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( The Beauty Inside… )
CHAPTER 2&3
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★★
LADY GAGA Sto-reS**
“10 dollars” Juliet said after ringing up the items bought by a customer.
“Thanks” the girl took her paid items and left the sto-re.
The sto-re is the only one in that street and it’s beside a road so they do get much customers everyday.
The fact that Gina is popular for her killer outfits is another helping factor, they get patronized very well.
“Gosh!, I’m starving!” She yawned, taking a pack of peanuts from the shelf.
She was about to tear it open when someone grabbed it from her.
“Mum!” She shouted and Gina took off her gl@$$es.
“I didn’t let you stay here so you could eat my goods, go to any restaurant and find something to eat, pest” Gina said, throwing the peanut on the shelf.
“I’ve been in this sto-re since 9 in the morning and I’ve not eaten a thing, you should pity your daughter too” Juliet said.
“Go back to the counter” Gina replied.
“When you gave birth to me, you probably wanted a maid, not a daughter” Juliet Gr0-ned.
“Peanuts is not good for your face, you’ll probably wake up with loads of more pimples on your face tommorow” Gina replied, wearing her gl@$$es again.
“I don’t care I’m hungry!!!” Juliet whined like a kid and Gina hit her shoulder.
“Mum!!”
“Customers are waiting” Gina glared .
“I’m going home!” Juliet snapped and made to leave but Rex came in at the same time.
“Jeez!” She said and rushed back to the counter, she resumed attending to the customers that are on queue.
Gina blew bubble with her gum and sat on her big armchair, watching everything throu-ghher gl@$$es.
When it was finally Rex’s turn, Juliet smiled.
“Hey!” She waved.
“Juliet, I came in the morning but you weren’t here” he smiled.
“I went to submit a letter at Jewell books” she replied .
“Oh, you’re gonna work un-der that harsh guy?” Rex said.
“I can manage, you don’t have to worry” she replied, blus-hing as he smiled at her again.
“I’ll have four cans of soda” he said.
“Sure” she replied and got it packed, handing it to him.
“Gosh!” She screamed in her mind when their hands tou-ched mistakenly.
All the components of her head started sparking like fireworks and for a minute, she didn’t let go of the nylon, she kept staring at him.
She can imagine MR RIGHT on his forehead as she stared .
“Juliet” Rex called but she’s lost already.
Gina stood and got a long roll of bun which she hit on her head, waking her up.
She let go of the nylon and Rex left.
“Must you make it so obvious that you have a crush on him?” Gina hit her head again.
“Is it very obvious?” Juliet asked in a whisper.
“Fu-cking obvious” Gina rolled eyes and Merritt came in.
“Mother Gina!, I’m starving!” She pouted, hu-gging Gina.
“None of you both is allowed to take any snack from this sto-re” Gina replied.
“Mother” Merritt said as her stomach rumbled.
“Let’s just go eat at home” Juliet said and pulled off her sales uniform, she threw it at Gina’s face and pulled Merritt out of the sto-re.
“Juliet!!!” Gina shouted after them.
“Rex came by today” Juliet said immediately she got out with Merritt.
“I don’t know why I don’t like him, while you’re madly in love with him” Merritt sneered.
“He’s handsome!, He’s Se-xy !, He’s…cool and friendly, I just love him, and the fact that he’s a regular customer in our sto-re makes it look like destiny” Juliet said happily.
“You’re talking like you’ll ask him out tommorow” Merritt said.
“I wish i have the ba-lls to do that, if I had a fresh face I’d have told him how I feel, my pimples always make me lose confidence” she replied, touching her face.
“You dare not ask him out, else I’m leaving your house and I’ll stop being friends with you, I’ll delete your number too” Merritt said and Juliet laughed.
“I won’t do it don’t worry, but aren’t I better than you?, You’ve not even seen your crush before” she said.
“Prince Reid!, god of Treasure castle, gosh!, I wonder why his face is hidden, maybe he’s too handsome to be revealed, his name alone sounds Se-xy … Gosh!” Merritt fantasized, fanning herself with her hands.
“You’re sick about him” Juliet laughed.
“I’m sick and crazy and mad and insane and…..
“Stop right there” Juliet said and they both laughed.
“Oh I forgot to ask, your interview!” Merritt suddenly said.
“Oh I didn’t meet him on seat, I’ll have to go back tomorrow morning for my interview!” Juliet replied.
“I hope you won’t get accepted” Merritt said and Juliet hit her.
“Witch!”
“bi-tch ” Merritt replied and they both laughed.
******
ROMEO’S ISLAND**
Yes he lives in an island, an expensive one which can only be entered by him.
