Hello Lovelies. A new chapter just for you. I hope you like it. I gave some insight on Miranda. Review please and definitely enjoy.
Hanna rolls her eyes as another girl walks in for an interview. Hanna just wants this to be over. Hanna didn't find the right person that fit 100% yet. All these girls and guys were lacking something. Once she figured out what they lacked she would know who to hire. Truthfully Hanna was over this process. For the rest of last week until today, Lucas was still trying to hire someone. He convinced Hanna that she needed two employees . . . at a minimum. Hanna thought she could do it herself but every time she broached the subject Lucas gave her a dirty look. So Hanna kept her lips sealed as Lucas did the interviews. Hanna was just there to look good or so she told herself.
The bad part is the store opened tomorrow and Hanna still couldn't think of any girl, or guy, that worked. Then again that wasn't truthful. There were two young women that were interviewed yesterday that had potential she just had to figure out why she initially said no. If she was honest it was probably because she wanted to do it herself so in the end she would probably hire those two young women. She won't tell Lucas until the end of the interviewing process. Wait a minute . . . the interview is done already? That was the fastest one, Hanna thought to herself as she smiled and shook the young lady's hand before she walked out.
"We may have to open the boutique with just us Han. Nobody works!" Lucas says as he throws down the applications. Hanna looks at Lucas and smirks.
"I'm curious Lucas. What was wrong with the girl that just left?"
"She reminded me of Alison so that was an automatic no." Lucas said with all seriousness. Hanna laughed as she got up and turned the cute wood sign on the door from open to close.
"A girl like Alison would have probably worked Lucas." Hanna says as she walks behind the register.
"I'm not helping to pay someone who looked at me with as much disdain as Alison used to." Lucas says in all seriousness just as he was about to throw away the applications. Hanna takes the applications away from Lucas quickly. The two girls she was thinking about were in that pile somewhere. Hanna was sure Lucas interviewed them yesterday afternoon.
"You actually liked someone in the interviews? And here I thought you were just sitting there looking pretty." Lucas says amused. Hanna flicks him off as she keeps looking through the applications until she finds them.
"Here we are, Morgan and Cecile" Hanna says as she picks up the pink land line and begins the calls. Hanna asked Morgan to start Tuesday and asked Cecil to come in tomorrow morning. After the calls were finished Lucas crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"What made them memorable since I can't even remember what those girls looked like?" Lucas says. Hanna smirks.
"Morgan has perfect and flawless dark skin and her wardrobe is a mix between rocker and preppy. So she had on the white polka dot skirt with the t-shirt tucked in. She accompanied that with a leather jacket knee high socks and ankle boots. She had short curls in her hair and the only make-up she wore was her plum lipstick and eyeliner. Perfect decision but she needed a necklace and cuff bracelet to complete her look. Cecil wore heels to the interview and not just any heels. She wore black suede cutout heeled ankle boots by Aldo that she walked in perfectly. Her outfit fit her perfectly and she had great jewelry choices. The only problem I had with Cecil is she wore too much make-up and her hair is damaged. So she needs a hair appointment immediately." Hanna says. Hanna makes a call to her hair stylist and sets up a hair and make-up appointment for Cecil. Lucas was just amazed that she remembered all those details.
"You amaze me, you know that right." Lucas says as Hanna smiles.
"Yes, I believe I do. Now are you ready for lunch so I can finally meet Olivia." Hanna says as she grabs her hand bag and puts her coat on over her blazer. Lucas laughs as he opens the door for Hanna. Hanna locks the door once she walks out and interlocks arms with Lucas as they walk to his BMW. Hanna was excited to meet Olivia. Lucas was nervous for Hanna to meet Olivia. If Hanna didn't like her Lucas knew that meant there was a good reason and he was too hasty. He trusted Hanna's decisions.
