Ella's PoV

The anonymous guy looks at me with wide eyes.

"E-El-Ellie? B-b-but h-how? A-l-l-live?" He says.

I tilt my head to the side and look at him confused.

"Ellie?" He says softly. I just stare at him.

I squint my eyes at him. I start feeling a bit lightheaded and suddenly I'm back at home.

A little kid is dressed in a tin armour thing. I'm dressed in a blue princess gown.

"My knight in shining tin can!" I giggle. Why was I saying that?

"My princess in wooden shoes." The little boy says smiling down at me. Since when was I so short?

"I love you Damie!" I giggle.

"I love you too Ellie!" He says and I start feeling light headed again.

"Elena?!"
"Wake up!"
"Elena!"

I jolt up awake.

What the hell happened ?

"You passed out."

"Oh." I say realising I said that out loud.

"You and Damien did. They took him home." Mr. Ryder says.

"Who?" I ask.

"The man earlier. I wonder why he was acting strange when he saw you." He says. "Do you know him?"

"No. Never met him." Though he does seem familiar.

"Erm, I think you should head back home and get some rest. We'll rearrange the meeting tomorrow." Mr. Ryder says.

"Oh, What was the meeting about anyway?" I ask.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow. I'll get someone to drive you back." He says.

"It's okay. I can handle myself." I say trying not to sound harsh. "Thanks for the offer. Now if you excuse me..." I trail off.

"Of course. I hope you feel better tomorrow." He smiles.

"Bye. See you tomorrow!" I say leaving the office.

I shut the door and take deep breath.

I walked to my car and sat in the drivers seat and hold onto the steering wheel tightly.

Inhale, exhale.

"Breath in, breath out." He tells me trying to stay calm.

I shook my head trying to get rid of the headache.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath again.

Inhale......

"Damien don't leave me!" I shout.

I open my eyes and jump in shock.

Damien?

Who's Damien?

I shook my head to get rid of all the thought swirling in my head and turn on the car.

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I reach my penthouse and switch on the lights.

It's still early in the day so I decide to go check on how the preparations for the event at my restaurant is going.

Did I mention I own a restaurant? No? Oh well now you know.

I'm talking to myself and being ridiculous, is this normal?

And I'm doing it again.

Whatever it's normal. For me.

I went and change into another outfit just because,

I can.

I searched through my closet more than a dozen times until I finally found the perfect outfit for tonight.

I don't even know why I'm dressing up.

I just put a minimum amount of makeup because I never really liked make up anyway.

I leave my penthouse and head to the hotel next to the condominium I'm living in.

My restaurant is in that hotel by the way.

I open the door to my restaurant and smile at the people who looks my way.

I walk into the VIP room for the event that's happening in about 2 hours to check on the preparations.

"Hey guys how are the preparations going?" I ask everyone in the room.

"Going great, captain!" Blake says, who is standing on a ladder trying to hang up some decos.

I chuckle.

"What can I help with?" I say.

"Not much here, but you can help in the kitchen, I guess. I don't think the chef started making the cake yet." Laura says.

"Got it. Goodluck guys!" I say and head for the kitchen.

"Hey chefs. Where is the cake?" I ask.

One of the chefs, Mr. Yong, widens his eyes and look around frantically.

"Where's the cake?! Oh no!" He exclaims frustratedly and started blurting out Chinese words.

"It's okay. I can handle that." I chuckle.

"Thank you. I'm so sorry miss." He says.

I tell him it's fine and it's normal then started in mixing up the batter for the cake.

After a while, I put it in the oven and wait for it to bake. While waiting I check on the decorations again and make sure the restaurant is going smooth.

I come back into the kitchen and just in time the timer rings. I take out the cake and let it sit for a while then decorate it a little giving it a masculine affect?

My phone started ringing and picked it up without looking at the ID caller.

"Hello?" I ask.

"Elen-" I cut that douche bag off.

"What the hell do you want?" I ask frustratedly.

"A second chance. Please. Just let me explain everything." He pleads.

"No. I've seen what I needed to see. The biggest mistake of my life. You." I say coldly. Tears were forming in my eyes as I recalled that night.

"Please. Please Lena. I love you." He begged softly.

I hung up. I couldn't hear any of his excuses anymore.

I ran out the kitchen and out of the hotel using the back door from the kitchen.

I cried silently with the silence of the abandoned alley.

But then I thought to myself.

My mascaras are too expensive to waste on a douchebag.

I wiped my tears using the back of my hand and I looked at my hand only to find smeared mascara. Yay.

How the hell am I supposed to go to the washroom without anyone noticing my messy state?

This was all that douchebag, Steve's fault. Why did he have to cheat on me with that bimbo? Why can't I be happy? When will I get my happiness? When will I be one with the light and leave the dark?

I sighed and got up.

I walked into the kitchen with my head down low and grabbed my clutch.

After that, I went out of the kitchen with my head low.

I cursed myself for not having a staff's washroom nearer to the staff's room.

I literally ran into the bathroom and thank God no one is in here.

I went to the sink and mirror to look at my messy state and started to fix my makeup then my hair and done. Magic!

I grinned in satisfactory as I stared at myself. From mess to yes.

I left the washroom and went inside the staff room.

"Hey guys! Are our clients here yet? Remember they're very important so be careful okay?" I say trying to keep a smile on my face.

"You okay boss?" Blake asked concerned. He probably saw through me.

My smile faltered.

"I'm fine. Are the clients here yet?" I ask softy.

"Yeah, they're in the VIP room waiting for the birthday boy." Laura looks at me with sympathy.

I try giving them a small smile but gave a sad one instead. I stopped trying and sighed.

"He called me." I said that and they all gave me a chorus of how I'm better off without him and encouraging comments.

"Thanks guys. Now go. Blake, Laura, Gracie and Tyler, you guys will be assisting the very important guests okay. Get me if they need anything." I say.

They all nodded and left. I went out to get some air.

I went to the back for some privacy but I just realised how stinky it is there.

I sighed and went to the front instead.

I sat on the bench in front of the hotel and think about stuff.

How is my family doing?

Probably better off without me.

I wished I never lost my memory. Then everything would've been much better. I wonder how much I've forgotten. For some reason, I always feel like there's something or someone missing in my life. Did I forget someone important? If I did, does he still think about me? He probably doesn't. I wonder what that person would look like.

A face flashed in my mind for a brief second and I recognised him from earlier this morning.

I closed my eyes.

Inhale.

"Ellie I love you."

Inhale.

"You're the best."

Inhale.

"Loving You was the biggest mistake I made."

Exhale.

What the actual fûck?

I opened my eyes when I heard my phone ringing.

I picked it up again not looking at the callers ID.

"Hey boss. The clients are asking for you. They want to meet the boss." Blake says.

"Sure. I'm on my way." I say and hang up.

I take a deep breath and put on a smile.

I walk back into the restaurant and thankfully only a few people looks at me.

I knock on the VIP room door and a bunch of eyes are on me.

Some familiar eyes.

"Ashton?" I look at him confused.

"Ella?" The guy from the office earlier looks at me shocked. What is he doing here?

"Holy shit." Another voice says.

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