(Picture of Meghan, James and Jessica)

Chapter 6

"Ok ladies. I have to run. I have a meeting with Princess Emma at five o'clock." Amelia said making me snap from my thoughts.

"Really?" I asked her and looked at her surprised. I don't remember we agreed on a meeting.

"Really." She answered and looked at me as to confirm I understand her invite.

"Oh my god I loved how she decorated the wedding. And she had a beautiful dress." Jessica said excitedly.

"I will tell her that." Amelia laughed. "I will see you tomorrow ladies." Amelia said and walked out of the studio.

"Are we really going to the Philips mansion?" Jessica asked Amanda.

"Yes. But please keep it down Jess. You can't act like a teenager in front of such important client." Amanda said to her

"Of course. I am sorry." Jessica said and sat down behind her desk a bit embarrassed.

"Ehm. Amanda?" I quickly walked to her.

"Yes?" she asked me.

"Do I really need to go to the Philips mansion? I mean I could be working from here and take care of the orders and deliveries..." I started. I really don't need some encounter with James again. Especially when I am undercover. I need to avoid him and Amelia didn't really helped me with this.

"Why would you want to stay here? No Sarah. You will go with us. This is a huge opportunity for you. You can't just throw it away. This is one in the life time opportunity to be working for such important family. You have a potential and who knows, maybe I will let you design one of the rooms." Amanda said. I looked at her desperately.

"Now go back to work. Tomorrow you will go with us." She said and left to her office.

After the work I ran out of the office straight into the car in which Tom was waiting for me.

"Tom I have a meeting with Lady Amelia today." I told him as I quickly put down the wig and glasses and started to change into my clothes.

"Lady Amelia was calling me after I saw her leave the studio." He said. Of course he always knows who enters the studio. He needs to know everything for my protection.

"Did she?" I asked him surprised.

"Yes. She was making sure you don't have any meetings after the work and told me where you two will meet today." He said.

"Oh great. Then I guess you can drive straight there." I said and continued changing. I again put my hair into a sleek ponytail and made up my make up. After I was finished there was no trace of me being the whole day undercover. The car stopped and I looked outside the window and saw the entrance into the restaurant.

"Wait. Are we meeting here?" I asked Tom as he was already walking out of the car.

"Yes." He replied. I looked at the sign - Deux Fleurs. Damn it this is James's restaurant. What should I do? What if he is in there? The door on the car opened and I saw Amelia waiting for me outside. Damn it I can't just run away.

"Emma. I am so happy to see you." She greeted me as I walked out of the car. I came to her and kissed her on her cheeks.

"Hello again Amelia." I said and looked at the door nervously.

"Well let's go inside." She said and I followed her. Oh god please don't let him be here.

"Good afternoon Your Highness." The receptionist greeted me enthusiastically surprised to see me there.

"Lady Amelia, Princess, Your table is ready." Mia who is Eva's friend and came to us and smiled at me. She works here as the manager.

"Hello Mia. How are you?" I asked her.

"Great. Although I have a lot of work when James's not here. Please follow me to your table." She said and I breathed out a heavy breath of relief. Thank god. We sat down at the best table and I could finally relax. Only now I noticed how beautiful the restaurant was.

"You know that I don't even remember if we ever been here together?" Amelia asked me as she was already taking a glass of wine.

"I don't think so." I replied to her. I have never been here. I tried to avoid James as much as I could. And going into his restaurant would not be a good idea. Even though I heard it was the best restaurant in London. And from what I see right now I am not surprised.

"Well my son is working hard on this. He finally took some days off and went to Paris to visit his friends." She said. Thank goodness this means I will not meet him today nor tomorrow.

"Now how are you darling? I am really curious how do you like the work in the studio." She asked me waiting excitedly for my response.

"It is great. I really like the creating part." I replied and we had a long discussion about my work. She was really excited for me. And I was grateful for her as she was encouraging me to do what I really want and she was also helping me with it.

"Did you hear something from Henry and Eva?" she asked me when we changed the topic.

"I got only short message from Henry they arrived safely and after that nothing. I think that is a good sign they are enjoying their honeymoon." I said and we laughed.

"I am so happy for both of them. Well Henry is like my son and who would have thought he will marry my niece." Amelia said thinking out loud.

"I know." I laughed.

"Oh how I wish James would finally settle down and found the right woman for him." She said daydreaming and I laughed.

"Well I am sorry Amelia but I think that will never happen." I said to her. She knows my opinion on him.

"I know he has had a lot of women. Trust me I am always talking some sense into him. But he doesn't want to listen to me." She said sadly.

"I guess he will never change." I said and took a sip from my tea.

"You know I am really sad for him. I wish he could find a true love and find what me and his father have. Or what Henry and Eva has." She said. Amelia is with Robert for more than thirty years.

"If he would be capable of being monogamous there would be a chance. But I guess he doesn't know what love means." I said to her hoping she would not get offended.

"Well you would be surprised. I know he loved a girl but sadly she broke his heart." She said and I looked at her confused.

"Do you know which girl?" I asked her curious.

"I don't know her name. He didn't tell me. I remember him coming back from someone's birthday party years ago. He was really sad. I was asking him what happened. It was really hard to get him to talk to me. He is not that type of a person who likes to talk about his feelings. And when I finally got him to talk to me he just said that some girl just broke his heart." She said. Birthday party? Wait a minute is this about me? No, that could be any birthday party. And I didn't broke his heart. He broke mine.

