Not Always A Prince

Disappointed.

Why does this happen every day? I swear that I'm cursed, cause one person cannot have such bad luck.
Not only did the weekend suck ass but the world bakes me a fuck you pie and proceeded to throw them at me. Not only did I not sleep last night after the epic mother of all arguments with my fiancee... well, ex-fiancee cause it was one too many times that she accused me of having another woman and I draw the line when you turn the violence on. I don't give a shit hit me once and that's it I walk away and never look back. I saw my mom stay with a man that abused her till she ended up in the hospital for six months. That was the worst moment in my life I made her swear on my life that she will leave that asshole for I cannot and will not lose the only parent I had. We left the country changed our names and she filed for a divorce and started a new life one that was better my mom blossomed into this confident outgoing woman that made me love her more.  I missed my old life I won't lie but how can someone who claimed to love hurt you and expect you to be alright. Many years of being accused and cheated on have left me drained and wary of being in any relationship at all. 

"Urhh, Mel can you please send me the reports from the last meeting? I need to do the calculation for the clients and I would rather not be behind in sending the invoice" I called out to my assistant while fingering my cheek which was bruised and got mad all over again.

Mel walked into my office with a file in her hand "here you go boss lady, You really should put some ice on the cheek it looks bigger" Mel said as she passed me the file and walked over to the small fridge I had in my office. Putting some ice in paper towels she pressed it to my cheeks and I winced "she didn't even hold back knowing she was stronger than me and trained, what the hell and she would have continued if mom didn't say she called the police" the memories of yesterday flooding my mind and I held in the sob that threatened to come out I blinked and breathed deeply. Shaking her her "Reid was always aggressive ever since college but this is a whole new level I should have known when Jules broke up with her but she never said anything about her being abusive" explaining as if she was at fault.

"Mel you didn't know and she was going to therapy and taking boxing to channel the aggression but apparently it just gave her ammunition," I said pointing to my cheek with a dry laugh.

Scoffing " how can you laugh? look at your gorgeous face" Mel questioned.

"It's better than crying and believe me this is not as bad as it looks I can take a hit I made sure that my sensei didn't hold back when training so I know how it feels and how to react that's why her fingers are broken" replying with a smug grin. I fought back I never wanted to feel helpless unable to help myself, my mom, or anyone close to me ever again so I trained and now I was one belt away from being a black belt in krav maga and aikido. I'm small but not helpless, but enough of this I just wanted to let everything go and move on with the life I fought for away from shit like that, "I will be fine even if my heart is slightly broken I still have a business to run my private life crisis can wait till work is over".

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After putting together the plan I had for Il Veleno Piu Dolce which translates to the sweetest poison it was a lingerie line that was part of Gio Marchesi empire no one knew if the person was a male or female as the face of the company was Luca Marchesi the highest-paid model in Italy. No one knew anything and when asked he just answers with a smile and said "il mondo non sarebbe in grado di gestire Gio in carne e ossa" having learnt the language of seduction it read the world would not be able to handle Gio in the flesh. Makes me wonder what they look like cause Luca was gorgeous he was every straight woman wet dream and gay guys hard on and I know this cause Alex said as much while watching his picture in the magazine.

I had the opportunity to showcase their new line for I am an artist both with a camera and a paintbrush and they wanted to use me to do the shoot and plan their show which gives me anxiety as this was my biggest potential client. Sotto la Pelle was my dream for my work goes beneath the mask we wear and shows what we truly are underneath the dressing of our lives. The work I did with Celeste Romany brought me a lot of work since I did her portrait and wedding to the prince of Andulasia, now here I am sitting in my car driving up to a beautiful chateau after getting frisked by the security.

Well here goes nothing for this was a meeting and all new clients were met in the flesh with Gio Marchesi, the NDA was already signed and sent over the previous week so all I had to do was get out the car. A shiver ran down my spine and I felt the weight of being watched and a sense of forewarning that my life will never be the same after this meeting the feeling left me winded and nervous as I got out the car.