Chapter - 18: Lara Jean Covey for you!
"So, everything here looks good. These are some great pieces. I really like that one," Gaby says, holding up a picture of a diamond -shaped gold painted metal shelf that fits into the corner of the wall. I actually like that myself.
"Now, you have done the little planning out stuff. Like what can you do and some layouts. Let's get the site work started," she claps her hands excitedly.
"Let me tell you guys, it's not necessary that everything will turn out the way you visioned. Things change when you get to site. So don't panic if things don't go as you planned," she says and calls Rosie.
"Send in Aaron and Layla," she says to her on the phone.
After a few minutes, Aaron and Layla enter the room and stand beside us.
"We have long days ahead of us now. From tomorrow we will start with the site work. First thing first, we have to present the ideas to Richard and Emmanuel and see what they like and what they don't. And then we start working from there. Layla and Aaron," she turns to face them, "We will get a time fixed and you two will visit their current apartment and see what is that they need to bring in their new house."
"Since we can't go overboard with the budget we will have to think smarter. We have to shop smartly, I heard there is this flea market sale starting on Friday. We can obviously use that opportunity and the thrift store pieces too," she says flipping over pictures of some of the items that we clicked on Sunday.
"The good thing is that we don't have to do some major work like construction or stuff like that," She stops midway when Bruce enters the office with some papers in his hands.
"Gaby, you don't mind if I steal my intern away. It's like I don't have one," he says before continuing, "We have to finish Mr. Holder's office by Friday. An extra set of hands won't hurt me."
"I never stole him. You assigned him this project. Anyways, I don't mind," she shrugs her shoulders.
"Asher! In my office," he says and strides away with Asher closely following him behind.
"He made me forget what I was saying. Nevermind," she rolls her eyes and says, "I will tell Rosie to call Richard to see when they are available. So we can kick start this project and finish it finally."
"We are done for now," she dismisses us with a wave of her hand.
Not knowing what to do, I make my way to the cafeteria to get some coffee and a Nutella croissant. I am in love with it!
I take out my phone and call Wyatt to make sure he is okay. He told me that he would work from home today, Again! I don't want to go back and see a trashed apartment like yesterday.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I ask him.
"I am completing an article that I should have completed yesterday instead of moping around," he sighs.
"Yeah, about that. I was checking on you to make sure that you were okay. Are you?" I say wrapping my hand around the warm mug of coffee.
"I am okay. Don't worry. It's just something. Don't bother yourself. We will talk in the evening. I have some work to do."
"Sure. Bye," I say, blowing out a breath of air.
"Bye."
I slowly sip on my coffee when I feel a tap on my shoulder.
"Hey!" I say seeing Asher standing behind me.
"Hey," he pulls out a chair next to me and places his own coffee mug on the table.
"So, I guess I will be working with Bruce and Morgan this week. Ryan and I have to report on the site directly," he says running a hand through his hair.
"That is great. I can't wait to do the site work," I say.
"I was wondering if you would like to grab a bite with me after work today?" He asks, eyeing me hopefully.
"I... Um," I stammer, "I can't. I am sorry. I need to head back home as early as possible."
"Oh! It's okay. Maybe another time," he rubs the back of his neck.
I need to be home and make sure Wyatt is okay. After seeing what a wreck he was yesterday, I don't want him to be like that again. I don't even know what happened but by the looks of it, I guess he and Vanessa got into a fight.
Moreover, after that kiss on the beach, I am confused like hell. I mean Asher is a nice guy and it would be great to date him. But I am not entirely sure if I want to do dating right now. I need time to clear my head.
"I should go, Gaby wants me in her office," I say, finishing my croissant and drinking the last bits of my coffee.
When I reach Gabyy office, I see Richard and Emmanuel sitting across from her. I greet them and we start going over to all the plans and designs.
"You know, we really don't know much about designing. That's why we thought to give the work to professionals. We trust you Gaby and we are on board with everything. You can do whatever you like and we know we will be okay with it," Richard says politely making Gaby smile.
"But we just need the house ready by 20th. We are planning to bring Jasmine home on the 21st and we want to throw a huge party. We have spent half of our savings on this house. We just need everything to be perfect," Emmanuel says, holding Richard's hand in his.
