The QUEENS are back! || 4

This...isn't how this is supposed to end.

Andrea took her car keys that she forgot to take when she first left the mansion. She got herself a black Tesla with her OWN money a year back. She stuffed her bags inside the car and started the engine. Going back to the hotel.

Andrea drove by streets till she went through the gates of Bov. She parked her car and ran her hand through her hair. ("I'll show you. All of you.") She thought to herself before she took her bags out before the hotel attendants took them to her room.

. . .

That night, Damon was restless. He couldn't have a wink of sleep. What is tomorrow going to bring to him? to the company?? "To Andrea..?" He murmured while laying on his bed shirtless, he always slept shirtless as it was more comfortable. he was staring at the white ceiling of his room with his hand on his stomach and his hair a mess. ("Should I call her?") he asked himself, the thought hunted him and the events of that day kept him awake. He sighed and checked his phone. ".." Nothing.

not a single notification from her.

What was he expecting anyway?

"Am I expecting her to call the a good-for-nothing CEO and say sorry?" He laughed at himself. To his surprise...his phone rang at that very moment. He was..shocked to see the caller's ID...(Ms.Too honest)

He shot up from bed as he stared at his phone in disbelief, his steel grey eyes enlarged slightly. It was almost midnight...why would she call him now? He immediately hit accept. "Damon.." Her voice came to his ear. He relaxed but remained silent. He heard her sigh through the phone. "Listen, I'm not good at this. I don't hold and can't hold myself back while speaking.." Andrea tried to put her thoughts into words, while Damon listened silently. ("What is this now?") She took a deep breathe before saying slowly "...I'm sorry. I don't know if this sounds sincere enough...but I'm really sorry, I just...kinda never apologized before or dealt with...situations like this." Damon's words were swallowed back as he heard her. "I-.. don't want to lose you, not when we came this far." She added. Damon didn't know what to say, he had a stupid side smirk on his face in the darkness of his room. He couldn't believe it. He truly expected her to give him a cold shoulder, he didn't expect this at all. He was happy.

"Damon? Please say something.."

"I don't forgive you." Damon replied coldly, he forgave her, he really did. but he wants to take advantage of the situation.

"I'm really sorry Damon..I know I probably had hurt you bad with my words. What can I do to make you forgive me..?" Andrea hugged her knees to her chest on the hotel bed as she talked gently with a sincere tone.

"Be my date for tomorrow's event. Then we can have a dinner date after."

"What?? But...!"

"Andrea, the date isn't necessarily a life partner. Could be a business partner or a family member. Don't overthink it. Will you do it or not?" Damon tried to sound impatient, but he knew damn well he'd wait for her for life if she wanted him to. Andrea hesitantly nodded as if he was Infront of her and replied: "Okay, I will." Damon answered her with a faint 'Hmmm..' And was about to end the call but her sweet voice stopped him. "Goodnight, take care of yourself please. Mister tall, rich, handsome CEO." She chuckled. "Handsome? I thought it was stupid?" He had a smile on his face as he talked to her. Andrea shifted in her bed with a soft grin on her face. "Nah, Handsome fits you best."

"You think I'm handsome?" His heart skipped a beat.

"Duh? if someone said you aren't then they don't have eyes." She rolled her eyes at his question. "You're beautiful."

Andrea stopped for a second, her entire body froze. it was like she had a stroke for a moment. "W-what?" she stuttered slightly, was her ears playing games on her or did he actually say that? "I said you're beautiful. Too gorgeous, infact." Damon repeated, taking her by surprise. she didn't expect that. "Hmm? are you blushing?" He said teasingly hearing her silence. "I am." She replied. "What? you are??" He questioned seriously.

"Mhm.. because of my very specific raven haired man whose eyes look like charming grey diamonds..And I'm under their spell. I mean, come on! his name sounds like diamond!" She said out of nowhere. She sent Damon's heart to cloud nine with these four simple sentences. ("...God...") he said inwardly. "You'll be the death of me one day.." he sighed. "Don't worry, sleeping beauty! your princess charming will be there to give you the kiss of life! Mwah mwah~" She joked somehow. Damon couldn't contain his laughter and laughed heartily. "Oh, I'm so scared princess! please, kiss me!" He joked with her laughing charmingly. The smile never left his face while he talked with her...same with Andrea. Their laughter went down for a second before Andrea spoke "Hey, Damon?" she sounded serious... suddenly Damon felt intense. "Hmm? what's up?" he asked regularly, he stood up and went to his balcony. the breeze hit his necked skin as he light up a cigarette. "You know.." Andrea spoke again, hugging the pillow as she went to the balcony as well. looking at the sky. there was a brief silence...Damon could feel her hesitation. "Andrea?" he puffed out the smoke, a frown slowly drew on his face when he heard her silence. "Love? honey? sweetheart?" he said cheesily. Andrea chuckled softly. "Miss too honest?"

