Snippets

Mauve and Silver (Part 1)

"Then why are you here?" Hayden asked.

"I don't know. Maybe I feel comfortable with you," She gave him a smile. Hayden smiled back. This time it reached his eyes.

"I feel comfortable with you too," He admitted. She didn't know why, but it made her smile too.

"I don't have many friends," Reyanna told him as he dropped her home.

"I have exactly three close friends," He told her, coming by her side, and opening the door for her.

"Olivia, Mark, Benjamin, your King Cavalier," Reyanna counted.

"Yep," He agreed.

"And where do I stand?" Reyanna asked raising her eyebrow.

"You are not my close friend, Reya," He said with a serious face and Reyanna's heart seemed like it would break.

"Of course. I'll take my leave now, I have to call the caterer to get a food testing appointment," Reyanna told him. "I'll see you in a few weeks. All the best," She said and kissed his cheek. As she pulled away, Hayden held her hand and pulled her close. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her in a tight embrace.

"You're my best friend, Reyanna Valdez," He whispered in her ear making her smile widely.

"You're my best friend too, Hayden Lennox," Reyanna told him.

She went to see him off with Mark and Olivia as he left for Devonshire for his coronation. After he went, they all went to see the caterer. Everything seemed bland and Reyanna wasn't talking about the food.

Her life seemed bland, the days seemed longer despite the winter and it seemed like there was a hollow inside her. She missed him, she missed him bitterly. But she was glad for technology as his texts and calls would cure the hollow. Not fully, but she was happy with whatever she could get.

As days passed, Reyanna got busier, but her thoughts of Hayden never stopped. There were days he wouldn't reply to her messages, not even see them. She would be upset all day until he texted her back, or called her. His voice seemed magical and so would his texts.

Reyanna wondered how that could be possible. She would re-read their conversations again and again. Never delete a message. Her belly would burst with butterflies when she saw his message on her notifications. She won't leave her phone in case he would call or text her. What was happening to her? How could a certain Duke do all that to her?

"Hey!" She texted him. It was one month after his departure. He was returning soon, she was almost counting days.

He didn't reply. It had been the whole day. She waited for the whole day, starting at her phone. Mark and Olivia had taken an off and went to a one-day holiday so it meant no work for her. She didn't go to the office, just sat in her room staring at her phone.

"Reya! Come down for dinner!" Her Abuela called her, and Reyanna decided to take her phone with her. In case Hayden texted when she was away.

When Reyanna came down, she saw her Abuelo watching the news. She sat beside him and watched what he was watching intently. He was watching business news.

"Reya, Aryan!" Her Abuelo called again.

Reyanna got up from the couch, she didn't want to anger her Abuela when her Abuelo changed the channel.

She stopped in her tracks when she heard 'Duke of Devonshire' and turned to watch the news.

"The Prime news today is from the Devonshire mansion," The reporter said. "As announced by the Devonshire Royal, the new Duke of Devonshire, Hayden Lennox is now engaged to Marchioness of Lothian, Alicia Kerr. It was declared today noon. The Duke proposed in a romantic fashion and the Marchioness was spotted wearing a vintage diamond on her finger," The reporter said.