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Jill Malik P. O. V
Flynn wore a white silk shirt with a navy blue coat and tie. However, he got better the more I look at him. His long fingers ran through his champagne blonde hair which shifted back into place once his hand had gone past. He had prominent cheekbones, a well-defined chin, nose, and his eyelashes were so thick, that it should be illegal. His deep blue eyes and pale skin made him look devilishly handsome.
“Can I please have all of you gathered here in the middle with your drinks?” Kat voice boomed in the small golden room as people started to walk towards her.
“Are you coming?” Rodrigo asked.
I nodded. I stood up, straightened my dress, and grabbed my drink. I felt a hand on my shoulder and saw it was Rodrigo’s. He flashed me a dazzling smile as we walked to the middle of the room.
“Hey man!” I heard Flynn’s strong voice.
“Whatsup?” Rodrigo gave Flynn a fist bump. “I didn’t know you would be here, I thought you hated her.”
Flynn let out a heavy sigh. “It’s because of Zoe.”
“Ah Zoe, well, look who I’ve met here. The gorgeous Jill Malik.” Rodrigo said, and smiled at me.
Flynn looked at me intently, eyeing me from head to toe. “Ah, do I know you?” he asked raising his eyebrows up at me.
I rolled my eyes at him; of course he will not remember me. I’m not his type after all. “Ximena’s copywriter slash friend.”
“Ah.” he said, “The feisty one huh?”
I looked confused at him. “Excuse you? I would not call myself feisty.”
“Feistiness confirmed, bytheway nice to meet you tonight, I need to go back to my date.”
“Flynn, what… Oh it’s you and—”
A beautiful woman in a pretty red gown was glaring angrily at me. “How could you take the spotlight from Kat’s own party and… And from me too?”
I batted my eyelashes at her and looked at Rodrigo and Flynn. Rodrigo just shrugged and continued to drink his Martini. Flynn on the other hand looked worried.
“Zoe, please don’t make a scene.” he hissed as he nudged the woman.
“Oh I’m not, it’s just…. You, what’s your name again? Janett? Jacy?”
“Jill” I corrected her.
“Whatever Jill, you look hideous. The dress is not even pretty on you.”
I could hear the venom in her voice. I knew that what she just said was out of jealousy and I wondered why? I don’t even know this woman!
“Honey, you’re just jealous.” I said confidently and turned my attention back to Kat who was now standing on the table.
“May I have your attention please?” Kat tapped with her long acrylic nails on her glass. The room immediately went silent.
“Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be here with all of you on the occasion of the official launching ceremony of the KVD Liquid lipstick line. I would first like to thank my copywriter for coming up with the name, my PR manager for the amazing promotions, my party planner for hosting such a magnificent launch party, and everyone who had contributed to make this launch possible. Together with my team we have been working hard on these liquid lipsticks and we can’t wait for our audience to see it. So—” Kat held her glass in the air. “With this being said I would like to toast on the official launch of KVD liquid lipsticks.”
Everyone raised their glasses in the air.
“Oh and before I forget, before all the ladies leave tonight, come and grab your personalized lipstick kit at me.”
Kat got off the table and walk towards us. “I see you guys have met.” she said smiling, motioning at me and Zoe.
I looked at Zoe who was clinging on Flynn as if her life depends on it, looking furiously at me. That’s when I noticed the style of her dress. It looked really familiar. Then I remembered, Bella wore the same exact dress.
“This is a nightmare! First Bella wore the same dress as mine and then this… this thing is taking my spotlight!” Zoe sobbed dramatically.
Next to me, Rodrigo sighed heavily. “Can you stop being a drama queen?”
Zoe shot him a deadly glare. “What do you know about humiliation Macallister?”
“That it can get worse.”
“Ugh, this is the worse it can get! Ughh… Flynn let’s go.” she tucked on Flynn’s hand, dragging him away.
“I didn’t have my martini yet.” he protested.
“There’s plenty of Martini’s at the Peninsula.” she huffed angrily.
Rodrigo shook his head in despair. “She’s such a… a…”
“Handful?” I ask, since he has trouble finding his words.
“Hell no, I was about to say bitch.”
I laughed. “That’s really not how a gentleman speaks.”
“Well, she’s not a lady either.”
“Is she one of Flynn’s uhmm…”
“Bedroom buddies?” Rodrigo asked, “Yep, she’s one of his regulars.”
I can’t believe that Flynn is so… reckless.
“I know what you’re thinking.” Rodrigo said, looking intently at me. “He was not always like this; someone obviously made him like that.”