"Oh shut up!" She scolded him over the phone, he chuckled then said with a serious tone. "My little princess charming?" he said lastly. He didn't believe what he said just as much as Andrea didn't. "God, what have you done to me? I've never been this cheesy!" He complained, taking another breathe of his cigarette. "You used to be cheesy with women?" Andrea asked in suspicion. Damon was at a loss for words before he bursted out laughing. "Jelly?" "Shut the fuck up. like hell I am...you literally became my boyfriend two weeks ago!"

"So what? even if I became your boyfriend yesterday I'd still swear to poke anyone's eyes out if they dared to look at you." Damon scoffed, puffing out the smoke once more. "But don't worry, Mi amor. i've never called a woman beautiful let alone being cheesy with her. I always thought my dates are just..weak. you could say. Not suitable for me at all and I always tried to avoid women as much as I could. I hate rumours and drama...but you.." his cigarette between his fingers and the phone in his other hand as he bent over slightly, resting his arms on the railings. "You broke all my walls down and didn't even ask for permission..and I'm not complaining." He added, Looking at the stars, her face never left his imagination. "..." Andrea blushed as her heart was beating wildly. ("Act fool. Act fool. Act fool. Act fool. Act fool. Act fool. Act fool. Act fool...ACT. FOOL.") Andrea reminded herself like a maniac in her mind. She tried to act like his words didn't effect her as much as she could. "There you go, changing the topic!"

"Andrea." He said in a firm tone as he took a deep breathe, making her stiff. "I don't want this call to end. I wish I could hear your sweet voice till I fall asleep." He said in a hoarse voice. his whole body relaxed when he closed his eyes, like she was Infront of him. "Damon..please listen to me." Andrea clenched her phone, rubbing her shoulder. "I'm all ears."

"I..." Andrea's tone was a bit shaky, she finally gathered her courage and..."I'm not the perfect girl for you." Damon's eyes darkened at her statement. "Now what are you-"

"I'm not done talking. listen to me because I have much to say."

"Andrea...you-"

"I'm not breaking up with you." She interrupted again, He felt relieved. "Listen till the end next time...who the fuck in their right mind would break up with their partner after hearing such loving words? You really think even if I didn't have a bit of feelings for you my heart wouldn't flutter after you said that?" She added before she said again..

"Damon, I'm sure I'm not the perfect partner. I'll hurt you, I won't mean it..but I will. I don't know if I'll be there for you when you need me most, I can't even be certain if I'll have my heart filled with only you instead of Cameron but..." Her gaze softened somewhat, Damon narrowed his eyes slightly. "But what?"

"I promise you, I'll try. I'll do my best to be the light side of your life. I'll do my best to think before I speak, I'll do my best to learn from you, I'll do my best in cherishing you. If you need me? I promise to do my best at being by your side, stuck like glue. And...I swear. I'll hold every moment I have with you dear to my heart...I'll make you proud!" Andrea said cheerfully. "I won't be able to handle another heartbreak.. Damon. I can't believe I'm about to say this.. I've known you for about

3 months only..but I'm giving you my heart. it's a risk for me..and I'm willing to take the risk. with you." Andrea said sweetly..

Damon swore...if there was a last wall that protected his heart from her...she broke it down that night.

. . .

Dazzling chandeliers, Classy food, beautiful music, fine wine. Big day.

There it was, The official event. famous businessmen, influencers, singers and many other artists were present.

The crowds were chattering happily as they sipped their drinks. Angelina was getting ready in the backstage, wearing the red dress Andrea arranged for her. She knew that Andrea chose that dress specifically as their song theme..But she never expected Andrea to have other plans.

it was almost time, but Andrea wasn't there yet. Where was she? You might ask..

