Playing with Fire

Chapter 9 - Celebration

Alexis' POV

Flashback

A few years ago

Mykonos, Greece

As the makeup artist walked away, leaving her alone, I decided to approach her.

When I was about to approach her, my phone rang. I frowned, annoyed and stopped walking. Then I pulled my phone out of my pocket and picked up the phone.

"Yes?" I snapped in annoyance.

"Alexis..."

"Mom? What happened?" I asked, worried as I heard my mother crying.

"Vassilis... he had a heart attack." She informed, sobbing.

"What?!" I exclaimed as my heart started pounding in panic. "Is my father fine? Which hospital is he in?" I asked anxiously as I rushed towards the exit.

The End.

I ran my fingertip over her face on the screen, lost in my thoughts.

What the hell with you, Alex?!

I frowned, annoyed and shook my head, breathing deeply. Then I searched Nathan's name on the Internet. There were a lot of photos and articles about him.

The Golden boy is back

The heir of the well-known family, Nathan Carter is back. He graduated from university and is ready to take over their family company.

The bright young heir celebrated his return with a party at his famous luxurious nightclub, Stardust.

I sighed, running my hand through my hair, and looked at his photos. There were his photos with Charlotte as well. I gritted my teeth and threw the iPad onto the couch. I finished my drink in one sip and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Charlotte's POV

I hung up my phone and sighed, closing my eyes. It was Nicole. She told me that Lucca asked her out two days ago, and they went on a date yesterday. She was so excited. Then she informed me that Lucca gave an interview, and she sent me the link to the video.

I took a deep breath and clicked on the link. In the interview, he was talking about his last race and his career. As the journalist asked when and where was his unforgettable race, he replied it was his race in Italy four years ago, telling it was one of the best days in his life, and he would never forget that day.

I bit my lower lips nervously as I remembered about the day he was talking about.

Flashback

"Charlotte, are you coming? We are ready." I wiped my tears off my cheeks quickly as the assistant called me and placed my phone into my bag.

"I am coming." I informed and tried to pull myself together.

Nathan and Stella's photo was still in my mind. Stella was a model and worked for the same agency as me. I heard at the agency that Stella started dating Nathan. They met when she posed for their new hotel's advertising campaign. At first I didn't believe it, thinking it was just a rumor, but now I had proof that it was true. There was his photo with Stella kissing each other in the magazine.

After refreshing my makeup, I went to continue the photoshoot. I tried not to show my sadness and focus on the campaign as much as possible.

Once we finished the photoshoot, I went to my room. I wanted to leave as soon as possible; I needed to be alone and have a drink.