Forever Yours #Wattys2017 FINISHED

16. How They Move Forward

OLIVIA

It felt like I've been "sick" from work for ages but in reality it has only been a few days. At first, it felt good to be home and relax. Catch up on the TV series I have missed from not having the time, painted my nails, taking a bath until my skin gets wrinkly or you know - just relaxed.

But it really started to get old.

It's weird to say it, but I really miss working and I started to become restless. I wondered constantly how my colleagues was doing on that important wedding we soon was going to have at the hotel and the benefit gala we needed to prepare for.

Even though the gala was supposed to take place in about six months, we still had much to prepare. The gala was organized for our biggest charity - apparently the one Preston Mayfair embezzled funds from - and we needed to settle on the concept and start printing the invitations and such.

I had so much to do and it started to eat me alive the more I thought about it. And since Preston had embezzled from our most important charity, I guess we really needed to do some damage control from it also in our PR.

But... I couldn't go to work, I had to be cooped up here at Ian's house for my own protection - according to him.

But today however, was probably the last day of this nonsense.

Because today, Ian was going to arrest Mr. Mayfair.

And Ian had promised me that I could go back to work when everything was over. And that day was today.

I was afraid however, to go back to that hotel after everything that has happened and especially after everything Sam had told me. But I loved my work there, even though Preston had embezzled from the company. To me, the hotel was my home, and maybe it wasn't so surprising I felt that way after what Sam had told me.

Ian left me alone around noon, told me I couldn't leave and ordered me to stay put. I wanted to roll my eyes at him and his protectiveness but decided against it since I knew how frightened he would be if he found me gone again when he comes home - it's his biggest fear, to lose me again - so I held back the snarky comments and just nodded instead, agreeing with him.

When he left though, all I could do was to think about the things I should do at the hotel, to prepare and about what Sam had told me. I needed something to take my mind off it - so I called Holly and she was eager to catch up with me again.

She had bought sushi for us as lunch, so we sat down on the couch; watching tv and ate the different pieces of food with our chopsticks.

It was relaxing to just sit there with a friend and talked about different subjects - mostly about Holly and Adam and how they finally got together - while watching a movie that was on.

Apparently, they got to know each other through Ian. Holly instantly took a notice at him - said his voice was so damn sexy - while Adam wasn't really looking for a relationship at first, but when he got to know her - he just knew he had to have her.

His words according to Holly...

But both were hesitant for a long time about the others feeling. They bickered on and off, flirted yet no one took it further. One day however, when Adam saw Holly laughing and hugging a man - her brother who Adam had never seen - he got jealous and angry. When they later fought about something meaningless that even Holly can't remember anymore, he accidentally blurted out his feelings. That heated moment of anger turned into passion instead.

... And that's how they first got together.

I found myself forgetting about the troubles I had kept thinking of before she had arrived. Her being here was just what I needed.