Six days in California, Mia has been up and doing trying to put the building in order with David helping out. Ryan is hardly seen around. Mia hadn't had a proper conversation with Nick or Carlos as they weren't around too. 

"You're getting fat Il mio amore." David said to her on a Saturday afternoon. Mia and David were both seated under a shade and as usual, Mia was working on her laptop and David was drinking a cocktail drink. (My love)

    "Stop mocking me David." Mia said to him.

    "I'm not. Your cheeks are getting bloated." David poked her cheek earning glare from her.

    "Let me focus. You do know I haven't forgiven you for ruining my dress." Mia hissed at him.

    "Jeez babe, I don't even remember what happened that night. It's been three days and I apologized a hundred times already." David pouted.

   She rolled her eyes... "It still doesn't change the fact that you ruined it."

   "If you want, I would buy you a thousand of that nightdress." David told her.

    "You would?" Mia smirked.

   "I will! I don't want you tormenting me." David said.

    "I'm tormenting you?" Mia narrowed her eyes at him.

    "You are." David grinned.

   "Don't talk to me. Since I'm tormenting you, don't talk to me again." Mia looked back at her laptop.

   David chuckled... "Il mio amore, I can't stop talking to you. You know how I feel about you, sweetheart." David leaned forward to her. 

    "I'll smack your face if you don't back off." Mia had no time for his stupid advances, she still had a lot to do.

   David grinned before leaning away. He sighted a very sexy redhead girl in bikinis getting a swim in the pool. He whistled loudly and Mia turned to him.

   "She's damn hot." David smirked at the lady.

    "Who?" Mia looked around.

          "The sexy redhead in the pool." David didn't take his eyes away.

   Mia strained her neck to see who it was. The girl was hot and gorgeous though but Mia frowned at David. "Is that why you whistled so loud?"

    David didn't answer her but continued staring at the lady.

    "She is pretty." Mia shrugged and then she noticed David getting up. "Where are you going?" She looked confused.

    "Stars align, I might lose my virginity again tonight. Catch you later sweetheart." David leaned over, placing a quick kiss on Mia's cheek before walking away to meet the girl in the swimming pool.

   Mia watched him leave to meet the girl and she shook her head. "He's really an idiot."

    She found herself getting distracted by David and the girl as she couldn't concentrate on what see was doing because she kept on glancing at them.

    "How could she be such an easy catch?" Mia said when she couldn't tear her eyes off them. The redhead and David were seated by the edge of the pool and David was whispering into her ear while she was giggling like a child.

    Ryan had seen Mia from a close distance. He smiled but then noticed that she was looking at David's direction. Ryan decided to walk up to her.

    "My goodness." She scrunched her nose as she watched David kiss the girl.

    "Goodness what?" Ryan said startling her.

    Mia looked at Ryan...

    "You were saying something." Ryan said to her.

   "I was? I don't think so. W-what are you doing here?" Mia asked him.

         "Are you really asking me that? This is my resort, I own the space." Ryan reminded her.

    "Yeah." She nodded, looking back at David. "What on earth—" she looked alarmed by what she saw David doing. His hands were inside her bikini top.

    "Can I sit?" Ryan asked her.

   "It is your resort." She shrugged turning back to her laptop.

    "What are you working on?" Ryan decided to assist her.

    "Nothing very important, David and I have sorted everything out." Mia told him.

    "Oh." He pressed his lip together. "Do you need help I can help you with—"

    "It's fine Ryan. David isn't my supervisor for nothing. We can both handle it." Mia cut him short.

         Ryan cleared his throat... "Okay." He needed to keep the conversation going. "Do you need something to drink or—"

    "David already got me something, don't bother." Mia shook her head.

     Ryan frowned... "Remember not to stress yourself. I don't want something bad to happen to you." Ryan said to her again.

    "I understand but don't worry. David is making sure I don't over work. He's way too kind for a supervisor." Mia said to Ryan with her hands furiously tapping on the keys.

    David, David, David!! David huh! Why does everything she says have David's name in it?!

   Ryan eyed her as a surge of jealous clouded his feelings when he caught Mia turn to look at David once more.

     "You do know he's a playboy right!" He snapped at her unconsciously.

   Mia looked at him with a frown. "Who are you talking about?"

    "David of course! You've been glancing and staring at him for a while now, don't think I haven't noticed. And every sentence you've said to me has his name in it." Ryan said to her.

    "State your point." Mia said still frowning.

    "My point is, I don't like it." Ryan allowed his jealousy get the better of him.

     Mia raised her brow. "Well don't. It's not like I care?"

    "So what? You have a secret crush on him, is that it?" Ryan frowned at her.

    "It is none of your business." Mia flipped her hair, turning away from Ryan.

    "It's my business the day you and I crossed path." Ryan was getting irritated.

    "Ha! You're more like a stranger to me. I don't even know why we're having this baseless conversation." Mia closed her laptop, getting up to leave.

