Now a day had passed and everything was no longer a blur,
He tried to reach out to both Tiffany and Chloe but had no idea where they were.
Chloe left over an hour ago with the marketing team,
And after Tiffany left his apartment, she was nowhere to bee seen.

Sabastian felt violated, Sabastian felt hurt,
He felt like a car with a constantly depreciating worth.
He quickly took a shower, and cleaned up the place,
In a search for Chloe and Tiffany but they were both gone without a trace.

Even with the knowledge that Chloe wasn't at the office, he went ahead,
About to storm into her office, he heard a familiar voice said.

"Young fella!!"
A voice called

"Mr. Castellano?"
Sabastian replied

"Just the man I wanted to see.
Chloe said you won't be in for a week; what happened?"
He asked

"A week -"
Sabastian questioned

"I know an illness can't keep a working man down."
He replied

"So I've been thinking, and looking at the overall growth of this company, I believe that it deserves to be in the hands of someone who knows their worth and how to apply that skill into the company. I want that person to be you Mr. Baldwin."
Dimitri stated

"Me? But what about Miss Moore?"  Sabastian asked

"Chloe, I won't lie to you; she's a great manager; she knows what she's about, has a fantastic skill set and a determined heart, but I need someone with a vision, not just for the success of this company; but one who is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure growth in whatever field they are placed in. You really impressed me back in that meet my boy. Are you fit for such a task?"
Dimitri asked

"I believe I am."
Sabastian replied

"Let me ask you a more serious and straightforward question: are you willing to get your hands dirty to ensure the fulfillment of  the company you own?"
Dimitri asked

"Yes, Sir, I will work hard to the best of my ability  to ensure this company's success."
He replied

"Welcome to the Castellano Family."
He stated as he shook Sabastian's hand

"We will be in contact, see you around."
He added

"Thank You, Sir; I assure you I won't disappoint you,"
Sabastian reassured

"I know you won't. Oh, and the next time you see Miss Moore, tell her she's fired."
Dimitri added as he walked away.

He was happy but not at his best,
He still charged towards Chloe's office, surprised to see who was around her desk.

"Jack!! What are you doing here?"
Sabastian uttered

"Bro!! Hey, what's good? What are you doing here?"
He uttered in fright

"I came here to find Chloe; where have you been? I haven't seen or heard from you since the party; what's going on, bro?"
He questioned

 "I had to meet up with Jess shortly after; she had this whole thing with her family I had to tend to, and since we kept my birthday party and your promo celebration as one, we just needed to time alone, you know."
Jack stated

"Do you know what happened after you left the room?"
Sabastian asked

"Naa bro, I left shortly after as I said."

I think she spiked my drink, and well, you know."

"You got laid?!! Yoo, bro I know there was a freak in you!! You got the job and the girl too!!"

"What!! You know I got Tiffany, bro!! Why would you be happy with that? Come on bro I talk to you already about this."

"I'm sorry bro, I just thought ya'll would be a thing you know, but tell me, how did Tiffany take that?"

"Not good bro, and I haven't been able to get hold of her. I had everything planned, her arriving, me proposing, and now it all came crashing down. I just wanna find Tiffany so I explain this all to her."

"Wait, so Tiffany is like super pissed at you right now, right?"

"Yeah and I can't blame her for reacting how she did, I just wanna make this all right you know."

"Sure, sure, I feel you. What about Chloe? How did you feel waking up to those juggers on your bed?"

"She's off the Grid bro; even Mr. Castellano hasn't heard from her. Wait; how did you know about her bra being on my bed if you weren't there?"

"Jack!! What are you really doing in here?"

"I gotta go."

"Hell naa, you're gonna tell me exactly what happened last night, and you're going to tell me right now!!"
Sabastian uttered as he held Jack against the wall.

"Hey, what's going on in here?"
Clarissa uttered as she came into the office

Jack shrugged off Sabastian and stormed out of the building. 

