Selene
He probably wishes my life revolved around him but in reality, I have a career to keep going on the side of dealing with his actions from last night.
When I pushed him away and stormed outside, I felt even shittier when he didn’t bother to follow me. he was probably already done with me and moving onto his next girl because nick had the right to do that.
It didn’t bother me. actually, no that’s a fucking lie it did bother me but after realising I had shit to do, I pushed it away from my mind and focused on the busy week. First day of the launch was today and me and the team were all lounging around in the office.
All wearing are comfy clothes crowding around the tech guys as they did their magic and launched the collection on every single platform you could think of. Jake has invested a massive budget into the marketing.
Molly brought in a batch of fresh coffee and breakfast. It was 9 in the morning and we had all been here since last night. Call us gross but none of us could risk going home.
“5000 on live right now” I said holding my phone up. Every person who was a member were waiting on this launch. Some were awake 4am their time just to get first dibs. I’m not going to say we were a massive deal, but we had created a big name for ourselves.
I watched callum lean back in his chair his fingers on the table dancing around.
“the fuck you are doing taking a break “Jake said watching him too.
Its been a long night for callum here but now is not the time to take a breather.
“were live” he whispers.
I rolled my eyes, yeah, I know that dipshit.
“no boss, I mean were live everywhere” he repeated looking over at us. It took us about 3 seconds for it to click in our brains.
“oh shit” I said watching the numbers change with everyone on our website.
Nobody could look away. the admin guys were busy typing away and we had the part time tech wizards here making sure there was no problems with the website.
I slowly sipped from my coffee watching the numbers increase. This was our biggest launch yet and it showed. Being one of the main designers of this launch I felt a range of different emotions.
Some people went away to their desks, to eat and chill as we waited.
Exactly 22 minutes passed before it happened.
“that’s it” callum said bringing us all back. It was actually funny the way me and Jake zoomed in on the screen bringing our heads closer.
We looked at each other before I screamed, wrapping my hands around his shoulders.
“holy shit Selly, we did it” he mumbled into my hair as we jumped together. Years of hard work and this was the moments we lived for.
We finally broke away and I kissed callum and others on their cheeks. Honestly, I didn’t know what I would do without these guys.
“okay as much as I’m fucking living for this. Weve got loads of angry customers on our hands” Taylor said scrolling through one of the tablets. I leant over her shoulder and saw comments from pissed off people who obviously didn’t process their orders in time.
Everyone ran to their desks to get to work.
“send out posts everywhere of restock dates” Jake shouted over everyone as he had his hone pressed to his ear.
I decoded to get back to my live and walk to my office to give an announcement.
As I was talking to them on my broadcast, I couldn’t help but smile as I saw a comment from my dad.
Proud of you princess x
It was simple but it had a lasting effect on me. knowing that my dad was proud of my accomplishments was always what I strived for in life. I let him down a lot when I was younger.
My mood was instantly lifted and that made the process of today go a lot smoother.
After a long day and a well-deserved drink to celebrate with the team I made my way back home. Tired and drained from today’s events I finally would be able to catch some well-deserved sleep.
I made it up to my bathroom and started a bath and put my favourite scented salts inside. As you can tell I’m setting a mood here.
As I soaked in the bath I scrolled through many posts, reactions to the launch and was filled with pride and love as people kept telling me how good it was.
Some comments were negative but that’s normal. Haters will always be haters.
I finished off in the bath and got changed into a big comfy sweater that reached my thighs. I made myself a hot chocolate and sat down on my sofa with a blanket covering my legs.
I was in la la land.
La la land was short lived however when someone was ringing my doorbell at 10pm.
Just one night of peace. Is that too much to ask.
I kicked the blanket off my legs and walking over to the door. I bend down and peaked through the window to check who it was.
Great, I thought to myself.
I unclicked the door and opened it slightly. Maybe he would get the idea that I didn’t want to see him.
When I opened the door, I could clearly see he had the intention of coming inside.
He looked like he just got out from a shower with the way his jet-black hair was slightly damp. It wasn’t raining so that’s how I came to that conclusion.
I moved my eyes further down and noticed he held a large dominos pizza in his hand and a bag of something else in his other.
“I didn’t order pizza” I said fiving him a blank look.
“I know but I did” he replied smiling slightly.
I made a move to close the door, but he moved fast and put his foot between, stopping me from closing it.
“that’s not very nice” he said looking back up at me.
Nice wasn’t really what I was going for if he hadn’t noticed.
“look, I owe you an apology can you please let me inside ”
I didn’t move a single muscle. He sighed dramatically. “fine.” I took that at his signal of him giving up, so I continued to close the door, but he stopped me once again by this time putting his hand on the door.
“I thought you were leaving?” I said crossing my arms. It was chilly out, but I didn’t want him coming inside.
He knows the pizza is tempting, I am very close to giving in.
“I never said that” he replied back.
Sure, as hell seemed that way.
“look nick, pizza isn’t going to solve anything I’ve had a really long day and I’m tired. Enjoy your pizza” this time I made a real push to close the door and this time he let me.
