The next six months for Graeme and Janiyah were on different levels - smooth for Graeme and hectic for Janiyah. With it being the end of the year, Janiyah's company is very busy making sure the companies that are their clients have sufficient income for employee bonuses. Janiyah, along with Danielle and a few others handle the high profile clients. 

One of the clients' Janiyah handles is for Julian Sanders. Julian plans to introduce Janiyah to Bliss so she can be the accounting firm for Bliss' makeup business.

Dylan finally got his act together and is on time for their dates. Things progressed so well that he asked Janiyah to be his girlfriend and she said yes. Well, his girlfriend until he gets what he wants - his hands on her money. 

As for Graeme, filming for the movie has progressed so well that they are ahead of schedule. Graeme found out that Janiyah and Dylan are officially dating. He was bummed about it, but as long as he was Janiyah's friend that was all that matter.

He was however very suspicious of Dylan. Every time Graeme and the crew for the movie was out and about, he would see Dylan and Janiyah's friend, Amira together. He couldn't place why they would be together, but he was going to find out.

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Monday, January 7th, 2019

"Madison, can you postpone the meeting with Julian's sister, Bliss Sanders? We will need to reschedule. Someone put seafood in her dinner while her fashion show. And, send some flowers for her as well. I'll give you the address of the hospital."

Madison scribbled down the request Janiyah gave her on her notepad. "I saw that on the news. I am a fan of her work. That's terrible. I hope she will be okay. Yes, ma'am. I'll get on that right away."

"Also, don't schedule any meetings for me on Friday or next Monday. I will be out of the office. I need a break. And, Madison what did I tell you about that ma'am stuff? You can call me Janiyah. And, schedule some time off for yourself, okay?"

"Okay, sorry about that. I forgot. I will  clear your calendar for Friday and Monday. And, reschedule your meeting with Ms. Sanders."

"Thanks, Madison. If I need anything else, I'll call or email you." Madison nodded to say yes, then she left Janiyah's office. 

Janiyah stayed in her office, typing away on her computer for the next hour.

"Janiyah, Mr. Taylor is here to see you." Madison says through the intercom.

"Thanks, Madison send him in." Janiyah buzzes her office door open and in walks Dylan with lunch. Janiyah has a private entrance to the conference room on her floor. So, Dylan sets up the lunch in the conference room that is adjacent to her office. Then, he grabs her hands for her to stand up out of her office chair and walks her into the conference room. 

"Wait." He tells her while he puts down the shades to the room for privacy. Then, he grabs her, sits Janiyah in his lap and smothers her mouth with his. Dylan hates doing this, but he needs to get on her good side. "I have been waiting to do that all morning." While sitting in his lap, they ate the lunch that he brought with him.

"I brought my beautiful girlfriend lunch today - Cobb salad, fruit salad and your favorite drink from Starbucks - a piping hot Cinnamon Dolce Latte with soy milk."

Janiyah then smashed her mouth to Dylan's. "Thank you, baby for the lunch." They enjoyed themselves, talking and eating the delicious lunch which Janiyah thoroughly enjoyed.

One hour later. "As much as I would like to stay in this position Mr. Taylor, I need to get back to work." Janiyah tried to get up, but Dylan wouldn't let her. "Just a few more minutes, please?" Dylan asks her with his mouth pouty.

"How about dinner at my house tonight?" Dylan thinks about what Janiyah asked him.

"Maybe I should. Then, I can snoop around her home office for her bank account numbers."  Dylan answers, "I would love to. I'll bring a bottle of your favorite wine." 

She gives him another kiss, then he lets her up. She walks with him to the elevator. "See you later at dinner." Janiyah says as Dylan gets on the elevator and the door closes.

As soon as Dylan reached his car, "I'm coming over to your place now! Be ready for some 'Afternoon Delight.'" He tells Amira as he starts his car and pulls away from Janiyah's building.

