Toma una Foto (A Prince Royce Fan Fiction)

Chapter 34- Apologies & Thank-Yous

       *Prince Royce's POV*

I rang the buzzer to Adrienne's apartment and patiently waited for her to answer.

She opened the door a few minutes later ams by the looks of her I could tell she wasn't just running late for work. It didn't even look like she had gotten ready in the first place.

"Ah, shit. I didn't realize it'd be you.", she muttered.

"You didn't check to see who it was? That's what peepholes are for. Not a safe practice to open the door to strangers in Manhattan. ", I pointed out.

She shrugged. "Unless you're here to rob me or you have a gun, I guess I got lucky this time. Why are you here anyway?"

"To pick you up for work... you werent at 2Strong. We're putting the finishing touches on the album today."

"Do I look like I'm ready ?", she asked, half laughing.

"Why didn't you come in?"

"Listen, I'm not avoiding Antonio if that's what you think. I'm more mature than that.", she huffed.

"So, why didn't you come in?", I asked again.

"I slept in by accident so I decided it wasn't worth it."

"So..."

She crossed her arms "So, what ?"

"You could've came in late.", I offered.

"Okay, maybe I was avoiding him.", she said It was rewarding finally breaking her. She was pretty stubborn.

"That's all you needed to say. Now, go on. Get ready. I can wait. We have a busy day ahead of us."

"Are you serious?", she whined.

"As your boss? Yeah. As a friend? I'm just looking out for you."

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"Are we going to the studio?", Adrienne asked as she got in the car.

I shook my head and started the car up. "Nah, photoshoot for the album promo today. They're over at the studio mixing and all that. Nothing I can really help with."

"Oh." She didn't say anything else for the remainder of the car ride.

"You alright?", I asked once we arrived at the photography studio.

She sighed. "Well, not to be rude, Royce... but, uh, I mean I just broke up with Antonio. Would you say I'm okay?"

"Yeah, I guess not. That was stupid of me to ask..."

"No, no. I didnt mean it like that. I don't want my bad mood rubbing off on you, Royce. Sorry.", She quickly apologized. "It's nice to know you care about my feelings and all..."

Well, of course I do, I thought.

She looked down for a minute. "Did you...did you happen to see him today?"

"Who ? Antonio ?"

She nodded.

"Yeah, when I came to pick you up and noticed you weren't there. I had asked him where you were at and he didn't know. That's when he asked me if I could go and check up on you."

"So, he seemed...concerned?", she asked. There was something in her eyes. I couldn't quite figure it out. Hope, maybe ?

"Yeah...yeah, he did. He wanted me to make sure you were okay." I didn't tell her about the pictures or him encouraging me to try to win her over. I didn't want her thinking I was the reason for them breaking up To be honest, I didn't even know if I was the reason for that but I was praying that I wasn't.