R. I . P. Mood...

***** Violet's POV *****

I woke up feeling as light as a feather. All the stress that had been piled on my shoulders was now gone. I wonder why? My mind sieved through my thoughts as I looked out the window as the sun shone through the fairly large glass windows. I never noticed how beautiful the sun is in the morning, so vibrant.

I jumped out the bed humming a little tune whilst I got in the shower. The warm droplets fell onto my delicate skin sending waves of bliss.

Oh my God!!

The thought that I let my mind completely forget. How did I let it slip?

Ah, today is gonna be a good day. Cruella is gone, the birds are chirping and the children are singing in the streets again. Though I am so gonna miss Alex. That child was a sweetheart.

I wonder what happened to that monster?

I hope he likes the snow globe I left for him, it was of New York so that when he went back home he would always remember his time here.

I walked into the kitchen after getting dressed in a floral tight skirt and light pink shirt. "Good morning!" I yelled happily.

"Well some one is in a good mood considering that your work schedule is gone back to normal." Said Eric whilst sipping his coffee.

R.I.P mood...

"Oh, how sweet of you to rain on my parade." I said shooting him murderous stares which just made him laugh.

"As much as I would dread to continue this pointless conversation, I think it's time for us to leave for work ." He said lifting some files off the counter and making his way to the car, though the garage door downstairs.

when did we start carpooling? Honestly, I don't care. It's just a portion of my salary that I don't have to waste on fuel.

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"You know, I will never understand that." Said Sophie angrily," I meant Stefan was definitely a better choice than Damon."

"But Damon was free spirited and showed her how to feel alive as a vampire." Said Camila.

"Please Stefan is cute." Protested Ethan.

"Fair enough Stefan is cute and Damon is hot!" Shouted Camila making everyone in our cafeteria at work look at her, which only caused us to laugh.

"But I agree with Camila, Damon was her best choice by far." I said as I pushed a chip in my mouth.

My phone buzzed, I smiled when I saw it was a message from Hunter. We began to talk and I filled him in on our ridiculous debate about who Elena should have chosen, but then I checked the time and decided to use the last few minutes of my break to irritate Eric.

"Okay, guys I'm gonna leave early so that I can go and irritate Eric." I told then.

"I am so happy you not my wife." Laughed Ethan and I laughed whilst flipping him off.

I walked into Eric's office without knocking and shouted,"Eric!" Two head snapped to the source of the noise, which happened to be me.

Nice going dummy.

'Shit' was the only word perfect for this situation.

I awkwardly stood in the doorway as both men analyzed me. I was practically dripping with awkwardness at this point so I let out a weird ass laugh and said," Hi, looks like I am interrupting you guys so... I'm a...just gonna leave." Just to make things worse I added in a awkward waved and headed for the door as fast as I could but not fast enough because a voice stopped me.

"No! Do stay, my brother never lets me meet any of his lady friends." Said the man lounging on the couch in the corner of Eric's office.

"Oh, don't take it personally. He doesn't let me meet any either." My statement caused the man to let out a deep chuckle. I began to notice the resemblance between Eric and his brother.

"So you're the famous Violet that's has turned my brother into a day drinker." He laughed," but it's not like he doesn't deserve the trouble you send his way." He said whilst winking at me, which made Eric roll his eyes.

"I didn't know I was gaining such a reputation." I said laughing and sat down on the chair in front of Eric's desk.

"You have no idea. I am Reece by the way. I don't think you would remember me but we met at your wedding." He said to me.

" I highly doubt she shoes. Her memory is that of a goldfish." Said Eric as he continued reading a file on his desk. I grabbed a paper clip and threw it at him, hitting him square in the face causing him to frown.

"It's lovely to meet the sane brother." I smiled at Reece.

"You will be eating those words." Said Eric, making Reece laugh.

