Chapter Eight
Rose POV
I slept well into the next day, partially because I was up all night. Thinking about my job. Thinking about my life. Thinking about my Mason. But most importantly, thinking about Dimitri.
Which I found out was his name, after staring at the business card for a good two hours yesterday. I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't shake the feeling that he left me with. I couldn't even explain it to myself, it was that crazy.
Sure, Mason and I had a connection. But it was different than how I had felt when I was around Dimitri. So last night I tossed and turned in my bed until I finally fell asleep after seven a.m.
I woke up today still unsure of what I should do. Dimitri had given me the option to get out of the nightlife business, which honestly after last night, didn't sound half bad. Victor was a creep, and Adrian was a bigger creep, so I wasn't really sure how much more I wanted to put up with from them.
After much consideration, I decided I would go over to Dimitri's studio. Just to see what it was about.
Besides, I thought it would be the best option for everyone. I would get out of the nightlife industry, which would please myself, and Dimitri. If he even wanted to for sure hire me anyway. And also the best option for Mason, whom I would never tell about working in a club, if I were able to find different employment.
I convinced myself that the only reason I was feeling this way towards Dimitri was because he was the first guy I had really danced for yesterday. He tipped me well, and he was smoking hot. Plus he had been a gentleman, offering me his coat while we were both outside. I was going to force myself to forget these thoughts, because honestly they probably didn't matter much anyway.
Dimitri was obviously much older than I was, and I'm sure the only reason he felt the need to help me was because he felt bad for me.
But for some reason, after I got myself showered and ready to meet with him, I couldn't help but want to get dressed up to try to impress him.
I slipped on my dark gray cheetah print skirt, and topped it with a fitted white tee. I had to admit, the outfit clung to my body beautifully. I also added a cute pair of silver dangly earrings, as well as a black belt to accentuate my slim waistline.
I decided to leave my hair with its natural wave today, but I also curled some of the ends with a curling iron to give it a more glam look. I wore minimal make-up, partially because since I wore so much yesterday it took forever to come off. And I didn't want to have to go through that again tonight. I finished off my look with a coat of nude lip-gloss, and headed out the door.
I flagged down a taxi in no time, which completely took me by surprise. I gave the driver the address to Dimitri's studio that was on his card, and we made it there in a little less than ten minutes. The traffic was ridiculous for some reason today, and I cursed myself for not walking here which definitely would have taken less time.
I stepped out onto the street and fell in love with New York all over again. Everything was so beautiful, and Dimitri's studio was in a building that directly overlooked Central Park. I couldn't even begin to fathom how much rent he must be paying for that place, because I'm sure it was astronomical.
I figured that his studio was on one of the upper floors of the building, but as I looked up, I couldn't help but notice how tall this building was. All that ran through my mind was 'PLEASE let there be elevators'. As I admired the building, I began walking to the main entrance. When all of the sudden I collided again with someone else. Seriously, how many more times could this happen this week?
Ironically, it also happened to be someone I already knew.
Well, kind of. It was the cute blonde girl who got the position at Giovanni's diner. The position I should have gotten. Thinking about it now, I almost had to laugh out loud. Had I gotten that position, I wouldn't be in this situation right now. In my head, I pictured myself punching her right in her nose and then proceeding to rip every last strand of hair off of her pretty little head.
"Sorry!" I said with a big fake smile plastered all over face. Maybe I should try to be an actress while I was here instead.
"It's no biggie, I'm just glad I didn't spill this food everywhere! My boyfriend would have been awfully upset!" She said while she smiled and held up a couple bags of Chinese take out.
I politely held the door open for her so she could walk in. We both got onto the elevator, and she pushed the button for the 6th floor.
That was the floor Dimitri's studio was on.
I started to get a bad feeling in my stomach, and that feeling was made much, much worse when we both got off the elevator and headed for office doors.
Much to my surprise, Dimitri must have heard the door opened and greeted us both in the doorway. However, the cute blonde girl received a much better greeting when she ran up to him and gave him a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"I brought you some food, baby!" She said in her annoying, perky voice.
Maybe I would just push her down the fire escape instead of punching her. I thought that would do much more damage.
The entire time she talked to him, his eyes were on me. I felt weird and awkward, like I was interrupting a very private moment. I turned around to walk away when I heard that sexy voice of his speak to me.
"Wait!" He pushed past his girlfriend and came towards me. "She was just leaving." He mumbled under his breath so only I could hear.
"Tasha, this is one of my clients. We have a photo shoot planned in less than ten minutes and I really need to get stuff set up for her. I'll call you later okay?" I rolled my eyes at his blatant lie.
"Okay! Don't forget!" She said as she smiled and tapped her finger lightly against his nose.
God, could this bitch get any more annoying?
After she left Dimitri grabbed the bags of Chinese and signaled for me to follow him towards the back of the studio.
His studio was very large and spacious. It had expensive looking wooden floors, and pictures of beautiful scenery, women, and families lining every wall. I wasn't even sure if all of this was his work, but I was already impressed.
Once we reached his office, I sat down in a big comfy chair directly across from him. He sat down in his large office chair, folded his hands on the desk in front of him and just stared at me.
I stupidly looked around the office, trying to pretend like I didn't notice him. Eventually I caught on that he was waiting for me to initiate the conversation and quite frankly I was getting bored with all the silence so I decided to speak up.
"So… your girlfriend seems nice." I said as I cocked an eyebrow.
"You came all the way here to talk about my girlfriend?" He asked, returning the same sarcastic look.
"I don't know, you tell me. You're the one who gave me your stupid business card. By the way, it's very narcissistic of you to have your face covering the entire thing."
He couldn't help but smile at my comment. And my God, that smile was amazing. I had a feeling he didn't show it to many people.
"It wasn't my idea, trust me." He opened a few of the food containers that were in the bag and offered me a set of chopsticks.
"No thanks." I said. "Besides, if we are doing a photo shoot, I wouldn't want it to look like I'm carrying a food baby inside of me or something."
"You are something else, you know that?" He smiled again, and when he looked at me, it was almost as if his eyes were sparkling.
"Yeah, I get that a lot." I said shyly. I was starting to blush so I forced myself to get out of the chair and look around his office a little.
"So, you spent a good portion of your night last night insulting me, you drive all the way down to my studio today and deny me when I try to offer you some of my food. And I'm just now realizing that I don't even know your name."
"My name is Rose." I stated as I sat back down. I looked directly into his eyes and with all seriousness I quietly said, "and I want to get out of the nightlife industry."
"Well then Roza," he said with his big, warm smile. "We have a lot to take care of."
Kind of a boring chapter, but very necessary! A picture of Rose's outfit is posted on my profile! Keep reading and reviewing! xoxo