Lunch finished and all Hanna did was smile throughout the experience. Hanna knew Olivia Nguyen was the one for Lucas. From the moment Hanna met Olivia she loved her. She also loved that she made Lucas happy. Olivia was a hugger which made Hanna smile as they got up to leave. Hanna interlocked arms with Olivia as the conversation about Olivia's life continued. Hanna may need Olivia to take a few pictures of the store in the spring. Hanna saw Olivia's work over lunch and she was highly impressed.
"Excuse me" Hanna looked at a young woman who seemed to be her age if not a year older. Hanna had to admit she was very pretty. Hanna also loved her style as well as her short brown subtly highlighted bob. She was shorter than Hanna but Hanna knew it was because she was wearing five inch heels. Hanna wore five inch heels or no heels at all. However, Hanna's boots came in a variety of heel sizes and lengths. They would probably be about the same height if Hanna was barefoot.
"Yea"
"I love your heels and love the way you paired those shoes with your blazer, boyfriend jeans and blouse." Hanna smiled at her.
"Thank you. I'm Hanna." Hanna says extending her hand.
"Miranda. Nice to meet you Hanna." Miranda says as she takes Hanna's hand and shakes it.
"Well Miranda if you live in the neighborhood, and since you have an outstanding eye for fashion, you may want to stop by my boutique." Hanna hands Miranda a card from her wallet. Miranda takes it. Eleven-05 Designs & Boutique. Miranda liked the name eleven-05. It was catchy and she found herself wondering what it stood for.
"I just moved into the area so I will definitely stop by." Miranda says. Hanna smiles.
"Great. See you later Miranda. I'll be looking out for you." Hanna winks as she walks out with Lucas and Olivia. Miranda looks after them as she watches them cross the street. The blonde was a beauty and how she dressed made you think she was a snob but she seemed genuine. Miranda definitely planned on stopping by maybe later in the week since she and Caleb were still getting situated. Hanna would be the perfect friend to have. Extremely sweet and somewhat naive. Speaking of Caleb where the hell was he? He was supposed to be here already. Miranda jumps as lips touch her temple.
"Sorry I'm late babe." Caleb says as he looks at Miranda. Miranda smiles.
"You're lucky I made a friend so I wasn't too lonely without you. How was work?" Miranda says and asks watching Caleb intently. Caleb saw the loving naïve girlfriend with a background similar to his on the outside. Inwardly, Miranda was a different person. Even now she didn't love him but she knew she was pretty fucking convincing. If she wasn't he wouldn't have proposed three months ago.
Miranda had a job to do. That job entailed getting close to Caleb, close enough that he became careless with his passwords and she could rewrite his programs. Her bonus depended on how much of his security system she was able to hack and how much money she could redirect from his account into an off shore account. She had to give Caleb his due credit. Caleb was extremely intelligent, too fucking intelligent which is why this job has lasted a full year. Certain codes she was able to give her boss but Caleb just wrote new ones which made his system superb. Miranda knew that if she was able to get his back-up drives she could finally go back to the west coast and finally be free of this bullshit relationship. At least, there was a perk. Sex with Caleb was phenomenal. He really knew what he was doing and sex with him almost made the job worth it. Key word being almost. She had to tone down her fashion sense to fit the mold of a foster kid with a hard life who found herself. Slowly she was able to bring back certain aspects of her style but she couldn't bring back everything so soon. Which is why becoming friends with Hanna would be so worth it. She would feel like she was back to herself again and Hanna seemed to know what she was doing.
"Work was alright. Another company's security system was hacked so I was called in to fix the problem." Caleb said. Miranda cursed inwardly. She knew what company he was talking about. She hacked it to see if his system would be able to trace the IP address.
"That sucks and did you manage to fix it babe?" Miranda asked.
"I'm not an amateur M. The problem was fixed in minutes even the trace to figure out the location of the hacker but the hack was done on a coffee shops computer." Caleb said. He watched Miranda smile and lean in to kiss him. Caleb kissed her back and immediately he thought of Hanna. Caleb knew he had to see her. He didn't check the message she left trying to get her out of his system but there was no use. Spencer called him a few days ago and told him she had his beanie. The one he left at Hanna's apartment. He was annoyed Hanna gave it to Spencer to give to him but he understood in a way. Now he didn't have an excuse to see her.
