Chapter 10-Jonathan kissed another girl
Audrey's POV…
“You finally came. After forgetting that you have a mother" my mother said dramatically as she opened the door.
I embraced her. "I didn't forget you mom. I'll never do that. You know I love you” I kissed her left cheek.
“If you claim to love me, then explain everything that happened these past days"
“I will. I promise, but after I eat. I miss your adobo and I'm craving some now" I said as I headed for the kitchen.
“You're saying all this is a planned deal?" My mom asked as soon as I had explained everything to her.
“Yes, mom. It's just a deal, nothing more" I assured.
“How could you do that? How could you let that happen?" She screamed at me.
I looked at her confused.
“You know how things went with your father. You know I was and I'm still a victim of that. You know how it ended with your father"
“Mom, I know. But this one is different. I won't fall for him and I most definitely won't let him use me" I tried holding her but she jerked my hands away.
“You can't be too sure. Just like your father and I. I said the same thing, that I won't fall for him and now, here I am. Paying the price for my mistakes"
I just looked at her in shock and surprised at her outbursts.
“It was a fake engagement as you know. It wasn't meant or supposed to lead to something serious. But as time went on, we fell for each other. Well, I'd say I fell for him, and I was so foolish to think that he fell for me too, not seeing past his fake smile. I…”
"Mom, I know all these things,” I interrupted, slightly irritated.
“No you don't. You don't know the half of it" she smiled weakly.
“He used me. A fake engagement that was supposed to end after a year, led to having you"
I furrowed my brows.
“He used me. When the deal was about to end, I realised I was pregnant with you and when I told him" she shook her head. “He did what I least expected of him" she looked angry and sad.
"Everyone hated me. Everyone believed him when he said that I made myself successful through him.
He portrayed me as a bitch and a gold digger, stating that I was after his wealth and then wanted to blackmail him with someone's child.
He denied ever doing anything with me and claimed he knew nothing about the pregnancy" she looked regretful.
She just kept on sighing and shaking her head.
“Do you regret having me mom?"
She looked at me surprised. “What?"
“Do you regret the fact that I came into your life?"
“Sweetheart" she moved closer to me. “Of course not. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me. I love you. I'm only saying all this because I don't want you to make the same mistake I made"
I held her hands. “I won't mom. I promise"
She smiled and hugged me.
"Richard called,” Lena said. I was back in the industry. I had a shoot in the next few hours and I also received an email from a clothing brand in Italy. They needed me to be their brand ambassador.
I looked up from the papers I was holding. “Who's Richard?"
“Jonathan's puppet"
"Okay” that was my only reply. I looked back down at the papers.
“He said that Jonathan wants to meet with you”
"Okay”
"He wants to meet at Bougainville hotel. Says he has something important to say”
"Okay”
"Are you okay? Are you still mad about what happened? You've not been yourself after that incident and you also drifted farther after seeing your mom"
I stood from my seat and went to her. “It's nothing. I'm fine. You know, people change. Maybe that's what happened with me. But I'm okay"
My visit to my mom came like an eye opener. It suddenly dawned on me that at the end, Jonathan could still do the same thing my father did. At the end of everything, he could still say that I succeeded through him, or call me a gold digger. From now on, I am going to be wary of him.
"Are you still going to model for them during fashion week?”
“No"
“Okay. I won't push it. What about this Italian brand? How'd you see them?" She asked as she opened their mail on the laptop.
“They are legit and I like their clothes, things can work out between us. Reply them in a few days. Don't reply now. We can't be seen as desperate” I said as I sat down.
“That's my girl. I've really missed this side of you"
“Since the engagement party, a lot of brands, companies, industries, have been contacting us, in need of our services" she sounded happy.
I wasn't pleased or happy. Now, it would seem as though all these contracts are coming after I got engaged to him.
"Any offer that comes because I got engaged to him or that comes because of his influence, reject them" I gritted my teeth.
“You know you can't totally lose out and reject every single offer that comes because of Jonathan. That's an added feather to your cap. His partners can reach out to you and that will be huge. Now you want to decline them because of Jonathan. Is he worth it?”
"Lena, just do what I said”
“No. I won't. I'll give you a few days to think about it. I'll expect your response soon, if it isn't reasonable, then I'll do what is right. If I let you chicken out on mind blowing and promising offers all because of somebody, then I've failed as your manager"
"Just whatever. I need to get ready for my shoot”
"Will you be able to spend this evening with him?” Lena asked. We were in the car, heading to Bougainville hotel.
"You make it sound like it's a date. I'm just going there to know why he wants to see me and I'm only giving him thirty minutes to say whatever he has to say”
“Just don't look too displeased. Now everyone believes that there's something going on between you two, spies would be on the look out so they could find claims that it's fake. So smile all through"
“Sure. I'll try not to frown… much"
We got to the hotel and I came down. He said to meet by 8 o'clock. I checked my watch, 8:05 pm.
He should be here already.
“Look. Look. That's Audrey Willows"
I turned around quickly and soon enough, I was surrounded by fans, all wanting to take pictures with me.
Why didn't I come out with bodyguards today? Lena wanted to come down from the car and chase them, but I gave her the signal not to.
I forced a smile as I took pictures with them.
"You look so pretty. He must be taking good care of you” one of them said to me.
"He?” I raised my brows.
“Your boyfriend" she smiled sheepishly and looked down.
My smiley face disappeared and I eyed her really hard. I pretended to feel hot and made an excuse to leave.
"I feel hot. I need to retouch my makeup" I said and walked slowly towards the entrance of the hotel.
So now, they want to give all the credits for my perfect skin and looks to Jonathan.
"Isn't she just perfect?" I heard one of them gush after me.
I love my fans anyway, they are really supportive. Most of them.
As I approached the door, I faced the worst scene ever.
Right there at the counter, Jonathan was seated on a chair and was kissing another girl.
He did what??? Oh no. This is bad. Do you think that's a misunderstanding or he's actually... cheating ????
Drop down your thoughts on this and hit that cute little star ?