Vengeance is a sweet fruit

WHAT DID I MISS

Stella’s P.O.V.

I merely escaped from being caught by Nicholas. But, it really felt good. In my past life as Stella, I never had made a single decision by my own. It was always Lexi who took all the major decisions in our business after dad. For dad, I was his little princess. So, he looked at me as an immature girl. Nicholas let me deal with Mr Casper alone. He helped me whenever I felt a little confused. Of Course, it was his business and he knew all ups and downs of his business better than me.

Both personalities of Andrea and Stella made me deal with Mr Casper. I and Nicholas trapped him so smartly that he not only agreed to sustain his present investment but also agreed on investing for our forthcoming projects. Nicholas was amazed and happy too.

It’s an old saying that old habits never change and in my case, exactly this happened. Being Stella, how could I let go an important investor for the business that I was looking after right now. When Nicholas complimented me that I had sharpened my business skills, it made me alert and nervous at the same time. What if he sensed something odd in my behaviour any time. It was really hard to control myself as Stella in Andrea’s body.

Mom also said that there was a certain but good change in my personality. I asked her what changes she noted but she just smiled at me. I wanted to ask her again but it was against Andrea’s nature. Stella was a little impatient but Andrea was calm and content personality. God, please help me performing both characters well.

I was in my cabin and was answering some emails. Yeah.. Nicholas had ordered me to answer normal mails on behalf of him. It would reduce his burden a little. I had no problem with this because I had done this before as my dad’s secretary for sometimes. I had gone through all the mail correspondence that we had with my company. I came to know that Nicholas wanted to try his luck in the garment industry also and for that he started a correspondence with some known brands.

I discussed this matter with him and he was very excited about this project. I proposed him to be in touch with 2-3 brands and companies if he really wanted to get success in that particular industry. It’s hard for a new company to get success in this industry as there is a very tough competition in this field.

My intercom started ringing aloud and it made me flinched on my seat. I needed to lower down its volume. I picked up the call and greeted the person on another side. It was Nicholas and he called me in his room.

I finished what I was doing and took my notepad and pen. I straightened my dress and fixed my hair a little. I needed to look good in front of everyone. Both I and Andrea liked to be presentative in front of others.

I knocked on the door and Nicholas allowed me to enter the room. I went inside and locked the door again. He was doing something on the computer. He gestured me to sit down without moving his gaze from the screen. I sat down on one of the chairs and placed my notebook on the table.

“Andrea, I want you to deal with all the correspondences with Tips & Toes”, he suddenly told me and I looked at him with wide eyes. Was he really serious about this?

“Why… what happened?” I tried to hide my excitement. It was what I wanted from the depth of my heart.

“Nothing happened. It just my gut feeling that you can handle this better than anyone else”, he looked at me with a confidence in his eyes and I was really surprised to hear him.

“Thanks for showing your faith and confidence in me but Sir, I will be better if we deal together”, I looked at him with a calm expression on my face.

“You are really something, Andrea”, he said in an amused tone and I raised my brows to him.

“I was really impressed when you dealt with Mr Casper. He is an old snake and you tamed him so smartly that I was confused first whether you are Andrea or not”, his suspicion made me alert. I cleared my throat.

“What I mean to say, Andrea… (He stood up from his seat and came towards me)…. I have noticed so many changes in you and your personality. Look at you. You were confident yet shy before. Now, you are not only confident but become fierce too. You handled him cleverly and boldly. You made all the correct decisions”, he said to me while sitting near me on the table.

“I am really proud of you, Andrea”, his eyes had sparkles and I felt drowning in them. We both look at each other silently for some time. We both looked at each other without blinking our eyes. I felt my heartbeat increased and unintentionally I bit my lower lips. His eyes dropped on my eyes and I felt my breath hitched.

Suddenly a knock on the door made us jumped on our seats. I instantly put my hand on my chest. My heart was beating so fast. Nicholas cleared his throat and stood up from the table. He asked the person to come in and a very tall and handsome man came into my view.

“Hey Nic… how are you”, he greeted Nicholas and went to him. Both gave bro hug to each other and then he looked at me.

“O My Gosh…. Andrea… it’s really amazing to see you again”, he beamed and came to me. I instantly stood up from my seat and he pulled me into his embrace. He hugged me so tightly and instantly I hugged him back. Who was he? It would be awkward to be in a stranger’s embrace and I felt comfortable and safe.

He pulled himself away from me after a few seconds. He looked at me from head to toe. Wait… I remembered who was he. He was Tyler Dawson, Nicholas best friend. I smiled at him.

“Tyler… you are making her nervous”, Nicholas said to him in an irritating tone and we both looked at him.

“Why I am smelling something burning”, Tyler sniffed the air around us for smoke and I laughed a little while lowering my gaze a little.

“There is nothing that is burning. Leave her and tell me why are you here?” Nicholas was totally annoyed by his presence and I didn't know why?

“What???? Can’t I come to see my best friend who has been missing since forever”, Tyler snapped and I looked between both of them in confusion. Nicholas and Tyler were best friends and they hang out together in every couple of days. Then what made Tyler saying like this?

“I am sorry buddy. But, you know what happened after that accident. I was totally in chaos and had no idea what to do”, Nicholas gave him an apologetic look and Tyler huffed.

He pulled me down and made me sit on the chair and sat beside me. “I am sorry”, he made a face while mocking at Nicholas. He was a very cheerful person and always joked around. If he was serious and annoyed that meant something had happened bad.

“Did I miss something here, Tyler?” I was not able to resist my eagerness any more and bluntly asked him.

“Yeah, My dear… you missed a lot”, he said to me and instantly Nicholas stopped him saying anything further. “Don’t Tyler. She is still recovering and need not go in so many details right now”, Nicholas statement made me suspicious about something that was bad.

"What did I miss, Nicholas", I called him from his first name in a stern tone and he widened his eyes in shock.