42 A Bright Smile One Her Face

Jessica received a phone  call from her parents which brought her back to her senses. She took phone from her bag which Austin gave her before she got down from the car saying that his assistant brought it to the hospital. The call she received was from her mother.

"Sweetheart, how are you? I just came to know about you from your  aunt."

She sounded apologetically for not being there with her daughter when she needed her the most.

"I'm fine mom, I just reached  home," Jessica replied unlocking her door.

"Why do you have to work and live alone, look what happened now, should've listened to your father and married  that guy, do you have any  idea how much your dad and I was worried when we got to know that you admitted in hospital?" she said on the phone which made Jessica's head ache.

" I'm fine mom, please  tell dad  not to worry about me," she said lying on the bed as soon as she got into her bedroom.

"We are coming tomorrow," her mother said to which Jessica replied with an Okay and then ended the call after saying," I'll see you both tomorrow then."

"She must've been exhausted because of the work and because of the pressure we were putting on her to marry," Jessica's father who was listening to their conversation said to his wife.

"I guess we need to give her time," her father said  taking his phone from her mother.

She  only nodded  to his words.

But they had no idea that the reason for her to faint was due to the shock given by Austin by appearing in front of her.

As soon as Austin reached his house, he called his assistant.

"Good morning Sir, you don't have to worry about the people who took pictures, Only few people saw you taking Ms. Olsen with you and  everything is under our control now," Steve said.

"Good," Austin replied.

"Is everything ready?" Austin asked Steve.

"Yes sir," Steve replied on the phone.

"Okay," Austin replied and ended the call.

Steve is a man in his early thirties, he is  Austin's assistant whom Austin trusts the most. He is a  person who gives  his best  to completes the work given by his boss at any cost.

After ending her mother's call Jessica checked her messages on her phone.

She received a message from an unknown number. It was the same number from which she received a message few days ago which said, " I'll meet you on Tuesday."

That day she ignored the message thinking that it was Jake's number. But it wasn't Jake's number.

//Don't think much about what happened few minutes ago.

Sleep well and give me an answer to my question after waking up.

I'll be waiting. //

The girl who was lying on bed until now got up and sat on the edge of the bed in shock.

"How did he even know my number?  Was it from Justin ? No that can't be. Think Jessica Think .... Wait, doesn't that mean our meeting wasn't coincidence,  he knew that I would be there yesterday,  right ?" she thought.

"How did you get my number?" she texted him.

After thinking for almost an hour she texted  him back. It was after she sent him the message it struck her mind that the person who texted her  was Austin Ames who  can get anything if  he wanted, getting her number was  just a piece of cake to him.

Why didn't my brain work before sending him this message, she said out loud as she was the only one in her room.

Austin looked at the message she sent him and smiled but he didn't reply.

Jessica decided of not going to work today so she left a message to  Hannah who is her colleague, Hannah is a designer too. Jessica  texted her  that she is taking a  leave today.

She thought of sleeping  instead of thinking more and stressing her brain but then Hannah called her.

"No, you can't take a leave today, we have an important meeting," Hannah said on the phone.

"What meeting ?" Jessica asked her.

Hannah doesn't know anything about what happened to her and also about the things which took place in the make up room.

"We have an important meeting today, I thought you knew about it," Hannah said.

"Oh. I forgot about it. I'll see you ithe office," Jessica said and ended the call.

Few days ago, top designers who work in Sanchez received a notification that there would be a meeting the very next day after fashion show and it was an order by the president for everyone not to take leave on that day.

It was already eight in the morning and the meeting was at ten. Jessica reluctantly got up from her bed and went to take shower. After coming from shower she checked her phone for the n'th time now. She kept checking  her phone if she got any reply from Austin. But she didn't receive any message from him.

Jessica took a cab to her office since her car was parked at the place where the fashion show rook place the other day. By the time she reached office it was already 9:30.

Everybody in the office were busy since their president was coming today. It was the first time for their president to call the top designers for a meeting without any reason.

Jessica took the lift to go to fifteenth floor where the meeting was going to be held. She looked at her  watch and saw that fifteen  minutes were left for the meeting to start. When everybody in the lift moved out she was stopped  from leaving.

Austin caught her hand and pulled her towards him. She was surprised to see him.

After the lift doors got closed, Austin pressed the stop button so  the lift wouldn't open,leaving the group alone inside.

"What are you doing here ?" she asked him.

"Shouldn't you reply to my question instead of asking me?" he said to the girl who stood only a few inches away from him.

The question he asked her wasn't a difficult question and it wasn't easy too. She would've given him an answer without any delay  if only  he had  told her what he actually felt for her instead of teasing her  by asking a question which she didn't expect.

"Did you come here to know my answer ?" she asked him.

"Isn't that obvious," he smirked.

She didn't ask him about how he came inside  because she knew that nobody would stop a person like him from entering into her office.

Austin, I have a meeting now, she said trying to release her hand from his but she failed. He pulled her closer towards him holding her hand little tighter than before.

"You answer me and I'll leave your hand for now. I promise," he whispered into her ear which tickled her.

She took a deep breathe before answering him.

"Okay," she said.

"What do you mean by Okay," he said pulling her more closer towards him.

"Love me then," she said with a blushy smile on her face.

The expression she had while answering his question made him want  to pull her closer to him instead of  leaving her but  he  was man who would keep his words, he left her hand free and pressed the button to let the lift doors open.

"I'll see you later," she said taking a few steps back from him  and  left with a bright smile on her face which Austin didn't miss to notice.

As soon as she entered the meeting hall everyone stood which made her stop at the entrance in  confusion. She didn't know that the reason  they stood was not because of her but because of the man who stood behind her.