Snippets

Mauve and Silver (Part 1)

Reyanna walked towards Beth.

"Hey, Beth?" She asked and Beth looked up from her tablet screen.

"Yes mi...Reyanna?" She asked.

"I wanted to ask why you were all so formal with Hayden?" Reyanna asked only to get a mortified reaction from Beth. "What?" She asked.

"Don't you know, Reyanna? He's Lord Hayden Lennox. The next Duke of Devonshire," Beth disclosed and Reyanna gasped.

"Nombre de Dios! He's royalty?" She said aloud.

"You didn't know that?" Beth asked and Reyanna facepalmed.

"Shit no! If I knew I wouldn't have said those things...." Reyanna words were cut the middle.

"I didn't mind a word," The deep voice said.

"Mierda!" Reyanna muttered under her breath before turning to face a serious Hayden...Lord Hayden.

"I am so sorry, My Lord!" Reyanna apologized, curtsying him like she saw everyone doing before.

"Are you serious?" He asked and Reyanna looked up.

"I am so sorry for saying all that yesterday...I didn't know you were royalty..." But he didn't let her finish.

"I don't care. I liked it. Very much, and I would like you to please treat me the same as you were. Pretend you never heard who I was," The hot dirty blond haired British man with the whitest teeth spoke. He looked serious, so he wasn't kidding.

"But I..." He stopped her again.

"Not a word Reyanna. I didn't mind at all. I enjoyed it and I hope you treat me the same," He told her. "Or I'll make you," He said with a mischievous grin on his lips.

"Reya...Oh...My Lord," Kai bowed to Hayden who rolled his eyes.

"I am not the Duke yet! Don't treat me as if I am one," He told Kai.

"Umm...Lo...I mean Hayden, this is my Uncle Kai," Reyanna stepped forward. "Uncle Kai...this is well...Hayden Lennox," Reyanna fumbled.

"Uh...Reya meet me after..." Kai trailed away as he backed away. More like he ran like he was on fire.

"Shall we go back?" Reyanna asked a very serious Hayden. He looked at her and smiled. His serious, authoritative look melted and a glint of playfulness appeared in his eyes.

As they walked away Reyanna looked back at a very confused Beth. She widened her eyes at her and Beth chuckled and went back to her work.

At the end of two hours Olivia, Mark, and Hayden came to a conclusion for the card and the goodies. Reyanna told them that it would ready in two days with the gift basket sample.

As the couple left, Hayden stayed behind as Reyanna noted down a few things.

He cleared his throat and Reyanna looked up.

"Sí...Yes?" She asked him correcting herself. Reyanna was used to speaking Spanish, not speaking her mother-tongue was weird.

"Can I stay here...for a while? I mean Mark and Olive are planning to go out for dinner, and I don't want to be the third wheel," He asked.

"Umm...I was going to head out actually. I have to meet the card printer," She said and saw the disappointment on his face. "You can tag along if you want?" Reyanna felt bad for him. She knew how bad it was to be the third wheel. She third wheeled to Rylen and Enrique a lot and to Manolo and his fangirls even more.

"Thank you so much," Hayden grinned. "I'll just let them know I'm not coming," He told her, and went out.

Reyanna meanwhile called the printer to tell him she was coming there. She notified him that Hayden was coming with her. She had to, she didn't want people panicking and stuff when they see him.