Chapter 51

Chapter 51

Vivienne was amazed by his kindness. She didn’t know he transferred his maids to her place to take care of her.

“Thank you, Mr. Hawthorn. You’re the best.”

After Sterling left, Vivienne sighed of relieved while taking a look at the room.

That was the room Isabella lived in before. And non of her things were in that room. She left with them all without leaving a needle.

“Let’s see how Sebastian will step his legs in to this house.” she grinned mischievously.

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Even though he didn’t know why she moved in to that house, he was glad she did.

Vivienne was the kind of person Sterling wanted to live with in his house not someone like Isabella.

Who was always forcing him to do things he doesn’t want.

He was sure Vivienne won’t do that. She doesn’t even look like someone who would do that.

“Should I ask any of the girls what is wrong? Maybe Vivienne just doesn’t want to tell me.” He thought.

But wouldn’t that be like he was interfering in what doesn’t concern him?

Thinking about that, anything that has to do with Vivienne concerns him.

She was his responsibility, his actress and also someone he admires secretly even though he was already in love with another person.

Sterling stood up from the bed to go see the maids and ask them what was going on.

And on his way, he decided to make a stop at Vivienne’s room to check up on her.

He didn’t even remember to knock on the door as he pulled the handle.

Because the door didn’t make a sound, Vivienne who was standing in front of the wardrobe didn’t know that someone has opened the door.

He was shocked and froze when he saw her standing there in only her underwear.

Sterling couldn’t take her eyes off of her. Never in his life as he ever seen a lady naked as that.

Even in movies, he was always watchful of the ones to watch.

When she lifted her weight from the other leg to another done, her curvy waist moved too.

Sterling’s heart started beating fast. His hands earned to hold that waist and his lips to caress that smooth silky skin.

He closed his eyes slightly and closed the door gently before hurrying back in to his room.

His heart couldn’t stop beating even when he stepped in to cold shower to relax his mind.

Just an hour that she came in to his house she was already winning his heart? Sterling was confused.

Something that Isabella couldn’t do after staying months with him. Even if she would walk around the house naked, he would never find her attractive.

“Oh God.” Sterling patted his chest.

“I regret going in to that room,” he sighed deeply.

He leaned his back on the headboard tapping his chest continuously to stop his heart from beating fast but couldn’t.

That night, he slept trying to brush that thought aside but couldn’t do it. Vivienne’s body wouldn’t stop appearing any time he closed his eyes.

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All that, Vivienne didn’t even know it happened. She would have fell in to the same thing Sterling fell in to if she had caught him looking at her.

But since she didn’t know, she woke up so early to cook for him to be happy with her.

She took her bath, put on a free gown that stopped at her knee and left the room with her hair dangling on her back.

None of the girls has woken up by then so, she went straight to the kitchen.

Luckily for her, she was so good in cooking that she didn’t even think Twice before she starts to cook.

Few minutes in to cooking, the maids came inside the kitchen.

“Ms. Vivienne, don’t tell us you are cooking.” One of them opened the pot on the stove.

“Whoa! This smells delicious.” they exclaimed.

“But you should have woke us up, Ms. Vivienne. And angel like you shouldn’t be seen in the kitchen. And Mr. Hawthorn wouldn’t like it that we let you in to the kitchen.” one of them said worriedly.

Vivienne smiled. She brought out a cup of yoghurt from the fridge and some strawberries.

“Come on girls, I chose to do it. Don’t worry, I’ll defend you when he’s scolding you.” she picked out a plate and knife.

“You want to slice that? I’ll help you.” They took the knife from her and the strawberries then started cutting them in to four equal oat.

“You girls are doing great, thank you.”

Just when she was done setting the table and was about to go call Sterling, she heard his footsteps coming down the stairs.

She saw him standing on the stairs, staring at her.

Maybe he didn’t know he was staring at her but she saw it.

She became so uncomfortable that she had to lower her head.

Did she look so pretty that he was caught by her beauty or what? She thought.

“Uhm, uhm,” she cleared her throat.

Sterling came back to his senses but she pretended she was just seeing him at that moment.

“Oh Mr. Hawthorn, there you are.” She swept her hair behind her left ear.

“I was thinking of coming to your room to call you for breakfast.”

Sterling came down the stairs watching his steps so he wouldn’t fall down as his leg wasn’t that strong.

Seeing her reminded him of the previous night. He didn’t even know he was going to bump in to her that morning that was why wanted to leave the house early before she would wake up.

“Good morning Mr. Hawthorn.” The girls greeted.

“Please do not scold us, we tired to stop her from cooking but she said it is specially for you.” One of them said.

“Hey, Mr. Hawthorn won’t scold you. Now go to your rooms.” She shooed them away.

