CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Harley glanced at her phone as a smile spread across her lips. She picked her phone up, picked the call and placed it on her ears.

“Zane, how are you doing?” she asked as a voice drifted into her ears.

“Busy?” Zane asked and she shook her head and stood up from where she was seating.

“No why?” Harley asked.

“Come out with me” Zane replied and Harley laughed.

“Where?” she asked.

“Just come” Zane replied and Harley nodded.

“Okay” Harley replied.

“I’ll pick you up” Zane said and Harley nodded as she ended the call.

Harley dropped her phone as she walked towards her closet, she walked through the huge room looking for what to wear. She picked a cloth placed it on her body and then shook her head, many other clothes were tried in the same way but for some reason, none of the dresses seemed to satisfy her. Soon the room was filled with clothes.

Joanne stepped in the room and her eyes widened “Hey, what are doing?” Joanne asked as Harley slumped to the floor.

“I want to go out but I can’t find any cloth to wear” Harley replied as Joanne glanced at the horde of clothes in the huge closet.

“Harley” Joanne called quietly as she bent down lightly.

“The clothes in this room would easily start an high end boutique and even if you have more than fifty customers every day; you still won’t need to buy stock for at least three months. You know what that means right?” Joanne asked as Harley laughed.

“I’m going out with Zane, can’t find something to wear” Harley replied as Joanne turned to her and raised an eyebrow.

“You are going out with Zane again?” Joanne asked as Harley nodded.

“Yes. Why?” Harley asked as Joanne shook her head with a small smile.

“Nothing. You just really go out with people, it’s nice to see you go out and have fun” Joanne replied as she walked towards some clothes on the other end of the room and she removed a button gown from the rack and stretched it towards her.

“I think this gown would go well with your boot heels, what do you think?” Joanne asked as Harley stood up and collected the cloth from Joanne.

“Thank you sweetie. Zane should be here any minute from now” Harley replied as she hurried into her room.

“You knew he would be here soon yet you sat down thinking of what to wear for so long, you must be crazy” Joanne hollered after her but the reply she got was Harley giggling and laughing.

As Harley wore her clothes, her brain refused to help her process what she was doing. After visiting Zane in his office, the duo exchanged contacts and frequently contacted each other. They ran into each other on different occasions and they started talking. Zane invited her out a lot and for her who was still battling with what had happened with President Andrew, Zane made her relax a lot. She didn’t know if he was hitting on her or not. Harley chuckled as she waved the thought away. For now, she should just enjoy the moment.

“Harley, Zane is here” Joanne muttered as Harley grabbed her bag and glanced at herself in the mirror before stepping out of her room.

“Oh wow. You look good” Joanne said as Harley appeared in the seating room.

“Don’t forget to take some pictures for Instagram, it’s been a while since you posted, some of your fans have been for your updates. A lot of them actually” Joanne said as Harley nodded.

“I’ll ask Zane to take some pictures for me” Harley replied as Joanne nodded and watched Harley walked out of the house.

“This Zane guy, doesn’t he have work to do?” Joanne asked as she shook her head and sat down back on the couch.

Harley stepped out of the house, the sight that greeted her eyes made her smile voluntarily. Zane was leaning on the car, one of his hand sin his pockets and the other hand holding his phone to his ears while he spoke to someone on the phone. There was a small frown on his face but the charm he had around wasn’t in the least affected.

He gave her a smile as soon as he saw her and opened the door of the front passenger seat for her. He brought the phone from his ears and he met her eyes.

“You look good” he whispered as he brought the phone back of his ears and continued talking. Harley blinked her eyes as she quickly got into the car to hide the blush spreading across her cheeks and her erratic beating heart.

These were one of the times she was wanted to ask Zane if he had something for her. Everyone had always appreciated her pretty face but there was a way Zane did his. His came with well……... quite a bit of seduction. She watched as Zane got into the car while still holding his phone.

“Please give the phone to Mr Welish” he said as he paused for a moment and started speaking in French. Harley turned to him with a surprised look as she swallowed her saliva.

Can anyone sound any sexier than this?

She maintained her silence till he finished his call and dropped his phone before she turned to him.

“You want to take me out but you are working at the same time. If you are so busy, you can just take me out anyone time” Harley said as Zane chuckled as a smile spread over his lips.

“It wasn’t a work call” Zane replied as Harley raised an eyebrow and cocked her head at him.

“Don’t look at me like that. Let’s go” Zane said with another chuckle as he started the car.

Harley looked outside the huge window in front of her as she turned back to Zane “How did you know I’ve always wanted to come here?” Harley asked as Zane shrugged.

“I didn’t know. It was a guess” Zane replied as Harley stared at him surprised.

“How did you know?” she asked.

“Nothing much. You had posted on your moments once that you wanted to visit a place where you could and also watch the whole town at the same time. Very few places have this effect, apart from the White house, there are three other places” Zane replied as Harley laughed.

“You are really smart” Harley said as Zane chuckled.

“Of course I am smart” Zane replied as Harley shook her head laughing.

“You are annoyingly arrogant” Harley muttered as Zane laughed.

“That’s because I’m capable” Zane replied as Harley nodded.

“You have a lot of things to be arrogant about” Harley said as Zane folded his arms.

“So you still haven’t decided?” Zane asked as Harley turned to him while eating.

“Decided on what?” she asked as Zane sighed.

“Don’t pretend that you don’t know what I’m talking about” Zane replied as Harley stared at him for a while trying to figure out what he was talking about until it suddenly hit her. She chuckled for as she continued eating.

“You don’t have to come to WE, there are also some other big entertainment companies” Zane said.

“Don’t bother about the compensation fee. I’ll take care of it” Zane added as Harley found herself smiling at Zane.

“Really?” she asked as Zane scoffed.

“That’s the least. You’ve been putting off a lot of activities for almost a month now. A lot of your fans want to see you again. Rumours are already flying about you. this is the peak of your career Harley and I’m sure you haven’t come this far just to be deterred by some bastard” Zane said as he wore a small smile.

“You are strong; it’ll take more to bring you down” Zane added as Harley stared at him tears welling up in her eyes.

“You always know what to say” Harley muttered as Zane chuckled.

“I’m clearly older than you, I can’t even think the way you think” Harley murmured and Zane laughed.

“I just want you to get back on your feet once again” Zane muttered as Harley nodded.

“I will” Harley replied and Zane nodded.

Zane parked the car and he got down as he quickly walked around the car and opened the door for Harley. Harley got down as she held onto her bag quietly.

“Hope you had fun today?” Zane asked as Harley laughed.

“I’m not a kid, why are you asking me that way?” Harley asked and Zane folded his arms with a smile.

“So what do you want me to say?” Zane asked as Harley laughed as she shrugged her shoulders.

“I don’t know, something else?” she asked as laughed.

“Zane, thank you for today. Thank you so much” Harley said and Zane nodded.

“Go in, I’ll watch you” Zane said as Harley chuckled as she turned and started walking inside the house.

“Goodnight”