~30 minutes later~

There she was, all to herself, Having a coffee and a croissant straight off the shelf.

"Will that be all ma'am?"
The barista enquired

"I'll have another espresso."
Tiffany replied

"Will that be to go?" 

"No, I won't be leaving anytime soon."
She replied

"Tough day, huh?"
The barista asked

"You could say that, or maybe I was too stupid to see the facts. You know he slept with his boss and had the audacity to say he was drugged!! If there's one thing I know, Sabastian doesn't drink but I won't get heartbroken like the characters in my book. I'll sip my daily dose of caffeine and move on with my life, ouuu that gives me an idea for my next book."

"I know it's none of my business but you love him, don't you?"
The barista asked
as she became engrossed.

"I -"
Tiffany sighed

"I'll let you think about that while I get your espresso; in the meanwhile think about who he is and if it's all worth it to hear him out." The barista replied as she left

Tiffany grew cold and lost in desperation, as she felt a wave of sadness and frustration.

Tears flooded her eyes as she could no longer deny,
that she truly loved him and to save their relationship, she wanted to try.

The barista returned with her espresso, but she was long gone, The barista smiled, to the aura of an author; she was drawn.

Walking a few blocks from the Coffee Shop, Tiffany got a text from Jack.

He was at the lake near the park, just on the other side of the road. She went over to speak with him about all that went down,
And that smile of hope she had on her face, slowly turned into a frown.

"Jack!! Thank God it's so good to see you; it's been a chaotic few days." She uttered as she hugged him

Jack hugged her with a grip so tight, smelling her hair, and closing his eyes.

"Hey, you seem to have missed me"
she replied as she discontinued the hug

"You have no idea. We need to talk about my boy."

"What really happened?"
She asked

"I've always seen them being all flirty at work, but then it all escalated when she popped up at one of our work sessions."
He stated as he showed her pictures

"What are these?"
Tiffany asked

"They did it in the changing rooms at the gym; that's him unlocking her bra; but that wasn't enough, he took it one step further when I Jessica threw the party. I went there thinking its my birthday, his promotion celebration, we'd both be celebrating the night together but he disappeared upstairs with her and after a few minutes I didn't see them I went up there to check on my boy and this is what I saw."
He explained as he showed her more pictures

Tiffany gasped as she crumbled in tears

"I was such a fool!! How could I have been so stupid?"
Tiffany cried

"No, no, no!! Don't you ever think for a second this is any of your fault. He played us both!! You didn't deserve any of this, you deserve so much more. I'm just sorry we didn't find out sooner. I'm sorry, Tiffany."
He uttered

Tiffany fell to her knees as she couldn't believe her eyes; Jack hugged her as he gave her a shoulder to cry on. He began comforting her, telling her it will be all okay. He wiped the tears from her eyes as he tried to kiss her.

"What are you doing?!!!"
Tiffany uttered 

"I'm sorry, I thought-"

"You thought what!!'
Tiffany interjected

Jack sighed

"He doesn't deserve you, its okay to let him go."
He added

"What are you talking about?"
She asked

"He cheated on you!!!"

"I know, but I just wanna allow him to explain himself; there's just a part of me that believes there's something more to it. I know Sabastian, and he would just cheat on me like that."

"How can you be so delusional!! You saw the bra on his bed, you say the pictures, what more do you need!!"

"You're his best friend!!,  shouldn't you be imploring me to hear him out?"

"No!! Listen, Sabastian went too far, okay. You need to look outward and seek what you have been blinded to due to Sabastian."

"What's that supposed to mean?"
She asked

"He hasn't heard from you in two days, and I knew I could find you at Cozy Brewers, getting your favorite espresso and a croissant as usual; your favorite color is purple, you have the cutest scar on your thigh, and such an amazing smile that lights up any room and above all, you have the most enchanting lips I've ever seen, every day it's torture just even to imagine how they taste. He doesn't deserve you, and I won't allow such a perfect opportunity to go uncaptured."

