The girls outfits above.

"Paris bitches!" Nicole swears. "I've been dreaming for us to come on a trip like this for a really long time."

"So have I!" Jasmine exclaims.

"So what are the plans for tonight? Dinner at Le Gabriel and that's it?"

It's the day before my birthday. Me and some of my girlfriends flew in to Paris to celebrate.

Adam paid for all the trip expenses. We were shopping at Avenue Montaigne this morning and literally, everything was taken care of by him. All the crazy shopping my friends and I did. Only Adam will do that from a thousand miles away.

It's been a while since I've seen him. He has been so busy work and traveling. We do talk on the phone though.

"How about we go watch a show?" Ivory suggests. Since she moved to New York, we haven't really been seeing each other so I begged her to come along on the trip.

Ivory is one of my best friends and I love her because she's always honest with me.

"There are a million things to do in Paris. I'm sure we can come up with something-Amelia! Get off your fucking phone! I didn't fly all the way from Italy just so you could ignore the hell out of us." Tessa snaps.

"Sorry." I mumble.

"He still hasn't called you back?" Emily asks me.

"No." I reply.

"Text him then. Maybe he's in a meeting like always." Camilla says.

"I still can't believe that you're in love with that jerk." Tessa says.

"Neither can I. You used to hate him. Right from the first time you guys met." Ivory adds.

"Technically that wasn't the first time we met." I point.

Ivory was the first person I told about Adam. Last year when he and I met, he was very rude so I shared what happened with her.

"Right! Childhood sweetheart and shit." Tessa rolls her eyes.

I ignore her comment and decide to text Adam.

Hey

💍Hi. How's my wifey?

A huge smile spreads on my face.

"Can you see how happy he makes her?" Jasmine speaks.

I'm fine. How are you? Are you still in New York?

💍I'm good. Yes, I am. I am in a meeting right now.

Oh! I hope everything turns out well and I hope you're eating and taking care of yourself not brooding and working all day long.

💍I am.

Okay. Are you coming to Paris for my birthday?

💍Do you want me to?

Yes

💍I'm sorry, Amelia. I am so busy.

My smile drops and my lips turn into a frown.

Yeah, I understand

💍Please don't be upset. I want it to be a great day for you. You should have fun with your friends

"He's not coming,"

*****

I unlock my suite and enter only to be shocked by the person, sitting there. "Mum?"

"What are you doing here?" I ask her.

"I'm in town so I decided to check up on you, honey how are you." She smiles, standing up to give me a hug.

"What do you mean you're in town?"

She obviously followed us here and how the hell did she even get into my hotel room?

"I came to see your grandmother." She lies.

"You were here like two weeks ago" I roll my eyes at her."

"Alright. Fine, fine," She sighs, "no mother wants to miss her daughter's 22nd birthday, Amelia."

I knew it!

"Mum, I'm here to celebrate with my friends."

"Your friends love me. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if I tag along. I'm a better company than you anyways. I'm more fun." She winks.

I roll my eyes again though that is actually true.

"I'm not sure if I'm in the mood to celebrate anymore."

"Why?"

"I just had a fight with them."

"How come?"

"It's about Adam."

"You love him, don't you?"

"I am falling in love with him, yes."

"Oh, sweetie."

"It's so hard, mum."

"True love is never easy."

"I've never felt like this before," I explain.

"I understand."

"How do I get over him?"

"Honey, why do you want to do that?"

"He's never going to love me back, mum."

"Don't say that! You are a smart, elegant and beautiful woman. Adam would be foolish to not love you back."

"You're just saying that because you're my mum." I smile.

"Well, yeah but I'm also saying it because it's the truth. You know Adam agreed straight up when he was told that he was going to marry you. No questions asked. You're his childhood love. You mean a lot to him."

As I'm about to answer her, Nicole barges into the room. Her eyes light up when she sees my mum. "Hi, mummy." She comes over and hugs her

My mum hugs her back and kisses her on the cheek. "Hi, honey. You look so beautiful. I love your dress."

"Thank you." Nicole pulls away and twirl.

I chuckle and she looks at me. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I smile.

****

I feel someone rubbing something on my face. It feels tingly like a feather. Weirdly, the feather smells so good so I open my eyes and see a bouquet of beautiful lavenders. They are my favorite flowers but what I like more is the person holding them.

"Happy Birthday." Adam smiles.

"What are you doing here?" I mumble.

"What do you think?" He tickles my face with the flowers again.

"Stop!" I giggle, pushing the flowers away.

"You don't like them?" He asks I sit up.

"Of course, I do." I take them from his hands and hug them. "Thank you."

He shrugs and sits on the bed. "Sorry, I'm late."

"It's fine. I had a nice time.."

"Yeah, I saw the photos."

"Stalker." I accuse.

He smiles and fixes a strand of hair from my face.

"I missed you," I mumble. "I thought you said you weren't coming."

"I wasn't."

"Then why did you? Did something happen?" I frown.

"No. I was told that you kept asking about me."

I feel my cheeks heating up so I look down. "Um...yeah."

This is true. I asked

"Grab your coat. I'm taking you somewhere."

***

"Wowwww."

"I know."

"It's beautiful, Adam."

"Yeah, let's go."

"We're leaving?"

"No, come on." He drags my hand and leads me further into the woods.

I see a set up of a mattress with lots of pillows and two blankets. There are beautiful candles around and as we walk closer, I see some snacks. There's a beautiful view of the Eiffel tower and the stars are shining bright and beautiful.

"What's this?"

"Sleep under the stars. It's on your bucket list."

Oh my God! That's right!

"It's perfect, Adam." I smile.