"You know when I think about it I think it was from your birthday party actually." She said and I swallowed hardly. Oh God she is talking about me. "Well that doesn't matter actually. It's just that I think he doesn't want to feel that heartbroken anymore. That is why he is changing those girls so often." She said and left me speechless. Why would he tell her I broke his heart? Did he really loved me? No. This is just some stupid story he surely came up with so he could have some excuse why he is changing a women more often than clothes.

"And that is why I will probably not have a grandchildren so soon. He would have to meet a really special woman" she said.

"Oh Amelia!" I heard an annoying voice behind me.

"Meghan." Amelia said looking at her with unpleasantness when she came to our table. Well of course she was here.

"How lovely to see you here." Meghan said looking at Amelia.

"Oh hello Emma." She said as she looked at me acting like she didn't see me before. I saw she wasn't very pleased to see me. It was mutual.

"Hello Meghan." I replied. I didn't had a mood to be at her presence now. Or ever.

"Thank you Amelia for the invite. I'm gonna go." I said and stood up.

"So early?" she asked me surprised.

"I have some work to do. I will see you later. Take care." I said as I stood up and kissed her on her cheeks for good bye. I saw Meghan's intense look at me. It was like throwing daggers at me. When she realized I was looking at her she changed her look into a fake smile. How can James be with this woman? I don't get it.

I couldn't sleep at night well. I was thinking about what Amelia said to me. Could it be really me? Was James really heartbroken? Maybe she was talking about Meghan. But again I know they are dating from time to time. But this was his fault. If he expects to be with someone he has to be only with that someone.

The next morning I went to the studio as usual. We packed some things and we went by the company car to the Philips mansion. I was calm as I knew James will not be here. Amelia welcomed us with open arms. She walked us into her living room first. She offered us some tea before we get to see the rooms. Jessica was in awe the whole time we sat there. The house was beautiful.

"Thank you for having us." Amanda said when we heard someone to open the door.

"Mom!" I heard the familiar voice. Damn it that's him. Amelia looked to the door surprised. We stood up from the sofa. Damn it what am I going to do? I should have stayed at the studio. Crap I hope he doesn't recognize me.

"Darling what a surprise. I thought you will be coming back tomorrow." Amelia said and walked to greet her son.

„Oh my god." I heard Jessica squeak behind me too excited to see him while I was trying to find a way how to get out of here.

"That was the original plan." He replied as Amelia hugged him. "But we took a flight by Nicholas's jet." He said.

"We?" Amelia asked him and he smiled as a young woman appeared behind him. Who is she?

"Mom do you remember Chloe LeMair?" he asked Amelia pointing at her.

"Yes of course I remember. How are you?" Amelia asked her excited to see her. LeMair? Why does it sound familiar? Is she his new girlfriend? Wow she is pretty. And why do I feel jealous? Stop it Emma. Just stop.

"I am great." She replied. And she has a French accent? Seriously?

"I haven't seen you for a year." Amelia said.

"I have been in LA working on our new hotel. I am actually on my way there but I wanted to check on our hotel here in London." She replied.

"Oh I assume you are doing well. I heard about Laura. That is incredible." Amelia said.

"Yes it is." She replied with a smile.

Oh that LeMair. The owner of the Grand LeMair hotels.

"I am sorry my dear. If you excuse me. I will show the ladies the rooms and I will be right back. I want to hear more how you all are doing." Amelia said and James finally looked at us. I quickly tried to hide my face under my wig and glasses.

"Rooms?" he asked Amelia.

"Yes. I hired these ladies to redecorate some of our rooms including yours since you are not living here anymore." She replied and I noticed as he was looking at me intensely. I quickly looked on the floor so he couldn't see my face.

"You will not introduce us?" he asked her.

"Oh of course." She said distracted.

"You already know Amanda." She said and she shook his hand. "Of course." He said.

"Nice to see you again." Amanda said to him.

"I am Jessica." Jessica introduced herself and shook his hand excitedly looking at him like on a God but he was still staring at me. Oh god I hope he doesn't recognize me.

"And you are?" he asked me looking at me curiously.

"Sarah." I replied quietly as he shook my hand. He hold it for a while as he was looking at me with narrowed eyes.

"What is your last name?" he asked me leaving me surprised.

"Brighton. Sarah Brighton." I replied.

"Have we met?" he asked me and I saw as Jessica looked at me curiously.

"No." I replied and I pulled my hand back.

"Ok ladies." Amelia quickly took control of the situation. "I will show you the rooms. James please show Chloe our garden while I explain the ladies my ideas. If you excuse us." She said and we quickly walked out of there. I took out a deep breath.

"That was weird." Jessica said to me when we were walking upstairs. I just shrugged even though my heart was beating like I ran a marathon. If he would have said something I would be screwed.

Amelia showed us the rooms and said her ideas to us and then left downstairs to take care of her guests. We were talking about our ideas and what we would like to do with the rooms. I couldn't concentrate when I knew that James was nearby. I knew this day would end up terribly. It was a really bad idea coming here.

"Oh bloody hell I forgot the pocket ruler in the car. Sarah could you go to take it?" Amanda said when we needed to measure one of the rooms.

"Sure." I replied and quickly walked out of the room.

I was looking for the ruler in the whole car. It took me a while to find it and when I finally found it I quickly turned around and walked to the entrance door when James suddenly crossed my path scaring the hell out of me.

"Sarah Brighton." He said with a smug face. I took a step back looking at him terrified.

"Yes." I replied blinking my hearts beating accelerated.

"Oh we do know each other..." He said and showed his big smile as he came even closer to me. "Princess."

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Hello my lovely readers! There was a little cameo in this chapter. Which one of you recognized Chloe?:-)) And James recognized Emma?:-) I hope you all liked this chapter. Please let me know what you think about it in the COMMENTS and if you liked it please VOTE:-)