"Miss Williams! Sir Collins! please look this way!" Reporters at the red carpet were directing their cameras at the couple. Ah, the iconic, power couple. Rosie Williams and Cameron Collins.. "Hi~ I hope everyone is fine~!" Rosie said sweetly. Cameron held her waist and remained with an expressionless face as reporters asked him questions. "Sir Collins, it's said that Sir Gracia had invited two special guests for tonight's event, was it revealed who are they?" a reporter suddenly asked. "Ah, all of you are aware of Mister Gracia's mysteriousness. But I'm sure he won't disappoint." Cameron replied casually.

Someone in between the the crowd rolled her eyes and scoffed in annoyance. ("Mith wiwwiams! Wir cowins! pwease wook dis way!! blah blah blah..Tsk.") The person thought sarcastically in her mind. ("Fucking bastards rode fame by stepping on me.") The person, who happened to be Andrea in disguise...talked inwardly. She snapped out of her bubble upon hearing someone's sharp gasp. "OHMYGODIT'SDAMON!!!" a female reporter screamed in the crowd, Andrea looked at the direction of the gasp...She saw him. She almost drooled at the sight. There he was... standing there in full power in his grey suit that matched his eyes, his dark hair combed back, his face flawless and sharp as he wore his stoic expression. "SIR! please look here!" Damon looked at the cameramen, he noticed her, although she was very well disguised, he knew his little girlfriend. He locked his eyes with her and gave her a smirk. "OH MY GOD! DAMON GRACIA JUST SMILED AT ME!" A fangirl screamed, she almost fainted. ("Yeah, he did. In your dreams probably.") Andrea rolled her eyes again. She locked eyes with Damon for a split second, seeing him smirking her way, she immediately looked away in embarrassment.

Cameron gave Damon a questioning look, The Damon Gracia smiling? that was definitely weird. He followed his gaze only to see no one familiar, but a weird girl with a cap that was looking away. ("Weird.").. Cameron thought suspiciously.

"Sir, is it true that Bloss entertainment is raising to the top again?"

"Mister Gracia! What are your future plans for Bloss?"

"Sir!! who are the mysterious guests? could you please tell us?"

Damon's eyes narrowed uncomfortably as the flashlight of a nearby Cameraman flashed right into his eyes. Andrea felt her heart ache for him. ("It's not easy walking on the red carpet... please bear with it Damon..") She thought to herself, wearing a worried face. Fortunately, Lawrence along with the bodyguards came to the rescue. protecting their boss from the lights. "Everyone! Please snap less photos! the flashlights are extremely uncomfortable for everyone!"

"Thank you everybody for being present today. As for your questions.." Damon came straight Infront of the reporters, talking with confidence.."Yes, me and my business partner will make sure to make Bloss as dazzling as ever. We never fell to raise again, we will only raise more." Damon said proudly. Cameron scrunched his nose slightly. He was getting kind of...annoyed.

"We do have many plans for Bloss, please do stay tuned as we have many things yet to come in the future, as for the mysterious guests..." Damon's grey orbs found her deep Pacific..he smirked and winked to her. She looked at him, giving him a smile. "You'll know soon enough."

Andrea shook her head as she went into the venue from the back entrance. ("This man..") She chuckled to herself.

. . .

Angelina on the other hand, was getting extremely nervous. Andrea was nowhere to be seen and all the guests were already in the venue. "What will we do..?" Angelina asked Chloe, who was beside her keeping an eye on everything. "I'm sure Andrea will be here soon enough...I don't think she'll turn her back to everything so easily. You both worked hard for this and Andrea isn't so unreasonable. She's mature enough. Don't worry, Angelina." Chloe reassured her while squeezing Angelina's shoulder gently. Angelina bit her lip, not sure if she should trust this whole situation or not. She sighed and nodded.

"D-don't worry m-m-miss Kross! A-a-a-andrea won't betray u-us!" Little Eva said with a cheerful smile. both women felt their heart melting at the sight of Eva. "See? little Eva said and she's our little fortune teller!" Chloe said encouragingly as she ruffled the little girl's hair, making the little girl blush.

knock knock...

"Come in..." Angelina said, The door slowly opened, Revealing the event's planner and Lawrence. Both men looked around and frowned slightly. "Where's Miss Lian?" Lawrence asked, Angelina averted her gaze as Chloe said: "She's a bit late."

