I find myself so interested in this man that I cannot believe myself. “Tell me more.”
“That’s pretty much all I know about him love, but if you ask me I think the bloke is messed up. All that money and power you know he is only twenty-five.”
“I thought he looked older.” I say.
“A lot of people say that, but I think he has had a hard life, there is something in the blokes eyes that says there’s more to him than meets the eye.”
"Lanna," I hear my dad say.
“Come over here.”
He is waving me over while he stands with an older man and a woman with fair hair. As I walkover to my dad I have to pass Adrian Black. I try to walk fast but somehow my foot is stuck and I find myself tripping in towards him. Before I hit the ground, he is there and quickly grabs me. He pulls me up towards him and I look up at him the only word I can choke out is.
"Thanks" but he stops me, he looks at me and lightly says,
"You must be more careful, someone other than me might not have caught you then what would I do?"
“Huh?” I say as he lets go of me. He says to the other men he is with.
"I must say goodnight now it’s time for me to go, Jeff I will see you Monday."
I am just so mesmerized by his beauty that it is hard for me even to breathe he looks at me and says.
“Remember me.”
“Sweetie, are you Okay?”
“Yes I’m fine.”
“Who was that you were talking to you?”
”I have no idea just some man helped me when I fell.”
“Anyway,” My dad’s says clearing his throat.
“Mr Jenkins this is my daughter Alanna.”
“Hi there darling it’s lovely to meet you at last, you know your father is always talking about you and saying what an amazing person you are. I must say I had no idea you were so pretty.”
“Thanks.” I say blushing.
Mr Jenkins goes on for ages talking about the company, the business deals, and the politics and of course the weather. However, all I can think of is what Adrian Black was all about, what did he mean by his last words that he said to me? Was there something I was missing? Did I not notice something? Have I heard of him before? Does he know who I am? So many questions are going round in my head and I have to conclude that I have no answers, no words to describe him.
Seven
When we arrive home, I feel so drained, I was quite alert all day and evening but now I think the time difference is staring to catch up with me. All I can think about right now is sleep. I make my way into the bathroom and quickly brush my teeth I splash some water on my face and scrunch my hair up into a loose bun and pull on my pajamas. I sink into the massive king bed and I feel like I am on top of the world. I feel a sense of achievement now I am here in London. It is not long before I fall into a deep sleep.
The next morning I awake to the sound of traffic and BEEP! My phone I open my eyes and to my shock I am in total alert. I jump up, grab my breakfast menu and my phone I slide to unlock to see I have a message from Sophie
Morning sleepyhead how was last night?
I reply, morning to you to or is that afternoon? Anyway last night was a mix of good and bad, my dad’s colleagues rattled on for hours talking about every boring thing you could imagine, however, there was an incident!
Sophie’s replies almost immediately
What happened tell me everything?
There I was minding my own business when this very gorgeous guy walks over and Sophie I am not talking Chace good looking but movie star looks and a presence that would make any one feel a sense of unease. Unexpectedly, he starts being rude saying where are you from, who are you what you doing here, let me tell you Sophie it was not pleasant!
What a weirdo! Tell me more! Sophie replies. Therefore, I fill her in on the rest of the situation. To her dismay, she is even more shocked than I am. She cannot believe the nerve of him and what she cannot get her head around most and, this I feel the same way about, is how I acted around him not answering him back and letting him get to me and me powerless to fight back. What sticks in my head was something Sophie said
"Alanna maybe you have met your match."
As Sophie and I say our goodbyes over text, I start looking on the menu to choose what I want for breakfast.
“I will have the bacon sandwich with cheese is that okay?” I ask the girl at the other end of the hotel phone.
"Yes that’s fine would you like some tea with that?”
“Yes please that’s great.”
“Okay Miss, your order will be with you shortly.” As I put down the phone there is a knock at the door.
"Dad just a minute" No one answers just another knock.
“Okay I’m coming.” I open the door expecting to see my dad. Instead, I see a bellman with a huge bouquet of white roses.