“Don’t mind them. And yes, they are right. See? I made all this for you, please come have a sit.” She turned her back to him.

Sterling wasn’t the type that eat at home. He would have just told her he didn’t want to eat but that was her first time cooking for him and it would be so rude to tell her no.

So, Sterling sat down on the chair and she served him.

“You’re going to love this, Mr. Hawthorn. I made this in a special way,”

Sterling nodded his head. He started eating and at the first bite, he liked it a lot.

It was just the way he always want his meal to be. He could swear it was his Mum that made that meal not Vivienne.

And he found himself smiling at the food and nodding to everything she was saying.

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“You like it, right?” she asked him and he nodded his head.

“I’ve been cooking right from when I was twelve. My grandma taught me how to cook and I’ve taken some online courses on cooking too. I can also bake you a cake if you want,” she giggled.

“That’ll be great. And you should make it as beautiful as you are.”

Sterling froze when he said that. How did that even got to leave his mouth? He was surprised.

Vivienne lowered her eyes. Sterling called her beautiful and in a romantic way?

She felt uncomfortable instantly and wanted to leave there but it would look like she’s disrespecting him.

Sterling dropped the fork not because he was full, but because of the weight of what he said.

“I Uhm… I have to go now.” He wiped his lips with a tissue and left the dining area.

Vivienne watched him stepped out of the apartment. She knew why he was acting that way, because he felt embarrassed by what he said.

That wasn’t a big deal. People tell her she looks pretty. But she didn’t know why it felt somehow when Sterling said that.

“Vivienne, get yourself together. You are still someone’s wife.” She patted her chest.

She checked the time on the wall clock and left the dining table too.

She also would have to go to the company to start rehearsing her line because the movie would start that day.

As Vivienne was dressing up, she prayed and prayed she doesn’t embarrass herself while acting.

The previous ones were already an embarrassed to her. Who know what would appear in the news if she mess things up again.

She applied a light make-up and left the room with her mini bag.

“Are we going out?” Assistant Li who was eating at the dining table asked her.

Vivienne’s jaw dropped. She didn’t remember telling anyone to touch that meal.

She shook her head and smiled. No wonder she heard Assistant Mike teasing Li that he was going to eat poison someday since he liked food a lot.

“Yes, to the company.” she said.

“Oh, the movie starts today.” Li quickly ate the remaining meal on the plate and wiped his lips.

“Let’s go.” He took her bag from her and they left the house together.

On their way going to the company, Li tried to engage her in a talk but Vivienne’s mind was far away thinking about Sterling.

What if Sterling was in love with her? What was she going to do? She can’t turn down his proposal if he does.

Even though she doesn’t love him, there was no way she was going to decline his love.

Vivienne sighed. Sebastian was still standing on her way and won’t even allow her give another man a change.

Why don’t he just sign the paper and let her be?

She rested her head on the headrest and closed her eyes.

Sterling liked her a lot she knew that. And Fowler too, he likes her. How was she going to handle both of them when Sebastian finally sign the papers for her.

Those two were good enough for girls to fight for. But she can’t fight with anyone because of them.

How could that even be possible. She was a public figure and would only land her on the news.

But what if she was seen with Sterling or Fowler after the movie?

Wouldn’t people think otherwise? For Fowler, they’ll think she too has fallen in to his charm like other girls do.

But for Sterling’s case, they might think she is hanging out with him because she’s working in his company.

“Ms. Vivienne, we are here.” Assistant Li brought her out of her thoughts.

Vivienne opened her eyes to see him already holding the door for her.

“Oh.” she stepped down and the first person she saw was Fowler smiling at her.

He was holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand with a very big smile plastered on his face.

Vivienne frowned inside. She didn’t like that he was doing that.

What if someone was hiding somewhere recording that? That was going to cause another scandal again which she wasn’t ready for.

And if Sterling should see that, he wouldn’t like it either.

What was he thinking by doing that. He could have waited for her to go to her office then bring whatever he want to bring to her.

“Good morning Ms. Vivienne.” Fowler approached her.

Some of the staffs that were passing by stopped to see what was happening.

Vivienne wished she could tell Fowler to stop whatever he wanted to do but the next thing he did surprised her.

“Do you think my girlfriend is going to like this bouquet?” he asked her.

Vivienne chuckles softly. And there she was, thinking the flowers belonged to her.

“Of course, Mr. Fowler. You already have eyes for good things.” she smiled.

Hearing what they were discussing, the staffs left one after the other.

Vivienne and Fowler went inside the company together with him holding the bouquet in his hand.

As soon as they entered Vivienne’s office, he started laughing and dropped the bouquet on the desk.