Revenge[√]

Party Planning

'I gotta go do...something,’ Rosalie said thickly and ran out.

Mark just stood up, glared at Austin then walked off too.

‘Geez what did I do? He’s never like this at the agency.’ Austin said frowning.

‘He’s always like that around guys that are with me unless they are my dad. Even our cousin, Juan is never safe from his over-protective death-glares.’ I said shrugging.

‘Huh, weird. Anyway I thought you had a party to plan.’ He said.

‘Jesus! I totally forgot! Vicki and Nessi are going to kill me!’ I ran to the kitchen and grabbed my phone off the counter.

613 texts
52 missed calls

I immediately speed-dialled them.

‘Veronica!’ They yelled on the second ring.

‘Hey guys,’ I said quietly.

‘It’s almost 11! We are going to miss our appointment at the salon!’ Victoria said.

‘Your butler won’t let us in. We’re at the door.’ Vanessa said.

‘OK girls, relax. I'm coming over to open right now.’

I hung up before they could burst my eardrum and turned around. I came face-to-face with Austin’s chest. He smelled good.

‘Whoa, what are you doing there standing behind me?’ I screeched.

He smiled down at me, revealing his cute dimples.

‘Nothing. Your friends sure do scream a lot.’

‘Well they’ll be screaming a lot more if I don’t go open for them now so move out of my way.’

‘Hey, can I come with you?’ he asked, looking at me with those blue, blue eyes.

‘Yeah whatever now move!’ I pushed him out of the way and ran for the front door.

I raised my hand before either of the twins could utter a word.

‘I need to tell you guys something.’

‘Why weren’t you-’ their eyes widened and stared behind me.

I turned back and saw Austin just randomly twisting my hair.

‘Hey stop that!’ I screamed at him.

‘Ok no need to scream Nica. Hey you two must be Vanessa and Victoria,’ he said, flashing a smile at my drooling friends.

They snapped out of it and giggled hysterically. Jesus.

‘Hey how did you know their-’

Oh yeah. He's a spy. I forgot.

‘Forget that, who’s your friend Vero?’ Vicki asked, curling her long hair.

Nessi just stood and stared at him through her short bangs.

‘I'm Austin. Nica’s best friend.’ He said.

He stepped past me, effortlessly avoiding my leg that was out to trip him and stood in front of the twins. To my horror, he took both their left hands and kissed their knuckles.

How come he didn't do that to me?!

I smacked my forehead to get rid of the absurd thought and tried to focus on the present situation.

Thankfully, my common sense kicked in before my friends could faint and ruin their expensive outfits.

‘Yeah, yeah let’s move it. We have a whole day ahead of us.'