Desolation

eight

Stephen's POV

I was a proper idiot. I don't know why I believed Rose, I mean Noelle. Of course she wouldn't be nice to me and that's what I couldn't understand. Why the heck wasn't she nice to me? I'd seen her with other people and she was so sweet and kind towards them. I had done nothing for her to hate me or dislike me. That girl was hard to understand.

The biggest idiot though was my cousin, Lucy. She literally didn't know shit about Noelle. She had no idea how she became a well known architect so soon, how she knew the Edwards so well or what her background story was. All she knew was her middle name and that she had a lot of people working for her so she didn't go to her office every single day. Honestly what the fuck was I supposed to do with that information? It was useless.

Guess I'd have to find out more about Noelle all by myself and I don't think it would be easy seeing how she didn't even say 2 decent words to me. I had never been so interested in knowing someone before, it was usually the other way around. I wouldn't bother with people, they'd always come to me, trying to know me or get with me. All of this was very unfamiliar for me because I had never tried it before. I even put my little amount of shyness aside just to talk with her.

Whenever I looked at her, it was like she was trying to conceal a lot of things. Her eyes especially made me believe so because everytime I stared right into them I could see so many emotions swirling all at once and it was as if they wanted to talk but she was holding them back. I guess I've known from the start that she had a lot to herself than what she actually put out.

She seemed kinda eager to know who had told me her middle name. That was weird and I had also heard some screaming from Katherine's suite before. There was definitely something going on. I wanted to follow Noelle after getting out of the elevator but I decided against it. I saw her figure exiting the hotel and disappearing.

I made my way to the gym to retrieve my headphones that I had forgotten earlier. After speaking with Noelle at the pool while she tried to annoy the crap out of me, I had come to the gym to get my mind off of her. Ever since I had met her, she was always one of the things that was on my mind. I wanted to know so much about her. It was weird, I didn't quite truly understand it myself.

I searched for my headphones and spotted them on one of the benches. After shoving them into my pocket, I went up to my suite again. Honestly I had nothing left to do and I was bored out of my mind. I had spent time with my friends, asked Lucy about Noelle, talked to Noelle herself and her friend Katherine, hit the gym, everything.

I paced around the living room trying to think of something that I could do. I finally decided to just call it a night and stay in. I walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. After grabbing a beer I made my way back to the living room and settled myself on the sofa. I grabbed the remote and switched the TV on. I flicked through the channels, trying to find something that would interest me. But before I could settle on anything, I heard some noises from outside my suite.

I walked to the main door and put my ear against the wood. I could hear voices speaking, more like arguing. It was Noelle and Katherine. I rolled my eyes and was about to walk back to the couch but I heard Noelle whining. I tried to listen carefully. Something about her wanting to eat healthy and her friend disagreeing. I wasn't surprised. Judging by the kind of body Noelle had, she had to have a clean diet.

I heard Katherine tell her that she needed junk food because of everything that she had to go through today. I raised my eyebrows. Everything she had to go through today? Did she mean talking to me? These girls were rude as fuck, someone needed to teach them some manners. I shook my head.

"I know it's still hard for you no matter what you say," I could make out Katherine's voice.

Now I was utterly confused. What the heck were they talking about?

What was hard for Noelle? Eating junk food? That couldn't be it. Nothing made sense anymore.

I heard their footsteps fading away but stood there near the door for a little longer, trying to think. I was getting it all wrong. Something must have happened today that had to do with Noelle. It was almost as if Katherine was trying to comfort and cheer her up. Now that I think about it, she even seemed a bit off when we spoke in the elevator. What had happened?

I tried to think of the possibilities but came up with nothing. I didn't know Noelle that well to figure out what could've happened. I decided to let it go and sat back on the couch. I grabbed my beer off of the coffee table and gulped it down. I had to stop thinking about her.

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Noelle's POV

I woke up pretty late the next day and didn't feel like doing anything. I just wanted to stay in bed for the whole day but unfortunately I couldn't do that because I had other things to do. Well nothing necessarily important though because after all it was the weekend.

I dragged myself out of my bed and went to take a shower. After getting ready and eating my breakfast I grabbed my purse and keys and went down to my car. I put my seatbelt on and put the car in drive. I started driving towards my office as the music played loudly from the radio.

I just had a couple of things to do at my workplace. I occasionally went to the office on weekends because obviously no one would be there and I liked it that way. I would check if everything was going on smoothly and retrieve some documents if I needed them. It was like a quick visit.

I soon reached my office building and parked my car. After getting out I walked to the entrance and greeted the security guard. I made my way towards the elevator and hit the button for my floor as soon as I got in. I waited patiently and finally reached my floor.

I didn't really have much to do, I just had to grab a couple of things and make sure everything was okay. I entered my cabin and saw it was exactly the way I had left it. There were some files on my desk along with my computer and other miscellaneous items. I wasn't necessarily a messy person but at the same time I didn't really like it when everything was perfectly neat. I was organized though.

I ignored my desk and made my way to my favorite part of the cabin. The ceiling to floor glass wall. It was right behind my desk and honestly it made my cabin look so much better. As my office was on a considerably high floor, the view from here was breathtaking and it looked even more beautiful at night. I absolutely loved it.

I stood there for a little while just taking the view in. I never really knew why but I'd always appreciated the little things in my life. They meant so much to me. God knew I had all the money that I needed and I was really thankful for that but the little things that people usually did for me always made my heart swell. There was so much bad and pain in this world but at the same time there were still people out there who were kind and giving. It made me immensely happy.

I finally tore my eyes away from the view of the city and went back to my work. I checked if any of my staff had left a message for me or something but didn't find anything. I wasn't surprised. They'd always update me through emails. Next, I went to check the white board where we had the week's agenda written down telling them what they had to work on. It seemed pretty okay, we were ahead of our plans. Everyone was working hard, I mean I hadn't hired all those 10 people for nothing. It was a small team but they worked efficiently and never gave me a chance to complain so it was all good.

I went to grab the drawings that I needed to take back home and also fished out some documents that I had to go over. That was all I had to do. After clearing out my desk a little bit, I decided to head back home. I didn't have anything else to do. I locked my office and reached down to my car within a couple of minutes. I put my purse on the passengers seat and turned the engine on. After deciding on a good radio station to listen to, I made my way back to my sweet little home.

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Hey guys! This chapter kinda sucked, it's basically more of a filler. I'm sorry but I promise things get SO much better after like chapter 10 so hold on and be patient. I'll make it worth it.

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