Lincoln's POV
I was exiting the elevator to the ground floor and was heading for my car outside when Sam my head of security asked "Going out for lunch Mr Micelli?"
It wasn't natural for my employees seeing me leave work this early even if it was lunch break so I guess his question came as no surprise.
"Nope, just meeting up with Big M" I replied.
Big M was the name the employees called their former boss a.k.a my father after I was appointed as the new CEO of the company and took on the Mr Micelli title my father was once called.
Dave my driver was bringing the car around when my cell rang. I brought it out of my pocket and saw the caller ID, it was Rico.
"Hello, Rico?"
"Lincoln meet me at the Walmart closest to you, Oh and hurry up"
Before I could answer he'd already hang up.
That was odd. Was Rico in some sort of trouble? If he was, I wanted to know how serious it was and see what I could do to help.
"Where to Mr Micelli?" Dave broke me from my line of thought.
"The nearest Walmart please Dave" I replied.
My dad wasn't expecting me so I would just have to call or meet him later to bring him up to speed with the company's progress in Asia.
Besides I wasn't in the mood to meet up with him and talk business when SHE was still on my mind.
And if my employees picked up on my strange behaviour and the excessive smiles I've been giving everyone around the office, my parents will surely know something's up and will not stop until they find out what caused this change.
I don't get it, I'm still the same me !!!
We parked at Walmart just in time to see Rico barely carrying the loads of grocery bags to his car. I approached him and the first words he spoke were "Get in"
Rico may have retired from detective work but he was still acting like one.
If not that, he was acting like a man on the run, a spy perhaps.
The 30 second phone calls and now out of the blue asking me to go with me, Was he a target of some sort? Did he need my help for something?
I had thought he just wanted to find out why I'd left so many phone calls and that was it.
Without question I hopped in his car and we were off within seconds.
I guess I was just interested to find out the reason for his odd behavior and to be honest I needed something to desperately take HER off of my mind.
"Im sorry man, I've been really busy" Rico finally spoke.
"Yeah I can see that" I replied with a questioning look.
He must've picked up on it because he continued with his explanation "You see my cousin who is more of like a sister is coming over for dinner and this is our first family dinner since my dad's passing and my mum wanted it to be perfect but at the pace I'm going, I am sooo late and so in trouble"
I burst out into laughter and his faced turned into a state of confusion.
"Rico I thought you were hiding from the law or running from the mafia or something because of these strange meet ups at these random places and the quick phone calls" I said while wiping the tears forming in my eyes from excessive laughing.
We both laughed at the misunderstanding.
"Hey you don't know my mum and sister, they're worse than the mafia if I miss or come late to our family dinners" he joked.
Our car came to an abrupt stop and I looked up to see a cozy home standing before us surrounded by gardens of gardenias making the air that welcomed us thick with its fresh, sweet scent.
"Lincoln stay for dinner, it's the least I could do for dragging you around the place and for all this misunderstanding, and besides they won't be so hard on me for being late if you're there" he chuckled.
Aaaaaahhh that's why he needed me here. The females in his family must be some sort of warriors if hes running around like this hahaha.
I agreed to stay and we entered their lovely home with the grocery bags in hand and I was surprised to see bouquets of gardenias in every corner of the house and more.
Wow someone really likes gardenias around here.
I introduced myself to Rico's mum and younger sister.
I heard light footsteps approaching us from behind me and right about the same time Rico spoke up
"Oh and this is Alayna Fernandez, my cousin I was telling you about and also my boss."
I turned around to introduce myself and then I froze.
It was HER!!!!!!!, the one I'd been trying so hard to forget was right in front of me.
Wait; am I dreaming? This can't be. Of all places and of people she was the cousin.
She seemed shocked herself, standing there wide-eyed with a dessert tray in hand.
I could see the rest of the family looking confused and eyeing us suspiciously trying to make sense of our odd reaction to one another, so
I got myself together and extended my hand to properly introduce myself.
"Hi, I'm Lincoln, nice to meet you Alayna"
She stood there not saying a word, all I got back was the sound of dessert plates crashing and breaking on the floor.
I saw her expression quickly change from being shocked to being annoyed and on the verge of rage, which did nothing but confuse me even more.
ALAYNA'S POV
He can talk????
This guy can talk!!!! So he was pretending to be deaf the whole time I was talking to him?
This guy is something else and now I've passed the point of being annoyed.
Luckily, I got myself to calm down before any of my family's questioning eyes turned into actual questions.
"Nice to meet you Lincoln, I'm Alayna" I said with a fake smile plastered on my face.
"Great timing guys, we were just about to do some waltzing but we were short of two dancers"
Before I got the chance to choose Rico as my partner Liliana sped passed me and took her brother's arm claiming him as her dance partner.
Ohhh hell, do i have to be partnered with this lying, too-handsome for his own good son of a gun.
I had no chance but to walk towards Lincoln with a forced smile on my face.
I tried my best to act as if this delicious looking man did not in any way affect me.
Oh Lord, who am i kidding. He's better than anything I've seen on the menu in any restaurant I've been to. And I've been to maaannny fine dining restaurants.
The song began and I found myself allowing him to lead the way
Still keeping up with my acting charade
so I guess I shouldn't have been even a little disappointed when we were interrupted by his cell phone ringing.
He excused himself and was gone for a while before returning with the news of urgent business he had to attend to.
Blah blah blah
Seriously if he didnt want to be here he could have just honestly left and not make up these lame excuses.
He bid his goodbyes and he was out of the house within seconds.
Wowww, whoever called must've been a really good booty call, I mean he was out of the house so fast I cant even explain.
I stayed around my aunt's for a little while longer, sharing laughs and revisiting memories with the people I cared the most about.
A little close to midnight I arrived home and checked my answering machine for any new messages.
I was stopped in my tracks when I heard the worried and urgent tone in my secretary's voice who had left nearly 10 messages.
Apparently I was scheduled to fly to Singapore within an hour now and she had been trying to get a hold of me on my cell for quite some time now.
Oh shit i totally forgot to charge my phone after work.
I quickly packed the essentials and I made it just in time to see the plane i was scheduled to be on; takeoff.
I was annoyed and tired and i needed to be in singapore for this business deal to work.
I slumped on one of the seats and was about to dose when i heard a
'Will the lady in red please make your way to Gate 4, a private jet is waiting to take you to Singapore'
'Singapore' got my attention. Someone wanted to take someone to Singapore? What? Who?
The announcement was repeated and it seemed all the women wearing red started turning towards Gate 4.
Whoever had made the Announcement mustve seen the problem cos I was sure I heard a chuckle before a
'Will the lady in the Chanel crimson size 6 dress with the mediocre dancing skills and is most likely smelling like Gardenias right now (like myself) make her way to Gate 4. The offer stands for 10 minutes.'
Everyone was staring at me now. It was obviously Mr Green Eyes!!!!! I thought the voice on the announcement sounded kinda familiar but Did he have to embarass me while helping me at the same time. Ohhh he was definitely annoying. I didnt know if i wanted to hug him for getting me to singapore or to hug him to death for the embarassing situation i was in now.
I stood up and rushed passed the many questioning eyes to gate 4 and was quickly directed onto the plane where I was greeted by a shade of green eyes that I was; if im being totally honest liking a little too much.
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Suuupppeeerrr sorry it took me forever to update. But hoped you enjoyed this new chapter.
What do you think of Mr Lincoln ? Wasnt he a knight and shining armour for our Ms Fernandez?
And who should we cast as Lincoln cos Ive already got Gal Gadot as Alayna #SorryNotSorry #AbitObsessedWithHer 😂
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