"What? Mister Gracia is giving his speech now and the event is supposed to start in five minutes!!!" The planner said in fear. Angelina, Lawrence and The planner were feeling that all their efforts will be put to waste!

Where are you, Andrea Lian?!

. . .

"Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being present here in Bloss entertainment's official opening event of our new programme for talents all over the United Kingdom. I'd like to thank my business partners who helped us this far into our road for success. I hope each and everyone of you enjoys this evening. Now, we'll move into our opening show, presented by our mysterious guests!" Damon said as he held the microphone on the stage, then stepped down. Everyone clapped and cheered In excitement and curiosity. Music started to play as the background dancers and singers came in one by one.

"It's time..." Chloe said, looking at Angelina. who was very nervous and anxious. She took a deep breath and gathered her confidence as she took the mic, stepping into the stage in glory...

The light dimmed and was directed at her.

People seemed rather impressed when they saw her, they thought she was long gone after all the drama. They looked at eachother and gossiped happily, Angelina's voice has always and always will be a gem!

Bron himself didn't believe...the woman beside him, Kiara, narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth slightly. While Cameron and Rosie watched in interest.

There she was, In a beautiful cocktail red, strapless dress. With her curls coming to her shoulders. Her hazel doe eyes..her pale skin.

(Now playing: "The other girl" By Kelsea and Halsey.)

Angelina brought the mic to her lips, and decided..it's time. To face everyone.

"I bet you're from the west somewhere, hazel eyes and dark brown hair..." Her eyes found the cheating couple.. "And everything you wear fits you just right." Angelina felt a bang in heat heart.. "I bet you drink martinis dry...and never let them see you cry.."

"I bet you're more promiscuous than I.." Angelina shook off the thought, then focused again. "I bet you're bold, I bet that's why, you seem to occupy his mind?..I bet you're smart." She paused for a second, then smiled charmingly. "But do you know about me?"

("Where are you, Andrea?!")

"Is it you?" The whole venue heard her, a faint voice of someone so familiar...Evan and Ann looked at eachother, confused.

"Is it me? is it you? tell me who? who's the other girl?! who's the first! who's the fool! who's the diamond who's the pearl..are you mad?~ me too! and I wonder in his world..Is it me?! is it you? who's the other girl.." Angelina felt relieved and sang with more passion, getting lost in the melody. "Who's gonna put on the red dress? scarlet letter on her chest? can't love with this on her conscience..Tell me who's the other—!"

"Girl..girl..girl.." Andrea's voice became more heard. And there... She went into the stage..In the very same dress she wore on her first date with Cameron. Looking so beautiful that Cameron stared in disbelief. Evan and Ann gasped, their eyes widened In surprise and proudness. "Are you the one he's talking to, when he gets up and leaves the room? he comes back with a distance in his eyes.." She saw them. His eyes met hers.

"Maybe I should be the one to leave, but damn! when he starts loving me..it makes me think I'm all that's on his mind." Andrea smirked sarcastically at them, before her eyes swept over to Damon, she smiled genuinely. "Ah, oh~"

"Is it me? is it you? tell me who? who's the other girl?! who's the first! who's the fool! who's the diamond who's the pearl..are you mad? Me too!! and I wonder in his world..Is it me?! is it you? who's the other girl?!!"

Angelina and Andrea looked at eachother sadly, walking over and holding eachother's hands as they looked in eachother's eyes. Andrea tilted her head to the crowd, hinting to go off stage. Cameron..felt something weird. This whole situation was confusing to him. He didn't understand. Andrea set her eyes at the couple and smiled in disappointment. "I bet you're cool, I bet that's why, you seem to occupy his time.."

"I bet by now, you know about me." Angelina looked at Kiara. "And you know about me~" Andrea smirked In victory. Rosie.. Rosie felt intimidated. "Is it me~?" Andrea said as she went off stage. "Is it you?!" Singing passionately and with so much emotion with the chorus. "Who's the other girl!" She looked straight into Rosie's eyes, She walked slowly clicking her heels as Angelina went in another direction. "Who's the first?" Andrea sang with a hint of hostility. "Who's the fool?! Yeah!" Angelina sang in a hurt tone. "Are you mad?~" They both said at the same time. "Me too!!"

"is it me?" ("Kiara..")

"is it you?!" ("Rosie..")

Who's the other girl?

("I'm back to pick up my crown. Bitch.")