Vera Anderson's POV

I was sitting alone in the sala, watching a noontime show when it was interrupted by a breaking news.

The CEO of META is back!

After one month in a coma, gladly he was able to survive. As his picture was flashed on the screen, I couldn't help but admire him. Reid is undeniably handsome. He has everything a woman is looking for. A successful career and a wealthy family. A man with a sense of honor and value. But still, I'm asking why I dumped him before.

Then, I thought about pursuing my plan of applying for a job at META. Although, I am not so sure if I will get hired but there's no harm in trying.
I already had applied to different companies and offices. In fact, I was already called for an interview and still waiting for the result. But now that Reid is back, why not try my luck in META? 

Suddenly, I got a call from my best friend Alexa.  It's been two weeks already since we haven't talked to each other over the phone. She only texted me about her decision to work at her father's business firm in Westwood. So I know, she has been busy for the past few days.

"Hi gurl! How are you? I didn't expect you would contact me at this hour", I said with a surprising voice.

"Yeah. Uhm. I'm planning on coming to LA later gurl at Skybar! I'll pick you up at 6:30 in the evening okay?", Alexa exclaimed in excitement.

"At Skybar? Why? What's the occasion?", I asked curiously because I am confused why in Skybar when there are lots of bars in Westwood. Well, Skybar is Alexa's favorite place even before when we were still in college.

"Just an ordinary day gurl. And of course, I want to see you! I'm sure if I ask you to come here in Westwood, you probably not going, right?", she responded certainly.

"You want to see me? How sure you are that I would be coming?", I jested.

"Oh, you really have to, or else you will lose the chance of seeing your pretty best friend!", Alexa uttered exaggeratedly. 

"But, please gurl...please!", she pleaded. And even if I couldn't see her face I know what she looks like when she is pleading for something.

"Okay, fine!", I responded. I could hear her voice softly shrieking from the other line and we both chuckled.

After a few minutes of talking over the phone, we bid goodbye to each other.

Then, I went to my room to look for something I could wear later at Skybar. I also feel a little bored especially that my brother is still on a business trip. I'm just with Nanny at home, so maybe I can spend some time going out. But of course, I need to tell my brother about it because even if he is not here, I still want to tell him my whereabouts. 

My brother works as a bank manager in LA. At least once a month, he needs to travel to Mexico to attend meetings and conferences with other branch managers. With my brother's nature of work, I can say that he is already stable and ready to settle down. But because of his promise to me, that he will not get married not unless I will find someone to spend my life with, that's why he remains single until now. He's been dating his girlfriend for over three years, but they agreed to get married once I establish a successful career and find a loving partner. But I don't know if that will happen because I don't feel like getting into commitments. I experienced dating men, but I don't know why I don't want to enter a relationship. It's totally unbelievable for a 26-year-old woman like me, right? 

Maybe I am just afraid that I will experience the same thing like my parents did. They had a divorce when I was still 10 and my brother was 15. It was the most painful part of my childhood, having a broken family. My father cheated on mom so she had to file a divorce rather than continue feeling the pain of being betrayed by her husband. But though my father has his second family, still he continued his financial support to us, until Harold and I graduated from college.

One year after my graduation, Mom met a Canadian doctor and decided to get married. She is now living in Canada for good but comes once a month to LA to visit us. I know that mom is happy now with her second husband and I'm happy for her too. 

I set aside those thoughts and focused on choosing a dress in my wardrobe.

At last, I found something to wear later. I smiled upon thinking the idea of seeing my best friend. I'm sure this lady has plenty of fancy stories to tell me.

I grabbed my cellphone and laid down on bed. I messaged my brother about my plan of going out with Alexa. I'm glad he agreed to it with a condition that I would not drink much alcohol and I would go home early.

I continued scrolling my phone and logged in to my Facebook account, I noticed someone had added me, and it was Royce Miller. I accepted his friend request. My heart beats for no reason as I stalked his timeline and looked over his posts. Oh my gosh! he is really handsome in his profile picture. I tried to zoom in to clearly see his face.

"Too irresistible", I whispered to myself. Suddenly, I remembered Reid, whose picture was flashed on the television a while ago. They are really identical. The only thing that differs is the style and color of their hair. But the rest are perfectly the same, the way they look and smile. 

After a while, I noticed plenty of notifications popping on the screen. I tried to check what are those, only to find out that they are Royce's heart reactions to my posts. It means, he is also stalking my timeline and he is online at this moment. I only gave a heart reaction to his profile pic but did not give any to his other posts. Sounds unfair right?

Time has quickly passed by and when I looked again at my watch, it was almost six in the evening. I hurriedly grabbed my towel and took a hot shower. Afterwards, I let my hair dry with a blower and get dressed. I'm wearing a pink tank top paired with dark skinny jeans and then wedge sandals for my footwear. I looked at myself in the mirror, turning on my left, then on my right, and I'm fine with it. I applied light make-up on my face, and a lip tint, and just let my long wavy hair hang loosely like I usually do whenever I go outside.

Suddenly, I heard the beeping sound of Alexa's car so, I grabbed my bag and went down the stairs. Nanny was there in the sala, cleaning some stuff, and smiled at me. I kissed her cheek and bid goodbye to her. She is just like a mother to me, actually, Harold and I treated her as our second mom because she's been with us since we were still young. She had no family of her own and just devout her time in taking care of us until now even if we already had grown up.

When I reached at the gate, Alexa rolled down her car's window and told me to get inside. I chuckled as I took the passenger seat and fixed my seatbelt.

"You look so sexy today gurl! That skinny perfectly fits your ass", Alexa complimented.

"Oh, really? As if this is your first time seeing me wear a skinny", I responded, then we both chuckled.

While inside the car, Alexa told me some fancy stories and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After fifteen minutes,

"Okay! here we are!", she exclaimed in excitement.

We had gotten out of the car and went inside, and looked for our reserved table. I noticed it was not only good for two people. It means there are still others who will be joining us here. I forgot to ask Alexa about it. It's just slipped off my mind.

Alexa was seated facing the entrance door while I was on the opposite side. I asked her who would be joining us tonight. She just smiled and said it's a 'secret'. Oh my gosh! like it was giving me goosebumps. After a while, I saw Alexa waving her hands. I turned around and a handsome man appeared in my sight wearing a dark polo shirt, paired with trendy chino pants and dressy shoes. I think the man stands 5'10 like my brother. He has a masculine physique obviously on a body workout.

"Hi babe", the man greeted Alexa and kissed her. Alexa did the same in response to the guy and told him to sit beside her. They were so sweet and have all the nerves to have a public display of affection. Now I'm sure this is what Alexa meant to say when she said it's a 'secret'.

"Oh by the way, this is my best friend Vera. Uhm. gurl, this is Vince, my boyfriend!", Alexa grinned as she introduced him to me.

"Hi Vera. Glad to meet you", the man greeted me with a soft smile as he offered his hands.

"Oh my God, Alexa, I'm so surprised gurl! But I'm happy for you", I exclaimed and secretly thumped her foot under the table. She just smiled at me and winked her eyes.

"Uhm..babe I thought you would be coming here with your best friend as what you told me. Where is he now?", Alexa asked.

I furrowed my brows in confusion.