Chapter 3

• It was exactly midnight. Claire's phone beeped as she unlocked it and read the message sent by Louis. She smiled.
• She wasn't expecting her 25th birthday to be the best because her 24th birthday had disappointed her and around last week, her fiancé to be backed off from getting married to her.
• Claire ran after him and held his hand. She'd apologized to him under the rain because she doesn't know what went wrong but she'd told him she would do anything to make it work out between them.
• Micheal had asked her if she could do whatever he asked and the moment he spoke those words out of his mouth, Claire dropped her hand from his. He got angry, he threw the umbrella he was holding to the ground and walked away leaving her alone to cry in the rain.
• She tried to get over that but it just wasn't going the way she wanted it. It had always been that way with her and the guys. They always leave and she moves to the next one and it goes on like that.
• She was a simple person when it comes to love and once she is over them, she moves on and they tend to come back when she is finally back on her feet which makes her reject them because she had given not one chance but more than five chances to them and they always misuse those chances.
• A message from an unknown number popped up on her screen. It happens every year. New people, then they become close then they left. She wasn't surprised. She replied to the unknown number and from there they started a real conversation. She wasn't hoping for something more than friendship from him.
• Just yesterday, she had sent a mail to The Cohen industry that she wanted that manager position. She wasn't expecting an answer from the company so early by noon but she had hoped she got the job.
• She and the unknown guy exchanged pictures and he had called himself Elijah. They shared their likes and dislikes. The guy in the picture had brown hair with black eyes. He looked 6"1 feet and slim. His jawline wasn't that perfect but it would have swept some girls off their feet.
• He wanted to know more about Claire. She was very interesting to talk to and she also wanted to know more about him too. They shared this connection the moment they started talking and she had never had this spark before from any of her exes.
• Her phone had buzzed and it was him. They had talked for hours on the phone and she had told him more and more about her life and how she met the celebrity she had admired her whole life and how the celebrity had saved her life by asking her to apply for a job at her son's company.
• Elijah didn't tell her anything true about his life. Only his name was true. The picture and everything else was a lie and he hoped they keep up this conversation that way.
• He wanted her. No doubt but he isn't sure if she won't end up becoming like other girls. He knew he shouldn't be thinking of something like this but he also wanted her in his bed even though he haven't met her yet.
• He wanted to feel her. The way she spoke over the phone, her calm voice as she laughed and sighed and chuckled. He wanted to ask her what she had done to him to make him desire her the moment he set eyes on her photos.
• They both talked throughout the night until 5 in the morning before Claire finally dozed off.
• ***
• Claire Hutton got a call around 8 in the morning from an unknown number and when she picked up, a smile curved on her face. She got the job but the person said the director won't be in the office.
• She had anticipated meeting Elijah Cohen, the son of the woman she admired. The man who broke the internet two years ago after his first real picture was posted on Instagram and never in Claire's wildest dream had she thought about seeing Elijah face to face because people like her who are always busy with life wouldn't have the opportunity and now that the chance finally arrived, he wouldn't be in the office on her first day.
• Too bad.
• Claire was happy to receive such news on her birthday. She opened the bathroom door and sat in the tube for a warm bath. She was getting used to this nonfancy life and finally, her dream was coming true. She will have to buckle up and find a way to earn more money to recover Hutton's business even if it means going back to her father's mansion after a long time.
• After a few, Claire walked out of the bathroom and she turned on the hairdryer on the side of her bed. She dried her hair as she began to think of her older brother Charlie. What would have happened to her if he hadn't run with the company's money? Would they have found a way to pay off the debts her father owned without thinking of touching his mansion?
• She slides her leg into her black pencil heels. Straightened her short black hair and had worn a long black straight slit skirt with a buttoned-up vintage long-sleeve top. Her long legs sold her off and anybody would have noticed. The Cohen industry liked elegant dresses and she fitted right in.
• She adjusted her makeup and stood in front of the mirror. She looked at herself over and over again. She took a deep breath.
• The director won't be there on her first day but Claire knew she would have work to do. One side of her wanted to go out and have fun since it was her birthday but the other side of her had to work to earn more money to save Hutton's business.
• And now she won't back down. She had to be in the office by 10:30 sharp.
• When she was done with everything, she picked up her bag. Claire walked out of her apartment and locked the door behind her.