Unexpected

30 | Bright Side of Things

Dedicated to Cherry_Cola_x because I'm rereading "I Almost Killed my Crush's Mom" and it's still up there with my faves.

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There was silence all around us. Nate was holding out his hand and Pierre looked a bit shocked. After a few seconds, he seemed to have regained his composure and shook Nate's hand and smiled.

"So sorry I barged in without a proper introduction," he said. "I am Pierre, Prince of Monaco."

"Pleasure," Nate said.

"Did you say Nathaniel Brooks?" Pierre asked.

Nate's eyes flickered to Pierre's arm on my shoulder and said, "Yes."

"Aren't you the guy who was in that airport with Isabella a couple of years back?" Pierre asked and I flinched from the mention of that event.

"Yeah. Heathrow Airport 5 years ago," Nate confirmed.

"Well, that was a really unfortunate event," Pierre said. "Anyway, it's nice to meet the man my favorite girl here has been pining over."

I glared at Pierre and slapped his arm.

"Sorry for busting you, Isabella," he said with a chuckle.

"I'm not pining over him," I sneered.

"Alright," Pierre said with his hands up in surrender.

"Anyway, this was lovely and all but I'm sorry tell have to leave," I said. "I still have a meeting with the events planner."

I left immediately, going to my room and placing the flowers in a vase. I had my face in my hands and started thinking about everything that just happened.

"Stop overthinking," someone said and when I looked up, I saw Cassie.

"How could I not?" I asked.

"Just... Just look at the bright side of things," she said.

"And what is that?" I asked. 

"That you saw Nate again," she said. "He looked hotter than he was before to be honest. I mean, just look at those arms! I could get used to being hugged by those and man he's got a nice tan!"

I glared at her and said, "Shut up."

"But, he's still your man so I know he's off limits," she said. "Even though he was a real douchebag, I know that you still have feelings for him."

I scoffed and said, "No way."

"Trust me, honey, you do. Plus I know for a fact that he still has feelings for you," she said.

I scoffed even louder.

"Seriously, he was about to murder Pierre the minute he said you were his favorite girl and when he put his arm on you, Pierre might as well be 6 feet under," she said. "Can't you feel the tension earlier?"

"Tension? More like awkwardness. Maybe Nate just didn't like Pierre's personality," I defended.

"Keep being denial," she said. "Anyway, off you go! You still have a meeting to go to. Natalia's just outside the door."

"Alright, I really should go," I said. "And get your imaginations out of your head while I'm gone."

I opened my phone to check for any emails and walked out the door. I was looking at my phone while walking and since Natalia's always my shadow, I assumed that she would be following me.