"You sure?" He says.

"Yes, it's beautiful. Thank you." I hug him and he hugs me back.

"Let's lie down."

"I want the left side."

"Alright."

I lie down and face up then feel Adam's weight beside me. "This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," I tell him.

"I'm glad you like it."

"I love it."

"Hey, what do you think of my necklace?"

"What a weird question."

"Look," I push away my hair to show it to him.

"It's nice, I guess."

"You don't recognize it." I frown.

"You have like a thousand necklaces. How can I?"

"Oh," I mutter in disappointment

I look down and start playing with my ring. Then, I hear him burst into laughter. I look up at him, confused. "You're so cute." He grins, "I'm just messing with you. Of course, I remember."

It's the Tiffany and Co diamond necklace he got me for my last birthday.

"I hate you." I playfully glare at him.

He smiles then gathers some rose petals and throw them in my face.

"Hey!" I exclaim and he chuckles, pulling me to him.

I straddle him as he lies down then he reaches for my necklace. I shiver then his fingers lightly touch my neck.

"I've never bought a girl a gift this expensive." He says, surprising me.

"Really? Why me then?"

"You obviously mean a lot to me because of our past and I felt really bad about LA."

"Oh my God, LA!! You asshole!" I exclaim, suddenly remembering how much of an ass he was then.

"I hated that night. You looked so beautiful and I made you cry." He says.

"Well, I forgive you." I roll my eyes.

"Yeah?"

I nod then turn to look at the stars. "It's crazy where I was a year ago and where I am now."

This time last year, Liam proposed to me and I said yes. Never did I thought that a year later, I will be falling in love with his brother. When I was with Liam, things were so different. Looking back, I can see how much I've grown since then. My relationship with wasn't even as strong as I thought it was.

"Hey," I mumble and sit beside him.

"Your birthday gift." He says, handing me a folder.

I give him a weird look when I open it and my eyes read through it. My mouth drops as I come across what it's really about.

"Adam..."

"I'm not taking no for an answer. It's a gift, you have to accept it." He says sternly.

He's giving me his shares in LVMH!!!

"But that's huge."

"You're my wife, Amelia. I would give you anything."

"This is not just anything." I say softly.

"I thought you would be excited about this. You know LVMH recently bought Tiffany and Co. I know how much you love jewelry."

"I do but are you sure?"

"Yes, I am."

"Thank you so much!" I squeal excitedly.

"There's another contract. I want you to be in charge of the Black Art Foundation. I know you enjoyed working with them and all those kids and everyone kept saying how amazing you are."

"Adam, this means a lot. I don't know what to say. This is the best gift ever. You're the best." I move closer and hug him.

He hugs me back and kisses my forehead. "You mean so much to me, Amelia. You deserve so much more."

I pull away and look at him.

"How does everything that has happened make you feel?"

"I'm actually the happiest that I've been in a really long time. I wouldn't exchange this for the world." I smile.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. Believe it or not, you make me happy, Adam Black. You make me see life differently and things I never thought were possible."

"I'm not the person you think I am, Amelia."

"You don't know what I'm thinking."

"I don't have to. I'm very good at reading people."

"So am I and that's why I believe you are the best person I know."

"How can you possibly think that?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I-" I stop myself. What the hell am I thinking?

I can't tell him that I'm falling for him. Or can I?

Haha. Hell no!

"What? Say it."

"I can't."

"Yes, you can. What is it?"

"You're going to hate me."

"I would never hate you."

"Fine." I sigh, "I like you."

"What?"

"I have feelings for you."

His face turns serious, "No, you don't."

"I do."

"Why?" His jaw clenches.

"What do you mean why?"

"Why do you have feelings for me? You don't even know me."

"Yes, I do. We've been married for almost a year and-"

"Amelia, stop. We've talked about this."

"I know but-"

"But what?"

"Things are different now. We hang out all the time and talk a lot on the phone

"Friends do that all the time."

"We do a lot of things that friends don't do. We cuddle, I sit on your lap and you call me baby."

"Then I will stop." He shrugs.

"Are you serious?"

For the past few months, I've gotten used to sweet Adam. I forgot how cold he can be.

"I am. I told you I don't want this."

"I know. I'm sorry." I stand up and walk away.

I feel footsteps behind me. When I turn around I see Wesley.

"You okay?" He asks and I nod my head. We keep walking and I find a spot to sit.

I was expecting this from Adam but a part of me was hoping that he would say that he feels the same. I've never been rejected by a guy. It hurts so much, especially being hurt by him.

I sit here and think, trying to clear my head for about thirty minutes then decide to go back.

I see Adam sitting with some papers in his hands. He looks up at me then back at the papers.

"You're so special to me." He says softly. He has a very apologetic look in his eyes.

I don't want him to feel sorry for me.

"Can we just forget everything I said and go back to normal?" I quickly say.

"Somethings have to change." He frowns. "I don't want you to think that I'm giving you mixed feelings."

"No, please! Let's just pretend I didn't say anything." I say softly.

He studies me slowly. "If that's what you want."

"It is."

What I did was totally out of my comfort zone. I never thought that I'd be the first to confess to a guy but then again, that's what makes Adam special. He makes me challenge myself and do things I've never done before.

He makes me want to be a better person and he fills up this hole in my heart. I've never felt this way before and the fact that he's the hottest man I've ever seen makes everything stronger. I am madly attracted to him and I want him so bad.

I'm Amelia Smith, I have been spoilt my whole life. I always get what I want.

Adam Black is not going to be an exception.

I want him and I know deep down he feels something to so I'm going to fight and I'm gonna get him.

****

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