chapter 1

Somewhere in Los Angeles in a less crowded neighbourhood, Harry held his cowboy hat as he made his way to his garage in black pants and cowboy boots.

He opened the door of his mini van, entering the drivers' seat, he turned on the ignition, while he charged his phone. he uses his van each time he wants to head for the vineyards.

Its the month of september and he's as excited as any wine maker to go check out his vineyards before the sun comes out and warms things up, spoiling the flavours of the grape. He also needs to check the wines in the barrels and apparently he's working on a new project alone, for easter.

He got to the vineyards before six. during summer, temperature is really sunny and warm, the vineyards are lush and green.

when he arrived at the vineyard, he spent sometime with the wine growers. they talked about the weather and how wonderful the grapes taste. very soon it would be time for harvest and then they would get over with the fermentation process.

Few days ago he had joined a long meeting with the vice president of sales. they were getting ready for the bottles to be imported from Calabasas.

Harry is a family guy as well as a wine maker. his work never stops him from taking care of Ivy, his wife. even though their relationahip has been on and off he still cares a lot about her.

they have both been on this journey of her addiction. one minute she's trying to recover by herself another minute she's addicted once again. she OD's alot and they decided to take her for rehab. its been three month though since she left and now she's out.

Ivy had arrived last weekend and he had deliberately taken a week off from work to take care of her.

Before he left this morning, she was cuddled up in his arms, her black hair scattered, her huge eye balls were closed and her lips were like she was smiling over something. he didnt want to know what she was dreaming of but whatever it was, he hoped it could keep her asleep until he was ready to leave for work and it did. he got out of the house peacefully which hadn't been so for a long time.

He still loves and adores her just like he did nine years ago but she now makes it difficult for him to express it. she was becoming grumpy and wanted everything. if he couldnt get it, she could literally tear down the house and it would result into a massive arguement.

He could never win her arguement because she misunderstands everything she's told and it was disturbing but the doctors had told him to be patient. she was just recovering and could do better with him by her side.

Harry is a nice looking guy. thirty one years of age, tall and muscular with teal eyes. he has a gold coloured hair mixed with a touch of black at the tip. he's best friends with Xavier Miller.

he had met Ivy at a party in Napa. it was basically love at first sight. she came from a respectable family full of engineers and doctors but she turned out to be different.

As the only daughter of the family they pampered her more than necessary. she finished college but never attended a university not because of financial issues, she just wasnt interested in school like her parents had wrongly trained her. her father owned ranches in many places and so far Harry knew, she was the owner of most of them if not all. the father's companies and hotels were split amongst her six brothers when her father died.

Harry came from a prestigious family too. his grandfather was once a senator and his grandmother was a wine maker which his father had taken over from. his mother was his everything. even though he was the third child, his mother had him as her favourite. their last born is a girl a teenager and an upcoming supermodel. his father had died in a plane crash on a trip to Las Vegas and now he has taken over that dream of being a wine maker. he loved his father just as much as he loves his mother though.

'did you get my message?' Xavier asked Harry as they walked around the vineyard.

'about the wine tasting event?'

'yes'. He answered fastly and both men looked at each other.

'you are coming right?'

'of course. I need to taste the new carlifornia wine. I hear the bottles are quite extraordinary'.

Xavier chuckled. 'so is Ivy coming for the event?'

'I don't think so. its not such a good idea. By tomorrow she would start work. the ranch has been through alot so she needs to get back to business'.

'yeah... I can imagine'. they walked some more along aimwith more talking about different women attending the event.

Xavier wasnt a one woman type.

He has slept with a lot of women but he's still not married.

After checking the vine they went into the winey. Xavier rattled on and on about how Isabella Williams had accepted to join him to the event as his escort.

Isabella Williams was another famous wine maker in Napa Valley. she was a nice lady though he has met her once in a meeting. she was a very confident lady and he could remember how she had contradicted lots of people's ideas at the meeting. she raised strong points even the boss could barely make a desicion but in all, they took her idea. then he couldnt join in the arguement as his head was in the cloud thinking about Ivy.