ANOTHER CHANCE

A Day With Him

Austen's POV

I entered my mansion with the thought of Ella lingering in my mind.

My mansion was in one of the silent corners in the city. My parents bought this mansion 3 years back. I was 14 then. The mansion had three floors.

I entered through the gates and got out of the car. I went towards the door. Steve, my butler opened the door.

"Good evening sir. How was your day?" he asked as I entered my house.

Although my house was big enough I had something missing in it, my parents. After buying the mansion they went to London to earn some more money. Precisely, not some more but, a lot more. They never called me or never came to meet me; it was OK for me as I had got habited to it. In the house all I had was a butler, some cooks, some housekeeping servants and watchman.

Every moth my credit cards bill would be paid by my dad. All I had after they left was our memories. The only time they called was on my birthday.

"My day was better than the days I had in the past two weeks. Thank you."

Steve was not just my butler he was my guardian. Since mom and dad left he took care of me like his own son. He was my friend, my guardian, my bodyguard and my advisor.

"Very well sir." He smiled at me. He knew that I had met Ella; I called him on the way to the park. Although he hadn't met her he knew her very well cause of everything I told him.

"Sir the dinner is ready." He said as I started climbing the stairs. "No Steve I don't want dinner. I'm not really hungry, just send some hot chocolate to my room. Good night." and I continued to climb the stairs. "As you wish sir."

I entered my room and put my iPhone for charging. I went to the bathroom and took a shower.

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I was lying on my king sized bed and watching TV when my iPhone buzzed indicating a message. I took my phone and read the message. 'Sweet dreams Austen.' and the sender was..............

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Ella's POV

My eyes opened in the middle of the night. Where am I, the last time I was in Austen's car? Austen, where is he. Then I realized this is my room. How did I come here? I saw the time, it was 10:50.

I hunted for my iPhone and found it on my side table. I picked it up and entered a message : 'Sweet dreams Austen' and the sprawled on my bed to sleep again.

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I woke up in the morning to find someone on my side. It was none other than Liana. "Good morning sleeping beauty. What happened yesterday? Is everything OK? What was his reaction? Tell me everything."

I rubbed my eyes and got up. "God Li, what are you doing here so early in the morning." She gave me a glare, "Its 9 in the morning which is so not early. Now, do you mind answering my questions."

I told her everything. She smiled at me "Thank god. Everything is back to normal." I hugged her. "Thank you for being there. I love you sooooooooo much." "I feel so hurt. Someone stole a line which was mine." That made me turn towards the direction from where the voice came and there Austen was standing all neat and clean. His dirty blonde hair was wet and messed up. He was wearing a faded blue jeans and a black t-shirt which complemented his fair complexion. He came towards us. "Well sorry for that, but that's the price you have to pay for stealing my best friend from me." Li told.

I stared at Li. "What?" she asked.

Austen came and sat behind me with his hands around my waist, one leg on the bed and the other hanging down. He bent down and planted a kiss on my cheeks. I blushed. "How cute!" Li whispered. "Anyway I can't take seeing so much of love. So, let me give the two of you some privacy. But I'll be back." She got out of the bed and winked at me.