"N-No but uh..." She trailed off, it was her chance to work with Chloe and get close to her and at the same time, it will give her a chance to keep an eye on the company. C-"Can I work with you too?"
"Why?" Chloe asked curiously. "Why do you want to work with me?"
Beca shrugged. "I'll be productive too and it'll save me the time for searching for a job." She said lying. She just wanted some extra alone time with Chloe.
Chloe nodded. "I'll think about it." She said as she finished her glass. "Good night Beca." She said with a smile and turned to walk to the stairs.
"Chloe, wait," Beca said as she watched the redhead as she was about to take the first step. "Do you know how do they produce the wine?" She asked with a smirk.
The redhead didn't know the answer to that question but of course, she wasn't going to tell Beca that so she just continued her way to her room.
The next morning came and Liam had passed by and gave Chloe an envelope that had twenty thousand dollars along with her new credit card. She called her mother to check in on her and asked her if she could come over. Elizabeth agreed and told her daughter that she'd be there in an hour or so. Deciding to read more about wine and how they are made she went to the office and began to read.
True to her words, Elizabeth showed up with Luke and Eva about an hour later. Beca and Stacie were sitting in the living room when the doorbell rang. Beca sighed as she wanted to go to her room but Stacie stopped her as Elissa made her way to the door. "Do you want to go out for dinner tonight?"
"Tonight?" Beca asked tiredly. "I can't, I am really tired."
"Please? I'm paying."
"I really can't," Beca said apologetically.
Elissa entered the living room and cleared her throat. "Ms. Chloe's family is here."
"Let them in," Stacie said happily. When she saw Elizabeth and the Beale siblings she smiled. "Hey Mama B." She said as she hugged her tightly. "This is Beca, Larry's niece." She said introducing the brunette to the family.
Elizabeth shook Beca's hand politely along with the Beale siblings and sat on the couch, deciding to sit with them, Beca also went back to the couch she was sitting in.
"How's Papa B?"
Elizabeth sighed and shrugged. "He's been in a better place. Since he decided to sell the house and he has been in a very bad mood." Luke and Eve looked at each other and hoped that their mother won't talk about it because they know Chloe doesn't like it when strangers like Beca know what her family is going through.
"Where's Chloe?" Luke asked changing the subject.
"She's here, I'll go get her." Beca offered as she made her way to the office.
Back in the office, Chloe heard Beca's voice calling her name along with the brunette's footsteps getting closer to the office, she quickly turned the computer away so it was facing the mirror and grabbed the phone that was placed beside the desk to act as if she was on the phone. "Yeah, mom?" She pretended as if Elizabeth was on the other line when she saw Beca by the door she spoke again. "Just hold on a second, please. What is it?" She asked the brunette.
"Oh, are you on the phone?" Beca played along.
Chloe nodded, "Yeah, are you here to know the answer?" She asked with a smirk.
"What answer?" Beca asked confused.
"How do we produce wine." I'll show you know how much I know. Thank you, Google. Chloe thought as she was waiting for the brunette's reply.
Beca nodded, "Yes of course. What's the answer?" She then looked through the mirror and stifled a laugh when she saw that the redhead was searching for wine production.
"They get the grapes," Chloe started as she tried to remember the steps. "And then they vaporize it and then they..." she trailed off, not remembering the next step. Then she remembered that the phone was in her hand. To take herself out of the situation she continued with her act. "Oh mom, sorry I took too long. I'm waiting for you." She said as she hung up. And then looked at Beca. "Sorry, it seems we might have to continue our conversation some other time."
Beca nodded with a smirk. Let's see if I can embarrass her. "Your mom right? And she's on her way as you were talking to her on the phone?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Yes."
"Weird, because I was just in the living room with her and I came to get you." The brunette then laughed. "Weird things happen to people." She said while she shook her head.
Knowing that she got caught. Chloe began to walk only to be stopped by Beca who stood in front of her. "Is there something else?" Chloe asked in a low whisper as her eyes drifted to the brunette's lips. Eyes up Chloe, stop looking at her lips! You are supposed to hate her! Chloe said to herself.
Beca nodded and turned Chloe towards the mirror, standing behind her closely, she then placed her fingers under Chloe's chin lifted Chloe's gaze to the mirror. "You forgot to close the screen," She said in a low voice near Chloe's ear. "And they brewing it not vaporize it." She said with a smirk as she noticed the redhead's eyes widen in surprise. Yeah, I won. she thought as she left the office. Chloe took a deep breath and made her way to the living room.
Chloe and Elizabeth made their way into the redhead's room, as soon as the door closed. Chloe hugged the older redhead tightly as tears started to fall from her eyes. "I missed you mom."
Elizabeth smiled through the tears. "I missed you too so much sweety. How are you?"
Chloe pulled back from the hug. "I'm okay, h-how is daddy?"
Mama B sighed sadly. "H-He's okay too."
"Is he taking care of himself?"