    "Mia don't walk out on me, we are not done talking." Ryan said to her but Mia ignored him, walking away.

    Ryan goes after her. "I'm still your damn boss." Ryan warned her.

    "I never said you weren't." Mia quickened her steps. She almost trips but Ryan catches her immediately, holding her by the waist carefully.

   Mia held eyes with Ryan who was holding her gently. She couldn't help but drown into those icy blue eyes of his.

    "Are you alright?" Ryan asked her softly.

   Mia didn't respond as she was only following the flow of his lips as he talked.

    "Mia?" He called her. "Mia?" He called again and she responded.

   "Huh?" Mia fluttered, turning pink.

    "You're so heavy. And why the hell are you putting on these shoes?! This isn't a wedding or runway fashion show!" Ryan snapped at her. He allowed her to get a perfect balance before stepping away from her. 

     Mia glared at him... "Okay fine, don't save me next time. It's better I hit the ground than for you to touch me, asshole." To think his eyes were the most beautiful and his lips were perfect for hers. Arrgh!!! Mia turned away leaving Ryan.

    "Asshole? I'm still your boss!" He yelled out to her.

     "Then fire me!" Mia yelled back at him without turning.
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   Mia stomped into her room. "That good for nothing imbecile is always ruining my mood!" Mia threw her bag to a chair angrily and walked up to a mirror...

      "You're getting fat Il mio amore...

     "...Your cheeks are getting bloated..."

      "You're so heavy..."

   "What!" Mia held up her hair in the mirror, studying her face. "It's not true, I'm not fat." She poked her cheek twice. "Don't let those two men get into your head Mia, you're not fat. Ew." She shook her head in disagreement.
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   It was mid afternoon when Mia stepped out of her suite. She saw the redhead leaving David's room casually.

    "I'll call you." The redhead smiled at David.

    "I'll be waiting." David winked at her before she left.

    Mia watched the girl strut down the corridor.

    "Il mio amore!" David acknowledged her presence, moving to hug her.

    "Don't." She held her hand out, stopping him from moving further. "I don't want to smell like that girl."

   David rolled his eyes playfully... "You always have your way of twisting your insults. Guess what! I got lucky and I'm gonna have her for tonight." He said proudly.

    Mia scoffed... "Doesn't it bother you? That girl might have an infection and you just might get it." Mia smirked.

    David laughed... "She's clean don't worry." He smirked. "You're not jealous right?"

    "A quick note, if I get jealous please send me to a mental hospital." Mia singgered.

    "Babe, I'm not that bad to hook up with. I'll treat you like the queen you are, just one trial and you'll see." David winked.

    "No thank you dear David." Mia gave him a sarcastic smile.

    "You won't regret it." David wiggled his brows.

    "Ewww... I don't wanna have sex with you." Mia shook away every thought of how sex with David was gonna be like.

    David laughed out. "All those other girls mean nothing because you're the one I want to be with forever." David said to her.

   "Okay Romeo, I'll see you later. I still have things to do."

    "I'll come with you." David said.

    "No talks about us getting laid okay?" Mia warned him. "I wouldn't mind punching your face."

   "Whatever you say Miss black-belter-in-karate." It was like he was mocking her.

   Mia and David walked out of the building.

    "Your other girlfriend huh?" Mia said to David. He had just ended a call from someone.

    "Girlfriend? No way. Ryan would kill me if I touched his property." David scoffed.

    "Ryan's property?" She had no clue what he was saying.

     "I'm talking about Ryan's girlfriend. Layla Sorrento. You must have heard about her family, they're quite popular here in America."

     "Is that so?" Mia nodded slowly. "How close are you to Ryan?"

    "Getting drunk together, partying late at night together, coincidentally screwing the same girl at different intervals, having my ass saved from jail time after peeing from a penthouse at Manhattan, had sleepovers in either of our houses countless times, fighting frequently but making up instantly? Many more." He looked at Mia. "If those count as being close then we're as close as hell."

    Mia batted her lashes and stuttered... "Co-coincidentally screwing the same girl at different intervals?" Mia said in disbelief.

    "Really Mia? Of all the things I said, that's the only one that got to your head." David rolled his eyes.

    "No no. It's not like that." Mia smiled. "You're such a rebellious human being mister. Peeing from a penthouse? Who does that?!" Mia laughed.

    David smiled... "I always got away with everything."

     "You're crazy." Mia laughed harder. "Were you guys childhood friends? I mean you and Ryan."

     "Nothing like that. We only met some years ago."

   "I wonder how you're friends. He's so... Different? You're like an open book and he's distant, cold and uptight. He's mean. The only similarity I see in you two is that you are both very annoying." Mia told him.

      David chuckled... "Don't judge him yet, he's actually cool if you get to know him. He just sees the world in a way that's different from how you see it." He told her.

