When you tell the world you're mine

Chapter 6: You could've had it all

Next Monday she received an envelope addressed to her. It was delivered at her home by a man she had seen at the hotel a couple times. She opened it as soon as he left to discover it was a letter of recommendation. A very well written letter of recommendation that didn't mention her real employer's name, only the company that had hired her, but that praised all her abilities and how greatly she had done her job. Inside the envelope she also found a hand-written note that said: "Hope it helps you. Thank you so much for all you did, the tour success' is also part of your job. Best of luck for you, Carol. -H"

She couldn't help but tear up a bit. He had sent her a letter of recommendation and a note. If she needed any proof that her work was well done, she had just gotten it. Carol was thankful for everything she had been able to experience. The last ten days were really full of learning for her. But she was feeling a bit bittersweet because she knew she wouldn't have their chats anymore. During that time they got to know each other and came close to be not friends, but colleagues. Carolina would always remember how she worked well under pressure, with very short deadlines for very big projects and how she survived it doing a great job. Their ten days together gave her a new dose of faith. Faith in herself, in her abilities and in her skills.
She soon attached it to her online profiles and started again to look through the job ads while writing her essays for school.

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Days and weeks have come and gone and she had failed other two job interviews. Obviously she didn't like she failed, but she was somewhat relieved that she didn't get those jobs. She wanted to work somewhere similar to the job she had with Harry. She wanted to have a job where she could use everything she was learning in school. She wanted to start building her career as a journalist.
She always kept her profiles updated and always looked the ads in all websites she could think of. And that was how, three weeks after Harry's departure that she found an ad in her area of study and applied to it with no high hopes.

Her routine shifted back to normal after Prince Harry left. She went to school in mornings or nights, she cooked meals, she spent most of her days alone at home studying and in her free time, she went out with Julia and the girls. They went to Villa a few days later and the owner, Mario, was teasing her about how the hell she knew a prince. He said that Harry had really enjoyed his time there. So did a lucky girl that was there with him that night.

It was in one of those nights while she was dancing with one of her friends, in one turn of the dance that she noticed when Julia eye's widened. Soon after the song ended, Carol went back to their table and sipped in her bottle of beer. Her friends were quiet and she thought it was weird.

"What happened?", she asked.

"Nothing...", one of them answered.

She raised an eyebrow and looked at them.

"She'll find out soon enough, guys...", Mario told them.

"What the fuck is happening?", Carol was getting annoyed.

"He's here", Julia said and Carol's hands immediately started shaking. They didn't have to say who was there. She knew. She knew by the way her friends were looking at her. Some of them were pitying her, the others shared her anger and Julia was looking hopeless, she didn't know how to help her friend.

Her heart started pounding so fast in her chest and her eyes started filling with tears.

"We had just one fucking deal.", she whispered and dared to look around.

And that was when she regretted it. She didn't have to look very hard to find him. He was near the bar, with some of his friends. He was happy, he was loud and he was every piece of hot as he always were.

"Do you think I can leave without him seeing me?", Carol asked already grabbing her purse and finishing her beer.

"If we go through the back door, sure. But we just got here. You sure you want to leave?", Julia asked looking at her friend.