Elizabeth shook her head. "He isn't sleeping well and he's smoking a lot."
The widow shook her head and made her way to the drawer, she took out the envelope that Liam got her and sat back beside her mother. "Here mom," She said as she gave it to her mother. "
"What is this Chloe?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
"Inside this envelope is twenty thousand dollars, keep them with you. Eve and Luke might need some cash."
The older redhead shook her head and gave the envelope back to her daughter. "I can't, your father will kill me if he saw this amount of money in cash with me."
"Then how were you going to give the money to dad for him not to sell the house?"
"We need time Chloe, we told him that Eve will take a loan and we said that luke's old company will give him his rest of the salary. But again, we need time and I can't keep this amount at home." When she saw that Chloe's face fell, she sighed. "When is this war between you and your father is going to end? Why don't you come over and visit him?" Elizabeth suggested. "He's dying to see you."
Chloe gave her mother a small smile. "If he really missed me he would have come the day Larry died." I miss him so much. "No mom, dad doesn't want to see me." She said on the verge of tears.
"Don't say that Chloe, at the end you will have to fix things with him. At some point you two have to stop being stubborn, the both of you are losing valuable time together, the years that are passing will not come back."
Chloe said nothing but wiped the tears that continued to fall.
After the Beale's leaving, Chloe went back to her room and leaving Stacie and Beca in the living all alone. "So are we still on for tonight?" Stacie asked sweetly. "Let's say eight thirty?"
"Is Chloe going with us?"
Stacie giggled. "Of course, she'll say no."
Damn it. I want Chloe to be there. "Okay, sure." She said with a fake smile.
Before they knew it, Beca and Stacie were at the restaurant they dined in last time. Stacie could see that the short brunette was in deep thought. "What's going on up there?" Stacie asked as she pointed at Beca's head.
"Nothing," Beca replied shaking her head. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure," Stacie said as she focused on the salad.
"Was Chloe able to help her family?" Beca asked carefully knowing Stacie doesn't like to speak a lot about Chloe.
The nurse shook her head. "Mama B refused to take the money, she was scared to carry that amount with her and besides she is waiting for Luke and Eve to tell their father that they will take a loan or something."
"Why would they do such a thing?" Beca asked in confusion.
"Because if he knows that the money is from Chloe, he won't take them."
"Oh wow," Beca stated in shock, "It's that bad between them?"
"Yeah," The tall brunette stated sadly. "It's that bad."
"Did you know that Chloe's father used to work for Larry?"
"Of course I did Beca." Stacie snapped. "Larry saw Chloe there. Are we going to spend the whole night talking about Chloe?" She asked with a hint of anger.
Shit, she's angry. Beca thought as she smiled. "Let's change the subject then. What do you want to talk about?"
"You," Stacie said with a grin. "I want to talk about you. Tell me, why do you never work?"
Beca shrugged. "Because I never needed to work."
"Larry was that generous with you?" Stacie asked with a giggle.
If only you knew that I own everything. Beca thought as she faked a smile and nodded.
"And you didn't go to college?"
Beca nodded. "I did. I am an Agricultural engineer." Beca had studied as an engineer because she promised her father that she would. But she never found a reason to work since she has a lot of money.
Back at the mansion, Chloe was looking around the housemaid's room, she was making sure everything was in order when Melissa's daughter Sarah came in. "Would you like anything, Ms. Beale?"
Chloe shook her head. "Why are you here?"
"I came to fix the room so mom and I can sleep."
"No, don't fix anything," Chloe said softly. "Sleep in one of the rooms in the house, the room is in no condition for you to stay in."
"R-Really?" Sarah asked happily. The redhead nodded and smiled. "Thank you so much, I will go inform my mother." She said as she practically ran out of the room, causing Chloe to giggle.
The redhead walked out of the room and was making her way back to the mansion when she saw Jacob hiding something behind his back. She frowned and made her way to the little boy. "What did you hide there little man?" She asked with a smile.
"N-Nothing." The boy replied nervously. Chloe gave him a raised eyebrow look and he sighed. "A bottle of water."
"Why are you hiding it then?" The redhead asked curiously.
"Because mom isn't allowing me to drink water and she says I drink a lot and that results in me in going to the bathroom a lot."
Chloe smiled and placed her hand on the boy's shoulder. "You tell your mommy that Chloe allowed me to drink water, okay?"
Jacob grinned. "Can I also tell her that you told me not to study?" He asked hopefully.
The redhead giggled. "She already hates, so yes tell her I told you not to study. But just for tonight."
"Thank you, Chloe!" The boy said as he hugged her tightly.
Chloe smiled and hugged him back. "You are welcome little man, now go. It's getting cold." She said as she pulled back from the hug and watched as the boy was running to the house. She shook her head and went back to her room, she looked at the clock as it was nearing ten PM, she sighed and looked throughout the window waiting for the two brunettes to come back.