I shut the door in his face.
Probably not my best moment but I’m also mad he didn’t even acknowledge my launch not then and not before.
Call me salty but I’m just not here for his half-ass attempts.
A few minutes later I heard the sound of his car leaving the road.
“you idiot!” Hannah said sitting opposite me at a small restaurant the next day.
I fiddled with my straw.
“Hello, earth to Selly. Why didn’t you let him speak” I knew I would regret confiding in her? She likes nick and likes us together, she’s in favour of him.
“because I was tired, “I said to her which only forced her to roll her eyes at me.
Which was true I was tired. “so now that you’ve rested, you’ll speak to him,” she said leaning towards me.
Oh no, I knew that look.
“Hannah, “I said with a warning tone. Not even a minute after she said that I saw two guys walking towards us from a distance.
She waved me off “you’ll thank me later” think again.
I leant back in my seat as I watched James and nick pull out the remaining chairs on our table. The waitress didn’t waste time in coming over with menus.
Does Nick like to interrupt every meal I have out? Clearly with no invite.
“Hello ladies,” James said with his charming smile.
I kicked him under the table. I knew he was in it with my so-called bestie over here.
Weeks off touring her new single and she comes back and pulls stunts like these.
“How’s everything” James spoke up once again trying his best to start a conversation.
“really good actually,” Hannah said when I made no move to speak. I ignored her nasty glare at me.
The waitress came back and took the orders from the guys. “I’ll just have a coffee, “Nick said smiling up at her. That’s it nicks show her those dazzling whites.
“of course, any milk with that sir,” she said blushing like a mad woman. He shook his head. “I like my coffee strong but thanks” oh for the love of God.
“I’ll make sure to make it myself” she said back moving her body closer to nick. Make it herself? What kind of shit is this?
I really like the idea of strangling this woman right now.
I had a feeling nick was purely playing with me right now unless he actually liked this woman.
I stared at her as she left.
“sooooo,” Hannah said looking around.
“you guys can go now,” Nick said leaning forward. James and Hannah couldn’t jump up fast enough. “thank god” I hear them say before running away like kids. That moment when your parents tell you that you can play outside.
What was he playing at?
I leant back when I spotted the woman coming back.
“here you go sir,” she said placing his coffee down. I noticed how she sort of lingered. A smile came across my face when Nick looked at her not with that smile from before more with annoyance.
Interesting.
She finally left the table.
“You’re a difficult woman to get a hold of did you know that,” he says adding sugar into his coffee and stirring it.
I’ve been told.
“obviously not too difficult seeing as though I’m here right now” how I manged to say that without falling apart was beyond me.
Maybe I’m still slightly buzzed from the wine I drank nearly an hour ago when I thought I was having a simple lunch with Hannah.
“I don’t do this you know, I don’t chase women,” he says, finally getting to the point.
“nobody’s forcing you” someone record this shit; my replies are fucking brilliant today.
From the simple twitch of his eye, I could tell his patience with me was slowly diminishing.
Sooner or later I would calm down and probably act like an adult instead of a child but clearly, this was my form of entertainment.
“I’m a busy man Selene, I wasn’t avoiding you I was simply busy running a company” is this his way of apologizing.
Nice work.
“I understand that. but that’s no longer what I’m concerned about. You beat up some guy because I merely sat on his lap and then you don’t even acknowledge my launch which was a big fucking deal to me” I noticed at a few people turning their heads.
I had to tone it down before we become a disturbance.
“if you had let me speak last night, we wouldn’t be having this problem,” he says.
No, if you hadn’t beaten up some poor guy, we wouldn’t be having this problem. I am not down to be with some guy who gets weirdly possessive over little things.
“Congratulations on your launch, I’m sorry it’s taken this long to say that, but I am proud of you and it was amazing from what I saw. On the subject of that poor guy, I can only apologise for using violence, it’s not normally something I do. But seeing you with that man it made me realise how much I want you and seeing you with any man will get me pissed off” he says leaning closer so that he didn’t have to speak so loudly.
Not everyone needs to hear our business.
Wait a minute.
“you want me?” I whispered finally looking at him after trying to avoid his eyes throughout the whole conversations.
He leant back in his seat a smile on his lips.
“that’s all you got from that” he commented.
Well it’s not something you hear every day. The sound of his chair moving started a nervous fire in my belly.
“I’d be stupid to let you walk away from me again” he whispered as his fingers held my chin forcing me to look at him.
I placed my hand over his wrist and let him guide my mouth to his. A first it was a small peck, but it soon fuelled the fire.
I laughed out of anxiety knowing that people were probably disgusted at us.
“come with me so I can fully kiss these sexy lips of yours” he whispered pulling me up with him.
I kept my head low as we made it through the restaurant.
When we got outside there was a car waiting for us. He pulled me into the car and told his driver to go somewhere.
Anywhere.
He was committed to his words as he brought me close again for another kiss. This time I could really tell he wasn’t holding back. The way his lips worked with mine, letting his tongue slip through my lips.
The way his lips worked with mine, letting his tongue slip through my lips
“Delicious” I mumbled.