14 Part_14 A Rose In The Desert

Did he just leave me there? with making me feel like that was my fault?....Son of a....bastard. He was the one to drag me to that magnificent place and now he is accusing me that I took an advantage of him. I mean he reeked of alcohol but I did try my best to stop him.....Right!.....whatever I will get nothing from wasting my time on that matter.

At CSM it was perfectly chaotic day as it was stitching day, I had to run from here to there to collect drafts and other stitching materials. Also I had to stay there for another one and half hour for our project discussion. It was kind of boring as Jass and I weren't in same group and those double decker buses took forever.

I was about to open the front door when I heard some whispering noises coming from my dorm. At first I felt frightened remembering previous incidents but voices were oddly familiar, Oh.....It's Jasmine and Stella I didn't want to eavesdrop but curiosity got the best of me, I could hear Jasmine and Stella murmuring.....

" To be honest I didn't like the dress that much.... I mean, it was okay but not like she could wear it to a party.....If I was on her position I would have purchased it from some fancy store...."

" but she looked so happy, Ella"

"I know but didn't she looked herself in a mirror?.....I am sure mirror would have told her that..'Madam, I am afraid but you should reconsider your choice of clothing' Stella said in her thick British accent then they both started to laugh..

They were laughing at me...my best friends or I had thought they were....If it was that bad they should have told me....I might have changed it with some appropriate outfit...I no longer felt so eager to talk about my shitty day to them, They may be also laugh at the fact that also....but despite of everything I knocked that door.

Stella opened the door, Jasmine was sitting on the dining table looking at some actress' met gala look.

"Hey"

"Hey,What are you two doing?"

" Initially we were looking for inspiration....you know for our project but after some time it turned out more like a criticism session, you should try it we had so much fun" Jasmine said in her regular cheering voice

Oh! It was that, so they weren't even talking about me and here I was blaming them for something I had assumed myself. Guilt overpowered my senses.....

" No, It was quite a rough day , I will first fresh up"

When I got out they were still doing their 'criticism session'.

"Do you guys know what happened today?"

"What?" They asked in a unison being not so interested in my talk.

"Today, my boss asked me to go out on a date"

They immediately looked at my direction and towards eachother and started laughing. The same reaction I had assumed.

"Wait! You aren't smiling....it means...he really asked you out?"

"Oh! How considerate of you to notice that..."

"Jass! don't fall on her trap, I know she's pranking us.....I am sure there is a hidden camera somewhere eles" Stella started to look for a nonexistent hidden camera in a our drawing room.

"No, Ella she is really not smiling....see....." That's when I saw a bit of uncertainty in her features.

"Okay tell us the whole story but if I find out anything prank related keep in mind girl you are dead"

" Wait wasn't your boss a heartless bastard? How did you managed to bloom a rose in a desert?" Jasmine asked curiosity dripping from her eyes

"No, No, No..It wasn't Mr. Blake it was Ian..."

"You mean to say Ian Blake....Oh! That gorgeous eye candy" If I wasn't mistaken Stella had some unusual glint in her eyes.

"Oh! That's why you were out for soooo long last night.....so how was the sex.....?" Her voice had changed from loud to whisper

"Oh! No man! I was with Mr. Blake.... I mean.... with his brother. The heartless one...yeah"

"Oh my! You banged his brother?"

"Why is this always has to be about sex huh? No, I didn't had sex or anything. Mr. Blake insulted me and I came early after checking all the arrangements"

"That explains you were so upset last night" Jasmine said on her motherly tone

"Yeah...you know he can be quite ...himself.."

"Yeah....I totally get it but we want details how did you managed to charm that eye candy....we could totally use some advise...And most important Ian Blake himself asked you out girl! Why do you look so sad?" Stella said while Jasmine nodded approvingly

I said all things happening between me and their 'eye candy' from the beginning. They reminded me of a child listening to his favourite tale.

"Yeah, That was all" Now they were looking at me with the same expression I was looking at Ian after he asked me to be his date

"Well, That was fast....I mean like really...really...fast"Stella was surprisingly taking more interest today.

"Yeah....I hadn't expected that even I never had a slightest thought of me and him...and now I have to answer him whether I will date him or not.....he's got looks, he's got money even body practically he's got everything a girl could ever ask for...and he has helped me so much I can't let him down."