It’s big and spacious with flowers around, the smell of flowers filled it , making it more unique.
The gl@$$ house cam be sighted from the gate and any pauper will start wishing for immediate wealth at the sight of it.
It’s magnificent.
Romeo came back from his night tour and took his night shower afterwards.
He was drying his hair when his eyes caught his late mum’s picture on the bedstand.
He dropped the towel and went for it.
After taking it, he sat on the bed, ru-b-bing her face in the frame.
“Mum” he whispered, smiling sadly.
“I wish you stayed longer, I wish you didn’t leave me mum” he lamented and kizzed her cheek before hu-gging the picture ti-ghtly.
He slept on the bed, still hu-gging it ti-ghtly.
“I love you mum” he whispered, closing his eyes.
He lives in the house alone, no maids, an isolated life.
He has been like that since his mother died some years back.
He makes his food himself.
His phone rang on the stand, a call from Michelin but he turned deaf ears to it and wrapped his arms more ti-ghtly on the frame.
He slept off like that and when he woke up the next morning, he smiled at the picture before dropping it.
Picking his phone, he saw missed calls from Michelin and called her back.
“Hey Romeo”
“What’s up?” He asked bluntly.
“About what I did last night….I’m really sorry, forgive me ok?, I was just out of it” she begged.
“It’s fine, any other thing?” He asked.
“No but….
“Goodmorning” he cut in and hung up.
He dropped his phone and brushed before going downstairs.
He got a peach fruit from the freezer and ate it as he walked back upstairs.
“Yes Ben?” He said as he picked the call from him.
“The presentation is starting an hour from now sir, just a reminder” Ben said.
“I know” he replied and hung up.
He finished the peach before he got back to his room then he got clean and dressed up for work.
He left the mansion afterwards and his driver was already waiting for him with Ben in front of the gate.
He was about to enter the car when another car he knows very well stopped beside them.
Mona came out of it and smiled when she saw him.
“Son” she said, bringing out a package from the car.
She walked to him.
“How was your night?” She asked.
“Why are you here?” He asked coldly.
“I figured out you’ll starve yourself this morning as usual, so I packed you lunch, you can eat it when you have the time at work” she replied, pointing the package at him.
“I don’t nee-d it” he said.
“But son…
“And I’m not your son” he intruded.
“Romeo” Mona said and held his arm.
“Why are you always like this to me?, What have I done wrong” she said and he shoved her hand away from his arm, the package fell and the food poured away.
“I don’t nee-d your food, and I don’t nee-d you too, my mum is dead and I don’t nee-d another mother” he replied harshly and entered the car.
He left her standing and Mona looked at the wasted food, fighting back her tears.
“When will he ever accept me” she cried, burying her face in her car.
******
HAYES Apa-rtMENT, 8PM**
Juliet smiled in her sleep, pointing her li-ps forward in a pout.
She’s actually dreaming of kizzing Rex and right now, she doesn’t want to wake up.
She kept pointing her li-ps till Gina hit a spoon on it
She spranged up with wide eyes.
“You have an interview by 8 right?, This is 8:02, I’ll give you hundred dollars if you get accepted” Gina said and Juliet’s eyes wide-ned more.
“8pm?” She said.
“No 8cm, it’s Fu-cking 8am” Gina rolled eyes.
Juliet jumped down from the bed and went to the window, she pulled up the curtains and gasped when she saw it’s really morning.
“Fu-ck Merritt!, Why didn’t she wake me up” she said, rushing into the bathroom.
“She went to work thirty minutes ago, and she never wanted you to get accepted just like me so why would she wake you” Gina replied, leaving the room.
“You too?, If he rejects me it’s his loss!” Juliet shouted from the bathroom.
“It’ll be a whole big loss if he accepts you, you’re a br-anded problem dear” Gina replied.
“I hate you mum!!!!” Juliet screamed.
“I hate you more daughter”
******
JEWELL BOOKS**
Romeo got to work and as he entered, everyone in the group floor greeted respectfully though it’s sure that he’s not gonna answer as usual.
He climbed up the stairs instead of the elevator.
He hates elevators.
Getting to his floor, Rhonda and Lovelyn greeted too but he ignored and entered his office.
Lovelyn entered with him.
“Goodmorning boss”
“Yes?” He replied without looking up.
“Someone dropped a letter yesterday when you were off” she said.
“Letter for what?” He replied.
“Application for internship”
He looked up and she blinked fearfully.
“And you took it”
“Yes….sir”
“Did I post a vacancy for another intern?” He frowned.
“No sir but…
“You were smart, that’s why I took you in as one of my interns, where did your br-ains go?, Why must you act without my permission?” He said.