"Don't worry! Everything will be done. We have ten days and it's enough for us to work on your house. Thank you for the trust that you guys have put in us," Gaby says smiling at them, "You both make a lovely couple and Jasmine is one lucky girl to have parents like you."
My lips stretch into a wide smile when I see Gaby giving them a warm hug. This is what I admire about her. She is a successful professional interior design yet she manages to capture the heart of her clients with her small gestures. She is full of passion, life and kindness.
"Since you guys are available now, I will send Layla and Aaron with you guys. They can see what it is that you would be taking with you in your new home and what we need to work on," she tells them and guides them out to meet Layla.
"Since we are going to be done with this today, we will start working on the site tomorrow. Ariella, I expect you to reach there by eleven in the morning considering the fact that its two hour drive from here. I will let Rosie know that we need the team tomorrow. I think we are done for today. You can do the rest of the day off but we need to work out butt off from tomorrow," she says.
"Absolutely," I say nodding my head.
I happily start packing my stuff, ready to leave.
"Leaving already? It's three," Grace asks me.
"Yeah, Gaby said I could leave early today and start working my butt off starting tomorrow," I tell her.
"Lucky you. I am stuck here with designing bookshelves. See you later," she says, sitting down on her computer. I wave her a bye and exit the building.
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"I got some donuts. I was craving for it," I say, putting my keys on the side table and kicking off my shoes. I see Wyatt staring at his laptop screen with a frown on his face.
"You are back early," he says and shuts the laptop off.
"Yeah, I just got lucky. What were you doing?" I ask him.
"Nothing," he says quickly and slides the box near him, "Let's eat this."
After stuffing our faces and changing into comfortable clothes, I am now lying sprawled across the sofa watching 'To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'.
"He should have just stayed with John Ambrose," I mutter at the end.
"You are not Team Peter?" He asks me, raising his eyebrows.
"I mean he is cute and everything. And he took my heart away in the first movie but don't you see, he didn't even try to do anything to convince her," I say placing the cushion between my legs.
"Lara should've told John before about Peter. I always feel bad for him," he says.
"I wouldn't have thought that you watched rom-coms," I say laughing.
"Vanessa and I watched it together on Valentine's day when it was released. She was Team Peter, by the way," he says frowning.
"What happened Wyatt? Did you guys fight? You were both okay a day before," I say before I can even stop myself.
"Sorry, I shouldn't," I mumble.
"It's fine. We actually broke up," he says. He sighs heavily and rubs a hand across his face.
"Vanessa is a model. She is pretty popular, not like Gigi Hadid but enough. She came back from Paris that day after a fashion show. Anyways, we met during an interview in which I was assisting. After the interview, she approached me and gave me her number. We went on a date and it was like an instant click," he says staring at a distance.
"She has busy schedules and hectic work. So we weren't able to spend so much time together during these whole ten months that we had been together. Also, we didn't want to do things public and get paparazzi roaming around my house, so we kept a low profile. Everything was going good and then suddenly it came crashing down,"
"That morning after you left for work, I stumbled upon some texts on her phone. I know snooping around is not a good thing but I don't know, I just did. She was cheating on me with some actor for the past three months. And when I confronted her, things got pretty nasty," he runs his hands through his hair aggressively. I am afraid he may pull them out.
"She said that I am a pathetic writer for a magazine and she is a successful model. I don't even belong with her and some other stuff," he says, his voice breaking at the end.
"Am I that bad? Why do girls cheat on me? I try to do everything I can possibly for the relationship. I really liked her, Ariella. After high-school, she was my only other girlfriend. I did hookups and stuff but Vanessa meant so much to me. I can't believe she would do that to me," he says, covering his face with his hands and I hear him sniff.
I scoot closer to him and wrap my arms around his shoulders to give him a hug. I can feel him stiffen a bit from the shock but it slowly dissipates and he hugs me back.
"You are not bad. Sometimes things don't work but it's okay. You will find someone better. As much as I have known you till now, I think you are an awesome person, if it makes you feel any better," I say and he laughs lightly.
"It will get better and I am sure there is a wonderful girl out there who is just for you. There is a Lara Jean Covey for you, Peter Kavinsky!" I wink at him.
Author's note: Tell me your thoughts on the chapter. Are you Team Peter or Team John Ambrose? Tell me in the comments.
P.S. Let's just not address the fact that Noah Centino is playing Wyatt and they are watching To all the boys. Let's just forget it.
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