"Are you stalking me?"

"I'm observant; you were just too blinded to notice me. We belong together, and you know it."

You're sick!!"
She uttered

"That's what Chloe said, but she had no choice but to go with my plan because she secretly loved him; I just provided the means to make her fantasy a reality."

"Sabastian didn't cheat on me, did he?" she asked as she quickly stood to her feet

"Naa, he was too much of a.............to actually take the first leap, but that didn't stop me from creating the perfect misconception. I started by having Chloe take those pictures in the gym while he was helping her with her bra after her sprain and told her to use it to confront him to take that leap that for some reason, he was too stubborn to take!!
But he did something that allowed me to shift matters in my favor: he agreed to have one drink. I mean, he worked too hard not to have one beer right, but what pulled the trick was, and I'll quote, "It's what Tiffany would have wanted." Gotta thank you for that, and just like that, one drink led to another, and Chloe sent him a drink as planned, and I believe you know the rest."

"How could you?"

"Come on, it's pretty simple. She gets Sabastian, and you'd be so broken that I come to the rescue and sweep you off your feet, but something tells me that's not gonna happen; at least she got laid. Well, here's what gonna happen, you're gonna come with me right now, we're gonna board the next plane outta here, and you're gonna do so willingly."

"What on earth makes you think I'm gonna do that?"

"You either do what I say, or you end up like Chloe at the bottom of this lake."

Tiffany's eyes trembled with fear

"Jack."
she uttered with a trembling voice

"Hey, pretty boy!!"
A voice shouted

Jack turned around, and instantly, a fist connected with his face as Sabastian tackled him into the lake; they fought, and they flustered, He tried to drown Sabastian as he pulled him underwater, kicking over debris, Chloe's body began to rise.
Jack pulled out his gun, a shot could be heard.
Tiffany fell to her knees; she couldn't utter a word.
The clear crystal waters suddenly was tainted red,
as Sabastian brought Jack out of the water, and from his gut, he bled.
He held pressure on the wound until the police came and took him from the scene, never to be seen again.

Tiffany hugged, Tiffany kissed as Sabastian tried to explain. She did not want to hear any of it, she was just so glad to see him again.

"I'm sorry, okay, I didn't -"

"Shhhh, I know you didn't, but how did you know where to find me?"

"I spoke with Jess, and she said Jack and Chloe had been meeting up frequently, way too frequent as a matter, and that's when I went to his home, and I found out he was the one pulling all the strings to this scheme and I knew I had to find you, so I came to your favorite place, and you weren't there, but an amazing barista guided me to were your mind have gone to clear your head."

Tiffany smiled as she passionately kissed him

"Before another psycho tries to steal you away from me."
Sabastian uttered as he got down on one knee

"You have been the beacon of light in my life. With every passing day, you are the focal point of each and everything that I do, and I can't imagine living a life without you. With every hour, every minute, every second that passes by, I wanna ensure that it's no longer You or Me but Us.     
Tiffany Kresta Patterson, would you do me the honor of finally completing me and being my wife?"

"I found you cheating on me, and now you're asking me to marry you?"

"So, yes?"

"Of course!!! yes!! yes!! yes!!!!! yes!!!" She uttered as they made out in the park

Everyone cheered, and the barista smiled; who was she know one truly knew, some said she was from Don Perico, known to only a few.
Such a tragic day turned into one worthwhile.
A few months had passed, Sabastian, now the CEO of the rebranded "Baldwin's Financial."
Tiffany expanded as a renowned author, now on tours for her new bestseller "Irresistible" writing one true crime one month at a time.

As for Jack, rumors had it he was now in a mental institution; He was doing well, making progress, a true Jack of all trades but he went off the roof when he heard Tiffany and Sabastian got married. He maintained his cool pretending that the hatchet was buried and Tiffany presence he didn't yearn, but secretly and subconsciously, he was planning his return.

~Tremar Ivey~