Only You

Chapter 1

"Eggs, bacon, and pancakes, enjoy." Kyle smiled at the cute waitress in her black knee length skirt and crisp white blouse as she threw a smile over her shoulder and went to help another table. The very fitting black skirt left nothing to the imagination as it hugged all her curves.

Yup, she'd be an easy lay, he thought as he smiled back with his signature slight smirk. She had slipped him her number as she had served both him and Max, his best friend, their breakfast.

"Dude, just get a room already." Max rolled his eyes at the typical behavior of Kyle. Even though both were sought after bachelors, Max liked to think he was the more sensible of the two.

"So, who are you bringing to my parent's week long trip. They've only invited their closest friends and a plus one." Steering the conversation back to the more pressing topic at hand, Kyle cut his bacon into small pieces before mixing it into his eggs and adding ketchup.

"I don't know. I don't think there's one girl I want to spend a week with. Besides, I'm not the one who needs to introduce a girlfriend for my father to consider me in inheriting the family business."

"Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do about that." Kyle sighed. "You and I both know I don't have a girlfriend. And what kind of conditions are those? I mean why does it matter if I have a girlfriend or not?" Shaking his head he speared his fork into his pancakes and took another bite.

"You know," Max began, "it's probably because it's the only thing they haven't seen of you. I'm pretty sure your parents know you have everything else under control but not relationships."

"They're overrated. My father should know better. All of these girls expect so much and think the guy will change because of her but you and I both know we ain't. Who'd wanna be shackled to just one chick when there's so many fish in the pond?" With arms outstretched he thought he had made his point.

Chuckling Max shook his head at his friend. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a girlfriend. Mark my words man, one day there'll be a girl you didn't know existed that you'll fall in love with. You won't know what happened but it'll hit you like a freight train...however...in the meantime there's this new thing where you can hire a girlfriend for as long as you need. They're very professional and it's the new rave."

Giving the "hired girlfriend" some thought he glanced at his watch and flagged down a waitress to pay for their breakfast before heading to work.

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The Buxton Buzz headquarters was insanely busy. Ella looked down from one side of her office window at the streets below her and watched as the people passed her. It was her fondness of just watching others and being close to invisible that had pushed her to start her own magazine company. Years ago she had never dreamed of such success but now she couldn't have been any prouder.

No one, except a select few, in the building knew who she truly was as it was just easier for her to blend in and get lost in the throng of people. At least that way she knew what everyone thought about her.

"You look like hell." Smiling, Ella looked up from the papers strewn in front of her.

"Don't I always? Besides isn't it the new 'it' thing because Jenny J was spotted looking like hell?"

Emily, her best friend, gave her a sarcastic look. "You're funny. Jenny is pregnant and has a little kid. You're not."

"Work?" Ella shrugged her shoulders and said weakly. She knew work wasn't a good excuse but it was just as hard as being pregnant, at least in her mind she thought so.

"Ella, when was the last time you said eff it all and just went out and had a little fun? You're 26. Your birthday is in a few days. Take a vacation, go somewhere, I don't know, do something other than lounge in your office."