A/N – I love DWP fanfiction and after my first story, I've decided to write another one. I wanted this story to be based on Miranda and how she was breaking down since Andréa had left. I hope you enjoy and please leave a review. Also I am taking prompts/requests for DWP so PM if anybody has ideas.
Miranda closed 'The Book' and slammed it on the table, groaning she brought her hand to her head where a headache was forming. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself, knowing it would do no good her children seeing her like this. But she wouldn't be feeling like this if she didn't leave! Miranda sighed then spoke to herself,
"Why did you have to leave Andréa?"
It had been 2 months since that dreaded Paris trip, the trip which would break Miranda and she didn't even know until now. The beginning of the week was good, there weren't many mishaps but then Stephen wanted to divorce Miranda, the stupid man told her on the busiest week of her career and that led to Andréa walking into the suite and seeing Miranda with red rimmed eyes and in her comfort dressing gown. Miranda could see Andréa gulp at seeing her boss like this and then Miranda told Andréa about the divorce and when she tried to help Miranda brushed her off, telling her to do her job. Then Miranda did something even she was ashamed of and that was betraying Nigel her dearest friend but what could she have done? She would have lost her job, her entire life was dedicated to Runway and she couldn't lose that. She saw the look on Andréa's face and it hurt her, she was in the car with Andréa when she made that dreadful comment,
"Everyone wants to be us"
Instead of being the good assistant she always was, Andréa shook her head and got out of the car. Miranda watched her walk away and then drop her phone in the fountain, at first there was anger and a lot of it directed at Andréa but after the initial shock of her departure the anger changed to heartache. Miranda knew her feelings were slowly changing towards the assistant and it wasn't because she was exceptional at her job, it was everything about Andréa. She was caring, thoughtful, full of life and beautiful. There wasn't a day after Andréa left that Miranda didn't think about her the truth of it all was that Miranda was in love with Andréa.
Thinking about it was all Miranda could do, some may think she would go and confront Andréa and tell her of her feelings she was after all 'The Ice Queen' or 'The Devil In Prada' who many people thought she could do everything but this wasn't. Andréa had broken down Miranda's wall and it scared Miranda, it scared Miranda so much that she didn't know what to do apart from go in full dragon mode at work and mope around privately in her home. Miranda knew she was breaking down and that's why she sent the girls to their Father for a couple of weeks, they didn't need to see her like she was.
Miranda stood up and walked to her bedroom, taking water from her mini fridge she lay down on the bed and the tears started to fall. No one would dare think that this was how Miranda was and she wouldn't let anybody see.
"Oh Andréa, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."