    "I think he's a sadist. He frowns and always has this straight bossy face that scares me, but then..." Mia stopped talking, when he consciousness wandered to the past.

    His eyes were always very enchanting, holding so many mysteries that left me very curious. And his lips? God, when I kissed them, I thought I was spellbound because it sent shivers and tingling sparks all over my body. Sometimes, the way he looks at me, I feel that he's hiding something. I wanna know but he won't tell me so I just have to keep hating him for keeping me clueless on what's really going on.

   "But then what?" David interrupted her thoughts.

   Mia sighed. She wasn't gonna tell David what she thought. "But then," she thought of what to say to David. "Maybe you're right. He just sees things differently." Mia shrugged.

    "Where are we heading again?" He just remembered that he didn't know where they were going.

    "To the warehouse. The furniture arrived this morning and I didn't have time to inspect it." Mia said to him.

   David threw his arm over her shoulder, Mia was about to swat his arm away but David stopped. "Il mio amore, please don't ruin the moment. Let's just pretend okay?" David felt her relax after a moment.

    "Just once." Mia said to him.

   "You're getting used to me already babe." He pulled her closer, kissing her cheek.

     "Do that again, I'll kill you. I mean it, I don't care if you're a prince." Mia shoved him away.

    "Fine fine. I'm sorry, I'm sorry okay. You always make me apologize to you, you make a prince apologize to you? Boy you really got my heart!" He went closer to her again, throwing his arm around her shoulder. 

    Mia rolled her eyes playfully. "You make no sense at all."
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    Ryan watched Mia and David walk into the warehouse together with David whispering into Mia's ear.

        "Ahem." He cleared his throat but the two didn't notice him. "A-hem." He cleared even louder.

    "Sup buddy." David grinned at Ryan who wasn't smiling a bit. "What's with the face?" David asked him. Mia moved away from David.

   Ryan kept his eyes on Mia who was looking away. "I heard you haven't seen the furniture since it got here." Ryan said coldly.

    Mia finally looked at him... "I was busy with—"

    "You were supposed to inspect it to make sure it's in a good condition." Ryan said. "I don't want to think you're incompetent."

    "I was gonna check on it before you—"

    "Excuses excuses excuses. I hate it. I'll hold you accountable if anything goes wrong, is that clear?" Ryan was a bit harsh and cold.

    "Ryan, come on she's—" David was about to defend her.

    "She's what? Two million is at stake, now I'm beginning to think if she was really worth that amount." Ryan said to her.

    Mia is taken aback... It was an insult.

    "Ryan, she's right in front of you." David told him with a frown.

     "No, Let him speak his mind." Mia folded her arms. She was already building up her rage.

     "You better stop this attitude of yours, I'm not paying you to disrespect me. Remember that." Ryan said to her.

     "Okay that's enough." David pulled Mia away. "Let's just inspect the furniture if that's what he wants."

     "David I already told you not to get involved with any of my staff."

    "Mia and I are not involved in anyway." David shook his head.

    "Even if we are, I don't see how that concerns you." Mia snapped at him.

   "We didn't come here for both of you to bond. Listen Mia, you've had your way for too long, I'm still your boss and I get to dictate everything. You won't disrespect me in any way."

      "Ryan." David warned him.

   "And you David, being my friend doesn't mean you should be sleeping around with her or—" Ryan is cut off by the slap on his face. Mia had given him a stinging slap to his face.

    "I'm done here. With you." She threw her hands up. "With all of these!" Mia yelled before walking out.

     "What the hell man?!" David glared at Ryan before going after Mia. "Mia! Mia! Mia wait!" David called out to her.

    "I'm leaving." Mia said angrily.

   "Leaving where?" David frowned.

    "I'm going back to New York, screw Ryan and Mi-Tech combine! I give zero fucks!" Mia was more than infuriated.

      "Mia calm down, you're overreacting. Hear me out." David tried calming her down.

    "Don't follow me David. I'm catching the first flight back to New York, if I stay here for another minute, I don't think I'll hold myself. The nerve of that bastard! Who the hell does he think he is?!" Mia screamed out.

   David pleaded with her but she didn't want to hear anything from him.

   Mia entered her suite, furiously packing her clothes into her suitcases.

    "You can't leave." David said to her.

    "Watch me." She didn't bother to place her clothes properly.

    "You're not thinking straight, you're just angry." He reasoned with her.

    "I'm more than angry!" Mia shook her head.

    "What do you think you're doing?" Ryan's voice came through. He had just entered the room and had seen her packing.

   Mia ignored him, pulling her suitcases behind her as she walked out of the room.

     "You're not leaving, do you hear me?" Ryan frowned when she didn't even look back. "I just said you aren't leaving!" Ryan quickly held her wrist, stopping her from moving.

   "Let me go." Mia's eyes flashed anger.

    "You're not leaving." Ryan said calmly.

    Mia glared at him but suddenly had tears swell up her eyes.