It took the two brunette's about half an hour to arrive and as soon as Chloe spotted them she sat on her bed and exhaled a breath in relief. "What's wrong with me?" She asked herself. "I can't develop feelings for her." She then said as she buried her face in her hands.
Since she thought about working, she was hesitant, but when she saw Beca and Stacie walking together she decided to go for it because it will give her time to stay away from the house, away from everyone.
The next morning, Chloe informed Liam to let everybody in the company know that she will be arriving the next day. Upon hearing this Stacie frowned, she couldn't believe that her best friend, who hasn't worked a day in her life was going to run a multimillion dollar wine company.
"Chlo, you can't be serious!" The nurse exclaimed when Chloe told her about her deciding to work.
"Why not?!" Chloe exclaimed back.
"Do you even know how to ruin a company?!"
Chloe rolled her eyes, "How hard will it be to run a company? The factory produces wine, and I am sure there's a distribution office for it, all I need to know is to whom we sell, and how much..." she then trailed off for a few seconds. "And how many types of wine do we produce." She then looked at Stacie who was rolling her eyes. "Or that doesn't matter?" She then shrugged.
"She's gone mad," Stacie muttered under her breath as she watched Chloe lay on the bed and talk to herself.
About half an hour later, Chloe was in Elissa's room watching the workers do their job. A few seconds later a smiling Beca entered. "Good morning." The brunette said happily.
"Morning." Came Chloe's reply.
Beca pouted. "What's wrong? I know people in the who laugh, smile and are thankful for living a new day and nobody wants to kill them."
"That's what you say to yourself when you wake up?" Chloe asked smirking.
"Not at all, because well no one wants to kill me." She said standing in front of Chloe.
"Well, now there is," Chloe said as she walked closer to the brunette. Why could I be falling for her?
"You are energetic this morning, what's up?" She then looked around the room and nodded. "Looks like the guys are doing a good job."
Chloe smiled proudly. "Yes, it's going very well."
"And I take it no one of the workers ran away? Killed himself?" She asked winking.
"Not yet," Chloe said smiling.
"I noticed." The short brunette said softly. "Looks like the boys have a lot of patience."
"I am the one who has patience here because there are a few people who should have left a long time ago." Meaning the short brunette. "But some people won't take a hint," Chloe said playfully.
Beca nodded and got even closer to Chloe. "You know, you have to be careful because those people who didn't run away will do whatever it takes to get what they want." And I want you. Beca thought as she continued. "And you have to watch your back from such personalities because they are stubborn and if they wanted to know something or have their mind set on something, they will do it."
The widow smiled. "Like re-educating people for example?"
Beca nodded. "And to make them apologize as well." She said as she began to leave but stopped but before she could speak, Alex entered the room.
"You asked for me, Ms. Beale?" The driver asked politely.
"Yeah, tomorrow try to drop Jacob early to school, I need you to drive me to..." She trailed off as she remembered that Beca is in the room and she doesn't want Beca to know that she will be going to the office. "To a place."
"Of course Ms. Beale." He said as he left the room.
"How do you take it upon yourself and take one of my cars?" Beca asked as she walked closer to the redhead.
"W-What?" Chloe asked confused.
"My uncle left the cars to me, so you should ask me for permission."
"Oh really?" Chloe inquired.
"Really," The short brunette challenged.
"You are someone who is really annoying," Chloe said as she turned her back to walk away but only to be grabbed by the arm by Beca, making them impossibly close.
"And you are rude. You can take the car."
"I was going to take it anyways."
Beca nodded, "I know, that's why I said you can take it." Beca said as she didn't let go of Chloe's arm. "Where are you going tomorrow?"
"I am going to work," Chloe stated.
"Really? What are you working?"
"Businesswoman."
Beca laughed. "A what now?"
"A woman who has a business what do they call her? A businesswoman."
The short brunette nodded in understanding. "Of course." She said sarcastically. "So you're going to the wine factory?"
"Yeah,"
"Good, so we are going tomorrow together."
"W-What? I never gave you my permission to work at my factory."
Beca nodded and already had a plan in mind. "I know, but they called me and told me that they need a new engineering because the old left the factory."
"Do you know if I see you tomorrow roaming around the factory what I will do to you?" Chloe said in a threating voice.
"What will you do?"
"I will fire you and humiliate you in front of everyone." She said with so much determination. She wanted to go to the factory so she can be away from Beca, and now she needs a way to stop Beca from going.
"Are you threatening me?" Beca asked with a smile.
"I am threatening you," Chloe said in a low voice as she looked into Beca's eyes.
Due to their closeness, Beca's eyes drifted to Chloe's lips for a few seconds and then back to the blue eyes that belong to the redhead, she then noticed that Chloe's gaze also was on her lips. What are you doing Beca! Her brain screamed as she started to lean in. Surprisingly, Chloe closed her eyes and also started to lean in.
A/N: Opps.. I guess that is one hell of a cliffhanger right? Tell me what you guys think.