Miranda and Caleb ordered food, talked about their day and afterwards walked to their apartment. They lived close but his mind wandered back to Hanna. He wanted to know all that he missed. He wanted to just be in her vicinity but he wouldn't do that to Miranda. He promised her forever so he would give her forever.
Miranda hugged Caleb's waist and looked behind her slightly at the red Porsche. She knew the driver. She nodded briefly before the car drove off. She would definitely try to get on his laptop tonight.
Hanna and Lucas returned to the boutique dropping Olivia off at the hotel first. Hanna wore a smirk on her face as she waited. Lucas was doing his nervous off beat thumb tapping thing. She wasn't going to say anything until he drove himself insane with curiosity.
"Come on Han . . . tell me what you think." Lucas said as he sat on the couch. Hanna smirked as she dressed the mannequins to put in the windows. Nice these business pieces were perfect and would look perfect on Spencer.
"I think her engagement ring should be a pearl with a gold band." Hanna says as she looks over her shoulder. Lucas' smile becomes bigger as he looks at Hanna. Hanna smiles.
"Congratulations Lu!" Hanna says as she folds her arms in front of her chest.
"Thanks Han. You want to go ring shopping with me like right now." Lucas says as he looks at his watch.
"Can we put these mannequins in the window and then I can tell you the perfect place to go to in Philly." Hanna says as they put their finishing touches on the Boutique before they lock up for business tomorrow.
By the time Hanna returned home she was tired. Like mentally and physically exhausted. She set up her bath and went to her room to strip. Hanna sits in her hot bubble bath and moans in delight. There was nothing like a nice, hot and terrific smelling bubble bath. The buzzer goes off and inwardly Hanna cries.
"Maybe if I don't answer they will go away." Hanna says. The buzzer goes off again. "Damn" Hanna says as she rinses off in the shower and dries off quickly. She puts on her robe, ties it and looks at the monitor. Emily has a key why didn't she just let herself in the first door? Hanna asks herself as she buzzes Emily in. She gets to the elevator and Hanna watches the monitor as she goes out of sight. Hanna walks to the elevator and sees Emily lift the doors. Red faced with tears in her eyes. This can't be good, Hanna thought.
"What happened?" Hanna asked Emily as they went to sit on her couch.
"She broke up with me." Emily says. Hanna looks at her not knowing which girlfriend Emily was talking about. This last relationship Emily kept to herself and secret.
"Did she say why?" Emily wipes her face.
"She said I wasn't making enough time for her but Han I tried. Just with my schedule it was getting hard to see her as often as before." Emily said. Hanna, still not knowing what to call the girl, just nodded. Hanna felt that wasn't all to this story. Hanna felt there was something more.
"What else aren't you telling me Em?" Hanna asks. Emily sighs.
"She said I still have a thing for Ali and she couldn't keep coming second to her." Emily said as her head rests on the back of the couch. Hanna knew Ali was the reason. For the next two hours Hanna was there for Emily. They drank, they watched T.V and Hanna gave Emily her bed while she looked out her window wall. Caleb, her thoughts kept going back to Caleb and that kiss they shared. She wished she could get him out of her head but he seemed to be a permanent fixture. Hanna's cellphone rings. She locates it and continues looking at the number. The number isn't saved but she knew it to be a California number. She answered it and smiles as she hears the accent.
"Hello Mr. Harris" Hanna says as she holds herself with one arm.
"Hello Miss. Marin. So I happen to be coming to Philly this upcoming weekend and I was wondering if you had time for breakfast, lunch or dinner and of course to catch up on what's going on in our lives." Jordan says amused. Hanna's smile widens.
"It's a date Mr. Harris. Lucky for you I close early on Saturdays and I'm off on Sunday. Make sure it's worth my while Jordan." Hanna says. Jordan laughs.
"Oh I intend to Miss. Marin. See you later." Jordan says as they hang up. Not even Jordan and his sexy accent could get Hanna's mind off of Caleb but it worked . . . a little.