Chapter 1 How they first met

Tatiana Marley was seated at the table at the furthest corner of the hotel. The hotel was not a big one but it was always filled because the food there was just on another level. She would stare at her phone and throw glances at the entrance of the hotel. From afar you could tell she was waiting for someone and yes she was waiting for Dave, She would look at her watch and peep at the hotel entrance again but would be disappointed every time someone walked in and it wasn't Dave.

Thinking of Dave where was he now? and what was taking him so long? She had been seated there since 7:00 pm and now it was around 10:00 pm and yet Dave was not showing up. But why would he be late it was her birthday today and this was her favorite restaurant in the whole of LA would Dave turn her down? she asked herself. Just thinking About that was enough to give her a headache and she had to push the thought away as fast as possible.

"No the Dave I know would never do this to me. He loves me so much and I love him too. He's probably caught in traffic or maybe he has a huge surprise for me and since this place is open 24/7 waiting longer wouldn't kill me" she thought to herself.

After some more minutes of peeking at the entrance, she was bored and tired of getting disappointed. She decided to go through Dave's pictures on her phone. The fırst picture was of Dave alone. she had snapped him unaware and it looked

so cute. she smiled at the thought of Dave seeing the

picture cause the time she had taken it she didn't show him.

"look at you so cute and innocent I'm supposed

to be mad at but I just can't "

she was talking to Dave's picture and then quickly glanced at the people around her to see if anyone was watching and when she saw that everyone was minding their businesses she quickly kissed the picture and smiled.

"I miss you be here soon ok" She then swiped for the next photo, It was her favorite one. It was their first couple of pictures with Dave. it reminded her of the day that Dave proposed to her and said I LOVE YOU. The sound of the words still lingers in her mind up to today and they still make her

blush.

From the other corner of the restaurant sat Ashely. Ash was

throwing glances at the girl seated at the other corner of the restaurant. She had seen her at the entrance when she first came in. Ashely was about to leave when she saw the girl standing at the entrance probably looking for an empty table and she decided otherwise instead of going.

She decided to survey the girl before she managed to get an empty table. Before anything else, she admitted this girl was

glamorous. She was serving and had a well-defined body. So hot that she made Ash stop leaving and sit just to watch her.

she was wearing a shein off-shoulder tee and tartan skirt which exposed her thighs perfectly. After closely analyzing her Ash was able to notice that one of her parents was probably black but her skin still glowed. If you weren't keen on her you wouldn't know that she's black. Her skin was blazing and she had such a perfect body.

Scanning her downwards she was wearing the unisex lightweight sneakers. The sneakers were Balenciaga-like but not

exactly this was more improved she would say, The sock part of the shoe covered up to above her ankle and on the right leg above it was a red butterfly tattoo and a flower pattern. On the other leg was an anklet around the sock part of the shoe. Seeing this Ash chuckled.

This girl was crazy if she really wanted to wear an anklet she could have worn another type of shoe but it still looked cute on her. She had now spotted an empty table and was now walking towards it. Damn her walking style. Ash

thought. She followed with her eyes until she sat. Ash

knew if she was standing then she would have followed with

her legs too, from then she has been throwing glances

at her from afar just to see what she was doing. That's when she realized that the girl was waiting for someone because she kept on glancing at the entrance.

Almost four hours had passed and it seemed that the person the girl was waiting for would not be showing up. While stealing another glance at her she saw her check all the people around and seeing this she first looked down and then immediately looked at her knowing she was up to something. The girl kissed her phone.

Ash was surprised. wait did she just do that in such a public place? she smiled and then seemed to talk to her phone, Ash

couldn't hold it anymore. she now wanted to talk to the

the girl she carried her glass of wine she had, it had been keeping her busy for the past hours when she decided to stay and watch the girl. She walked towards her table. The girl was busy on her phone smiling she didn't even notice Ash was there probably talking to her boyfriend....girls and men' thought Ash.

"Hey..." Ash managed to say when she saw the girl wasn't noticing her presence.

The girl was startled and almost dropped her phone, She

slowly looked up and met Ashley's stare.

"H.h...Hi too" she said looking at Ashely

"You look so tensed did I scare you that much?" Ash asked

certainly.

"Nononono.I'm ok yeah you...you

didn't" Tatiana answered trying so hard to smile

"oh that's good for a minute I thought you had seen a

ghost....mind if I join you"