Adreano's POV :

While we were having dinner, Mom started with her questions.

"You have really made a good career. Your Mom would be so proud of you." Mom said looking at me while uttering the proud word.

"Yeah, I always wanted to be a designer. But unfortunately mom is no more with me." Selene's voice broke while saying. Grandma immediately held her hands.

"Oh! I am so sorry dear." Mom said and looked at my dad.

Dad then asked her about the other designer coming for judging the exam in order to divert her mind. Selene paused for a while, took sips of wine and started talking about the fashion exam. I was relieved she didn't cried.

We had a wonderful dinner eve. We laughed. Talked about various things. It was fun to have Selene with us. I remember our previous dinners where we barely exchanged even a smile.

Selene invited us all to be the guests of the fashion exam and my mom immediately responded. I don't know why she is getting so excited to everything Selene was saying.

Inspite of convincing her so much, she went to her own old home. Her home, which she bought from the person whom her parents sold while moving to another country.

Later that night, I took a hot shower. Selene was revolving in my head. I am successful today because my dad is successful. But Selene, she is successful on her own. Back in school we used to promise to be in the same football team. Now I am a successful businessman and she a top designer.

Football players. Silly we.

The moment I closed my eyes, I heard a ping. I reached to my phone it was Selene, 'Hey Popcorn! Tomorrow lunch at La Costa. Good Night.'

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"For God's sake Ad! Can't you be punctual?" She started complaining as soon as I popped in her car.

"Works." I winked.

"Even I have works to do. But still I am on time."

"You had works, then why this lunch thing?" I asked.

She just glared and didn't said anything.

"What?"

"Nothing."

While we were having lunch, everyone was looking at us. Why? Because it was a type of hotel with dim lights and light music and everyone talking in hush hush. Me and Selene were laughing on top of our voices. Talking about everything. Our childhood, school, life, blah blah blah....we kept on chatting.

Finally having mercy on others we ended our lunch.

"The food was delicious." Selene said.

"Yes it was. I am full." I rubbed my stomach a bit.

"So you are coming on Saturday right?"

"Yeah, what's the time?"

"Six Ad!! I have told you like a hundred times. You don't want to come right?"

"I will. I want to see how a football lover, a bully, a girl who was barely like a girl judging a model."

"Funny." She pinched me. "It's not a Model show. It's a fashion show, about the dress, designs. Gosh! How many times I have corrected you on this."

"I like to tease you just like you tease me with that stupid word Popcorn." I said.

"Btw, yesterday while dinner you said you want to talk to me about something."

"Yeah. Something weird was about yesterday."

"Weird?" Her eyebrows came close.

"Yeah. Actually Serene we hardly have dinner together. Yesterday my whole family was present and it was you who made the dinner more great."

"Okay, I still don't see the 'Weird' part here?"

"Ah, leave. Let's go."

"No, finish it. Spill it"

"It's awkward suddenly having a dinner. I thought it maybe because we met that night. I didn't said anyone about you in my family not even Grandma as far as I remember. But you were present yesterday, having a great conversation and laugh and tease. You know mom never allowed you in my home when we were in school. I don't mean to hurt you. But you know how my mom is. She was suddenly so impressed by you. Dad is always reserved and they both meddling around was weird. Last night was pretty strange for me.

"Oh, now I see. Well, I don't know about your mom but your dad is my client and I met him the next day when I met you."

"Client?"

"Yes, I design suits for him." She smiled.

"What? Why will he design from you? Have the Armani shops closed?" I scoffed.

"Shutup!" She punched me on my arm. "You don't know much about me, don't you?"

"Okay, I am sorry. Chill."

Well she's right. I don't know much about her except that she is a successful designer. I knew much about the old Selene but I don't know what's happening in the life of this new Selene. I wanted to ask her about her more but she got busy talking to someone on his phone.

"Ad, I have to rush to my office. There's some important work I want to finish. Let's go?"

"Yeah sure."

Serene left.

My driver arrived in few minutes and dropped me at the airport as I wanted to aboard the flight to Vegas. Some of the casino paperwork needed to be completed.

During the journey I worked on my laptop about the hotel we are thinking to build in Paris. But dad have advised me to think about the hotel in an Island than in Paris. Well, I liked the idea but I was thinking about this hotel for past few months to be built up in Paris.

Finally dad decided to make a board meeting and decide with other intelligence what is good. Whatever the decision will be, this hotel is my dream project and I have worked on it since years. Wherever it will be built, it will be awesome.

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