LOVE

The Meet

Samaira had just moved into her new house in California. She was unpacking her stuff. Her phone started ringing, Samaira looked at the caller id and smiled. It was her childhood best friend, Laura D'cruz. Laura is an Interior Designer in California. Samaira and Laura have been inseparable for 15 years. Laura is older than Samaira and that is why Samaira blindly trusts her best friend

Samaira's POV

I smiled at the caller id. Laura has been waiting for weeks for me to shift here.I pick up the phone.

"Hey Love, where are you?"I asked. 

"On my way, will be there in 10. I am so excited to meet you. And I am so happy that you are finally in California", Laura said. 

"Just hurry up already, I can't wait to meet you", I told her in excitement. 

'Yes ma'am!', she said and chuckled.

After the call with Laura, I went down to the kitchen, to meet the servants. Everyone stood there in a line and bowed when they saw me enter the kitchen.

"Hello everyone, nice to meet you'll. I'll make it quick, I am sure you all will take good care of my house, but I also would like you all to stay loyal to me and not go around my back betraying me. We, businesswomen, are good at finding out things. And except for me, only a few selected people can enter my mansion. You will soon receive the list" I said without stopping even for a second.

 "Yes ma'am", they said and I gave them a warm smile.Yes, I was both nice and strict at the same time.I am a businesswoman, of course, I have to be like that. We can't give a chance to our haters to question us.As soon as I exited the kitchen, the bell rang. One of the servants opened the door and there she was. The person I was so eagerly waiting for.

 "SAMAIRA!", she screamed in excitement.

" LAURA!", I screamed with the same enthusiasm. We hugged and then I took her to the living room.

 "Um, Samaira?"Laura said hesitantly while I was just about to put some background music.

"Yes?"I asked her with a question in my tone.

"You do know Blake is in California right?" she asked and I froze.

I couldn't show her how that man still affected me, so I composed myself and replied.

"Yes, why do you ask?"I asked her.

"Did you tell your brother about you moving here?" I was confused after she said that, she usually answered before asking another question.

 "Of course I did. He is my brother" I said.

"And Blake's best friend" she said sternly. 

"Okay, what's wrong? I mean seriously, I don't understand"I blurted out.

"What I mean is that your brother told Blake about it, and", she stopped mid-sentence.

"AND what Laura?" I asked her with a stern voice. This conversation was getting on my nerves.

" And Blake might have called me", she murmured but loud enough for me to hear.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!", I screamed.

 And at the same time, the doorbell rang. Yeah, I preferred keeping my doors closed unlike other people with huge mansions. But when the bell rang, it was Laura's tensed face that caught my eyes.

 "Anything you have to say before we go out there and greet whoever it is. 

"When Blake called, he asked about you" she blurted out.

 I clenched my jaw and asked her, "What exactly?". 

" Just your address". It wasn't Laura who replied, I looked at the owner of the voice. And saying that I was shocked would be an understatement.

 The person who I wanted to avoid at all costs, because of whom I had to leave my family, friends and everything behind 10years ago.Blake Mendes. He was standing in my living room. Still handsome as ever, same silver eyes, same dark aura, still hot as hell, and the same grin.

 "Hello Samaira", he said casually. 

What was he doing here, why is he here, what does he want, how could he act so casual when nothing was right. All the questions were just flooding my mind. I was so angry with Laura and my brother right now. But the man who was the main reason behind all this was just standing and smirking in front of me. I had to calm myself before speaking.

"What are you doing here?", I asked him.

 Of course that had to be my first question. Who shows up without informing, when you are going to meet the person for the first time in 10years. Not that I would allow him to come here if he had asked. 

"Isn't that obvious, I came here to meet you".

"Oh no, That wasn't so obvious. Not when you haven't met the person for 10 damn years. And you shouldn't be here".

 " Why not?", he asked with an innocent face. God, I so wanted to strangle him right now.

" First, because you are a stranger, second..". 

"I am a stranger?".

 "You are just my brother's best friend", I said."That's it?" he asked with a blank face, the smirk was long gone.

"Yes", I said with the same blank face. And with that, he left. Without saying anything, he was gone.