"So you're thinking that you should date him just because he had done so much for you and he's powerful?" Stella scoffed

"I know that doesn't sound right but when I picked up Mr. Blake's call over him he looked so defeated and....vulnerable...for now I will say yes..... who knows when he will realise that it was our friendship whom he was understanding something else."

" But eventually you both are going to regret..." Jasmine had disappointed expression on

"I know but who know it could also happen that we fall in love.....all I want is to go with flow, If a life is giving a golden chance you're supposed to catch it."

"Okay end of the discussion who wants ice cream...."

"Meeeeee.." Jasmine and Stella's mood changed to 180' degree ...Okay...not 180 degree but may be 90degree.....but there is nothing in this world that can't be changed by a fucking vanilla ice cream. Three of us are sucker for ice cream. We spent the rest of our day 'guy talk' as three of us didn't had that much experience in men. That was the only thing which was common in us.

Even after clearing the fact that he is a whole package and there is nothing wrong with investing on future I felt like betraying bitch. Yesterday his drunk brother stole my first kiss and now Ian want to date.....these Blake brother's are going to be a death of me...You know what screw them there are more important thing in my life other than them....

(Fredrico: Oh, Really?!)

Oh...Gosh! Even I can't control my own subconscious mind! Just.....Great!

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"Help!"

It was a ear piercing scream.She saw a figure coming out of the dark valley. Her vision was turning into deep shades of Eigengrau. Making her weaker by each passing second. She knew that silhouette very well the same one she had wiped from its existence.

"Help me!....Help.....me..."

As the man came in to her view she saw crimson everywhere, Blood dripping from his neck to his ragged clothes which shook her to her core. She couldn't form a word as a strange numbness consumed her.

"No...No...No....save me....Please let me go..." He started to panic suddenly, his whole attention was centred after her. She also felt a presence behind her. A muscular figure with a black attire came into her view who proceed his way towards that man's direction. The man was begging for his life almost on his knees till time he reached there.

" My lord....spare me...I will never look at her that way" Before he could say further in a swift motion he stabbed his heart as crimson liquid splashed on his leather coat.

"No...." Despite of her numbness she screamed as she came in view with wrathful ocean blue eyes.

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When she got up from that dream it was already a bright morning. Since when sun started to rise so early in London? Crap! What time is it? Oh my! It's already 8:00a.m....Mr. Blake is going to kill me! I took a 5 minutes quick shower and clothed myself up in a polka dot blue shirt and navy blue pencil skirt and paired them with my black heels. My cab was here on time as I couldn't afford to get late more. I reached there around 8:30a.m...Now! Let's get ready to get fired, shall we?

I made my way directly to his office as I had purchased his coffee from starbucks on my way here.

"Come in" His voice had a different edge in it.

As always he was torturing his key board for being his key keyboard. Today he was in Grey suit looking as handsome as always.

(Fredrico: You're on a verge to get fired and all you think is how delicious he looked?)

"Sir, Your coffee....."

He immediately sipped it,"That's not my coffee...."

My feet started to shake as his blur orbs met mine. Some unusual tension growing in the room.

"Sorry! I got late and I had to grab it from starbucks "

"Miss. Williams why are there flowers in your office?" He cut me off with another question

"WHAT!...There are flower in my office?"

"There was no need to repeat my sentence, I want all of those flowers out of my office, NOW"

"Yeah, I will surely catch that 'FLOWER KILLER', Who does he think he is ? He will pay after killing all those lovely flowers and sending their bodies to me"

Mr. Blake looked shocked from her outburst before he could say anything she made her way directly to her office. Once she opened the door she froze on doorway from those beautiful arrangements of roses. She stood there watching that beautiful disaster. She never realised Mr. Blake was watching her actions. Watching her freeze all of a sudden he made his way to the flower arrangements and started to turning them and moving them up to down.

"There isn't any sign of a card here who sent you flowers

" Mr. Blake said frustratingly brushing his hand to his hair making soft curls to fall on his face

It could be Ian.... " I don't know"

"Whatever I don't care who is this....and make sure to throw that out, I already have enough to deal with " Mr. Blake made his way to his office

"And Miss. Williams.." She could see his retreating figure

"Tell your lovers to stay away from my building and don't be late again or you will face some consequences. I am sure your study is going well here.....and it would be unfortunate if you had to return to your hometown in the middle of year "

Wait! that was all? He didn't fire me?

