After years of an unexpected separation, Cedrick and Samantha, two young adults meet again. All the forces of life determined to bring them back together .
Will they follow what they feel for each other, or part ways again?
I woke up, to a clear view of the city, it was 07:00. I went to the bathroom to freshen up. When I came back, I saw a card below my bedroom door;
Good morning Beautiful, breakfast is in the living room, I am at the gym, I'll meet up with a friend after. There's a business dinner with potential clients tonight at 20:00. In the meantime, Lars can take you anywhere you like, the card below is yours. Till then, Love, C.Q.
Black card, typical Cedrick Quinn.
After having my breakfast, the doorbell rang and it was Lars. "Good morning Mrs. Quinn, Mr. Quinn gave me direct instructions to take you anywhere you want, where would you want to go Mrs. Quinn?" Lars said.
"Gute...Guten Morgen Lars", I said and we both laughed. Atleast I tried. "I am not Mrs. Quinn, I am an employee for Mr. Quinn, like you. I am called Samantha, but you can call me Sam, we will be good friends. So which sites do you have in mind, since you are from around here." I asked
"Ok Sam, I'll call this 'Lars and Sam take Berlin', so come with", declared Lars.
I had so much fun with Lars, he told me about how he came to learn English, his family, the different Cuisines in Berlin, we sang at Alexanderplatz and earned good money which we used to buy snacks and souvenirs, Lars showed me something and smiled, so I bought it for Ced. The day went by so quickly. We returned to the hotel at 18:00, I had to get ready for the meeting.
Entering my room, I saw a huge box on my bed with a note;
Wear this for tonight.
It was a long dress, with a laced back show. With it were these simple earrings and a glass clutch.
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I took a shower, got ready and met Ced in the lobby of the hotel. His gaze was so tense, that I felt something in my stomach.
"Tonight don't dare leave my side, if this dinner was not a must I would have kept this view to myself" he said as I approached him.
We entered the car, after Lars whispering, "Stunning" to me, and me saying "Thank you".
He drove us to our destination and before we could move out, I whispered to Ced, "I put something in one of your coats, in your room", then got out of the car, Lars had already opened the door for me.
Ced came to my side and offered me his hand to hold. We were on time but people were already there, so when we entered, they started murmuring, whispering and turning heads to us, some women looked annoyed, men looked impressed.
"Don't mind them", Ced comforted me. Then smiled when he saw a well dressed man coming to us.
It was Ced's high school best friend Aaron. He never changed, he was one of the good ones in Ced's high school click. "You came, and with the elegant Samantha Mitchell, I thought you were lying about bring her with you,... I think I should stop talking now", Aaron said
"Sam, Aaron is the friend I met up with yesterday," Ced explained.
"So what was that important thing you wanted to share with me again?" Ced asked Aaron.
"Patience my brother, patience. So Samantha, how have you been, I heard, from a little birdy, that you came back from Paris not so long ago, how was it?" Asked Aaron, trying not to look at the already annoyed Ced.
"Ohhh, so you two talked about me already?" Teasing Ced.
"It's... it's not like that Sam, Aaron..." Ced murmured but Aaron cut him off.
"The meeting is starting soon, Cedrick, I'll keep Samantha company." Aaron said to Ced. But Ced hesitated.
"I'll be back as soon as I can, love", he whispered to me. "Don't dare lay a finger on her", he said to Aaron. Aaron just raised his hands in surrender. And Ced went upstairs.
"Care for a dance?" Aaron asked.
"Ofcourse", I replied.
We danced but people kept looking at me. "They are surprised to see Cedrick with a woman on an event like this. He always comes alone, but, don't mind them, they are all busy bodies", Aaron assured me.
After the dance, we sat at the bar, I was so uncomfortable by all the eyes on me so I took a sip or two of the wine the bartender offered me. Aaron told me all about his life as we waited for Ced. Then I grew tired, I wasn't myself, I needed to use the ladies room, but as I was getting up, I lost balance and in the process I broke my ankle. Thank God Aaron caught me before I fell.
"We need to get you to the hospital for that ankle to be checked. Let me", he offered to carry me to the car. So I rested my head on his shoulder, I was feeling a little dizzy.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" A furious Ced, appeared out of nowhere.
