Success at the Top

"I love you" Damien said lovingly in a flirtatious tone, July blushes happily resting her face on his chest as she embraces him tightly.

"I thought you have forgotten about me"

"I thought you didn't love me"

"I thought ..." July complains sadly raising her face upright to stare at him and Damien impatiently plants a soft passionate kiss on her lips.

"I love you right from the day I met you" Damien said softly, July smiles brightly.

"I love you too Dammy" July said nervously as they pull away from each other's embrace gradually, Damien clears his throat softly as he takes a look at the room.

"Why is here so unkempt?"

"What were you doing?" Damien asks anxiously while July walks back to her seat and sits down impatiently.

"One seconds please..." she pleas slyly as she starts typing swiftly, Damien watches her from a distance in adoration and admiration.

"Published!" July exclaims happily and Damien approaches her with a bright smile.

"You have got a great talent" Damien bends down slowly and whispers softly on her ears, she smiles.

"I was working on my new novel" she explains briefly with a sad pause.

"I hope I get notice and paid now" July said with a frown.

"Don't worry, you will definitely be successful" Damien assures her patting her shoulder softly.

"Thank you so much Dammy" July said softly while posting the link of the novel on her different social media accounts, her phone rings loudly.

"Wow!!!" July screams happily at the wide entrance on seeing her mother through the transparent door and Sarah joins happily as she unlocks the door.

"Mother" July squeals happily as they embrace each other tightly.

"I miss you so much my little baby"

Sarah and July walks into the spacious and beautifully arranged living room discussing happily.

"This is surreal mum" July said apathetically with a bright smile.

"I'm serious my love" Sarah pauses.

"Dad was accepted as the manager of a distributing company in Dagenham" Sarah explains briefly to July in a happy tone.

"How have you been?" Sarah asks anxiously.

"I have been great mum" July pauses with a small smile

"I met lovely personalities here in Rollan city" July added lovingly.

"That's some great news"

"How did you fend for yourself with no job?" Sarah asks politely with an anxious stare while July laughs softly.

"I was hoping on getting paid on Wattpad" July said confidently and Sarah smirks.

"That's a childish dream July, you just started writing on Wattpad for 1 year now" Sarah pauses.

"Others who have been writing for over five years and more haven't been paid, why lie to yourself?" Sarah tries to discourage July so she would accept the bitter truth.

"Mum, being a paid writer and Wattpad star takes time. All these are by luck, fate, hard work, patience and determination, I solely believe that I will be a paid writer soon" July said confidently with a bright smile, Sarah exhales exhaustively.

"Since you haven't been paid, what else have you been doing?" Sarah asks slyly.

"I opened a pet clinic which is not really progressive but I await tomorrow" July said sarcastically in a serious tone while Sarah shakes her head disappointingly.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow" Sarah scoffs annoyingly.

"When will this tomorrow come?" Sarah asks sarcastically.

"My tomorrow is here already" July said courageously with a wide smile.

"Where...?" Sarah stares back and forth in the living room shaking her head in confusion.

Rachael sits on the chair closer to the transparent wall in the pet shop, she scrolls her phone anxiously reading "Tomorrow by Ibiso Bob-Manuel (July)" so engross and intrigued by the novel and loses concentration of her current environment.

July walks quietly into the pet clinic and suspiciously walks closer behind Rachael, she smile happily on seeing the text Rachael was reading then she pauses staring at Rachael's finger in astonishment.

"Rachael!!!" July calls awkwardly in a loud tone and Rachael jumps out of the seat in shock.

"July!" Rachael snorts annoyingly trying to catch her breath via exhaling softly.

"Who engaged you? When...?" July asks anxiously.

"I need the full details" July sits on the seat hitting her hand on the empty seat closer to her for Rachael to sit, Rachael smiles sheepishly while sitting next to July.

"Start talking" July commands politely in an impatient manner.

"Well last night, Tony came over to my lodge" Rachael pauses as hot blushes fluster on her cheeks, July watches in admiration.

"We had dinner together and then he proposed to me" Rachael explains briefly to July.

"So you will be getting married before me or something?" July snorts sarcastically as if annoyed.

"It seems so" they laugh loudly in happiness as the entrance door wide open.

"Please help me" Rose pleas sadly in a pitiful tone as tears gather around her eye lids, she was tightly holding her bleeding dying pet cat.

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"Is better to have an enemy as a friend" Michael walks into the famous classic bar approaching the table that has already been booked by Damien in respect of their last call.

"Mr. Michael"

"Mr. Damien"

They exchange quick pleasantries, place their orders and stare at each other for some minute with different thought running in their head, Damien clears his throat nervously as he drinks the red wine in the big glass.

"Damien as you know July chose you over me" Michael informs bluntly.

"Yes" Damien nods his head gradually.

"I will be fine with her decision but you must promise me one thing" Michael said apathetically.

"Which is?" Damien asks anxiously.

"Don't ever break her heart for once else I will take her far away from you" Michael said vividly with an angry stare, Damien smirks softly.

"She is mine now"

"I won't hurt her" Damien said confidently with a small smile and Michael nods his head slowly.

"I will mind my business from now on then" Michael mutters softly to himself in a low tone and Damien smirks mockingly under his nose.

Mr. Victor and Mrs. Julliana Victor Gerber sits outside the garden, he reads the news paper quietly while she treats the flower lovingly.

"My best author published a new novel, I can't wait to read it" Mrs. Julliana Victor mutters politely to absentminded Mr. Victor as she takes her phone of the seat impatiently unlocking it.

"Mum, Dad" Rose calls happily as she walks into the garden with her pet in her arms.

"Where have you been?"

"You should be focusing on the company" Mr. Victor closes the newspaper scolding Rose angrily.

"Dad... my pet was sick so I had to treat her"

"She almost died" Rose complains sadly.

Mr. Victor Gerber who has always had a fragile heart for his beloved daughter exhales slightly.

"How is your pet now?" Mr. Victor asks slyly in other to cheer Rose up.

"She is fine now"

"Thanks to doctor July" Rose said happily while caressing the pet.

"Isn't July your brother's ex fiancée?" Mr. Victor asks cryptically.

"Yes. I highly recommend and accept her as my brother's future wife" Rose said annoyingly, Mrs. Victor rolls her eyes annoyingly and faces back to her phone while Mr. Victor nods his head slowly.

July paces around the counter panicking on how to click a new tab revealing Wattpad, Rachael smirks and approaches the table.

"Just click it, it isn't your first time being rejected" Rachael encourages her sarcastically thus July nods her head sheepishly and clicks on the Wattpad tab, a notification pops up immediately.

"Congratulations new star"

"You are now a paid writer..."