"Always the jealous type brother." Said Reece laughIng and headed for the door but before he left he turned around and said," Oh, I came here to give you a message from mum. She told me to remind you about the black tie event today." And with that he was gone.

Damn I forgot all about that. I wonder what I am gonna wear? Eric's loud voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

"And why are you here?" Yelled Eric.

"Well Reece beat me to it so...Ya. Bye!" I said before racing out the door and to my office across his.

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I got dressed in a black long dress with a very deep V-neck and a sliver waist band with a high slit paired with black stilettos and red lipstick. When I was ready I made my way to Eric's room.

"Let's go! What's taking you so long?" I always thought girls were bad," Come on Barbie!" I teased as I entered his room.

lets go party.

He turned his head away from the mirror to face me and narrowed his cold eyes at me whilst burning holes through my head.

I wonder who pissed in his coffee?

I laughed when I noticed him holding a black tie in his hand.

"Why are you here?" He hissed .

"Cause you are taking too long Cinderella and you are going to miss your pumpkin carriage." I said causing him to get more pissed off.

too soon...

"Go away!" He shouted .

"Gosh, calm down or just now you will turn green. All you have to do is ask," I said pulling out the tie from his hands. I got on my tippy toes and slide the fabric around his neck and began to say a little story that father taught me years ago, when things were good," the Rabbit bounced away with the fox snapping at his cotton tail. Once around the tree, the fox chased the rabbit. Twice around the tree they ran. The rabbit scooted under a bush, away from the fox. The little rabbit got away. Dove right into the safety of his cool, Dark hole."

Once I was done I tightened the knot and smoothened his suit, Eric let out a little laugh making me look up and stared deep into his emerald eyes that displayed pure amusement, my lips formed into a smile," I can't believe that the all mighty Mr CEO can't tie his own necktie." I continued to tease. He gave me a look and grabbed my waist pulling me against his chest.

"Careful with your words, love. What you say might just get you into trouble." The space between us began to disappear and his other hand moved towards my face and he pushed a strand of my chocolate hair behind my ear. His hand rested on my face as the distance between our lips began to reduce. My heart was beating out my chest, we both looked at each other and our eyes locked.

"Children are you both ready?! Jacque is already here to take the two of you to the event!" Yelled Rosa bringing us out of our trance. We both pulled away from each other.

"I...Um..." his eyes flicked back and forth as he tried to figure out what to say. After all we both were rendered speechless.

"Um...Ya, see you downstairs." I said and raced out the door... again.

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"Now do you remember what I told you in the car?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Geez, chill. I do remember." I said rolling my eyes, just to satisfy him, I began to do an impression of him and list it, " Be on your best behavior, don't speak unless spoken to and pretend we are in love." I said in the deepest voice I could make.

"I swear I married a child." He said rubbing his temples.

"You need some sunshine in your life." I said laughing making him sigh.

"Well let's do the best performance of our lives." He said placing his arm on my lower back guiding me into the venue.

Lights, Camera, Action...Haha, ha, ha...ha.

The room was decorated with fairy lights hanging from the ceiling above us. The tables had black table cloths over it. A large rectangular mirror was placed over each table. The tables were surrounded by black chairs with gold borders and a see through backs. There were beautiful gold candlesticks and bouquets of white roses along the tables with white plates and wine glasses. The whole decor was dripping of class.

Half an hour went by with him showing me all his business associates, which then landed me here. I was sitting at a table surrounded by high society woman.

You one of them nut.

I was dragged here by one of his business partners wives. Eric, my lovely husband just laughed at my panicking expression as I was pulled away.

"So I told him that it is either a trip to Paris or my gift would be divorce papers for our anniversary." Said the blonde woman with a fairly large gemstones plastered around her neck.

She could give an epileptic a seizure with that necklace.

The group of ladies all laughed at Lydia's (I think) statement. That was not funny at all, that just caused me to frown and question their sanity.

This is gonna be one hell of a night.

Ah, I feel so blessed...