“Boss I told her but she never listened to me” Rhonda said, coming in.
Romeo rested back on his chair.
“When did I call your attention here?” He glared and Rhonda shrunk.
“I’m…I.. just thought…I thought of saying…my mind too” Rhonda stammered.
“Take just three steps out of this place” Romeo ordered and Rhonda rushed out.
Lovelyn remained standing.
He took the letter from his table and took it out of the envelope.
He read it and crea-sed his brows then he read it again.
The way the words were constructed and used, the English , the punctuations, it’s overly perfect.
“What did you tell her?” He asked.
“To come for interview tonight by 8” she replied.
“Tonight?, What kind of interview is that?”
“No I mean…. this morning” Lovelyn replied shakily.
“And she’s not here yet?”
“I don’t know why sir” she replied.
“The @$$ignment I gave to you girls yesterday” he said, opening his laptop.
“I and Rhonda forwarded our copies to your mail already sir” she replied.
“Leave” he said and she left the office.
She immediately released the breath she didn’t know she was holding.
“Gosh!, I wasn’t breathing” she said.
“You escaped narrowly” Rhonda said beside her.
“Must you always prove that you’re stupid?” Lovelyn said.
“Is it my fault that boss scolded you?, I wasn’t the one who made you take the letter from that ugly thing” Rhonda rolled eyes and left for her desk.
******
Juliet rushed into the company and made to get on the first elevator but it’s full already.
She tried the second one but same thing.
The third one is also full to the brim.
“It wasn’t as busy as this yesterday gosh!, Some supernatural for-ces are surely against me” she said, checking the time.
“8:50!, Oh Juliet I’m so foolish!, I shouldn’t have dreamt of kizzing Rex, I shouldn’t” she said, hitting her forehead lightly on the wall repeatedly.
Her eyes wide-ned when she remembered something.
The lift!
She was about to go for it when the elevator door opened and she rushed in.
It was 8:05 when she finally got to his floor but immediately she came out, she bumped into someone and something warm poured on her blouse.
Coffee!
“Oh ugly face…you again?, If this is destiny then it’s an unfortunate one, can’t believe you made me waste my precious coffee on you” Rhonda’s voice said and she looked up to see her smiling mockingly.
“What are you gonna do about my blouse?, I came for the interview but you ruined everything” she said as the coffee ran down her body, she could feel it we-tting her bo-obs.
“People with ugly faces like you don’t deserve clean dresses, I just made your dress as ugly as you, you should thank me” Rhonda smiled haughtily before leaving.
Lovelyn came rushing.
“Why are you late?, It’s 9am already!”
“Something personal happened, I had menstrual cramps” Juliet lied.
“I’m so sorry” Lovelyn said and when she saw her dress, she gasped.
“What happened to your dress!”
“Rhonda poured coffee on me, I don’t know if it was intensional or not”
“Oh no!, Boss is still in a presentation right now, come with me and let’s do something about it fast” Lovelyn took her to a washroom.
“Take off the blouse” she said.
“Huh?”
“I’m not les-bian take it off we nee-d to wash it” Lovelyn replied and Juliet quickly took it off, leaving her in only her br-a.
“You don’t wear singlets?” Lovelyn asked as she washed the blouse.
“I hate it, it makes me feel uncomfortable” Juliet replied.
Washing the blouse took just five minutes and Lovelyn’s phone rang.
“Rhonda”
“The presentation is over, it ended fas-ter than expected because someone pissed boss off, you better get your @$$ here” Rhonda said and hung up.
“You should go, I’ll dry the blouse by myself” Juliet said, taking it from her.
“Don’t take too long ok?” Lovelyn said.
“Trust me” Juliet replied and Lovelyn rushed out of the room.
Juliet took the dryer and started drying the blouse.
Luckily, it’s chiffon material so it dried up quickly.
She put it on and sprayed herself again.
She left the room and walked back to the office.
She opened the door slowly and saw only Rhonda on her desk.
“Gosh I’m scared” she thought, bringing out a bottled water from her bag.
She opened it and was about to drink from it when a voice stopped her.
“Out of the way” Romeo’s de-ep voice spoke and her eyes wide-ned.
She slowly turned back to see him standing behind her with that usual emotionless, cold and frowny look.
“Who are you?” He asked without blinking.
His voice sounds soulless too, sending chills down her spine.
In an helpless attempt to answer, she forgot she has an opened bottled water with her.
She was unaware of when her fingers pressed ha-rd on the bottle in fear.
“My name is..
Before she could say her name, the water from the bottle pumped out, directly on Romeo’s face.
TBC