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I swear I hear an evil villain cackle maniacally in the background as Camile stares at me.
"If he wants to be with you, he's free to go." Now it's my turn to step into her space, "But until then, keep your claws away from him. I may not know much about living in your world, but I know a thing or two about destroying it. I wonder how sure of yourself you'll be when I plaster every newspaper and tabloid with racy photos of you and an escort? How long do you think you'll be accepted in that so-called world you're in right now?"
Her jaw drops open and she shakes her head, "You have no such thing. You would never!" Camille's face is beet red and her hands shake by her sides.
"Try me." I smile at her which only gets me a huff before she steps around us and continues on her way.
Carrie yells out causing quite a scene and getting Camile to turn around again, "I told you not to mess with my best friend. I may be the crazy one, but she's the brains behind the organization." The both of us laugh hard as Camile bristles once again and then storms away.
"Now, that's done, time to move on to the next problem." Carrie turns towards Percy's building and takes a step towards the curb. She's going to confront Percy.
"No!" I grab hold of her arm and pull her back into the restaurant. "I'll do it myself, for all we know she could be lying. I told him after we acted a fool the other day barging into his place looking for a mistress that I'd trust him. We can't do it a second time." As I stare into my best friend's gaze I watch as she goes from angry to concerned.
"Ella, I need you to be careful, okay?" She holds my hand and I feel the entire vibe change. "Percy may be the best person in the world. The people in his world are nothing but vicious sharks. They'll find a way to hurt you. They'll find a way to hurt him. I don't know if your relationship is as strong as it seems from the outside, but these assholes only need one crack, one small flaw, and they'll destroy the both of you. I can't bear for you to have your heart broken, not by these types of people." She leans down and kisses me on the cheek before she pushes me toward Percy's work and she goes back inside to argue with the waitress.
My body hums with anticipation as I take one step off the sidewalk and into the street. After making sure no cars are coming I jog over to the building and slip in like I own the place. I've been coming here long enough now I know where everything is, the guards don't even bother to check me in any more. I wonder if Camille gets the same treatment.
I fight with my emotions as I get into the elevator and press Percy's floor. I want to believe there's no way that Camile could be telling the truth. Though then again I'd also believed that I would never be able to get an interview with Percival Snow. Just goes to show that sometimes the impossible can happen.
30
percy
I'm absolutelyamazed that Camile would have the nerve to come up here to see me. Of course, I know I have to keep a working relationship with her because of her father. Still after everything she’d said to Ella last night I would have thought she would have gotten the message. I've been looking for a way to get out of that lunch tomorrow, but I have to meet with her and her father to go over what we're going to do about the next dinner for the Pulitzer nominees. If her father isn't so vital to my world I'd really have nothing to do with her.
She’d stayed way too long and part of me thinks she was fishing for some sort of apology on my behalf. It'd never happen, not when I know Ella was in the right. Camile could stay angry forever if she wants.
Getting back to the few articles on my desk, I settle in and wait for Greg to come in for our afternoon meeting. When I hear a knock on the door I suspect it's him. I'm surprised to see Ella.
"Ella? What are you doing here?" I ask before I shake my head and get up to go to her. I pull her in for a kiss and she returns it, but it's not as warm as her kisses usually are. When I move back her eyes dart away from mine like she doesn't want to look at me.
She's mad. For what?
"What's the problem?" I ask standing back and crossing my arms.
"What are you talking about?" She glares at me.
"You are acting like you don't want to be here. That can't be the case, because you're standing in my office by your own choice." I clench my jaw and wait for her to speak.
"Did you invite Camile here for lunch?" She comes right out and the question itself startles me. How the fuck does she know? What does she know about Camile being here? Was she watching the building or something?
"How do you know she was here?" I tilt my head to the side, I need to get as much information as I can before I dive into this conversation.
"What does that have to do with the question I just asked you? All I need is a yes or no answer." Ella hisses at me. She's in rare form and seems jealous, but I don't understand why that is. What does she have to be jealous about? After what we’d shared last night I thought that we were in a different place in our relationship.
"Yes I did." I answer just to see what she says about it. I know I should have explained further that Camile was only here for a business lunch, but if Ella is here pissed off it means she already believes Camile was up here for something else.
She looks down and I watch her shoulders drop slightly before she shakes her head and looks back up at me. "Okay."
She walks over to the small area where I keep the drinks and gets out a bottle of water. She puts it to her lips and takes a small sip.
"Okay?" Why do I feel like my plan to find out why she's mad just backfired on me?
"Yes, okay."
"You don't have any follow up questions about that?" I squint. Usually when you tell a girlfriend that you were with another woman there's a barrage of questions. Not just complete acceptance.
"No, why should I. Either you invited her here, because it was a date like she insinuated downstairs. Or you didn't, but didn't feel the need to make that distinction to me. One way or another I know the answer."
