Jillian Malik P.O.V
I huffed as I opened the door of my apartment.
The last two weeks were so exhausting, because of Ximena's eye shadow palette launch.
I was only absent for four days and a pile of work had been waiting for me on my desk when I returned.
The launch date is approaching and I was not even close being done. Not only did I had to work overtime, but I also had to work late nights at home.
Usually I was still awake at one in the morning working. Reina being the nice friend she is stayed awake with me to make coffee and occasionally throw a pillow at me when I was about to fall asleep.
It has also been two weeks since I had last saw Marco. After he dropped me off from the airport, I haven't seen him since then.
He didn't came to visit Ximena, so I think he's also busy with work. I don't know where we actually stand. He was really sweet to me in Barcelona, I would consider him a friend.
I also feel like I know him somehow, but I don't know from where. I'm pretty sure I saw him before graduation, somewhere.
Also when he said strawberries and whiskey.
There's only one person who had called me that.
And I don't think Marco is that person.
But he can be my subconscious said.
But he isn't. There are seven billion people in the world.
It could be anyone.
If it was Marco, he would definitely tell me right?
I walked into the kitchen and saw Reina and Luca cleaning the kitchen table. They were so adorably cute.
This was the first time I saw Luca since graduation day.
"Hey Jillian, you're early today." Reina said surprised when I walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah, because I have so much work to finish at home." I sighed. "Hello Luca."
"Hey Jillian." he greeted, smiling.
Luca had changed a lot in a span of one year. He was longer, muscular, and more manly. He looked handsome. "Great to see you again."
"Nice to see you too...You changed a lot." I said, giving him a side hug.
"Haha thanks. You too. You look more sophisticating."
"Don't let your girlfriend hear that." I whispered, glancing at Reina who just rolled her eyes.
"Oh don't worry, she's totally fine with it." he said with a reassuring smile.
"I'm fine with it, because she's my bestfriend and she has a thing for that Vasilios boy. Otherwise I wouldn't mind chopping your precious balls and flushing it down the toilet." she threatened jokingly.
"Ouch, Vita Mia don't be so harsh on my boys."
"And.. I don't have a thing for that Vasilios boy." I added
"Keep telling yourself that honey." Reina purred, wiping sauce off the table.
"What did you guys had for dinner?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Spaghetti by me." Luca said proudly. " We're just cleaning up the mess we made in your kitchen. "
"I left some for you in the fridge." Reina said.
"Thanks guys, I'll go change and take a shower." I walked out of the kitchen and headed to my room.
I threw my bag on the bed and sighed. I can't wait to take a long cold shower after a tiring day.
After I was done taking a shower I walked back to the kitchen to heat up the spaghetti. Reina was in the living room watching tv.
"How was work?" she asked, when I joined her with a big bowl of spaghetti on my lap.
I shrugged. "The usual. Tons of work, meetings, Ximena all stressed out."
"I can't imagine how tired Ximena is right now. With the wedding and stuff."
I shoved a fork full of spaghetti in my mouth. It was delicious.
"Blake is doing the wedding." I said, after I was done chewing.
"Really? Wow she's one lucky girl. Anyway have you heard of your lover lately?" she asked teasingly.
I rolled my eyes. The past two weeks she called Marco my lover. It all started after I came home from Barcelona and she demanded that I had to tell her everything that had happened between us.
When I told her he brought me to the Plaça de Catalunya, she lost it. She started screaming and jumping up and down my bed from excitement, almost breaking my antique vase on my nightstand.
"No, and he's not my lover."
"Oh, he is. He has a crush on you." she gushed.
"Crush are for little boys. He's a grown up man."
"Age doesn't matter. A crush is a crush." she stated.
I rolled my eyes and continued eating my spaghetti. "This is good. Your man can cook."
"Of course." she smiled proudly. "I bet yours can too."
"I don't have one."
"Oh you will. Marco will ask you on a date. Sooner or later. Mark my words."
I laughed. That will probably never happen, but I still replied with: "We will see."
After I finished dinner I went back to my room to grab my laptop.
"Do you still have a lot of work to finish?" Reina asked when I came back in the living room with my laptop clutched under my armpit.
I nodded. Only the the thought of the amount of work I need to finish, is making me tired.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you company."
"I don't know what I did to deserve you." I mumbled, plopping down next to her.
"Honey, don't say that." she playfully nudged me. "But this time, you should tell me a little bit more about that mysterious one night stand guy."
"I already told you everything."
"But I still feel that there's a missing part."
There is a missing part.
A huge one, that I don't even know about.
Everytime I think about it, my mind wanders to Marco.
The things he says.
The effect his touch has on me.
All so familiar, but still a mystery.
I want to put two and two together, but it doesn't make sense.
Marco doesn't make sense.
Because if he was the mystery guy from the one night stand, he would have told me right?
Jillian Malik P.O.V
"Fuck!" I cursed as I kicked the water dispenser. It made a loud shrieking sound, before it became silent.
Dammit !
This was the third time this week it had refused to work.
I was tired. I needed coffee. I needed caffeine. And my last source of energy just gave up on me.
I didn't had a good sleep in three weeks due to so much work and so many things that needed to be finalized. The launch will be in two weeks, and the pile of work I need to finish is still high like the eiffel tower.