“Who?” I asked curious. He laughed softly. “We all have secrets Jill, I bet you have too.”
That was true. Secrets.
Oh stop it!
“Don’t think too much.” Rodrigo snapped me out of my thoughts. “You will get wrinkles before you’re fifty.”
I shook my head and laughed. “You’re really entertaining, Rodrigo.”
“I’m glad I could entertain you.” he looked at his watch and a bunch of curse words left his mouth.
“Fuck!” he cursed and then looked up at me. “I need to go, my sister is waiting for me.”
“Well, it was nice to meet you.” I said, smiling.
He smiled back, “It was a pleasure to meet you too.”
He gave me a hug and left. After he had left I checked the time on my phone and decided it’s time for me to leave too. I made a quick call to Baxter as I walked to the main entrance.
“Jill! Wait up!” I heard someone yell behind me. I put my phone back in my clutch and turned around. Kat was running towards me with a little box in her hand.
“Hey, are you leaving?” she asked, a little bit out of breath.
“Yes, it’s getting late.” I replied, eyeing the beautiful box she had in her hand.
“Well.” she said, “This is for Ximena.” She handed me the beautiful golden box.
“Well, thank you, I will give it to her tomorrow.” I said.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.
She smiled. “Thanks for being here; I hope to see you again.”
“Likewise.” I gave her a hug and walked away.
I walked outside and waited for Baxter to come pick me up. “It will take a while.” he had said in the phone, “There’s so much traffic.”
“Dammit!” I cursed when there was still no sight of Baxter after ten minutes of waiting. I needed to go to the restroom so bad. I walked back inside and searched for the bathroom. When I found it, I heard heavy breathing coming out of one of the stalls. I just ignored it and went into an empty stall. After I was done I washed my hands and fixed my hair.
Then, the door of the stall where the heavy breathing was coming from opened. The first thing I saw in the mirror was a girl in black lacy underwear and red stilettos, makeup smudged all over her face, looking like the Joker.
But she wasn’t the one that caught my attention. It was the person who she was with. In his Calvin Klein underwear, white shirt on the floor, and a startled expression on his face that was covered in red lipstick stood the one and only Flynn Vasilios.
My eyes widened in shock. Not because I saw him almost naked, but because the girl he was with didn’t look anything like the one he brought earlier!
Jill Malik P. O. V
“And then he brought me to the Eiffel tower and proposed!” Ximena squealed happily as she holds up her ring finger, showing me her engagement ring. A huge diamond rock, which probably must have cost a fortune.
“Congratulations!” I said happily. I was so genuinely happy for her since she and Blake were high school sweethearts. “When is the wedding?” I asked.
“I don’t know yet, Blake wants to have it in December.”
“Isn’t that too early?” December is in a couple of months, I don’t know if it will be enough to plan a millionaire’s wedding. Blake Anderson was the son of the millionaire Damon and Catherine Anderson. When Damon and Catherine died a couple years ago in a car crash, Blake inherited everything from his parents. He also was the only heir of his dad’s company Anderson enterprises.
“Yeah, but Blake told me he would make sure everything will be perfect and I don’t need to worry. And by the way I want you to be my maid of honor.” she took a bite of her Taco and then looked at me. “Why are you so quiet?”
If only she knew why I was so quiet. Seeing Flynn in his underwear is not something that I can forget easily, especially when he has a six pack and a V-line. He was shocked when he saw me. “I’m so sorry that you have to witness this!” he apologized, his face turning red from embarrassment. His little girl on the other hand, wasn’t even a slightly bit embarrassed. Instead she was grinding herself on Flynn while he was trying to apologize to me. I didn’t reply to his apology instead I hurriedly walked outside. I mean, what should I have said? Yes, it’s okay I forgive you? If only that was so easy, his hot body is still taking up most space in my brain.
“Hey! Earth to Jill!” Ximena snapped her fingers in my face.
I shook my head and smiled sheepishly at her. “Sorry, I was zoning out.”
“Did something happen at the party that you haven’t told me about?” she asked lifting her eyebrows.
I shook my head. “Nope.” I lied and tried to conceal it with a fake smile. I can’t possibly tell her that I saw her brother in his underwear with this girl making out in the restroom of GoldBar. She would freak out.
“Anyways what do you think of the liquid lipsticks?” I asked instead.
“They are nice, but I wish they we—,” The moment Ximena started talking again, I zoned out.
…….
“No way!” Reina shouted as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her face was beet red and her eyes were so wide, I was afraid they would fall off.
“You. saw. the. Flynn. Vasilios. naked?”