(Fredrico: He gave you an ultimatum.....

Pearl: Yeah, we can consider it a bit better than kicking me out)

I gathered all those flowers in a corner, at least it was better then throwing them away. They looks so pretty. If someone had sent me a tiny plant instead of all these I would have been on cloud ninth. People don't understand....why would you kill a thriving living thing just for your own pleasure? It has many purposes other than that. It makes me remember Buddha's quote that,

"When you like a flower, you just pluck it.

But when you love a flower you water it daily"

-Buddha

After finishing that 'guest work' I made some calls and answered some E- mails when I heard some movements more like a clicking voice of heels. And see what we got here, It's a jackport! Model like Miss. Brown was making her way towards my bosses office in her tiny single piece of clothing. Being a good Personal assistant I prevented her from disturbing my dearest boss.

"Why on a earth Xavier made you his Personal Assistant wasn't he better without any?" Miss. Brown said checking me from top to bottom.

"Ma'am he is busy inside, I can't let you inside without his permission.....Wait!Are you saying that he never had any Personal Assistant before me?"

"Don't act like you don't know...by the way tell him that his baby is here and she'll definitely mind waiting outside" I felt a pinch in my heart

Why would he lie? He said that it was a temporary job.....May be she's the one lying.

" Okay, Ma'am would you like to sit on my office?"

"Noooooo, Who would like to sit on that jungle of yours...I am all right here. Now go!" She shooed me away

knocking twice Mr. Blake answered. "Miss. Williams it's too early for Mr. Dornan's meeting"

"No, Sir! I was actually here to say that 'YOUR BABY' is here and she'll DFEINITELY MIND WAITING OUTSIDE."

"Miss. Williams, What game is this? I don't have any biological or adopted child." He said looking at me like I had lost my mind.

"Miss. Brown told me say those exact words to you" His expression changed to annoyed.

"Tell her that I will meet her on dinner" If I wasn't mistaken I heard murmuring like "I don't have a time for her nonsense right now" I don't know why but that think made me feel a bit better..... may be because she made insulted me and my plants.

(Fredrico: Oh! I'm sure it's totally different reason)

When I reached my office she was inspecting my flower arrangement. She didn't even bother to look at me while I reached to her.

"Miss. Brow...."

She cut me off even before I could say 'the order'. "Did he gave you these?"

What is she talking about "I'm sorry who?"

"Xavier gave you these, didn't he?" Hurt was visible in her eyes, may be she wasn't that bad.

"Oh, No...I still don't know who sent them but I am sure It wasn't Xav.I mean Mr. Blake. He would never do something like this...." As those lines left from my mouth her bitchy expression came back

"Whatever he's taste is better" She was about to make her way to Mr. Blake's office.

"Miss. Brown he is busy.... he said that he will see you on dinner"

"Okay" Without saying much she directly made her way to elevator.

It hit me after her question that I haven't asked Ian about those flowers. I do have his number from that drunk man incident so why not ask him?

He picked up after two rings "Yes, Beautiful" His playful voice filled my ears.

"Did you sent those flowers Ian?"

"Oh yeah, each flower for each minute away from you....." I know he was messing with my head with all those romantic lines since he knew about my allergies of that overrated lines.

"Why did you sent me so many flowers?"

"I saw your office was full of plants so I guessed that you might like them " He sounded hopeful like he was trying his best to make things right.

"They are.....beautiful" I don't want to hurt his feelings

"Sooo...what is your answer?"

"The answer is....YESSSSSSSSSSS"

" I knew it, I knew it that you felt it too" I was getting more and more nervous so I decided to change the topic before it gets too far

"So...when are you taking me out, huh?"

"Tonight be ready by 7:00, I'll pick you up from your apartment"

"What about lunch? We can meet there" I could hear people murmuring in beckground

"Sadly I can't I am out on a business trip.....don't worry about me I'll be there on time and"

"And what?!"

"Try not to think about me...Okay, Bye!"

"Bye"

I didn't realise until now that I was subconsciously circling around in my office. A nervous habit of mine, So it is going to happen...I am going to date one of the hottest British guy and it's clearly no dream. I am sure everyone will be jealous of me. Wait!.....How would I explain to Mr. Blake? Even right now he thinks that I am gold digger? Help me lord!