After Paradise: Book Two • jb

Chapter 22

truthful, loyal, little Diana. My angel. I love her so much.

Oh, and so does Justin apparently?

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"I'm sorry I'm late!" I rushed into the office, almost spilling out the coffee I was holding unsteadily in my hand. Christian walked after me in a calm and peaceful pace before he shut the door to my office, shutting out any noises from the main ground area. I put down my coffee and mumbled a question to him whilst I tried to set up my computer, "May I help you?"

Christian chuckled and I noticed how he sat down on one of my chairs across the desk from the corner of my eyes. "You haven't returned any of my calls?"

"I've been busy." I rushed, not even looking up to him as I instantly started to fill out my calendar with any missed meetings or events I had to attend.

"With what?" He asked, obviously curious in my private life.

"The question is with whom," I mumbled in a whisper, a part of me hoped he didn't hear that whilst in the meantime I did hope he heard me clearly. I need to make sure everyone knows I'm unavailable so that it would help me keep my faithfulness to Justin. If I were to rebuild his trust I needed other people to help me as well. Christian was one of the people who needed to leave me alone if Justin and I were going to work.

He stood up from the chair, this time it felt like he was about to leave the office. It made me relieved. "I assume you and Bieber are back together?"

I stopped what I was doing and looked up, dumbfounded. "How'd you know that?"

"I can read you, Diana," A smirk to place on his lips which I didn't necessarily like. It was something I had disliked since the beginning. That confident smirk made him seem so self-assure it disgusted me. Still, it was kinda cute. "I have been able to since you stepped in here the first day."

I cleared my throat at his words, rethinking why he even entered my office from the first start. He knew I was unavailable now so he should stop trying. His attempts flattered me but not enough for me to actually enjoy them. I could find that kind of entertainment somewhere else. Oh, like in the house of whom I am dating. I've heard Justin's an excellent entertainer.

"I really need to catch up on some work," I told Christian, staring at his big eyes whilst he held his hands up in surrender. He mumbled something about letting me do that and then left the office.

It didn't take more than a few minutes before the next person came rushing into my office. I took a deeply frustrated breath as Rachel looked at me worryingly. She could tell by my expression that today was a bad day. And bad days for me meant disaster days for her. I made her life a living hell when I was feeling down but the many perks of working for me was that, apparently, you get paid a lot. Christian personally make sure the assistant to me is well taken care of when it comes to money.

He said something about it being a huge deal, to work for me. I was, in his eyes, the upcoming it-girl. It made my stomach flutter each time I thought about it. I was going to be a fashion style icon, just like Christian himself. He promised to make me one.

I couldn't wait for that day to happen.

It was happening slowly but surely, not gonna lie. I had already noticed some differences and for a few days ago I made headlines in the magazines without another person involved. No Justin and no Christian. It was simply just me. I can admit that I would never be relevant if it wasn't for Justin and I'm positive Christian and I would have been able to eat that dinner in peace if I would never have been involved with Justin but I was happy I had been.