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After rehearsal, Damion and Graeme have dinner together at the restaurant not too far from the set.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Dylan asked Janiyah to be his girlfriend and she said yes."

Graeme frowned when Damion told him about Janiyah and Dylan dating. "I know. She told me. Damion, I need to tell somebody this, but watch that Dylan character. While out with my security team and on several occasions, I have seen that Dylan guy out with one of Janiyah's friends. I think her name is Amira. And, they seemed pretty cozy too."

Damion voices his concerns to Graeme. "You just confirmed my suspicions about him. I have seen them together too but didn't want to believe it. We need to tell Janiyah about this because she is going to end up hurt by this guy. And, we have to do it now. After we finish dinner, we are going to Janiyah's house."

Within the next hour, Damion and Graeme paid for their dinner, gave a nice tip, and got in their vehicles to travel to Janiyah's house.

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The drive took them over 20 minutes. There was a car parked in her driveway that neither Damion or Graeme recognized. Even still, they knocked on the door.

They knocked again, but still no answer. On the third knock, an irritated Janiyah opened the door. "Damion and Graeme, what are you two doing here?!"

Damion answered, "Niyah, we need to talk with...." He was cut off mid sentence by another voice.

"Who's at the door interrupting our date?" The voice says while walking towards the door.

"Date?" Both Graeme and Damion say while looking at each other. Then, their reason for being at Janiyah's door appears. 

"Ugh, Dylan, meet my brother Damion. And, my friend Graeme." That word 'friend' stung when Graeme heard her say it. The both of them inwardly started growling because they can't stand Dylan. 

"I wanted to tell you something, but it can wait until tomorrow. Sorry for interrupting your date." Damion and Graeme then watched Janiyah slam the door in their faces. Then, before they got in their vehicles, "I'm going to send her a text that it is about her 'boyfriend.' Let's go back to my house. I'll show you to the guest room." Damion tells Graeme as they get in their trucks and pull off.

Inside the house. "What did your brother and whoever the other guy was want?" Dylan inquires.

"He said they wanted to tell me something, but they will tell me tomorrow. It's not important. That's tomorrow. Let's focus on tonight." Janiyah grabbed Dylan's hands and dragged him to her living room. She pushed him on the couch. "Let's finish what we started in my office earlier today." Dylan's eyes grew wide as Janiyah started unbuttoning her shirt. Dylan may have been disgusted, but he was not stupid. Janiyah was packing in the chest department. As Dylan melded his mouth with hers, he also had to remember his reason for being there. "I'll be right back. I need to use your bathroom."

"Uh, okay." Janiyah was confused as he got up and watched Dylan go towards' the bathroom. "Why does he suddenly have to use the bathroom? He only drank one glass of wine."

Once he was out Janiyah's view, he searched for her office, which he found near her dining room. He quietly opened the door and darted to her desk. He found nothing. He kept searching and searching until he saw a safe. "Dang."  He mutters to himself. Then he hears Janiyah say, "Dylan are you okay?"

Dylan entered the room slowly, faking like he had an headache or something. He would have to attempt to find Janiyah's bank account numbers another day. "Suddenly I have a terrible headache. I'm going to go home and rest."

"You're welcome to stay here tonight."

"That's an idea I didn't think of. I'll have to try that another night." He grins inwardly to himself. "I don't have any clothes with me in my car. But, there is always a next time. Goodnight, Janiyah." 

"Okay. Goodnight, Dylan." Janiyah gave Dylan a kiss, then watched him get in his truck and pull off to his house.

Janiyah heads to the kitchen to clean and put away the dishes. Then, she turns off the lights and goes upstairs to her room. Janiyah proceeds to do her evening routine before she retires for the night.

Poor Janiyah. If she only knew why Dylan was with her. Hopefully Damion and Graeme will be able to get through to her. We shall see.

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I will be having characters from 'Miss Independent' appear in this story and vice versa, characters from this story will appear in Miss Independent.