Twisted Love

Chapter 40

I went inside the office, taking a peak at Masons room then went to my desk. Nate was already there.
He smiled when he saw me. He came and gave me a side hug.
"Good Morning." He said with a huge smile.
"Morning, Nate. You are early today."
"Yeah. Did not get any traffic."
I just nodded.
"Hey Lover Boy!" Alice greeted Nate.
"What?" Nate asked her.
She shrugged. "Nothing." And then winked at me.
"You all are here." Nicole and Zack too arrived.
They were all joking and laughing while I was thinking about what happened at the pub.
I can recognize his eyes anywhere but the question is if it was really him then why did he left immediately.
"You alright?" Zack asked me.
"Yeah. Just a little headache. Couldn't sleep properly last night."
"You need something?" Nate asked me.
"No. Thanks. I will be okay." I smiled at him.
After a few minutes everyone left.
"What is wrong, princess?" Alice asked me.
"Huh?"
"C'mon. Tell me."
"I actually did not sleep well from past few days. Nothing else."
"Why?" She raised her eyebrows.
"Bad dreams."
"As in?"
"As in bad dreams, Alice. I wake up in the middle of the night."
"What did you see, Elena?"
I was quite for a few minutes the. I decided to tell her. Who else will I discuss it with. Shanaya is too busy right now with the meetings and all. I can't speak to her about all this.
"Mason. I saw Mason in my dream but when I approached him, he turned into Nate. I don't know what is happening."
"Even your dreams mean that you should get over Mason and give Nate a chance."
"Alice."
"Elena."
"Forget it."
"What?"
"You know I think I even saw Mason at the pub on saturday."
"Really? He was there?"
"I think so. I mean I saw him but as I went towards him he was gone."
"How do you know it's him then?"
"His eyes. I saw them clearly. I am sure it was him."
"If he was there why did he left the place like that."
"That is what I'm not able to understand "
"What were you doing when you think you saw him?"
"I was dancin.. Fuck. He must have seen us together.
"What? What do you mean?"
"When I saw him I was dancing with Nate while my hands were on his shoulders and he was holding my waist and we were quite close."
"Possible. He must be jealous and left the place."
"You really think so?"
"You have any other theory?"
I shook my head and smiled.
"Why are you smiling now?"
"He still cares."
"Elena."
I did not say anything to her. I was happy and started focusing on my work.
"Mr Anderson is calling you, Elena." Maria told me.
"Okay."
I walked towards Mason's grandfather's room. I knocked on the door twice and entered the room.
"You called me, Sir?"
"Yes Dear. I just received a call from Mr Juan, the mexican client you and Mason are handling."
"What did he say?"
"They want their next fall shoot to be done here. So next week they will arrive. I want you to handle everything. For his stay kindly have a word with Maria and also coordinate with the rest of the team. You'd have to be present there at the shoot anyway."
"Don't worry, Sir. I will do everything but.."
"But what?"
"Umm shouldn't Mason be present there too? I mean he has always been there when Mr Juan came."
"Mason is not well, Elena. I had a word with him about this and he only asked me to ask you to do all this."
"What happened to him? Is he alright?"
"Yes he is better now. Don't worry he will be back soon." He smiled at me.
I nodded.
"Please take care of this project and in case of any query come to me anytime."
"Okay Sir."
I came outside. What happened to Mason? I hope he is better now.
"What's wrong?" Nate asked me out of nowhere.
"Nothing." I shook my head.
"You look disturbed and you are coming from boss's room as well. All okay?"
"Yeah. Everything is fine."
"Hey Lovebirds." Alice said.
"Alice." I gave her a hard glare. Dare she say that again.
"Are you talking to us?" Nate said with a smirk.
"Who else will I call that?" Alice laughed.
They are idiots.
"Ummm I have to discuss something with all of you. Please call Nicole and Zack as well."
"What's wrong?" Alice asked.
"I have to discuss regarding a project."
"Okay. Give me five minutes. I call them."
Once everyone was present, I started telling about the project.
"Guys we really need to pay all our attention to this shoot. Nate please take care of the shoot and Zack decide the place where we can do the shoot, look for some good options. Nicole and Alice please see what accessories would go best with the outfits, we will receive the outfit pictures today so take a good look at them and decide the models as well. If anyone has any queries or want to discuss something then we can have a meeting again."
"Don't worry Elena. We will do everything." Zack said.
"Yeah. Shoot would be great." Nate said and Alice gave him a high five.
"Awesome. Let's not give anyone a chance to say that we don't work in the absence of our boss."
We all discussed everything and went out to work on it.
We all were putting our 100%.
In a blink of an eye the week passed away and it was time for Mr Juan's arrival. He straight came to our office. Our whole team was there in the conference room along with Mr Juan.
"Hola Señor Juan."
"Mi Cariña. Hola. Cómo esta?"
(Hello, My Dear. How are you?")
Mr Juan has always been sweet and even more since our last visit to Mexico. Mexico. I miss those days, that time. No. I shook my head.
"Bien y usted?" 'Good and you?)
"Muy bien. Dónde esta Mason? No esta aquí?"
(Very good. Where is Mason? Is he not here?)
"No. No es bien."
(No. He is not well.)
"Por qué? Todo bien?"
(Why? Is everything alright?)
"No sé pero aquí entontra con él. Él es Señor Anderson, abuelo de Mason."
(I don't know but here meet Mr Anderson, Mason's grandfather.)
They greeted each other and later I introduced him to our whole team. We told him our plans and he was very pleased.
"Muy bien. Vamos a encontrarse a las doce mañana."
(Very good. We will meet at 12:00 p.m tomorrow.)
"Sí seguro. Voy a enviarle la dirreción del lugar."
(Yes sure. I will send you the location.)
"Vale. Gracias todos. Adios."
(Okay. Thank you everyone. Bye.)
After Mr Juan left we took a last took at everything that is required for tomorrow.
"I hope this shoot will be great." I said as we were leaving the office.
"Don't worry everything will be fine." Nate said.

Today is the day of the shoot. We went to the location earlier to see everything looked fine. The whole location was decorated with flowers. There was a swing too covered with flowers on which model will pose. We made sure that it wouldn't break.
Mr Juan came and he really liked the view.
"Señor Mason van a venir hoy?"
(Will Mason come today?)
"Creo que no."
(I don't think so.)
The shoot started after a while. The models looked beautiful in the new spring summer collection.
After a few clicks models went inside to put on different dresses.
We all took a look at pictures and they were looking beautiful. Mr Juan was smiling the whole time.
"You are doing a good job, Nate."
"We all did and are still doing."
The wind was blowing. Few strands of my hair came upon my face.
Nate came near me to put them behind my ear. We two were really close.
Nate was staring at me. His eyes fixated to mine and for some reason I could not look away.
Is it possible that my old infatuation is coming back? I thought.
We were looking into each other's eyes when I heard someone saying, "Mason, is here." I ended our staring game immediately.
I looked around and there he was standing in dark blue jeans, white shirt and a light blue blazer, Mason Anderson, looking straight in my eyes. It was clear that he was not happy to see us. I took a few steps away from Nate immediately without breaking my eye contact with Mason. He looked angry.
We met after such a long time and this is how he saw me, with Nate.
Damn. Someone please kill me now.