, it is about to start soon" she responds with a smile. She gives me directions and I mutter a thank you and rush to where I need to go.

I look down at my phone checking the time and I collide with someone and I almost fall but soft hands grip my waist to prevent my fall. I glance up and see a woman who has blond hair which cascades down her shoulders, bright green eyes, perfect white straight teeth, almost tan gold skin. "Once you're done staring could you please let go of my arms so i can get to where I need to be" the jaw dropping woman spoke in a sultry tone.

I quickly let go, blushing, and scrambled to get my phone which I dropped while the gorgeous woman watched in amusement. "I- I'm sorry" I spoke. "Ah August this is Ms White, the professor who is your tour guide" the office receptionist interrupted. "It's no problem, darling" Ms White whispered in my ear as she walked past. The stunning woman stopped as she nearly rounded the corner almost as if she was waiting for something or someone.

Ms White turned around and raised a perfect eyebrow at me "Well are you coming... August ?"

A/N : Sorry this is a short chapter, just a filler to get this story started. The following chapters will be longer.