When I came home from work Reina was already waiting for me on the living room couch with a bottle of wine in her hand. I knew from the moment I walked in that it would be story time night.
“I want you to tell me everything what happened at the party in details.” she said emphasizing the word details.
I sighed and roll my eyes for the hundredth time. “I didn’t saw him naked.” I said once again. “He wore his boxer’s shorts or underwear, whatever you call them.”
Reina didn’t like it when I said that I saw Flynn in his underwear. “It is boxers shorts for boys and underwear for girls.” she said in a matter-of-fact tone. I know that it didn’t matter and that girls also wear boxer shorts – especially when they are on their period- because it’s more comfortable. But Reina is being Reina and she can be really weird sometimes
“The fact is that you saw him almost naked.” Reina squeaked, “Meu Deus was he big?”
My eyes widened instantly at her question. “Reina! How should I know, I wasn’t the one that was with him in the stall.”
“I know.” she chuckled, taking a sip of her wine. “What I mean is, it probably must have shown right. Through the thin fabric of his boxers? Like a huge bubble? Do you know—?”
“Reina!” I interjected her with a horrified expression. I was trying to erase the whole bathroom incident from my brains, but she is not helping.
“No, no, you should tell me.”
I took a deep breath before answering her question. “Yes, he was huge, if that answers your question.”
Her eyes widened once again at my answer. “Meu Deus, can you imagine how great a night would be with him? If he would ask me for a one night stand, I wouldn’t decline.”
“Ew, now you sound like a hoe.”
She laughed. “Oh stop it; you’re not a goody two shoe either.”
Reina was right. I wasn’t a goody two shoe either.
“Do you still think about him?” she asked curiously. I nodded my head, sadness making its way to my face.
“It was just a one night stand, but it felt so good and so right. It’s been six years and I still. I still can feel his touch. Is that weird?” I asked sadly, staring at my hands. My heart felt once again empty. Every time I think about it I have this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Reina shook her head and patted me softly on my shoulder. “It’s not weird Jill; I guess you fell in love with him during that one night stand. It’s a shame you can’t remember who he is.”
“In love?” I asked astonished. “Can it be? Is it possible to fall in love during a one night stand?”
I let out a heavy frustrated sigh.
“I was drunk and I blacked out and when I woke up he wasn’t there anymore. Also the necklace that had my parent’s picture in it was gone. I bet it got stuck on his shirt or something. I wish I knew who he was, because as much as I can remember about that one night stand is that we didn’t just fucked, we made love.”
“If only you weren’t so drunk or didn’t black out, maybe we could still find him. But based on what we know now it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
I sighed heavily, what she said was true. If only.
…….
This was heaven of bikinis. Pink bikinis, purple bikinis, off the shoulder bikinis, name it and you can find it at Victoria’s Secret. I was wandering through the aisles of bikinis, trying to choose one.
Last night Ximena called me and said that she would pick me up on Saturday to go to her brother’s yacht. “It will be so much fun and bring a bikini.” she had said before ending the call.
That’s why I’m currently wandering like a lost puppy in here. One of the workers came to ask me for the fifth time if I needed help. I didn’t need help. I know my size, I know my color, I know what I want, it’s just that I like to wander around and compare the one bikini to the other. See which one is less revealing or less expensive.
Suddenly my eyes fell on a black bikini. It was plain, simple, and black.
I love it.
I grabbed it from the rack and walked to the cashier. “Is this the only item miss?” she asked, looking at me from under her thick eyelashes. It was definitely fake; you could see the glue when she looked down even though she tried to hide it with a thick coat of eyeliner. “That would be $40.”
She put the bikini in a bag and handed it to me. Damn, 40 bucks for a plain black bikini.
“Thank you so much for shopping here, have a great day…. Next!” she yelled at the customer behind me.
I turned around and that’s when my eyes and mouth turned wide open in an expression of stunned surprise. Behind me stood no other then Flynn Vasilios with a stick thin red haired girl who wasn’t Zoe or bathroom girl.
“Jill…” He said surprised, shifting uncomfortably on his feet. Wow, he did remember my name and I wasn’t even one of his regulars. “Who is that babe?” the stick thin girl asked. For a small body, she does have a really high pitched voice. She didn’t look young, the plastic surgery made her look young. Or maybe she was young, but the plastic surgery made her look old. I don’t know which one it is, but it should be either one.
“This… this… uhm.” Flynn bit his lips and had trouble to explain. Why did he had trouble to explain who I was? I am literally a no one to him.
“This is my uhm… my girlfriend.” he suddenly blurted out.
“What?!” me and the girl both yelled out in unison.