Bound by an arranged marriage,
Rose Francis and Devin Keller are forced to work and live together. She has secretly loved him since she was little but he firmly believes that she hates him just as much he hates her.
At one point everything will c...
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This headache is killing me and he won't shut up about his business in Italy. I nod as he keeps going on and on about his tech company.
I glance at my watch, he's been here for the past three hours. "The company I'm dealing with is actually based here in London. So that's actually why I came." Antonio says.
"How long are you staying here for?" I ask.
"It depends." He shrugs and takes a sip of his coffee. Just then his phone rings and he picks it up. "Yes?"
I rub my temples, silently hoping that it gets better but I know it won't, the lack of sleep is pounding in my head right now.
"Okay." He says. "Got it." He ends the call and looks at me. "Man, I gotta go." He says in an apologetic tone.
"You should." I say and nod as he makes his way out of my office. I sigh after he finally leaves. Everyone is extra annoying when I have a headache.
I hear a knock and look up to see Rose stepping inside, I sigh because I'm in no mood for dealing with her right now.
She's wearing a dark gray dress which ends on her thighs, her still slightly pink thighs. I want to ask her if they're okay but I don't care. I don't.
She's holding four black boxes as she walks closer to my desk, placing the boxes on my desk and sitting across from me. "A vendor replied to my email today."
"Who?" I try not to sound like I'm tired even though my eyes feels heavy.
"Luke Grants." She says and I nod. I know him, he was the vendor for last year's collection. I glace at the black boxes. "What are these?" I ask.
"These are gemstones samples." She looks at me. "We have to finalise these, So we can get them from the vendor as soon as possible."
My jaw tightens, I don't want to work right now. I still nod. "Right." She opens one of the boxes and there are many tiny sections, each containing a different gemstone.
"Let's sit on the couch." She says and stands up.
I nod and stand up from my chair, following her to the couch, sitting beside her. She places the box on the coffee table and begins to tell me about each one of them. "For the first design, I told you Sapphire would be perfect." She picks up the Sapphire from its section in the box. She holds it for me, I look at the stone in between her fingers.
"Yes, I think so too." I nod and ignore the urge to rub my temples for the millionth time tonight.
"Okay, so Sapphire is decided." She takes a paper and writes it down, as if making a list.
"We've already decided red diamond and opal..." she looks down at the printouts of designs, she bites her lip as if she's recalling something. My eyes falls on her lips and I look away immediately. What the fuck was that? It's just the headache.
